Faith Facts

To read a specific Faith Fact, click on the appropriate link below:

September Feast Day Faith Facts:
The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary - September 12
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - September 14
Feast of St. Matthew - September 21
Feast of St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) - September 23

The Passion of John the Baptist

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

What Is a Novena?

July Feast Day Faith Facts:
St. Maria Goretti
St. Benedict
St. Mary Magdalene
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Anne

Our Lady of Fatima

Sts. Philip and James 

St. Catherine of Siena

Palm Sunday

Lenten Tradition: Veiling of the Cross

Liturgical Cycles

St. Patrick and St. Joseph

St. Katharine Drexel and Sts. Perpetua and Felicity

What Is Prayer?

February Feast Days--St. Blaise, St. Agatha, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Valentine, and The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle

Conversion of St. Paul - Feast Day January 25

The Feast of the Solemnity of Mary

The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8)

What is Advent?

Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Feast of Christ the King)

October Feast Day Faith Facts:
     St. Faustina - October 5
     Our Lady of the Rosary - October 7
     St. John XXIII - October 11
     St. Luke - October 18
     Sts. Simon and Jude - October 28

October as a Month of Mary

Who Is St. Vincent de Paul?

The Sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Transfiguration of the Lord

St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary

40 Hours Devotion (40 Hours with Jesus Christ)

Why Do We Receive Ashes on Ash Wednesday?

What Are the Stations of the Cross? 

Color Symbolism of Lent and Easter

The Sacred Paschal Triduum

The Mystagogia

What is the Meaning and Importance of the Ascension of Jesus Christ?

What is Pentecost?

The Most Holy Trinity

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ (Corpus Christi)