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St. Mary Magdalene, Feast

Mary Magdalene, sometimes called Mary of Magdala, was a woman who, according to the four  Canonical Gospels traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to His Crucifixion and Resurrection. She is mentioned by name twelve times in the Canonical Gospels, more than most of the Apostles and more than any other […]

St. Bridget of Sweden, Feast

Saint Bridget of Sweden, Patron of Europe. Saint Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland's Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. Birgitta's family was pious; her father went to confession every Friday and made long and arduous pilgrimages as far away as the […]