475 years ago today, on 23rd May 1551, our Holy Father St Philip was ordained priest at San Tommaso in Parione.
St John Henry Newman, in his litany of St Philip, calls him ‘Gemma sacerdotum’ - ‘Choicest of priests’.
Next Friday we begin a new Faith on Fridays course.
The novena in preparation for the Immaculate Conception begins today after the 12.10pm Mass.
Twenty-first Sunday of the Year / Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
