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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200729
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SUMMARY:St. Martha\, Virgin–W (III) - Sts. Felix\, Simplicius\, Faustinus & Beatrice\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Martha was the active and anxious sister of Lazarus\, whom Jesus raised from the dead\, and Mary\, the contemplative\, whom the Lord said “has chosen the best part.” [Luke 10:42]
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-martha-virgin-w-iii-sts-felix-simplicius-faustinus-beatrice-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200728
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200729
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
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UID:1660-1595894400-1595980799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Sts. Nazarius & Celsus\, Martyrs\, - St. Victor I\, Pope & Martyr\, - St. Innocent I\,\, Pope\, Confessor–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. NAZARIUS’s father was a heathen\, and held a considerable post in the Roman army. His mother\, Perpetua\, was a zealous Christian\, and was instructed by St. Peter\, or his disciples\, in the most perfect maxims of our holy faith. Nazarius embraced it with so much ardor that he copied in his life all the great virtues he saw in his teachers; and out of zeal for the salvation of others\, he left Rome\, his native city\, and preached the Faith in many places with a fervor and disinterestedness becoming a disciple of the apostles. Arriving at Milan\, he was there beheaded for the Faith\, together with CELSUS\, a youth whom he carried with him to assist him in his travels. These martyrs suffered soon after Nero had raised the first persecution. Their bodies were buried separately in a garden without the city\, where they were discovered and taken up by St. Ambrose\, in 395. In the tomb of St. Nazarius\, a vial of the Saint’s blood was found as fresh and red as if it had been spilt that day. The faithful stained handkerchiefs with some drops\, and also formed a certain paste with it\, a portion of which St. Ambrose sent to St. Gaudentius\, Bishop of Brescia. St. Ambrose conveyed the bodies of the two martyrs into the new church of the apostles\, which he had just built. A woman was delivered of an evil spirit in their presence. St. Ambrose sent some of these relics to St. Paulinus of Nola\, who received them with great respect\, as a most valuable present\, as he testifies. POPE VICTOR I (died 199) was bishop of Rome in the late second century. The dates of his tenure are uncertain\, but one source states he became pope in 189 and gives the year of his death as 199. He was the first bishop of Rome born in the Roman Province of Africa probably in Leptis Magna (or Tripolitania). Having\, like his contemporaries St. Jerome and St. Augustine\, fought with his pen and his eloquence for the teaching of Christ\, ST. INNOCENT\, the successor of St. Anastasius\, died in 417.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sts-nazarius-celsus-martyrs-st-victor-i-pope-martyr-st-innocent-i-pope-confessor-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200728
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
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UID:1659-1595808000-1595894399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - St. Pantaleon\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:St. Pantaleon counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers\, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletian persecution of 305 AD.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-st-pantaleon-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170034Z
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UID:1658-1595721600-1595807999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Eighth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Anne\, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:The story bears a similarity to that of the birth of Samuel\, whose mother Hannah had also been childless. Although Anne receives little attention in the Western church prior to the late 12th century\, dedications to Anne in the Eastern Church occur as early as the 6th century.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/eighth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-anne-mother-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200726
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
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UID:1657-1595635200-1595721599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. James\, Apostle–R (II) - St. Christopher\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:AMONG the twelve\, three were chosen as the familiar companions of our blessed Lord\, and of these JAMES was one. He alone\, with Peter and John\, was admitted to the house of Jairus when the dead maiden was raised to life. They alone were taken up to the high mountain apart\, and saw the face of Jesus shining as the sun\, and His garments white as snow; and these three alone witnessed the fearful agony in Gethsemane. What was it that won James a place among the favorite three? Faith\, burning\, impetuous\, and outspoken\, but which needed purifying before the “Son of Thunder” could proclaim the gospel of peace. It was James who demanded fire from heaven to consume the inhospitable Samaritans\, and who sought the place of honor by Christ in His Kingdom. Yet Our Lord\, in rebuking his presumption\, prophesied his faithfulness to death. When St. James was brought before King Herod Agrippa\, his fearless confession of Jesus crucified so moved the public prosecutor that he declared himself a Christian on the spot. Accused and accuser were hurried off together to execution\, and on the road the latter begged pardon of the Saint. The apostle had long since forgiven him\, but hesitated for a moment whether publicly to accept as a brother one still unbaptized. God quickly recalled to him the Church’s faith\, that the blood of martyrdom supplies for every sacrament\, and\, falling on his companion’s neck\, he embraced him\, with the words\, “Peace be with thee!” Together then they knelt for the sword\, and together received the crown.