Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montréal
Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montréal
“Si je n’y suis [en la grâce de Dieu], Dieu m’y mette; et, si j’y suis, Dieu m’y tienne! Je serais le plus dolente de monde si je savais ne pas être en la grâce de Dieu”
— Jeanne d’Arc

Today’s Feast Days

12 October

Carlo Acutis
(1991–2006)
Layperson
Edith Louisa Cavell
(1865–1915)
Martyr, Nurse
Edwin, King of Northumbria
(585–633)
Martyr
Elizabeth Fry
(1780–1845)
Minister, Philanthropist, Social Reformer
Fiacc
(415–520)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Bishop, Missionary, Widower
John of Beverley
(721)
Bishop
Maximilian of Lorch
(288)
First Bishop, Martyr, Missionary
Mobhi
(545)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
Roman Sitko
(1880–1942)
Martyr, Priest
Wilfrid
(c. 633–709/710)
Bishop
Wilhelm “Willi” Graf
(1918–1943)
Martyr

No matter how thin you slice it, it’s still baloney.

Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith (1873–1944)

Governor of New York (1919-1920; 1923-1928) and Democratic US presidental candidate (1928)

as quoted in—Delmarva Sunday Morning Star (22 July 1928)