#Francis Spellman

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La Stampa (1956-10-07)

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Arturo Toscanini's casket stands before the main altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral, January 19, 1957, during a pontifical requiem mass for the conductor, who died at his Riverdale, N.Y., home on Jan. 16. Members of the Toscanini family occupied the first pew at the upper right as Francis Cardinal Spellman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, presided over the service from the sanctuary inside the rail at left. Toscanini, who died two months before his 90th birthday, was buried in the family chapel in his native Milan.

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May 19th, 1956 - Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith are shown leaving St. Patrick's Cathedral after their marriage in the Lady chapel this morning. The bride is the former Jean Ann Kennedy, daughter of former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Rose Kennedy. The marriage ceremony was performed by Cardinal Francis Spellman with only about 75 close friends and relatives.

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Hey guys! I think I managed to translate the first chapter of the fanfic. I want to warn you that I'm not sure about the quality of the translation, but I tried to make the text readable. While I introduce you to the data of the fanfic! Annotation: The year is 2170. The RDA is preparing a program of mass cleansing Pandora of hostile tribes in order to repopulate the fertile territories with earthlings, and Colonel Miles Quaritch has failed in his task: collaborator Jake Sully escaped justice and escaped. The RDA leadership is unsure of the competence of the recombinant, who will never be part of the human world. Characters: Miles Quaritch/Laura Asadi (OC), Lyle Wainfleet, Mansk, Miles Socorro, Ian Garvin, Zdinarsk, Prager, Lopez, Alexander, Kiri, Tuktirei , Jake Sully, Neytiri, Mo'at, Lo'ac, Francis Ardmore, Mick Scoresby, Norm Spellman, Max Patel, Tonovari, Ronal, Tsirea, Aonung. Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fiction. Warnings: Secondary Original Characters, Laboratory Experiments, Obscene Language, Captivity, Postcanon, Consistency with Canon, Murder.

Other tags: Avatars, Magnificent Scoundrel, Xenophilia, From villain to hero. Dedication: Cameron, thanks for the blue kitten.

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take  the linked  quiz  from  the  perspective  of  your  character or yourself,  then  select  5 - 10   (i picked more) results from  the  complete  matches  list  that  you  feel  resonate  with your  character  the most.

Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog): 96%

Beth March (Little Women): 95%

Pam Beesly (The Office): 94%

Hilda Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 94%

Eliza Hamilton (Hamilton): 94%

Valentine Wiggin (Ender's Game): 94%

Mary Margaret Blanchard (Once Upon a Time): 94%

Belle French (Once Upon a Time): 94%

Mamá Coco (Coco): 93%

Jane Bennet (Pride and Prejudice): 92%

Francis Mulcahy (M*A*S*H): 92%

Egwene al'Vere (Wheel of Time): 92%

Georgiana Darcy (Pride and Prejudice): 91%

Rita Bennett (Dexter): 91%

Esme Cullen (Twilight): 91%

Rosalind Walker (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 91%

Chien-Po (Mulan): 91%

Melanie Hamilton (Gone With the Wind): 91%

Tracy Mills (Se7en): 91%

Charlie Bucket (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory): 91%

Anastasia Steele (Fifty Shades of Grey): 91%

Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games): 90%

Marmee March (Little Women): 90%

Andrea Sachs (The Devil Wears Prada): 90%

Kes (Star Trek: Voyager): 90%

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Happy 248th Birthday to the US Navy!

The bravery of four Catholic chaplains in the line of duty has been recognized by US Navy vessels named in their honor:

Father Aloysius H. Schmitt and the USS Schmitt

Aloysius H. Schmitt was born in St. Lucas,Iowa on December 4, 1909, and was appointed acting chaplain with the rank of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) on June 28, 1939. Serving on his first sea tour, he was hearing confessions on board the battleship USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. When the ship capsized, he was entrapped along with several other members of the crew in a compartment where only a small porthole provided a means of escape. He assisted others through the porthole, giving up his own chance to escape, so that more men might be rescued. He received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal posthumously for his courage and self-sacrifice. St. Francis Xavier Chapel, erected at Camp Lejeune in 1942, was dedicated in his memory.

