At all most 6 months into the year we celebrate the release of the Holy Spirit in the church.
In the days leading up to Pentecost Sunday
Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
Monday May 22, 2023
Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious
Day 142: Whole and Joyful Hearts — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 142: The New Heaven and the New Earth — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet.
- 1377 – Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
- 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from St. Charles, Missouri.
- 1826 – HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
- 1846 – The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
- 1906 – The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine“.
- 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 () About 61,000 pounds of explosive chemicals have gone missing during a shipment from Wyoming to California. The company in charge of the shipping filed a report on May 10 with the federal National Response Center. Four separate investigations have been launched.
- 2023-A surfing saint? Pope Francis recognizes the heroic virtue of Guido Schäffer | Catholic News Agency
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Quote of the Day
Robert P. George�����@McCormickProf (May 22, 2023) Each time we think the horrific virus of anti-Semitism has been extirpated, it reappears. A plea to my fellow Catholics–especially Catholic young people: Stay a million miles from this evil. Do not let it infect your thinking. The Church has utterly repudiated it. Do the same.
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Day 143: Solomon Asks for Wisdom — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 143: Amen — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
- 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
- 1701-Captain Kidd is executed
- 1900-William Carney becomes first Black American awarded the Medal of Honor
- 1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated.
- 1921-“Shuffle Along,” the first major African American hit musical, premieres on Broadway.
- 1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
- 2015-Ireland legalizes same-sex marriage.
- 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 () Orcas have sunk a third boat off the Iberian coast in Europe. Orcas hit a yacht on the night of May 4 and pierced the rudder. Two days earlier, a pod of orcas hit another sailboat. Researchers believe the spike in aggression toward boats is recent, with researchers believing it’s based on trauma.
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Quote of the Day
Theresa Zoe Williams@TheresaZoe (May 23, 2023)
Me calling the school: Peter will be out today.
School: What’s going on with him?
Me: He’s venerating the relics of a saint in our faith tradition.
School: *long pause* So he’s, he’s…uh, he’s out of town?
Me: Yes
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Day 144: David’s Last Words — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 144: How We Worship (Part 2 Introduction with Bishop Andrew Cozzens) – YouTube
Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 1595 – Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
- 1738 – John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
- 1873 – Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
- 1935 – The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
- 1993 – Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
- 1994 – Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
- 2022 – A mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.
- 2023- Tina Turner (November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) dies.
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Quote of the Day
Harry Martin@Douloscross (May 24, 2023) The need to blame the Novus Ordo for every fault and problem expresses a profound ignorance of Church history and human nature. One cannot grow in God if one is only focused on the faults of others.
Thursday May 25, 2023
Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church;
Saint Gregory VII, Pope; Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin
Day 145: Solomon Builds the Temple — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 145: Introduction to the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
- 1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
- 1933 – The Walt Disney Company cartoon Three Little Pigs premieres at Radio City Music Hall, featuring the hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?“[7]
- 1935 – Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 1953 – The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
- 1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a “man on the Moon” before the end of the decade.
- 1977 – Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
- 1977 – The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare‘s work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
- 1979 – John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
- 2018 – Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
- 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440(May 25, 2023) Following threats against employees, Target removed some of its newly released Pride Month products. The company released a statement about their commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community but due to recent threats will discontinue certain items of their Pride Month collection.
- 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 (May 25, 2023) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) officially entered the 2024 presidential race during a livestreamed conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk, positioning his campaign as centered around conservative populism and effective governance.
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Quote of the Day
Keith Nester@KeithNester1(May 25, 2023) What is the acceptable level of snark when addressing anti-catholics on social-media?
Friday May 26, 2023
Saint Philip Neri,
Day 146: The Universal Church — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 146: The Father’s Work in the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Song of the Week
Dawn Eden Goldstein, JCL, SThD@DawnofMercy (May 21, 2023) I co-wrote this song, friends! Check out the groovy video!
Dawn also wrote this song.
Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 1805 – Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
- 1927 – The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
- 1967 – The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
- 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed moon landing.
- 1998 – The first “National Sorry Day” is held in Australia. Reconciliation events are held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
- 2020 – Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, before becoming widespread across the United States and around the world.
- 2023-A deep dive: The Little Mermaid then and now – Decent Films
- 2023-Morticians Mystified by Sister Wilhelmina’s Body: ‘Something Special Going on There’| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)
Saturday May 27, 2023
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
Day 147: Temple Worship — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 147: Christ’s Work in the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 1887-Chinese gold miners are slaughtered in the Hells Canyon Massacre.
- 1897-“Dracula” goes on sale in London
- 1907-John Wayne is born.
- 1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
- 1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
- 1939-Ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba.
- 2016 – Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
- 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 -Joe Hollins, a man experiencing homelessness in Phoenix, heard the cries of Claudia Jimenez coming from an apartment building engulfed in flames. Dive in to learn more
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Quote of the Day
gianna jessen@giannajessen ( i know this sounds dumb but one of my favorite possessions was a little tiny hummingbird nest i was given. i am almost sure it was a hummingbird nest and i looked at it all the time. then one day, some people came to clean the house and it was gone. it was two men so i couldn’t imagine them wanting the nest. isn’t it funny what is Precious to us? i think its been two years and i still think of it.Tristan Nettles@tristan_nettles (May 27, 2023) Calling all writers! Did you know that Margaret Mitchell wrote most of “Gone with the Wind” while recovering from a broken ankle? �� Her temporary immobility gave birth to one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time. What unexpected circumstances have inspired you?
Sunday May 28, 2023
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Day 148: Solomon’s Wealth — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 148: The Holy Spirit’s Work in the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
- 1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them.
- 1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded.
- 1961-Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches
- 1987 – An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
- 1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci‘s masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
- 2002 – The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
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