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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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CLAPPER

Wooden instrument, with an attachment that, when shaken, makes a knocking noise. Used on occasion instead of an altar bell, e.g., during the Liturgy of Good Friday.

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Saturday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

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Today in Wales is the feast of the Six Welsh Martyrs and their Companions. The Welsh Martyrs are the priests Philip Evans and John Lloyd, John Jones, David Lewis, John Roberts, and the teacher Richard Gwyn, and 34 English companions who were executed for their Faith during the Catholic persecution in…

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