Light up the birthday candles! Let the Advent candles glow! It's time to celebrate the birth of Jesus!
As we anticipate the glorious birth of Christ and the Christmas liturgical season that embraces us warmly, we might also want to honor those who have celebrated a common birthday.
Seven Sisters of Providence shared Dec. 25 as the date of their birth. All have now gone home to God. Those seven were Sisters Mary Eleanor Buckley, Michael Therese Elliott, Ludwina Geschke, Mary Harmandine McDonald, Mary Aileen Minta, Irma Joseph Thiele and Helen Patrice Tobin.
Sister Jean Anne Maher, a current Sister of Providence, almost made it. She was born on Dec. 24.
Other sisters born on Christmas Eve were Sisters Mary Remigia O'Brien and Ursala O'Brien, who were twins, along with Sister Noel Waters. They all are deceased.
December 25 also is a memorable day for sisters who died. Sisters Saint Gertrude McCarthy, S. Francis Maurice Ketzner, Mary Catherine Hogan, Agnes Philomene McGovern, Margaret Josephine Dooley and Margaret Celine O'Boyle were called by God on the Holy Day.
Of course, Christmas birthdays really aren't all that uncommon. Here are some notable people who share that birthday: Anwar Sadat (1918), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Conrad Hilton (1887), Sir Isaac Newton (1642), Amy Grant (1960), Jimmy Buffett (1946) and Pope Pius VI (1717).
Some you might recognize who died on Dec. 25 would be Dean Martin (1995), James Brown (2006), W.C. Fields (1946) and Pope Adrian I (795).
Merry Christmas (and happy birthday if it is appropriate for you)!
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