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Frédéric Ozanam was born on Friday, 23 April 1813, to Jean and Marie Ozanam. [2] He was the fifth of 14 children, one of only three to reach adulthood. [ 3 ] His family, which had distant Jewish connections, [ 4 ] had been settled in the region around Lyon , France, for many centuries.
8 April: Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta, virgin – Optional Memorial; 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church - Memorial (Feast in Macau) 4 May: Blessed John Martin Moye, priest – Optional Memorial; 17 May: Saint Peter Liu, martyr – Optional Memorial; 27 May: Saint Peter Sanz, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial
The development of the Ordo Lectionum Missae was a response to the liturgical reforms initiated by the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), with the aim of promoting active participation of the laity in the Mass. Prior to the council, the Roman Catholic Church adhered to a one-year cycle of readings, incorporating a limited selection of passages.
Pedro Calungsod (Spanish: Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically Pedro Calonsor; July 21, 1654 – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work in 1672.
The saint's feast day is 1 February, and traditionally it involves weaving Brigid's crosses and many other folk customs. It was originally a pre-Christian festival called Imbolc, marking the beginning of spring. From 2023 it is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland.
April 15 in recent years 2024 (Monday) ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year ... Christian feast day: Abbo II of Metz;
At the papal Mass for an estimated 6,000 people in St. Peter's Basilica and 25,000 more watching on screens in the square outside, the pope also repeated an earlier call for developed nations to ...
Gianna Beretta Molla (4 October 1922 – 28 April 1962), doctor and mother, canonized on 16 May 2004; Blesseds. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam (23 April 1813 – 8 September 1853), founder of the Society, beatified on 22 August 1997