First Friday – Ferial–W (IV)
ST. GENEVIEVE, Virgin. Genevieve was born at Nanterre, near Paris. St. Germanus, when passing through, specially noticed a little shepherdess, and predicted
First Saturday – Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
ST. TITUS, Bishop. Titus was a convert from heathenism, a disciple of St. Paul, one of the chosen companions of the apostles
The Most Holy Name of Jesus–W (II)
The feast of the Holy Name of Jesus has been celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church, at least at local levels, since
THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY–W (I) (Holy Day of Obligation in England, Wales & Ireland)
THE word Epiphany means “manifestation,” and it has passed into general acceptance throughout the universal Church, from the fact that Jesus Christ
Ferial–W (IV)
ST. LUCIAN, Martyr. St. Lucian was born at Samosata in Syria. Having lost his parents in his youth, he distributed all his
Ferial–W (IV)
ST. APOLLINARIS, THE APOLOGIST, Bishop. Claudius Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, was one of the most illustrious prelates of the second
Ferial–W (IV)
SS. JULIAN and BASILISSA, Martyrs. St. Julian and St. Basilissa, though married, lived, by mutual consent, in perpetual chastity; they sanctified themselves
Ferial–W (IV)
ST. WILLIAM, Archbishop. William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon
Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) – St. Hyginus, Pope & Martyr–R (Comm.)
Pope Hyginus was the Bishop of Rome from c. 138 to c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the
The Feast of the Holy Family–W (II)
The special devotion which sets forth the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the model of virtue for all Christian