Monday Basics
Litugical Calendar / Saint of the Day: Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter / Memorial of St. Pius V, pope; Optional Memorial Blessed Marie de l'Incarnacion, religious (Can) Today in Catholic History: 304 The last and most punishing anti-Christian edict during Roman Emperor Diocletian 's (ca. 245–ca. 312) reign was published. 418 Roman Emperor Honorius (384–423) issued a decree against Pelagianism , a teaching that a person can take the initial and fundamental steps toward salvation by one's own efforts, apart from divine grace. 1651 Roman Catholic educational reformer St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle , founder of the lay order the Brothers of the Christian Schools, was born in Reims, France (d. 7 April 1719). 1658 St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) established the first uncloistered Catholic missionary community in the new world at Ville Marie, Canada. Birthdays: 1721 - Roger Sherman , American statesman (d. 1793) 1908 - Eve Arden was an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy...