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January 1, 2009 The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
Theotokos (The Mother of God) [In the Letter to the Galatians] St. Paul said: “God sent forth his Son, born of woman” (Gal 4:4). Origen commented: “Note well that he did not say, ‘born by means of a woman’ but ‘born of a woman’” (Comm...
Celebrating Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 9 is the Feast of Saint Juan Diego December 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This brief prayer is offered in celebration of these feasts. Mother of God, Lady of Guadalupe, we commit ourselves to follow your example, to be life-g...
Advent: Begins Sunday November 29, 2009
The season of Advent, the time of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas and the start of the liturgical year in the Roman Catholic Church, begins on a different date each year. When does Advent 2009 begin? Answer: Advent 2009 begins on t...
Advent: Begins Sunday November 29, 2009
The season of Advent, the time of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas and the start of the liturgical year in the Roman Catholic Church, begins on a different date each year. When does Advent 2009 begin? Answer: Advent 2009 begins on t...
November 6 is Foundation Day!
The Sisters of the Holy Family, founded in San Francisco, California in 1872, is an apostolic religious institute of pontifical rite. It is an apostolic institute because Father John Prendergast (pictured below) and Miss Lizzie Armer founded it to se...
St. Charles Borromeo (Catechist)
St. Charles Borromeo Feastday: November 4Patron of learning and the arts. 1584 Charles was the son of Count Gilbert Borromeo and Margaret Medici, sister of Pope Pius IV. He was born at the family castle of Arona on Lake Maggiore, Italyon October 2....
All Saints Memorial Day
“The glorious company of the apostles praise Thee. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee. The white-robed army of martyrs praise Thee. All Thy saints and elect with one voice do acknowledge Thee, O Blessed Trinity, one God!” &...
Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa of Avila Feastday: October 15Patron of Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers b. 1515 d. 1582 Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after ...
Feast of Our Lady of The Rosary Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The feast dedicated to “Our Lady of the Rosary” was instituted by Pope Pius V. It was to commemorate the anniversary of the defeat of the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto on the first Sunday in October 1571. This miraculous defeat broke...
Feast of the Holy Rosary
Feast of the Holy Rosary The feast of the Holy Rosary was established by Saint Pius V on the anniversary of the naval victory won by the Christian fleet at Lepanto, October 7, 1571. The victory was attributed to the help of the holy Mother of God who...
Guardian Angels
History: That every individual soul has a guardian angel has never been defined by the Church, and is, consequently, not an article of faith; but it is the “mind of the Church”, as St. Jerome expressed it: “how great the dignity of ...
Guardian Angels
Prayer: Angel of God, my Guardian dear, to whom His love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide, Amen. Latin: Angele Dei Ángele Dei, qui custos es mei, me, tibi commíssum pietáte supérna, illúmina, cu...
Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael Archangels Feast Day
Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent...
September 15: Feast of our Lady of Sorrows
The Prophecy of Simeon over the Infant Jesus. (Luke 2:34) How have your experienced Jesus being a light to the natins? The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family. (Matthew 2:13) Do you pray [...]...
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast day
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast Day September 8th Thy birth, O Virgin Mother of God, heralded joy to all the world. For from thou hast risen the Sun of justice, Christ our God. Destroying the curse, He gave blessing; and damning death, ...
Holy Family Sisters’ Feast Days: August, 2009
Transfiguration: August 6 Sister Suzanne Bart Assumption: August 15 Sister Assumption Cueva Sister Marion Castro Sister Eleanor Rizzi Sister Jacinta Fiebig Sister Mary Eileen Peach Sister Jeanne Creager Posted in Catholic News, Sisters in the News ...
Sisters Celebrating Feast Days in July, 2009
Sister Carmen Baca Sister Elaine Marie Sanchez Sister Carol Bettencourt Sister Anne Schaeffer Sister Sandra Ann Silva Sister Voctor Negrete Sister Beatrice Ann Rojas Posted in Catholic News, Sisters in the News Tagged: 2009, Feast Days, Sister ...
