Coming Up This Month in Life January 2024

 January 8, 2024

Day 8: The Surrender of Abraham — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 8: God Forms his People — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Christianity and the Existence of Jesus | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1935-“King of Rock and Roll” Elvis Presley (January 08, 1935 – August 16, 1977 (age 42) is born.

 January 9, 2024

• Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

Day 9: Sodom and Gomorrah — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube 
Day 9: The Fullness of Revelation — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Traditions of Men Versus Sacred Tradition | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1431– The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen.
• 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• 1902-Josemaría Escrivá (January 9, 1902 – June 26, 1975) founder of Opu Di is born.
• 1909– The Rosary Priest Fr. Patrick Peyton (January 9, 1909 – June 3, 1992) founder of Family Rosary Crusade and Family Theater is born.

SEASON PREMIERE: La Brea (NBC)

 January 10, 2024

Day 10: Hagar and Ishmael — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
 Day 10: The Apostolic Tradition — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

The Religion of Your Parents | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1646-St. Isaac Jogues, S.J. ( January 10, 1607 – October 18, 1646) is born.
• 1861– American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• 2023-  Australian CardinalGeorge Pell AC ( June 8, 1941 –  January 10, 2023) dies.

 January 11, 2024

Day 11: The Sacrifice of Isaac — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 11: Sources of Divine Revelation — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Science and the Supernatural | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• Human Trafficking Awareness
• National Milk Day

• 1861 – American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
• 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
• 2021-Pope Francis changes Catholic Church law in which  women are explicitly allowed as lectors, altar servers.

 January 12, 2024

• Kiss A Ginger Day

Day 12: Isaac and Rebekah — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
 Day 12: Receiving Dogmas — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

The Word Was God | Catholic Answers Podcasts

 January 13, 2024

Day 13: Esau Sells His Birthright — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
 Day 13: The Single Deposit of Faith — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Original Sin and Justice | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• 2023- Americandaredevil and son of stunt performer Evel Knievel, Kaptain Robbie Knievel (May 7, 1962 – January 13, 2023) dies.

 January 14, 2024

• Critics Choice Awards
• Orthodox New Year

 Day 14: Isaac Blesses Jacob — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
 Day 14: The Eternal Word of God — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Jesus as Messiah | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1899-Humphrey Bogart, (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) dies.

January 15, 2024

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

@nottherealtraceydelaney@TraceyDelaney (January 16, 2023) The people who threw rocks at Martin Luther King now don’t want their grandkids learning that they threw rocks at Martin Luther King. Dr.King would have been the same age as Bob Newhart if he was still alive. This wasn’t hundreds of years ago. Never Forget. #MLKDay

• Emmy Awards
• National Hat Day

Day 15: Leah Feels Unloved — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 15: Interpreting Scripture — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) (youtube.com)

The Anointing of the Sick | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• 2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
  

  January 16, 2024

  St. John of Ávila  (January 16, 1499– 10 May 10, 1569) is declared a Doctor as well.

• Appreciate A Dragon Day
• Religious Freedom Day

 January 17, 2024

  Saint Anthony of Egypt, abbot – Memorial

• Museum Selfie Day

 January 18, 2024

January 18th: St. Prisca, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter of Rome

• Winnie The Pooh Day

 January 19, 2024

 Sts. Marius, Martha and Sons, Martyrs, St. Canute, King and Martyr

• National Popcorn Day

Day 19: Joseph and His Brothers — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
 Day 19: Summary of Sacred Scripture — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Peter’s Sins | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1901 – Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.
• 1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.

 January 20, 2024

 Saint Fabian, pope and martyr; or Saint Sebastian, martyr – Optional Memorial

Day 20: Judah and Tamar— The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 20: Stepping in Faith — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

• • 1961 – John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the youngest man to be elected into that office, and the first Catholic.
  • 1964– Meet the Beatles!, the first Beatles album from Capitol Records in the United States, is released ten days after Chicago’s Vee-Jay Records releases Introducing… The Beatles. The two record companies battle it out in court for months, eventually coming to a conclusion.
  • 1967-First Super Bowl is broadcast.
  • 1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
  • 1986 – In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day  (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
  • 2009 – Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.Region.^[14]
  • 2021 – Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At 78, he becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris becomes the first female Vice President of the United States.

January 21, 2024

21 January: Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr – Memorial
Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory, Carm., (21 January 1893 – 21 January 1984)
She founded the order who ran the nursing home
where I worked at St. Patrick’s Manor in Framingham, MA

• National Hug Day

Day 21: Walking with God — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 21: Believing God — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

The Dating of John | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1959-Cecil B. DeMille  (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) dies.
• 1959-Carl Switzer, (August 8, 1927 – January 21, 1959) who starred in Our Gang comedies dies.
• 1959-Charles Raymond “Charlie” Starkweather (November 24, 1938 – June 25, 1959) dies. He was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between December 1957 and January 1958, when he was 19 years old.  He killed ten of his victims between January 21 and January 29, 1958, the date of his arrest. During his spree in 1958, Starkweather was accompanied by his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate.

 January 22, 2024

 Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr – Optional Memorial

Day 22: Go to Joseph — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
 Day 22: Wrestling with Faith — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

“Queen of Heaven” Condemned? | Catholic Answers Podcasts

• 1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
• 1893-Catholic Novelist Fulton Oursler (January 22, 1893 – May 24, 1952) is born.
• 1922-Pope Benedict XV  (November 21, 1854 –January 22, 1922) dies.
• 1957 – The New York City “Mad Bomber”, George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.

• • January 23, 2024

    USA: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

    • National Pie Day

    Day 23: Judah Changes — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
    Day 23: We Believe — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    Who Bought the Field of Blood? | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    • 1964-Pope Paul VI institutes the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. During this celebration the Pope reminds the universal Church that still today salvation comes to everyone. It continues to be celebrated every Fourth Sunday of Easter (also known as Good Shepherd Sunday).

    January,  24  2024

    Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    “Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.
    Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections,
    but instantly set about remedying them—every day begin the task anew.”
    ― Francis de Sales

    • National Compliment Day
    • International Day of Education
    • National Peanut Butter Day
    • Tu Bishvat

    Day 24: Tears of Joy — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
    Day 24: Unity of Faith — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    The Moral Argument | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    

    The Gold Rush

    • 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento.

     January 25, 2024

    The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle

    • Robert Burns Night

    Day 25: Job’s Questioning — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
    Day 25: Summary of Faith — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    Jesus’ Celibacy | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    

    • 1959- Pope John XXIII announces that the Second Vatican Council will be convened in Rome.
    • 1971 – Charles Manson and four “Family” members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.
    • 1978-January 25–27 – The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, killing 70.
    • 1996 – Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States.
    • 1998 – During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.

     January 26, 2024

    Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops

    • Australia Day
    • National Spouses Day

    Day 26: God Responds to Job — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
    Day 26: Communion of Believers — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    The Book of Acts and History | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    • 1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
    • 1905- Maria Von Trapp (January 26, 1905 –March 28, 1987) is born.

     January 27, 2024

    [Saint Angela Merici, Virgin]

    • International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    My 53rd Birthday

    Day 27: The Birth of Moses — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
    Day 27: The Gift of the Creed — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    The Language of the Deuterocanonicals | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    1971 The Second Vatican Council, began on October 11, 1962 by Pope John XXIII and was closed by Pope Paul VI on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on  December 8, 1965. So just 6 years later on..

    January 27^th-The Catechist is Born in Beverly Hospital.  I was an unexpected baby. My parents didn’t think they would have any more kids. But Surprise!! I was later Baptized within the next month, thus putting that mark (LOL) on my soul identifying me as a Catholic.  While I was a babe in my mother’s arms.

    A shadowy group of  people decided they needed to begin an investigation of the FBI, something that just needed to be done because nobody else was doing it. And they decided to do this with a burglary. This is the subject of a podcast of Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World in which he mentions an inclusive interviewgiven to the Catholic Bard about his podcast.

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     January 28, 2024

    Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church

     

    Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy …
    wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.

    — Saint Thomas Aquinas

    In a summarized form, from Summa Theologiae (1266-73), I-II, Q.32.a.8

    • Data Privacy Day

    Day 28: The Burning Bush — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
    Day 28: The Nature of God — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    The Holy Spirit Is a Person | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    • 1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
    • 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
    • 2023-Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces; February 16, 1958 – January 28, 2023) was an American actress. She is best known for her work as a child actress playing Wednesday Addams at six years old on the 1964–1966 sitcom The Addams Family.

     January 29, 2024

    • Kansas Day

    Day 29: Moses Returns to Egypt — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
     Day 29: Knowing the Name of God — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    Spirituality and Organized Religion | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    The Raven

    Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
    “‘Tis some visiter,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
    Only this and nothing more.”

    —Edgar Allan Poe

    

    • 1845 – “The Raven” is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
    • 2010-Father Dowling Author Ralph Matthew McInerny (February 24, 1929 – January 29, 2010) dies.

     January 30, 2024

    National Croissant Day

    Day 30: Nile Turned to Blood — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
    Day 30: God Is Who Is — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    A Continuing Papacy | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    • 1933 – Adolf Hitler’s rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany.
    • 1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.‘s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.
    • 1969 – The Beatles‘ last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
    • 1972 –Sunday Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, takes place in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march against internment without trial. Fourteen Catholics are shot dead. U2 latter writes a hit song about this sad event.
    • 2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
    • 2023- The Chinese Spy Balloon entered Canadian airspace over the Northwest Territories. It first entered U.S. Space on January 28 north of Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

     January 31,  2024

    Saint John Bosco, Priest

    National Hot Chocolate Day

    Day 31: Frogs, Gnats, and Flies — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
    Day 31: The Meaning of Faith — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

    Literal versus Non-literal Accounts | Catholic Answers Podcasts

    

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

    • 1956- Winnie the Pooh creator, A.A. Milne, (January 18, 1882 –January 31, 1956) dies.
    • 1971-Apollo 14 departs for the moon
    • 2023-The Chinese Spy Balloon reentered U.S. airspace over northern Idaho.