SAINTS AND FEASTS OF THE SECOND TRIMESTER
December 2 – The Four Women Martyrs of El Salvador
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Jean Donovan and three religious sisters were shot to death on Dec. 2, 1980.
Jean loved the children of El Salvador and worried about their safety.
She worked alongside the missionaries in El Salvador.
December 6 – St. Nicholas, Bishop
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Patron of children
December 8 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
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Holy Day of Obligation
Mary is the patroness of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the United States.
Mary was conceived without Original Sin.
December 12 –Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego in 1531 and asked him to go to the bishop in Mexico City and
build a church near a native Aztec shrine.
Patroness of the Americas
December 25 –Solemnity of Christmas
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Holy Day of Obligation
First Sunday following Christmas – Feast of the Holy Family
January 1 – Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
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Holy Day of Obligation
One of the oldest & important feasts of Mary
January 4 – Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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First canonized American born saint.
She started the first Catholic school in the US.
January 5 – Feast of Saint John Neumann
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Fourth Bishop of Philadelphia
Increased the number of Catholic schools in Philadelphia
Instituted Forty Hours Devotion
Constructed a cathedral
Patron of American Catholic Schools
Died January 5, 1860 and canonized a saint in 1977.
Sunday between January 2 and January 8 – Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
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Wise Men visited Jesus
Sunday after January 6 – Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord
February 2 – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
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Also called Candlemas Day
Feast of light
February 2 – Purification of Mary
February 3 – Memorial of Saint Blase
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Patron of those suffering from throat diseases
February 11 – Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes
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Our Lady appeared to Bernadette in 1858 in a grotto in Lourdes, France eighteen times from
February 11 – July 16.
Our Lady told Bernadette she was the “Immaculate Conception.”
March 3 – Feast of St. Katherine Drexel
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Born in Philadelphia in 1858 to a wealthy family known for their charity
Worked with Native Americans and African Americans
Began the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
March 17 – Memorial of St. Patrick
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Used the shamrock to teach the Holy Trinity
Patron of Ireland
March 19 – Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary
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Patron of the Universal Church
Patron of a happy death
March 24 – Archbishop Oscar Romero
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Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
Known as a defender of the poor
Assassinated as he offered Mass on March 24, 1980
March 25 – Solemnity of the Annunciation (Lk. 1:26-38)
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Mary accepts her role as the mother of Jesus