Feasts in December

December 3: St. Francis Xavier

December 4: St. John Damascene and St. Barbara

December 5: Bl. Nicolas Steno

December 6: St. Nicholas

December 7: St. Ambrose

December 8: Immaculate Conception

December 9: St. Juan Diego

December 10: Our Lady of Loreto

December 11: Pope St. Damasus

December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 13: St. Lucy

December 14: St. John of the Cross

December 15: Bl. Mary Frances Schervier

December 20: St. Vincent Romano

December 21: St. Peter Canisius

December 23: St. John of Kanty

December 25: The Nativity of the Lord

December 26: St. Stephen

December 27: St. John the Apostle

December 28: Holy Innocents

December 29: St. Thomas Becket

December 31: The Holy Family and St. Sylvester

Saint Ambrose in His Study, Unknown North Spanish Sculptor, 1500s, wood sculpture, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Sketch of the crucifixion by St. John of the Cross

The Holy Family at Table, Unknown Spanish artist, 17th century, held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Newly Added to the Site

December 5: Bl. Nicolas Steno

December 15: Bl. Mary Frances Schervier

December 20: St. Vincent Romano

Marian Feast Days

December 8: Immaculate Conception

December 10: Our Lady of Loreto

December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sunday between Christmas and Mary, Mother of God: The Holy Family