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Today, the entire Catholic community celebrates the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Happy birthday, Mama Mary!

Today, December 3, the entire Catholic community celebrates the feast day of Saint Francis Xavier, a Jesuit priest. He was born on April 7, 1506 in the castle of Xavier, in the kingdom of Navarre. He was beatified by Pope Paul V on October 25, 1619 and was canonized on March 12, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. He is the patron saint of African missions, Agartala, India, China, Nasugbu (a town in the province of Batangas in the Philippines), Cebu (a province in the island of Visayas in the Philippines), Indonesia, just to name a few.

Yesterday, November 30, the entire Catholic community celebrated the feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle. He is a brother to another apostle, Simon, famously known as Peter. 

PRAY THE HOLY ROSARY EVERYDAY.

Today, October 7, we celebrate the feast day of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

Today, August 16, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Roch, patron saint of bachelors, diseased cattle, dogs, falsely accused people, surgeons, just to name a few.

Today, August 15, the entire Catholic community celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.

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Today, July 6, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Maria Goretti, one of the Roman Catholic Church's youngest canonized saints. She is the patron saint of crime victims, teenage girls, modern youth and children of Mary. She was beatified on April 27, 1947 and was canonized on June 24, 1950 both by by Pope Pius XII. 

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Maria Jacobe, also known as Mary of Clopas, was one of the women who visited the tomb of Jesus during the Easter Sunday. She was believed to be the wife of Clopas

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