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Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Marianne Cope, 1838-1918; grew up in New York state, and joined the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis; went to Hawaii in 1883 to take minister to those afflicted with leprosy; on Molokai, she opened a home for unprotected women and […]

Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Day of Prayer for Legal Protection of the Unborn Optional Memorial of St. Vincent of Saragossa; 3rd Century deacon, apprehended during a persecution of the governor of Spain; tortured severely, and died, 304 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/22/21 Gospel: Mark 3:13-19

Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr; very young girl who refused the marriage proposal of a man, who, in turn, betrayed her to Roman authorities as a Christian; for this, she was executed in about the year 258 A.D. Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for […]

Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Fabian, 200-250; pope and martyr; chosen because, in the midst of the crowd, a dove came to land on him; died in the persecution of Decius; St. Cyprian wrote that he was an incomparable whose glory in death matched the holiness and purity […]

Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Henry of Sweden; 12th Century Englishman who lived in Rome, and was consecrated bishop of Uppsala, Sweden; accompanied King Eric to Finland, and remained, working to convert the Finns; murdered by a Finnish soldier whom he had excommunicated, 1156 Office of Readings […]