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Saturday Christmas Weekday

Saint of the Day: St. Marguerite Bourgeoys,
Canada's First woman saint, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal

Have your children visit this interactive webpage about the life of St. Marguerite which also teaches the history of Canada.

See my special post dedicated to St. Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Sisters of the Congregation on Notre Dame who taught me in elementary school and high school.

Saint Quote of the Day: Our Lady's love is like a stream that has its source in the Eternal Fountains, quenches the thirst of all, can never be drained, and ever flows back to its Source.

~ St. Marguerite Burgeoys

Today's Mass Readings

On This Day in Catholic History

690 - Saint Benedict Biscop, the Benedictine abbot and monastery builder who introduced the stone-built church and the art of glassmaking to England, died (b. ca. 628).

1167 - Aelred (a.k.a. Ailred, Ethelred), abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx in Yorkshire, England, died (b. 1110).

Birthdays

1849 - Jean Béraud, French impressionist painter and commercial artist (d. 1935) Find a large selection of his work here.

1856 - John Singer Sargent was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. (d. 1925)

1876 - Jack London, an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild (d. 1916)

1905 - Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. 1974)

1915 - Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Catholic archbishop of Ottawa

1923 - Ira Hayes, American soldier (d. 1955)

1930 - Glenn Yarborough, American singer

1951 - Kirstie Alley, American Actress ("Cheers")

1951 - Rush Limbaugh, an American radio host, author, and conservative political commentator

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