The Catholic Roots of St. Valentine’s Day
Although the mid-February holiday celebrating love and lovers remains wildly popular, the confusion over its origins led the Catholic Church, in 1969, to drop Saint Valentine's Day from the Roman calendar of official, worldwide Catholic feasts.
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Who Was St. Valentine?
How did this holiday of love and romance originate and, more importantly, how did St. Valentine become involved? The answers to those questions are not easy ones. Valentine’s Day is a holiday shrouded in mystery and legend.
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St. Anthony and the Albigensian Heresy
St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) was a Franciscan friar who spent a number of years as a traveling preacher.
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The First Words of Christ
For centuries we have reflected on the Seven Last Words of Christ during Lent, but few people have spent much time considering his earliest words in the Gospels at the same time.
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Jesus: The Good Shepherd
One of the most beloved images of Jesus is of him as the good shepherd.
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The First Pentecost
On that Pentecost day, Peter asked the people to repent, to change their way of life, to seek a new life in Christ. And they did respond.
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