Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols

24 Aug – St Bartholomew (Nathanael), Apostle – and a menu suggestion

I post this a day in advance in case you might want to do some shopping for tomorrow. I have an affection for tomorrow’s (24 Aug) saint not only for the way in which he died (a way of being … Read More →

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14 August – St. Maximilian Kolbe : priest, martyr, Ham Radio operator. Also, the 3rd path to beatification: “Oblatio Vitae”

Today, 14 August, is the Vigil of the Assumption (purple).  It is also the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe (red), a Franciscan priest put to death at Auschwitz. St. Maximilian Kolbe, has a special relevance for Catholic media. Today, dear … Read More →

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St. John Vianney’s stuff

The Novus Ordo calendar has St. John Vianney – confessor, the other kind of confessor too, draft dodger, Legion of Honor recipient, patron of priests, for the Feast today, 4 August.  In the traditional calendar, he is celebrated on 8 … Read More →

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1 August – Seven Holy Maccabees: Their mother urged her children to their deaths

In the Novus Ordo calendar today is the feast of St. Alphonsus Maria de’Liguori, the Bishop and Doctor of the Church so famous for his contributions to moral theology.  In the Vetus he is celebrated tomorrow.  One of the great … Read More →

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26 July: Fr. Jacques Hamel, martyred 7 years ago in France

Interrupted while saying Mass at his parish church in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, the 85-year old priest struggled to repel his two 18-year old attackers with his feet. “Go away Satan!”, he repeated. Fr. Jacques Hamel was murdered, in odium fidei, a martyr to … Read More →

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20 July – St. Elijah, Prophet of the Old Testament

Many of the great figures of the Old Testament are considered saints and have a day in the Roman liturgical book called the Roman Martyrology. I post about them on occasion. The Martyrology says that when the day is clear on the regular … Read More →

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Nicaraguan Bishop chooses to stay in jail rather than compromise – “CARDINALE SUBITO!”

Reuters: July 5 (Reuters) – Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez was returned to prison on Wednesday after negotiations between the government and church representatives broke down over the terms of his possible release, according to local news outlet Confidencial. Citing … Read More →

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4 July – Feast of Sts. Hosea and Haggai, Old Testament Prophets, et al.

Many figures of the Old Testament are honored as saints.  Today, for example, in the older Roman Martyrology, is the Feast day of the prophets Hosea and Haggai. Haggai was a prophet during the building of the Second Temple in … Read More →

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UPDATED – Novus Ordo – 22 June – St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More – NB: HARD TO FIND Mass Texts for their Feast in the Traditional Latin Mass (9 July)

UPDATE 25 June: I received this note. We met many years ago at Fr. Finigan’s Parish in Blackfen.  I was one of the regular visiting choir.  You kindly link to the Society of St. Bede’s Propers sheet that I made … Read More →

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25 July 2023 – Card. Burke – Pontifical Mass for China in honor of Our Lady of SheShan

On Tuesday, 25 July, His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke will celebrate a Pontifical Mass in honor of Our Lady of SheShan and to pray for China. The Mass will be celebrated at 6PM at the Basilica of St. John … Read More →

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