Feast of the Day Feast Day: February 11 ✠ Our Lady of Lourdes ✠ Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception: Location: Lourdes, France Date: February 11 to July 16, 1858 Witness: Saint Bernadette Soubirous Type: Marian apparition Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in honour of the Marian apparitions that reportedly occurred in 1858 in the vicinity of Lourdes in France. The first of these is the apparition of 11 February 1858, when 14-year old Bernadette Soubirous told her mother that a "lady" spoke to her in the cave of Massabielle from the town) while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar apparitions of the "Lady" were reported on seventeen occasions that year until the climax revelation of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception took place. On 18 January 1862, Pope Pius IX authorized Bishop Bertrand-S├йv├иre Laurence to permit the veneration of the Blessed Virgin ...
Saint of the Day (March 19) ✠ Saint Joseph✠ Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ Other Names : • Joseph of Nazareth • Joseph the Artisan • Joseph the Betrothed Memorials : • 19 March • 1 May (Joseph the Worker) • 3rd Wednesday after Easter (patronage of Saint Joseph of the Universal Church) Died : 1st century, Prior to the Passion Patronage : • Against Doubt • Against Hesitation • Accountants • Attornies • Barristers • Bursars • Cabinetmakers • Carpenters • Cemetery Workers • Children • Civil Engineers • Confectioners • Craftsmen • Dying People • Educators • Emigrants • Exiles • Expectant Mothers • Families • Fathers • Furniture Makers • Grave Diggers • Happy Death • Holy Death • House Hunters • Immigrants • Interior Souls • Joiners • Laborers • Lawyers • Married People • Orphans • People in Doubt • People who fight Communism • Pioneers • Pregnant Women • Social Justice • Solicitors • Teachers • Travel...
Saint of the Day (February 5) ✠ St. Agatha of Sicily ✠ Born: c.231 Catania, Italy Died: c.250 Catania, Italy Canonized: Pre-congregation by tradition confirmed by Pope Gregory I Attributes: shears, tongs, breasts on a plate Venerated in: Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Churches; Oriental Orthodoxy; Anglican Communion Patronage : • against breast cancer • against breast disease • against earthquakes • against eruptions of Mount Etna • against fire • against natural disasters • against sterility • against volcanic eruptions • bell-founders • fire prevention • jewelers • martyrs • nurses • rape victims • single laywomen • torture victims • wet-nurses • Malta • San Marino • Representation : • breasts on a dish • crown of flowers • embers • knife • loaves of bread on a dish • pincers • shears • tongs • veil • virgin martyr wearing a veil and bearing her severed breasts on a silver platter • palm One of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs of Christ...
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