12
Jul
St Kateri Tekawitha – 14 July
Daughter of a Christian Algonquin woman captured by Iroquois and married to a non-Christian Mohawk chief. Orphaned during a smallpox ep...
Feasts & Saints
18
May
Solemnity of Pentecost – 20 May
HOMILY BY POPE FRANCIS - 20 MAY 2018
In the first reading of today's liturgy, the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is likened to...
18
May
St Bernadine of Siena, Priest – 20 May
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Bernardino (“Little Bernard”) was born in Tuscany. His parents died when he was a child. While still a student at the University of Sie...
12
May
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – 13 May
ANGELUS MESSAGE FROM POPE FRANCIS - 13 MAY 2018
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Today, in Italy and in many other countries,...
02
May
Sts Phillip & James, Apostles – 03 May
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Philip was born at Bethsaida and started as a disciple of John the Baptist. After the Baptist’s death he followed Christ.
James,...
28
Apr
St Catherine of Siena, Virgin & Doctor – 29 April
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Youngest of 24 children; her father was a wool-dyer. At the age of seven she had a vision in which Jesus appeared with Peter, Paul, and...
08
Apr
The Annunciation of the Lord – 09 April
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The Annunciation (from Latin annuntiatio), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lad...
08
Apr
Divine Mercy Sunday – Homily by Pope Francis – 08 April
Here is the text of the Pope’s Homily at Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 8, 2018, provided by the Vatican:
In today’s Gospel, we he...
01
Apr
Easter Message of the Holy Father & Blessing ‘Urbi et Orbi’
Pope Francis proclaimed his Easter Blessing “Urbi et Orbi’ – to the City of Rome and the world – at noon on Easter Sunday, April 1, 201...
16
Mar
St Patrick, Bishop – 17 March
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St Patrick was kidnapped from the British mainland around age 16, and shipped to Ireland as a slave. Sent to the mountains as a shepher...