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23 July 2020

23 July 2020

THURSDAY WITHIN THE SIXTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME SAINT BRIDGET OF SWEDEN, PATRONESS OF EUROPE FEAST St Bridget (Birgitta) (1303-1373) was born in Sweden and married Ulf Gudmarsson in 1316. It was a happy marriage and the devout couple brought…

22 July 2020

22 July 2020

WEDNESDAY WITHIN THE SIXTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME SAINT MARY MAGDALENE FEAST St Mary Magdalene (first century), originally from Magdala in Galilee, was one of the Lord’s most intimate disciples and is often associated with the woman from whom he…

16 July 2020

16 July 2020

THURSDAY WITHIN THE FIFTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL MEMORIAL This feast honours the Blessed Virgin as patroness of the Carmelite Order. It later came to be associated with a supposed vision of St Simon Stock,…

15 July 2020

15 July 2020

WEDNESDAY WITHIN THE FIFTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME SAINT BONAVENTURE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH MEMORIAL St Bonaventure (1221-1274) was born at Bagnorea (Bagnoregio), near Viterbo (Italy) and entered the Franciscan Order. A friend of St Thomas Aquinas, he…