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Augustine Tolton
Augustine Tolton1854-1897 Priest Former slave Augustine Tolton overcame daunting obstacles to become the second African-American to be ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Trained in Rome and ordained in 1886, Tolton served in Quincy, Illinois, and later in Chicago until his pre-mature... Read more |
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William Augustus Muhlenberg
William Augustus Muhlenberg , 1796-1877, American Episcopal clergyman, hymn writer, and philanthropist, b. Philadelphia. He was a great-grandson of Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg. Baptized in the Lutheran communion, he joined the Episcopal Church, in which he was ordained priest in 1820. In 1846,... Read more |
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Flamborough Head
Flamborough Head , chalk promontory, East Riding of Yorkshire, E England, N of Bridlington Bay. There is a lighthouse at the tip. Danes' Dyke (an ancient earthwork fortification) crosses the peninsula. The chalk cliffs are wave-carved into caves and stacks and are inhabited by flocks of seafowl.... Read more |
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Silvanus
Silvanus in Roman religion, ancient pastoral deity, protector of uncultivated lands. It was also said that he was the guardian of field boundaries, flocks, and herds. Like the Greek Pan, with whom he was often identified, he could be dangerous as well as beneficent.... Read more |
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junco
junco or snowbird, small seed-eating bird of North America closely related to the sparrows . Juncos have white underparts and gray (sometimes also brown) backs. They travel in flocks. The dark-eyed junco is the most common species, comprising in E North America the subgroup sometimes called... Read more |
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Southdown sheep
Southdown sheep mutton breed of sheep originated on the South Downs of Sussex, England, and now raised throughout the world. It is a small sheep, the most thickset of all breeds, and it is valued for the meatiness of the lamb carcasses. The wool is of medium length and fine grade; it varies in... Read more |
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Covey
Covey a flock of birds; a brood or hatch of birds; a family, party, or set of persons or things. See also bevy, company, covert. Examples: covey of coxcombes, 1590; of new doctrines, 1641; of fiddlers, 1616; of girls; of grouse; of mathematicians, 1616; of partridges, 1440; of ptarmigan, 1835;... Read more |
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Drove
Drove a crowd of people moving in one direction; a number of cattle or other animals driven in a body. See also concourse, drift, flock. Examples: drove of asses; of beasts, 1350; of bullocks; of cab-drivers—Lipton, 1970; of cattle, 1555; of heresies, 1692; of horses, 1764; of... Read more |
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Bevy
Bevy a drinking company; an assembly or collection. See also covey, flight, flock, herd, swarm. Examples: bevy of beauties, of bright damsels, 1725; of conies, 1486; of fair women, 1667; of fairies, 1603; of girls; of ladies, 1470; of larks, 1470; of maids of honour, 1808; of otter; of powdered... Read more |
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Hume hints at celibacy reform; (1) PRIEST WHO MADE THE SACRIFICE, AND ONE WHO...
...of many Catholic priests and laity over the...time when married priests converting from...wish to be married priests.' There were strong...Many of us would find it very hard to...of marriage to a priest. `Obviously a...family asking for ... |
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`TO THOSE VICTIMS . . . WE BEG FORGIVENESS'
...Archdiocese of Boston: the bishops, the priests, the deacons, the religious, and the...cross was his book, and in that book we find the world's greatest love story: the...who laid down his life for us, for his flock, for his friends. The patron saint of... |
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Profile: Catholic priests undertake day of penance for recent church scandals
...that they might find God's restorative...age boy in his flock nearly two decades...apologies. Unidentified Priest: We apologize for...to finally hear a priest say he's sorry...it's not the priest--this is not...the longest time ... |
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Young people flock to Vatican to strengthen spiritual devotion.(Knight Ridder...
...with students decades ago when he was a priest in his native Poland. His desire to...world, founded on the power of love and forgiveness, on the struggle against injustice and...nervous nuns, fidgety friars and sunburned priests who lead them over Rome's cobbled ... |
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'BURNED OUT' PRIEST KILLS HIMSELF; Archbishop finds him hanging from the...
...HARD-WORKING young priest committed suicide after...the motorbike-loving priest had been preparing children...asked for people's "forgiveness, prayers and understanding...loss." Fr Prior's flock clung to each other for...happened with the previous ... |
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Priest's book addresses sexual orientation: Bresnahan says God's love is all...
...Bresnahan, the priest at St. Mark's...everyone into his flock from teens and the...faithfulness. "I find it very tiresome...people looking for forgiveness and reconciliation...wanted to become a priest. In his book, he...Just a simple parish ... |
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Sealing the answers won't quiet the questions.(Editorials; priest sexual abuse)
...Italy: "If a priest cannot confide in...professional secrecy' of priests." What, precisely...prisoner talking to a priest.... We are asking...fray. Where it finds such a posture to...professional secrecy" of priests. In the ... |
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ATTACKS ON CHURCH ARE DISTURBING.(MAIN)
...MAUREEN CALLAHAN Waterford I find it very disturbing that you...prove accurate. Sometimes a priest did something and sought forgiveness, never again to offend. Again, estimates are 2 percent of priests. It bothers me that I always...complete the ... |
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Croat bishop tells his story, wants action.(Banja Luka Bishop Franjo...
...reconciliation and forgiveness come from the ranks...believers. If we could find more such people...your neighbor and forgiveness. This is not easy...terms. "Myself, my priests and nuns were telling our flock to be prepared to... |
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Preventing priestly abuse
...sexual abuse by priests. The recommendations...sure that abuser-priests no longer find refuge from prosecution...to convince its flock that sexual abuse by priests is a thing of the...focus more on the forgiveness of the ... |
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