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09/03/2026

St. Gregory the Great is a Doctor of the Church and was Pope from 590 to 604. Credited perhaps most famously with the creation of Gregorian chant, the sacred plainchant of the Church, Gregory is also remembered for his iconic sermons, many of which are found in the Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours. Along with Sts. Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Gregory is one of the four doctors of the Western Church. His tomb is located under an altar at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. He is a patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers.

08/31/2026

08/31/2026

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08/22/2026

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary was established in 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Mary’s queenship has many roots in Scripture. At the Annunciation, Gabriel announced that Mary’s son would receive the throne of David. At the Visitation, Elizabeth calls Mary “mother of my Lord.” Mary is closely associated with Jesus and his kingship throughout her entire life.

08/18/2026

St. Alberto Hurtado was a twentieth-century Chilean Jesuit known for his work helping revive the Church in Chile as well as providing shelter for those in need. In the beginning of his time as a Jesuit, Alberto wrote about the shortage of priests throughout Chile, and he authored a statistical analysis of how his fellow Chileans practiced their faith and what opportunities were open to them for growing in their faith. He noticed that many of the working class and the poor did not have regular interaction with a priest, so he took the challenge upon himself to change that. He founded the Hogar de Cristo to help children who needed food and shelter, and the organization is still operational today, serving over 25,000 people per month.

08/15/2026

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrates the dogma of the Church that Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. Although belief in Mary's assumption had been widespread since the third century, it was not until 1950 that Pope Pius XII declared the belief as dogma in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus. In it he writes, "the revered Mother of God ... finally obtained, as the supreme culmination of her privileges, that she should be preserved free from the corruption of the tomb and that, like her own Son, having overcome death, she might be taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven" (MD 40). The Solemnity of the Assumption is a Holy Day of Obligation.

08/09/2026

St. Teresa Benedicta was born Edith Stein. She was born into a German Jewish family, bur she stopped believing in God when she was fourteen years old. Her conversion to Catholicism began when she read the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila. St. Teresa Benedicta was baptized in 1922 and became a Discalced Carmelite twelve years later. She died in 1942 in a gas chamber at Auschwitz after the N***s arrested all Dutch Jews who had converted to Christianity.

08/06/2026

The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord celebrates the glorification of Jesus as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels. Jesus, accompanied by his apostles Peter, James, and John, shines bright in white, flanked by the prophets Elijah and Moses. A voice from above says, “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!” (Luke 9:35). The Transfiguration is a pivotal moment where Jesus’s identity as Son of God and Messiah is validated.