June Feast Days

How to Celebrate Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27)
How to Celebrate Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27)
The icon is ancient. In it, the Child Jesus clutches His mother's hand with both of his, His sandal slipping from His foot. He has seen something — the archangels... Read more...
How to Celebrate the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24)
How to Celebrate the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24)
Only three birthdays are celebrated on the liturgical calendar: Jesus, Mary, and John the Baptist. That alone tells you something about who he is. The story begins before he was... Read more...
How to Celebrate the Feast of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher (June 22)
How to Celebrate the Feast of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher (June 22)
They were an unlikely pair. Thomas More was the Lord Chancellor of England — witty, brilliant, a husband and father of four, one of the most respected men in the... Read more...
How to Celebrate the Feast of St. Vitus (June 15)
How to Celebrate the Feast of St. Vitus (June 15)
Vitus was a child — some accounts say as young as seven — when he refused to deny Christ. His own father tried to break him. His Roman governor tried... Read more...
How to Celebrate the Feast of St. Justin Martyr (June 1)
How to Celebrate the Feast of St. Justin Martyr (June 1)
Justin was a philosopher before he was a Christian. He spent years searching — reading Plato, sitting with the Stoics, following the Pythagoreans — looking for the truth that his... Read more...
How to Celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29)
How to Celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29)
The Church celebrates the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul on June 29—two pillars of the early Church and powerful examples of faith, courage, and conversion. While their missions... Read more...
How to Celebrate the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua with Children (June 13)
How to Celebrate the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua with Children (June 13)
St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most beloved saints in the Catholic Church, best known as the patron saint of lost things. But he was also a powerful... Read more...
How to Celebrate the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
How to Celebrate the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
How to Celebrate the Month or the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with Children June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a beautiful and powerful devotion... Read more...