03 Jan Feasts & Saints St Elizabeth Ann Seton – 04 Jan January 3, 2020 By Cheryl Laifang Born 28 August 1744 in New York city into a wealthy and influential Episcopalian family, the daughter of a Dr Richard Bayley; Elizabeth... Continue reading
01 Jan Feasts & Saints Mary, the Holy Mother of God – 01 Jan January 1, 2020 By Cheryl Laifang HOLY MASS ON THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD 53rd WORLD DAY OF PEACE PAPAL MASS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Vatican Basili... Continue reading
26 Dec Feasts & Saints The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph – 29 Dec December 26, 2019 By Cheryl Laifang An address given at Nazareth by Blessed Pope Paul VI The example of Nazareth The home of Nazareth is the school where we begin to unde... Continue reading
26 Dec Feasts & Saints Holy Innocents – 28 Dec December 26, 2019 By Cheryl Laifang The Holy Innocents are the children who were slaughtered at the orders of King Herod, in the hope that by killing every boy born in Bet... Continue reading
26 Dec Feasts & Saints St Stephen, the First Martyr – 26 Dec December 26, 2019 By Cheryl Laifang First Christian martyr. Deacon. Preacher. All we know of him is related in the Acts of the Apostles. While preaching the Gospel in the ... Continue reading
13 Dec Feasts & Saints St John of the Cross – 14 Dec December 13, 2019 By Cheryl Laifang Born in poverty. Cared for the poor in the hospital in Medina del Campo, Spain. Carmelite lay brother in 1563 at age 21, though he live... Continue reading
12 Dec Feasts & Saints St Lucy, Virgin & Martyr – 13 Dec December 12, 2019 By Cheryl Laifang Rich, young Christian of Greek ancestry. Raised in a pious family, she vowed her life to Christ. Her Roman father died when she was you... Continue reading
11 Dec Feasts & Saints Our Lady of Loreto – 10 Dec December 11, 2019 By Cheryl Laifang Since the Middle Ages veneration for the Holy House of Loreto has been the origin of that particular shrine which still today is visite... Continue reading
11 Dec Feasts & Saints Our Lady of Guadalupe – 12 Dec December 11, 2019 By Cheryl Laifang The Blessed Virgin appeared on Saturday 9 December 1531 to a 55 year old neophyte named Juan Diego, who was hurrying down Tepeyac hill ... Continue reading
08 Dec Feasts & Saints Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 08 Dec December 8, 2019 By Cheryl Laifang The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin, that twist in our na... Continue reading