- Jul. 10 Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
on July 10, 2026 at 4:00 amThe Roman Martyrology commemorates today: St. Canute (or Knud) (1043-1086), King of Denmark. St. Canute was put to death out of hatred of his faith and his zeal in working for its extension in his kingdom. He was killed in St. Alban's Church in […]
- Jul. 9 Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs, Opt. Mem.on July 9, 2026 at 4:00 am
The Church commemorates the Optional Memorial of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong (1746-1815). He was a Chinese diocesan priest who was martyred with his 119 other Chinese Catholics. Among their number was an eighteen-year-old boy, Chi Zhuzi, who cried out […]
- Jul. 8 Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon July 8, 2026 at 4:00 am
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Peter Vigne (1670-1740), a French priest, was beatified on October 3, 2004 by Pope John Paul II and proposed to the universal Church as an example of a tireless missionary and apostle of the Most Holy […]
- Jul. 7 Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon July 7, 2026 at 4:00 am
Today's Roman Martyrology commemorates:
- Jul. 6 Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr, Opt. Mem.on July 6, 2026 at 4:00 am
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti (1890-1902). St. Maria was born near Ancona (Italy), the daughter of a poor peasant family. Maria was well known to her neighbors for her cheerfulness and piety. When she was eleven, […]
- Jul. 5 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sundayon July 5, 2026 at 4:00 am
From Today's Gospel: "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things […]
- Jul. 4 Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Independence Day (USA), Opt. Mem.on July 4, 2026 at 4:00 am
The United States celebrates Independence Day, the national celebration of our Nation's independence, the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Church in the United States of America incorporates this […]
- Jul. 3 Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle, Feaston July 3, 2026 at 4:00 am
The Feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle, who at first did not believe, has become for the Church one of the first witnesses to her faith. She is fond of appealing to his testimony and frequently puts in our mouths those simple words whereby he […]
- Jul. 2 Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon July 2, 2026 at 4:00 am
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Sts. Processus and Martinian whose bodies lie in a chapel at St. Peter's in Rome. During the time when Sts. Peter and Paul were prisoners in the Mamertine, legend says that these two jailors together with forty […]
- Jul. 1 Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA), Opt. Mem.on July 1, 2026 at 4:00 am
Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he […]
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