\nReflection.—We must all desire a place in the kingdom of our Father; but can we drink the chalice which He holds out to each? Possumus\, we must say with SL. James—“We can”—but only in the strength of Him Who has drunk it first for us.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-james-apostle-r-ii-st-christopher-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200724
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200725
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170034Z
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UID:1656-1595548800-1595635199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - St. Christina\, Virgin\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Christina\, born in Tuscany\, Italy\, destroyed the pagan idols in her father’s home and distributed their gold among the poor. Her father then delivered the young girl to the persecutors. Christina was martyred about A.D. 307 at the age of ten.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-st-christina-virgin-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200723
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200724
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170033Z
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UID:1655-1595462400-1595548799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Apollinaris\, Bishop\, Martyr–R (III) - St. Liborius\, Bishop\, Confessor–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:As first bishop and only known martyr of Ravenna\, Italy\, Apollinaris evangelized that region and laid down his life for his flock about A.D. 200 after a succession of banishments and harassments from the pagans. Many miracles were ascribed to his intercession. He had perfectly fulfilled the command of St. Peter to those ordained to the ministry of souls: “Tend the flock of God which is among you . . . becoming from the heart a pattern to the flock” (Reading).
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-apollinaris-bishop-martyr-r-iii-st-liborius-bishop-confessor-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200723
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UID:1654-1595376000-1595462399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Mary Magdalen\, Penitent–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Of the earlier life of Mary Magdalen we know only that she was “a woman who was a sinner.” From the depth of her degradation she raised her eyes to Jesus with sorrow\, hope\, and love. All covered with shame\, she came In where Jesus was at meat\, and knelt behind him. She said not a word\, but bathed His feet with her tears\, wiped them with the hair of her head\, kissed them in humility\, and at their touch her sins and her stain were gone. Then she poured on them the costly unguent prepared for far other uses; and His own divine lips rolled away her reproach\, spoke her absolution\, and bade her go in peace. Thenceforward she ministered to Jesus\, sat at His feet\, and heard His words. She was one of the family “whom Jesus so loved” that He raised her brother Lazarus from the dead. Once again\, on the eve of His Passion\, she brought the precious ointment\, and\, now purified and beloved\, poured it on His head\, and the whole house of God is still filled with the fragrance of her anointing. She stood with Our Lady and St. John at the foot of the cross\, the representative of the many who have had much forgiven. To her first\, after His blessed Mother\, and through her to His apostles\, Our Lord gave the certainty of His resurrection; and to her first He made Himself known\, calling her by her name\, because she was His. When the faithful were scattered by persecution the family of Bethany found refuge in Provence. The cave in which St. Mary lived for thirty years is still seen\, and the chapel on the mountaintop\, in which she was caught up daily\, like St. Paul\, to “visions and revelations of the Lord.” When her end drew near she was borne to a spot still marked by a “sacred pillar\,” where the holy Bishop Maximin awaited her; and when she had received her Lord\, she peacefully fell asleep in death.\nReflection.—“Compunction of heart\,” says St. Bernard\, “is a treasure infinitely to be desired\, and an unspeakable gladness to the heart. It is healing to the soul; it is remission of sins; it brings back again the Holy Spirit into the humble and loving heart.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-mary-magdalen-penitent-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200722
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
