Rachel Caron, born today in 1907, and died in 1964. Her book Silent Spring, which advanced the cause of global conservation, was published in 1962. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously by Jimmy Carter.

                        Easter Antiphon on Canticle 13 

                                  Benedictus es, Domine

From him and through him and to him are all things…. alleluia. 

                                            from him through him and to him