1. Today on the Almanac, we remember the father of American church music.
  2. Today on the Almanac, we remember the fantastical story of St. Lawrence on his feast day.
  3. Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about the most important event in church history.
  4. Today on the Almanac, we remember Thomas A Kempis the author of what might be the best-selling devotional book of all time.
  5. Today on the Almanac, we contemplate, among other things, really old banks in Italy and their important connection to the church in Renaissance Italy.
  6. Today on the Almanac, we remember the Dominican Order by counting down the best Dominicans of all time.
  7. 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.
  8. Today on the Almanac, we remember the patron saint of priests, St. John Vianney.
  9. Today on the Almanac, we remember the Catholic Southern Gothic stylings of Flannery O’Connor on the anniversary of her death.
  10. Today on the Almanac, we go to the Mailbag to answer a question about Church History.
  11. Today on the Almanac, we remember Friar John of Plano Carpini and his Medieval Mission to the Mongols.