Below we share a list with the most important dates of the liturgical calendar for this month of July 2025. Known saints parties are included, as well as other important festivities.
July 3 – Saint Thomas Apostle
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“Festival of Saint Thomas, Apostle, that when the other disciples announced that Jesus had risen, he did not believe it, but when Jesus showed him his side transferred by the spear, he exclaimed: ‘My Lord and my God’. It is a tradition that evangelized the peoples of the
India, transmitting the faith he had received (1st century) (Roman martyrology).
July 11 – San Benito Abad
“Fiesta de San Benito, Abad, the main employer of Europe, who, having been born in Nursia, was educated in Rome and then embraced the eremitic life in the Subiaco region, soon being surrounded by many disciples. After a while, he moved to Casino, where
He founded a famous monastery and composed a rule that spread so everywhere, which has deserved to be called ‘Patriarch of the West Monks’. He died, according to tradition, March twenty -one (547) ”(Roman martyrology).
July 14 – San Francisco Solano
“In Lima, capital of Peru, San Francisco Solano, presbyter of the order of the younger brothers, who to save souls toured in all directions South America, teaching with words and miracles the Indians and the same Spanish colonizers the novelty of the Christian life (1610)” (Roman martyrology). Pope Leo XIV has expressed devotion for this saint born in Spain and was a missionary in Peru.
14 De Julio – Santa Kateri Tekakwitha (EE.UU.)
The Catholic Church in the United States celebrates Santa Catalina (Kateri) Tekakwitha, the first red skin and first woman belonging to the native peoples of North America to reach the altars. Together with San Francisco de Asís, she is considered a patron saint of nature and ecology. He was born in New York in 1656 and died in 1680. He is known as the “The Lily of the Mohawks.”
14 of Julio – San Camilo de Lelis
“San Camilo de Lelis, a presbyter, who was born near Teano, in El Abruzo, and in his youth he followed the military career, letting himself be dragged by the vices of a cheerful and carefree youth, but converted from his bad life, he gave himself to the care of the sick
incurable hospitalized, which he served as Christ himself. Ordered priest, put in Rome the fundamentals of the Congregation of the Regular Clery Ministers of the Sick (1614) ”(Roman martyrology).
July 15 – San Buenaventura
“Memory of the Inhumation of San Buenaventura, Bishop of Albano and Doctor of the Church, celebrated for his doctrine, for the holiness of his life and for the preclar Ecumenical of Lyon, deserved to move on to the beatific vision of God (1274) ”(Roman martyrology).
July 16 – Virgen del Carmen
“Memory of the blessed Virgin María del Monte Carmelo, mount in which Elijah got the people of Israel to worship the living God and in which, later, some, lookingRoman martyrology).
July 22 – Santa Maria Magdalena
“Memory of Santa María Magdalena, who, released by the Lord of seven demons and turned into his disciple, followed him to Mount Calvary and deserved to be the first who saw the risen Lord in the morning of Easter and the one who communicated it to others
disciples (s. i) ”(Roman martyrology).
July 23 – Santa Brígida de Sweden
“Santa Brígida, religious, born in Sweden, who married the noble Uruf Most Holy Salvador, in Rome he went from this world to heaven (1373) ”(Roman martyrology).
July 24 – San Charbel Makhlouf
San Charbel Makhlouf was a priest, ascetic and religious of Lebanese origin. It belonged to the Maronite Catholic Church. He was born in Lebanon on May 8, 1828. He was the first saint of the East to be canonized since the thirteenth century, and is one of the most beloved saints in the Spanish -speaking world, especially in Mexico, where he became known thanks to the presence of Maronite Catholic immigrants from Lebanon. San Charbel died on December 24, 1898.
July 25 – Santiago, Apostle (Santiago, El Mayor)
“Solemnity of the apostle Santiago, son of the Zebedee and brother of St. John the evangelist, who with Peter and John witnessed the transfiguration and agony of the Lord. Decapitated shortly before the Easter party by Herod Agrippa, he was the first of the apostles that
received the crown of martyrdom (s. i) ”(Roman martyrology). Santiago is attributed to having taken the word of God to distant lands such as the Iberian Peninsula. He is recognized as Patron of Spain.
July 26 – Santos Joaquín and Ana
“Memory of San Joaquín and Santa Ana, parents of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, whose names were preserved thanks to the tradition of Christians” (Roman martyrology). The employers of the grandparents are considered.
July 29 – Santos Marta, María and Lázaro
Memory of Santa Marta, sister of San Lázaro and Santa María de Bethania. Marta was the one who received the Lord at home and proclaimed: “You are the Christ, the son of God living, who have come to the world” after the death of Lázaro, his brother. Jesus, close friend of him, cried before his grave and, as an advance of his own resurrection, resurrected him from the dead. Mary, the other sister, was the one who remained sitting at the feet of the Lord, listening carefully to her words.
July 31 – San Ignacio de Loyola
“Memory of San Ignacio de Loyola, presbyter, who, born in the Basque Country, in Spain, spent the first part of his life in the Court as a page of the older accountant until, seriously wounded, he became. For the greater glory of God (1556) ”(Roman martyrology).
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