Here’s What Happen  Last Week and Year in Life. 

What does…

• the grandson of American revolutionary figure Paul Revere
• the loch ness monster
• the denver airport
• Hit popular Science Fiction Movies and TV Shows
• Science and Technology
•  David Koresh
• The hindenburg disaster
• Pope Francis
• A drunk irishman who couldn’t be killed
• A dead mysterious woman who was killed

All have in common?

They are all subjects on the various The Secrets of SQPN podcast shows and Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World podcast
that make your imagination and mind want to scream with glee. Many of these shows premiered this past week or the real
life events occurred during this past week.

This past week was also chock full of other current and historical events and a chance to pray a novena to dear St. Joseph.

 The Valar – The Secrets of Middle Earth – YouTube
 The Pope Listens – The Catholics of Oz – YouTube

• Pluto degraded as a planet,
• pulitzer prize winning authors John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemingway received awards
• Weird History explores Michael Jackson’s moonwalk
• a king is crowned
• Star Wars is celebrated along with Cinco de Mayo
• A Pope enters a mosque
• Michelangelo’s statue causes trouble.
  and many more things happen..

 Last Week and Year in Life.

We start off Monday with quite a list of events.

Monday May 1, 2023

Saint Joseph the Worker

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 1,2023)
Day1: We pray for workers of all fields and crafts that serve God and His children, as well as people who are without jobs and stable income, that the Lord will provide a way for them. St. Joseph, Model of Artisans, Pray for us!

Day 121: Cycle of Violence — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 121: The Apostolate — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

• 1486 – Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.
• 1807 – The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.
• 1866 – The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 1886 – Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers’ Day in many countries.
• 1894 – Coxey’s Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
• 1915 – The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
• 1930 – “Pluto” is officially proposed for the name of the newly discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
• 1931 – The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• 1945 – World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has “fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany”. The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin.
• 2020– Waco Siege: The Evidence (David Koresh & the Branch Davidians) episode premieres on Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – YouTube
• 2011 – Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
• 2023-Maurizio Cattelan’s banana art just looked like breakfast, says Noh Huyn-soo : NPR
• 2023–Principal who was fired after students were shown ‘David’ is welcomed in Italy : NPR “Hope Carrasquilla, a Florida principal who was asked to resign in March after sixth-grade students were taught about and shown a picture of Michelangelo’s David statue, traveled to Florence, Italy to see the sculpture in real life.”
•  2023- Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old black homeless man, was killed by Daniel Penny, a 24 year-old white ex-Marine, placing him in a chokehold while they were riding the F train on the New York City Subway.

•  Quote of the Day

  Fr. Tom Bombadil@calix517 (May 1, 2023) I believe in a world where the trolley conductor is competent at his job. Vigilant man that he is, he sees that there are people on both tracks and hits the breaks. Everyone survives, except the philosopher who put the people on the tracks, who is executed.

   Star Trek: Discovery, Season 4 – The Secrets of Star Trek – YouTube

Tuesday May 2, 2023

Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 2, 2023)
Let us continue our St. Joseph novena.

Today is Day 2: We pray for immigrants, refugees, and other travellers, that their journeys may be safe and Spirit-led. St. Joseph, Patron of Travellers and Immigrants, Pray for us!

Day 122: Abner Is Killed — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 122: Christ’s Faithful — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen  Last Week and Year in Life.

 The Loch Ness Monster! (Nessie, Scotland) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – YouTube
Analyzing the Loch Ness Monster – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – YouTube
In Search Of: The Loch Ness Monster (Part 1) (S2, E1) | Full Episode – YouTube
In Search Of: The Loch Ness Monster (Part 2) (S2, E2) | Full Episode – YouTube

• 1611 – The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
• 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
• 1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
• 1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• 1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• 1933-Loch Ness “Monster” sighted for the first time, igniting the modern legend.
• 1986 – Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
• 2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
• 2023-A bride had just gotten married in South Carolina. Hours later, an intoxicated driver killed her, police say | CNN

•  Quote of the Day

  Owl! at the Library �@SketchesbyBoze (May 2, 2023) What’s keeping me going this morning? Knowing that sales of print books *rose* 4 percent last year. In the UK, sales of children’s books rose 25 percent. People are reading. Kids are reading. Books are still beloved.

  My nightmare, the thing that keeps me up at night, is that everyone will disappear into their screens and we’ll decide we never needed books or creators or the classics, but books have a way of surviving. They are our greatest technology. And people always find their way back.

    The Bad Batch – Ep. 27: Metamorphosis – The Secrets of Star Wars – YouTube

Wednesday May 3, 2023

Saints Philip and James, Apostles

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 3, 2023)
We pray for all fathers and father figures in the Church and domestic life, that, like St. Joseph, they may be models of God’s love within our families and communities on earth. St. Joseph, Light of Patriarchs, Pray for us!

Day 123: The Death of Ish-bosheth — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube—
Day 123: The Pope — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen  Last Week and Year in Life.

• 1469-Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli born.
• 1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• 1952 – The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District’s founding government. The “City of Washington” is given a mayor-council form of government.
• 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
• 1980-MADD founder’s daughter killed by drunk driver.
• 2019- The  Denver Airport Conspiracies episode premieres on Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World 
• 2023-Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 3, 2023)  Pope Francis: “To the Queen of Hungary, we entrust that dear country; to the Queen of Peace, we entrust the building of bridges in the world.”

•  Quote of the Day

  Baxter Williams@BaxterWilliams_(May 3, 2023)
  Thinking about church camp where a camp caretaker had 2 dogs and told me one was named Luigi.

  Me: “Ah, and I bet the other one is Mario”

  Caretaker (w/ their children): “Oh. I know enough to know what you are getting at, but our family focuses on Christ, not videogames”.

  Melody Lyons@melodymlyons (May 3, 2023) Parents can force a child to pray a rosary and exhibit externally pious behaviors, but they cannot control the interior life. If we teach truth in word and externals of faith, it must be backed up by radical service in love so that kids know faith is more than play-acting…

  We must model every virtue we teach as best we can and show mercy to those in our care. “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” Cor. 13

   Galaxy 4 (1st Doctor) – The Secrets of Doctor Who – YouTube

Thursday May 4, 2023

Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis

National Day of Prayer

Star Wars Day

Veggie Tales Twitter

Faith and ‘Star Wars’: Pray The Fourth Be With You | Kate O’Hare (patheos.com)

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 4, 2023)
Day 4: We pray for all expectant mothers and preborn children, that their lives be protected and beloved. St. Joseph, Diligent Protector of Christ, Pray for us!

Day 124: King David Rules — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 124: Teaching, Sanctifying, and Governing — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen  Last Week and Year in Life.

• 1493 – Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
• 1904 – The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 1953 – Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
• 1959 – The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
• 1973 – The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet (442 m) as the world’s tallest building.
• 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 (May 4, 2023)  A Labor Department investigation of franchises in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland, and Ohio found 300 children who were working in McDonald’s restaurants illegally. Two 10-year-olds were found to be working in the kitchen.

•  Quote of the Day

  Ryn | Geekier on the Inside✨@chouiine_ May 4, 2023)
  On a Teams meeting just now, the leader left us with a #StarWars joke (because the holiday):

  • Why is Darth Vader not appropriate for children under three?
  • Because he’s a choking hazard.

  I’m glad I was muted, ’cause I laughed a little too hard.

   Favorite Communications Apps – The Secrets of Technology – YouTube

   The Secrets of The Super Mario Bros Movie – The Secrets of Movies and TV Shows – YouTube

Friday May 5, 2023

Cinco De Mayo

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 5, 2023)
Day 5: We pray for families of all shapes and sizes, that Christ remain at the centre of our lives as we reflect His love to one another. St. Joseph Pillar of Families, Pray for us!

Day 125: Covenant with David — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 125: Vocation of the Laity — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Song of the Week

Here’s What Happen  Last Week and Year in Life.

