Of course, you’ve all heard the saying, “Trick or Treat?” The “treats” are much preferred to the “tricks.” Here are some classic favorites before the days of packaged candy: Candy Apples Peanut Brittle Oven Caramel Corn Peanut Butter Balls ...
Learn more about this ancient calendar’s ”Quarter Days and Cross-Quarter Days” and why we celebrate holidays the way we do! Since Samhain was the “death night” of the old year, it came to be associated with ghosts and graveyards. After midnight, the ghosts are said to go back to ...
Attending a mass is the most common All Saints Day tradition within the Catholic Church. The Beatitudes are read during mass, and prayers are said for the Saints. Many visit the grave sites of loved ones and relatives to pay tribute and remember those who have passed into heaven. In ...
November 1 is often All Saints’ Day, which is the day when all Christian saints who have reached Heaven are recognized, even those who are fairly unknown in the church. The Roman Catholic Church sometimes calls All Saints’ Day the Solemnity of All Saints. Pope Gregory III declared November...
Hurricanes initially were named in honor of the feast day for a Catholic saint. For instance, Hurricane San Felipe occurred on Sept. 13, 1876, or the feast day of Saint Phillip, according to theNational Hurricane Center. Hurricanes that struck on the same day would be distinguished by a suf...
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So please don’t surrender our rich Catholic traditions and feast days to people that are using them for evil. We have to keep on keeping on. Don’t forget the St. Francis quote “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle”. ...
Catholic Public Domain VersionFor I have received from the Lord what I have also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the same night that he was handed over, took bread,New American BibleFor I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the ...
But what exactly is the Feast of the Seven Fishes and where did the tradition come from? Here's a quick history lesson about the Italian Christmas dinner: It all stems from the Roman Catholic Church where it’s customary to eat fish (and abstain from meat) on the eve of feast days....
And the two failed assassination attempts took place on the feast days of Our Lady of Sorrows, and also on the Feast of St Henry, which, y’know, is probably also significant somehow if you have eyes to see! And Melania is Catholic!