Thursday, September 15, 2011

Ah, to live in a Catholic country!


                                            An Easter procession on Malta

95% of the population of Malta calls itself Catholic, and as mentioned in a previous post, it has more holidays than any other EU country.  Malta celebrates 5 national holidays, 9 public holidays, and more than 70 traditional feasts.

According to Wikipedia, Malta also has charmingly Catholic names for the months of the year:


Month
Maltese name
January
the coldest month
February
St. Paul's month
March
St. Joseph, the Annunciation and Sales' month
April
the month of blossoms and St. Gregory
May
the month of harvest, Our Lady of Pompeii
June
the month of reaping, bonfires, St. Peter and St. Paul, and Sacred Heart
July
the month of Monte Carmel
August
the month of fruit, St. Mary and St. Lawrence
September
the month of Victory, the Nativity of Our Lady, and Our Lady of Graces
October
the month of the Rosary
November
the month of fallen leaves, of souls, and of the dead
December
the Christmas and Conception month



Alas, Malta has just voted to permit divorce, so modernity is encroaching on the island.



Since it is her month,

Our Lady of Graces, pray for us



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