Daily Archives: October 8, 2022

MARIAN APPARITIONS : OUR LADY OF KNOCK

The apparition in County Mayo in Ireland of Our Lady of Knock is reported to have occurred on the evening of August 21, 1879, the vigil of the octave of the feast of the Assumption. Those who witnessed the miracle ranged in age from five years old to seventy-five. The apparition was described as follows:Continue reading “MARIAN APPARITIONS : OUR LADY OF KNOCK”

SAINT OF THE DAY — OCT 8

On Oct. 9, the Catholic Church honors the memory of Saint John Leonardi, who studied to become a pharmacist but eventually chose the life of the priesthood. He founded a religious order, and helped establish the Vatican department now known as the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Declared the patron of pharmacists in 2006Continue reading “SAINT OF THE DAY — OCT 8”