Saint Michael in the Catholic Church Lord kindly bless this incense and accept it as a savour of sweetness). Until Pope John XXIII revised it in 1960, the General Roman Calendar had not one but two feasts of Saint Michael, one on 29 September, the other on 8 May. Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of grocers, mariners, paratroopers, police officers, and military members. A large number of Roman Catholic churches around the globe are dedicated to Saint Michael, from Hammerfest, Norway to Oeste Catarinense in Brazil. Saint Michael's feast day of September 29 has been solemnly celebrated in many locations since the fifth century.
Manufacturing Grocers' Employees' Federation of Australia The Manufacturing Grocers' Union held another major strike in 1948 at the match factories of Bryant and May, in Richmond, Melbourne, over an increase in the required daily output of matches. The dispute was resolved when all parties agreed to allow the Commonwealth Statistician determine a fair daily output per worker. The Manufacturing Grocers' Union made efforts to establish a branch of the union in New South Wales, the most populous state of Australia, but this attempt was thwarted by the Australian Workers' Union, who represented the relevant workers at the time. In 1988 the Manufacturing Grocers' Union amalgamated with