feast day

December 27, 2015
Today (27 December) is the Feast Day of St. John the Evangelist.

December 13, 2015
13 December is the Feast of St. Lucy of Syracuse.

October 18, 2015
October 18 is the Feast day of St. Luke , gospel writer and patron saint of artists, owing to the Christian tradition that he painted a portrait of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child.

October 15, 2015
October 15 is the Feast Day of St. Teresa of Avila , the Spanish mystic who died on 4 October 1582 and was canonized in 1622.

October 6, 2015
6 October is the feast day of St. Bruno , founder of the Carthusian Order.

July 2, 2015
2 July is the Feast of the Visitation , which is recounted in Luke 1:39-57 .

June 29, 2015
29 June is the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome who were both martyred in the Eternal City.

March 25, 2015
March 25 marks the Feast of the Annunciation, commemorating Gabriel’s visit to Mary with the message that she would bear the Son of God.

March 21, 2015
St. Benedict of Norcia died on 21 March.

February 22, 2015
St. Margaret of Cortona died on 22 February 1297.