Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Swithun 15 Jul 201215 Jul 2012 St Swithin's day if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain St Swithun's day if thou be fair For forty days 'twill rain na mair Traditional rhyme Saint…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: St Bonaventure, Bishop Confessor, Doctor of the Church 14 Jul 201213 Jul 2012 The Seraphic Doctor Saint Bonaventure was a man who was full of good fortune from his earliest years. Humility was his virtue and his role model was the holy founder…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: Pope St Anacletus, Martyr 13 Jul 201213 Jul 2012 Pope Saint Anacletus (very rarely written as Anencletus), also called Pope Cletus, was the third Roman Pope (after St. Peter and St. Linus). The 14 February 1961 Instruction of the…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: Pope St Pius I, Martyr 11 Jul 201210 Jul 2012 Pius is believed to have been born at Aquileia, in Northern Italy, during the late 1st century. His father was called "Rufinus", who was also said to be of Aquileia…
Liturgy… Today’s Saints: The Seven Holy Brothers, Martyrs & SS Rufina & Secunda, Virgin Martyrs 10 Jul 20129 Jul 2012 Seven Holy Brothers St. Felicitas and her seven sons were put to death for the Faith, about the year 162, under Marcus Aurelius. The sons preceded their mother to Heaven;…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: SS Peter & Paul, Apostles & Martyrs 29 Jun 201228 Jun 2012 The Feast of Sts Peter and Paul celebrates the two outstanding apostles of the Church. In many ways these two men were different. Peter was from Galilee, a fisherman, poor…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr 28 Jun 201228 Jun 2012 Born: c. 115 AD, Smyrna Died: 202 AD, Lyons, Gaul (France) Feast day: June 28 St. Irenaeus was bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, which is now Lyons, France. He was…
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