#Archbishop of Armagh

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1581 – Birth of prolific scholar and church leader, James Ussher, in Dublin.

James Ussher and His Chronology by Jerry Bergman, Ph.D.    Archbishop James Ussher was one of the most important biblical scholars of the 17th century. His research and scholarly work have even earned high praise from some who are opposed to his conclusions. Called “the greatest luminary of the church of Ireland” and “one of the greatest scholars of his day in the Christian Church,” his work…

[booksesmyprecious]

And they’ve been on strike for 6027 years

so if demons are sticklers for contracts, demand high payment for their services, and have firm/specific rules regarding summoning rituals (aka the hiring process & availability of their labor)—what i'm hearing is demons are fully unionized

[notkingyet2]

John Lynch doesn’t like horror films. He’s not a fan of blood and gore. It’s a genre his Italian mum favoured when he was growing up in the townland of Corrinshego in Co Armagh, but John, not so much. Well, he says that, but his recent body of work might suggest otherwise. In the last few years, he’s appeared in the chilling BBC2 tale, The Terror, British horror film The Banishing and the psychological drama The Head. There’s a sense of something monstrous, supernatural even, at play in all three thrillers. And there’s more gore to come in the new horror flick Boys from County Hell, in which he stars, and which opens in cinemas across Northern Ireland today. “Yes, you’ve got a point,” he laughs, when I present the evidence against his claim that he’s not really a fan of the horror genre. “But for me, it comes down to the scripts and relationships. I worked with the director Christopher Smith before, so when he rang me up about playing a creepy, sinister archbishop in The Banishing, I said yes. “I also worked with Chris Baugh in Canada on two episodes of Tin Star. Both are very talented directors. When Chris Baugh showed me the script for Boys from County Hell, I thought it was really good. It has a lot of dark comedy in it and I’d kept in touch with him after Tin Star, so I thought ‘why not?’. “The Head is set in an Antarctic research centre and everyone ends up dead and The Terror was based on a novel about a real-life expedition with a supernatural element; a mystical creature devouring the men. “Again, they were good scripts, and, in The Terror, I got to play a role I’d never explored before, someone in love with another man. “But yes, I do see a pattern. Perhaps it’s my time of blood.”

"I don't really like horror" says guy who keeps starring in horror projects.

(from the Belfast Telegraph article New film: John Lynch and Jack Rowan in Boys from County Hell)

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Saint Oliver Plunkett

1625 - 1681

Feast Day: July 1

Patronage: Peace and Reconciliation in Ireland

Born in Ireland, he studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained there in 1654. After some years of teaching and service to the poor of Rome, he was appointed Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland. Four years later, in 1673, a new wave of anti-Catholic persecution began, forcing Archbishop Plunkett to do his pastoral work in secrecy and disguise and to live in hiding. He was viewed as ultimately responsible for any rebellion or political activity among his parishioners. He was arrested and imprisoned in Dublin Castle in 1679, but his trial was moved to London. A jury found him guilty of fomenting revolt. He was hanged, drawn and quartered in July 1681.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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Today in Christian History

Today is Thursday, March 21st, 2024. It is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; Because it is a leap year, 285 days remain until the end of the year.

1526: In Zurich, Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, and George Blaurock escape from prison down a rope. Pacifist Anabaptists, they believed Christians should not hold power, but had been condemned to life imprisonment on concocted charges of fomenting revolution. Captured again that year, Manz and Blaurock will be again imprisoned, and Manz will be executed by drowning in 1527.

1556: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer is burned alive on orders of Mary Tudor, officially because of his “heresies” (he had been a leader in the English Reformation), but actually because of his role in providing King Henry VIII with a divorce from Mary’s mother Catherine many years earlier.

1656: Death of the archbishop of Armagh, James Ussher. His Annales Veteris et Novi Testamenti proposed a biblical chronology that placed the creation of the world in 4004 BC, and his dates will be incorporated into the notes of many Bible versions.

1806: Burial of David Dale, a Scottish manufacturer and philanthropist who sought to alleviate the condition of the poor by providing food, housing, and education at his mills. He had opened new mills to provide work for the unemployed. Strongly evangelical, he served as a lay preacher and headed many philanthropic endeavors, and was known as a lenient magistrate.

