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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...

ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE

MEMORIAL: MAY 25 St. Bede the Venerable lived in the 7th century and was a Benedictine monk. He was ordained a deacon at the age...

MAY 18, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In today’s Gospel, Our Lord says: “I give you a new commandment: love one another.” This is a very famous saying of Jesus. If...

POPE ST. JOHN I

MEMORIAL: MAY 18 Pope St. John I was born in the 6th century in Tuscany, Italy. At that time the western region was under the...

ST. ISIDORE, FARMER

MEMORIAL: MAY 15 St. Isidore was born in Madrid, Spain in the 11th century. He was a poor farmer who worked the land of a...

ST. MATTHIAS

FEAST: MAY 14 Little is known of St. Matthias other than what is mentioned in the first chapter of Acts of the Apostles. One of...

OUR LADY OF FATIMA

MEMORIAL: MAY 13 On May 13, 1917, a Lady dressed in white more brilliant than the sun appeared to three children (Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta)...

MAY 11, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The happy convergence of Mother’s Day (in the United States)...

ST. JOHN OF AVILA

MEMORIAL: MAY 10 St. John of Avila was born in Spain in the 1500s. It was a time of great turmoil in the Church, but...

MAY 4, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

If you’ve ever had to take care of someone else, you know that it’s easy to become so consumed with taking care of that...

ST. PHILIP & ST. JAMES

FEAST: MAY 3 St. Philip and James are two of the lesser-known Apostles. However, when we take a closer look, they are all over the...

ST. ATHANASIUS

MEMORIAL: MAY 2 St Athanasius lived in the 4th century AD and eventually became a Bishop in the Catholic Church. He was influential in the...

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER

MEMORIAL: MAY 1 St. Joseph the Worker is one of two major St. Joseph celebrations throughout the year (the other being March 19th). The Feast...