Ferial–G (IV) – St. Placid & Companions, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
The Church commemorates today 32 Christians martyred in Sicily in the fourth century by Saracen pirates. An ancient tradition wrongly identified St.
St. Bruno, Confessor–W (III)
As a young priest, Bruno (1030-1101) was a brilliant teacher at the cathedral school of Rheims. He became rector of that school
Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary–W (II) – St. Mark I, Pope, Confessor–W (Comm.)
The feast of the Holy Rosary was instituted to honor Mary for the Christian victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October
St. Bridget of Sweden, Widow–W (III) – Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus & Apuleius, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
Bridget was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty
St. John Leonard, Confessor–W (III) – Sts. Denis, Rusticus & Eleutherius, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
In 1574, he founded a community charged to deepen faith and devotion; this foundation occurred as part of the movement known as
St. Francis Borgia, Confessor–W (III)
Francis Borgia died on 30 September 1572, in Rome. He was beatified in Madrid on 23 November 1624, by Pope Gregory XV.
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary–W (Comm.)
The feast is a celebration of Mary's motherhood of Jesus. The English title “Mother of God” is a translation of the Latin
Ferial–G (IV)
ST. WILFRID. “A quick walker, expert at all good works, with never a sour face,” such was the great St. Wilfrid, whose
St. Edward, King, Confessor–W (III)
King Edward the Confessor reigned in England from the end of the Danish rule (1042) to the Norman conquest (1066). His subjects
St. Callistus I, Pope, Martyr–R (III)
A Christian slave of Rome, Callistus was ordained by Pope St. Zephyrinus, whom he succeeded as pope in the year 217. As