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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. MEDARD\, Bishop. ST. MEDARD\, one of the most illustrious prelates of the Church of France in the sixth century\, was born of a pious and noble family\, at Salency\, about the year 457. From his childhood he evinced the most tender compassion for the poor. On one occasion he gave his coat to a destitute blind man\, and when asked why he had done so\, he answered that the misery of a fellow-member in Christ so affected him that he could not help giving him part of his own clothes. Being promoted to the priesthood in the thirty-third year of his age\, he became a bright ornament of that sacred order. He preached the word of God with an unction which touched the hearts of the most hardened; and the influence of his example\, by which he enforced the precepts which he delivered from the pulpit\, seemed irresistible. In 530\, Alomer\, the thirteenth bishop of that country\, dying\, St. Medard was unanimously chosen to fill the see\, and was consecrated by St. Remigius\, who had baptized King Clovis in 496\, and was then exceeding old. Our Saint’s new dignity did not make him abate anything of his austerities\, and\, though at that time seventy-two years old\, he thought himself obliged to redouble his labors. Though his diocese was very wide\, it seemed not to suffice for his zeal\, which could not be confined; wherever he saw the opportunity of advancing the honor of God\, and of abolishing the remains of idolatry\, he overcame all obstacles\, and by his zealous labors and miracles the rays of the Gospel dispelled the mists of idolatry throughout the whole extent of his diocese. What rendered this task more difficult and perilous was the savage and fierce disposition of the ancient inhabitants of Flanders\, who were the most barbarous of all the nations of the Gauls and Franks. Our Saint\, having completed this great work in Flanders\, returned to Noyon\, where he shortly after fell sick\, and soon rested from his labors at an advanced age\, in 545. The whole kingdom lamented his death as the loss of their common father and protector. His body was buried in his own cathedral\, but the many miracles wrought at his tomb so moved King Clotaire that he translated the precious remains to Soissons.\nReflection.—The Church takes delight in styling her founder “THE AMIABLE JESUS\,” and He likewise says of Himself\, “I am meek and humble of heart.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200608
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SUMMARY:TRINITY SUNDAY–W (I)
DESCRIPTION:IN 1132 Robert was a monk at Whitby\, England\, when news arrived that thirteen religious had been violently expelled from the Abbey of St. Mary\, in York\, for having proposed to restore the strict Benedictine rule. He at once set out to join them\, and found them on the banks of the Skeld\, near Ripon\, living in the midst of winter in a hut made of hurdles and roofed with turf. In the spring they affiliated themselves to St. Bernard’s reform at Clairvaux\, and for two years struggled on in extreme poverty. At length the fame of their sanctity brought another novice\, Hugh\, Dean of York\, who endowed the community with all his wealth\, and thus laid the foundation of Fountains Abbey. In 1137 Raynulph\, Baron of Morpeth\, was so edified by the example of the monks at Fountains that he built them a monastery in Northumberland\, called Newminster\, of which St. Robert became abbot. The holiness of his life\, even more than his words\, guided his brethren to perfection\, and within the next ten years three new communities went forth from this one house to become centers of holiness in other parts. The abstinence of St. Robert in refectory alone sufficed to maintain the mortified spirit of the community. One Easter Day\, his stomach\, weakened by the fast of Lent\, could take no food\, and he at last consented to try to eat some bread sweetened with honey. Before it was brought\, he felt this relaxation would be a dangerous example for his subjects\, and sent the food untouched to the poor at the gate. The plate was received by a young man of shining countenance\, who straightway disappeared. At the next meal the plate descended empty\, and by itself\, to the abbot’s place in the refectory\, proving that what the Saint sacrificed for his brethren had been accepted by Christ. At the moment of Robert’s death\, in 1159\, St. Godric\, the hermit of Finchale\, saw his soul\, like a globe of fire\, borne up by the angels in a pathway of light; and as the gates of heaven opened before them\, a voice repeated twice\, “Enter now\, my friends.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/trinity-sunday-w-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200607
DTSTAMP:20260403T172306
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SUMMARY:First Saturday - (f/pa) Ember Saturday of Pentecost–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora\, four times) are the days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence. They were definitely arranged and prescribed for the entire Church by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) for the Wednesday\, Friday\, and Saturday after 13 December (S. Lucia)\, after Ash Wednesday\, after Whitsunday\, and after 14 September (Exaltation of the Cross). The purpose of their introduction\, besides the general one intended by all prayer and fasting\, was to thank God for the gifts of nature\, to teach men to make use of them in moderation\, and to assist the needy.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-saturday-f-pa-ember-saturday-of-pentecost-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200606
