Low/Divine mercy Sunday
Low Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday, or White Sunday for the newly baptized who anciently removed baptismal robes on this day.
Saintmaker Liturgical Life
St. Anthony
St. Anthony is patron of sailors, pregnant women, amputees, fishermen, and the poor. He is invoked to find lost objects.
St. Rita
St. Rita’s childbirth was surrounded by miraculous events. She was a holy and devout Augustinian sister who died in 1457.
St. Dymphna
Dymphna was born in the 8th century in Ireland to a pagan king whose wife became a Christian. She was murdered by her own father.
St. Walburga’s Day
Not on the modern liturgical calendars, the feast and its eve (Walpurgisnacht) is a great holiday in many European countries.
Major Rogations
Traditional days of prayer and fasting, taking place on April 25th and the three days before the feast of the Ascension.
St. George
Little is known about St. George, but he has been venerated widely and has had an outsized effect on history.
Annunciation of the B.V.M.
Also called “Lady Day”, it was this day on which Gabriel announced that Our Lord would enter the world.
Shrovetide
The Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, Shrovetide includes the most decadent feasting of the year.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius centered his spiritual life on the Trinity, Christ, and the Eucharist—and founded the Jesuit order.