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  • Nov. 12 Memorial of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr, Memorial
    on 12 November 2026 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), Memorial
    on 11 November 2026 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, Memorial
    on 10 November 2026 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, Feast
    on 9 November 2026 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 of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the diocese of Rome, the official […]

  • Nov. 8 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
    on 8 November 2026 at 5:00 am

    Excerpt from Sunday's Gospel: While they went off to buy it, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked. Afterwards the other virgins came and said, �Lord, Lord, open the door for […]

  • Nov. 7 Saturday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
    on 7 November 2026 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 Friday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
    on 6 November 2026 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 […]

  • Nov. 5 Thursday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
    on 5 November 2026 at 5:00 am

    "In the communion of saints, 'a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory and those who are still pilgrims on earth. between them there is, […]

  • Nov. 4 Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop, Memorial
    on 4 November 2026 at 5:00 am

    The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo (1538-1584), bishop. Charles was a member of a noble family and a nephew of Pope Pius IV. He was made a Cardinal at the age of 23 and assisted the Pope in administering the affairs of the […]

  • Nov. 3 Tuesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Martin de Porres, Religious, Opt. Mem.
    on 3 November 2026 at 5:00 am

    Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Martin de Porres (1579-1639), who lived a life of fasting, prayer and penance as a Dominican lay brother. He was born in Peru of a Spanish knight and a Negro woman from Panama. Martin […]

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