| A.D. | Event
| 33 | Our Lord dies on the cross, and rises from the dead.
| | 33 | At Pentecost, the Catholic Church is born (Acts 2).
| | 36 | St. Stephen is stoned to death, becoming the first martyr.
| | 51 | First Church Council is held in Jerusalem, presided over by the First Pope, St. Peter, who settles the first doctrinal dispute (Acts 15:7-12). This shows the biblical model the Catholic Church uses, following the decisions of Peter and his successors.
| | 64-68 | First persecution of Christians by the Emperor Nero.
| | 67 | The martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul. (June 29th)
| | 70 | The Destruction of the Temple as predicted in Lk.18:4-44
| | 42-104 | Eleven Apostles are martyred.
| | 107 | Martyrdom of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop of Antioch. He was eaten by lions. His writings are the first which call the church "Catholic". His feast is October 17th.
| | 54-305 | The Ten Great Roman Persecutions | | | 54-68 : Emperor Nero | | | 284-305 : Emperor Diocletian | | | During these persecutions Christians were brutally tortured and martyred, yet the Catholic Church continued to preach the Gospel and gain more converts.
| | 313 | Edict of Milan-The Roman persecutions are ended.
| | 325 | The Council of Nicea-Defines The Trinity.
| | 389-461 | St. Patrick brings the Gospel to Ireland (Mar. 17).
| | 431 | The Council of Ephesus declared Mary "Mother of God. "
| | 452 | Pope St. Leo the Great (Nov. 10) meets Attila the Hun face to face and convinces him not to destroy Rome.
| | 480-547 | St. Benedict, the Pather of West em Monasticism, founded the Benedictine Monks. Their motto:"Pray and labor".
| | 521-597 | St. Columba converted Scotland. (June 9).
| | 604 | St. Augustine of Canterbury was sent by Pope St.
| | | Gregory the Great to evangelize England. Patron of England (May 27).
| | 722 | St. Boniface goes on his mission to convert Germany.
He is the Patron Saint of Germany. (June 5)
| | 732 | The Moslem attack is stopped at the Battle of Tours.
| | 826 | St. Ansgar," Apostle of the North" (Scandanavia). (Feb.3)
| | 825-69 | Sts. Cyril and Methodius convert the Slavs. (Feb.14)
| | 1030-79 | St. Stanislaus, Bishop of Cracow, is martyred (April 11)
| | 1054 | Greek Schism occurs from a dispute over the Papacy.
| | 1170-1221 | St. Dominic founds the Dominican Order. (August 8)
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| 1082 | St. Bruno founds the Carthusian Order of Hermits. (Oct. 6)
| | 1181-1226 | St. Francis of Assisi. While praying in a ruined Church he heard Our Lord speak to him from the crucifix: "Francis my house is falling into ruin, rebuild it". He sought to rebuild the old church, but later realized our Lord meant to rebuild the spirituality of the people. His holiness attracted many disciples who were the beginnings of the Order of St. Francis. (Oct. 4)
| | 1225-1274 | St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, combined the philosophy of Aristotle with Catholic theology. His writings exhibit the profound unity of faith and reason. (Jan. 28)
| | 1492 | Christopher Columbus discovers America.
| | 1517 | Father Martin Luther, an Augustinian priest, proposes an misinterpretation of Romans that a man is saved by "faith alone", without charitable works or the 10 commandments. The Church disagrees (Mt.7:21-23, 19:17-19, Ga1.5:l6-21, Jas.2:l4-26). This conflict results in a split in the church with many offshoots. The Second Vatican Council (1962) later acknowledged that blame for the split of Christianity was on both sides, Catholic and Protestant, and called for Ecumenism.
| | 1531 | Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to an Indian convert, St. Juan Diego. Mary leaves a Miraculous Image of Herself, on display in Mexico, that still baffles scientists of our day. (Dec. 12)
| | 1535 | St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher were martyred by King Henry VIII because they refused to recognize the king, instead of the Pope, as head of the Church in England. (June 22)
| | 1545-1563 | The Council of Trent contradicts Protestantism. It teaches how man is justified by grace, but not faith without obedience. Charitable works and obedience to God's commandments begin and end in grace, and are a necessity for salvation.