The destroyer escort USS SCHMITT was laid down on February 22, 1943, launched on May 29, 1943, and was commissioned on July 24, 1943. The USS Schmitt was decommissioned and placed in reserve on June 28,1949 and struck from the Navy list on May 1,1967.

Father Joseph T. O'Callahan and the USS O'Callahan

Joseph T. O'Callahan was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 14, 1905. He received his training for the Roman Catholic priesthood at St. Andrews College, Poughkeepsie, New York and at Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to his commissioning as a Navy chaplain on August 7, 1940, he was head of the mathematics department at Holy Cross College. His earlier duty stations included the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, the USS Ranger, and Naval Air Station, Hawaii.

Chaplain O'Callahan was the Senior Chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when the Japanese attacked it off the coast of Kobe, Japan, on March 19, 1945. After the ship received at least two well-placed bomb hits, fuel and ammunition began exploding and fires were rampant. The final casualty count listed 341 dead, 431 missing and 300 wounded. Captain L.E. Gehres, commanding officer of the carrier, saw Chaplain O'Callahan manning a hose which laid water on bombs so they would not explode, throwing hot ammunition overboard, giving last rites of his church to the dying, organizing fire fighters, and performing other acts of courage. Captain Gehres exclaimed, "O'Callahan is the bravest man I've ever seen in my life."

Chaplain O'Callahan received the Purple Heart for wounds he sustained that day. He and three other heroes of the war were presented the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman. He was the first chaplain of any of the armed services to be so honored. He was released from active duty 12 November 1946 to resume his teaching duties and died in 1964.

The destroyer escort USS O'Callahan was laid down on February 19, 1964 and launched on October 20, 1965. Chaplain O'Callahan's sister, Sister Rose Marie O'Callahan, was the sponsor, the first nun tosponsora U.S. Navy ship. The commissioning took place July 13, 1968, at the Naval Shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts. The USS O'Callahan had its shakedown cruise out of San Diego and later operated largely in anti-submarine training and reconnaissance in the Western Pacific. In 1982-83, the ship had an eight-month deployment in the Indian Ocean. The USS O'Callahan was decommissioned on December 20,1988. 

Father Vincent R. Capodanno and the USS Capodanno

Vincent R. Capodanno was born in Richmond County, New York, on February 13, 1929. He was an avid swimmer and a great sports enthusiast. After receiving his training at Fordham University in New York City, Maryknoll Seminary College in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and Maryknoll Seminaries in Bedford, Massachusetts and New York City, New York, he was ordained on June 7, 1957 by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Military Vicar of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate. Shortly thereafter, he began an eight-year period of service in Taiwan and Hong Kong under the auspices of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society.

Chaplain Capodanno received his commission with the rank of Lieutenant on December 28, 1965. Having requested duty with Marines in Vietnam, he joined the First Marine Division in 1966 as a battalion chaplain. He extended his one-year tour by six months in order to continue his work with the men. While seeking to aid a wounded corpsman, he was fatally wounded on September 4, 1967 by enemy sniper fire in the Quang Tin Province. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty...." He had previously been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for bravery under battle conditions.

The destroyer escort USS Capodanno keel was laid down on February 25, 1972; the ship was christened and launched on October 21, 1972 and commissioned on November 17, 1973. The USS Capodanno was designed for optimum performance in anti-submarine warfare. Deployments included operations in the Western Atlantic, West Africa, the Mediterranean, and South America. The USS Capodanno was decommissioned on July 30, 1993.

Father John Francis Laboon, SJ and the USS Laboon

John Francis Laboon, Jr., a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native, born April 11, 1921, was a member of the Class of 1944 at the U.S. Naval Academy and a distinguished athlete. In World War II, Ensign Laboon was awarded the Silver Star for bravery for diving from his submarine, the USS PETO, to rescue a downed aviator while under heavy fire. Lieutenant Laboon left the Navy after the war to enter the Jesuits. With the Navy never far from his thoughts, he returned to his beloved "blue and gold" as a chaplain in 1958. For the next twenty-one years, he served the Navy-Marine Corps team in virtually every community and location including tours in Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and Vietnam, where he received the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for his fearless action as battlefield chaplain. He was the first chaplain assigned to a Polaris Submarine Squadron and Senior Catholic Chaplain at the Naval Academy. Captain Laboon retired in in 1979 as Fleet Chaplain, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and died in 1988.

