September 2011 – Antrim Parish

Welcoming the new edition of the Roman Missal

10/01/201212/09/2011 by ddelargy

The new edition of the roman Missal will be published shortly. It will be introduced in two stages:

St. Pantaleon: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 27, 2021 27/07/2021

St Pantaleon came from Nicomedia, near the Black Sea, in Asia. He was such a famous doctor that the Emperor himself chose him for his own doctor. Pantaleon was a Christian, but the bad influence from the pagan court caused him to give up his Christian faith entirely. A holy priest named Hermolaos made him […]

Sts. Joachim and Anne: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 26, 2021 26/07/2021

Saints Joachim (sometimes spelled "Joaquin," pronounced "wal-keem") and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. There are no mentions of them in the Bible or Gospels, what we know comes from Catholic legend and the Gospel of James, which is an unsanctioned, apocryphal writing form the second century AD. We do know from scholarship […]

St. James the Greater: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 25, 2021 25/07/2021

Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple. The title "the Greater" was added to St. James' name to help distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less," who is believed to have […]