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dei gratia @DeiGratia64 - Catholic Fun Fact: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, widely known by her birth name Edith Stein, was a brilliant German Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism, became a Discalced Carmelite nun, and was martyred by the Nazi regime.
Born into an observant Jewish family in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), she became an atheist in her teenage years. She grew into a renowned scholar and senior assistant to Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology. Her intellectual search for truth led her to read the autobiography of St. Teresa of Ávila. Deeply moved, she declared, "This is the truth," and was baptized into the Catholic Church on January 1, 1922. She entered the cloistered Discalced Carmelite monastery in Cologne in 1933, taking the religious name Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She spent her years in the convent writing extensively, blending modern phenomenology with the theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Due to the rising threat of Nazism, she was transferred to a Carmelite convent in Echt, Netherlands. In 1942, after Dutch Catholic bishops issued a public statement condemning the Nazi deportation of Jews, the Gestapo retaliated by arresting all Catholic converts of Jewish descent. Sister Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa were taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where they were executed in the gas chambers on August 9, 1942. She was beatified in 1987 and canonized as a martyr by Pope John Paul II on October 11, 1998. Today, the Catholic Church recognizes her as one of the six patron saints of Europe. Her feast day is celebrated on August 9th.
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Dept. of Agriculture @USDA - How did that scoop of ice cream make its way from farm 🐄 to 🍦 freezer? It starts with America’s dairy farmers, and putting Farmers First is how USDA keeps America’s dairy farms strong.
Programs like Dairy Margin Coverage help farmers stabilize their farm income when milk prices dip. This safety net ensures American farmers have the financial stability to provide an uninterrupted milk supply that makes its way through the supply chain and onto the ice cream aisle.
Resilient farms + reliable production = you having a happy National Ice Cream Day 😋🍨
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Dept. of Agriculture @USDA - 🧑‍🌾 + 🐄 + WHOLE🥛 = 🍨
Grab a scoop, and give gratitude to our incredible dairy farmers across the nation who make #NationalIceCreamDay possible 🍦
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Dept. of Agriculture @USDA - Video: USDA puts farmers first through programs like the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program and the Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers Program, providing more than $12 billion to farmers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs.  
Enrollment is open for the Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers Program through Aug. 7, 2026, and producers can submit their application at
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