Who is that? Well, surfing through Google you find a plethora of interesting tidbits about Leap Day, February 29.
Cachers of Juneau, come out and cluster on this quadrennial occasion. Cachers in town for the Legislature, exit the committee room and come get a smiley. There are no cruise ships this time of year, but cachers travel in the winter too! All are encouraged to have an adventurous ale or alternate beverage with the horde. Swap stories, swap trackables, get that souvenier! Celebrate the advancing daylight!
- Where: Devil's Club Brewing (no purchase required)
- When: February 29, Saturday, 3:30 to 4:45 pm
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In the United Kingdom, a person born on Feb. 29 is referred to as a “leapling” or a “leap-year baby.” Consequently, St. Oswald is the Church’s saintly “leapling” because he was born into eternal life on that day.
Oswald, the archbishop of York, died on Feb. 29, 992
He was born in Denmark but was raised in Britain by his uncle Odo, archbishop of Canterbury. Desiring a stricter ascetic life, he entered the Benedictine Monastery of Fleury. Odo had been a monk in the same monastery. He worked toward Church reform.
In 962, with St. Dunstan’s help, he became bishop of Worcester, where he continued his work to reform the Church by purging it of many clerical abuses. He was instrumental in bringing religious communities such as the Benedictines into many parishes and other diocesan positions and re-established Ripon as a diocese. King Edgar supported this move by handing over administrative decisions for the monasteries of St. Albans, Ely and Benfleet to Oswald for reform.
In 972, Pope John XIII, St. Dunstan and King Edgar appointed Oswald as archbishop of York. The Pope allowed him to retain jurisdiction over the Diocese of Worcester, where he often resided in order to implement his monastic reforms.
The holy man died while washing the feet of the 12 poor men near his monastery, as was his daily custom during Lent. He was so well loved that news of his death was met with city-wide mourning. His relics are reserved in the priory Church of St. Mary in Worcester, which he helped build.
Happy St. Oswald Day!
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Please note that the Devil's Club Brewery is licensed as a tasting room by the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office of Alaska. As such "patrons under the age of 21 must be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or spouse over the legal age of 21."
If you are under the age of 21 and are not being accompanied by a parent/guardian or spouse over the legal age, please message me directly and accomodations will be made for you to sign the log and meet all the cachers in attendance.