Fun Fact
Today is also the 442nd anniversary of the promulgation of the celebrated Bull of Pope St. Pius V, Quo primum tempore.
Hmm, is it a mere "coincidence" that this coincides with the anniversary of one of the most devastating attacks of Jєωry against Christendom...?
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Good point!
Quo Primum was printed inside the front cover of every altar
Missal that was made from 1570 until Vatican II! As I recall, that includes the
1962 missal (I think it was missing Quo Primum, that is - another reason to avoid
using the 1962 missal).
One thing's for sure: THE "NEW AND IMPROVED 1962 MISSAL" COMING OUT IN
DECEMBER WILL NOT HAVE QUO PRIMUM PRINTED INSIDE THE FRONT COVER!!
Today's also the Feast Day this year of San Buenaventura, that is, Saint
Bonaventure, patron saint of Ventura, CA, and the Mission Church there, founded
by the Franciscans (Fr. Junipero Serra), namesake of the Bonaventure Club,
where my parents met, Doctor of the Church, Cardinal (and therefore bishop) and
reluctant to be named the General of the Order, a concept hard to imagine these
days!
http://365rosaries.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-15-saint-bonaventure-doctor-of.htmlSaint Bonaventure was born in Bagnorea (Tuscany), Italy. Baptised as John, he was frail and sick as a child. His mother sought out Saint Francis of Assisi — recognized as a saint throughout Italy even while alive — to heal him, promising to entrust him to the Franciscan Order if cured. A few months before the death of Saint Francis, he visited the family, and the child was cured. Saint Francis himself gave John his new name — in reference to the miraculous cure, and in knowledge of the piety of the child before him — he prophetically exclaimed of the infant, “O buona ventura!” (That is, “O good fortune!”). From then on, John became Bonaventure.
St. Bonaventure was contemporary, therefore, with St. Thomas Aquinas, St.
Anthony of Padua, and St. Francis of Assisi.