| Description |
xvi, 240 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-232) and index. |
| Contents |
Winter. Advent ; Christmas ; New Year's, Epiphany, and Presentation ; St. Valentine's, St. Patrick's, and St. Joseph's Days ; The liturgical and spiritual year -- Spring. Lent ; Holy Week and the Triduum ; Easter Sunday and season ; Mother's Day and the month of Mary ; The Gregorian calendar -- Summer. Ascension, Pentecost, and Father's Day ; Ordinary time ; Sacred and secular summer holidays ; The "Lord's Day" and keeping it holy -- Fall. Halloween ; Angels and Saints ; Thanksgiving and Christ the King Sunday ; How the Second Vatican Council changed the Church-- and its calendar. |
| Subject |
Fasts and feasts -- Catholic Church -- History.
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Church calendar -- History.
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Calendar -- History.
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| Note |
Pre-pub title: Was Jesus really born on Christmas? |
| ISBN |
9780230104877 paperback $16.00 |
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0230104878 paperback |
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