...Saint Dymphna Feast: May 15 Died: 650 Saint Dymphna was born in Ireland in the 7th century. When Dymphna was 14 years old, her mother died. Damon, Dymphna's father, loved his wife deeply and did not do well after she died. He felt he needed to find a woman that resembled his deceased wife and sent his soldiers to find her anywhere in the kingdom. Unfortunately, no woman could be found, so he started to desire Dymphna because of how much she looked and acted like her mother. When Dymphna found out her father's sick plan she was afraid and asked for help. Saint Gerebernus told her she should leave and he helped Dympna leave home. They and two others took a ship to Antwerp. They walked through the forested country until they reached a small chapel dedicated to Saint Martin which is now known as Gheel. They had traveled 25 miles. They settled there to live a very simple life. For several months they lived quietly and Dympna became known for her kindness. Dympna's father would not forget her and sent his troops out to find her. They found her because she was using coins from her kingdom and they traced them to Antwerp. When they found her they brought the King to her and he told her she had to return and be his wife. When she said no the king ordered that she and Gerebernus are killed. The king's men killed the priest and the other people refused to kill Dympna. So the angry and insane the king struck off her head with his own sword. She was only 16 years old. After...
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...The book, Saint Francis Solano, by Mary F. Windeatt, tells the uplifting story of St. Francis Solano’s life from his decision to become a priest to his last words as wonder-worker of the New World and apostle of Argentina and Peru. Born of a wealthy family, he was capable and well educated. He was also very fortunate to have a happy and holy upbringing into a good and virtuous child. Ever since he was a little boy, he longed to be a priest and a missionary. St. Francis Solano’s great missionary accomplishments were truly shaped by his obedience, intelligence, musical talent and trust in God. St. Francis Solano was always obedient to his superiors as a young adult and as a priest. When he was a young man, by his superiors’ decision, he completed the whole course at Montilla’s Jesuit College without complaining, even though he wished to become a Franciscan Friar sooner. At the time he was a friar longing to be a missionary in Africa, he was assigned the position of choir master by Father Guardian. Though it wasn’t the job he wanted, he cheerfully did his best and made the best choir the community ever had. Later, as a vigorous Franciscan missionary in Tucuman, Argentina, he was very happy and zealous in converting the Indians. But soon his accomplishments reached the Commissionary General one thousand, four hundred miles away in Lima, who then appointed him to be the Custos of all of Tucuman. Our missionary saint however, disliked being in a position of authority, but...
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...Saint Peter’s BasilicaWhy is Saint Peter’s Basilica such a significant symbol within Catholicism?Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and remains one of the largest churches in the world. The extensive history of this pilgrimage dates back to the times of Jesus, and one of his most praised apostles, Saint Peter. After the crucifixion of Jesus in the second quarter of the 1st century AD, it is recorded in the Biblical book of the Acts of the Apostles that one of his twelve disciples, Simon, known as Saint Peter, took a leadership position among Jesus' followers and was of great importance in the founding of the Christian Church. | | | Saint Peter’sAbout UsWe are Saint Peter’sContact UsPhone: Email: Saint@Peters.com Web: Saintpeters/peters | | | Saint peter’s basilica | | | | | | | Saint peter’s basilica | A Pilgrimage of faith and discovery | | Why is mass so special?Attending Mass at Saint Peter's is something that certain Catholics take as a duty, whilst some Catholics take it as a privilege, and for others, the visit simply connects their spirituality with Jesus and enhances their faith as a whole. The mass is a main sector of the pilgrimage, and it is conducted every Sunday, but is only spoken in Italian, however this is not a cause for issue for most Catholics, as it is the experience itself that truly builds their religious...
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...21, 2010 The two-dimensional painting that caught my attention was the “Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Nicholas of Tolentino” by Lorenzo Lotto. The painter uses oil on canvas as his media because oil enables the artist to change color, texture, or the form of the figures at any time. And you can see how important the use of oil was to effectively impact the responses from the audience to see many details of the painting and make a conclusion of what the painting is conveying to the individual viewer or to the masses. I couldn’t keep my eyes away and at first I couldn’t pinpoint why Lotto’s painting was striking a profound cord in me. What made it so easily noticeable was the vibrant coral color of the Virgin’s dress and the deep pastel blue that drapes on her lap. It was if, I had to pay attention to the center of the painting and there I would be able to see a story unfold (a sad dramatic foreshadow for the child). The foreground elicits cohesiveness among all the figures because each figure is important to each other. Lotto’s arrangement of the figures is positioned strategically and the painting is balanced. The foreground takes up half of the portrait leaving no space for the middle ground and a quarter spaces for the background. The halo which symbolizes sacred figures could be seen over the Virgin and Saints Jerome and Nicholas of Tolentino’s head. Saint Jerome was placed on the left with his head tilted away from the Virgin. His demeanor shows sadness...
