Missions Sunday
Mission Sunday 2021 The “Servants of Jesus, the High Priest” Our Catholic Church celebrates Mission Sunday throughout the world.• It’s an opportunity to remember how blessed we are and share some of those blessings with others. It is an honor to welcome Sisters Maria and Marie.• They are members of the “Servants of Jesus, the […]
Vaccination Exemption Letter
If you are in need of a vaccination exemption letter due to your formed conscience objecting to the vaccine, the following link is provided by the USCCB. https://www.ncbcenter.org/ncbc-news/vaccineletter
10/12/2021 – St. Felix and Cyprian
Martyred bishops of Africa who were driven out into the Sahara Desert by the Vandals’ King Hunneric, an Arian. They were reportedly accompanied by almost five thousand Catholics. Their trials and tribulations were recorded by Victor of Utica, a contemporary.
10/11/2021 – St. Kenneth
St. Kenneth, also known as Canice or Kenny, is a man of mystery with not much known about his life. However, legend has it he was born in Ireland at Glengiven sometime between 515 and 527 and died at Aghaboe, County Laois around 600. He first went to Llancarfan, Wales where he was mentored by […]
10/10/2021 – St. Francis Borgia
Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía S.J. (Valencian: Francesc de Borja, Spanish: Francisco de Borja) (1510–1572), venerated as Saint Francis Borgia, was a great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, a Grandee of Spain, a Spanish Jesuit, and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on 20 June 1670 by Pope Clement X.
10/9/2021 – St. Louis Bertrand
Louis was born in Valencia Spain, in a family of nine children. His good parents brought him up well, and he became a Dominican priest. He was very severe as a master of the novices, but even though he did not have a good sense of humor, he taught the novices to give themselves completely […]
10/8/2021 – St. Bridget of Sweden
She was the daughter of Birger Persson, governor and provincial judge (Lagman) of Uppland, and of Ingeborg Bengtsdotter. Her father was one of the wealthiest landholders of the country, and, like her mother, distinguished by deep piety. St. Ingrid, whose death had occurred about twenty years before Bridget’s birth, was a near relative of the […]
10/7/2021 – Our Lady of the Rosary
The story of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is an interesting one. In the 16th century Pope Pius V was having trouble with the Ottoman Turks, who were a real danger to Christianity. After months of disagreements and bickering, he was able to unite Spain, Venice, and the States of the Church […]
10/6/2021 – St. Bruno
Bruno was born in Cologne of the prominent Hartenfaust family. He studied at the Cathedral school at Rheims, and on his return to Cologne about 1055, was ordained and became a Canon at St. Cunibert’s. He returned to Rheims in 1056 as professor of theology, became head of the school the following year, and remained […]
Volunteering rules for working with children.
