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Friday after Ash Wednesday - A Day of Fasting and Abstinence, Feast of St Matthias, Madonna of the Plague in Rome (591) and Memorials of the Saints – 24 February

Friday after Ash Wednesday – A Day of Fasting and Abstinence St Matthias the Apostle, Martyr. After Christ’s Ascension, Matthias was chosen Apostle in place of the traitor Judas, as is detailed in the Epistle of this day and, after the descent of the Holy Ghost, announced the Gospel, first to his own people, the Jews and then, in Cappadocia and the neighbourhood of the Caspian Sea.St…

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EMBER SATURDAY - FAST and ABSTINENCE, St Matthias the Apostle, Plague in Rome ends after Saint Pope Gregory the Great leads a procession with a painting of Our Lady by Saint Luke (591) and the Saints for 24 February

EMBER SATURDAY – FAST and ABSTINENCE St Matthias the Apostle, Martyr. After Christ’s Ascension, Matthias was chosen Apostle in place of the traitor Judas, as is detailed in the Epistle of this day and, after the descent of the Holy Ghost, announced the Gospel, first to his own people, the Jews and then, in Cappadocia and the neighbourhood of the Caspian Sea.St Matthias!This Feast was moved to…

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Saint of the Day – 24 February – Blessed Marco De’ Marconi OSH (1480-1510) “The Glory of Mantua,

Saint of the Day – 24 February – Blessed Marco De’ Marconi OSH (1480-1510) known as “The Glory of Mantua,” Hermit Monk of the Order of the Hermits of Saint Jerome (The Hieronymites) a common name for several congregations of Hermit Monks living according to the Rule of Saint Augustine, although the principle role of their lives is the great Hermit and biblical scholar St Jerome, Father and Doctor…

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