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

Easter –– brings thoughts of new life, springtime, of freshness, of the Resurrection. This is not only a day –– not only a few weeks on the Church calendar –– but, for Christians, a way of life.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA “When I was expecting my first child and experiencing difficulty, I asked St. Joseph for his intercession — my daughter was born on his feast day,” Pribaz told ...

Of the many things associated with the feast day of Ireland’s patron ... forgiveness and eternal life.” Keywords: st. patrick st. patrick's day catholic saints Patrick J.

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 ...

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