Paul the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Παῦλος Paulos‚ c.5 – c. 67)‚ original name Saul of Tarsus (Ancient Greek: Σαῦλος Saulos)‚[4] was an apostle who took the gospel of Christ to the first-century world.[5] He is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age. [6][7] 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 a Roman citizen to advantage in his ministry to both Jewish and Roman audiences.[5]
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got flooded from melting snow and ice from the mountain. About 12 million feet of stockpiled lumber was swept in the river‚ 8 bridges were destroyed‚ 200 homes were destroyed or damaged. (http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/what-were-effects-people-when-mt-st-helens-erupted) More than 200 homes were destroyed. Also mores than 185 miles of roads‚ and 15 miles of railroad was damaged. Ash clogged the sewer system‚ damaged cars and buildings‚ and temporary shut down the air traffic in the Northwest. Today Mt
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The society of St. Vincent De Paul is an organization that provides housing for the homeless‚ the sick‚ and the mentally ill. The Society was founded by Frederic Ozanam and a group of students from the Sorbonne University in 1833. The students were challenged to prove their faith through action. Their solution was to develop a simple system to help the poor in their homes‚ in the streets‚ in hospitals and mental institutions. They adopted as their patron saint St. Vincent de Paul‚ a 16th century
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children entirely free. They receive 6.6% of their funds from government grants‚ but most of their funds are private grants or public little donations. They have commercials‚ bake sales‚ concerts‚ sponsorships‚ etc. to raise money for the hospital. St. Jude’s‚ brings in a revenue of $1‚387‚576‚052 and distributes it to 2 main programs. Over ⅔ of the total revenue goes to the program and half of that goes to research and the other half goes to the hospital. The other third of the total revenue goes
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“Conversion of St. Paul”(or “The Road to Damascus”) is painting by Caravaggio that shows bibilical scene.. As meny artists in Baroque he painted for his church curators‚ this particular painting was ordred for the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It illustrates the story behind conversion of great siner and prosecutor of Christians Saul that later becomes St. Paul’s. His story is very uplifting‚ he finds God or rather God find him and makes him his great saint‚ scholar‚ and Apostle. His
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‘Gitanjali’) written by Rabindranath Tagore is a story that tells of one’s mental journey deep into their soul and mind‚ in hopes of finding who they truly are as a person. Also on the journey is the protagonist of “The Journey”‚ a poem written by Mary Oliver that speaks of one’s tiredness of dealing with other people’s problems and their physical journey of solidarity and self discovery. In both of these pieces of poetry‚ the protagonist is on a journey‚ whether mental or physical‚ in hopes of changing
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St. Patrick was a Roman missionary and bishop in Ireland.His full name was Magonius Sucatus Patricius. He was born in 387 AD. The dates of his life cannot be fixed with certainty but‚ on a widespread interpretation‚ he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century.Patrick was born into a religious family‚ but was an atheist early in his life. He was supposedly sixteen when he was captured by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland to be a slave who looked after the
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Peter Paul Rubens‚ in 1633‚ created a painting called “The Martyrdom of St. Levien.” An oil on canvas that is 455 x 347 cm in length. Rubens depicts st. Levien being grabbed onto by his beard‚ his aggressor is holding the saints tongue that was purposefully torn out with a type of pliers‚ being held above a pair of chomping teeth from a dog. St. Levien is being held down by two men‚ one holding his beard and the other holding a bloody knife within his teeth with a look of anguish towards the Saint
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the St. Louis riverfront. In 1826‚ the Missouri State Legislature moved to Jefferson City‚ making it the new state capital. One of the first orders of business after the move was to supplement the Missouri River access to the capital with an overland route. Soon an overland mail route between St. Louis and Jefferson City was established. In 1835‚ the St. Louis County Court approved an act to plan out Manchester Rd. The General Assembly made Manchester Road the first official State road in St. Louis
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Frankenstein was written in 1797 by Mary Shelley. It instantly gained popularity and is considered to be a classic piece of literature. Due to this popularity‚ Frankenstein has been widely studied and critiqued across the literary world. Lee Zimmerman critiques the novel by analyzing Victor’s childhood from a psychological perspective and connects parts of the monster’s life with that of Victors. Zimmerman proposes that the monster’s story is actually Victor’s own story of abandonment. She is right
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