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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. CLOUD is the first and most illustrious Saint among the princes of the royal family of the first race in France. He was son of Chlodomir\, King of Orleans\, the eldest son of St. Clotilda\, and was born in 522. He was scarce three years old when his father was killed in Burgundy; but his grandmother Clotilda brought up him and his two brothers at Paris\, and loved them extremely. Their ambitious uncles divided the kingdom of Orleans between them\, and stabbed with their own hands two of their nephews. Cloud\, by a special providence\, was saved from the massacre\, and\, renouncing the world\, devoted himself to the service of God in a monastic state. After a time he put himself under the discipline of St. Severinus\, a holy recluse who lived near Paris\, from whose hands he received the monastic habit. Wishing to live unknown to the world\, he withdrew secretly into Provence\, but his hermitage being made public\, he returned to Paris\, and was received with the greatest joy imaginable. At the earnest request of the people\, he was ordained priest by Eusebius\, Bishop of Paris\, in 551\, and served that Church some time in the functions of the sacred ministry. He afterward retired to St. Cloud\, two leagues below Paris\, where he built a monastery. Here he assembled many pious men\, who fled out of the world for fear of losing their souls in it. St. Cloud was regarded by them as their superior\, and he animated them to all virtue both by word and example. He was indefatigable in instructing and exhorting the people of the neighboring country\, and piously ended his days about the year 560.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-7/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200907
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SUMMARY:Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. ELEUTHERIUS\, Abbot. WONDERFUL simplicity and spirit of compunction were the distinguishing virtues of this holy man. He was chosen abbot of St. Mark’s near Spoleto\, and favored by God with the gift of miracles. A child who was possessed by the devil\, being delivered by being educated in his monastery\, the abbot said one day: “Since the child is among the servants of God\, the devil dares not approach him.” These words seemed to savor of vanity\, and thereupon the devil again entered and tormented the child. The abbot humbly confessed his fault\, and fasted and prayed with his whole community till the child was again freed from the tyranny of the fiend. St. Gregory the Great not being able to fast on Easter-eve on account of extreme weakness\, engaged this Saint to go with him to the church of St. Andrew’s and put up his prayers to God for his health\, that he might join the faithful in that solemn practice of penance. Eleutherius prayed with many tears\, and the Pope\, coming out of the church\, found his breast suddenly strengthened\, so that he was enabled to perform the fast as he desired. St. Eleutherius raised a dead man to life. Resigning his abbacy\, he died in St. Andrew’s monastery in Rome\, about the year 585.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/fourteenth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200906
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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SUMMARY:First Saturday - St. Lawrence Justinian\, Bishop\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:In 1433\, Pope Eugene IV\, one of the founders of the Monastery of San Giorgio\, named Gustiniani as the Bishop of Castello. He found a diocese in shambles and his administration was marked by considerable growth and reform. In 1451\, Pope Nicholas V united the Diocese of Castello with the Patriarchate of Grado\, and the seat of the patriarchate was moved to Venice\, making Giustiniani the first Patriarch of Venice\, a post that he held for over four years.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-saturday-st-lawrence-justinian-bishop-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200905
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
CREATED:20200130T170054Z
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UID:1698-1599177600-1599263999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:First Friday - Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. ROSALIA was daughter of a noble family descended from Charlemagne. She was born at Palermo in Sicily\, and despising in her youth worldly vanities\, made herself an abode in a cave on Mount Pelegrino\, three miles from Palermo\, where she completed the sacrifice of her heart to God by austere penance and manual labor\, sanctified by assiduous prayer and the constant union of her soul with God. She died in 1160. Her body was found buried in a grot under the mountain\, in the year of the jubilee\, 1625\, under Pope Urban VIII\, and was translated into the metropolitan church of Palermo\, of which she was chosen a patroness. To her patronage that island ascribes the ceasing of a grievous pestilence at the same time.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-friday-ferial-g-iv/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200904
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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SUMMARY:St. Pius X\, Pope\, Confessor–W (III) - In the Society of St. Pius X - W (I)
DESCRIPTION:Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine\, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox theology. His most important reform was to order the codification of the first Code of Canon Law\, which collected the laws of the Church into one volume for the first time. He was also considered a pastoral pope\, in the sense of encouraging personal holiness\, piety and a daily lifestyle reflecting deep Christian values. He was born in the town of Riese\, which would later append “Pio X” (Pius X’s name in Italian) to the town’s name.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-pius-x-pope-confessor-w-iii-in-the-society-of-st-pius-x-w-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200903
