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of the Day - AmericanCatholic.org -
Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives.
Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or her unique
gifts. God calls each one of us to be a saint. Learn about the Saint we honor
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| | February:
Overview of the Month, Intentions, Feasts, Focus of the Liturgy
The month of February is dedicated to the Holy Family.
Just click on the
link to the left and check it out! |
| | February
3 - Feast of St. Blaise - AmericanCatholic.org
We know more about the devotion to St. Blase by Christians around the world than
we know about the saint himself. His feast is observed as a holy day in the Eastern
Church. The Council of Oxford, in 1222, prohibited servile labor in England on
Blaise’s feast day. The Germans and Slavs hold him in special honor and for decades
many United States Catholics have sought the annual St. Blase blessing for their
throats.
To learn more about St. Blaise, click on the link above or on
the image to the left. |
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February 5 - St. Agatha - AmericanCatholic.org
As in the case of Agnes, another virgin-martyr of the early Church, almost nothing
is historically certain about this saint except that she was martyred in Sicily
during the persecution of Emperor Decius in 251.
To learn more about St.
Agatha, click on the link above or on the image to the left. |
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| February
10 - St. Scholastica - AmericanCatholic.org
John Neumann was born in what is now the Czech Republic. After studying in Prague,
he came to New York at 25 and was ordained a priest. He did missionary work in
New York until he was 29, when he joined the Redemptorists and became its first
member to profess vows in the United States. He continued missionary work in Maryland,
Virginia and Ohio, where he became popular with the Germans.
To learn
more about St. Scholastic, click on the link above or image to the left. |
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| February
11 - Our Lady of Lourdes - AmericanCatholic.org
On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
in the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus. A little more than three years
later, on February 11, 1858, a young lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous. This
began a series of visions. During the apparition on March 25, the lady identified
herself with the words: “I am the Immaculate Conception.”
To learn more
about Our Lady of Lourdes click on the link above or on the picture to the left. |
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| February
17 - Seven Founders of the Order of Servites - AmericanCatholic.org
Can you imagine seven prominent men of Boston or Denver banding together, leaving
their homes and professions, and going into solitude for a life directly given
to God?
To learn more about the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
, click on the link above or on the picture to the left. |
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| February
20 - Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto - AmericanCatholic.org
Between May 13 and October 13,
1917, three children, Portuguese shepherds from Aljustrel, received apparitions
of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. At
that time, Europe was involved in an extremely bloody war. Portugal itself was
in political turmoil, having overthrown its monarchy in 1910; the government disbanded
religious organizations soon after.
For more information on Jacinta and
Francisco Marto, click on the link above or the photo to the left. |
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| February
22 - Chair of Peter the Apostle - AmericanCatholic.org
This feast commemorates Christ’s choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority
of the whole Church.
For more information on St. Peter, please click on
the link above or the photo to the left. |
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February
27 - St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows - AmericanCatholic.org
Born in Italy into a large family and baptized Francis, he lost his
mother when he was only four years old. He was educated by the Jesuits and, having
been cured twice of serious illnesses, came to believe that God was calling him
to the religious life.
To learn more about St. Thomas Aquinas, click on
the link above or on the picture to the left. |
February |
Check
out American Catholic's Saints' Calendar for the Month of February - AmericanCatholic.org
This calendar
includes saints on the General Roman Calendar as well as other holy people for
each day of the year. Some feast dates on the AmericanCatholic.org calendar fall
on days other than the official feast day.
Click
on the link above or the image to the left for more information. |
| | Learn
More About Mary Our Mother - AmericanCatholic.org
Read
what the Bible says about the Blessed Virgin Mary, what the Catholic Church believes
about Mary, and how to honor her. Click on the button on the left or the link
above to learn more about Mary Our Mother. |
