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"; strOutput += "Clement, Bishop of Rome, died around 100
"; strOutput += "Monday, November 23
 
"; strOutput += "Clement was the third bishop of Rome. He is best remembered for a letter he wrote to the congregation in Corinth, still struggling with the same problems that led to Paul's letters to them. As did Paul, he focused on the need for love among Christians.

"; strOutput += "Miguel Agustín Pro, martyr, died 1927
"; strOutput += "Monday, November 23
 
"; strOutput += "Pro grew up in a time when the Mexican revolutionaries accused the church of siding with the wealthy. He became a Jesuit priest, and worked on behalf of the poor and homeless. Falsely accused of throwing a bomb at a government official, he was executed, but not before crying out "Long live Christ the King!"

"; strOutput += "Justus Falckner, died 1723; Jehu Jones, died 1852; William Passavant, died 1894; pastors in North America
"; strOutput += "Tuesday, November 24
 
"; strOutput += "Not only was Falckner the first Lutheran ordained in North America, but he published a catechism which was the first Lutheran book published on the continent. Jones was the Lutheran church's first African American pastor and carried out missionary work in Philadelphia which led to the formation there of the first African American Lutheran congregation (St. Paul's). William Passavant helped to establish hospitals and orphanages in a number of cities and was the first to introduce deaconesses to the work of hospitals in the United States.

"; strOutput += "Isaac Watts, hymnwriter, died 1748
"; strOutput += "Wednesday, November 25
 
"; strOutput += "Thought by many to be the greatest hymnwriter in the English language, Watts as a youth was critical of the quality of the metrical psalter of the time. He wrote about 600 hymns—many based on the psalms, but others that are not.

"; strOutput += "Andrew, Apostle
"; strOutput += "Monday, November 30
 
"; strOutput += "The first of the disciples to be called by Jesus, Andrew quickly began to bring others to the Savior, including Simon Peter. The Bible also shows him leading some Greeks to meet Jesus, and he brought forward the boy with five loaves and two fish, with which Jesus fed thousands.

"; strOutput += "Francis Xavier, missionary to Asia, died 1552
"; strOutput += "Thursday, December 3
 
"; strOutput += "A native of the Basque region of Spain, Xavier became a missionary to India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the Philippines. He also helped to found the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

"; strOutput += "John of Damascus, theologian and hymnwriter, died around 749
"; strOutput += "Friday, December 4
 
"; strOutput += "A monk in an abbey near Jerusalem, John wrote many hymns as well as theological works. One of his works, The Fount of Wisdom, remained influential for centuries.

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