- Nov. 15 Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Albert the Great, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, Opt. Mem.
on November 15, 2025 at 5:00 amToday the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great (c. 1200-1280), son of a German nobleman. While studying at Padua when the Master General of the Dominicans, Jordan of Saxony, succeeded in attracting him to that Order. He […]
- Nov. 14 Friday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon November 14, 2025 at 5:00 am
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Laurence O'Toole (1128-1180) today, but in Ireland it is an Optional Memorial (although a feast in Dublin). Laurence (also referred to as "Lawrence") was the Archbishop of Dublin during the takeover of Ireland […]
- Nov. 13 Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (USA), Memorialon November 13, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today the dioceses in the United States celebrate the Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), virgin, born in Lombardy, Italy, one of thirteen children. She came to America as a missionary, founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred […]
- Nov. 12 Memorial of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr, Memorialon November 12, 2025 at 5:00 am
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Josaphat (1580-1643), a Catholic of the Ruthenian rite. He was an apostle of the return of the Orthodox schismatics to the Church of Rome. Born in the then Polish region of Lithuania of Orthodox parents, he […]
- Nov. 11 Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop; Veterans Day (USA), Memorialon November 11, 2025 at 5:00 am
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Martin of Tours (ca. 316-398). St. Martin is the first bishop and confessor honored by the Church in the West. He was a principal apostle of Gaul, where his feast was celebrated as a holyday of obligation […]
- Nov. 10 Memorial of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, Memorialon November 10, 2025 at 5:00 am
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Leo the Great (400-461), during whose pontificate the Council of Chalcedon (451) defined that Christ is one divine person with two natures, divine and human. It was a confirmation of his Epistola Dogmatica […]
- Nov. 9 Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, Feaston November 9, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, the oldest and highest ranking of the four major basilicas in Rome. The Basilica's official title is "Basilica of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the […]
- Nov. 8 Saturday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon November 8, 2025 at 5:00 am
The Roman Martyrology includes these commemorations:
- Nov. 7 Friday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon November 7, 2025 at 5:00 am
The month of November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory. We as the living so often soon forget the dead. We forget when we live, we are forgotten when we die. "Lay my body anywhere," pleaded the dying St. Monica with her son, St. Augustine, […]
- Nov. 6 Thursday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon November 6, 2025 at 5:00 am
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Leonard of Limoges (d. 559). He was a hermit-abbot who was a convert of St. Remigius. He was a French courtier offered a bishopric, but became a recluse at Micy, France. He then lived at Limoges, France, and he […]
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