Mother Angelica’s ‘Special Day’: How the Feast of the Annunciation Became Her Vocation ‘Name Day’

DidyouknowMotherAngelica’s“specialday”wasthefeastoftheAnnunciation? OnMarch25,theCatholicChurchcelebratesthefeastoftheAnnunciation,whichcommemoratesthedaytheAngelGabrielannouncedtotheBlessedMotherthatshewouldbearJesusChrist,theSavioroftheworld,inherwomb.  MotherAngelica’sfullreligiousnamewasMotherMaryAngelicaoftheAnnunciation,PCPA.InthisMarch24,1998,episodeof“MotherAngelicaLiveClassics,”theEWTNfoundressexplainstheunexpectedwayshereceivedher“nameday,”whichisthedayanuncelebratestheirreligiousname. “It’savery,veryspecialnamedayforme,”MotherAngelicasays. SheexplainsthateventhoughhernameisAngelica,herabbessdeclaredthathernamedayshouldbeonthefeastoftheAnnunciation. “Ithought—Wow!IwassosurprisedandpleasedbecauseIhadmadetheconsecrationtoOurLady—theDeMontfortconsecration—onMarch25th,1942.Ienteredtheconventin1944.SoMarch25thwasalreadyaveryspecialdayforme.” Here’sthefulltexto