Calendar of Events
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Holy Day of Obligation: OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY–W (I)
CIRCUMCISION was a sacrament of the Old Law, and the first legal observance required by Almighty God of the descendants of Abraham. […]
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Ferial–W (IV)
ST. FULGENTIUS, Bishop. In spite of family troubles and delicate health, Fulgentius was appointed at an early age procurator of his province […]
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First Friday – Ferial–W (IV)
ST. GENEVIEVE, Virgin. Genevieve was born at Nanterre, near Paris. St. Germanus, when passing through, specially noticed a little shepherdess, and predicted […]
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First Saturday – Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
ST. TITUS, Bishop. Titus was a convert from heathenism, a disciple of St. Paul, one of the chosen companions of the apostles […]
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The Most Holy Name of Jesus–W (II)
The feast of the Holy Name of Jesus has been celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church, at least at local levels, since […]
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THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY–W (I) (Holy Day of Obligation in England, Wales & Ireland)
THE word Epiphany means “manifestation,” and it has passed into general acceptance throughout the universal Church, from the fact that Jesus Christ […]
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Ferial–W (IV)
ST. LUCIAN, Martyr. St. Lucian was born at Samosata in Syria. Having lost his parents in his youth, he distributed all his […]
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Ferial–W (IV)
ST. APOLLINARIS, THE APOLOGIST, Bishop. Claudius Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, was one of the most illustrious prelates of the second […]
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Ferial–W (IV)
SS. JULIAN and BASILISSA, Martyrs. St. Julian and St. Basilissa, though married, lived, by mutual consent, in perpetual chastity; they sanctified themselves […]
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Ferial–W (IV)
ST. WILLIAM, Archbishop. William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon […]
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Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) – St. Hyginus, Pope & Martyr–R (Comm.)
Pope Hyginus was the Bishop of Rome from c. 138 to c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the […]
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The Feast of the Holy Family–W (II)
The special devotion which sets forth the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the model of virtue for all Christian […]
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Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord–W (II)
In spite of the small scandal that Jesus' baptism must have created what was the sinless one doing having Himself baptized? It […]
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St. Hilary, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III) – St. Felix, Priest, Martyr–R (Comm.)
ST. HILARY was a native of Poitiers in Aquitaine. Born and educated a pagan, it was not till near middle age that […]
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St. Paul the First Hermit, Confessor–W (III) – St. Maurus, Abbot–W (Comm.)
ST. PAUL was born in Upper Egypt, about the year 230, and became an orphan at the age of 15. He was […]
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St. Marcellus I, Pope, Martyr–R (III)
POPE MARCELLUS I (January 6, 255 – January 16, 309) was pope from May or June 308 to his death in 309. […]
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St. Anthony the Hermit, Abbot–W (III)
ST. ANTHONY was born in the year 251, in Upper Egypt. Hearing at Mass the words, “If thou wilt be perfect, go, […]
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Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) – St. Prisca, Virgin, Martyr–R (Comm.)
ST. PRISCA was a young Roman woman tortured and executed for her Christian faith. The dates of her birth and death are […]
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Second Sunday after Epiphany–G (II)
ST. CANUTUS, King, Martyr. St. Canutus, King of Denmark, was endowed with excellent qualities of both mind and body. It is hard […]
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Sts. Fabian, Pope, & Sebastian, Martyrs–R (III)
ST. FABIAN, Supreme Pontiff, suffered martyrdom in the persecution of Decius, in 250. ST. SEBASTIAN was an officer in the Roman army, […]
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St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr–R (III)
ST. AGNES was but 12 years old when she was led to the altar of Minerva at Rome and commanded to obey […]
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Sts. Vincent & Anastasius, Martyrs–R (III)
VINCENT was archdeacon of the church at Saragossa . Valerian, the bishop, had an impediment in his speech; thus Vincent preached in […]
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St. Raymond of Peñafort, Confessor–W (III) – St. Emerentiana, Virgin, Martyr–R (Comm.)
Born A.D. 1175, of a noble Spanish family, RAYMOND, at the age of 20, taught philosophy at Barcelona with marvelous success. Ten […]
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St. Timothy, Bishop, Martyr–R (III)
TIMOTHY was a convert of St. Paul. He was born at Lystra in Asia Minor. His mother was a Jewess, but his […]
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Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle–W (III) – (Comm. of St. Peter, Apostle)
THE great apostle PAUL, named Saul at his circumcision, was born at Tarsus, the capital of Silicia, and was by privilege a […]
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Third Sunday after Epiphany–G (II) – St. Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr
ST. POLYCARP, Bishop of Smyrna, was a disciple of St. John. He wrote to the Philippians, exhorting them to mutual love and […]
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St. John Chrysostom, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
ST. JOHN was born at Antioch in 344. In order to break with a world which admired and courted him, he in […]
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St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor–W (III) – St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr–R (Comm.)
ST. PETER NOLASCO'S feast is celebrated near St. Raymond of Penafort, founder of the Order of Mercedarians, the religious community which sent […]
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St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
FRANCIS was born of noble and pious parents, near Annecy, 1566, and studied with brilliant success at Paris and Padua. On his […]
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St. Martina, Virgin, Martyr–R (III)
MARTINA of Rome was a Roman martyr under Emperor Alexander Severus. She is a patron saint of Rome. She was martyred in […]
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St. John Bosco, Confessor–W (III)
ST. JOHN BOSCO, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Latin Church, educator and writer of […]