Thursday Basics
Feast of Blessed John XXIII, pope
Today's Mass Readings
On This Day in Catholic History:
1303 Pope Boniface VIII died (b. ca. 1235).
1962 - Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1998 - Pope John Paul II canonized the first Jewish-born saint of the modern era: Edith Stein, a Catholic nun killed at Auschwitz.
Birthdays:
1814 - Jean Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1888)
1844 - Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)
1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
1946 - Daryl Hall, American singer and songwriter best known as half of the music duo Hall & Oates (with music partner John Oates).
1962 - Joan Cusack, American actress
1973 - Dmitri Young, American baseball player
1987 - Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player
Today's Mass Readings
On This Day in Catholic History:
1303 Pope Boniface VIII died (b. ca. 1235).
1962 - Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1998 - Pope John Paul II canonized the first Jewish-born saint of the modern era: Edith Stein, a Catholic nun killed at Auschwitz.
Birthdays:
1814 - Jean Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1888)
1844 - Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)
1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
1946 - Daryl Hall, American singer and songwriter best known as half of the music duo Hall & Oates (with music partner John Oates).
1962 - Joan Cusack, American actress
1973 - Dmitri Young, American baseball player
1987 - Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player
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