The launching of the guided missile destroyer Laboon nicknamed the "Fearless 58" took place on February 20, 1993, at Bath Iron Works. The highlight of the event was the presence of the honoree's three sisters and brother. Christening the ship were sisters De Lellis, Rosemary, and Joan, all members of the Sisters of Mercy. Rev. Joseph D. Laboon of the V.A. Medical Center of New Orleans offered the invocation. Former Chief of Navy Chaplains and the then-current Archbishop of New York, Cardinal John O'Connor, offered remarks. The commissioning of the USS Laboon took place on March 18,1995 in Norfolk, VA. Throughout a lifetime of service to God and Country, Chaplain Laboon was an extraordinary example of dedication to Sailors and Marines everywhere.

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Weekly roundup!

Felix Jaehn - Changed to they/them, nonbinary, and pansexual

Frances Forever - Changed to bisexual

Francis Spellman - Moved due to a few too many conservative attitudes

Frank Moorehouse died in 2022

Fumie Suguri is not actually queer @yourdailyqueer

Gabe Dunn - Changed to they/them, nonbinary, added bipolar and polyamorous

Gavin Creel died this week

Cherry Valentine - Changed to he/they, genderfluid, and queer

Gerald Hamilton - Moved due to support for South African apartheid

Gerome Ragni - Changed to omnisexual

Grant Morrison - Changed to they/he and genderqueer

Greta Christina - Added polyamorous

Guido Westerwelle - Moved for being extremely anti-union and anti-welfare

Hamed Sinno - Changed to they/them and nonbinary and added ADHD

Hannah Einbinder - Added ADHD

Hanne Gaby Odiele - Changed to they/them and nonbinary

Harvey Fierstein - Changed to genderqueer

Héloïse Letissier - Changed to he/him

Henryk Tomaszewski - Fixed death date and age. Had him confused with someone of the same name

Hubertus Regout - Changed to they/she

Hunter Hunt-Hendrix - Changed name to Haela

Hunter Schaefer - Added note about exorsexism (discrimination against nonbinary people), believes nonbinary people are taking up too much space in the trans community that should belong to trans women instead

Idan Roll - Moved due to his position in the Israeli government, focused on maintaining US support

Ilana Weaver - Changed to GNC

Imbar Nassi - Changed to they/he

Indya Moore - Changed to they/she and nonbinary, added polyamorous

Ingrid Jungermann - Changed to they/them, nonbinary, and queer, added polyamorous

Io Tillett Wright - Changed to trans man

Irena Klepfisz - Moved due to Zionism. It's a bit complicated but her other work is important and worth looking into

Itzik Shmuli - Moved due to Zionism

Jada Alberts - Changed to gay and added C-PTSD

Jaden Smith - Moved due to promotion of conspiracy theories

Honey Davenport - Changed to nonbinary and pansexual

James Majoos - Changed to he/him

Tyra Sanchez - Added note about suicidism (discrimination against suicidal people)

Jana Hunter - Changed to he/him and added autism and ADHD

Jane Addams - Moved for being super into eugenics

Jane Oranika - Added bipolar

Janet Devlin - Added BPD and bipolar

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“El Cardenal”

“El Cardenal” Es una película de 1963 basada en una novela de 1950, escrita por Henry Morton Robinson “El Cardenal” es una película de 1963 dirigida por Otto Preminger. Está basada en la novela homónima de Henry Morton Robinson, que narra la vida de Francis Spellman, un clérigo estadounidense que llegó a ser arzobispo de Nueva York y cardenal. La película sigue la vida de Stephen Fermoyle…

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Did John Wayne Play Fordham University’s Football Coach?

Did John Wayne Play Fordham University’s Football Coach?

      Photos from IMDb.com

Trouble Along The Way (1953) was released through Warner Brothers on April 4th of 1953. This black & white comedy starred Film Legend John Wayne and was directed by the great Michael Curtiz, who is himself best remembered for Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood & White Christmas. 

