In Jesus’ day, while the Temple still existed, devout Jews made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to be in the Holy City for Passover, the most important feast of the Jewish year. Passover marked the ...

Márcia da Ponte was named president of the Great Feast of the Holy Ghost of N.E., becoming the first woman to lead the feast ...

I think it’s well-established that the Holy ... of the Rosary’s origins comes straight from medieval France, where St. Dominic de Guzman found himself in the midst of one of the most intense ...

Amen. At the end of the Rosary any suitable prayers may be said, though the following are the most common: the Hail Holy Queen (p. 470-471) followed by the prayer O God, whose only-begotten Son ...

The great battle of Lepanto occurred on October 7th 1571. For this reason this date has been chosen as the feast of the Holy Rosary. In 1573 Pope Pius V instituted the feast in thanksgiving for ...

Instead of the Tagalog-based "Aba Ginoong Maria," the newly approved text is bannered as "Ave Maria," like in the Latin ...

The leader of the USCCB has commended the move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith.

This Feast of the Holy Family ... Devotion & Holy Hours, Sacred Songs Christmas Concert, parish Advent Retreats, Organ Recitals, Rosary with Devotions, Holy Hour & Divine Mercy Chaplet, Divine ...

A: As you know the bible does "not" tell us to pray the Rosary because this form of prayer originated ... of Elisabeth at the Visitation (Lk 1:28 and 2:42). 5) The second half, "Holy Mary, Mother of ...

24 – Our Lady of Ransom Oct. 7 – The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary Oct. 11 – The ... celebrate the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and Assumption, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, ...

No feast is complete without these musical instruments. “The Black Christ of Esquipulas has come taking planes and crossing borders like us,” said Lucas López. Fourteen years ago, he left San ...

“The Holy Child has been our constant source of hope and joy over ... Cebuanos combine the liturgical feast with the secular Sinulog, also held on Jan. 19. The revelry carries the same theme but with ...