which for many years served as the national centre of devotion to St Rita, is celebrating the saint’s feast on Thursday. A solemn mass will be said at 5.30pm, presided over by Archbishop Charles ...

This year marks the 125th anniversary since Pope Leo XIII declared Rita of Cascia a saint during the ... stamps featuring the statue of St Rita by Gozitan artist Agostino “Wistin” Camilleri.

MASSILLON − St. Dymphna will be celebrated May 25 at Divine Mercy parish. The service will honor the feast day for St. Dymphna, and the 87th anniversary of the opening of the National Shrine of ...

he taught at St. Rita of Cascia High School, on the South Side. He visited the parish last August, as a cardinal, to celebrate the feast day of St. Clare of Montefalco. The day after the Pope’s ...

My pick, Margherita Lotti, whose feast day is today, May 22, was born in the late 1300s in Roccaporena, Italy, and is known as St. Rita. (I also chose her because her name is easy to spell, cementing ...

The Rev. Thomas Behrend, pastor of St. Rita Catholic Church in Solon, said he has been working since November to try and appeal the city of Solon’s decision to allow a recreational marijuana ...

Newlywed couples came in their wedding attire — including an array of bridal gowns — awaiting a “sposi novelli” blessing for a happy wedded ... Sanchez, of St. Rita of Cascia in Chicago ...

to celebrate the feast day of Santa Rita de Cascia, the patroness of impossible causes. Hundreds come to honor the saint during her feast day every May 22, with many bringing petitions — some for ...