January 17 – St Anthony, Abbot
The East and West unite, to-day, in honouring St.Antony, the Father of Cenobites. The Monastic Life existed before his time, as we know from in-disputable testimony; but he was the […]
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January 16 – St 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 14 – St 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 & 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 – St Kentigern, Bishop & 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 […]
January 13 – The Octave of the Epiphany
The thoughts of the Church today are fixed on the Baptism of our Lord in the Jordan, which is the second of the three Mysteries of the Epiphany. The Emmanuel manifested […]
January 12 – St Benet Biscop, Abbot
ST BENET BISCOP is one of the great Benedictine saints to whom England owes so much. His devotion and loyalty to the Holy See, his love of learning, his zeal […]
