Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious
Optional Memorial · White · 22 May
In May
About this day
Rita of Cascia endured a hard marriage with patience, forgave her husband's murderers, and after the deaths of her husband and two sons became an Augustinian nun at Cascia in Umbria. She died on May 22, 1457, and is invoked as a patron of impossible causes.
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Next: Sat 22 May 2027 — Year B · I
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Music
From the Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
- Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious – Communion [Com. You who have left all] Details
- Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] Details
- Organ Propers, Book 20: Common of Commons to Psalms and Tones (Organ) [20. Offertory. 1936-2164. 01.08.20] Details
- Common of Commons to Votive Mass – Holy Angels – Propers (English & Latin) [Gradual Saints. Outside PT. 2016] Details
From the Missal
The Missal takes this day’s antiphons from the Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious.