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  • St. Andrew’s Day: November 30

    Today, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Apostle, and martyr, St. Andrew. St. Andrew is the patron saint of both Scotland and Russia, and is loved throughout the world. His name means manly, and he exhibited the highest form of manliness by his tireless Apostolic work which culminated in his blessed martyrdom, hanging on a sideways cross which has…

  • The Nativity of Mary: September 8

    “She (Mary) was born into this world without original sin*, because she is the Immaculate Conception.” Fr. Bonaventure McGuire, homily on the Nativity of Mary, link (below) Tomorrow is the celebration of the Nativity of Mary. It is a happy day in the Roman Catholic Church. If we tried to imagine a creature given to us as the Mother of…