Celebrate
Here’s a calendar of (a few) saints’ days:
January 18 – Confession of St. Peter + start of the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity which concludes on the…
January 25 – Conversion of St. Paul
February 24 – St. Matthias the Apostle
March 19 – St. Joseph, husband of Mary
April 23 – St. George
April 25 – St. Mark the Evangelist
May 1 – St. Philip and Saint James (son of Zebedee) the Apostles
May 30 – St. Joan of Arc
June 11 – St. Barnabas
June 24 – Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
June 29 – St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles
June 22 – St. Mary Magdalene
July 25 – St. James (son of Alphaeus) the Apostle
August 15 – St. Mary the Virgin
August 24 – St. Bartholomew the Apostle
September 3 – St. Phoebe the Deacon
September 21 – St. Matthew the Evangelist
September 29 – Holy Michael and All Angels
October 4 – St. Francis
October 18 – St. Luke the Evangelist
October 23 – St. James of Jerusalem (Jesus’s brother)
October 28 – St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles
November 1 – Feast of All Saints
November 11 – St. Martin of Tours
November 30 – St. Andrew the Apostle
December 21 – St. Thomas the Apostle
December 26 – St. Stephen the Martyr
December 27 – St. John the Evangelist
December 27 – The Holy Innocents
For additional ideas on celebrating these days, be sure to check out my forthcoming book Sacred Seasons (see below) as well as Ashley Wallace's blog.
