Welcoming the Month of May!
This Month we Honor: Our Blessed Mother!
Papa Ben's Intentions for this month:
Feast Days this Month {click on the words to learn more about this Feast}:
1: Divine Mercy "Quasimodo Sunday" = Indulgences Attached To Divine Mercy Devotions
2: St. Joseph the Worker
3: Sts. Phillip and James
6: First Friday: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
7: First Saturday: Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
8: 3rd Sunday of Easter
10: Optional Memorial of St. Damien de Veuster, priest
12: Optional Memorial of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; Optional Memorial of St. Pancras, martyr
13: Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima
14: Feast of St. Matthias, apostle and martyr
15: Good Shepherd
18: Optional Memorial of St. John I, pope and martyr
20: Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena, priest
21: Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs
22: 5th Sunday of Easter
24: Pope Benedict XVI has designated today as the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China.
25: Optional Memorial of St. Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor; St. Gregory VII, pope; St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin
26: Memorial of St. Philip Neri, priest
27: Optional Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
29: 6th Sunday of Easter
31: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