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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SUMMARY:St. Stephen\, King\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:As late as the tenth century the Magyar tribesmen of eastern Europe were still strangers to Christianity. King Stephen (997-1038) summoned missioners from France and Germany to preach the Faith to his subjects\, and he himself accompanied the foreign priests on their apostolic journeys. The royal apostle promoted the growth of the Church in his realm so tirelessly that even during his lifetime Hungary developed from a rough mission land into a Christian kingdom. The Holy Father established a Hungarian hierarchy and conferred upon Stephen the title of Apostolic King. Having dedicated his country to Mary\, “the Great Lady\,” King Stephen died in 1038 on the feast of her Assumption.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-stephen-king-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200902
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
CREATED:20200130T170051Z
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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - St. Giles (Aegidius)\, Abbot–W (Comm.) - Twelve Holy Brothers\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Saint Giles (c. 650 – c. 710) was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens\, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. The tomb in the abbey Giles was said to have founded\, in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard\, became a place of pilgrimage and a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela\, the pilgrim Way of St. James. He is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-st-giles-aegidius-abbot-w-comm-twelve-holy-brothers-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200901
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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SUMMARY:St. Raymond Nonnatus\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Due to the story of his own birth\, Raymond quickly became widely invoked by women facing childbirth. This can be seen in the large number of “santos” depicting him found in the colonies of the Spanish Empire.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-raymond-nonnatus-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200831
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
CREATED:20200130T170051Z
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SUMMARY:Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Rose of Lima\, Virgin
DESCRIPTION:Saint Rose of Lima\, T.O.S.D. (April 20\, 1586 – August 24\, 1617)\, was a Spanish colonist in Lima\, Peru\, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the city through her own private efforts. A lay member of the Dominican Order\, she was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized by the Catholic Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-rose-of-lima-virgin/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200829
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200830
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
CREATED:20200130T170051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170051Z
UID:1692-1598659200-1598745599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Beheading of St. John the Baptist–R (III) - St. Sabina\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (also known as: Decollation of Saint John the Baptist or Beheading of the Forerunner) is a holy day observed by various Christian churches that follow liturgical traditions. The day commemorates the martyrdom by beheading of Saint John the Baptist on the orders of Herod Antipas through the vengeful request of his step-daughter Salome and her mother.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/beheading-of-st-john-the-baptist-r-iii-st-sabina-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200828
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200829
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UID:1691-1598572800-1598659199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Augustine of Hippo\, Bishop\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III) - St. Hermes\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Saint Augustine or Saint Austin\, and also sometimes as Blessed Augustine in the Eastern Orthodox Church\, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius (modern-day Annaba\, Algeria)\, located in Numidia (Roman province of Africa). He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-augustine-of-hippo-bishop-confessor-doctor-w-iii-st-hermes-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200828
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
CREATED:20200130T170049Z
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UID:1690-1598486400-1598572799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Joseph Calasanctius\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Joseph Calasanctius (1556-1648) was born in Aragon\, Spain. He went to Rome after his ordination to the priesthood\, and in the Eternal City he was dismayed by the vice and ignorance of the children of the poor. In order to provide for the religious education of these neglected youngsters\, he founded the Order of Clerks Regular of the Pious Schools\, also called Piarists. In the latter years of his long life\, he had much to suffer in persecutions by members of his own order. Yet he died full of hope and peace\, saying\, “My work was done solely for the love of God.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-joseph-calasanctius-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200827