Was this film about Fordham Football?

A Catholic College in The Bronx

     Submitted for your approval is the fictitious St Anthony’s Catholic College. It is located in, of all places, The Bronx; Fordham University is located in the Fordham Road community. Which is the busiest commercial section of Bronx County. Also, it is the one Roman Catholic institution in the Borough that played big time football during this era. (Sorry Manhattan College- just in case they are wondering.)

The Society of Jesus (S.J.)

     Specifically, it is a Roman Catholic Institute of Higher Learning that is not run by the Archdiocese. But in turn it is managed by “The Order”; Perhaps they mean The Jesuits? No one attempts to explain this any further … So why not.

A Thinly Veiled Version of Cardinal Spellman?

     The story includes a fictitious Cardinal O'Shea, who also happens to be a St Anthony’s alumni. In the film, he uses his influence to schedule games with institutions such as the University of Notre Dame. Francis Cardinal Spellman, then the Archbishop of New York, held a B.A., from Fordham University, from 1911. After being elevated to this position back in 1939, he also became the face of the American Catholic Church throughout this period until his death in 1967.

"Winning isn't everything -- it's the only thing." 

     These words are attributed to Coach Steve Williams, the fictional athletics instructor played by Wayne. In the actual context of the movie, they actually appear in print, on a sign, in his office. However, this sounds a lot like something Vince Lombardi (FCRH Class of 1937) might have said, now doesn’t it?

Dates Sync-Up With Closing Out of the Football Program

     Perhaps most importantly, this movie, which was released in 1953, involves a scandal that appears to shut down the football program. It should be noted that Fordham University dropped Big Time Football after the 1954 season. 

The Plot Line

     Recently divorced, Steve Williams has trouble finding a job due to his inability to get along with his prior superiors. If he doesn't find work soon, he'll risk losing custody of his 11 year old daughter Carole (Sherry Jackson). He needs a job to keep the wolf-at-bay as well as a social worker assigned to see if his daughter should not be taken away from him. 

1942 Oscar winner Charles Coburn (right) Photo IMDb.com

     Meanwhile, Father Burke, the school’s rector, played by veteran character actor Charles Coburn, hires Williams/Wayne to improve the school’s failing financial situation. St. Anthony's is heavily in debt. They may have to close their doors. Father Burke reasons that the school could get back on its feet if it had a successful football team. He hoped this would secure the financial support of the school’s alumni too. 

     Coach Wiliams/Wayne’s character violates the preseason training regulations believing the added “practice” time will give him the advantage over Holy Cross, Notre Dame and "Santa Carla" (perhaps a fictitious version of Santa Clara). This was because conference rules prevent these schools from practicing during summer sessions. The New York Archbishop, who is also an alumni, uses his influence to schedule games with the institutions mentioned above. 

Note: The only game that is actually played is against the fictional Santa Carla, where St Anthony’s tactics are discovered. This includes paying players and bringing in athletes much older than the accepted age. Perhaps the film’s producers wanted to avoid complaints from the real California University by creating a thinly veiled phony?  

     Film critic Hal Erickson of All Movie wrote: “Against his better judgment, Father Burke hires the troublesome Steve Williams, who'll stop at nothing to assemble a winning team. Somehow, Williams has to turn into a regular human being and that's where social worker Alice Singleton (Donna Reed) comes in. Described as ‘More sentimental than most Wayne vehicles, Trouble Along the Way is well worth the ride.’”

On The Other Hand: Was this not Fordham Football?

Why Did Fordham Actually Drop Football in 1954?

     The team’s record that final year was 1 win; 7 loses; 1 tie. Average attendance, when home games were played primarily at the Polo Grounds, in Upper Manhattan, were 11,950. This was down from the prior year’s average of 16,000 plus. (Football did not return to campus until students brought the sport back as a “club” team in 1964.) 

     It seems it was not a scandal, but the inability to fund big-time football in the era of television and coast-to-coast jet travel that brought the sport down. According to Fordham Librarian J.P. McCabe, in his monograph 125 Year of Fordham Football: On December 15 (1954) the President of Fordham, Rev. Laurence McGinely, S.J., announced that Fordham could no longer afford to support a football program. 

