Advent (Christian)

For Catholics, the new Liturgical Year commences with the first Sunday of Advent.  In this new liturgical year, the Church not only wishes to indicate the beginning of a period, but the beginning of a renweed commitment to the faith by all those who follow Christ, the Lord.  Advent is the period of four Sundays […]

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic)

A popular Catholic feast that celebrates the belief that a man, Juan Diego, encountered the Virgin Mary, Mexico's patron saint, in Mexico City on December 9 and 12, 1531. More Information

Christmas (Christian)

Birth of Jesus Christ. Christians believe that He is the Son of God, the Messiah, and Savior of the world. More Information Holiday Greeting: Merry Christmas

Epiphany of the Lord (Catholic)

Celebrated 12 days after Christmas, the Epiphany of the Lord is the time when Christians remember the Wise Men (also sometimes called the Three Kings) who visited Jesus.

Saint Katharine Drexel (Catholic)

Feast day of the patron saint of racial justice and of philanthropists. St. Katharine Drexel is the second American-born saint to be canonized by the Catholic Church. She was an American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and foundress. She was the American founder of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters […]

St. Joseph (Catholic)

Feast day of the Carpenter and Stepfather of Jesus and husband of Mary. Patron of the Universal Church. He died in the presence of Jesus and Mary before Jesus began his public ministry. For this reason, St. Joseph is the patron saint of a holy death. More Information

Ascension of the Lord (Catholic)

40 days after Easter, one of the great solemnities in the Christian liturgical calendar, and commemorates the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven.

Golden Rule

"Do one of the above; And live in such a way that you will enrich, and not diminish, our relatives in the Earth family of animals and plants, soil, air, and water."

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