The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Taylor O’Connell Samuel Period 7 January 2‚ 2013 February 14th is known as the day for love and happiness‚ except in the year of 1929 when a Chicago mobster‚ Alfonso “Al” Capone‚ also known as Scarface‚ and his gang shot and killed six men from George “Bugs” Moran’s gang‚ along with an innocent bystander. This event is referred to as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Al Capone was born in 1899 in Brooklyn‚ New York. He attended school up through
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of tradition and ritual. From the Green Jacket Ceremony at the Masters‚ to the hallowed and haunted grounds of the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland‚ people drawn to the sport because of its tradition and timelessness. It is an almost religious experience to walk the fairways of golf’s sacred courses. As a person strolls down the lush fairways of course such as St. Andrews‚ one can almost hear the roars of patrons from championships past echoing through time. However‚ with all of its tradition
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Byzantine Empire. St. Constantine was also an infamous military and political leader who brought an end to the persecutions of Christians. Scholars credit the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in the spring of 312 A.D. as the turning point in St. Constantine’s life. An historian‚ The author of‚ The Conversion of Constantine argues‚ “One day saw Constantine a pagan‚ the next a Christian‚ all thanks to the vision of a refulgent cross burning above him”‚ (Eadie‚ 80). Before the battle began‚ St. Constantine had
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Saint John Masias Travel some of the heated roads in America with John. In the book Saint John Masias by Mary Fabyan Windeatt is an incredible story of a boy who will make a journey to America‚ but first he must make sure his ma and sister are well cared for before he leaves. John needs to discover what he will become in life. He finds himself working long hours working his hands to the bone .Join John in his adventure to go to America and live a wonderful life and find out how he becomes a
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A bust of Saint Lawrence from Borgo San Lorenzo‚ a region just north of Florence‚ was recently attributed to the famous Florence sculptor‚ Donatello. It was sculpted during the Renaissance‚ circa 1440‚ and it demonstrated characteristics similar to that found in the Classics. The bust appears realistic and almost paradoxically idealistic‚ is viewable from multiple angles and is composed of terra-cotta. Its theme is religious‚ and both Classic and Renaissance sculptures commonly referred to stories
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St. Thomas More is the patron saint of attorneys‚ civil servants‚ court clerks‚ lawyers‚ politicians‚ and public servants. He was born on February 7‚ 1478 to Sir John More and Agnes Graunger. He attended one of the best schools in London‚ St. Anthony’s School. As a young man he attended Oxford in 1492‚ where he learned the skills to become a lawyer. In 1494 he left oxford‚ but eight years later he was approved to practice law. After he began his career as a lawyer‚ he decided to start a family.
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Discussion: Jesus Revealing Himself to St. Teresa of Avila) “I have strayed far from any intention‚ for I was trying to give the reasons why this kind of vision cannot be the work of the imagination. How could we picture Christ’s Humanity by merely studying the subject or form any impression of His great beauty by means of the imagination?” (Page 632 Paragraph 1). This selection brings a great question forward. How can we? St. Teresa in her book The Raptures of St. Teresa explains the best she can how
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St. Rose of Lima was born in April 20‚ 1586 in Lima‚ Peru. Her real name is Isabel Flores de Oliva. St. Rose has nine siblings. Their names are Antonio‚ Francisco Matías‚ Gaspar‚ Andrés‚ Juana‚ Hernando‚ Jacinta‚ Francisco‚ and Bernardina Flores de Oliva. She was nicknamed Rose because she was so beautiful and her cheeks were red like a rose. St. Rose wanted to become a nun and prayed secretly. She rubbed pepper on her face to make it blister and cut her hair. When she was older‚ she joined the order
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I chose Joan as my confirmation name because St. Joan of Arc expresses all of the traits that I look up to and hope to have as I grow older. St. Joan of Arc is brave‚ tough‚ courageous‚ and a very faithful person. Through her life she has endured a journey of faith and persistence. While people thought that the things that she did were crazy‚ she still endured on her journey of religion. St. Joan was born on January 6th‚ 1412 to a peasant family in Domremy‚ France. She died on May 30th‚ 1431. Her
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Most of St. Jude’s patients are children. Patients that come to St. Jude are those that have been referred by a physician‚ have been diagnosed with a disease currently under study‚ and are eligible for a research protocol. St. Jude is the only pediatric research center for children with catastrophic diseases‚ including cancer and blood disorders‚ where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance (St. Jude‚ 2017). In fact‚ no family ever pays St. Jude for anything. Transportation‚ housing
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