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The Feast of Our Lady of Ransom (Nuestra Señora de la Merced) is a Roman Catholic liturgical Marian feast. In the General Roman Calendar of 1960, it was celebrated on 24 September, commemorating the foundation of the Mercedarians. After Vatican II, the name for the Marian commemoration on that date was changed to "Our Lady of Mercy". [1]
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
24 Mellitus, Bishop of London, first Bishop at St Paul's, 624; 24 The Seven Martyrs of the Melanesian Brotherhood, Solomon Islands, 2003; 25 †Mark the Evangelist; 27 Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894; 28 Peter Chanel, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841; 29 *Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith, 1380
7 September: Saints Marko Krizin, Melichar Grodecki and Stephen Pongrác, priests and martyrs – Feast; 24 September: Saint Gerard, bishop and martyr– Feast; 8 October: Our Lady of Hungary – Solemnity; 25 October: Saint Maurus, bishop – Memorial; 31 October: Blessed Theodore Romzha, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial
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On 4 September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is now observed as her feast day. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation that was initially dedicated to serving "the poorest of the poor" in the slums of Calcutta.
27 September: Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest – memorial; 28 September: Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr – optional memorial; 28 September: Saint Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs – optional memorial; 29 September: Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels – feast; 30 September: Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church – memorial
It has been an official city holiday since 1871, when the local government first organized a program of special activities to observe the Roman Catholic feast day of Our Lady of Mercy (Catalan: La Mare de Déu de la Mercè). Although the actual feast day is September 24, the festivities begin a few days beforehand.