Would Notre Dame ever play the Fordham Rams?

     Would legendary Notre Dame ever play the Rams in football? An examination of Fordham football seasons from 1928 to 1954, an era which saw them playing back-to-back major bowl games, shows many battles against other leading catholic colleges and universities. Boston College, Holy Cross, Saint Mary’s and Villanova pop-up as regular opponents. In reality, Notre Dame never played against Fordham. 

     In fact, whenever some of the catholic schools talk about rebuilding their Division 1-A program, conversations often turn to possibly booking a game with Notre Dame. Now, the only other Power-5 catholic program-Boston College-has met them 26 times but that rivalry didn’t start until 1975. This was during these latter years when both programs found themselves together in two different major sports conferences-The ACC and before that the now splintered Big East Conference. 

“Much like an old-time Irish Ward boss, Notre Dame knows they already have the Catholic Vote. They want to be a national darling; So don’t count on those big pay days.”

A Bronx Setting? The ‘Shoot’ Never Left Southern California.

     Many of the exterior football scenes were filmed at Pomona College in Claremont, California. In fact, under IMDB.com Goofs section, there appears to be a State of California Flag on a poll in the background in one scene. 

Fordham Has Produced Many Church Leaders

     According to the List of Fordham University alumni, there have been almost twenty Archbishops, Auxiliary Bishops, Bishops and Cardinals. This includes our own Class of 1980 Gordon Bennett, SJ, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of the Mandeville Diocese: https://www.pinterest.fr/bergin0639/famous-fordham-graduates-from-class-of-1980/ 

It is not really a stretch to imagine a loyal alum in a position of church authority willing to use his influence to acquire top name opposition-now is it? Could the Cardinal Spellman reference simply be a coincidence?

Vince Lombardi Quote Dispute

     When this movie comes up, questions arise about the use of a quote that could be attributed to Vince Lombardi (Class of ‘37) and a member of the Seven Blocks of Granite."Winning isn't everything -- it's the only thing." These words were from Coach Williams, the fictional football instructor played by Wayne. This sounds like Coach Lombardi … or does it?

     The closest offering I can find under ESPN Classic Vince Lombardi quotes seems to be: “Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all-time thing." Nice, but not exactly the same intense language. Besides, with a release date of April 4th, 1953, and actual filming taking place in the fourth quarter of 1952, this would suggest an A-List Hollywood Picture would be trolling for quotations from the then offensive line coach at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. 

Lombardi would not start on his way to immortality, becoming the head coach for the Green Bay Packers, of the NFL, until their 1959 season.  

Hearing From The Fordham Faculty

“As far as I can tell, film-history-wise, there is no direct connection to a football coach or a football scandal at Fordham.” said Karen Williams, Ph.D in Communication & Media Studies, in an email response. “Nowhere in the film's promotional material is it suggested that the story is based on real events. The writer of the film's original synopsis (based on a listing of his papers at Boston University) was Robert Hardy Andrews, and based on that it suggests that it is an original story, not based on a newspaper article or other pre-existing source.”

The Rose Hill campus Senior Lecturer added: “Andrews's background also suggests that he does not have any meaningful connections to Fordham.”

What Do You Think?

The Fordham similarities are pretty clear whether or not they were intentional, subconscious or coincidental. My first exposure to this movie was as a child, long before I entertained any notions of attending Fordham; I walked into the livingroom and my dad, who was raised in The Bronx, had just started watching it. He said simply, “This is about Fordham.” So I’m in the positive camp I guess.  

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ADDENDUM 

Romance or Assault? Is it still a John Wayne Movie?

Screenshot. Donna Reed who won an Academy Award in 1954 for her work in From Here To Eternity.

Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NVeSPdMm2s

Fordham University has a Graduate School of Social Work. 

I forwarded this video clip, contacted several department faculty and asked the following 3 questions: 

Were Coach Williams' actions wildly inappropriate? (I know it's the 1950s and he is John Wayne ... but ...?)