1843: Gungaram Mundel contracts cholera. He had been the first convert at Khari Baptist Church, Calcutta, and his profession of faith had eased the way for other Indians of the area to follow Christ.

1863: Death of Davis Griffiths, a missionary to Madagascar, who had translated the Bible into the Malagasy language.

1965: Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr (pictured above). leads more than three thousand civil rights demonstrators on a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery. By the time they reach their destination four days later, the number of protesters will have swelled to twenty-five thousand.

1979: Muslim militants burn down the fifth-century historical Coptic Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Old Cairo.

1994: The people of Augusta, Georgia, dedicate a monument on Green Street to the memory of Christian philanthropist Emily Harvey Thomas Tubman.

2007: Teacher Christianah Oluwasesin of Nigeria is beaten to death by a mob on an accusation that she touched a student’s handbag which had a Koran in it, thus defiling the Koran.

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

Timothy M. Dolan Archbishop of New York

Cardinal Dolan still on his pilgrimage to Ireland at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh! You all know I have a rock hard boner for Cardinal Dolan, but I want more of that priest in the background.

Cardinal Dolan visited St. Malachy’s, a vibrant parish in Belfast and was honored to use one of their Penal chalices.

Penal chalices. Hahaha… penis.

What? I'm a child sometimes.

Cardinal Dolan kissing the Penal chalices. Hahaha… penis.

[werewolfetone]

Mentioned this but not explained it, so--differences between different groups of Catholic activists in late 18th century Ireland:

Catholic Committee:

Established in 1757, by Charles O'Conor and several other people, including the future Archbishop of Dublin

In about the mid 1770s, the Viscount Kenmare, one of the last wealthy Catholic aristocrats, took it over

Under Kenmare it took a very pro-government stance and worked against the Whiteboys and American rebels

It also worked in tandem with the 1782 Catholic Relief Act, again as part of its pro-government schtick, and was content to ask for small concessions from the Protestant-only Irish parliament rather than forcibly taking them

In 1790, John Keogh became the chairman

Also in 1790, there was an election for members, which led to a shift in demographics on the committee--for the first time, middle class tradesmen outnumbered the aristocrats, but the ideas of the committee were still heavily dictated by those of the aristocrats

At the end of 1790, a debate took place where several people including Theobald Wolfe Tone, Richard McCormick, and Dr. Theobald Mckenna declared that they were going to move away from the pro-government stance and demand instead a total repeal of the Penal Laws

Despite their more anti-government stance, the Catholic Committee under Keogh was still not a revolutionary group, they were just less willing to just go along with whatever parliament did rather than making their own demands

Kenmarites:

Lord Kenmare did not like the above declaration, so in December of 1790 he took 69 other members and seceded

Kenmare's group was essentially just... the Catholic Committee as it had been under Kenmare originally. They kept the same pro-government stance and were even less revolutionary than Keogh's Catholic Committee

They were the boogymen to the Catholic Committee proper throughout the 1790s. Every time something bad would happen, the Catholic Committee would expel a bunch of people as "Kenmareites"

Catholic Society:

In 1791, Anglican Theobald Wolfe Tone published An Argument of Behalf of the Catholics in Ireland, which was a pamphlet stressing solidarity between Catholics and Protestants. Though the main target audience was wealthy Protestants, the show that Protestant reformers cared about Catholic issues also convinced a number of Catholics to come to the side of reform

Due to this, and frustrated by Keogh's less than revolutionary stance, another group of Catholic Committee men (around 45 in all) also seceded to form a more revolutionary group called the Catholic Society

This group was much more anti-government and most members were explicitly pro French Revolution

Working with them, Dr. Theobald Mckenna issued a paper calling for solidarity between all religious groups against England, which terrified the British government

Defenders:

Made up mostly of working class Catholics, this group started in Co. Armagh in the mid 1780s and spread throughout Ulster and eventually to adjacent counties

It had no real leaders or manifesto, as it was specifically backlash to Protestant groups such as the Peep of Day Boys and Orange Boys who were going around burning down houses and torturing random Catholics to death. In return for this, Catholics formed the Defenders and started doing... basically the same thing but to Protestants

Their tactics consisted of guerilla warfare, and they were incredibly illegal, so it was a very secret, shadowy, oath-bound society. Apart from the fact that they would get into public fights with their counterpart organisations, nothing about them was allowed to be out in the open

Their ideology can be best summed up by one instance of a Defender oath-- "to be against all kings, against all nations, and to plant to true religion [Catholicism] throughout the world."