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...Organ of Halloween and all saints day Halloween dates back to over 2,000 years ago in what is now United Kingdom, Ireland and Northern France would hold a festival commemorating the end of the year. The festival was call the Samhain, which mint the end of the year signaled the end of summer and the harvest season which would spark the begging of a land and harsh winter to come next year, this harsh winter would cause a number of death to the people and there livestock. They would kill there livestock during the festival because they knew that they would not survive the winter anyway, in these event they thought the night before new years that a wall between the living and spirit world would open allowing spirits good and bad to mingle with the living and they would believe that they would cause trouble, ruin crops, and search for a way back for the after life. The Samhain was considered a magical holiday, no one knows how the Celtics practiced or believed while they held the festival, some say that the spirits who were unleashed are those that had died in that year, food and water was use to aid them or scare them away. Others say that the Celtics would dress in costumes and make noise to scare the spirits away. All saints day saints day is on November 1, it is the day the church remembers the martyrs who gave there life for what they believed in. Back before the date was official, they would tell stories of the heroic men and women of faith for the witnesses to Christ...
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...Paul the Apostle (Greek: Παῦλος Paulos; c. 5 – c. 67), original name Saul of Tarsus (Greek: Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς Saulos Tarseus), was an apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. He is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age. In the mid-30s to the mid-50s, he founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe. Paul used his status as both a Jew and aRoman citizen to advantage in his ministry to both Jewish and Roman audiences. Fourteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament have traditionally been attributed to Paul, and approximately half of the Acts of the Apostlesdeals with Paul's life and works. Seven of the epistles are undisputed by scholars as being authentic, with varying degrees of argument about the remainder. The Pauline authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews, already doubted in the 2nd and 3rd centuries but almost unquestioningly accepted from the 5th to the 16th centuries, is now almost universally rejected by scholars. The other six are believed by some scholars to have come from followers writing in his name, using material from Paul's surviving letters and letters written by him that no longer survive. Other scholars argue that the idea of a pseudonymous author for the disputed epistles raises many problems. Today, his epistles continue to be vital roots of the theology, worship, and pastoral life in the Roman and Protestant traditions of the West, as well...
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...The Boondock Saints I chose to view and analyze the film The Boondock Saints. There were many different elements I focused on while viewing the film. These elements were broken down into the following categories: narrative, theatrical elements, cinematography, editing, sound, and the overall experience. I will begin with stating my personal interpretations and my own understandings of the narrative. Throughout the film there are two main characters. These two characters are Irish brothers that share a deep sense of their Catholic religion. Their names are Murphy and Connor McManus. Murphy and Connor are two ordinary men who are put in an extraordinary situation; Connor risks his own life to save the life of his brother. The situation starts from a bar fight with two Russian mafia soldiers. The Russians lose the fight with the two brothers; the next morning they come after the McManus brothers for revenge. Murphy and Connor kill the two men in self defense and go to the police station. While in the holding cell, they are given a message from a spiritual force to rid the world of evil men. From that moment they devote themselves to a battle between good and evil. Another important character is David Della Rocco, also known as the “Funny Man” or just Rocco. Rocco is a package boy for the Yakaveta family Italian mafia. The head of the Yakaveta family is “Papa” Joe Yakaveta. “Papa” Joe sets up Rocco in a situation to have him killed; Rocco finds out about “Papa” Joe’s plans and...
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...Yves Saint-Laurent French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent was born on August 1, 1936 in Oran, Algeria to Charles and Lucienne Andrée Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. Saint-Laurent grew up in a villa by the Mediterranean with his two younger sisters, Michelle and Brigitte. He was not a popular kid in school and was constantly bullied by his classmates seeming to be homosexual. However, he found comfort in the industry of fashion, he created paper dolls and in his early teen years he was designing dresses for his mother and sisters. When he turned seventeen his mother took him to Paris for an interview with Michael de Brunhoff, the editor of Vogue. A year later, he moved to Paris and enrolled at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, where his designs were noticed. As a teen, Brunhoff introduced Saint Laurent to designer Christian Dior. Not very long, he started working in Paris with Christian Dior and gained plenty of compliments for his dress designs. In 1966, he launched his own designs, where his taste of tuxedos for women assembled him fame. Also, he was the first living fashion designer to obtain a solo exhibition in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1983. Throughout his career he created iconic designs, such as ‘Le Smoking suit’ and his ‘Mondrian dress’, which all propelled fashion to what it is today. One of the many examples that completely shows he changed the way fashion worked is the Diversity on the Runway. Many modern runways illustrate the beauty of models from...
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...Saint Vincent de Paul Society Brief History About 200 years ago, Frédéric Ozanam, a young French nobleman who lives in Paris, had the vision to build an organization that focus on helping people in need in a one-on-one daily basis. He named the organization as St. Vincent de Paul Society. Members of the Society were proud to call themselves as "Vincentians", in tribute to St. Vincent de Paul. Vincentians have the desire to help and serve the poor and in needs. They provide food, transportation and shelter, visit shut-ins, purchase personal care items, clothing and furniture, and assist in many other ways to help establish a better community. Later on, another St. Vincent de Paul Society was founded in San Francisco in 1860. The purpose of the Society is to help and support the neediest members of the community to become as independent as possible. The Society helps over 1,000 people in San Francisco every day, who are suffering from poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, and domestic violence. Social Justice Like the moment it was founded, the vision of St. Vincent de Paul Society hasn’t change at all, “to embrace the world in a network of charity.” The Society has set two goals to accomplish its vision: “to do a great deal of spiritual good to its members through the exercise of charity, and to do a little spiritual and temporal good to a few poor families in the name of Jesus Christ.” The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is composed of women and men who love...
