Celebrating The Saints

28 October: Feast of Saints Simon and Jude

28 October: Feast of Saints Simon and Jude

28 October: Feast of Saints Simon and Jude. Today the Church celebrates the feast of Saints Simon and Jude whose names occur together in the Canon of the Mass. These Apostles of Jesus were both early missionaries of the Church. Saint Jude, also named Judas Thaddaeus...

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23 October: Memorial of Saint John of Capistrano

23 October: Memorial of Saint John of Capistrano

23 October: Memorial of Saint John of Capistrano, born in 1386 at Capistrano in the Italian Province of the Abruzzi. His father was a German knight and died when John was young. His mother gave him an excellent education. St. John became a lawyer and then the governor...

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17 October: Saint Ignatius of Antioch

17 October: Saint Ignatius of Antioch

Saint Ignatius is an apostolic father and one of the great bishops of the early Church. He was born in Syria, converted to Christianity, and became a successor of St. Peter as Bishop of Antioch. He is said to have been personally instructed by the Apostle John. During...

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4 October: Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi

4 October: Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi

Francis was born in 1182 into a wealthy Catholic family of seven children in Assisi, Italy. He was named John by his mother at birth, after St. John the Baptist. His father renamed him Francis because he made his livelihood in France. Francis lived a life of comfort,...

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23 September: Feast of Saint Padre Pio

23 September: Feast of Saint Padre Pio

23 September: Feast of Saint Padre Pio. This feast is in honor of Italian Franciscan priest St. Pio of Petrelcina, better known as “Padre Pio” and renowned for his suffering, humility and miracles. Padre Pio was born Francesco Forgione in 1887 as one of seven...

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14 September 2020: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

14 September 2020: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

  This feast day focus is on the cross itself and commemorates three historical events: the finding of the True Cross by Saint Helena; the dedication of the churches built by Constantine on the site of the Holy Sepulchre and Mount Calvary; and the restoration of...

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