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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UID:1689-1598400000-1598486399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - St. Zephyrinus\, Pope\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:During the 17-year pontificate of Zephyrinus\, the young Church endured severe persecution under the Emperor Severus until his death in the year 211. To quote Alban Butler\, “this holy pastor was the support and comfort of the distressed flock.” According to St. Optatus\, Zephyrinus also combated new heresies and apostasies\, chief of which were Marcion\, Praxeas\, Valentine and the Montanists. Eusebius insists that Zephyrinus fought vigorously against the blasphemies of the two Theodotuses\, who in response treated him with contempt\, but later called him the greatest defender of the divinity of Christ. Although he was not physically martyred for the faith\, his suffering – both mental and spiritual – during his pontificate have earned him the title of martyr
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-st-zephyrinus-pope-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200826
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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UID:1688-1598313600-1598399999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Louis IX\, King\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Commonly known as Saint Louis\, was a Capetian King of France who reigned from 1226 until his death. Louis was crowned in Reims at the age of 12\, following the death of his father Louis VIII the Lion\, although his mother\, Blanche of Castile\, ruled the kingdom until he reached maturity. During Louis’s childhood\, Blanche dealt with the opposition of rebellious vassals and put an end to the Albigensian crusade which had started 20 years earlier. As an adult\, Louis IX faced recurring conflicts with some of the most powerful nobles\, such as Hugh X of Lusignan and Peter of Dreux. Simultaneously\, Henry III of England tried to restore his continental possessions\, but was defeated at the battle of Taillebourg. His reign saw the annexation of several provinces\, notably Normandy\, Maine and Provence. Louis’s actions were inspired by Christian values. He decided to punish blasphemy\, gambling\, interest-bearing loans and prostitution\, and bought the relics of Christ for which he built the Sainte-Chapelle.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-louis-ix-king-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200825
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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UID:1687-1598227200-1598313599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Bartholomew\, Apostle–R (II)
DESCRIPTION:Bartholomew\, a doctor in the Jewish law\, was a dear friend of St. Philip the Apostle. Because Bartholomew was a man “in whom there was no guile\,” his mind was open to the truth. He went willingly with Philip to see Christ\, and recognized the savior immediately as the Son of God. After having received the gifts of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost\, Bartholomew evangelized Asia Minor\, northwestern India\, and Greater Armenia. In the latter country\, while preaching to idolators\, he was arrested and condemned to death.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-bartholomew-apostle-r-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200823
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200824
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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UID:1686-1598140800-1598227199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Philip Benizi\, Confessor
DESCRIPTION:St. Philip was born in Florence of the noble family of Benizi on the Feast of the Assumption\, 1233. Our Lady herself called him to her newly founded Order of Servites. Philip entered as a lay brother\, but his abilities were soon discovered and he was ordained to the priesthood. As a priest\, he filled in succession the highest offices in his order. He won souls to God in various European countries; and in Italy itself\, then wasted by civil wars\, his preaching restored peace.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/twelfth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-philip-benizi-confessor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200823
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
CREATED:20200130T170047Z
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UID:1685-1598054400-1598140799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:The Immaculate Heart of Mary–W (II) - Sts. Timotheus\, Hippolytus & Symphorianus\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:In devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus\, the Roman Catholic venerates in a sense of love responding to love. In devotion to the Heart of Mary\, study and imitation hold as important a place as love. The aim of the devotion is to unite mankind to God through Mary’s heart\, and this process involves the ideas of consecration and reparation. The object of the devotion being to love God and Jesus better by uniting one’s self to Mary for this purpose and by imitating her virtues.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/the-immaculate-heart-of-mary-w-ii-sts-timotheus-hippolytus-symphorianus-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200822
