Archive for the ‘Feasts and Holy Days’ Category
St Bernardine of Siena
In the year 1400, a young man came to the door of the largest hospital in Siena. A plague was raging through the city so horrible that as many as twenty people died each day just in the hospital alone. And many of the people who died were those who were needed to tend the […]
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Feast of Our Lady of Fatima
This feast commemorates the visions of Our Lady seen near Fátima in Portugal in 1917 by three shepherd children, Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto. The visions occurred on the 13th day of each month from May to October, and by October huge crowds were gathering at the site of […]
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St George’s Feast Day
Pictures of St. George usually show him killing a dragon to rescue a beautiful lady. The dragon stands for wickedness. The lady stands for God’s holy truth. St. George was a brave martyr who was victorious over the devil. He was a soldier in the army of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, and he was one […]
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The Annunciation of the Lord
Something which has existed since the beginning, that we have heard, and we have seen with our own eyes; that we have watched and touched with our hands: the Word, who is life – this is our subject. That life was made visible: we saw it and we are giving our testimony, telling you of […]
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Pray for Life
** reproduced from John Smeatons blog** Pray for life in Walsingham on Monday, 8th April Leeds People For Life are organizing their 10th annual pilgrimage in thanksgiving for the gift of life on Monday, 8th April, next Monday week – and for the intentions of the Pope. For Catholics in Britain, there can be […]
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St David’s Day
St. David of Wales. Credit: Self via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.5). – Among Welsh Catholics, as well as those in England, March 1 is the liturgical celebration of Saint David of Wales. St. David is the patron of the Welsh people, remembered as a missionary bishop and the founder of many monasteries during the […]
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Feast Cyril & Methodius
Saint Cyril was born in Thessalonica and educated in Constantinople. He accompanied his brother Methodius to Moravia to preach the faith. They both prepared Slavic liturgical texts in what would subsequently be known as the Cyrillic alphabet. Both were summoned to Rome, where Cyril died on 14th February 869, while Methodius was consecrated bishop and […]
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Our Lady of Lourdes
In 1858 the Virgin Mary Immaculate appeared to Bernadette Soubirious, near Lourdes in France within the cave of Massabielle. Through this humble girl, Mary called sinners to conversion and enkindled within the Church a great zeal for prayer and charity, especially service to the sick and poor.
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St John Bosco
Saint John Bosco was born near Castelnuovo in the diocese of Turin in 1815. His early years were most difficult and so, once ordained to the priesthood, he dedicated himself to the education of the young, founding congregations that would instruct youth in both arts and the Christian life. He also composed pamphlets for the […]
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