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JUNE 15, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Today Jesus explains that he has much more to tell his disciples—indeed, he wants to tell them everything that he has received from the...

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA

MEMORIAL: JUNE 13 St. Anthony was originally a wealthy young man from Portugal. His desire to become a religious brought him to Morocco and then...

ST. BARNABAS

MEMORIAL: JUNE 11 St. Barnabas is one of the few non-Apostles mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles by name. He was a Jewish convert...

ST. EPHREM

MEMORIAL - JUNE 9 St. Ephrem was born at the beginning of the 4th century in Syria. After his Baptism, he was granted permission to...

JUNE 8, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

When he stepped onto the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time, Pope Leo XIV greeted the world with the words...

ST. NORBERT

MEMORIAL - JUNE 6 St. Norbert was born in the Rhineland in the late 11th century. He was born of noble birth and enjoyed the...

ST. BONIFACE

MEMORIAL: JUNE 5 St. Boniface, originally named Winfrid, was born in the 7th century to a wealthy family in modern day Great Britain. At an...

ST. CHARLES LWANGA & COMPANIONS

MEMORIAL: JUNE 3 St. Charles Lwanga and the Ugandan martyrs lived in the late 19th century. They were pages in the court of the King....

JUNE 1, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

A father of four was accused of a crime he did not commit. At his trial, false evidence was brought against him, and evidence...

ST. JUSTIN MARTYR

MEMORIAL: JUNE 1 Justin Martyr was born at the beginning of the second century. He grew up as an educated young man, but was pagan....

ST. JOAN OF ARC

MEMORIAL: MAY 30 Joan of Arc was born in the 15th century in northeast France to a peasant farmer during the Hundred Years War between...

POPE ST. PAUL VI

MEMORIAL: MAY 29 Pope Paul VI was born Giovanni Battista Montini in Northern Italy in 1897. Ordained a priest at the age of 23, Montini...

ST. AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY

MEMORIAL: MAY 27 St. Augustine of Canterbury was born in the 6th century. Little is known about his early life, but he was the prior...

ST. PHILIP NERI

MEMORIAL: MAY 26 St. Philip Neri was born at the beginning of the 16th century in Florence, Italy. While learning the family business at the...

MAY 25, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In today’s Gospel, Jesus is speaking to His apostles at the Last Supper. He has just washed their feet and is giving them His...