Católica celebrates its National Day with a Holy Mass
This year, the National Day of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa will be celebrated on February the 5th, under the theme "Knowledge serving Social Fraternity". On this date, the academic community is invited to participate in the Holy Mass, celebrated in the Church of Santa Isabel, in Lisbon, at 11 a.m.
The mass will be presided by D. Manuel Clemente, Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon and High Chancellor of the University, and will be broadcast live by Radio Renascença.
The National Day of Católica is celebrated on the 1st Sunday of February every year. It is a day when thinking about the Universidade Católica makes it closer to everyone and shows it as an instrument of the Church's mission.
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