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UID:1653-1595289600-1595375999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Lawrence of Brindisi\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III) - St. Praxedes\, Virgin–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:In 1602\, he was elected vicar general of the Capuchin friars\, at that time the highest office in the Order. He was elected again in 1605\, but refused the office. He entered the service of the Holy See\, becoming papal nuncio to Bavaria. After serving as nuncio to Spain\, he retired to a monastery in 1618. He was recalled as a special envoy to the King of Spain regarding the actions of the Viceroy of Naples in 1619\, and after finishing his mission\, died on his birthday in Lisbon.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-lawrence-of-brindisi-confessor-doctor-w-iii-st-praxedes-virgin-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200721
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
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UID:1652-1595203200-1595289599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Jerome Emilian\, Confessor–W (III) - St. Margaret\, Virgin\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Gerolamo Emiliani (Italian: Gerolamo Emiliani also Jerome Aemilian\, Hiëronymus Emiliani) (1481 – 8 February 1537)\, was an Italian humanitarian\, founder of the Somaschi Fathers\, and saint. He was canonized in 1767 and is the patron saint of orphans.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-jerome-emilian-confessor-w-iii-st-margaret-virgin-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200719
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200720
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
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UID:1651-1595116800-1595203199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Seventh Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Vincent de Paul\, Confessor
DESCRIPTION:ST. VINCENT was born in 1576. In after-years\, when adviser of the queen and oracle of the Church in France\, he loved to recount how\, in his youth\, he had guarded his father’s pigs. Soon after his ordination he was captured by corsairs\, and carried into Barbary. He converted his renegade master\, and escaped with him to France. Appointed chaplain-general of the galleys of France\, his tender charity brought hope into those prisons where hitherto despair had reigned. A mother mourned her imprisoned son. Vincent put on his chains and took his place at the oar\, and gave him to his mother. His charity embraced the poor\, young and old\, provinces desolated by civil war\, Christians enslaved by the infidel. The poor man\, ignorant and degraded\, was to him the image of Him Who became as “a leper and no man.” “Turn the medal\,” he said\, “and you then will see Jesus Christ.” He went through the streets of Paris at night\, seeking the children who were left there to die. Once robbers rushed upon him\, thinking he carried a treasure\, but when he opened his cloak\, they recognized him and his burden\, and fell at his feet. Not only was St. Vincent the saviour of the poor\, but also of the rich\, for he taught them to do works of mercy. When the work for the foundlings was in danger of failing from want of funds\, he assembled the ladies of the Association of Charity. He bade his most fervent daughters be present to give the spur to the others. Then he said\, “Compassion and charity have made you adopt these little creatures as your children. You have been their mothers according to grace\, when their own mothers abandoned them. Cease to be their mothers\, that you may become their judges; their life and death are in your hands. I shall now take your votes: it is time to pronounce sentence” The tears of the assembly were his only answer\, and the work was continued. The Society of St. Vincent\, the Priests of the Mission\, and 25\,000 Sisters of Charity still comfort the afflicted with the charity of St. Vincent of Paul. He died in 1660.\nReflection.—Most people who profess piety ask advice of directors about their prayers and spiritual exercises. Few inquire whether they are not in danger of damnation from neglect of works of charity.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/seventh-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-vincent-de-paul-confessor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200719
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170030Z
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UID:1650-1595030400-1595116799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Camillus de Lellis\, Confessor–W (III) - St. Symphorosa & her Seven Sons\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Popularly\, Camillus is the patron saint of the sick\, hospitals\, nurses and physicians. His assistance is also invoked against gambling. His mortal remains are located in the altar in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rome\, along with several of his relics. Also on display is the Cross which allegedly spoke to Camillus\, and asked him\, “Why are you afraid? Do you not realize that this is not your work but mine?” which has become the motto associated with St. Camillus\, as well as healthcare workers who were inspired by him.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-camillus-de-lellis-confessor-w-iii-st-symphorosa-her-seven-sons-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200717
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200718
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
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UID:1649-1594944000-1595030399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - St. Alexius\, Confessor–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:St. Alexius\, the son of the Senator Euphemian\, renounced all earthly things and departed as a pilgrim to Palestine. He returned after seven years and in his father’s house was taken for an indigent beggar. There he died unknown in 404.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-st-alexius-confessor-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200717
