Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia, 1510-1572; left public life to join the Society of Jesus; helped to establish what is now the Gregorian University; founded a dozen colleges in Spain; as head of the Jesuits, he was responsible for the growth of the order Office […]

Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius, Third Century martyrs; Denis and his companions were sent as missionaries to Gaul; Denis set up his base near Lutetia Parisorium, modern-day Paris, and is known as the first bishop of Paris; they were captured, imprisoned, and martyred about […]

Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; Fifth Century holy woman of Wales Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/8/20 Gospel: Luke 11:5-13

Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary; celebration established by Pope St. Pius V in 1573, extended to the universal Church by Pope Clement XI in 1716 Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/20 Gospel: Luke 11:1-4

Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, 1811-1849; foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in Canada Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/20 Gospel: Luke 10:38-42

Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; born in Germany, came to the United States in 1843; preached in Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin; considered an expert confessor, a watchful and prudent spiritual director, and a pastor available to the poor and abandoned; died in […]

Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Theodora Guerin, 1798-1856; born in France, came to Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, to care for the sick poor, and establish a motherhouse and novitiate; endured many trials, but told her sisters, “With Jesus, what shall we have to fear?” Office of Readings and Morning […]

Memorial of the Guardian Angels Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/2/20 Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10

Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux, 1873-1897; became a Carmelite nun at the age of 15, died at 24; “I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.” Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for […]

Memorial of St. Jerome, 345-420; great scripture scholar; responsible for the translation known as the Vulgate; traveled extensively in Palestine, and died in Bethlehem Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/30/20 Gospel: Luke 9:57-62