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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UID:1684-1597968000-1598054399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal\, Widow–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:AT the age of sixteen\, Jane Frances de Frémyot\, already a motherless child\, was placed under the care of a worldly-minded governess. In this crisis she offered herself to the Mother of God\, and secured Mary’s protection for life. When a Protestant sought her hand\, she steadily refused to marry “an enemy of God and His Church\,” and shortly afterwards\, as the loving and beloved wife of the Baron de Chantal\, made her house the pattern of a Christian home. But God had marked her for something higher than domestic sanctity. Two children and a dearly beloved sister died\, and\, in the full tide of prosperity\, her husband’s life was taken by the innocent hand of a friend. For seven years the sorrows of her widowhood were increased by ill-usage from servants and inferiors\, and the cruel importunities of friends\, who urged her to marry again. Harassed almost to despair by their entreaties\, she branded on her heart the name of Jesus\, and in the end left her beloved home and children to live for God alone. It was on the 19th of March\, 1609\, that Madame de Chantal bade farewell to her family and relations. Pale\, and with tears in her eyes\, she passed round the large room\, sweetly and humbly taking leave of each. Her son\, a boy of fifteen\, used every entreaty\, every endearment\, to induce his mother not to leave them\, and at last passionately flung himself across the door of the room. In an agony of distress\, she passed on over the body of her son to the embrace of her aged and disconsolate father. The anguish of that parting reached its height when\, kneeling at the feet of the venerable old man\, she sought and obtained his last blessing\, promising to repay in her new home his sacrifice by her prayers. Well might St. Francis call her “the valiant woman.” She was to found with St. Francis de Sales a great Order. Sickness\, opposition\, want\, beset her\, and the death of children\, friends\, and of St. Francis himself followed\, while eighty-seven houses of the Visitation rose under her hand. Nine long years of interior desolation completed the work of God’s grace; and in her seventieth year St. Vincent of Paul saw\, at the moment of her death\, her soul ascend\, as a ball of fire\, to heaven.\nReflection.—Profit by the successive trials of life to gain the strength and courage of St. Jane Frances\, and they will become stepping-stones from earth to heaven.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-jane-frances-fremiot-de-chantal-widow-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200820
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200821
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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UID:1683-1597881600-1597967999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Bernard\, Abbot\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:BERNARD was born at the castle of Fontaines\, in Burgundy. The grace of his person and the vigor of his intellect filled his parents with the highest hopes\, and the world lay bright and smiling before him when he renounced it forever and joined the monks at Citeaux. All his brothers followed Bernard to Citeaux except Nivard\, the youngest\, who was left to be the stay of his father in his old age. “You will now be heir of everything\,” said they to him\, as they departed. “Yes\,” said the boy; “you leave me earth\, and keep heaven for yourselves; do you call that fair?” And he too left the world. At length their aged father came to exchange wealth and honor for the poverty of a monk of Clairvaux. One only sister remained behind; she was married\, and loved the world and its pleasures. Magnificently dressed\, she visited Bernard; he refused to see her\, and only at last consented to do so\, not as her brother\, but as the minister of Christ. The words he then spoke moved her so much that\, two years later\, she retired to a convent with her husband’s consent\, and died in the reputation of sanctity. Bernard’s holy example attracted so many novices that other monasteries were erected\, and our Saint was appointed abbot of that of Clairvaux. Unsparing with himself\, he at first expected too much of his brethren\, who were disheartened at his severity; but soon perceiving his error\, he led them forward\, by the sweetness of his correction and the mildness of his rule\, to wonderful perfection. In spite of his desire to lie hid\, the fame of his sanctity spread far and wide\, and many churches asked for him as their Bishop. Through the help of Pope Eugenius III.\, his former subject\, he escaped this dignity; yet his retirement was continually invaded: the poor and the weak sought his protection; bishops\, kings\, and popes applied to him for advice; and at length Eugenius himself charged him to preach the crusade. By his fervor\, eloquence\, and miracles Bernard kindled the enthusiasm of Christendom\, and two splendid armies were despatched against the infidel. Their defeat was only due\, said the Saint\, to their own sins. Bernard died in 1153. His most precious writings have earned for him the titles of the last of the Fathers and a Doctor of Holy Church.\nReflection.—St. Bernard used to say to those who applied for admission to the monastery\, “If you desire to enter here\, leave at the threshold the body you have brought with you from the world; here there is room only for your soul.” Let us constantly ask ourselves St. Bernard’s daily question\, “To what end didst thou come hither?”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-bernard-abbot-confessor-doctor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200820
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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UID:1682-1597795200-1597881599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. John Eudes\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:St. John Eudes was a French missionary and priest\, who founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary and the Order of Our Lady of Charity\, and was the author of the propers for the Mass and Divine Office of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-john-eudes-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200818
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200819
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
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UID:1681-1597708800-1597795199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - St. Agapitus\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:May the intercession of Your holy martyrs Sixtus\, Felicissimus\, and Agapitus help us to cherish with pure hearts the Sacrament we have received upon our lips. Through our Lord . . .