Eventually they would merge with the United Irishmen after the Armagh Outrages

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Saint of the Day – 1 April – Saint Celsus of Armagh (c1080-1129) Archbishop

Saint of the Day – 1 April – Saint Celsus of Armagh (c1080-1129) Archbishop of Armagh, Reformer. He was responsible for the change from lay control of the Church in Ireland, to a Clerical-Episcopal model. Himself a hereditary lay administrator, he decided to seek Priestly Ordination and be embraced celibacy in order that the reform introduced by Pope St Gregory VIII on the Continent, could take…

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SAINTS NOVEMBER 03 "There is only one tragedy in this life, not to have been a saint."- Leon Bloy

St. Peter Francis Neron, Roman Catholic Priest and Vietnamese Martyr. He served as the director of the main seminary until he was arrested and beheaded by authorities.

St. Winifred. According to legend, she was the daughter of a wealthy resident of Tegeingl, Flintshire, Wales, and the sister of St. Beuno. She was most impressed by Beuno, was supposedly beheaded on June 22 by one Caradog when she refused to submit to him, had her head restored by Beuno, and sometime later, became a nun of the convent of a double monastery at Gwytherin in Denbigshire. She succeeded an Abbess Tenoy, as Abbess and died there fifteen years after her miraculous restoration to life. A spring supposedly springing up where Winifred's head fell is called Holy Well or St. Winifred's Well and became a great pilgrimage center where many cures have been reported over the centuries. She is also known as Gwenfrewi.

St. Vulganius, 704 A.D. Irish or Welsh missionary and hermit. After working to evangelize the tribes of the Atrebati in France, he became a hermit at Arras.

St. Cristiolus, 7th century. Welsh confessor, the brother of St. Sulian. Cristiolus founded Christian churches, including the parish in Anglesey.

St. Elerius, 6th century. Welsh saint who was a companion of St. Winefred. He was an abbot in a monastery in the north of Wales.

St. Englatius, 966 A.D. A Scottish bishop also called Englat and Tanglen. He lived at Tarves, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

St. Malachy O' More, Bishop famous for writing prophecies of the popes. Also listed as Mael Maedoc ua Morgair or Maolrnhaodhog ua Morgair, Malachy was born in Armagh, Ireland, in 1095. He was ordained by St. Cellach or Celsus of Armagh in 1132 and studied under Bishop St. Maichius of Lismore. Malachy reformed ecclesiastical discipline and replaced the Celtic liturgy with the Roman when he served as abbot of Bangor. In 1125 he was made bishop of Connor, using Bangor as his seat. He also established a monastery at Iveragh, Kerry. He was named archbishop of Armagh in 1129. In 1138, he resigned and made a pilgrimage to Rome. He visited St. Bernard at Clairvaux, France, wanting to be a monk there, but returned to Ireland to found Mellifont Abbey, also serving as papal legate to Ireland. He returned to Clairvaux and died on November 2 in St. Bernard’s arms. St. Bernard declared him a saint, an action confirmed in 1190 by Pope Clement III. Malachy is known for many miracles, including healing the son of King David I of Scotland. Malachy’s prophecies did not appear until 1597. Tradition states that Malachy wrote them while in Rome and that they were buried in papal archives until 1597, when Dom Arnold de Wyon discovered them. Serious doubts remain as to the true authorship of the prophecies.

ST. SYLVIA, MOTHER OF ST. GREGORY THE GREAT

St. Martin de Porres, Dominican lay brother at the Dominican Friary at Lima and spent his whole life there-as a barber, farm laborer, almoner, and infirmarian among other things. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11/03/st--martin-de-porres--dominican.html

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Out of Service

After Monday’s account of Bessbrook, here is what might be classified as one of the casualties of the town’s success: the former St Jude’s church a couple of miles to the south-west. The building dates from 1772 and has been attributed to architect Thomas Cooley since by that date he had begun receiving commissions from Richard Robinson, Archbishop of Armagh (and who carried on employing Cooley…

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Holidays 3.27

Holidays

Aglet Day

Amniotic Fluid Embolism Awareness Day

Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)

Beeching Day (UK)

Beer Writers Day

Birch Day (French Republic)

