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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200828
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200829
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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:20260404T091127
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:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170049Z
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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:20260404T091127
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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:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170048Z
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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:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170048Z
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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:20260404T091127
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:20260404T091127
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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:20260404T091127
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200820
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170046Z
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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:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170046Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200817
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200818
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
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.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-hyacinth-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200817
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
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UID:1679-1597536000-1597622399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
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.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/eleventh-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-joachim-father-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-confessor-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200816
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170044Z
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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.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/holy-day-of-obligation-the-assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-w-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200815
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170044Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170043Z
UID:1676-1597276800-1597363199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
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
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170042Z
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:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170041Z
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
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170041Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170041Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200809
DTSTAMP:20260404T091127
CREATED:20200130T170041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170041Z
UID:1671-1596844800-1596931199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. John Mary Vianney\, Confessor–W (III) - Sts. Cyriacus\, Largus & Smaragdus\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:St John Vianney\, was a French parish priest who is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and as the patron saint of all priests. He is often referred to as the “Curé d’Ars.” He became internationally notable for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish because of the radical spiritual transformation of the community and its surroundings. Catholics attribute this to his saintly life\, mortification\, his persevering ministry in the sacrament of confession\, and his ardent devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to Saint Philomena.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-john-mary-vianney-confessor-w-iii-sts-cyriacus-largus-smaragdus-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:First Friday - St. Cajetan\, Confessor–W (III) - St. Donatus\, Bishop\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:St. Thomas Cajetan was an Italian philosopher\, theologian\, cardinal (from 1517 until his death) and the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508-18. He was a leading theologian of his day who is now best known as the spokesman for Catholic opposition to the teachings of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation while he was the Pope’s Legate in Wittenberg\, and perhaps also among Catholics for his extensive commentary on the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-friday-st-cajetan-confessor-w-iii-st-donatus-bishop-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:The Transfiguration of Our Lord–W (II) - Sts. Sixtus II\, Pope\, Felicissimus & Agapitus\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:The origins of the feast are less than certain and may have derived from the dedication of three basilicas on Mount Tabor. The feast was present in various forms by the 9th century\, and in the Western Church was made a universal feast on August 6 by Pope Callixtus III to commemorate the lifting of the Siege of Belgrade (1456).
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/the-transfiguration-of-our-lord-w-ii-sts-sixtus-ii-pope-felicissimus-agapitus-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Truly that was a day of joy\, when Mary\, in the Name of Jesus\, claimed Her right as Sovereign and Heiress of the Roman soil! To the East\, at the highest point of the eternal City\, She appeared on that blessed morning\, literally like the rising dawn; beautiful as the moon shining by night; more powerful than the August sun\, surprised to see Her tempering his heat\, and doubling the brightness of his light with Her mantle of snow; more terrible than an army; for from that date\, daring what neither Apostles nor Martyrs had attempted\, and what Jesus Himself would not do without Her\, She dispossessed the deities of Olympus of their usurped thrones. As was fitting\, the haughty Juno\, whose altar disgraced the Esquiline\, the false queen of those lying gods\, was the first to flee before Mary’s face\, leaving the splendid columns of Her polluted sanctuary to the only true Queen of earth and Heaven.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/dedication-of-the-church-of-our-lady-of-the-snows-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:St. Dominic\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. DOMINIC was born in Spain\, in 1170. As a student\, he sold his books to feed the poor in a famine\, and offered himself in ransom for a slave. At the age of twenty-five he became superior of the Canons Regular of Osma\, and accompanied his Bishop to France. There his heart was well-nigh broken by the ravages of the Albigenian heresy\, and his life was henceforth devoted to the conversion of heretics and the defence of the Faith. For this end he established his threefold religious Order. The convent for nuns was founded first\, to rescue young girls from heresy and crime. Then a company of apostolic men gathered around him\, and became the Order of Friar Preachers. Lastly came the Tertiaries\, persons of both sexes living in the world. God blessed the new Order\, and France\, Italy\, Spain\, and England welcomed the Preaching Friars. Our Lady took them under her special protection\, and whispered to St. Dominic as he preached. It was in 1208\, while St. Dominic knelt in the little chapel of Notre Dame de la Prouille\, and implored the great Mother of God to save the Church\, that Our Lady appeared to him\, gave him the Rosary\, and bade him go forth and preach. Beads in hand\, he revived the courage of the Catholic troops\, led them to victory against overwhelming numbers\, and finally crushed the heresy. His nights were spent in prayer; and\, though pure as a virgin\, thrice before morning broke he scourged himself to blood. His words rescued countless souls\, and three times raised the dead to life. At length\, on August 6\, 1221\, at the age of fifty-one\, he gave up his soul to God. The Rosary has for centuries been at the heart of the Dominican Order. Pope Pius XI stated\, “The Rosary of Mary is the principle and foundation on which the very Order of Saint Dominic rests for making perfect the life of its members and obtaining the salvation of others.” For centuries\, Dominicans have been instrumental in spreading the rosary and emphasizing the Catholic belief in the power of the rosary.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-dominic-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:THE FINDING OF ST. STEPHEN’S RELICS. THE second festival in honor of the holy protomartyr St. Stephen was instituted by the Church on the occasion of the discovery of his precious remains. His body lay long concealed\, under the ruins of an old tomb\, in a place twenty miles from Jerusalem\, called Caphargamala\, where stood a church which was served by a venerable priest named Lucian. In the year 415\, on Friday\, the 3rd of December\, about nine o’clock at night\, Lucian was sleeping in his bed in the baptistery\, where he commonly lay in order to guard the sacred vessels of the church. Being half awake\, he saw a tall\, comely old man of a venerable aspect\, who approached him\, and\, calling him thrice by his name\, bid him go to Jerusalem and tell Bishop John to come and open the tombs in which his remains and those of certain other servants of Christ lay\, that through their means God might open to many the gates of His clemency. This vision was repeated twice. After the second time\, Lucian went to Jerusalem and laid the whole affair before Bishop John\, who bade him go and search for the relics\, which\, the Bishop concluded\, would be found under a heap of small stones which lay in a field near his church. In digging up the earth here\, three coffins or chests were found. Lucian sent immediately to acquaint Bishop John with this. He was then at the Council of Diospolis\, and\, taking along with him Eutonius\, Bishop of Sebaste\, and Eleutherius\, Bishop of Jericho\, came to the place. Upon the opening of St. Stephen’s coffin the earth shook\, and there came out of the coffin such an agreeable odor that no one remembered to have ever smelled anything like it. There was a vast multitude of people assembled in that place\, among whom were many persons afflicted with divers distempers\, of whom seventy-three recovered their health upon the spot. They kissed the holy relics\, and then shut them up. The Bishop consented to leave a small portion of them at Caphargamala; the rest were carried in the coffin with singing of psalms and hymns\, to the Church of Sion at Jerusalem. The translation was performed on the 26th of December\, on which day the Church hath ever since honored the memory of St. Stephen\, commemorating the discovery of his relics on the 3rd of August probably on account of the dedication of some church in his honor.\nReflection.—St. Austin\, speaking of the miracles of St. Stephen\, addresses himself to his flock as follows: “Let us so desire to obtain temporal blessings by his intercession that we may merit\, in imitating him\, those which are eternal.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-6/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Ninth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Alphonsus Liguori\, Bishop\, Confessor\, Doctor
DESCRIPTION:After a brief but successful career as a lawyer\, Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787)\, a member of a noble Neapolitan family\, laid his sword on Our Lady’s altar at the age of 27\, and soon afterward was ordained to the priesthood. As a priest he devoted himself to the most neglected souls\, founding for their care the missionary Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer — the Redemptorists. Later\, and much against his will\, he was made a bishop. He died at the age of 91\, after having suffered persecutions and long illness for Christ’s sake.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ninth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-alphonsus-liguori-bishop-confessor-doctor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200801
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SUMMARY:First Saturday - Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) - The Holy Maccabees\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:The woman with seven sons was a Jewish martyr described in 2 Maccabees 7 and other sources. Although unnamed in 2 Maccabees\, she is known variously as Hannah\, Miriam\, and Solomonia.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-saturday-our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv-the-holy-maccabees-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:St. Ignatius of Loyola\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:St. Ignatius was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family\, hermit\, priest since 1537\, and theologian\, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and\, on 19 April 1541\, became its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation. Loyola’s devotion to the Catholic Church was characterized by absolute obedience to the Pope.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-ignatius-of-loyola-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - Sts. Abdon & Sennen\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:These Persian nobles were taken to Rome as captives by Emperor Decius\, after his campaign in their country. During those years of persecution\, they bore courageous witness to Christ and reverently buried the bodies of the martyrs. Abdon and Sennen were themselves arrested and exposed to wild beasts in the Colosseum\, about A.D. 250.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-sts-abdon-sennen-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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