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| | January:
Overview of the Month, Intentions, Feasts, Focus of the Liturgy
The month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus,
which is celebrated on January 3. The first 9 days of January fall during the
liturgical season known as Christmas which is represented by the liturgical color
white. The remaining days of January are the beginning of Ordinary Time. The liturgical
color changes to green — a symbol of the hope of reaping the eternal harvest of
heaven, especially the hope of a glorious resurrection. |
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| January
1 - Mary, Mother of God - AmericanCatholic.org
Jesus asked, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit
his life?” (Matthew 16:26a). The words were repeated to a young teacher of philosophy
who had a highly promising career in academics, with success and a life of prestige
and honor before him.
To learn more about Mary, click on the link above
or on the picture to the left. |
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January 4 - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - AmericanCatholic.org
Mother Seton is one of the keystones of the American Catholic Church. She founded
the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity. She
opened the first American parish school and established the first American Catholic
orphanage. All this she did in the span of 46 years while raising her five children.
To learn more about the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, click on the
link above or on the picture to the left. |
| | January
5 - St. John Neumann - 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. John Neumann, click on the link above or on the picture to the
left. |
| | January
11 - Servant of God, John the Gardener - AmericanCatholic.org
John was born of poor parents in Portugal. Orphaned early in life, he spent some
years begging from door to door. After finding work in Spain as a shepherd, he
shared the little he earned with those even more needy than himself.
To
learn more about Servant of God, John the Gardener, click on the link above or
on the picture to the left. |
| | January
22 - St. Vincent - AmericanCatholic.org
When Jesus deliberately began his “journey” to death, Luke says that he “set his
face” to go to Jerusalem. It is this quality of rocklike courage that distinguishes
the martyrs. Most of what we know about this saint comes from the poet Prudentius.
His Acts have been rather freely colored by the imagination of their compiler.
But St. Augustine, in one of his sermons on St. Vincent, speaks of having the
Acts of his martyrdom before him. We are at least sure of his name, his being
a deacon, the place of his death and burial.
To learn more about St. Vincent,
click on the link above or on the picture to the left. |
| | January
23 - St. Juan de Padilla - AmericanCatholic.org
Juan didn’t know where
preaching the gospel of Jesus would lead him, but he trusted God to give him strength
to match the missionary vocation. Juan’s vocation led to his martyrdom in Kansas,
part of the New World discovered the year he was born.
For more information
on St. Juan de Padilla, please click on the link above or the photo to the left.
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| | January
25 - Conversion of St. Paul - AmericanCatholic.org
Paul’s entire life can be explained in terms of one experience—his meeting with
Jesus on the road to Damascus. In an instant, he saw that all the zeal of his
dynamic personality was being wasted, like the strength of a boxer swinging wildly.
Perhaps he had never seen Jesus, who was only a few years older. But he had acquired
a zealot’s hatred of all Jesus stood for, as he began to harass the Church: “...entering
house after house and dragging out men and women, he handed them over for imprisonment”
(Acts 8:3b). Now he himself was “entered,” possessed, all his energy harnessed
to one goal—being a slave of Christ in the ministry of reconciliation, an instrument
to help others experience the one Savior.
For more information on the
conversion of St. Paul, please click on the link above or the photo to the left. |
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January
28 - St. Thomas Aquinas - AmericanCatholic.org
By universal consent Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent spokesman of
the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He is one of the great
teachers of the medieval Catholic Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the
Church and Angelic Doctor.
To learn more about St. Thomas Aquinas, click
on the link above or on the picture to the left. |
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January
31 - St. John Bosco - AmericanCatholic.org
John Bosco’s theory of education could well be used in today’s schools.
It was a preventive system, rejecting corporal punishment and placing students
in surroundings removed from the likelihood of committing sin. He advocated frequent
reception of the sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion. He combined catechetical
training and fatherly guidance, seeking to unite the spiritual life with one’s
work, study and play.
To learn more about St. John Bosco, click on the
link above or on the picture to the left. |
January |
Check
out American Catholic's Saints' Calendar for the Month of January - 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. |
