Saints & Feast Days

St. John Damascene

St. John Damascene

Feast Day: December 4 Christians were destroying sacred images. Emperors were ordering icons removed from churches. Some argued that images of Christ, Mary, and the saints were a form of...

St. John Damascene

Feast Day: December 4 Christians were destroying sacred images. Emperors were ordering icons removed from churches. Some argued that images of Christ, Mary, and the saints were a form of...

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas

Feast Day: December 6 A father was desperate. He had three daughters and almost no money. In the world of St. Nicholas, that could mean a very dangerous future for...

St. Nicholas

Feast Day: December 6 A father was desperate. He had three daughters and almost no money. In the world of St. Nicholas, that could mean a very dangerous future for...

St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose

Feast Day: December 7 Ambrose went to the church to keep the peace. He was a Roman governor in Milan, and the city was divided over who should become its...

St. Ambrose

Feast Day: December 7 Ambrose went to the church to keep the peace. He was a Roman governor in Milan, and the city was divided over who should become its...

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast Day: December 8 Before Mary said yes to the angel Gabriel, God had already been at work in her life. Before Bethlehem. Before Nazareth. Before she carried Jesus in...

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast Day: December 8 Before Mary said yes to the angel Gabriel, God had already been at work in her life. Before Bethlehem. Before Nazareth. Before she carried Jesus in...

St. Damasus I

St. Damasus I

Feast Day: December 11 The Christians of Rome still remembered where the martyrs were buried. Some graves were hidden beneath the city. Others had been neglected during years of persecution....

St. Damasus I

Feast Day: December 11 The Christians of Rome still remembered where the martyrs were buried. Some graves were hidden beneath the city. Others had been neglected during years of persecution....

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Feast Day: December 12 Juan Diego was walking to Mass when he heard music. It was December 1531. On the hill of Tepeyac, outside what is now Mexico City, he...

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Feast Day: December 12 Juan Diego was walking to Mass when he heard music. It was December 1531. On the hill of Tepeyac, outside what is now Mexico City, he...