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170029Z
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UID:1648-1594857600-1594943999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV) - Our Lady of Mount Carmel–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Simon Stock\, a holy youth of the County of Kent in England\, was told by Our Lady that he would join a religious order not yet known to the English. In due time Carmelites crossed the Channel\, and Simon entered the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Carmelites in England chose Simon Stock as their prior general in 1245. Mary appeared to Simon on July 16\, 1251\, and gave him the scapular as an assurance of Her protection. Devotion to the scapular spread quickly throughout Christendom.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-our-lady-of-mount-carmel-w-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200716
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170029Z
UID:1647-1594771200-1594857599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Henry\, Emperor\, Confessor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Henry\, the son of Henry\, Duke of Bavaria\, was chosen Emperor in 1002\, upon the death of his cousin\, Otto III. He became one of the strongest rulers of the Holy Roman Empire\, triumphing over many difficulties as a Christian statesman and warrior. He made frequent journeys through his empire to promote religion\, correct public abuses\, and prevent the oppression of the poor. According to the chronicles of the time\, when upon his return from an expedition against the Greeks in Italy\, he was taken sick at Monte Cassino\, he was miraculously cured through the intercession of St. Benedict\, founder of the abbey.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-henry-emperor-confessor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200715
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UID:1646-1594684800-1594771199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:St. Bonaventure\, Bishop\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Bonaventure was born in the Papal States in 1221\, and became a Franciscan at the age of 20. He is called by the Church the Seraphic Doctor\, because the penetrating genius that informs his writings is ennobled by a burning love of God. In 1273\, he was created cardinal bishop of Albano. Pope Gregory X then entrusted Bonaventure with the direction of the Council of Lyons\, attended by schismatic Oriental clergy as well as by Catholics. His intense solicitude for souls separated from the Church drew the schismatics into temporary reunion with the Holy See. This was St. Bonaventure’s supreme labor of apostolic love. He died of exhaustion while the council was still in session.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-bonaventure-bishop-confessor-doctor-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200714
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170028Z
UID:1645-1594598400-1594684799@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. EUGENIUS\, Bishop. THE episcopal see of Carthage had remained vacant twenty-four years\, when\, in 481\, Huneric permitted the Catholics on certain conditions to choose one who should fill it. The people\, impatient to enjoy the comfort of a pastor\, pitched upon Eugenius\, a citizen of Carthage\, eminent for his learning\, zeal\, piety\, and prudence. His charities to the distressed were excessive\, and he refused himself everything that he might give all to the poor. His virtue gained him the respect and esteem even of the\, Arians; but at length envy and blind zeal got the ascendant in their breasts\, and the king sent him an order never to sit on the episcopal throne\, preach to the people\, or admit into his chapel any Vandals\, among whom several were Catholics. The Saint boldly answered that the laws of God commanded him not to shut the door of His church to any that desired to serve Him in it. Huneric\, enraged at this answer\, persecuted the Catholics in various ways. Many nuns were so cruelly tortured that they died on the rack. Great numbers of bishops\, priests\, deacons\, and eminent Catholic laymen were banished to a desert filled with scorpions and venomous serpents. The people followed their bishops and priests with lighted tapers in their hands\, and mothers carried their little babes in their arms and laid them at the feet of the confessors\, all crying out with tears\, “Going yourselves to your crowns\, to whom do you leave us? Who will baptize our children? Who will impart to us the benefit of penance\, and discharge us from the bonds of sin by the favor of reconciliation and pardon? Who will bury us with solemn supplications at our death? By whom will the Divine Sacrifice be made? “ The Bishop Eugenius was spared in the first storm\, but afterwards was carried into the uninhabited desert country in the province of Tripolis\, and committed to the guard of Antony\, an inhuman Arian bishop\, who treated him with the utmost barbarity. Gontamund\, who succeeded Huneric\, recalled our Saint to Carthage\, opened the Catholic churches\, and allowed all the exiled priests to return. After reigning twelve years\, Gontamund died\, and his brother Thrasimund was called to the crown. Under this prince St. Eugenius was again banished\, and died in exile\, on the 13th of July\, 505\, in a monastery which he built and governed\, near Albi.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-5/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200712
