Like many Italian-Americans, my fondest childhood memories include fragrant foods, loud social gatherings, and the Catholic saints who bring ... gave birth to this feast day.

But for Greater Cincinnatians, a special day in early December is when the real festivities begin. The Feast of St. Nicholas, fondly referred to by many across the region as St. Nick's Day ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

(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 ...

Lent coincides with the feast day of St. Joseph on March 19. In the Catholic Church, the two occasions illustrate different aspects of religious customs that are complementary, said Cathedral of ...

The people of Santa Rita, Pampanga, together with pilgrims and visitors from nearby towns, are expected to gather on May 22, ...

Catholic parishes in Lorain will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension June 1 with a Eucharistic Procession during the first of its kind event, according to a news release. Mass, which begins at noon, ...

More celebrations will be held next year to mark 15 years since Mary's canonisation during the Catholic Jubilee year. Catholics around Australia will mark the feast day of Saint Mary MacKillop ...