Celebrate Exchange Day

Commemoration of Sen no Rikyu (Omotesenke School of the Japanese Tea Ceremony; Japan)

Corkscrew Day

Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania (Romania)

Downtown Day

Funky Winkerbean Day

Internal Troops and National Guard Servicemen's Day (Russia)

International Day of Multilingualism

International Medical Science Liaison Day

Lazy Moocher's Day

Mariah Day

Muslim Women’s Day

National Acoustic Soul Day

National Blunt Day

National Camp at Home Day

National Cleavage Day

National Detroit Day

National Guard Forces Command Day (Russia)

National "Joe" Day

National Medical Science Liaison Day

National Scribble Day

National Supported Internship Day (UK)

National Terrier Day (UK)

Performing Arts Day (Iran)

Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day

Resistance Day (Burma/Myanmar)

Sakura Day (Japan)

Semana Santa (Nicaragua)

Sen no Rikyu (Way of Tea School commemoration; Japan)

Shoelace Patent Day

Skyscraper Day

Suve Ajale üleminek (Summer Time; Belgium, Estonia, Moldova, Netherlands)

327 Day

Urinal Day

Viagra Day

World AdTech Day

World Hospital Pharmacy Day

World Railway Workers’ Day

World Theatre Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Cheese Day

International Whisk(e)y Day

National Cheese Day (France)

Spanish Paella Day

4th & Last Wednesday in March

American Red Cross Giving Day [4th Wednesday]

Document Freedom Day [Last Wednesday]

International Data Center Day [4th Wednesday]

Jersey Mike’s Day of Giving [Last Wednesday]

Manatee Appreciation Day [Last Wednesday]

National Day of WIL (Canada) [4th Wednesday]

National Governance Professionals Day (Canada) [Last Wednesday]

National Little Red Wagon Day [Last Wednesday]

Red Cross Giving Day [4th Wednesday]

A Whole Day for Whole Grain [Last Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Bessarabia (Day of the Union with Romania; 1918)

Federation of the Seven Towers (Declared, 2022) [unrecognized]

Gogania (Declared, 2013) [unrecognized]

Michrenia (Declared, 2013) [unrecognized]

Pugguinia (Declared, 2010) [unrecognized]

Ultamiya (Declared, 2010) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning March 27, 2024

Blazing Swan (Kulin, Australia) [thru 4.2]

Maine Restaurant Expo (Portland, Maine)

Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 4.21]

New York International Auto Show (New York, New York) [thru 4.7]

Oak Mountain State Fair (Pelham, Alabama) [thru 4.14]

Spring Dairy Expo (Columbus, Ohio) [thru 3.30]

Virginia Food and Beverage Expo (Richmond, Virginia)

WiVi: Central Coast (Paso Robles, California)

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 1 (Pagan)

Albert Marquet (Artology)

Alexander, a Pannonian soldier (Christian; Martyr)

Amador of Portugal (Christian; Saint)

Augusta of Treviso (Christian; Saint)

Barley Harvest Festival (Jehovah, Protector of the Barley)

Charles Henry Brent (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christine (Muppetism)

Clear Energy Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Edward J. Steichen (Artology)

Edward William Cooke (Artology)

Gauri (Women’s Festival to Goddess of Marriage & Abundance; India)

Geasa Day (Prohibitions; Celtic Book of Days)

Gelasius, Archbishop of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

Guan Shi Yin Pu Sa (Buddhism)

Herophilius (Positivist; Saint)

Jan van Beers (Artology)

John & Patsy Ramsey Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saints)

John Damascene (Christian; Saint)

John of Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Jules Olitski (Artology)

Lavatio (Festival of Cybele and Attis; Ancient Rome)

Liberalia (Ancient Rome; Festival of Liber Pater, Fertility & Wine God)

Patrick McCabe (Writerism)

Paella Day (Pastafarian)

Philetus (Christian; Saint)

Romulus of Nîmes, a Benedictine abbot (Christian; Martyr)

Rupert of Salzburg (Christian; Saint)

Smell the Breezes Day (Sky Goddess Nut; Ancient Egypt)

Vladimir Burliuk (Artology)

Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia (Christian; Saint)

Christian Liturgical Holidays

Black Wednesday (Czech Republic) [Wednesday before Easter]

Holy Wednesday [4 Days before Easter]

Soot-Sweeping Wednesday [Wednesday before Easter]

