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World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities, such as Anneka Svenska, Brian Blessed and Melanie C. [29]
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.
Francis' feast day is observed on 4 October. A secondary feast in honour of the stigmata received by Francis, celebrated on 17 September, was inserted in the General Roman Calendar in 1585 (later than the Tridentine calendar) and suppressed in 1604, but was restored in 1615.
14 May: Saint Matthias, Apostle – feast; 18 May: Saint John I, Pope and Martyr – optional memorial; 20 May: Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest – optional memorial; 21 May: Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs – optional memorial; 22 May: Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious – optional memorial
1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker – Feast; 4 May: Saint Florian, martyr – Memorial; 12 May: Saint Leopold Mandić, priest – Memorial; 16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Memorial; 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Solemnity; 27 June: Saint Hemma of Gurk – Memorial; 5 July: Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop ...
Blessing of the Animals on St. Francis' Day at an Episcopal church in Lincoln, Nebraska. Annually now, on or around October 4, Christians worldwide celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis with a blessing of animals and prayers for creation. [7] Catholicism [12] has specific liturgies for the blessing of animals, highlighting creation and ...
His feast day is 26 October for Eastern Orthodox Christians, which falls on 8 November [NS, "new style"] for those following the old calendar. In the Roman Catholic Church he is most commonly called Demetrius of Sirmium and his memorial is 9 April in the 2004 Roman Martyrology and 8 October in the martyrology of the Extraordinary Form. Its ...
Pope Leo XIII canonized Rita on 24 May 1900. Her feast day is celebrated on 22 May. At her canonization ceremony, she was bestowed the title of "Patroness of Impossible Causes," while in many Catholic countries, Rita came to be known as the patroness of abused wives and heartbroken women. Her bodily remains lie in the Basilica of Santa Rita da ...