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Showing posts with label November. Show all posts
Showing posts with label November. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

St Andrew (Nov 30)

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St Andrew was the first-called of the apostles and the brother of St Peter. Here is Pope Benedict XVI's catechesis on the saint fr...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Blessed Richard Whiting OSB and Companions (Nov 29)

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The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey In some places today is the feast of Blessed Richard Whiting and companions, martyred under Henry VIII ...

St Saturninus (November 29)

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Saint Saturninus of Toulouse was, according to the early Acts of his life used by Gregory of Tours, one of the 72 disciples of Christ, ...
Saturday, November 26, 2016

St Sylvester OSB (Nov 26)

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Saint Sylvester Gozzolini (1177 - 1267) is the founder of the Sylvestrine Congregation: "Born of the noble family of the Gozzol...
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Friday, November 25, 2016

November 25: St Catherine of Alexandria

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria (born c282), is a martyr who was a noted scholar. The daughter of a pagan governor of Alexandria, she co...
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Thursday, November 24, 2016

November 24: St Chrysogonus, Martyr, Memorial

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As well as St John of the Cross, today is also the memorial of St Chrysogonus, who was martyred under Diocletian at Aquileia.  A titular...

November 24: SS John of the Cross Memorial

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Saint John of the Cross (1542 – 1591) was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered, along with Saint Teresa of Ávila, as a fo...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

St Clement I, Pope and Martyr, Class III; St Felicity memorial (23 November)

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St Clement (c96 AD) was St Peter's successor as Bishop of Rome.  His only surviving writing, a  letter to the community at Corinth ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Feast of St Caecilia

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Domenico Zampieri (or Domenichino; 1581 – 1641)  Reading 3 for Matins on the saint: Cecilia, a Roman virgin of noble birth, vowed her...
Monday, November 21, 2016

November 21: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, Class III; St Columbanus, Memorial

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c1460-5 The basis for the feast of the Presentation lies in the infancy narrative contained in the  Protoevangelium of James , which wa...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

November 20: St Mechtilde OSB (in some places)

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The feast of St Mechtilde is not celebrated in all places, but I thought I'd put put a piece in her honour anyway! According to th...
Friday, November 18, 2016

November 18: Dedication of the Basilica of SS Peter and Paul, Class III

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This day actually commemorates the dedication of two famous Roman Churches - St Peter's on Vatican Hill, and St Paul without the Wal...
Thursday, November 17, 2016

November 17: St Gertrude the Great OSB, Class II/III

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St Gertrude the Great (1256 - 1301) was one of a group of women mystics in this period, a student of St Matilda of Hackleborn.  She has be...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

November 15: St Albert the Great, Memorial

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Fresco, 1352, by Tommaso da Moderna Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on this doctor of the Church in March 2010: "One o...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

November 13: All Saints of the Benedictine Order and a call to arms

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This year All Saints of the Benedictine Order is only a commemoration, due to the Sunday.  But most religious orders have both an ...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

November 2: All Souls

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The Feast of All Souls, when we especially pray for the souls in purgatory, has Benedictine origins, having been established by St. Odil...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

1 November: Feast of All Saints

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Today is the feast of All Hallows, or All Saints, when we commemorate all those who have reached heaven, known or unknown. These days ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

November 30: St Andrew, Class II

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St Andrew was the brother of St Peter.  Pope Benedict XVI devoted a  General Audience to him on 14 June 2006: "...Therefore, today ...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

November 29: St Saturninus, Martyr, Memorial

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Saint Saturnin of Toulouse was one of the "Apostles to the Gauls" sent out 250-251 to Christianize Gaul after the persecutions un...