In 1969, when he was 32 and about to become a priest, Bergoglio (Pope Francis) wrote this small personal "Creed" he carried in his breviary for the rest of his life.
I printed this for my student who entered the Church two days ago on Easter Vigil, not thinking he'd die so soon.
Today, the Roman Martyrology (the Church's official list of saints) lists today as the feast of St Abraham, the biblical patriarch whom Judaism, Christianity and Islam all consider as their "founding father"--reminding us of our relationships with the other "children of Abraham"
German 🇩🇪 priest and #astronomer who invented the #Pantograph in 1603 and known for being the co-discoverer of Sunspots - Fr. Christoph Scheiner (1575-1650). Also found that the #retina is the seat of vision and the optic nerve transmits the images from the retina to brain. 👁️
17 years ago, six @CanadianForces soldiers died in service in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province.
They were: Corporal Jordan Anderson, Corporal Cole Bartsch, Master Corporal Colin Bason, Captain Matthew Dawe, Captain Jefferson Francis and Private Lane Watkins.
#CanadaRemembers
These Little-Known #Catholic Nuns Helped #Map the #Stars 🌟. During the start of 1900s, the Sisters Emilia Ponzoni, Regina Colombo, Concetta Finardi and Luigia Panceri, were recruited by the #Vatican to measure and map stars from plate-glass #photographs.
The Italian 🇮🇹 #priest#mathematician known for his mathematical Grandi series and the Rose Curve - Fr. Luigi Guido Grandi(1 Oct 1671-4 July 1742). Grandi is best known for his work Flores geometrici (1728),studying the rose curve,a curve which has the shape of a petalled flower.
Today, we also remember the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel.
“The losses sustained by the Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel on July 1, 1916, were staggering. Of the some 800 Newfoundlanders who went into battle, only 68 were able to answer the roll call the next day.”
Did you know that an Asteroid☄️ is named after St. Ignatius of Loyola ? An Asteroid ‘3562 Ignatius’ is named in honor of the 500th anniversary 🎉 of the birth of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits.
At a school year Mass I asked: Why we had the Feast of the #SacredHeartOfJesus? To which a grade 2 student replied: "Because there is room in the heart of Jesus for everybody!" We need to hear this today, more than ever! (Open Your Heart statue by #timothyschmalz)
#NPSCFaith
“Throughout the history of the Society, the Jesuits have been key players in astronomy,” said @BrBobMackeSJ, a specialist in meteorites who works at the @SpecolaVaticana. Jesuit contributions to astronomy are significant enough that 35 craters on the moon are named after them.
Catholic priest & Scientist who is referred as the father of modern crystallography- Fr. René Just Haüy (Feb 1743-3 Jun 1822). His book,“Essay in the Structure of Crystals”,was instrumental in establishing a solid foundation on which modern theories of crystal structure rest. 💠
Yesterday, after a ceremony in Beaumont-Hamel, France, we welcomed home one of our fallen who died during the First World War. This soldier, who made his final journey home across the Atlantic and who will ultimately be buried...1/4