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
St. Hyacinth, Confessor–W (III)
HYACINTH, the glorious apostle of Poland and Russia, was born of noble parents in Poland, about the year 1185. In 1218, being
Ferial–G (IV) – St. Agapitus, Martyr–R (Comm.)
May the intercession of Your holy martyrs Sixtus, Felicissimus, and Agapitus help us to cherish with pure hearts the Sacrament we have
St. John Eudes, Confessor–W (III)
St. John Eudes was a French missionary and priest, who founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary and the Order of Our
St. Bernard, Abbot, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
BERNARD was born at the castle of Fontaines, in Burgundy. The grace of his person and the vigor of his intellect filled
St. Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal, Widow–W (III)
AT the age of sixteen, Jane Frances de Frémyot, already a motherless child, was placed under the care of a worldly-minded governess.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary–W (II) – Sts. Timotheus, Hippolytus & Symphorianus, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
In devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Roman Catholic venerates in a sense of love responding to love. In devotion
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – St. Philip Benizi, Confessor
St. Philip was born in Florence of the noble family of Benizi on the Feast of the Assumption, 1233. Our Lady herself
St. Bartholomew, Apostle–R (II)
Bartholomew, a doctor in the Jewish law, was a dear friend of St. Philip the Apostle. Because Bartholomew was a man “in