Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Joseph Raczkiewicz (my great Uncle) celebrated his name day on March 19

Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji imienin. (HAPPY NAME DAY) My great uncle Joe didn’t really know when his birthday was so he celebrated his name day on March 19. (It turns out his birthday was February 18.) My Mom remembers that it was celebrated on this day. The Michigan Death Index listed the March date since that is what the people reporting the death would think it was. I never knew this but apparently if you celebrated St. Joseph’s Day as your name day, there was a special dispensation for this. The normal Lent prohibitions were suspended for the celebration. Image credit: By Guido Reni - http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/r/reni/2/joseph_i.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1813919
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