#date of easter

Liturgical top trumps: St Patrick or 2nd Sunday in Lent?

Around the world today, many communities and nations are celebrating all things Irish. What’s the reason? Well, it’s 17th March, so it’s St Patrick’s Day. Now my ecclesiastically-minded friends will jump in and remind me that it is also the Second Sunday in Lent, so it can’t be St Patrick’s Day, well not liturgically anyway. But, there is not really any way to tell the millions of people the…

Irish -St. Thomian -10 January 2017

St. Thomian, Bishop of Armagh (Thomas, Toimen) Feastday: January 10 Death: 660 Sometimes called Toiman, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, from about 623. He is remembered for a letter he composed to the Holy See concerning the paschal controversy, namely the date to be followed for the celebrating of Easter. Source: St. Thomian – Saints & Angels – Catholic Online Catholic Online. 2017. St. Thomian –…

Crossing Quarters: Would the Real Astronomical Midway Point Please Stand Up?

A sizzling hot summer Sun. Credit and copyright: Sculptor Lil

Happy May Day Eve!

Maybe May 1st is a major holiday in your world scheme, or perhaps you see it as the release date of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

We’re approximately mid-way between the March equinox and the June solstice this week, as followers of the Gregorian calendar flip the page tomorrow from April to May. Though astronomical…