Nov. 14 Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week of Ordinary Time, Weekday

Ireland celebrates the Optional Memorial (feast in Dublin) of St. Laurence O’Toole (also referred to as “Lawrence”), the Archbishop of Dublin during the takeover of Ireland by the Normans and King Henry II. His efforts in the peace process and his frustration with King Henry probably caused his early death. St. Laurence is highly honored at Eu in Normandy, France, where he died.