13
Sep
Our Lady of Sorrows – 15 Sep
The devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows flourished in the Middle Ages, and the hymn Stabat Mater was composed for it. Although it is offici...
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15
Aug
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 15 Aug
The feast celebrates the assumption of the body of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven upon her death. According to Pope Benedict XIV, ...
15
Aug
St Maximilian Kolbe, Priest & Martyr – 14 Aug
Second of three sons born to a poor but pious Catholic family in Russian occupied Poland. His parents, both Franciscan lay tertiaries, ...
15
Aug
St Clare, Virgin – 11 August
Clare’s father was a count, her mother the countess Blessed Orsolana. Her father died when the girl was very young. After hearing Saint...
06
Aug
St John Vianney, Priest – 04 August
He was the son of a peasant farmer, and a slow and unpromising candidate for the priesthood: he was eventually ordained on account of h...