Wednesday Highlights and Spiritual Insights
Wednesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today's Mass Readings
Saint of the Day: St. Berard and Companions
On This Day in Catholic History
1120 - The Council of Nablus was held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1581 - The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
Birthdays
1901 - Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
1908 - Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
1910 - Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1934 - Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
1935 - A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner
1943 - Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter
1947 - Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host
1950 - Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer
1959 - Sade, Nigerian-born singer
1974 - Kate Moss, English model
1977 - Jeff Foster, American basketball player
1980 - Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
Today's Mass Readings
Saint of the Day: St. Berard and Companions
On This Day in Catholic History
1120 - The Council of Nablus was held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1581 - The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
Birthdays
1901 - Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
1908 - Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
1910 - Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1934 - Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
1935 - A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner
1943 - Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter
1947 - Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host
1950 - Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer
1959 - Sade, Nigerian-born singer
1974 - Kate Moss, English model
1977 - Jeff Foster, American basketball player
1980 - Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
Several good Cardinals on here, Dizzy Dean, and Albert Pujols. One in the Hall of Fame, the other most likely will be also.
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