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...Positioning The Saints’ direct competition are other NFL teams that claim to be the best, are from larger cities, more noted and decorated players, and have more Super Bowl victories. Though the Saints may not be from the largest city, have the most credible players, or the most Super Bowl victories, they are from a city drenched in history and culture, have a team full of dedicated players, and won the Super Bowl when their home city’s morale needed it the most. The Saints should position themselves as the hometown hero, the team that is by the city, for the city, and dedicated to the city. By proving their constant dedication to the city, the Saints are sure to win the hearts of more local fans. The Saints should use the plethora of culture in New Orleans to set themselves apart from other teams by persuading tourists that visiting the city to attend their games will be an experience that they could not get anywhere else. The New Orleans Saints are not only a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana but are staples of the city in terms of history, culture, and community service. Points of Parity Family Fun- Football games are a fun and exciting outing for the family. The football itself appeals to the parents, more specifically the father but most football teams use their mascots to appeal to the children. Most teams usually hold “fan fests” outside of the stadium an hour or so before the game headlining the mascot, cheerleaders, local musicians...
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...The Mormons have a very complex system of leadership in their church. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is president who is the head of the church and two other “supporting” presidents. The man who has been an apostle the longest is the president of the Church, and by inspiration he selects two other apostles as counselors. These three function as the First Presidency, which is the highest governing body of the Church” (Mormon Newsroom). The current president of the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Thomas S. Monson. The two “supporting” presidents are Henry B. Eyring and Dieter F. Uchtdorf. After the presidents are the Quorum of the Twelve. The Quorum of Twelve are also called apostles. Next...
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...The name I chose for confirmation is Kateri. The name is derived from Saint Kateri Tekakwitha whom I chose to pray to and imitate in my preparation for Confirmation. I chose this Confirmation name because St. Kateri is a role model of the Catholic faith, devoting herself completely to Jesus Christ, and is the Patron saint of the environment and orphans. St. Kateri Tekakwitha was born in a Mohawk village of Ossernenon in 1656 to a Mohawk chief father and an Algonquin mother. Her father practiced under the Catholic faith, which her mother later converted to. There was an epidemic outbreak that happened throughout her village that wiped out her parents and her younger brother. Since she had survived the outbreak, she was left with scars all over...
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...brains were the same size as ours. It seems to me that they were probably much stronger and smarter because everything had to be learned and preservation of sanity and health had to come from themselves. The Julius Work Calendar shows us that they were very much like us in that they lived by a schedule and got caught up in juggling time. It was a bit more structured for them though. They did not have the ability to preserve food and their existence depended on the seasons and how well their crops produced. There was the occasional escape from reality through the drinking of their favorite beverage, Mead or the hallucinogenic properties of the moldy rye in the barn. Life was plain and hard, but it is all that they knew. The saints were basically just the spirits of some really...
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...an important part of the Church, their ultimate sacrifice proved they were serious about their faith and showed non believers how real the religion was. Catholics give their lives today in many different ways. Some people completely devote their life to God and become a nun, priest, or monk. Others give their life by giving up their time to help their Church community and the needy in it. 5. The Canonization of Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Canonization behind with the people who knew the candidate best. The bishop has to start the “investigation” and further review by Congregation for the Cause of Saints and the person is declared “Venerable”. Next, God has to preform a miracle through the person, the Church declares the person “Blessed”. With another miracle the Pope “raises the person to the altar” and declares the person a saint. Pope Francis declared that Mother Teresa ‘deserved’ to be canonized. Francis recognized a second miracle in which she was credited with the healing of a man with multiple brain tumors. Besides that I believe Mother Teresa desires to be a saint, she left a good life to do Gods work and help the needy in...
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...effort to provide reliable information. St. Anthony of Padua was a Catholic priest and preacher during the thirteenth century. Today, he is most often remembered as the patron saint of lost things. Numerous prayers have been composed in his honor, including this beautiful nine-day novena. Instructions 1. o 1 Make the Sign of the Cross, then pray the following prayer, "O wonderful Saint Anthony, glorious on account of the fame of your miracles, and through the condescension of Jesus in coming in the form of a little child to rest in your arms, obtain for me of His bounty the grace which I ardently desire from the depths of my heart. (Chris and I become family and fall deeply in love.) You who were so compassionate toward miserable sinners, regard not the unworthiness of those who pray to you, but the glory of God that it may once again be magnified by the granting of the particular request which I now ask for with persevering earnestness. Amen." Conclude the prayer with one Our Father[pic], one Hail Mary and one Glory Be in honor of St. Anthony. Repeat this process on every day of the novena, adding additional, different prayers on each of the 9 days. o 2 Say the following prayer on day one of the novena: "O holy Saint Anthony, gentlest of saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures made you worthy while on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited your word, which you were ever ready to speak for...
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