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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Romuald (951-1027) who was born in Ravenna of a noble family. He was the founder of the Camaldolese monks—one of the Italian branches of the Benedictines—in which the eremitical life is combined with life in community. He died in 1027, after a life of…
Ordinary Time: June 19th
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Romuald, Abbot
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Romuald (951-1027) who was born in Ravenna of a noble family. He was the founder of the Camaldolese monks—one of the Italian branches of the Benedictines—in which the eremitical... More
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Ordinary Time: June 18th
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Gregory Barbarigo (1625-1697), canonized by Pope St. John XXIII in 1960. He was the Bishop of Bergamo and of Padua. St. Gregory was noted as a distinguished churchman and... More
Ordinary Time: June 17th
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Today St. Albert Chmielowski (1845-1916) is commemorated in Poland. He was born in Igolomia near Kraków as the eldest of four children in a wealthy family, he was christened Adam. During the 1864 revolt against Czar Alexander... More
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Ordinary Time: June 16th
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Benno of Meissen (1010-1106), who labored to convert the Slavs, established numerous religious edifices, and is said to have founded the Cathedral of Meissen.... More
Ordinary Time: June 15th
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 Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity needs to be understood and celebrated as a... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: June 14th
Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time; Ember Saturday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates the Old Testament Prophet, Elisha, the successor of Elijah. His feast day is observed by the Carmelites who claim descent from Elijah and Elisha who lived on Mount Carmel. He is also... More
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Ordinary Time: June 13th
Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church; Ember Friday
Today is the Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231), who 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... More
Ordinary Time: June 12th
Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Basilides (d. 304), an early Roman martyr under the persecutions of Diocletian. Tradition holds he was born to the imperial Roman nobility and a soldier, possibly an... More
Ordinary Time: June 11th
Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle; Ember Wednesday
Today is the Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle, who was 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... More
Ordinary Time: June 10th
Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Landericus, or St. Landry (d. 661), who was the Bishop of Paris from 650 to his death. He is best remembered as the founder of the first hospital in Paris, known as... More
Ordinary Time: June 9th
Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church; Opt. Mem. of St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor
In 2018 Pope Francis 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... More
