Visit the homepage for more information. A: There are many Marian feast days celebrated in the Catholic Church, but the principal ones are the Solemnity of Mary, the Presentation of Our Lord in the ...

Candlemas Day, or the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord ... The above article appeared in the Fairfield County Catholic January 1996. Reprinted with permission of the author and publisher.

The Feast of the ... within the Byzantine Catholic Church. It was introduced into the Roman Catholic Church in the 15th century by Pope Gregory XI, then removed from the calendar by Pope Pius ...

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...