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The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary and the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7.  Pope Saint Pius V established this feast day to acknowledge the effectiveness of praying the Rosary and to thank the Blessed Mother for her intercession in the miraculous victory of the…

No one was more shunned by the Jews than a publican, who was a Jew that collected taxes on behalf of the Roman rulers.  Most publicans were seen by the other Jews as one who robbed their own people and made a large personal profit. They were not allowed to trade, eat, or even pray…

Quick Facts Date: September 8 Type of Feast: Feast Readings: Micah 5:1-4A or Romans 8:28-30; Psalm 13:6AB, 6C; Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23 or Matthew 1:18-23 Prayers: The Hail Mary, Prayer for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Other Names for the Feast: The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary; The Virgin Mary's Birthday History of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin…

Augustine Aurelius was born on November 13, 354, in Tagaste, North Africa. His father was a pagan, his mother was a devout Catholic who we know today as St. Monica. As a young adult, he was yet unbaptized and seeking to find his place. He fell under the influence of the Manicheans, a belief system…