OFFICIAL CALENDAR OF DIOCESAN SHRINE AND PARISH OF OUR LADY OF ARANZAZU
San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines
HISTORY OF THE FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART The first feast of the Sacred Heart was celebrated on August 31, 1670, in Rennes, France, through the efforts of Fr. Jean Eudes (1602-1680). From Rennes, the devotion spread, but it took the visions of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) for the devotion to become universal. In […]
Saint John the Baptist’s Story Jesus called John the greatest of all those who had preceded him: “I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John….” But John would have agreed completely with what Jesus added: “et the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he” (Luke 7:28). […]
Ordinary Time is a time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more deeply into history until all things are finally caught up in Christ. The goal, toward which all of history is directed, is represented by the final Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Solemnity […]