DTSTAMP:20260403T172306
CREATED:20200130T170008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170008Z
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SUMMARY:First Friday - (f/a) Ember Friday of Pentecost–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora\, four times) are the days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence. They were definitely arranged and prescribed for the entire Church by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) for the Wednesday\, Friday\, and Saturday after 13 December (S. Lucia)\, after Ash Wednesday\, after Whitsunday\, and after 14 September (Exaltation of the Cross). The purpose of their introduction\, besides the general one intended by all prayer and fasting\, was to thank God for the gifts of nature\, to teach men to make use of them in moderation\, and to assist the needy.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-friday-f-a-ember-friday-of-pentecost-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200605
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T170007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170007Z
UID:1606-1591228800-1591315199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Thursday in Octave of Pentecost–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:Then calling together the twelve apostles\, he gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. And he said to them: “Take nothing for your journey\, neither staff\, nor scrip\, nor bread\, nor money; neither have two coats. And whatsoever house you shall enter into\, abide there and depart not from thence. And whosoever will not receive you\, when ye go out of that city\, shake off even the dust of your feet\, for a testimony against them.” And going out\, they went about through the towns\, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/thursday-in-octave-of-pentecost-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200604
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T170005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170005Z
UID:1605-1591142400-1591228799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:(f/pa) Ember Wednesday of Pentecost–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora\, four times) are the days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence. They were definitely arranged and prescribed for the entire Church by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) for the Wednesday\, Friday\, and Saturday after 13 December (S. Lucia)\, after Ash Wednesday\, after Whitsunday\, and after 14 September (Exaltation of the Cross). The purpose of their introduction\, besides the general one intended by all prayer and fasting\, was to thank God for the gifts of nature\, to teach men to make use of them in moderation\, and to assist the needy.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/f-pa-ember-wednesday-of-pentecost-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200603
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CREATED:20200130T170004Z
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UID:1604-1591056000-1591142399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Tuesday in Octave of Pentecost–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:Baptism alone seals a person as a child of God\, bestows an initial share in Christ’s priesthood\, and enriches the soul with divine life. But Jesus instituted also the Sacrament of Confirmation\, by which He gives a further indelible seal and a further share in His priesthood\, as well as a special grace to live and worship as a mature\, apostolic Christian. Because Christ emphasizes the fact that the Holy Spirit continues the work of saving souls\, the act of Confirmation is recognized as the means for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/tuesday-in-octave-of-pentecost-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200602
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T170003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170003Z
UID:1603-1590969600-1591055999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Monday in Octave of Pentecost–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:From the beginning of His public ministry\, Jesus demanded essential belief in Himself as God’s Son and as mankind’s Redeemer. He is the light of the world. It is the very nature of light to shine. And healthy eyes welcome light. But God does not force open the eyes that are blinded by contentment with self and with this world. Jesus chose to let His light shine on all men through His invisible Holy Spirit. Neither continent nor ocean\, neither race nor class\, is any hindrance to His mighty but gentle coming. He asks only integrity of life and a believing heart.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/monday-in-octave-of-pentecost-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200601
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T170001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170001Z
UID:1602-1590883200-1590969599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:PENTECOST–R (I) (Whitsunday)
DESCRIPTION:On Pentecost\, Jesus crowned His life and teaching by sending the Holy Spirit into the hearts of Mary and the Apostles and three thousand converts. In them and through them\, began a new generation of men\, a new supernatural family\, a new Mystical Christ embracing members of every race. Jesus gave His own Holy Spirit to be the soul of His new Mystical Body. That body\, the Church\, which rested with Him in germ beneath Mary’s Heart and was born of His pierced side upon the Cross\, came into its full\, active maturity on Pentecost. The Holy Spirit came in visible form to begin His invisible activity.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/pentecost-r-i-whitsunday/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200530
