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Living out Catholic Social Teaching – JULIA SMITH
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Living out Catholic Social Teaching. September 22, 2016. September 22, 2016. The CIT is much more than simply studying theology and philosophy. The CIT tradition includes other realms of study, including art, science, music, law, political works, and many other fascinating genres that make up human life, study, work, and creativity. All of us and the work that we do, hopefully participates in this tradition. I love this aspect about our faith — CST is the. The signs of the times call us to put these tool...
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sayingamen – JULIA SMITH
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Daughter of two amazing humans! Wife, sister, and friend. I love all matters consisting in the BIG Three "C's" - Catholic, Chocolate, and Coffee, and therefore consider myself a salt of the earth kind of person. Haha kidding (not about loving the Big 3 C's - I would never joke about that). Mostly I try to love God with all my heart. Amen. BOOK REVIEW– “My Sisters the Saints”. February 19, 2017. Youtube video below is Colleen giving an overview of her book. I hope you all are inspired to read it and enjoy...
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Finding Peace – JULIA SMITH
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June 17, 2016. June 17, 2016. Recently I have had this relationship with Christ: Jesus is my everything one moment and then one hour later, I am overwhelmed and annoyed by the amount of dishes, laundry, emails, work tasks, and every day life situations that are on the day’s to-do list. In actuality these to-dos are not unique to me, but just simply a part of every one’s life and something we can all relate to. We stand not alone in piles of laundry and dishes, ladies! Either we are brothers and sisters t...
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A Call to Neighborliness – JULIA SMITH
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A Call to Neighborliness. September 29, 2016. September 29, 2016. Not only that, but calling us to participate in this morality with Him. Is rooted in the character of God. As Brueggemann states, this is essential, for if God is dialogic, then what is understood historically, strategically, contextually, etc.,. Is grounded in God’s own life. YHWH, God in the Old Testament, is life giving and life sustaining! YHWH is the God of life and he will bless us, (2 Isaiah 46-47). The Old Testament cannot go away,...
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Forefathers Day Salute, Plymouth | Historical Digression
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Musings on history as viewed by someone with one foot in the past. December 22, 2014. Forefathers Day Salute, Plymouth. 8220;The Landing of the Pilgrims” by Howard Pyle from “Harpers Weekly” 1882. Pyle, contrary to the other more fanciful depictions of his time, compellingly depicts what must have been a desperate landing. Then I made the connection. The Landing of the Pilgrims. Forefathers Day. I knew the date, but had no idea at the time that it was observed in this fashion in Plymouth. The Old Colony ...
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Patrick Browne | Historical Digression
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Musings on history as viewed by someone with one foot in the past. Author Archives: Patrick Browne. I am a PhD candidate in History, former historical society and museum director of roughly 20 years, an author, sometimes Civil War reenactor. I specialize in early American History, particularly the Civil War era. July 3, 2016. 3rd Massachusetts Battery at Gettysburg. Lt Aaron F. Walcott (1836-1907). Their first indication that the situation had turned bad came when General Charles Griffin of the V Corps r...
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Musings on history as viewed by someone with one foot in the past. June 28, 2016. 13th Massachusetts Infantry at Gettysburg. The monument of the 13th Massachusetts was dedicated in 1885 and is located on the eastern slope of Oak Ridge on Robinson Avenue. It is the only Massachusetts monument to feature a likeness of a member of the unit, Color Sergeant Roland G. Morris, who fell at this spot on July 1. Colonel Samuel H. Leonard (1825-1902). The 13th Massachusetts lost 7 killed, 77 wounded, and 101 missin...
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Julia P. Kendall, Plymouth Civil War Nurse | Historical Digression
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Musings on history as viewed by someone with one foot in the past. June 1, 2015. Julia P. Kendall, Plymouth Civil War Nurse. The Union Hotel Hospital in Georgetown where Julia Kendall was employed (Library of Congress photo). Julia P. Kendall (1825-1874) was one of a very few women from Plymouth, Massachusetts who served as a nurse during the Civil War. She was part of a prominent family. Her father, Rev. James Kendall, had been the long-time pastor of Plymouth’s First Parish Church. The two did, in fact...
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American Civil War | Historical Digression
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Musings on history as viewed by someone with one foot in the past. Category Archives: American Civil War. July 3, 2016. 3rd Massachusetts Battery at Gettysburg. The 3rd Massachusetts Battery monument is located at the base of Little Round Top by Plum Run at the corner of the Wheatfield Road and Crawford Ave. It was dedicated in 1885. Lt Aaron F. Walcott (1836-1907). You can’t live in that place five minutes! 1] James L. Bowen,. Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865, (. 2] “ Aaron Francis Walcott. Chapel Hi...
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Camp Stanton Boxford | Historical Digression
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Musings on history as viewed by someone with one foot in the past. Tag Archives: Camp Stanton Boxford. August 9, 2015. Civil War Training Camps in Massachusetts, Part Two. The parade ground of Fort Warren in Boston Harbor from “Harper’s Weekly,” December 1861. 6 Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Four regiments of infantry for service in the field (and many other smaller units for coastal garrison service). These were the 11th, 12th, 14th and 32nd regiments of infantry. 7 Camp Stanton, Boxford. Like Camp Stanto...
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