The tradition dates as far back as 601 AD, when 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory cemented the Lent as ...

they brought her to the Temple to consecrate their only daughter to The Lord.The celebration of the Feast is first documented in the 11th century within the Byzantine Catholic Church. It was ...

Parties, parades and all things green come to mind when you think about St ... feast day was celebrated in Ireland as early ...

In the early 17th century, Luke Wadding, an Irish priest, persuaded the Catholic Church to make March 17 a feast day for St. Patrick. Back then, feast days were far from raucous affairs ...

(Gary Wayne Gilbert) July 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society ... and over time emerged as the largest religious order in the Catholic Church and one of the greatest ...

However the Catholic Church teaches that this does not hold for Mary, as she was free from original sin. The feast day celebrates and remembers all the saints known throughout the history of the ...

Members of the Knights of Columbus carry a statue of St. Pedro Calungsod in a procession before an April 5, 2025 Mass at St.

St Patrick's Day is also known as the Feast of Saint Patrick and marks the ... It is observed by religious branches including the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox ...