“The celebration of the Holy Cross holds great significance ... Mariam Monastery Each year, for the Feast of the Glorious Cross—celebrated 13 days after its Western counterpart on September ...

The six Sundays of Lent are feast days. The third Sunday, known as the “Sunday of the Holy Cross,” marks the midpoint of Lent and encourages the faithful to persevere in their efforts.

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

NORTHBOROUGH — As Liam Daly drives into school each day, the Worcester Academy baseball player passes by the picturesque Holy Cross campus via backroads from his home in Paxton. “It’s a ...

St. Augustine calls this life the ‘Before Easter’ season — a time of labor, suffering and praise — preparing us for the ...

According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this ...

These scenes from the Way of the Cross have provided inspiration for many of the world's greatest works of visual art. During Lent or Holy Week most parishes have a service of Stations at least once.

But do we even notice Ascension Day, which annually tiptoes by on a Thursday (May 29 in 2025, in case you wondered)? Do we pause to marvel at the message of Jesus’s ascent in a cloud to God’s right ...

(Gary Wayne Gilbert) July 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Boston College's Jesuit Community, Intersections program, and Center for Ignatian ...

Kevin Ryan’s EAST TYRONE is of interest in the Fixing Point Cladding Fasteners Handicap at Hamilton on Wednesday. The three-year-old is 3lb below his last winning mark and should strip fitter ...

Within the UK, patron saints' days are celebrated slightly differently by the four nations. Both Scotland and Northern Ireland have bank holidays for the feast days of their patron saints ...

Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey has tapped Patrick Tutwiler, a graduate of the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, to serve as the state’s next secretary of the Executive Office ...