Calendar Class of July 11, 2025

A Carpe Diem Snapshot:

What precious treasures are the octogenerians and nonagenerians among us! My sister Felicia brought all these neighbors together to share information and memories of long lives lived on the shores of School Section Lake. Maxine, the lady speaking in this photo, told us about one of her favorite childhood memories on the lake when the carnival was in town when she was just a little girl. Not only did she see the Von Trapps perform during their cross-country tour, but she won her first airplane ride in a two-seater!

Liturgical: Friday of the 14th Week of Ordinary Time

Trust in the Lord, and do good; so you will live in the land, and enjoy security. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37

Sanctoral: Benedict (c. 480 – c. 547)

The Church has been blessed through Benedictine devotion to the liturgy, not only in its actual celebration with rich and proper ceremony in the great abbeys, but also through the scholarly studies of many of its members. Liturgy is sometimes confused with guitars or choirs, Latin or Bach. We should be grateful to those who both preserve and adapt the genuine tradition of worship in the Church.

Human: Birthday of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland – 1274, John Quincy Adams (6th U.S. president) – 1767

The U.S. Marine Corps was reestablished – 1798

U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel – 1804

212 AD– Roman emperor Caracalla issued an edict – Constitutio Antoniniana, which granted Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Empire. The emperor justified his move with religious arguments (gaining favor of the gods). The then historian, Cassius Dio, attributed to the edict only to fiscal motivations (extension of taxes incriminating Roman citizens on the majority of the population without exemption from previous benefits).

Natural: How to Treat a Poison Ivy Rash

Italian: In quanto (as / since)

Quote: Very good in the grass to lie

And see the network 'gainst the sky,

A living lace of blue and green,

And boughs that let the gold between.

–Katharine Tynan Hinkson (1861–1931