These General Catholic Articles will help you make better buying decisions and teach you more about the Catholic Faith.

A History of the Christian Altar

About Holy Water

About incense

About Incense

About Sacred Vessels and other altar appointments
Excerpt: There are a lot of different terms for the items you find on a Catholic altar. Here is a brief glossary of altar terms.

All Saints Day
Excerpt: Early History of Memorials for Martyrs and Saints From the earliest days of the Church, Christians venerated martyrs on the anniversary of their deaths by celebrating Mass on their tombs. Over the next few centuries relics began to be transferred between dioceses and memorials for several martyrs were celebrated in common. During the persecutions of Diocletian in the early 300s so many Christians were killed that it became impossible to create separate memorials for each so joint memorials be

All Souls Day

Altar Breads

Altar Linens

Altar, Communion Rails

Ambries (Aumbry)

Baptismal Fonts

Censers and Thuribles

Chalices

Ciborium

Cruets

Definitions of Roman Catholic Vestment Terms
Excerpt: Catholic vestments have several unfamiliar terms. Here is a brief glossary to help you figure them out.

Divine Mercy - What is it?
Excerpt: The Divine Mercy is one of the newest feasts of the Church, instituted by Pope John Paul II. It is celebrated the Sunday following Easter. Learn more....

Feast of Epiphany
Excerpt: Epiphany is the Christian feast that celebrates the Incarnation and in particular the revelation to mankind that God took on human form. It is curious then that in the West we typically associate January 6th with the three wise men.

Feast of St. Basil the Great
Excerpt: St. Basil was Bishop of Caesarea (an area now in eastern Turkey) in the fourth century and is one of the foremost Doctors of the Church, who along with St. Athanasius, is noted as an outstanding defender of Christian orthodoxy during the Arian heresy – a heresy which, among its other errors, denied the Divine Nature of Christ. St. Basil was the son of St. Basil the Elder and Emmelia, the daughter of a Christian martyr, and was one of ten children, three of whom became saints – Basil, Macrina and

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