Ferial–G (IV) – St. Evaristus, Pope, Martyr–R (Comm.)
Little is known about St. Evaristus. According to the Liber Pontificalis, he came from a family of Hellenistic Jewish origin living in
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ST. FRUMENTIUS, Bishop. ST. FRUMENTIUS was yet a child when his uncle, Meropins of Tyre, took him and his brother Edesius on
Sts. Simon & Jude, Apostles–R (II)
The holy Apostles Simon, a Cananean, called Zelotes (the Zealot) and Jude Thaddeus, a brother of St. James the Less, a cousin
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ST. NARCISSUS was consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem about the year 180. He was already an old man, and God attested his merits
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ST. MARCELLUS, THE CENTURION, Martyr. THE birthday of the Emperor Maximian Herculeus, in the year 298, was celebrated with extraordinary feasting and
Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
ST. QUINTIN was a Roman, descended from a senatorial family. Full of zeal for the kingdom of Jesus Christ, he left his
Holy Day of Obligation: THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS-W (I) – Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
The feast of All Saints achieved great prominence in the 9th century, in the reign of the Byzantine Emperor, Leo VI “the
ALL SOULS DAY–B (I)
The setting aside of a particular day for praying not for certain named individuals but for whole classes of the departed or
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ST. MARTIN DE PORRES is the patron of Peru, racial harmony, hairdressers, barbers, and state schools. He is known for his spectacular
St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop, Confessor–W (III) – Sts. Vitalis & Agricola, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
Among the great reformers of the troubled sixteenth century, Borromeo, with St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Philip Neri, and others, led the