Tag: feast day

  • Solemnity of the Assumption

    The Solemnity of the Assumption on August 15 was celebrated in the eastern Church from the 6th Century. The Catholic Church adopted this date as a Holy Day of Obligation to commemorate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the real physical elevation of her sinless soul and incorrupt body into Heaven. – source Happy…

  • Happy Feast Day Don Bosco!

    “Run, jump, make noise, But do not sin…” –St. John Bosco Today is the feast day of St. John Bosco. He is known to be the “Father and Teacher of Youth”. He was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and educator who put into practice his religion, dedicating his life for the betterment and education of…