Explore Catholic feast days and discover the saints, solemnities, Marian celebrations, holy days, and sacred traditions that fill the Catholic liturgical calendar throughout the year. The Marian Journal brings the Church calendar to life with stories of Catholic saints and their feast days, the meaning behind important celebrations, patron saint traditions, prayers, devotions, feast-day foods, and meaningful ways to observe these occasions at home with family. Learn why Catholics celebrate particular saints, how feast days fit within the Catholic liturgical year, and how generations of the faithful have marked these days through prayer, Mass, pilgrimage, family customs, and acts of charity. From ancient martyrs and Apostles to beloved Marian feasts and patron saints, follow the rhythm of the Church year and discover how Catholic feast days connect the history of the Faith with the everyday practice of Catholic living.
There are days that pass almost without leaving a mark. The alarm sounds. Coffee is poured. Children are sent toward school. Work begins and ends. Supper comes. Evening settles over the roofs and streets, and another square disappears from the calendar. Then there are days the Church asks us to...
