Monday Highlights and Spiritual Insights

Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

Old Calendar: St. Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church; St. Felix of Nola, priest and martyr

Today's Mass Readings

Saint of the Day: Saint Barbara, Virgin and Martyr

On This Day in Catholic History


1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Knights Templar was granted at the Council of Troyes.

1514 - Pope Leo X issued a papal bull against slavery.

Birthdays

1875 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)

1883 - Nina Ricci - Italian - born French fashion designer (d. 1970)

1892 - Hal Roach, American film and television producer from the 1910s to the 1980s. (d. 1992)

1906 - William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)

1941 - Faye Dunaway, American Actress

1942 - Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster

1952 - Maureen Dowd, American writer

1964 - Shepherd Smith, News Anchor at Fox News

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