Feast of the Body of Christ

Catholic Encyclopedia: Corpus Christi

EWTN - The Holy Eucharist - Catholic Teaching on the Eucharist

Wikipedia:
The Blessed Sacrament
Corpus Christi (feast)
Corpus Christi is a bank holiday in Austria and in parts of Germany and Switzerland. It used to be a bank holiday in Italy but was abolished. It is also a national holiday in Brazil, Chile,Croatia, Poland, and Portugal.

also see our earlier post: Maundy Thursday & Corpus Christi:Why We Have Two Days to Celebrate the Eucharist

Today is also Anne's 18^th birthday and Father's Day, and yesterday was Graham's 18^th birthday and Queen Elizabeth II's 80^th birthday.

Jean