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200713
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170027Z
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UID:1644-1594512000-1594598399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Sixth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. John Gualbert\, Abbot
DESCRIPTION:John Gualbert became a Benedictine monk at San Miniato. He fought actively against simony\, of which both his abbot\, Oberto\, and the Bishop of Florence\, Pietro Mezzabarba\, were guilty. Unwilling to compromise with them\, he left the monastery to lead a more perfect life. His attraction was for the cenobitic\, and not eremitic life\, so after staying for some time with the monks at Camaldoli\, he settled at Vallombrosa\, where he founded his monastery. The area surrounding his monastery at Vallombrosa was wild and deserted when he first arrived. John thought that it would be more conducive to contemplation and discipline if the grounds were better kept. But instead of a traditional garden\, he opted to have his monks plant trees (firs and pines mostly)\, creating a park and nature preserve to enhance the prayerful environment.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sixth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-john-gualbert-abbot/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200712
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170027Z
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UID:1643-1594425600-1594511999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) - St. Pius I\, Pope\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:St Pius I governed the Church in the middle of the 2nd century during the reigns of the Emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius] He was the ninth successor of Saint Peter] He decreed that Easter should only be kept on a Sunday. Although being credited with ordering the publication of the Liber Pontificalis\, compilation of that document was not started before the beginning of the 6th century. He is said to have built one of the oldest churches in Rome\, Santa Pudenziana.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv-st-pius-i-pope-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200711
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CREATED:20200130T170027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170027Z
UID:1642-1594339200-1594425599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:The Seven Holy Brothers\, Martyrs\, and Sts. Rufina & Secunda\, Virgins\, Martyrs–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:The Roman widow Felicitas and her seven sons were martyred in about the year 162. Pope Gregory the Great said of her\, “She was more than a martyr\, for seeing her seven children martyred before her eyes\, she was in some sort a martyr in each of them.” A century later\, Rufina and Secunda\, daughters of a wealthy Roman\, refused to marry two suitors who had apostatized from the Christian religion. They were scourged and beheaded.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/the-seven-holy-brothers-martyrs-and-sts-rufina-secunda-virgins-martyrs-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200709
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200710
DTSTAMP:20260404T154109
CREATED:20200130T170027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T170027Z
UID:1641-1594252800-1594339199@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. EPHREM is the light and glory of the Syriac Church. A mere youth\, he entered on the religious life at Nisibis\, his native place. Long years of retirement taught him the science of the Saints\, and then God called him to Edessa\, there to teach what he had learned so well. He defended the Faith against heresies\, in books which have made him known as the Prophet of the Syrians. Crowds hung upon his words. Tears used to stop his voice when he preached. He trembled and made his hearers tremble at the thought of God’s judgments; but he found in compunction and humility the way to peace\, and he rested with unshaken confidence in the mercy of our blessed Lord. “I am setting out\,” he says\, speaking of his own death\, “I am setting out on a journey hard and dangerous. Thee\, O Son of God\, I have taken for my Viaticum. When I am hungry\, I will feed on Thee. The infernal fire will not venture near me\, for it cannot bear the fragrance of Thy Body and Thy Blood.” His hymns won the hearts of the people\, drove out the hymns of the Gnostic heretics\, and gained for him the title which he bears in the Syriac Liturgy to this day—“the Harp of the Holy Ghost.” Passionate as he was by nature\, from the time he entered religion no one ever saw him angry. Abounding in labors till the last\, he toiled for the suffering poor at Edessa in the famine of 378\, and there lay down to die in extreme old age. What was the secret of success so various and so complete? Humility\, which made him distrust himself and trust God. Till his death\, he wept for the slight sins committed in the thoughtlessness of boyhood. He refused the dignity of the priesthood. “I\,” he told St. Basil\, whom he went to see at the bidding of the Holy Spirit\, “I am that Ephrem who has wandered from the path of heaven.” Then bursting into tears\, he cried out\, “O my father\, have pity on a sinful wretch\, and lead me on the narrow way.”
