While in our time September 29th is the Feast of
the Archangels, to St. Francis of Assisi it was Michaelmas, the Feast of
St. Michael. Raphael was honored on October 24, and Gabriel on March 24, the
day prior to the Solemnity of the Annunciation. There is actually a total of seven (7!) archangels and there are various names assigned to the other four. The 1960’s calendar revisions
brought the three Biblically-named angels together on the same day. Each of the
three has a California mission named after them. Rafael in the North, Gabriel
in the South, and San Miguel in the center. Here are postings on two of them:
