Saint of the day: Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic News Agency. Sunday, July 06, 2025. ... Joachim and Anne, and the purity of Mary.

Succinctly, it is thought that this celebration originated in connection with the feast of the dedication of a church dedicated to Mary, now the Church of St. Anne, in Jerusalem in the 6th century.

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Both St. Peter’s Church, 3655 Oberlin Ave. in Lorain, and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 W. 15th St. in Lorain, have been around for over a century.

The day is celebrated in the Catholic tradition when St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an early Franciscan missionary, saw an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary on his way to mass.