Calendar Class of September 1, 2025
- Andrea Kirk Assaf
- Sep 1
- 4 min read
A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Liturgical: Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord; for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
Psalm 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13
A liturgical overview of September on Catholicculture.org.
September falls during the liturgical season known as Tempus per Annum or Ordinary Time (formerly Time After Pentecost), which is represented by the liturgical color green. Green is a symbol of hope, as it is the color of the sprouting seed and arouses in the faithful the hope of reaping the eternal harvest of heaven, especially the hope of a glorious resurrection. The liturgical color green is worn during prayer of Offices and Masses of Ordinary Time.
September, a Harvest Month:
Since man is both a spiritual and physical being, the Church provides for the needs of man in his everyday life. The Church's liturgy and feasts in many areas reflect the four seasons of the year (spring, summer, fall and winter). The months of August, September, October and November are part of the harvest season, and as Christians we recall God's constant protection over his people and give thanksgiving for the year's harvest.
The Holy Father's Intentions for the Month of September 2025
For our relationship with all of creation.: Let us pray that, inspired by Saint Francis, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are loved by God and worthy of love and respect.
Sanctoral: The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Giles (died between 710 and 724) who was an abbot of the seventh century. He probably lived in the neighborhood of Beziers on the coast of the Mediterranean, and died of natural causes. The little monastery of St. Peter, where his body rested, became one of the most popular shrines in Christendom and gave rise to a town. The cult of St. Giles, which was general in France, where there are upwards of one hundred and fifty churches dedicated to him, soon spread throughout the west. He is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, but the only one who did not die a martyr.
Human: The Month of September 2025: Holidays, Fun Facts, Folklore
September is National Happy Cat Month!
“Harvest Home” (September 1 to 30) is an old tradition that some U.S. regions keep alive (e.g., the Pennsylvania Dutch, some New England towns). In Britain and other parts of Europe, this marked the conclusion of the main harvest and a period of festivals for feasting and thanksgiving.
It was also a time to hold elections, pay workers, and collect rents. These festivals usually took place around the autumnal equinox. It was also a time for family members and workers to return to their towns for festivities.
Even today, notice that elections and Thanksgiving feasts are held in the fall! This is a continuation from long-ago traditions.
Always the first Monday in September, Labor Day is meant as a tribute to the American worker to whom the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country is made possible.
The holiday started modestly in cities and towns, with the first celebration on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, held by the Central Labor Union. GIven the growth of labor organizations at this time in American history and the era of industrialization, the idea of a day to honor the American worker quickly spread to other cities and then to states.
In 1884, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday. The observance of Labor Day began as a street parade to exhibit to the public “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations” of the community, followed by a relaxing day for the workers and their families.
There is some doubt as to the individual who first proposed the holiday for workers. Most believe it was the idea of Peter J. Maguire (although recent research has shown that it might have been his brother Matthew’s idea), a labor union leader who in 1882 proposed a celebration honoring the American worker. The date chosen was simply “convenient,” according to Maguire, because it was midway between the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving.
Although the day’s focus on organized labor has diminished over the years, the legal holiday still marks the end of summer and the traditional time for children to return to school.
Ancient Rome today:
The festival of Jupiter Liber, the god of creativity, and Juno Regina was celebrated. Both deities belonged to the so-called “Capitoline triad”.
463 BC – an epidemic broke out in Rome and ravaged the city for a year.
22 BC– Augustus dedicated the temple of Jupiter thendering, thankful for saving him from lightning during the Cantabrian expedition.
312 AD – a fifteen-year tax cycle, called an indiction (indictio), was introduced instead of the five-year cycle. This system of counting and dating financial years persisted in Byzantium and Western Europe for centuries, even after the fall of the Empire.
Natural: September’s birth flowers are the aster and the morning glory. The aster signifies powerful love, and the China aster expresses variety or afterthought in the language of flowers. The morning glory symbolizes affection. It can also mean coquetry, affectation, or bonds in the language of flowers.
The birthstone for the ninth month is the sapphire, which was once thought to guard against evil and poisoning.
Italian: Permesso (permission / excuse me)
Quote: "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist."
--Saint Francis of Assisi
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