Thursday Basics
Optional Memorial of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop and Optional Memorial of Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest Today's Mass Readings Saint of the Day: St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Apostle of the Eucharist Today in Catholic History: 1942 Edith Stein, Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross ,(1891–1942) was seized by the German S.S. and was taken to a concentration camp in the Netherlands. The Jewish-Catholic philosopher had remained in danger in Germany although she had a visa to Switzerland because she would not desert her sister, who could not get a visa. Birthdays: 1703- Lorenzo Ricci , Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) 1834 - Frédéric Bartholdi , French sculptor, most famous for The Statue of Liberty, (d. 1904) 1835 - Elisha Gray , American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1901) 1882 - Red Ames , baseball player (d. 1936) 1924 - Carroll O'Connor , American actor (d. 2001) 1931 - Pierre DuMaine , Catholic bishop 1932 - Peter O'Toole, Actor, (Lawrence of Arabia) 1943 - Kathy Len...