BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261119
DTSTAMP:20260519T133820
CREATED:20170801T193004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170801T193004Z
UID:51150-1794960000-1795046399@www.thefranciscanfriars.org
SUMMARY:Dedication of Churches of Saints Peter and Paul
DESCRIPTION:Image: The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican | photo by Fczarnowski / Image: Statue of Saint Paul in front of the facade of the Basilica of Saint Paul outside the Wall\, Rome | photo by Berthold Werner\n\nDedication of Churches of Saints Peter and Paul\nSaint of the Day for November 18\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nThe Story of the Dedication of the Churches of Saints Peter and Paul\nSt. Peter’s is probably the most famous church in Christendom. Massive in scale and a veritable museum of art and architecture\, it began on a much humbler scale. Vatican Hill was a simple cemetery where believers gathered at Saint Peter’s tomb to pray. In 319\, Constantine built a basilica on the site that stood for more than a thousand years until\, despite numerous restorations\, it threatened to collapse. In 1506\, Pope Julius II ordered it razed and reconstructed\, but the new basilica was not completed and dedicated for more than two centuries. \nSt. Paul’s Outside-the-Walls stands near the Abaazia delle Tre Fontane\, where Saint Paul is believed to have been beheaded. The largest church in Rome until St. Peter’s was rebuilt\, the basilica also rises over the traditional site of its namesake’s grave. The most recent edifice was constructed after a fire in 1823. The first basilica was also Constantine’s doing. \nConstantine’s building projects enticed the first of a centuries-long parade of pilgrims to Rome. From the time the basilicas were first built until the empire crumbled under “barbarian” invasions\, the two churches\, although miles apart\, were linked by a roofed colonnade of marble columns. \n\nReflection\nPeter\, the rough fisherman whom Jesus named the rock on which the Church is built\, and the educated Paul\, reformed persecutor of Christians\, Roman citizen\, and missionary to the gentiles\, are the original odd couple. The major similarity in their faith-journeys is the journey’s end: both\, according to tradition\, died a martyr’s death in Rome—Peter on a cross and Paul beneath the sword. Their combined gifts shaped the early Church and believers have prayed at their tombs from the earliest days.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/dedication-of-churches-of-saints-peter-and-paul/2026-11-18/
CATEGORIES:Saint of the Day
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR