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The Friday Pillar Post

Happy Friday friends,

And a belated happy feast of St. Apollonia to you all.

As a few of you noted in emails to us, Apollonia’s feast was properly marked yesterday, not Tuesday — despite what JD told you in his last newsletter.

As others of you noticed, it was not the first time m'colleague has gotten his dates rather obviously wrong when it comes to saint…