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-st-agapitus-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200817
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200818
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
CREATED:20200130T170044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170044Z
UID:1680-1597622400-1597708799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Hyacinth\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:HYACINTH\, the glorious apostle of Poland and Russia\, was born of noble parents in Poland\, about the year 1185. In 1218\, being already Canon of Cracow\, he accompanied his uncle\, the bishop of that place\, to Rome. There he met St. Dominic\, and received the habit of the Friar Preachers from the patriarch himself\, of whom be became a living copy. So wonderful was his progress in virtue that within a year Dominic sent him to preach and plant the Order in Poland\, where he founded two houses. His apostolic journeys extended over numerous regions. Austria\, Bohemia\, Livonia\, the shores of the Black Sea\, Tartary\, and Northern China on the east\, and .Sweden and Norway to the west\, were evangelized by him\, and he is said to have visited Scotland. Everywhere multitudes were converted\, churches and convents were built; one hundred and twenty thousand pagans and infidels were baptized by his hands. He worked numerous miracles\, and at Cracow raised a dead youth to life. He had inherited from St. Dominic a most filial confidence in the Mother of God; to her he ascribed his success\, and to her aid he looked for his salvation. When St. Hyacinth was at Kiev the Tartars sacked the town\, but it was only as he finished Mass that the Saint heard of the danger. Without waiting to unvest\, he took the ciborium in his hands\, and was leaving the church. As he passed by an image of Mary a voice said: “Hyacinth\, my son\, why dust thou leave me behind? Take me with thee\, and leave me not to mine enemies.” The statue was of heavy alabaster\, but when Hyacinth took it in his arms it was light as a reed. With the Blessed Sacrament and the image he came to the river Dnieper\, and walked dry-shod over the surface of the waters. On the eve of the Assumption he was warned of his coming death. In spite of a wasting fever\, he celebrated Mass on the feast\, and communicated as a dying man. He was anointed at the foot of the altar\, and died the same day\, 1257.\nReflection.—St. Hyacinth teaches us to employ every effort in the service of God\, and to rely for success not on our own industry\, but on the prayer of His Immaculate Mother.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200816
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SUMMARY:Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Joachim\, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary\, Confessor–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:“Most blessed couple\, the whole of creation is in your debt\,” says St. John Damascene about Joachim and Anne\, the parents of Our Lady. “For it is through you that it has been possible to offer the Creator a present above all other presents\, the chaste Mother\, who alone was worthy of the Creator. Rejoice\, Joachim\, for unto us a Son is born of thy daughter.” According to tradition\, Joachim was untiring in his charity. He divided what he had into three parts\, of which the first was given to the upkeep of the temple\, the second to the poor\, and the third was all that he reserved for his own household.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200815
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UID:1678-1597449600-1597535999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Holy Day of Obligation: THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY–W (I)
DESCRIPTION:The Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary “having completed the course of her earthly life\, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” This doctrine was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1\, 1950\, in the apostolic constitution “Munificentissimus Deus” by exercising papal infallibility. While the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church believe in the Dormition of the Theotokos\, which is the same as the Assumption\, the alleged physical death of Mary has not been dogmatically defined.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200815
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UID:1677-1597363200-1597449599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:(f/pa) Vigil of the Assumption–V (II) - St. Eusebius\, Confessor–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Our Lady was acclaimed as Mother of God at the Council of Ephesus in 431. Shortly before Bernadette’s vision at Lourdes\, the Immaculate Conception was defined. And now her glorious assumption into heaven has been revealed to us as a dogma. In her Immaculate Conception\, Mary was the sole human being who perfectly fulfilled God’s will. As Mother of God\, Mary became the co-redeemer of the human race. At the Assumption she was the first to enter\, body and soul united\, into the final glory awaiting redeemed mankind after the general resurrection. Thus\, all through her temporal life\, Mary was the expressed ideal of God’s plan of creation.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/f-pa-vigil-of-the-assumption-v-ii-st-eusebius-confessor-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200814
