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Respect Life Sunday

The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is superseded by the Sunday liturgy.

Collect: Father, your love for us surpasses all our hopes and desires. Forgive our failings, keep us in your peace and lead us in the way of salvation. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

On This Day in Catholic History:

336 - Pope Mark dies.

1506 - Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna.

1653 Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest and private secretary to Pope Urban VIII (1568–1644), for whom he purchased old works or art and commissioned new works, died (b. 17 February 1581).

Birthdays:

1917 - June Allyson, American actress, played Jo March in Little Women (1949), and Glenn Miller's wife in The Glenn Miller Story (1953), (d. 2006).

1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate, an opponnent of apartheid. In 1987 Tutu was awarded the Pacem in Terris Award. It was named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls upon all people of good will
peace among all nations.

1957 - Jayne Torvill, British figure skater

1959 - Simon Cowell, English recording executive, ("American Idol")

1976 - Taylor Hicks, American musician, ("American Idol")

1976 - Charles Woodson, American football player

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