Feasts & Saints
St John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor – 13 Sep
John’s father died when he was young, and he was raised by a very pious mother. Well educated; studied rhetoric under Libanius, one of ...
The Most Holy Name of Mary – 12 September
The Feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an optional memorial celebrated in the liturgical calendar of the Catholi...
The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 08 Sep
The birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary announced joy and the near approach of salvation to the lost world. Mary was brought forth in the ...
St Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor – 03 September
He was born in Rome and followed the career of public service that was usual for the son of an aristocratic family, finally becomi...
The Martyrdom of St John the Baptist – 29 Aug
Cousin of Jesus Christ. Son of Zachary, a priest of the order of Abia whose job in the temple was to burn incense; and of Elizabeth, a ...
St Augustine, Bishop & Doctor – 28 Aug
Son of a pagan father who converted on his death bed, and of Saint Monica, a devout Christian. Raised a Christian, he lost his faith in...
St Monica – 27 Aug
She was born at Thagaste in Africa of a Christian family. She was married young, to Patricius, and among her children was Augustine. He...
St Rose of Lima – 23 Aug
Born to Spanish immigrants to the New World. A beautiful girl and devoted daughter, she was so devoted to her vow of chastity that she ...
St Bartholomew, Apostle – 24 Aug
One of the Twelves Apostles. Probably a close friend of Saint Philip; Bartholomew’s name is always mentioned in the Gospels in connecti...
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 22 Aug
A Marian feast day decreed by Pope Pius XII in his encyclical Ad caeli reginamto recognize and celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary as Que...