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Institutional and societal calendars of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church are lists of saints' feast days and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date, that apply to members of individual institutes of consecrated life [a] and societies of apostolic life of pontifical right that worship according to the Roman Rite of the Latin Church.
Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam (pronounced [ɑ̃twan fʁedeʁik ozanam]; 23 April 1813 – 8 September 1853) was a French Catholic literary scholar, lawyer, journalist and equal rights advocate. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul . [ 1 ]
3 December : Saint Francis Xavier, priest and patron of Mission of the Indonesian Church – Feast Nearest Sunday to 15 August : Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity (if the nearest Sunday is 17 August, then it will be transferred to 12 August)
The 108th Feast of the Blessed Sacrament takes place this weekend beginning today. From food to music, here's what's on the schedule for Friday.
December 3 in recent years ... December 3 is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) ... Christian feast day: Abbo of Auxerre;
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was founded in 1833 to help impoverished people living in the slums of Paris, France. [6] The primary figure behind the Society's founding was Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, a French lawyer, author, and professor in the Sorbonne.
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
Principal feast 10 William Laud, Abp of Canterbury: 1645 Commemoration 11 (or Dec 28) The Holy Innocents n/a Holy day 12 Marguerite Bourgeoys, Educator† 1700 Commemoration 12 John Horden, Bishop, Missionary 1893 Commemoration 13 St. Hilary of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith 367 Memorial 15 Richard Meux Benson, Religious 1915 Commemoration 17