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  1. Saturday, August 14, 2021

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    08/14/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember a modern martyr, Jonathan Daniels.
    Saturday, August 14, 2021

  2. Friday, August 13, 2021

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    08/13/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember another giant in the history of American church music.
    Friday, August 13, 2021

  3. Thursday, August 12, 2021

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    08/12/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Ashbel Green Simonton and the arrival of the Presbyterians in Brazil.
    Thursday, August 12, 2021

  4. Wednesday, August 11, 2021

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    08/11/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the father of American church music.
    Wednesday, August 11, 2021

  5. Tuesday, August 10, 2021

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    08/10/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the fantastical story of St. Lawrence on his feast day.
    Tuesday, August 10, 2021

  6. Monday, August 9, 2021

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    08/09/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about the most important event in church history.
    Monday, August 9, 2021

  7. Sunday, August 8, 2021

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    08/08/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Thomas A Kempis the author of what might be the best-selling devotional book of all time.
    Sunday, August 8, 2021

  8. Saturday, August 7, 2021

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    08/07/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we contemplate, among other things, really old banks in Italy and their important connection to the church in Renaissance Italy.
    Saturday, August 7, 2021

  9. Friday, August 6, 2021

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    08/06/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the Dominican Order by counting down the best Dominicans of all time.
    Friday, August 6, 2021

  10. Thursday, August 5, 2021

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    08/05/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember when it snowed in Rome but didn’t actually snow in Rome, and the church built where it did/didn’t.
    Thursday, August 5, 2021

  11. Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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    08/04/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the patron saint of priests, St. John Vianney.
    Wednesday, August 4, 2021

  12. Tuesday, August 3, 2021

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    08/03/21
    7 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the Catholic Southern Gothic stylings of Flannery O’Connor on the anniversary of her death.
    Tuesday, August 3, 2021