January 16 – Saint Marcellus, Pope & Martyr
The name of Marcellus is brought before us by the Calendar today — he was a successor of the glorious Hyginus in the papacy, and in martyrdom, and their Feasts […]
January 15 – St Maurus, Abbot
Saint Maurus—one of the greatest masters of the Cenobitical Life, and the most illustrious of the Disciples of St. Benedict, the Patriarch of the Monks of the West—shares with the […]
January 15 – Saint Paul, The First Hermit
Today, the Church honours the memory of one of those men, who were expressly chosen by God to represent the sublime detachment from all things, which was taught to the […]
January 14 – Feast of Saint Hilary, Bishop, Confessor, & Doctor of the Church
After having consecrated the joyous Octave of the Epiphany to the glory of the Emmanuel who was manifested to the earth, the Church—incessantly occupied with the Divine Child and his august Mother during […]
January 14 – St Felix, Priest and Martyr
Encircled by the radiant splendours of The Epiphany, there comes before us, today, in company with Saint Hilary of Poitiers (Feast Day, today), a humble lover of the virtues of […]
January 14 – Saint Kentigern, Bishop and Confessor
ST KENTIGERN, whose feast is kept today in several diocese of the North of England and in Scotland, stands out as one of the zealous monks of the sixth century […]
Feast of the Holy Family
This Sunday has been chosen by the Church for the celebration of the Feast of the Holy Family; the liturgy of the day, as expressed in the Gospel, harmonizes well with […]
