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Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest (USA)
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1641). Camillus suffered an incurable wound in his foot, experienced the horrors of the Roman hospitals in the sixteenth century in which the nursing and other staff were drawn from the dregs of the population. He effected a great…
Ordinary Time: July 18th
Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest (USA)
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1641). Camillus suffered an incurable wound in his foot, experienced the horrors of the Roman hospitals in the sixteenth century in which the nursing... More
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Ordinary Time: July 17th
Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Alexis (early 5th c.), "Man of God." He was an Eastern saint whose veneration was transplanted from the Byzantine empire to Rome, whence it spread rapidly throughout western... More
Ordinary Time: July 16th
Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Today is the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Sacred Scripture celebrated the beauty of Carmel where the prophet Elijah defended the purity of Israel's faith in the living God. In the twelfth century, hermits... More
Ordinary Time: July 15th
Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Today is the Memorial of St. Bonaventure (1221-1274), who was born in Italy in 1221. He joined the Franciscan Order and went to Paris for his studies. He was made General of his Order and deserves to be reckoned its second... More
Ordinary Time: July 14th
Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin (USA)
Today the USA celebrates the Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680). Kateri was born in 1656 near the town of Auriesville, New York, the daughter of a Mohawk warrior. She was baptized by Jesuit missionary Fr. Jacques de... More
Ordinary Time: July 13th
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel Excerpt, Luke 10:33-34, Cycle C: But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: July 12th
Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates: —Sts. Louis (1823-1894) and Zélie (1831-1877) Martin, best remembered as the parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (the Little Flower), but they are models of... More
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Ordinary Time: July 11th
Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot
Today is the Memorial of St. Benedict (480-547), who was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the... More
Ordinary Time: July 10th
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates today: St. Canute (or Knud) (1043-1086), King of Denmark. St. Canute was put to death out of hatred of his faith and his zeal in working for its extension in his kingdom. He was... More
Ordinary Time: July 9th
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
The Church commemorates the Optional Memorial of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong (1746-1815). He was a Chinese diocesan priest who was martyred with his 119 other Chinese Catholics. Among their number was an eighteen-year-old boy, Chi... More
Ordinary Time: July 8th
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Peter Vigne (1670-1740), a French priest, was beatified on October 3, 2004 by Pope John Paul II and proposed to the universal Church as an example of a tireless missionary... More
