About World Day for Consecrated Life In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day for women and men in consecrated life. This global celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd. This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; the day on which candles are blessed symbolizing…
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27th
January 27 The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent…
Conversion of Saint Paul January 25th
The Story of the Conversion of Saint Paul Saint Paul’s entire life can be explained in terms of one experience—his meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus. In an instant, he saw that all the zeal of his dynamic personality was being wasted, like the strength of a boxer swinging wildly. Perhaps he had…
climate, migration, peace, racial justice, democracy, the dignity of human life
What a balm for the soul of the weary justice advocate is found in the readings for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Whatever issue compels you—climate, migration, peace, racial justice, democracy, the dignity of human life—there will be times of great discouragement. This might be one of those times right now. How can those…
January 22 Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every…
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children January 22nd
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children occurs on Saturday, January 22. Let us pray for all Pro Life issues: the protection of children separated from their parents at the border, those who are verbally and physically abused, the elderly and all people who are treated unjustly.