Saint of the Day for August 23rd (April 20th, 1586 – August 24th, 1617). Saint Rose of Lima

Queenship of the Blessed Virgin MaryFeast Day: August 22nd–––––––––––––––––––––––––O God, Who made the Mother of your Sonto be our Mother and our Queen,graciously grant that, sustained by her intercession,we may attain in the heavenly Kingdomthe glory promised to Your children.Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of […]

The Apparition of Knock began on the 21st August, 1879 when, at approximately 8 o’clock in the evening, fifteen people from the village of Knock in Co. Mayo, witnessed an Apparition of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, a Lamb and cross on an altar at the gable wall of the Parish Church.

POPE ST. PIUS X (1835-1914)Feast: August 21st.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryTuesday August 15th 2023––––––––––––––––––––––––––Almighty ever-living God, Who assumed the Immaculate Virgin Mary, the Mother of your Son, body and soul into heavenly glory, grant, we pray, that, always attentive to the things that are above, we may merit to be sharers of her glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, […]

St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us!Feast Day: August 14th–––––––––––––––––––––––HOMILY AT THE CANONIZATION OFST. MAXIMILIAN MARY KOLBEBy Pope St. John Paul IIOctober 10, 1982 “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). From today on, the Church desires to address as “Saint” a man who […]

Terry Mc Namee

Saint of the Day for August 11th (July 16, 1194 – August 11, 1253) Saint Clare of Assisi. Terry Mc Namee