Ugly Wednesday [Wednesday before Easter]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Annie Hall (Film; 1977)

April Showers (Film; 1948)

The Bulleteers (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#5]

Child Sociology (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1953)

Consuming Passions (Film; 1992)

The Cutting Edge (Film; 1992)

Design for Leaving (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)

Eaters of the Dead, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1976)

The Energy Blues (Science Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1979)

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay (Psychology Book; 1841)

The Fella with the Fiddle (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

The Greatest Man in Siam (Swing Symphony Cartoon; 1944)

Home (Animated Film; 2015)

International House (Film; 1933)

Moby Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)

Monsters vs. Aliens (Animated Film; 2009)

The Moonman is Blue or The Inside Story (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 36; 1960)

Mother, by Meghan Trainor (Song; 2023)

Run-DMC, by Run-DMC (Album; 1984)

Run Silent, Run Deep (Film; 1958)

Singin’ in the Rain (Film; 1952)

The Snowman Cometh or An Icicle Built for Two (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 35; 1960)

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (WB Animated Film; 2018)

Thief (Film; 1981)

Thunderball, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #9]

Tiny Toon Spring Break (WB Animated TV Film; 1994)

Tom Thumb (ComicColor Cartoon; 1936)

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Disney Animated TV Special; 1959)

Victorious (TV Series; 2010)

What Makes Sammy Run?, by Budd Schulberg (Novel; 1941)

What We Do in the Shadows (Film; 2019)

White Men Can’t Jump (Film; 1992)

Today’s Name Days

Ernst, Frowin, Heimo (Austria)

Lada, Peregrin, Rupert (Croatia)

Dita (Czech Republic)

Kastor (Denmark)

Laide, Laidi, Leia, Leida, Leidi (Estonia)

Saul, Sauli (Finland)

Habib (France)

Augusta, Ernst, Heimo (Germany)

Filitas, Leeda, Lidia, Makedon, Matrona (Greece)

Hajnalka (Hungary)

Augusto, Oliviero, Romolo, Ruperto (Italy)

Audra, Gustavs, Gusts, Talrits (Latvia)

Aleksandras, Alkmenas, Lidija, Rūta (Lithuania)

Rudi, Rudolf (Norway)

Benedykt, Ernest, Ernestyn, Jan, Lidia, Rościmir, Rupert (Poland)

Matroana (Romania)

Alena (Slovakia)

Alejandro, Ruperto (Spain)

Ralf, Rudolf (Sweden)

Acher, Archibald, Archie, Montgomery, Monte, Monty (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 87 of 2024; 279 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 13 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 18 (Geng-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 17 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 17 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 27 Green; Sixday [27 of 30]

Julian: 14 March 2024

Moon: 94%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 3 Archimedes (4th Month) [Erasistratus]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 9 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of March

Zodiac: Aries (Day 7 of 31)

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#OTD in 1679 – St. Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, is accused of instigating the ‘Irish Popish’ Plot and arrested.

The late 1670s under Charles II were a special time in British history during which religious controversy ran high. The rivalry between the king, who issued a Declaration of Indulgence suspending all laws punishing Roman Catholics and other religious dissenters, and a strongly Anglican Parliament had reached its peak. In Ireland the Catholic Church had slowly been recovering from the Cromwellian…

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.27

Holidays

Aglet Day

Amniotic Fluid Embolism Awareness Day

Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)

Beeching Day (UK)

Beer Writers Day

Birch Day (French Republic)

Celebrate Exchange Day

Commemoration of Sen no Rikyu (Omotesenke School of the Japanese Tea Ceremony; Japan)

Corkscrew Day

Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania (Romania)

Downtown Day

Funky Winkerbean Day

Internal Troops and National Guard Servicemen's Day (Russia)

International Day of Multilingualism

International Medical Science Liaison Day

Lazy Moocher's Day

Mariah Day

Muslim Women’s Day

National Acoustic Soul Day

National Blunt Day

National Camp at Home Day

National Cleavage Day

National Detroit Day

National Guard Forces Command Day (Russia)

National "Joe" Day

National Medical Science Liaison Day

National Scribble Day

National Supported Internship Day (UK)

National Terrier Day (UK)

Performing Arts Day (Iran)

Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day

Resistance Day (Burma/Myanmar)

Sakura Day (Japan)

Semana Santa (Nicaragua)