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200531
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T170000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170000Z
UID:1601-1590796800-1590883199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:(f/pa) Vigil of Pentecost–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:Felix was the author of an important dogmatic letter on the unity of Christ’s Person. He received the emperor Aurelian’s aid in settling a theological dispute between the anti-Trinitarian Paul of Samosata\, who had been deprived of the bishopric Antioch by a council of bishops for heresy and the orthodox Domnus\, Paul’s successor.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/f-pa-vigil-of-pentecost-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200530
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T165959Z
UID:1600-1590710400-1590796799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi\, Virgin–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:It is said that Sr. Mary Magdalene could read the thoughts of others and predict future events. During her lifetime\, she appeared to several persons in distant places and cured a number of sick people. She was able\, even while in ecstasy\, to perform the routine duties of the monastery conscientiously and well. She served terms as Mistress of Professed\, Mistress of Novices\, and Sub-Prioress. She also\, and this is perhaps the most important part of her relevancy\, had a deep longing for the reform of the Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-mary-magdalen-of-pazzi-virgin-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200529
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T165959Z
UID:1599-1590624000-1590710399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Augustine of Canterbury\, Archbishop\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Augustine was a Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the “Apostle to the English” and a founder of the English Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-augustine-of-canterbury-archbishop-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200528
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T165959Z
UID:1598-1590537600-1590623999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Bede\, the Venerable\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III) - St. John I\, Pope\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Bede was an English monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and its companion monastery\, Saint Paul’s\, in modern Jarrow (see Monkwearmouth-Jarrow)\, County Durham\, both of which were then in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is well known as an author and scholar\, and his most famous work\, “Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum” (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title “The Father of English History.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-bede-the-venerable-confessor-doctor-w-iii-st-john-i-pope-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200527
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T165958Z
UID:1597-1590451200-1590537599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Philip Neri\, Confessor–W (III) - St. Eleutherius\, Pope\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:St. Philip founded the Oratorian Congregation. Inflamed with divine love\, he brought thousands of souls back to God. He died in 1595.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-philip-neri-confessor-w-iii-st-eleutherius-pope-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200526
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165958Z
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UID:1596-1590364800-1590451199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Gregory VII\, Pope\, Confessor–W (III) - St. Urban I\, Pope\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Hildebrand\, monk of Cluny and later Abbot and Cardinal\, succeeded Alexander II as Pope Gregory VII. He displayed wonderful energy and constancy in defense of the liberty of the Church. He died in 1085. St. Urban suffered martyrdom in 230.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-gregory-vii-pope-confessor-w-iii-st-urban-i-pope-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200525
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165957Z
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UID:1595-1590278400-1590364799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Sunday after the Ascension–W (II)
DESCRIPTION:The feast of Our Lady\, Help of Christians\, was instituted by Pius VII to give thanks to God and Our Lady for his first return to Rome. St. Don Bosco\, founder of the Salesian Congregation\, June 9\, 1868\, dedicated to Our Lady\, Help of Christians the mother church of his congregation at Turin. The Salesian Fathers have carried the devotion to their numerous establishments.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sunday-after-the-ascension-w-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200524
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T165957Z
