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Ordinary Time: November 16th
Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Margaret of Scotland; Opt Mem of St. Gertrude, Virgin
The Church's Universal Calendar presents two saints today: —Optional Memorial of St. Margaret of Scotland (c. 1045-1093) was the great-niece of St. Edward the Confessor. She was a Saxon princess, raised in Hungary in exile.... More
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Ordinary Time: November 15th
Friday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great (c. 1200-1280), son of a German nobleman. While studying at Padua when the Master General of the Dominicans, Jordan of Saxony, succeeded in attracting him... More
Ordinary Time: November 14th
Thursday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Laurence O'Toole (1128-1180) today, but in Ireland it is an Optional Memorial (although a feast in Dublin). Laurence (also referred to as "Lawrence") was the Archbishop of Dublin... More
Ordinary Time: November 13th
Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (USA)
Today the dioceses in the United States celebrate the Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), virgin, born in Lombardy, Italy, one of thirteen children. She came to America as a missionary, founded the Missionary... More
Ordinary Time: November 12th
Memorial of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Josaphat (1580-1643), a Catholic of the Ruthenian rite. He was an apostle of the return of the Orthodox schismatics to the Church of Rome. Born in the then Polish region of... More
Ordinary Time: November 11th
Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop; Veterans Day (USA)
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Martin of Tours (ca. 316-398). St. Martin is the first bishop and confessor honored by the Church in the West. He was a principal apostle of Gaul, where his feast was celebrated as... More
Ordinary Time: November 10th
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents. Calling his disciples to himself, he... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: November 9th
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, the oldest and highest ranking of the four major basilicas in Rome. The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the diocese of... More
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Ordinary Time: November 8th
Friday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology includes these commemorations: —Blessed John Duns Scotus (1266-1308), a Scottish Franciscan priest and theologian who died in 1308. He was beatified in 1993 and the the founder of the... More
Ordinary Time: November 7th
Thursday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
The month of November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory. We as the living so often soon forget the dead. We forget when we live, we are forgotten when we die. "Lay my body anywhere," pleaded the dying St. Monica with her son, St.... More
Ordinary Time: November 6th
Wednesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Leonard of Limoges (d. 559). He was a hermit-abbot who was a convert of St. Remigius. He was a French courtier offered a bishopric, but became a recluse at Micy, France. He then... More
