Calendar
World Meteorological Day
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations, based in Geneva. It "is dedicated to international cooperation and coordination on the state and behaviour of the […]
From Galileo to Laudato Si’: Why Science Needs Faith
St. Ignatius Parish 650 Parker Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBr. Guy Consolmagno, S.J. to give a lecture on Thursday, March 23, 2023, 6:30 PM at St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco, CA
Annunciation of the Lord
The Feast of the Annunciation, in Greek, Ο Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου, contemporarily the Solemnity of the Annunciation, and also called Lady Day, the Feast of the Incarnation (Festum Incarnationis), or Conceptio Christi (Christ’s Conception), commemorates the visit of […]
Christopher Clavius SJ, born 1538
Christopher Clavius, SJ (25 March 1538 – 6 February 1612) was a Jesuit German mathematician, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed […]
Daylight Savings Time begins in Europe
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typically by one […]
First Quarter Moon
The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Tullio Levi-Civita, born 1873
Tullio Levi-Civita, ForMemRS (English: /ˈtʊlioʊ ˈlɛvi ˈtʃɪvɪtə/, Italian: ; 29 March 1873 – 29 December 1941) was an Italian mathematician, most famous for his work on absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to the theory of relativity, but who […]
Francesco Zantedeschi died 1873
Francesco Zantedeschi (August 20, 1797 – March 29, 1873) was an Italian Catholic priest and physicist. A native of Dolcè, near Verona, Zantedeschi was for some time professor of physics and philosophy in the Liceo of Venice. Later he accepted the […]
Cesar Chavez Day, born 1927, Yuma, AZ.
Cesar Chavez (born César Estrada Chávez, locally ; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and Latino American civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he […]