This is a first class feast.  Proper on page 1248.  Preface of Easter on page 881.

Proper on page 1252.

Bishop of Alexandria, St. Athanasius opposed Arius with admirable zeal.  He has left us several works in defense of the divinity of Christ.  He suffered frequent persecution.  He died A.D. 373.

Proper for the 12:10 pm Mass on pages 1255, 1019.  Preface for Easter on page 881. 

Proper for First Friday is the Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart on page 763. Preface of the Sacred Heart on page 882.

Proper on pages 1255, 1067. Preface for Easter on page 881.

St. Monica first converted her pagan husband, and then by her tears and unceasing prayers, her son St. Augustine, who is regarded as one of the greatest Doctors of the Western Church.  She died A.D. 387.

Good Shepherd Sunday.  Low Mass at 8:00am; High Mass at 10:30am.  Join us for refreshments in the Church hall after both Masses.

Proper on page 668.  Preface for Easter on page 881.

Proper on page 1261. Preface of Easter on page 881.

Proper of the Dedication of St. Michael on page 1502. Preface of Easter on page 881.

Proper on pages 1264, 1032, & 1036. Preface of Easter on page 881.

Proper on pages 1264, 1023.  Preface for Easter on page 881. 

Proper on page 1266. Preface for Easter on page 881.

St. Philip, like Peter and Andrew, was of Bethsaida.  He was crucified in Phrygia where he preached the Gospel, A.D. 87.

St. James the Less, was of Cana and a kinsman of Our Lord.  He wrote one of the Epistles of the New Testament.  He was thrown from the terrace of the temple A.D. 93.

Low Mass at 8:00am; High Mass at 10:30am.  Join us in the hall after each Mass for refreshments.
Proper on page 671.  Preface for Easter on page 881.

Special Mass times of 8:00 am and 11:00 am.
Proper on page 1271.  Preface for Easter on page 881.
St. Robert was famous throughout Europe as a theologian, and as a strenuous defender of the Faith in controversy with Protestants.  He joined the Society of Jesus, and was later made Cardinal and Archbishop of Capua.  His numerous writings include works of devotion and instruction, as well as of controversy.  He died A.D. 1621, and was canonised and declared Doctor of the Church in 1931.

Proper on pages 1273, 1017.  Preface for Easter on page 881.

After a stormy youth, Boniface was converted to the Catholic faith, suffered numerous tortures, and was beheaded A.D. 307.

Proper on page 1274.  Preface for Ascension on page 881.
St. John Baptist studied theology at the Sorbonne.  Inspired by God to give a Christian education to the poor, he founded the Brothers of the Christians Schools, which soon spread throughout the world.  In private life he treated himself with extreme rigor, and died full of merits and years in A.D. 1719.

Proper on pages 1274, 1023. Preface for Easter on page 881.

Proper on pages 1275, 1037.  Preface for Easter on page 881. 

Proper on pages 1275, 1017.  Preface for Easter on page 881.
At the age of fifteen, St. Venantius was made to suffer cruel torments, and was finally beheaded at Ancona A.D. 250.

Low Mass at 8:00am; High Mass at 10:30am.  Proper on page 675.  Preface for Easter on page 881.  Please join us in the hall after either Mass for refreshments.
 
Our Lord Jesus Christ is risen from the dead; the power of God is made manifest and is exalted.

Proper on pages 1277, 1037, 1045. Preface for Easter on page 881.

Proper #15 on leaflet in the vestibule.

The proper may be found on a leaflet in the vestibule.

Also the Commemoration of St. Urban I, Pope and Martyr.

Proper on pages 1277, 981. Preface of Easter on page 881.

Hildebrand, monk of Cluny, and later Abbot and Cardinal, succeeded Alexander II as Pope Gregory VII.  He displayed wonderful energy and constancy in defence of the liberty of the Church.  He died A.D. 1085.

St. Urban suffered martyrdom A.D. 230.

Low Mass at 8:00am; High Mass at 10:30am.  Proper on page 679.  Preface for Easter on page 881.  Please join us in the hall after either Mass for refreshments.

The Church continues to exalt the risen Christ and exhorts us to unite with her in prayer.

Also the Commemoration of St. John I, Pope and Martyr.

Proper on pages 1281, 1032, 981.  Preface of Easter on page 881.

Bede was a Benedictine, a holy monk of Jarrow, in the eighth century.  He was of great learning and is famous in Christian literature.  He died A.D. 735.

St. John died in a dungeon from the hardships he had to endure, A.D. 526.

Proper on pages 1282, 1027.  Preface of Easter on page 881.
St. Augustine of Canterbury, sent by St. Gregory the Great to the Anglo-Saxons, is the great Apostle of England and the first Archbishop of Canterbury.  He died A.D. 604.
 

Proper on page 688. Preface of Easter on page 881.

Proper on page 692.  Preface for Ascension on page 881.

Forty days after the Resurrection, our Lord Jesus Christ, attended by Angels, ascended into heaven, in the sight of His most holy Mother, His Apostles, and His disciples, to the great wonder of them all. 

St. Paul declares that God "hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, thorugh Christ Jesus."  "There where the head has gone, the Body is called to follow!"

Proper on pages 1284, 1057. Preface of the Blessed Virgin on page 884.