Thursday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Hedwig, Religious; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin

The Church offers the choice of Optional Memorials today: —St. Hedwig (1174-1243): Hedwig was the aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, was married at an early age to Henry, Duke of Silesia. After their six children had been born, they both strove to advance in sanctity and to enrich Silesia and Poland…

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