Calendar of Events
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. JOHN CLIMACUS. JOHN made, while still young, such progress in learning that he was called the Scholastic. At the age of […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. BENJAMIN, Deacon, Martyr. ISDEGERDES, Son of Sapor III., put a stop to the cruel persecutions against the Christians in Persia, which […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. HUGH, Bishop. It was the happiness of this Saint to receive from his cradle the strongest impressions of piety by the […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III) – St. Francis of Paula, Confessor–W (Comm.)
He founded the Order of Minims, whose name shows that they wished to be accounted the least in the household of God. […]
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(f/a) First Friday – Ferial–V (III) – The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary–W (Comm.)
ST. RICHARD OF CHICHESTER. RICHARD was born, 1197, in the little town of Wyche, eight miles from Worcester, England. He and his […]
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(f) First Saturday – Ferial–V (III) – St. Isidore, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (Comm.)
St. Isidore succeeded his brother as Archbishop of Seville. He was a master of ecclesiastical learning in Spain and a great Doctor […]
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Palm Sunday–V (I) – St. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor
Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! O king of Israel, hosanna […]
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(f) Monday of Holy Week–V (I)
Almighty God, may the merits of the passion of Your only-begotten Son give us new strength, for our own weakness brings nothing […]
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(f) Tuesday of Holy Week–V (I)
Almighty and Eternal God, grant that we may celebrate the sacred rites of our Lord's passion in such a manner that we […]
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(f) Wednesday of Holy Week–V (I)
Almighty God, deliver us, who are continually afflicted by sin because of our self-indulgence, through the passion of Your only-begotten Son; who […]
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(f) HOLY THURSDAY–W (I)
Brethren: When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper. For every one taketh […]
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(Day of fast and abstinence) GOOD FRIDAY–Black (I)
Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” Lk. 23: 34 Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt.
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(f) HOLY SATURDAY – VIGIL OF EASTER–V/W (I)
Let us pray O God, Who hast bestowed on the faithful the fire of Thy brightness by Thy Son, Who is the […]
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EASTER SUNDAY–W (I)
For He is the true Lamb that hath taken away the sins of the world. Who by dying hath overcome our death, […]
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Monday in Octave of Easter–W (I)
The disciples on the way to Emmaus wanted to believe exclusively in a glorious Christ. They were shocked by His seeming defeat […]
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Tuesday in Octave of Easter–W (I)
By blood-sealed covenant, by prophetic utterances and figures, and by prescriptions for sacrificial worship, God tried to prepare His people to expect […]
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Wednesday in Octave of Easter–W (I)
It was partially through ignorance of the true meaning of God's prophecies that rulers and people misunderstood Christ and put Him to […]
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Thursday in Octave of Easter–W (I)
Jesus in His passion chose to be silent and meek before His enemies and to surrender His life in order to purchase […]
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Friday in Octave of Easter–W (I)
The blessings of Christ's resurrection extend to all times and all places, through the missionary work of all Christ's members who bring […]
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Saturday in Octave of Easter–W (I)
Let us drink, as do the neophytes, the spiritual and pure milk of true doctrine; the Church asks it, by the mouth […]
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Low Sunday–W (I)
This Sunday is called from the first words of the Introit, the Sunday of Quasimodo, or Sunday in Albis (deponéndis) because the […]
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Ferial–W (IV)
ST. MARCELLINUS was born in Africa, of a noble family; accompanied by Vincent and Domninus, he went over into Gaul, and there […]
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St. Anselm, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
ANSELM was a native of Piedmont. When a boy of fifteen, being forbidden to enter religion, he for a while lost his […]
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Sts. Soter and Caius, Popes, Martyrs–R (III)
ST. SOTER was raised to the papacy upon the death of St. Anicetus, in 173. By the sweetness of his discourses he […]
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Ferial–W (IV) – St. George, Martyr–R (Comm.)
ST. GEORGE was born in Cappadocia, at the close of the third century, of Christian parents. In early youth he chose a […]
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St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr–R (III)
FIDELIS was born at Sigmaringen in 1577, of noble parents. In his youth he frequently approached the sacraments, visited the sick and […]
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Greater Litanies–V (Procession only) – St. Mark, The Evangelist–R (II)
ST. MARK was converted to the Faith by the Prince of the Apostles, whom he afterwards accompanied to Rome, acting there as […]
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Second Sunday after Easter–W (II) – Sts. Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes, Martyrs
ST. CLETUS was the third Bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first […]
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St. Peter Canisius, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
Peter Canisius (1521-97) was drawn to the Society of Jesus by the preaching of Bl. Peter Faber, the first disciple of St. […]
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St. Paul of the Cross, Confessor–W (III)
THE eighty-one years of this Saint's life were modelled on the Passion of Jesus Christ. In his childhood, when praying in church, […]
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St. Peter of Verona, Martyr–R (III)
Also known as Saint Peter Martyr, was a 13th-century Italian Catholic priest. He was a Dominican friar and a celebrated preacher. He […]
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St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin–W (III)
The seraphic St. Catherine willingly sacrificed the delights of contemplation to labor for the Church and the Apostolic See. How deeply do […]