Ferias are those days of the week on which neither a Feast nor a Vigil is celebrated. The Mass of the previous Sunday is offered except when that day has a Mass of its own as in Lent and on the Ember Days. On Ferias of the 4th class, the priest has the option of…

One of the chief agents of the reform of the Church in the sixteenth century, the successful conclusion of the Council of Trent owed much to St. Charles Borromeo. He was made a cardinal at the age of twenty-one and Archbishop of Milan not long afterwards. He held synods and councils, established schools and religious…

St. Bertille was born of one of the most illustrious families in the territory of Soissons and by her piety acquired the true nobility of the children of God. Through the guidance of St. Ouen, she entered the monastery of Jouarre. When Queen Bathildes, wife of Clovis II re-founded the abbey of Chelles she requested…