UID:1594-1590192000-1590278399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. JULIA\, Virgin\, Martyr. JULIA was a noble virgin of Carthage\, who\, when the city was token by Genseric in 439\, was sold for a slave to a pagan merchant of Syria named Eusebius. Under the most mortifying employments of her station\, by cheerfulness and patience she found a happiness and comfort which the world could not have afforded. All the time she was not employed in her master’s business was devoted to prayer and reading books of piety. Her master\, who was charmed with her fidelity and other virtues\, thought proper to carry her with him on one of his voyages to Gaul. Having reached the northern part of Corsica\, he cast anchor\, and went on shore to join the pagans of the place in an idolatrous festival. Julia was left at some distance\, because she would not be defiled by the superstitious ceremonies which she openly reviled. Felix\, the governor of the island\, who was a bigoted pagan\, asked who this woman was who dared to insult the gods. Eusebius informed him that she was a Christian\, and that all his authority over her was too weak to prevail with her to renounce her religion\, but that he found her so diligent and faithful he could not part with her. The governor offered him four of his best female slaves in exchange for her. But the merchant replied\, “No; all you are worth will not purchase her; for I would freely lose the most valuable thing I have in the world rather than be deprived of her.” However\, the governor\, while Eusebius was drunk and asleep\, took upon him to compel her to sacrifice to his gods. He offered to procure her liberty if she would comply. The Saint made answer that she was as free as she desired to be as long as she was allowed to serve Jesus Christ. Felix\, thinking himself derided by her undaunted and resolute air\, in a transport of rage caused her to be struck on the face\, and the hair of her head to be torn off\, and\, lastly\, ordered her to be hanged on a cross till she expired. Certain monks of the isle of Gorgon carried off her body; but in 763 Desiderius\, King of Lombardy\, removed her relics to Brescia\, where her memory is celebrated with great devotion.\nReflection.—St. Julia\, whether free or a slave\, whether in prosperity or in adversity\, was equally fervent and devout. She adored all the sweet designs of Providence; and far from complaining\, she never ceased to praise and thank God under all His holy appointments\, making them always the means of her virtue and sanctification. God\, by an admirable chain of events\, raised her by her fidelity to the honor of the saints\, and to the dignity of a virgin and martyr.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200523
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
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UID:1593-1590105600-1590191999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. YVO\, Confessor. ST. YVO HELORI\, descended from a noble and virtuous family near Treguier\, in Brittany\, was born in 1253. At fourteen years of age he went to Paris\, and afterwards to Orleans\, to pursue his studies. His mother was won frequently to say to him that he ought so to live as became a Saint\, to which his answer always was\, that he hoped to be one. This resolution took deep root in his soul\, and was a continual spur to virtue\, and a check against the least shadow of any dangerous course. His time was chiefly divided between study and prayer; for his recreation he visited the hospitals\, where he attended the sick with great charity\, and comforted them under the severe trials of their suffering condition. He made a private vow of perpetual chastity; but this not being known\, many honorable matches were proposed to him\, which he modestly rejected as incompatible with his studious life. He long deliberated whether to embrace a religious or a clerical state; but the desire of serving his neighbor determined him at length in favor of the latter. He wished\, out of humility\, to remain in the lesser orders; but his bishop compelled him to receive the priesthood\,—a step which cost him many tears\, though he had qualified himself for that sacred dignity by the most perfect purity of mind and body\, and by a long and fervent preparation. He was appointed ecclesiastical judge for the diocese of Rennes. St. Yvo protected the orphans and widows\, defended the poor\, and administered justice to all with an impartiality\, application\, and tenderness which gained him the good-will even of those who lost their causes. He was surnamed the advocate and lawyer of the poor. He built a house near his own for a hospital of the poor and sick; he washed their feet\, cleansed their ulcers\, served them at table\, and ate himself only the scraps which they had left. He distributed his corn\, or the price for which he sold it\, among the poor immediately after the harvest. When a certain person endeavored to persuade him to keep it some months\, that he might sell it at a better price\, he answered\, “I know not whether I shall be then alive to give it.” Another time the same person said to him\, “I have gained a fifth by keeping my corn.” “But I\,” replied the Saint\, “a hundredfold by giving it immediately away.” During the Lent of 1303 he felt his strength failing him; yet\, far from abating anything in his austerities\, he thought himself obliged to redouble his fervor in proportion as he advanced nearer to eternity. On the eve of the Ascension he preached to his people\, said Mass\, being upheld by two persons\, and gave advice to all who addressed themselves to him. After this he lay down on his bed\, which was a hurdle of twigs plaited together\, and received the last sacraments. From that moment he entertained himself with God alone\, till his soul went to possess Him in His glory. His death happened on the 19th of May\, 1303\, in the fiftieth year of his age.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-w-iv-8/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T165956Z
