On Feb. 3 many Catholics will be in church for the annual blessing of throats on St. Blaise’s feast day. We know we ask through this blessing to for bishop and martyr St. Blaise’s intercession, as the ...

Echinacea tea and zinc tablets may be the latest health fads among New Age practitioners, but the Catholic faithful rely on the help of a fourth century martyr during the cold and flu season. During ...

St Blaise is the patron saint of Dubrovnik and his statue can be seen at many points throughout the city, looking down and protecting its inhabitants. Ever since the year 972, when people first began ...

Jazz pianist Theron Brown and his trio will give a free concert at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at St. Blaise Parish’s St. Joseph ...

Those of us of a certain age remember that, beyond the days when attendance at Mass was obligatory (Sundays and holy days of obligation), there were also days when more Catholics than usual came to ...

This week, Dubrovnik is honouring a tradition dating back more than 1,000 years, celebrating the miraculous defence of their city. The legend goes that in 972, St Blaise appeared to a priest while he ...

TRENTON — In celebration of the Feast of St. Blaise, churchgoers at Sacred Heart Church in Trenton had their throats blessed Tuesday at the midday Mass. Every year Catholic churches offer the ritual ...

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Catholics of a certain age will remember St. Blaise, for whom Chicago’s incoming archbishop is named, as the patron of sore-throat sufferers. On the saint’s feast day, Feb. 3, a parishioner receives a ...