Archive for August, 2009
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
We’re in Watson Lake BC
We were just south of Burwash Landing yesterday, in a beautiful place on Kluane Lake, but did not have wifi so could not tell anyone.
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Slana AK
It took longer to get off as we needed propane, but we made it 250 miles to Slana, about one mile in the Nebesna Road at about mile 55 of the Tok cutoff northbound.
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Good News/Bad News
I have good news and bad news. The good news is we are all packed and ready to go. The bad news is, at 5:04 PM, we will delay leaving until tomorrow.
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
On This Day
Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of St Zephyrinus, pope (198-217), martyr
Religious History
1429: Joan of Arc’s arrival in the outskirts of Paris. In preparation for an attack on Paris, part of Charles VII’s campaign to drive the English from French soil, Joan of Arc and her soldiers reached the city’s outskirts on this day in […]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
On This Day
Religious Observances
RC : Comm of St Genesius, Roman actor, patron of actors
RC, Ang : Memorial of St Louis IX, king of France, confessor (opt)
RC : Memorial of Joseph of Calasanz, priest (opt)
Religious History
0325 The General Council of Nicea ended. This first ecumenical conclave in the history of the Church was attended by 300 bishops, […]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Louis, King of France, 1270
KING OF FRANCE (25 AUGUST 1270)
Louis was born in 1214 and became King of France when twelve years old. His mother, the half-English Blanche of Castile, was regent during his minority, and an influence while she lived. In 1234 he married Margaret of Provence, sister of Eleanor the wife of Henry III of England (no, […]
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
We Start Our Four-Month RV Trip on Wednesday.
We have a laptop, but sometimes it is hard to get a signal, especially in the Canadian Rockies.
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
On This Day
Religious Observances
RC, Ang, Luth : Feast of St Bartholomew, apostle
New Hieromartyr Kosmas Of Aitolia, Equal-To-The-Apostles
Religious History
0410 The Visigoths sacked Rome, disillusioning Christians who were trusting in God’s protection of this ecclesiastical center of early Christianity. St. Augustine (354-430) later tacked this religious problem in his monumental work, “City of God” (ca.413-27).
1456 In Mainz, […]
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE
(24 AUGUST NT)
The name “Bartholomew” appears in the New Testament only on lists of the names of the twelve apostles. This list normally is given as six pairs, and the third pair in each of the Synoptics is “Philip and Bartholomew” (M 10:3; P 3:18; L 6:14; but A 1:15).
John gives no list […]
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
On This Day
Martin de Porres, 1639, Rosa de Lima, 1617, and Toribio de Mogrovejo, 1606, Witnesses to the Faith in South America
August 23
Apollinaris Sidonius, bishop (of Clermont) [BLS; GTZ: Clermont]
Archelaus, martyr [GTZ: Augsburg]
Bartholomew (Vigil) [HCC]
Claudius, Asterius, Neon, Domnina, and Theonilla, martyrs [BLS]
Ebba, virgin [GTZ: Scotland]
Eugenius, bishop (of Derry) [BLS]
Flavian, bishop (of Autun) [GTZ: Autun]
Hermogenes and Fortunatus, […]