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Thomas Kuhn born 1922

Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922–1996) is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century,

J. G. Mendel born 1822

Gregor Johann Mendel (1822– 1884) was a biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brünn (Brno), Margraviate of Moravia.

St. Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Jesuits.

Ignatius of Loyola (Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; c.  23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556) was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who co-founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and became its first Superior General at Paris in 1541. The Jesuit order served the Pope as missionaries, and they were bound by a vow of special obedience to the sovereign pontiff in […]

St Dominic, Patron of Astronomers, d. 1221

The liturgical celebration of St Dominic is on August 6 which is his deathday, in 1221 - his birthday is August 8.

Many sources state that St Dominic is the patron saint of astronomy and astronomers.

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is, according to the beliefs of numerous Churches, the bodily taking up of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. The analogous feast in the Eastern Churches is known as the Dormition of the Theotokos.  In the churches that observe it, the Assumption is a major feast day, commonly celebrated on 15 […]

Labor Day (USA)

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September in any given year (i.e. a single day from September 1 through September 7) to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day Weekend. - […]

Frank Drake died, 2022 (b. 1930)

Frank Donald Drake (May 28, 1930 – September 2, 2022) was an American astronomer and astrophysicist. He was involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the founding of SETI.

Autumnal Equinox

Fall begins with the autumnal equinox - in the Northern Hemisphere, it's the September equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the equinox in March.

World Rosary Day – 7 October 2024

At the invitation of the Holy Father Pope Francis, ”Rome, Saint John Lateran, 11 February 2022, Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes” we call upon the Confraternities of the whole world, especially Marian sodalities of the Holy Rosary, as well as Marian Congregations, Sanctuaries, Parishes and all Marian and Rosary prayer groups, Worldpriest […]