The calendar is our catechism. We can learn much of our faith by paying attention to specific religious and secular dates on the calendar and the liturgy and prayers that surround them.
Below are September's opportunities for catechesis and witness: Attend an event or connect a Work of Mercy with a special day in our faith and lives.
Sunday September 2 Human Trafficking Silent Prayer Vigil Why You Want to Attend: "Sustained by the ideals of our confessions of faith and by our shared human values, we all can and must raise the standard of spiritual values, common effort and the vision of freedom to eradicate slavery from our planet." Pope Francis
Thursday September 27Last Thursday Witness: I.C.E. Vigil Why You Want to Attend: "...Every human being must be permitted to migrate to other countries and to take up residence there. The fact that he is a citizen of a particular state does not deprive him of membership to the human family, nor of citizenship in the universal society, the common, world-wide fellowship of men." (Saint John Paul II, Address to the New World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Immigrants, 1985)