Calendar Class of July 22, 2025

A Carpe Diem Snapshot:

The Kirk Center is on a roll this summer! This morning I was able to sit in on the Mackinac Center's annual retreat and hear two speakers address the topic of "Russell Kirk and the Conservative Disposition." Lee Trepanier spoke on "Russell Kirk on Liberal and Character Education" and Ryan Streeter spoke on "Conservativism and Community: Civil Society and the Value of Moral Habits." This is a place of hope and inspiration!

Liturgical: Tuesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time

Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

John 20:1-2, 11-18

Sanctoral: Today is the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. On June 10, 2016, the liturgical celebration honoring St. Mary Magdalene was raised from a memorial to a feast, commemorating the “Apostle to the Apostles” with a liturgical feast, the same celebration as most of the apostles (except for Peter and Paul). Beginning in 2020 there is a new Preface: Apostle to the Apostles used for her feast.

Human: Birthday of Gregor Mendel (geneticist) – 1822 (fun video!), William Archibald Spooner (known for verbal inversions called spoonerisms) – 1844, death of Napoleon II of France – 1832

Natural: Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico – 1793

Maria Spelterini walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. She crossed with her ankles and wrists manacled to inject some drama – 1876

Flying in his plane, the Winnie Mae, Wiley Post completed the first solo around-the-world flight – 1933

Italian: Torcicollo (crick in the neck)

Quote: Famous Spoonerisms

Spooner verbalized some famous spoonerisms, and individuals verbalized other well-known spoonerisms in popular churches. Consider the following famous spoonerisms:

“Excuse me, but you are ocoupewing my pie.” for “Excuse me, but you are occupying my pew.”

“Sew this gentleman into a sheet.” for “Show this gentleman into a seat.”

“Kistomary to cuss the bride.” for “Customary to kiss the bride.”

“Jonah in the bale’s whelly.” for “Jonah in the whale’s belly.”