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1,000-year-old Marian statue to be brought to Czech papal Mass

June 30, 2009

Spokesmen for the Diocese of Brno have revealed additional details about Pope Benedict’s September 26-28 visit to the Czech Republic. The Pope will celebrate Mass for an estimated 120,000 in Brno in the presence of a statue of the Blessed Mother reportedly brought to the region by Saints Cyrl and Methodius. The Pontiff is scheduled to visit Brno, Prague, and Stara Boleslav, the site of the martyrdom of St. Wenceslaus.

 

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Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, Deacon (306-373), called "the Harp of the Holy Spirit." Ephrem is the great classic Doctor of the Syrian church. As deacon at Edessa, he vigorously combated the heresies of his time, and to do so more effectively wrote poems and hymns about the…

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