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Blessed Angeline of Marsciano Blessed Angeline founded the first community of Franciscan women other than Poor Clares to receive papal approval. Angeline was born to the Duke of Marsciano near Orvieto. She was 12 when her mother died. Three years later,...
Success and happiness are not limited resources. Success and happiness come in abundance. Another person's success and happiness does not limit your ability to achieve success and happiness. Another person's will to do what is best for everyone does not...
St Camillus de Lellis Humanly speaking, Camillus was not a likely candidate for sainthood. His mother died when he was a child, his father neglected him, and he grew up with an excessive love for gambling. At 17, he was afflicted with a disease of his...
A good example would be the American Californian satellite company centre in Glasgow that builds weather forecasting devices. They chose Glasgow because it already has expertise in space technology at Glasgow universities and the small businesses. In...
What is covfefe? “ Who can figure out the true meaning of ‘covfefe’ ??? Enjoy! ” Someone already bought # Covfefe .com. Probably the Russians. "Not only is covfefe a word, it's the greatest word ever uttered." Zach Ask your doctor if Covfefe is right...
How the people lived during the Norman times. If a Norman lord was cruel, or if a villein had committed a crime, he might run away to the forest and become an outlaw. Everyone was supposed to arrest or kill an outlaw, but if he could reach a town and...
Before the Napoleonic Wars, British art had seen great expansion. Following the birth of the Royal Academy in 1768, the professional status of artists was raised and the demand for contemporary art – by leading lights such as William Blake, Henry Fuseli...
. Victor Charreton 1864-1936 belongs to a generation of artists who devoted themselves to ‘ le paysage ’, just like the Impressionists did before them, paying attention to the influence of seasons, light and colours. Furthermore, he traveled extensively...
Saint Cecilia 1620-5, Pietro da Cortona A painting in the National Gallery, London. A painting that I would sometimes admire after a lovely ice cream from Leceister Square. It always seemed to be a Summer painting. Especially when it is hot and sticky...
St. Junipero Serra In 1776, when the American Revolution was beginning in the east, another part of the future United States was being born in California. That year a gray-robed Franciscan founded Mission San Juan Capistrano, now famous for its annually...
c. 40 – 90 AD He was a physician, pharmacologist and botanist. He worked for the Roman Army and travelled with it across Western Europe Italy, France and Spain) and North Africa. He collected and researched plants that he found on his travels, looking...
Les médias sociaux populaires de GAB Les Français quittent Facebook car c'est un poison Les Français quittent aussi Twitter. GAB crée un environnement sécurisé pour échanger des idées Un spécialiste de la sécurité Internet a découvert que Facebook est...
St. Alphonsus Liguori Moral theology, Vatican II said, should be more thoroughly nourished by Scripture, and show the nobility of the Christian vocation of the faithful and their obligation to bring forth fruit in charity for the life of the world. Alphonsus,...
Moorhen chicks Of the original fourteen chicks that were hatched on their island-nest, only half are still alive. They follow their mother obediently, but since she doesnnot know how to count, she does not miss the laggard when it falls exhausted by the...
Life is not about class, it’s about money. The problem is that nearly all the growth of the last 30 years has accumulated to the 1%. This is the cause of the deterioration of life chances for those in the bottom 80%, while the top 20% coped better than...
These seven chicks of the moorhen's brood have survived, and by mid-June were half grown, though still covered by their infant-down. The broad floating leaves of the water lilies are quite strong enough to support both young and full-grown birds as they...
Vertical Gardening bringing the walls to life can have surprising benefits The urban green revolution is all around us. The longest axis in any garden is the axis that goes up towards the sky. The secret is to plant small, allowing a plant’s roots to...
St. Maria Goretti One of the largest crowds ever assembled for a canonization—250,000—symbolized the reaction of millions touched by the simple story of Maria Goretti. She was the daughter of a poor Italian tenant farmer, had no chance to go to school,...
The knights four for the battle. When there was the battle The Knights won the battle The black knights did another machine which was just for that battle. When they got their things they got everything that was there and the machines and they with the...
St. Mary Magdalene Except for the mother of Jesus, few women are more honored in the Bible than Mary Magdalene. Yet she could well be the patron of the slandered, since there has been a persistent legend in the Church that she is the unnamed sinful woman...
St. Bonaventure Perhaps not a household name for most people, Saint Bonaventure, nevertheless, played an important role in both the medieval Church and the history of the Franciscan Order. A senior faculty member at the University of Paris, Saint Bonaventure...
The NHS on eggs storing in the fridge, : “Eggs are best stored in the fridge as they are kept at a constant temperature.” However egg shells are porous, and the eggs would absorb food smells from the fridge contents. Chefs have eggs always in the store...
Further along a canal on a Summer's day. Two damsel-flies are on the tall, flowering rush. These are the smallest of the British dragon-flies, and they prey on gnats, July-browns and other insects. Beside the water-vole grow arrowhead plants, and to the...
Janusz Korczak( Henryk Goldszmit) A Polish insightful literary doctor that wrote with empathy from observing orphans in his charge. He advocated a humanistical school where he believed in developing the fullness experience of true dignity to all where...
St. Leopold Mandic Western Christians who are working for greater dialogue with Orthodox Christians may be reaping the fruits of Father Leopold’s prayers. A native of Croatia, Leopold joined the Capuchin Franciscans and was ordained several years later...
