St. Jerome Feast day: September 30 Patron of Librarians St. Jerome, who was born Eusebius Hieronymous Sophronius, was the most learned of the Fathers of the Weste…

THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY: A BELIEF SINCE APOSTOLIC TIMES Father Clifford Stevens The Assumption is the oldest feast day of Our Lady, but we don't know how…

Feast day: August 4 St. John Vianney, Priest (Patron of priests) Feast day - August 4 Universally known as the "Cure of Ars)," St. John Mary Vianney was …

James the son of Zebedee APOSTLE (25 JULY 41)    James the son of Zebedee and his brother John were among the twelve disciples of Our Lord. They, together wit…

I. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you." Behold I knock, I see…

Sacred Heart of Jesus History Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus goes back at least to the 11th century, but through the 16th century, it remained a private devo…

Trinity Sunday commemorates and honors not an event, but a reality: the Holy Trinity. Trinity Sunday falls on the Sunday after Pentecost. In 2011, Trinity Sunday falls o…

The fortieth day after Easter Sunday, commemorating the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2. Ascension of  JESUS In…

The solemnity of the Mother of God, which now coincides with the octave-day of Christmas and the beginning of the new year, was probably assigned this day because of …