UID:1592-1590019200-1590105599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Holy Day of Obligation: THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD–W (I)
DESCRIPTION:Forty days after the Resurrection\, our Lord Jesus Christ\, attended by Angels\, ascended into heaven\, in the sight of His most holy Mother\, His Apostles\, and disciples\, to the great wonder of them all. He entered into possession of the Kingdom of Heaven which He had gained by His sufferings\, and St. Paul declares that God “hath made us sit together in the heavenly places\, through Christ Jesus.” “There where the Head has gone\, the Body is called to follow!”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/holy-day-of-obligation-the-ascension-of-our-lord-w-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165956Z
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UID:1591-1589932800-1590019199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Vigil of the Ascension–W (II) - St. Bernardine of Siena\, Confessor–W (Comm.) - Rogation Day–V
DESCRIPTION:St. Bernardine\, born of noble parentage\, left all and entered the Franciscan Order and became one of its chief glories. He preached everywhere devotion to the name of Jesus\, and died in 1444.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/vigil-of-the-ascension-w-ii-st-bernardine-of-siena-confessor-w-comm-rogation-day-v/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200520
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
CREATED:20200130T165955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T165955Z
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SUMMARY:St. Peter Celestine\, Pope\, Confessor–W (III) - St. Pudentiana\, Virgin–W (Comm.) - Rogation Day–V
DESCRIPTION:AS a child\, Peter had visions of our blessed Lady\, and of the angels and saints. They encouraged him in his prayer\, and chided him when he fell into any fault. His mother\, though only a poor widow\, put him to school\, feeling sure that he would one day be a Saint. At the age of twenty\, he left his home in Apulia to live in a mountain solitude. Here he passed three years\, assaulted by the evil spirits and beset with temptations of the flesh\, but consoled by angels’ visits. After this his seclusion was invaded by disciples\, who refused to be sent away; and the rule of life which he gave them formed the foundation of the Celestine Order. Angels assisted in the church which Peter built; unseen bells rang peals of surpassing sweetness\, and heavenly music filled the sanctuary when he offered the Holy Sacrifice. Suddenly he found himself torn from his loved solitude by his election to the Papal throne. Resistance was of no avail. He took the name of Celestine\, to remind him of the heaven he was leaving and for which he sighed\, and was consecrated at Aquila. After a reign of four months\, Peter summoned the cardinals to his presence\, and solemnly resigned his trust. St. Peter built himself a boarded cell in his palace\, and there continued his hermit’s life; and when\, lest his simplicity might be taken advantage of to distract the peace of the Church\, he was put under guard\, he said\, “I desired nothing but a cell\, and a cell they have given me.” There he enjoyed his former loving intimacy with the saints and angels\, and sang the Divine praises almost continually. At length\, on Whit-Sunday\, he told his guards he should die within the week\, and immediately fell ill. He received the last sacraments; and the following Saturday\, as he finished the concluding verse of Lauds\, “Let every spirit bless the Lord!” he closed his eyes to this world and opened them to the vision of God.
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200519
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SUMMARY:St. Venantius\, Martyr–R (III) - Rogation Day–V
DESCRIPTION:Venantius was born at Camerino in Italy. In the year 250\, when he was 15 years of age\, he was arrested because of his Christian faith and was condemned by a Roman judge to suffer cruel torments. The steadfastness of the young saint touched even hardened hearts\, and many pagans were converted. On hearing of this the governor had Venantius beheaded.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-venantius-martyr-r-iii-rogation-day-v/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200518
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SUMMARY:Fifth Sunday after Easter–W (II) - St. Pascal Baylon\, Confessor
DESCRIPTION:Until the age of 20\, Paschal (1540-92) tended flocks on the hills of Aragon. He then became a Franciscan Brother and spent the rest of his years mainly as doorkeeper in various friaries of Spain. All through his life he was animated with a burning love for the Holy Eucharist\, a love so intense that it enabled him to speak triumphantly to heretics about the most obscure mysteries of the Faith. Pope Leo XIII declared him patron of all Eucharistic confraternities and congresses.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/fifth-sunday-after-easter-w-ii-st-pascal-baylon-confessor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200517
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
