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The Feast Day of St. Pope Pontian and St. Hippolytus of Rome (13 August) celebrates a pope and an antipope who reconciled after deep theological differences and ultimately suffered martyrdom together.

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by Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758), widely regarded as one of America’s most important and original philosophical theologians.

Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening and oversaw some of the first revivals in 1733–35 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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The Feast Day of St. Clare of Assisi (11 August) celebrates the 11th and 12th century Italian saint who founded the Order of Poor Ladies (later renamed the Order of Poor Clares.) She is known for several miracles, the most famous being the miracle during the Saracen invasion in 1240, where she held the Blessed Sacrament and caused the attackers to flee in fear. Other miracles include multiplying loaves of bread for her sisters and healing the sick through her prayers.

She is a patron saint of several things, including eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, bicycle messengers, good weather, needleworkers, remote viewing, extrasensory perception, fertility, Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, and Obando, Bulacan.

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Dusty Buildings

Hale Library (Manhattan, Kansas)

+ This Romanesque Revival style library is the largest building at Kansas State University and the native limestone clad building is a beauty.

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The Feast Day of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (9 August) celebrates a late 19th and early 20th century Jewish convert to Catholicism who became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She is known for her scholarly writing in the areas of metaphysics, phenomenology, philosophy of mind and epistemology. She was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 and died in a Birkenau gas chamber that same year.

She is a patron saint of Europe, the loss of parents, and converted Jews.

+ Includes a feast day recipe for Classic Potato Kugel with Crispy Crust

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