We have seen that this fast began to be observed first in France; but thence it spread into England, as we find from Venerable ... day on which this Church keeps the feast of the apostle St ...

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

St. Brigid has given Ireland one of its most iconic religious and cultural images — the cross that carries her name.

The beloved blessing of the throats on the feast of St. Blaise has outlasted empires, plagues and revolutions — proving that ...

With the new St. Brigid's Day becoming a bank holiday in 2023, Ireland's other St. Patrick's Day is now sharing the spotlight ...

St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., Baton Rouge, will observe the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) at all ...

Today is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is one Catholic theologian, alongside St. Augustine of Hippo, who has continued to fascinate me. My admiration for them has grown so deep that I ...

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became ...

If Candlemas be fair and bright, winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, winter will not come ...

The Feast of Brigid, also known as Imbolc ... One folk tradition that continues in some homes on St. Brigid's Day (or Imbolc) is that of the Brigid's Bed. The girls and young unmarried women ...

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Presentation of the Lord, Feb. 2, 2025.

The Eastern Churches teach that the three hierarchs appeared together in a vision to St. John Mauropous ... As a result, a January 30 feast day commemorating all three in common was instituted around ...