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Compared to the previous edition of the calendar, around 200 saints were removed in the 1969 calendar, including Valentine and Christopher. [1] Christopher is recognized as a saint of the Catholic Church, being listed as a martyr in the Roman Martyrology under 25 July. [2] In 1969, Paul VI issued the motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis.
Canon law of theCatholic Church. The General Roman Calendar is the liturgical calendar that indicates the dates of celebrations of saints and mysteries of the Lord (Jesus Christ) in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, wherever this liturgical rite is in use. These celebrations are a fixed annual date, or occur on a particular day of the week.
t. e. Mysterii Paschalis is an apostolic letter issued motu proprio (that is, "of his own accord") by Pope Paul VI on 14 February 1969. It reorganized the liturgical year of the Roman Rite and revised the liturgical celebrations of Jesus Christ and the saints in the General Roman Calendar. It promulgated the General Roman Calendar of 1969.
August 17 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille, the most powerful tropical cyclonic system at landfall in history, hits the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars). August 20 – Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is established in Florissant, Colorado.
Died: Erika Mann, 63, German journalist and actress. Ivy Compton-Burnett, 85, English novelist. August 28, 1969 (Thursday) The United States made its 31st, and last, test of a nuclear rocket engine at the Nevada Test Site, carrying out experiment codenamed "XE Prime". The first test, "Kiwi", had been on July 1, 1959.
0–9. January 1969 events (3 C, 1 P) February 1969 events (3 C) March 1969 events (3 C, 4 P) April 1969 events (3 C, 2 P) May 1969 events (3 C, 2 P) June 1969 events (3 C, 2 P) July 1969 events (4 C, 2 P) August 1969 events (3 C, 3 P)
January 21 – President Nixon states his intent to wake early and sleep late to a group of campaign workers. Nixon attends a ceremony for the swearing in of 81 White House staff members. [2] January 22 – George W. Romney resigns as Governor of Michigan to be sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Saros. 134 (41 of 71) Catalog # (SE5000) 9441. An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, September 11, 1969, [1] with a magnitude of 0.969. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.