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Bishop and Confessor, patron of Wales. He is usually represented standing on a little hill, with a dove on his shoulder. From time immemorial the Welsh have worn a leek on St. David's day, in memory of a battle against the Saxons, at which it is said they wore leeks in their hats, by St. David's advice, to distinguish them from their enemies.
By a rescript of Septimus Severus (193-211) all imperial subjects were forbidden under severe penalties to become Christians. In consequence of this decree, five catechumens at Carthage were seized and cast into prison, viz. Vibia Perpetua, a young married lady of noble birth; the slave Felicitas, and her fellow-slave Revocatus, also Saturninus and Secundulus.
Date of birth unknown; died after 385 or 386. He belongs to the group known as the "Cappadocian Fathers", a title which reveals at once his birthplace in Asia Minor and his intellectual characteristics. Gregory was born of a deeply religious family, not very rich in worldly goods, to which circumstances he probably owed the pious training of his youth.
Born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical History. He has exercised in many respects a momentous influence on the doctrine, the organization, and the discipline of the Catholic Church.
Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493.
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Bishop of Lindisfarne, patron of Durham, born about 635; died 20 March, 687. His emblem is the head of St. Oswald, king and martyr, which he is represented as bearing in his hands. His feast is kept in Great Britain and Ireland on the 20th of March, and he is patron of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, where his commemoration is inserted among the Suffrages of the Saints.
Cranmer was archbishop of Canterbury (1533 - 1556), a leader of the English Reformation who was responsible for establishing the basic structures of the Church of England.
The fact of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is related in Luke 1: 26-38. The Evangelist tells us that in the sixth month after the conception of St. John the Baptist by Elizabeth, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary, at Nazareth, a small town in the mountains of Galilee. Mary was of the house of David, and was espoused (i. e. married) to Joseph, of the same royal family. She had, however, not yet entered the household of her spouse, but was still in her mother's house, working, perhaps, over her dowry.
Services
Friday, Mar 2 - 6:30 p.m. (20 min)
Station of the Cross
Sunday, Mar 4 - 11:15 a.m.
2nd Sunday in Lent, Special Healing Service
Processional (455) How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
Sermon (258) Christ is the World's True Light
Offertory (449) My Faith Looks up to Thee
Communion (197) Let All Mortal Flesh
Recessional (385) Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken
Friday, Mar 9 - 6:30 p.m. (20 min)
Station of the Cross
Sunday, Mar 11 - 11:15 a.m.
3rd Sunday in Lent
Processional Hymn (293) O Bless the Lord
Sermon Hymn (343) Praise to the Holiest in the Height
Offertory Hymn (55) Forty Days
Communion (197) Let All Mortal Flesh
Recessional Hymn (341) Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Friday, Mar 16 - 6:30 p.m. (20 min)
Station of the Cross
Sunday, Mar 18 - 11:15 a.m.
4th Sunday in Lent
Processional Hymn (159) Now that Daylight Fills the Sky
Sermon Hymn (345-2nd tune) The King of Love, My Shepherd Is
Offertory Hymn (337) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Communion (197) Let All Mortal Flesh
Recessional Hymn (570) O Jesus, I have Promised
Friday, Mar 23 - 6:30 p.m. (20 min)
Station of the Cross
Sunday, Mar 25 - 11:15 a.m.
Passion Sunday
Processional Hymn (536) Turn back, O man
Sermon Hymn (80) Were you There when they Crucified my Lord
Offertory Hymn (189) And Now, O Father
Communion (197) Let All Mortal Flesh
Recessional Hymn (338) In the Cross of Christ, I Glory
Birthdays/Anniversaries
Mar 16: Justin Rice - Birthday
Mar 17: Fr. Jim & Bobby Sue - Anniversary
Mar 23: Adam Linkous - Birthday
Mar 30: Sandy Snyder - Birthday
Special Days
Mar 1: Observance - St David of Wales
Bishop and Confessor, patron of Wales. He is usually represented standing on a little hill, with a dove on his shoulder. From time immemorial the Welsh have worn a leek on St. David's day, in memory of a battle against the Saxons, at which it is said they wore leeks in their hats, by St. David's advice, to distinguish them from their enemies.
Mar 7: Observance - St. Perpetua
By a rescript of Septimus Severus (193-211) all imperial subjects were forbidden under severe penalties to become Christians. In consequence of this decree, five catechumens at Carthage were seized and cast into prison, viz. Vibia Perpetua, a young married lady of noble birth; the slave Felicitas, and her fellow-slave Revocatus, also Saturninus and Secundulus.
Mar 9: Observance - St. Gregory of Nyssa
Date of birth unknown; died after 385 or 386. He belongs to the group known as the "Cappadocian Fathers", a title which reveals at once his birthplace in Asia Minor and his intellectual characteristics. Gregory was born of a deeply religious family, not very rich in worldly goods, to which circumstances he probably owed the pious training of his youth.
Mar 12: Observance - Gregory the Great
Born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical History. He has exercised in many respects a momentous influence on the doctrine, the organization, and the discipline of the Catholic Church.
Mar 17: Observance - St. Patrick
Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493.
Mar 19: Observance - St Joseph
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mar 20: Observance - St. Cuthbert
Bishop of Lindisfarne, patron of Durham, born about 635; died 20 March, 687. His emblem is the head of St. Oswald, king and martyr, which he is represented as bearing in his hands. His feast is kept in Great Britain and Ireland on the 20th of March, and he is patron of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, where his commemoration is inserted among the Suffrages of the Saints.
Mar 21: Observance - Thomas Cranmer
Cranmer was archbishop of Canterbury (1533 - 1556), a leader of the English Reformation who was responsible for establishing the basic structures of the Church of England.
Mar 26: Observance - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The fact of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is related in Luke 1: 26-38. The Evangelist tells us that in the sixth month after the conception of St. John the Baptist by Elizabeth, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary, at Nazareth, a small town in the mountains of Galilee. Mary was of the house of David, and was espoused (i. e. married) to Joseph, of the same royal family. She had, however, not yet entered the household of her spouse, but was still in her mother's house, working, perhaps, over her dowry.