Sen no Rikyu (Way of Tea School commemoration; Japan)

Shoelace Patent Day

Skyscraper Day

Suve Ajale üleminek (Summer Time; Belgium, Estonia, Moldova, Netherlands)

327 Day

Urinal Day

Viagra Day

World AdTech Day

World Hospital Pharmacy Day

World Railway Workers’ Day

World Theatre Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Cheese Day

International Whisk(e)y Day

National Cheese Day (France)

Spanish Paella Day

4th & Last Wednesday in March

American Red Cross Giving Day [4th Wednesday]

Document Freedom Day [Last Wednesday]

International Data Center Day [4th Wednesday]

Jersey Mike’s Day of Giving [Last Wednesday]

Manatee Appreciation Day [Last Wednesday]

National Day of WIL (Canada) [4th Wednesday]

National Governance Professionals Day (Canada) [Last Wednesday]

National Little Red Wagon Day [Last Wednesday]

Red Cross Giving Day [4th Wednesday]

A Whole Day for Whole Grain [Last Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Bessarabia (Day of the Union with Romania; 1918)

Federation of the Seven Towers (Declared, 2022) [unrecognized]

Gogania (Declared, 2013) [unrecognized]

Michrenia (Declared, 2013) [unrecognized]

Pugguinia (Declared, 2010) [unrecognized]

Ultamiya (Declared, 2010) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning March 27, 2024

Blazing Swan (Kulin, Australia) [thru 4.2]

Maine Restaurant Expo (Portland, Maine)

Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 4.21]

New York International Auto Show (New York, New York) [thru 4.7]

Oak Mountain State Fair (Pelham, Alabama) [thru 4.14]

Spring Dairy Expo (Columbus, Ohio) [thru 3.30]

Virginia Food and Beverage Expo (Richmond, Virginia)

WiVi: Central Coast (Paso Robles, California)

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 1 (Pagan)

Albert Marquet (Artology)

Alexander, a Pannonian soldier (Christian; Martyr)

Amador of Portugal (Christian; Saint)

Augusta of Treviso (Christian; Saint)

Barley Harvest Festival (Jehovah, Protector of the Barley)

Charles Henry Brent (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christine (Muppetism)

Clear Energy Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Edward J. Steichen (Artology)

Edward William Cooke (Artology)

Gauri (Women’s Festival to Goddess of Marriage & Abundance; India)

Geasa Day (Prohibitions; Celtic Book of Days)

Gelasius, Archbishop of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

Guan Shi Yin Pu Sa (Buddhism)

Herophilius (Positivist; Saint)

Jan van Beers (Artology)

John & Patsy Ramsey Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saints)

John Damascene (Christian; Saint)

John of Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Jules Olitski (Artology)

Lavatio (Festival of Cybele and Attis; Ancient Rome)

Liberalia (Ancient Rome; Festival of Liber Pater, Fertility & Wine God)

Patrick McCabe (Writerism)

Paella Day (Pastafarian)

Philetus (Christian; Saint)

Romulus of Nîmes, a Benedictine abbot (Christian; Martyr)

Rupert of Salzburg (Christian; Saint)

Smell the Breezes Day (Sky Goddess Nut; Ancient Egypt)

Vladimir Burliuk (Artology)

Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia (Christian; Saint)

Christian Liturgical Holidays

Black Wednesday (Czech Republic) [Wednesday before Easter]

Holy Wednesday [4 Days before Easter]

Soot-Sweeping Wednesday [Wednesday before Easter]

Ugly Wednesday [Wednesday before Easter]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Annie Hall (Film; 1977)

April Showers (Film; 1948)

The Bulleteers (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#5]

Child Sociology (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1953)

Consuming Passions (Film; 1992)

The Cutting Edge (Film; 1992)

Design for Leaving (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)

Eaters of the Dead, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1976)

The Energy Blues (Science Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1979)

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay (Psychology Book; 1841)

The Fella with the Fiddle (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

The Greatest Man in Siam (Swing Symphony Cartoon; 1944)

Home (Animated Film; 2015)

International House (Film; 1933)

Moby Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)

Monsters vs. Aliens (Animated Film; 2009)

The Moonman is Blue or The Inside Story (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 36; 1960)

Mother, by Meghan Trainor (Song; 2023)

Run-DMC, by Run-DMC (Album; 1984)

