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8 September: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – feast; 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, Priest – optional memorial; 12 September: The Most Holy Name of Mary – optional memorial; 13 September: Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial; 14 September: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – feast
The Feast of Corpus Christi (Ecclesiastical Latin: Dies Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Domini Iesu Christi, lit. 'Day of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ the Lord'), also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, [2] is a liturgical solemnity celebrating the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; the feast is observed by the Latin Church, in addition ...
The feast was solemnized as a holy day of obligation on 6 December 1708, [1] by the papal bull Commissi Nobis Divinitus of Pope Clement XI. [2] [3] [4] It is celebrated with Masses, parades, fireworks, processions, food and cultural festivities in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic countries.
Christian Feast Day: Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church) Corbinian; Disibod; Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism) Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic) Our Lady of Charity; Our Lady of Covadonga (national holiday in Asturias) Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni; Pope Sergius I [63] September 8 ...
Each day in the Catholic liturgical calendar has a rank. The five basic ranks for the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, in descending order of importance, are as follows: Solemnity — the highest ranking type of feast day. It commemorates an event in the life of Jesus or Mary, or celebrates a Saint important to the whole Church or the local ...
8 September, the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, is also commemorated as the feast of Our Lady of Good Health. The celebration starts on 29 August and ends on the day of the feast. [11] The feast day prayers are said in Tamil, Marathi, East Indian, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Konkani, Hindi and English. [12]
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, celebrated on 14 September; The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, celebrated on 9 November (this is a feast of the Lord because the basilica is dedicated to him under the title of the Most Holy Saviour). In the pre-Vatican II usage, the term feast denoted any celebration, not just a specific rank. Hence, also ...
On this day every Mangalorean Christian eats pulses and vegetables. The priest blesses a branch of grain which is added to food. Before the feast on 8 September there are nine days of novena followed by the offering of flowers on baby Mary's statue. [21] [22] In Mumbai, the feast of Mary's Nativity is celebrated with a week long event called ...