In addition to the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, today the Roman Martyrology also commemorates the death of St Albert of Jerusalem. If this early 13th-century prelate is remembered today, it’s mostly for […]
Although his name appears in the Roman Martyrology under the entries for August 15, the Carmelite family celebrates the martyrdom of Blessed Isidore Bakanja on August 12. Blessed Isidore was a young layman, not a […]
Although he is not on the general Roman calendar, both branches of the Carmelite families observe August 7th as the feast of St. Albert of Trapani. To understand the importance of this St Albert for […]
July 30th is the feast day of Blessed Solanus Casey, a Capuchin friar who died in 1957 and who has a strong chance of becoming the first man in the United States to be declared […]
Many know St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, the Carmelite martyr to Nazism, at least by her name in the world, Edith Stein. However, she was by no means the only Carmelite victim of National […]
Today (July 16) the Church observes the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. While an optional memorial on the general Roman calendar, both branches of the Carmelite family — the ancient observance and the […]
On June 19th, the Church celebrates the founder of a religious community that may not be very well known in the United States. St Romuald (c. 951–June 19, 1027) was the founder of the Camaldolese. […]
Today, the Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The feasts, solemnities, and memorials of the Church year are not holidays the way the secular world understands the term—they are holy days, and they are […]
Outside of his native country of Malta, St George Preca (1880-1962) is primarily known (if he is known at all) as the originator of what we now call the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary. Yet […]
April 24th is the feast day of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577-1622), priest and martyr. St. Fidelis was baptized Markus Rey, born at a time when the Protestant Reformation in Europe was little over fifty […]
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