Helena’s supposed “finding” of the cross itself was ... tattoos and clothing. The Feast of the Holy Cross focuses on the meaning of the cross as a powerful sign of divine love and salvation ...

Helena’s supposed “finding” of the cross itself was ... tattoos and clothing. The Feast of the Holy Cross focuses on the meaning of the cross as a powerful sign of divine love and salvation ...

14 feast of the Exaltation of the Holy ... known as “Roodmas” — which commemorates the finding of the true cross in the Holy Land. Around the middle of the 1700s, the pastor said ...

The feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross (Santu Kruċ) is today being celebrated with solemnity by the collegiate basilica dedicated to St Helen in Birkirkara. Mass at Tal-Ħerba Sanctuary will ...

devotees and the uninitiated both Christians and of other religions and creeds towards the Feast of the Holy Cross at the quaint little Chapel of Santa Cruz on Malim Hill, are the factors that ...

The feast, which is celebrated ... suffering of Christ on the cross; rather, it is a calling for all of humanity. “We experience sorrow in our life … so finding a way to connect to the ...

An associated tradition has been the tossing of a cross into the water to be retrieved by divers. The holy water from the church is given to the faithful to consume and to use in blessing their homes.

German posits a few theories: the seven Catholic sacraments; the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit ... fish and shellfish for the stations of the cross. There are those who do 9, for the trinity ...

The day is also celebrated under the banner of 'Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.' The celebration has its origin as back as late seventh century. It was observed in Rome during those ...

Today’s optional memorial is the feast of St. Paul of the Cross, the founder of the Passionists. Like these contemporary “holy fools” I know, he gave up a career as a soldier to care for an ...