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Saturday in the Second Week after Easter Notre-Dames de Betharam / Our Lady of Betharam, France (1503) – 22 April:Saint Bernadette Soubirous frequently visited the Shrine of Betharram. In fact, the rosary beads that Bernadette used when praying with the Blessed Virgin during the first apparition at Lourdes had come from the Betharram Shrine and the priest to whom she was sent after the…

Notre-Dames de Betharam / Our Lady of Betharam, France (1503)

Thursday of the Third Week of Easte +2021 Notre-Dames de Betharam / Our Lady of Betharam, France (1503) – 22 April: The Abbot Orsini wrote: “Our Lady of Betharam, in the Diocese of Lescar, in the Province of Bearn. This image was found, in the year 1503, by some shepherds, who, seeing an extraordinary light on the spot where the High Altar of the Chapel now stands, came up to it and found…

Saint of the Day – 22 April – Saint Pope Caius I (Died 613)

Saint of the Day – 22 April – Saint Pope Caius I (Died 613) – (presumed to be a Martyr) – also called Gaius, was the Bishop of Rome from 17 December 283 to his death in 296. Christian tradition makes him a native of the Dalmatian city of Salona, today Solin near Split, the son of a man also named Caius and a member of a noble family related to the Emperor Diocletian.

About 280, an early Christian…

Memorials of the Saints – 22 April

St Abel McAedh St Aceptismas of Hnaita St Pope Agapitus I, St Apelles of Smyrna St Arwald St Pope Caius I (Died 296)

St Epipodius of Lyon St Euflamia Bl Francis of Fabriano St Helimenas St Joseph of Persia St Leo of Sens St Leonidas of Alexandria St Lucius of Laodicea St Opportuna of Montreuil St Senorina St Pope Soter (Died c 174) Bi…

One Minute Reflection – 22 April – St Pope Soter (Died c174) Martyr and St Pope Caius I (Died 296) Martyr – 1 Peter 5:1-4; 5:10-11, Matthew 16:13-19 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “Upon this rock I will build my church” – Matthew 16:18 REFLECTION – “Though the earth and all who dwell in it quake, I have set firm its pillars” (Ps 74:40). All the Apostles are pillars of the earth…