| | 1491-1556 | St. Ignatius Loyola founds the Jesuits. (July 31 )
| | 1506-1552 | St. Francis Xavier brought the gospel to Japan, the Philippines, New Guinea and India. "As long as there are souls in the world who do not love God I cannot rest." (December 3)
| | 1566-1597 | St. Paul Miki and 25 companions were martyred by crucifixion in Nagasaki during the persecution by the Emperor. (Feb. 6)
| | 1624 | Alexander de Thodes, S.J., the "Apostle of Vietnam", converted many. Persecutions of Catholics later came, and there were 117 beatified as the "Martyrs of Tonkin."
| | 1607-1646 | St. Isaac Jogues, a Jesuit missionary was martyred by Mohawks near Albany, New York. (October 19)
| | 1656-1680 | Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, "the Lily of the Mohawks", was an Indian convert who excelled in virtue. (July 14)
| | 1647-1690 | St. Margaret Mary Alacoque received the visions of the Sacred Heart of Our Lord. (Oct. 16)
| | 1769 | Bl. Junipero Serra starts a mission at San Diego (July 1).
| | 1774-1821 | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, first American Saint (Jan. 4).
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| 1786-1859 | Holy St. John Vianney told people their sins in confession before they told him. Patron of Parish Priests (Aug 4)
| | 1806-76 | St. Catherine Laboure receives the Miraculous Medal.
| | 1839-1846 | The 79 Martyrs of Korea. (Sept. 20)
| | 1844-79 | Our Lady appears to St. Bernadette in Lourdes, France, and directs her to a spring; miraculous healings have been attributed to it ever since. Our Lady told her, "I do not promise to make you happy in this world, but in the next." St. Bernadette's feast is April 16. Our Lady of Lourdes is Feb. 11.
| | 1854 | Dec. 8 Pope Pius IX-Dogma of Immaculate Conception.
| | 1869-71 | Vatican I teaches Papal Infallibility.
| | 1889-1956 | 119 are martyred in China. Persecution of Cath-olics in China continues to this day under the Communists (July 9)
| | 1890-1902 | St. Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr, was only 12 years old when she gave her life for Christ. A man tried to seduce her but she refused him and was stabbed to death. (July 6)
| | 1917 | The Russian Communist Revolution occurs.
Communism comes to Russia, and Catholics are persecuted for their faith.
| | 1917 | Our Lady of Fatima appears to three children in Portugal six times between May 13 and Oct. 13. Our Lady requested that people pray the rosary daily and do penance for the conversion of sinners and the conversion of Russia.
| | 1894-1941 | St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish-born Priest who was a prisoner in Auschwitz, offered his life to the Nazis in exchange for the life of a married man with a family. (Aug. 14)
| | 1949 | The Chinese Communist Revolution occurs and outlaws the Roman Catholic Religion.
| | 1951 | Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen becomes the first Christian Minister to have a TV show, it's called, "Life is Worth Living."
| | 1962-65 | The Council of Vatican II calls for Reforms in the liturgy. The Church later allows translations of the revised Latin mass to the vernacular or native tongue. It calls for a new dialogue of ecumenism with the Orthodox and the Protestants, who are now to be called "separated brethren." It also reaffirms the Church's teaching on celibacy for the priesthood, and the sins of contraception (GS51) and abortion (GS51).
| | 1963 | U.S. Supreme Court forces prayer out of public schools.
| | 1968 | Pope Paul VI reaffirms Church's teaching against contraception in his Encyclical "Humanae Vitae."
| | 1969 | The evil of Hardcore Pornography begins in America.
| | 1973 | Roe v. Wade decision: The Supreme Court in the U.S. allows abortion to be performed through the full 9 months of pregnancy. Each year in our nation's capital on January 22 the March for Life is held to protest the death of the unborn.
| | 1992 | The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" is issued by Pope John Paul II. All catechisms are to be in conformity with it.
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