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UID:1587-1589587200-1589673599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Ubald\, Bishop\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:After being consecrated bishop of Gubbio\, Italy\, in 1129\, Ubaldus Baldassini served his flock for more than 30 years with the firm justice\, the mildness\, and the patience of a true father in Christ. He was revered especially as a peacemaker. On an occasion when rival factions were rioting in the streets of Gubbio\, Ubaldus threw himself between the combatants and they laid down their arms at once\, for fear of wounding their bishop. At another time\, when Emperor Frederick Barbarossa was about to sack Gubbio\, Bishop Ubaldus met the Emperor on the road and persuaded him to spare the city.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-ubald-bishop-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200516
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
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UID:1586-1589500800-1589587199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. John Baptist de la Salle\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719) was born of a titled family in Rheims. Although a private fortune and a high order of talent promised a brilliant secular career\, John Baptist studied for the priesthood (at St. Sulpice)\, offering his first Mass with an intensity of devotion that never afterward left him. Gradually the heretical mood of the times and the abysmal ignorance of the poor disclosed a special vocation to him” “to teach the poor and to lead the young in the path of truth” (Collect).Weathering the reverses and heartbreaks that beleaguer every creative spirit\, John Baptist established the Brothers of the Christian Schools\, whose vocation would be to teach and only to teach. Although good teaching was important to John Baptist\, spiritual formation was more so; and\, in the face of a rampant Jansenism\, he was advocating frequent and even daily Communion. When his foundation was firmly rooted and oriented\, he resigned as superior\, living thereafter as the humblest of his subjects. He died two years later\, on Good Friday.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-john-baptist-de-la-salle-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200515
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
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UID:1585-1589414400-1589500799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–W (IV) - St. Boniface of Tarsus\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Owing to the importance of Tarsus many martyrs were put to death there\, among them being St. Pelagia\, St. Boniface\, St. Marinus\, St. Diomedus\, and Sts. Cerycus and Julitta; several Roman emperors were interred there — namely\, Tacitus\, Maximinus Daza\, and Julian the Apostate. The Arabs took possession of Tarsus from the seventh century and kept it until 965\, when Nicephorus Phocas annexed it again to the Byzantine Empire. The union continued for nearly a century. The crusaders captured it again from the Turks in 1097\, and then it was disputed between Latins\, Greeks\, and Armenians of the Kingdom of Lesser Armenia; these last became definitively masters until about 1350\, when it was sold to the Egyptians. Since then Tarsus has belonged to the Mussulmans.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-w-iv-st-boniface-of-tarsus-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200514
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
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UID:1584-1589328000-1589414399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Robert Bellarmine\, Bishop\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. ROBERT BELLARMINE (Italian: Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation. He was canonized in 1930 and named a Doctor of the Church. Bellarmine is also widely remembered for his role in the Giordano Bruno affair and the Galileo affair.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-robert-bellarmine-bishop-confessor-doctor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200513
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SUMMARY:Sts. Nereus\, Achilleus\, Domitilla & Pancratius\, Martyrs–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:NEREUS and ACHILLEUS were servants of FLAVIA DOMITILLA\, who was martyred with them in 98. PANCRATIUS was a Roman citizen who converted to Christianity\, and was beheaded for his faith at the age of fourteen\, around the year 304. His name is Greek and literally means “the one that holds everything.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sts-nereus-achilleus-domitilla-pancratius-martyrs-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200512
DTSTAMP:20260403T172307
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UID:1582-1589155200-1589241599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Sts. Philip & James\, Apostles–R (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. PHILIP\, like Peter and Andrew\, was of Bethsaida. He was crucified in Phrygia where he preached the Gospel in 87. ST. JAMES THE LESS was of Cana and a kinsman of our Lord. He wrote one of the Epistles of the New Testament. He was thrown from the terrace of the temple in 93.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sts-philip-james-apostles-r-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200511
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SUMMARY:Fourth Sunday after Easter–W (II) - St. Antoninus\, Bishop\, Confessor
DESCRIPTION:A Friar of the Dominican Order\, St. Antoninus became Archbishop of Florence. He was famous for his austere life\, charity and episcopal zeal. He died in 1459. The Roman Judge\, St. Gordian\, was martyred at Rome in 360. St. Epimachus suffered martyrdom at Alexandria in 250.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/fourth-sunday-after-easter-w-ii-st-antoninus-bishop-confessor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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