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SUMMARY:St. Elizabeth\, Queen of Portugal\, Widow–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth showed an early enthusiasm for her Faith. She said the full Divine Office daily\, fasted and did other penance\, as well as attended twice-daily choral Masses. Religious fervor was common in her family\, as she could count several members of her family who were already venerated as saints. The most notable example is her great-aunt\, St. Elizabeth of Hungary\, after whom she was named.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-elizabeth-queen-of-portugal-widow-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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UID:1639-1594080000-1594166399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Sts. Cyril & Methodius\, Bishops\, Confessors–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:They were 9th century Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessalonica\, Macedonia\, who became Christian missionaries among the Slavic peoples of the Great Moravia and Pannonia. Through their work they influenced the cultural development of all Slavs\, for which they received the title “Apostles to the Slavs.” They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet\, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths\, their pupils continued their missionary work among other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of “equal-to-apostles.” In 1880\, Pope Leo XIII introduced their feast into the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sts-cyril-methodius-bishops-confessors-w-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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UID:1638-1593993600-1594079999@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Ferial–G (IV)
DESCRIPTION:THE name of Palladius shows this Saint to have been a Roman\, and most authors agree that he was deacon of the Church of Rome. At least St. Prosper\, in his chronicle\, informs us that when Agricola\, a noted Pelagian\, had corrupted the churches of Britain by introducing that pestilential heresy\, Pope Celestine\, at the instance of Palladius the deacon\, in 429\, sent thither St. Germanus\, Bishop of Auxerre\, in quality of his legate\, who\, having ejected the heretics\, brought back the Britons to the Catholic faith. In 431 Pope Celestine sent Palladius\, the first bishop\, to the Scots then believing in Christ. The Irish writers of the lives of St. Patrick say that St. Palladius had preached in Ireland a little before St. Patrick\, but that he was soon banished by the King of Leinster\, and returned to North Britain\, where he had first opened his mission. There seems to be no doubt that he was sent to the whole nation of the Scots\, several colonies of whom had passed from Ireland into North Britain\, and possessed themselves of part of the country since called Scotland. After St. Palladius had left Ireland\, he arrived among the Scots in North Britain\, according to St. Prosper\, in the consulate of Bassus and Antochius\, in the year of Christ 431. He preached there with great zeal\, and formed a considerable Church. The Scottish historians tell us that the Faith was planted in North Britain about the year 200\, in the time of King Donald\, when Victor was Pope of Rome. But they all acknowledge that Palladius was the first bishop in that country\, and style him their first apostle. The Saint died at Fordun\, fifteen miles from Aberdeen\, about the year 450.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-g-iv-3/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Fifth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) - St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria\, Confessor
DESCRIPTION:After his death\, a number of cures were attributed to the intercession of Anthony Mary Zaccaria. 27 years after his death\, his body was found to be incorrupt. His mortal remains are now enshrined at the Church of St. Barnabas in Milan\, Italy. He was canonized by Pope Leo XIII on 27 May 1897. His feast day is celebrated on 5 July. He is a patron saint of physicians.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/fifth-sunday-after-pentecost-g-ii-st-anthony-mary-zaccaria-confessor/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:First Saturday - Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. BERTHA\, Widow\, Abbess. BERTHA was the daughter of Count Rigobert and Umana\, related to one of the kings of Kent in England. In the twentieth year of her age she was married to Sigefroi\, by whom she had five daughters\, two of whom\, Gertrude and Deotila\, are Saints. After her husband’s death she put on the veil in the nunnery which she had built at Blangy in Artois\, a little distance from Hesdin. Her daughters Gertrude and Deotila followed her example. She was persecuted by Roger\, or Rotgar\, who endeavored to asperse her with King Thierri III.