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Easter: May 5th
Sixth Sunday of Easter
As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. "I have told you this so that my joy may be in... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Easter: May 4th
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
England celebrates the Feast of the English Martyrs, a group of forty men, women, religious, priests, and lay people who were canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 25, 1970 (in Wales this feast is celebrated
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Easter: May 3rd
Feast of Sts. Philip and James, Apostles
Today is the Feast of the Apostles Philip and James. Like Sts. Peter and Andrew, St. Philip was from Bethsaida, in Galilee. According to tradition, he was crucified at Hierapolis in Phyrgia, where he had preached the Gospel. He... More
Easter: May 2nd
Memorial of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Athanasius (295-373), Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying the Godhead of the Word the Arians... More
Easter: May 1st
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter; Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker
The Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to... More
Easter: April 30th
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter; Optional Memorial of St. Pius V, Pope and Religious
Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Pius V (1504-1572). He joined the Dominicans at the age of fourteen; he was sixty-two when he was elected Pope. His reign, though short, was one of the most fruitful of the sixteenth... More
Easter: April 29th
Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Today is the Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). She was born Catherine Benincasa in Siena at a date that remains uncertain, was favored with visions from the age of seven. Becoming a tertiary of the Dominican Order,... More
Easter: April 28th
Fifth Sunday of Easter
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Easter: April 27th
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Montserrat. Monserrat is located in the region of Catalonia in Spain. Legend relates that the original sculpture was carved by St. Luke and brought to Montserrat by St. Peter in 50... More
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Easter: April 26th
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
The devotion to Our Lady of Good Counsel originated at Gennazzano, Italy, a village in the neighborhood of Rome, where an Augustinian church, in which is enshrined a miraculous picture of our Lady, had been for centuries a place... More
Easter: April 25th
Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist; Major Rogation Day
Today is the Feast of St. Mark, the Evangelist, the author of the second Gospel, was the son of Mary whose house at Jerusalem was the meeting place of Christians, where St. Peter sough refuge after having been freed from prison.... More