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Every October is Pastor Appreciation Month (or Clergy Appreciation Month), and the second Sunday of October is Pastor Appreciation Day. This year, the holiday lands on Sunday, October 13, 2024.
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
The Upper Room daily devotional guide began publication in 1935, and the first 100,000 copies quickly sold out. In 1938, it published its first language editions, Korean, Spanish, and Hindustani. In 1940, the Braille edition began, and chaplains began distributing the devotional to the military. By 1944, circulation had passed the two million mark.
The month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. [5] The Litany of the Holy Name is an old and popular form of prayer in honor of the Name of Jesus. The author is not known. It probably dates back to the beginning of the 15th century as a private devotion, and was formally approved for public recitation in 1862 by Pope Pius IX. [6]
Sacred Heart devotions (5 P) Scapulars (26 P) Pages in category "Catholic devotions" The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total.
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Some devotions have the form of Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus first appeared in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, but most current devotions are attributed to Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690) [24] and were later encouraged by Pope Pius XI in his encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor. [25]
Beside The Still Waters is a daily devotional widely used by adherents of the Anabaptist Christian tradition. Each page of the "devotional begins with a Scripture reference and verse on a theme" with a subsequent "reflection on the theme, followed by an inspirational aphorism or a line from a hymn, and a few additional biblical references for those who would like to read through the entire ...