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Ordinary Time: June 16th
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
The fundamental dogma, on which everything in Christianity is based, is that of the Blessed Trinity in whose name all Christians are baptized. The feast of the Blessed Trinity needs to be understood and celebrated as a prolongation of the... More
Ordinary Time: June 15th
Saturday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
For 2019, this is the Saturday of the Pentecost
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Ordinary Time: June 14th
Friday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
For 2019, this is the Friday of the Pentecost
Ordinary Time: June 13th
Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, priest & doctor
St. Anthony was born at Lisbon, Portugal. He bacame a canon regular and then a Franciscan preaching the Gospel everywhere in Portugal and Italy. Both as a theologian and as a popular preacher he fought vigorously against heresy. His... More
Ordinary Time: June 12th
Wednesday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
For 2019, this is the beginning of the Pentecost
Ordinary Time: June 11th
Memorial of St. Barnabas, apostle
St. Barnabas, designated by the Holy Spirit to share the charge and mission of the twelve Apostles, is venerated by the Church as one of them. He played an important part in the first extension of Christianity outside the Jewish world. It... More
Ordinary Time: June 10th
Memorial of Mary, Mother of Church; Monday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar. The liturgical celebration, B. Mariæ Virginis, Ecclesiæ Matris, will be... More
Easter: June 9th
Pentecost Sunday
And when the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there... More
Easter: June 8th
Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter
According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces. Pope Leo XIII declared in his Encyclical of September 22, 1891: "We may affirm that nothing, by... More
It's the weekend! Catch up on the news and commentary from the week, or check out this selection from our Resources library for your weekend reading.
Easter: June 7th
Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Today is the historical feast of St. Robert of Newminster, who was born at Gargrave in Yorkshire. He spent the early years of his priesthood as rector of his home town, but later joined the Benedictine community at Whitby. In 1132 he... More
Easter: June 6th
Optional Memorial of St. Norbert, bishop
St. Norbert was born at Xanten near Cologne about the year 1080. As a young cleric he resided at the court of the Archbishop of Cologne and then at that of the emperor where he allowed himself to be influenced by the spirit of the world.... More
