Entries for April 2023

Source INTRODUCTION As the second millennium gives way to the third, Pope John Paul II has decided to publish the text of the third part of the secret of Fatima‌. The twentieth century was one of the most crucial in human history, with its tragic and cruel events culminating in the ass...

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Source The Story of Our Lady of Fatima Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children–Francisco and Jacinta Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos–received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. Mary asked the childre...

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Source The word "Easter" comes from Old English, meaning simply the "East." The sun which rises in the East, bringing light, warmth, and hope, is a symbol for the Christian of the rising Christ, who is the true Light of the world. The Paschal Candle used during the Easter Vigi...

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Source Facts about St Joseph the Worker Novena Novena Starts:    April 22nd Feastday:    May 1st Birth:    0 Death:    30 Patron saint of the unemployed, finding a job, underemployment, labor Day 1 Prayer In the name of the Fa...

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Source St. Joseph has two feast days on the liturgical calendar. The first is March 19—Joseph, the Husband of Mary. The second is May 1—Joseph, the Worker. “Saint Joseph is a man of great spirit. He is great in faith, not because he speaks his own words, but above all because...

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Source St. Catherine was a third-order Dominican, peacemaker and counselor to the Pope. She singlehandedly ended the Avignon exile of the successors of Peter in the 14th century. She is the co-patron of Italy and of Europe. Born in Siena, on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 1347, Ca...

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Source Facts: Feastday: April 25 Patron: of notaries, Venice, Barristers Birth: 1st Century Death: April 25, 68 AD Much of what we know about St. Mark, the author of the Second Gospel, comes largely from the New Testament and early Christian traditions. Mark the Evangelist is bel...

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Source What is Easter about? On Christmas, we celebrate the Incarnation—God becoming human – with Jesus’s birth. During Lent, we recall the cross—Jesus’s crucifixion and death. At Easter, we rejoice in the empty tomb—Jesus’s resurrection. Easter is ...

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Source Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter. Divine Mercy Sunday is a recent addition to the Church’s calendar, and it has links to both private revelation and the Bible. Millions of people look forward to and are profoundly moved by this day. What is it...

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