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Colorado lawmakers approve Cabrini Day to replace Columbus Day

March 13, 2020

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CWN Editor's Note: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) established an orphanage in Colorado in 1904. A shrine there honors her memory.

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Sat10 May
Easter

Saturday of the Third Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Damien de Veuster, Priest; Opt. Mem. of St. John of Avila

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Today the Proper Calendar for the US celebrates the Optional Memorial of Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC. (1840-1889), formerly Joseph de Veuster, and fondly called St. Damien of Molokai. (In Hawaii this is an Obligatory Memorial.) He was a Belgian missionary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of…

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