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John XXIII wrote a Meditation for the Feast of the Guardian Angels, which reads, in part: "We must remember how admirable was the intention of divine Providence in entrusting to the angels the mission of watching over all mankind, and over individual human beings, lest they should fall victims to the grave dangers which they encounter." [11]
The first Grand Lodge was formed on 24 June the feast day of John the Baptist in 1717. [1] This may arise from an old tradition, as the Baptist appears to have been regarded as the patron of stonemasons in continental Europe during the Middle Ages.
That structure was completed in 1836 and served as a church, rectory, Sunday school, and infirmary. [2] After 2,000 parishioners had joined the church, a new building was needed. The current building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was constructed at number 44 Temple Street in 1845 and dedicated in honor of St. John in 1846.
August 29 – The Beheading of St. John the Forerunner; September 23 Conception of St John the Forerunner and the Commemoration of Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth. The Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates the "Birth of John the Forerunner" on January 15, and June 7 is the "Commemoration Day of St John the Forerunner."
Ballaghkeen, a village in County Wexford, where the church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, holds its Patron day on the first Sunday in July, this Sunday being the closest to the Old Calendar date for St John's Day. In some parts of Ireland, bonfires were lit on the Eve of Saints Peter and Paul (June 28) instead of St John's Eve.
St. John's Day may refer to: Feasts celebrating the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist: January 7, an Eastern Orthodox feast; June 24, Midsummer Day. an Eastern Orthodox feast celebrating his birth; a Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican feast celebrating his birth Fête St-Jean-Baptiste; Festival of San Juan; Saint Jonas Day; Jaaniõhtu ...
The Guardian Angels are resuming their patrols of the Big Apple’s subways as if it were crime-riddled Gotham in 1979, after the horrifying arson murder of a sleeping straphanger on a train last ...
Organized as a parish in 1815, it was named for Saint John the Evangelist.The building opened and the first service was held at St. John's Church on October 27, 1816. The Rev. William Dickinson Hawley served as its rector from 1817 to 1845, also serving as Chaplain of the Senate.