• 1821 – The first edition of The Manchester Guardian, now The Guardian, is published.
• 1886 – Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what became known as the Bay View Massacre.
• 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• 1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• 2023 – The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency.
• 2023-Guardians of the Galaxy 3 opens in theaters.

•  Quote of the Day

  Rich Raho@RichRaho (May 5, 2023) Today, I attended the funeral of a dear priest friend and mentor. He was vested only in a alb, holding a Bible…no stole, no chasuble, just a simple Christian baptized like anyone else. It was moving, poignant, and powerful.

    Fail Safe (SG-1) – The Secrets of Stargate – YouTube

Saturday May 6, 2023

Saint Dominic Savio

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 6, 2023)
Day 6: We pray for people selling, buying, or searching for a new home, especially those without a physical home, that they find the shelter they need. St. Joseph, Glory of Home Life, Pray for us!

Day 126: David’s Victories — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 126: Prophetic and Kingly Offices — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen  Last Week and Year in Life.

• 1542 – Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
• 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• 1915 – Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
• 1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

• 1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• 1941 – At California‘s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
• 2001 – During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
• 2022- The Isdal Woman (Cold War Mystery) premieres on Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World 

SQPN Lightning Crystals – Let’s Science! – YouTube

2023

• Coronation of King Charles III, the first British coronations to happen in the 21st century.
• David Grann@DavidGrann (May 6, 2023) “There’s an expectation, in reviewing a book like The Wager, to balance its strengths with some discussion of its flaws. But The Wager is one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve ever read”–@MatthewTeague‘s review in@guardian
• OSV News@OSVNews (May 6, 2023) The minister continued to distribute the hosts to some “100, 150 people in the congregation,” after which “there was the same amount, if not more hosts” in the ciborium, said Father Crowley.@CatholicReview
• The New Yorker@NewYorker (May 6, 2023)  Shirley Jackson’s short story from 1948, which inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction—and caused some readers to cancel their subscriptions.
• Smithsonian Magazine@SmithsonianMag (May 6, 2023) Covering two million acres of U.S. soil, cemeteries are lush with potential for the living and the land. Cemeteries That Save the American Landscape | Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Magazine
• Crisis Magazine@CrisisMag (May 6, 2023) The most powerful attraction of monarchy today is leadership above politics, which is something that a critical mass of the body politic can rally around. A Case for American Monarchy – Crisis Magazine
• Crisis Magazine@CrisisMag (May 6, 2023) Monarchy does not fit within the American political tradition, nor is it the only form of good government, as some traditionalists suggest. A Case Against American Monarchy – Crisis Magazine
• Allen Premium Outlets shooting: 8 killed at mall near Dallas, Texas | CNN
• 1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 (May 6, 2023) Hungry art major, Noh Huyn-soo, ate a $150K banana from an art installation by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Art.When asked about his actions, Huyn-soo said he was hungry and missed breakfast.

•  Quote of the Day

  Father Jim Sichko@JimSichko (May 6, 2023) From Pope Francis – As Pope John XXIII said: “I never met a pessimist who managed to do something good”. The Lord is the first not to be pessimistic. He constantly tries to open up paths of resurrection for all of us

Sunday May 7, 2023

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Public Domain

Day 127: Kindness for the House of Saul — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 127: Consecrated Life — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen  Last Week and Year in Life.

• 1824 – World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer’s supervision.
• 1885 – Cowboy Actor  George “Gabby” Hayes, is born (d. 1969)
• 1901 – High Noon Actor Gary Cooper, is born (d. 1961)
• 1992 – Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
• 1994 – Edvard Munch‘s painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
• 1999 – Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
• 2004 – American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
• 2021- The Nostradamus (Astrologer? Prophet? Psychic?)  premiers on  Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World 

•  Quote of the Day

  Rev. Benjamin Cremer@Brcremer (May 7, 2023) Imagine taking frantic political action to do whatever it takes to confront “CRT,” certain books, immigrants, and drag queens, then only responding with “thoughts and prayers” to mass shootings and then wondering why so many in our culture think Christians are hypocrites.