What about Ms. Reed's reply?

What would you advise a social worker to do next?

“I'm a fan of re-examining history because we always seem to learn more about ourselves and the world when we do.” Dr. Shirley Gatenio Gabel, the Quaranta Chair for Justice for Children at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service writes: “I'm not sure how you see a social worker being called in here, especially in the 1950s. It appears the character that Donna Reed is playing was being sexually harassed; however, Title VII-the law that prohibits sexual harassment at work-was part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” 

She added: “I don't know what government agency the Donna Reed character may have called in the 1950s and how a social worker may have gotten involved.”

Note: Having re-watched this movie recently-for the 3rd time-I thought the producers didn’t know what to do with any potential romantic development either. Despite publicity stills suggesting they become one-big-happy-family (see below) these questions go largely unanswered by the film’s ending. 

IMDb.com: People: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Sherry Jackson

External Links: https://www.pinterest.fr/bergin0639/is-trouble-along-the-way-actually-fordham/

Did John Wayne Play Fordham's Football Coach?

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Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco posing with New York's cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman and others in December 1958.

[astrolinaz]

1. Introductions/First Artwork

Hi there! my name is Astrid and really excited to be in this class. A fact about me is that sometimes my friends think that my birthday is a good luck charm (November 11! so 11/11)

Some facts about the Michelangelo Pieta sculpture

1. It was a commission by French cardinal Jean de Billheres who was looking for the most beautiful work of marble in Rome to embellish his tomb 

2. The sculpture was carved from a single piece of Carrara marble, which measured 5'9 x 6'5. It was extracted by executing a cut in the marble cave.

3. The sculpture visited New York in 1964, US cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman asked Pope John to display the Pietà as part of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.

4. Some critics consider Mary "too young". Critics noted that Mary looked very graceful but way too young for a woman who was the mother of a 33-year-old.

5. The statue was almost destroyed as well. On Pentecost Sunday in 1972, a mentally unstable man from Hungary jumped over the railings of St. Peter's Basilica and did a furious attack with a hammer against the Pietà 

I remember being absolutely struck by its beauty and the skillful way Michelangelo captured the human form. Also, the expressive power of the figure conveys a sense of deep emotion and introspection. As far as right now, my view of the sculpture hasn't changed from when I saw it the first time, the detail and craftsmanship of the sculpture is really on top. I like the way it balances both the Renaissance perfections and ideals of classic beauty with naturalism, I'm always trying to include these themes in my artwork as well so this sculpture is a big inspirational push to include it more often in my art.

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2/13/23

(My apologies for the brief but unannounced hiatus) Let us praise Christ, who loves, nourishes, and supports His Church. With faith let us cry out to Him: Answer the prayers of Your people, Lord. Lord Jesus, grant that all men be saved —and come to knowledge of truth. Answer...

Preserve our holy father, Pope Francis, and our respective bishops (including Laurent of Paris and Rainer of Cologne), —come with Your power to help them. Answer...

Remember those who long for honest work —so that they lead a life of peaceful serenity. Answer...

Lord, be a refuge to the poor, —their help in distress. We ask this especially for those who lack a shelter in bad weather. Answer...

We commend to Your care all bishops, priests, and deacons who have died, including Francis Beckman, Francis Spellman, Benedict XVI, and John Carroll; —may they sing Your praises for ever around Your heavenly throne. Answer...

Our Father...

Let Us Pray: Almighty Father, You have given us the strength to work throughout this day. Receive our evening sacrifice of praise in thanksgiving for Your countless gifts. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

[sapphic-sedai]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Faustus Blackwood/Zelda Spellman Characters: Zelda Spellman, Edward Spellman, Hilda Spellman, Faustus Blackwood Additional Tags: Blood and Injury, Loss of fertility Summary:

The mother of the Spellman Siblings orchestrates a plan to ensure Edward secures the title of High Priest instead of Faustus Blackwood. Zelda Spellman pays the price.

[yourdailyqueer]

Cardinal Francis Spellman (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Reports of being gay

DOB: 4 May 1889  

RIP: 2 December 1967

Ethnicity: Irish

Occupation: Cardinal