Type of Holiday: Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation Time of Year: 40 days after Easter Day, on the 6th Thursday of Easter Duration: One Day; Sometimes observed on 7 Easter;...
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Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
Advent and Christmas Traditions
...Italy. These recreations are featured in churches and homes around the world to this day. Typically, the manger is kept empty and only filled with the baby Jesus on Christmas...
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Catholic Glossary
...Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. It includes the final days of Lent, as well as Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. During this week, we remember in a special...
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Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day & St. Bernadette
The story of Lourdes is well known. Between February 11 and July 16, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared eighteen times to fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous in that small town located...
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