Thursday Highlights and Spiritual Insights
Memorial of St. Anthony, abbot Today's Mass Readings St. Anthony of the Desert: Abbot and Inspiration to St. Augustine On This Day in Catholic History 356 - Saint Anthony the Great (b. ca. 251), founder of Christian monasticism, died. 1377 - Pope Gregory XI (ca. 1336–1378) moved the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon . 1504 - Pope Pius V was born (d. 1 May 1572). Birthdays 1905 - Ray Cunningham , American baseball player (d. 2005) 1914 - William Stafford , American poet and essayist (d. 1993) 1922 - Betty White, American actress, ( The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls .) 1927 - Thomas Anthony Dooley III , Roman Catholic missionary to southeast Asia, was born in Saint Louis, Missouri (d. 1961). 1931 - James Earl Jones , American actor 1931 - Don Zimmer , American baseball coach 1933 - Shari Lewis , American ventriloquist (d. 1998) 1939 - Maury Povich , American talk show host 1943 - Chris Montez , American singer, ("Call Me", " The More I See You "...