\, to revenge his being refused Gertrude in marriage. But this prince\, convinced of the innocence of Bertha\, then abbess over her nunnery\, gave her a kind reception and took her under his protection. On her return to Blangy\, Bertha finished her nunnery and caused three churches to be built\, one in honor of St. Omer\, another she called after St. Vaast\, and the third in honor of St. Martin of Tours. And then\, after establishing a regular observance in her community\, she left St. Deotila abbess in her stead\, and shut herself in a cell\, to pass the remainder of her days in prayer. She died about the year 725. A great part of her relics are kept at Blangy.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-saturday-our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv-2/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:First Friday - St. Irenaeus\, Bishop\, Martyr–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. IRENÆUS was born about the year 120. He was a Grecian\, probably a native of Lesser Asia. His parents\, who were Christians\, placed him under the care of the great St. Polycarp\, Bishop of Smyrna. It was in so holy a school that he learned that sacred science which rendered him afterward a great ornament of the Church and the terror of her enemies. St. Polycarp cultivated his rising genius\, and formed his mind to piety by precepts and example; and the zealous scholar was careful to reap all the advantages which were offered him by the happiness of such a master. Such was his veneration for his tutor’s sanctity that he observed every action and whatever be saw in that holy man\, the better to copy his example and learn his spirit. He listened to his instructions with an insatiable ardor\, and so deeply did he engrave them on his heart that the impressions remained most lively even to his old age. In order to confute the heresies of his age\, this father made himself acquainted with the most absurd conceits of their philosophers\, by which means he was qualified to trace up every error to its sources and set it in its full light. St. Polycarp sent St. Irenæus into Gaul\, in company with some priest; he was himself ordained priest of the Church of Lyons by St. Pothinus. St. Pothinus having glorified God by his happy death\, in the year 177\, our Saint was chosen the second Bishop of Lyons. By his preaching\, he in a short time converted almost that whole country to the Faith. He wrote several works against heresy\, and at last\, with many others\, suffered martyrdom about the year 202\, under the Emperor Severus\, at Lyons.\nReflection.—Fathers and mothers\, and heads of families\, spiritual and temporal\, should bear in mind that inferiors “will not be corrected by words” alone\, but that example is likewise needful.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/first-friday-st-irenaeus-bishop-martyr-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Visitation of the Blessed Virgin–W (II) - Sts. Processus and Martinianus\, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Mary visits her relative Elizabeth; they are both pregnant. Mary is pregnant with Jesus and Elizabeth is pregnant with John the Baptist. Mary left Nazareth immediately after the Annunciation and went “into the hill country…into a city of Judah” (Luke 1:39) to attend her cousin Elizabeth. There are several possibilities as to exactly which city this was\, including Hebron\, south of Jerusalem\, and Ein Karem. The journey was about 100 miles and Elizabeth was in the sixth month before Mary came
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/visitation-of-the-blessed-virgin-w-ii-sts-processus-and-martinianus-martyrs-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:FEAST OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS–R (I)
DESCRIPTION:This feast was instituted only in 1849\, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ\, and that the Sacraments were brought forth through His Blood. The special beauty of this feast is its centering of our attention directly on the Blood of Christ\, a short cut to the heart of revelation. In these days we need to think of the Passion of Christ; we do not know how God is going to test us. Devotion to the Precious Blood is a fundamental\, sane approach to God. It is hard and painful; it will help us to steel our own hearts against weakness.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/feast-of-the-most-precious-blood-of-jesus-r-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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UID:1632-1593475200-1593561599@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:Commemoration of St. Paul\, Apostle–R (III) (Comm. St. Peter\, Apostle)
DESCRIPTION:Saul\, the youthful Pharisee of Jerusalem who stood by as a witness at the death of the first martyr\, Stephen\, grew into manhood with a consuming desire to destroy the religious followers of Jesus. Three years after the crucifixion of Christ\, while in the very act of extending his persecution of the Christians from Jerusalem to Damascus\, Saul was confronted by his Savior with the question\, “Why dost thou persecute me?” In the dazzling light of this vision\, Saul was called to a double vocation: to be a chosen vessel to carry the name of Jesus among nations\, and to suffer much for Christ. In this new life\, Saul was renamed Paul.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/commemoration-of-st-paul-apostle-r-iii-comm-st-peter-apostle/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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