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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - Sts. Hippolitus & Cassian\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Hippolytus was a prominent priest of the church of Rome at the beginning of the third century and guardian of St. Laurence. Together with the Pope St. Pontian he was exiled to Sardinia\, and his sufferings ended in martyrdom A.D. 235. In about the year 320\, officials at Imola\, Italy\, arrested Cassian\, a Christian schoolmaster. The governor ordered him to be tortured by his own pagan pupils. After making barbarous sport of Cassian in various ways\, the pagan boys stabbed their former teacher to death with their stilettos.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-sts-hippolitus-cassian-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200813
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UID:1675-1597190400-1597276799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Clare\, Virgin–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:St. Clare\, born Chiara Offreduccio\, is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies\, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition\, and wrote their Rule of Life the first monastic rule known to have been written by a woman. Following her death\, the order she founded was renamed in her honor as the Order of Saint Clare\, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-clare-virgin-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200812
DTSTAMP:20260404T073432
CREATED:20200130T170041Z
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UID:1674-1597104000-1597190399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - Sts. Tiburtius and Susanna\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Saints Tiburtius and Susanna\, according to Christian legend\, were two ancient Rome Catholic martyrs\, the feast day of each of whom is 11 August. The saints were not related\, but are simply venerated on the same day.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-sts-tiburtius-and-susanna-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200811
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UID:1673-1597017600-1597103999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Lawrence\, Martyr–R (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. LAWRENCE was the chief among the seven deacons of the Roman Church. In the year 258 Pope Sixtus was led out to die\, and St. Lawrence stood by\, weeping that he could not share his fate. “I was your minister\,” he said\, “when you consecrated the blood of Our Lord; why do you leave me behind now that you are about to shed your own?” The holy Pope comforted him with the words\, “Do not weep\, my son; in three days you will follow me.” This prophecy came true. The prefect of the city knew the rich offerings which the Christians put into the hands of the clergy\, and he demanded the treasures of the Roman Church from Lawrence\, their guardian. The Saint promised\, at the end of three days\, to show him riches exceeding all the wealth of the empire\, and set about collecting the poor\, the infirm\, and the religious who lived by the alms of the faithful. He then bade the prefect “see the treasures of the Church” Christ\, whom Lawrence had served in his poor\, gave him strength in the conflict which ensued. Roasted over a slow fire\, he made sport of his pains. “I am done enough\,” he said\, “eat\, if you will.” At length Christ\, the Father of the poor\, received him into eternal habitations. God showed by the glory which shone around St. Lawrence the value He set upon his love for the poor. Prayers innumerable were granted at his tomb; and he continued from his throne in heaven his charity to those in need\, granting them\, as St. Augustine says\, “the smaller graces which they sought\, and leading them to the desire of better gifts”\nReflection.—Our Lord appears before us in the persons of the poor. Charity to them is a great sign of predestination. It is almost impossible\, the holy Fathers assure us\, for any one who is charitable to the poor for Christ’s sake to perish.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-lawrence-martyr-r-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200809
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200810
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UID:1672-1596931200-1597017599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Tenth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II)
DESCRIPTION:St. Romanus was a bishop of Rouen. He would have lived under Dagobert I (629-39)\, though his date of birth is unknown. His life is known in legend and tradition and is shown in the stained glass windows (c. 1521) and south gate of Rouen Cathedral and the stained glass windows of the Église Saint-Godard (1555).
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/tenth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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