https://youtu.be/TyGCHCMSdcw Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Scholastica, the twin sister of Saint Benedict. She died in the year 543, and eventually she and her brother were buried in the same plot. The story is told that every year Scholastica and her brother, Benedict, would spend an afternoon visiting, praying and talking about […]
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Stewardship and the Annual Catholic Appeal
Most dioceses in the United States and many in Canada conduct a diocesan appeal each year. The purpose of the appeals differs diocese to diocese. Some use the appeal money to support ministries and services at the diocesan level. Other dioceses have appeals for charities only. The 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal for the Diocese of […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Agatha
https://youtu.be/2OWzpsLqI1o St. Agatha, a martyr, is the patron saint of breast cancer patients, wet nurses, and bakers, and she is invoked against fire, earthquakes, and eruptions of Mount Etna. Click above for Father Jerry’s gospel reading and homily.
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Blaise
https://youtu.be/-o7Bhmu4EDw Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr. Blaise was a 4th Century bishop who was martyred under the persecution of Licinius. He was the bishop of Sebastian Armenia and is associated with the healing of throats. “Many of you I know have had your throats blessed on the Feast […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
https://youtu.be/jQ-sp-Yx0cM Today the church celebrates The Feast of the Presentation, a feast that had its origin in the 4th Century in Jerusalem, and was celebrated in Rome by the 5th Century. It was originally called, in Greek, “The Feast of the Meeting,” and is also known as Candlemas because today is the day on which […]
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