APRIL
April always marks a particularly important season in the Church Calendar with Easter, but 23 Other Feast Days also fill the calendar this month, including several well-known names.
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This month’s art is by Rev. Kirsten Kohr of Uhrichsville, Ohio.
APRIL
1. Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, 1872
2. James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876
3. Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253
3. Mary of Egypt, Monastic, c. 421
4. Martin Luther King, Jr., Pastor and Martyr, 1968
5. Harriet Starr Cannon, Monastic, 1896
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7. Tikhon, Bishop and Ecumenist, 1925
8. William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877
9. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor and Theologian, 1945
11. George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop, 1878
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14. Zenaida, Philonella, and Hermione, Unmercenary Physicians, c. 100, c. 117
15. Damien, Priest, 1889, and Marianne Cope, Monastic, 1918, of Hawaii
16. Peter Williams Cassey, Deacon, 1917, and Anna Besant Cassey, 1875
17. Kateri Tekakwitha, Lay Contemplative, 1680
18. Juana Inés de la Cruz, Monastic and Theologian, 1695
19. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1012
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21. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury and Theologian, 1109
22. Hadewijch of Brabant, Poet and Mystic, 1260
23. Toyohiko Kagawa, Social Reformer, 1960
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27. Zita of Tuscany, Worker of Charity, 1271
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29. Catherine of Siena, Mystic and Prophetic Witness, 1380
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