Calendar Class of April 3, 2025
- Andrea Kirk Assaf
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A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
The girls and I went on the "Grand Tour" at the Pincio promenade today, in imitation of so many artsy internationals before us. We also learned about the Porta Flaminia, the entrance into Rome from all northern lands, the wonderful neo-classical Piazza del Popolo, the French section of the neighborhood (Trinita dei Monti, French academy, Spanish steps), the Marian column commemorating the declaration of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, and, finally, the church of Sant' Andrea delle Fratte, home of the Marian apparition to Alphonse Ratisbonne, the last of a series of events that inspired Pope Pius IX to appoint a theological commission to discuss the possibility of defining the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception. And the rest is history.
Liturgical: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent Mass readings and Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections
"If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
John 5:31-47
Sanctoral: Saint Benedict the African, +1589
Benedict held important posts in the Franciscan Order and gracefully adjusted to other work when his terms of office were up.
His parents were slaves brought from Africa to Messina, Sicily. Freed at 18, Benedict did farm work for a wage and soon saved enough to buy a pair of oxen. He was very proud of those animals. In time, he joined a group of hermits around Palermo and was eventually recognized as their leader.
Human: Birthday of Washington Irving (author) – 1783
1922 Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party by an ailing Vladimir Lenin
1948 US President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan to rebuild war-torn Western Europe after World War II, granting an initial $5 billion in aid to 16 European countries
1973 First mobile phone call is made in downtown Manhattan, NY, by Motorola employee Martin Cooper to Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey
Natural: Where does dust come from and what is it?
Dust is particles of less than one millimeter in diameter, regardless of its content. A significant portion of dust is dead skin fragments from human bodies, tobacco smoke, airborne particles of pollen and plants, industrial smoke, clay, and other mineral (soil) matter. Major volcanic eruptions also produce thousands of tons of dust, and dust from outer space can be yet another source.
Italian: Cervellotico (bizarre / illogical)
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