...within the octave.” The eighth or octave day is kept with greater solemnity than the “days within the octave” (With Christ Through the Year, Bernard Strasser, 1947, p. 39).From Christmas...
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The Octave of Christmas
Fingerprinting and Safe Environment Training
...the Diocese, all Church Personnel and volunteers, ages 15 and older, will be required to submit a completed Criminal Background Check Form as well as a complete set of fingerprints...
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Our Lady of Lourdes
February 11, approved by Pope Leo XIII, and first granted to the Diocese of Tarbes in the year 1890. Less than twenty years later, on November 13, 1907, his successor,...
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The Bible and the Lectionary
...of John at various times of the year, including Christmas, Lent, Easter and on a number of other specific days. In addition to the gospel at Sunday Mass, the first...
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