Run Silent, Run Deep (Film; 1958)

Singin’ in the Rain (Film; 1952)

The Snowman Cometh or An Icicle Built for Two (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 35; 1960)

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (WB Animated Film; 2018)

Thief (Film; 1981)

Thunderball, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #9]

Tiny Toon Spring Break (WB Animated TV Film; 1994)

Tom Thumb (ComicColor Cartoon; 1936)

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Disney Animated TV Special; 1959)

Victorious (TV Series; 2010)

What Makes Sammy Run?, by Budd Schulberg (Novel; 1941)

What We Do in the Shadows (Film; 2019)

White Men Can’t Jump (Film; 1992)

Today’s Name Days

Ernst, Frowin, Heimo (Austria)

Lada, Peregrin, Rupert (Croatia)

Dita (Czech Republic)

Kastor (Denmark)

Laide, Laidi, Leia, Leida, Leidi (Estonia)

Saul, Sauli (Finland)

Habib (France)

Augusta, Ernst, Heimo (Germany)

Filitas, Leeda, Lidia, Makedon, Matrona (Greece)

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Rudi, Rudolf (Norway)

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Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 87 of 2024; 279 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 13 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 18 (Geng-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 17 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 17 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 27 Green; Sixday [27 of 30]

Julian: 14 March 2024

Moon: 94%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 3 Archimedes (4th Month) [Erasistratus]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 9 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of March

Zodiac: Aries (Day 7 of 31)

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23 October

In San Antonio, Texas, a burglar sentenced to seven years on this date in 1987 complained that seven was his unlucky number. The judge promptly raised the sentence to eight years.

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 23 October:

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Saint Oliver Plunkett

1625 - 1681

Feast Day: July 1

Patronage: Peace and Reconciliation in Ireland

Born in Ireland, he studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained there in 1654. After some years of teaching and service to the poor of Rome, he was appointed Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland. Four years later, in 1673, a new wave of anti-Catholic persecution began, forcing Archbishop Plunkett to do his pastoral work in secrecy and disguise and to live in hiding. He was viewed as ultimately responsible for any rebellion or political activity among his parishioners. He was arrested and imprisoned in Dublin Castle in 1679, but his trial was moved to London. A jury found him guilty of fomenting revolt. He was hanged, drawn and quartered in July 1681.

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Today in Christian History

Today is Wednesday, March 22nd, the 81st day of 2023. There are 284 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

1556: Cardinal Reginald Pole is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury, restoring Catholicism to England for a brief time between the Protestant reigns of Edward VI and Elizabeth I.

1593: Arrest of John Penry, an independent Welsh pastor, who will be hanged for sedition. He had criticized Church of England leaders for their neglect of Wales and among his papers was found the draft of a strongly worded letter to Queen Elizabeth.

1621: Hugo Grotius, a Dutch Arminian imprisoned by Calvinists, after spending an hour on his knees praying, steps into a book box by which he will escape prison.

1641: The Archbishop of Armagh convenes a provincial synod at Kells which almost unanimously pronounces the war undertaken by the Catholics of Ireland against the English “just and lawful.”

1720: John Gill is solemnly ordained as a Baptist pastor in Horsleydown in a lengthy public ceremony which involves much prayer and soul searching. Gill will remain at Horsleydown for 51 years and gain recognition as a great controversialist, sharply critical of Wesley’s theology because it placed the decision to follow Christ in a person’s own hands.

1758: Death in New Jersey from smallpox of Jonathan Edwards, Christian pastor, theologian, scientist, and educator.

1814: Beheading of the Orthodox monk Euthymius in Constantinople. He had abandoned Christianity for Islam in his youth but soon regretted it, returned to faith, became a monk on Mt. Athos, and practiced great austerities. Eventually he traveled to Constantinople where he testified of his faith.

1874: Ordination in Calcutta of Mathura Kath Bose, who will minister to the Chandal people of Gopalgunge near the Ganges, winning many to Christ. He lives on a meagre income, having relinquished opportunities for commercial advancement by becoming a Christian.

1918: Death in Berlin of Alexander Merensky, who had served as a missionary to the Transvaal, South Africa, and written many books about missions.

1920: Death in Guayaquil, Ecuador, of George S. Fisher, founder of the Gospel Missionary Union. He had contracted typhoid fever while visiting the work in Ecuador.