First Friday – St. Cajetan, Confessor–W (III) – St. Donatus, Bishop, Martyr–R (Comm.)
St. Thomas Cajetan was an Italian philosopher, theologian, cardinal (from 1517 until his death) and the Master of the Order of Preachers
St. John Mary Vianney, Confessor–W (III) – Sts. Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
St John Vianney, was a French parish priest who is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and as the patron
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II)
St. Romanus was a bishop of Rouen. He would have lived under Dagobert I (629-39), though his date of birth is unknown.
St. Lawrence, Martyr–R (II)
ST. LAWRENCE was the chief among the seven deacons of the Roman Church. In the year 258 Pope Sixtus was led out
Ferial–G (IV) – Sts. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
Saints Tiburtius and Susanna, according to Christian legend, were two ancient Rome Catholic martyrs, the feast day of each of whom is
St. Clare, Virgin–W (III)
St. Clare, born Chiara Offreduccio, is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded
Ferial–G (IV) – Sts. Hippolitus & Cassian, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
Hippolytus was a prominent priest of the church of Rome at the beginning of the third century and guardian of St. Laurence.
(f/pa) Vigil of the Assumption–V (II) – St. Eusebius, Confessor–W (Comm.)
Our Lady was acclaimed as Mother of God at the Council of Ephesus in 431. Shortly before Bernadette's vision at Lourdes, the
Holy Day of Obligation: THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY–W (I)
The Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor–W (Comm.)
“Most blessed couple, the whole of creation is in your debt,” says St. John Damascene about Joachim and Anne, the parents of