Hello August


 


Each month of the calendar year is dedicated to a Catholic Devotion. In August it is the Immaculate Heart of Mary because this feast was traditionally celebrated on August 22nd but now that day is dedicated to Our Lady’s Coronation and the octave day of Her Assumption.  Make sure to check local sources for events for the month especially surrounding Our Lady’s Assumption. August 1st also begins the extraordinary annual Portiuncula Indulgence. Portiuncula comes from the word “little portion” due to the little plot of land the chapel is on. Our Lady of the Angels is named thus as the fresco in the chapel depicts Our Lady in Her glorious assumption surrounded by angels or the legend St. Francis was told that angels frequented the chapel. 

August 1st also marks the feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori he is the patron saint of the scrupulous and his feast is a good day to read up on resources for those with anxiety and or scrupulosity. 

"Know that of all devotions the most pleasing to Mary is to have frequent recourse to her, asking for favors.” -St. Alphonsus Liguori


Note: Confession can be within 20 days, not 8. Also the indulgence can be gained the first Sunday in August if the Church isn’t open daily. 


Daily Reads  

Weather Lore Calendar

30 Days with Mary (8/14-9/12)

  Note: The Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption through the Feast of Her Seven Sorrows are known as “Our Lady’s 30 Days”. Father Weiser writes the following in his “Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs” : “All through the Middle Ages the days from August 15 to September 15 were called "Our Lady's Thirty Days" (Frauendreissiger) in the Ger-man-speaking sections of Europe. Many Assumption shrines even today show Mary clothed in a robe covered with ears of grain. These images (Maria im Gerteidekleid, Our Lady of Grains) are favored goals of pilgrimages during August.25 Popular legends ascribe a character of blessing and goodness to Our Lady's Thirty Days. Both animals and plants are said to lose their harmful traits. Poisonous snakes do not strike, poison plants are harmless, wild animals refrain from attacking humans. All food produced during this period is especially wholesome and good, and will remain fresh much longer than at other times.”

Lunar Folklore 

The August Full Moon is called The Sturgeon Moon 

Further Full Moon Folklore  

The Full Moon in Ireland

The New Moon in Ireland


For more about this months dedications click here and here

Dates of Importance August 2025

First Friday (August 1st)

First Saturday (August 2nd)

August 1st: Our Lady of the Angels Indulgence begins, see above. Spirit Halloween announces store locations for the season.

August 2nd: Our Lady of the Angels, see above.

August 5th: Our Lady of the Snows 

August 6th: The Transfiguration of Our Lord

August 8th: St. Dominic

August 15th: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and beginning of Our Lady’s 30 Days, First “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party” of the season.

August 22nd: The Coronation of Mary 

August 24th: St. Bartholomew 

August 29th: The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, First “Halloween Horror Nights” of the season at Universal Studios Orlando. 


 *As with any post, the usage of a link doesn't denote agreement with sentiments that may be found on Catholic sites in regard to sexuality, ecumenism and political views that one may deem regressive. Therefore, while the aforementioned work is beautiful, reference to some cultures and ethnicities are sometimes referred to with outdated terminology. 


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