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The deathbed friendship between a bishop and an atheist *** begin quote *** Conventional wisdom has it, "There are no atheists in foxholes." In truth, atheists can be found even in foxholes, but often they're atheists whose deepest yearning is to be wrong. In just that spirit, among people who believe that Western civilization today is locked in mortal combat with radical Islam, there's a growing contingent of what we might call "Christian atheists," meaning non-believers nonetheless committed to a strong defense of Christian culture. In this quirky galaxy, no star burned brighter than that of the provocative Italian writer Oriana Fallaci until her death in September 2006. Fallaci's credentials as a non-believer were never in doubt. She once defined Christianity as "a beautiful fable," and wrote: "I'm tired of having to repeat, in writing and also orally, that I'm an atheist. In addition to being a secularist, I'm also profoundly anti-clerical. Priests don't sit well with me, just as they didn't with the anarchists of Lugano." (That's a reference to a city on the Swiss-Italian border where 19th century anarchists were chased out because of their opposition to the ultra-Catholic Hapsburg Empire.) *** end quote *** One has to wonder at Death’s Door what is on the other side. It’s of interest that we can disagree. Respectfully. Politely. Charitably. If the Lord favors the cheerful giver, then what’s the reward for treating a fellow human with care? While there are truly evil people in this world, we can pretty quickly id them. I like to think of the Johari window. We may all in fact be looking at the same apple just through different color glass. So, unlike me fellow alums, who are always nice to everyone all the time, I will make a special effort to do the same. Even if those everyones are Democans or Republicrats. |
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JObit: Brustman, Harry J. (MC????) ACTIONABLE OBIT: EXPIRES 07SEPT07
http://www.legacy.com/DallasMorningNews/Obituaries.asp ***Begin Quote*** Harry J. Brustman BRUSTMAN, HARRY J. Of ***End Quote*** Guestbook for your comments is at: http://www.legacy.com/DallasMorningNews/GB # # # Brustman, Harry J. (MC????) # # # # # |
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JObit: McNierney, Edward David (MC????) ACTIONABLE OBIT: EXPIRES 06SEPT07
http://www.legacy.com/PressOfAtlanticCity/ ***Begin Quote*** Edward David McNierney MCNIERNEY, EDWARD DAVID - of Absecon, passed away
peacefully to his eternal reward on September 1, 2007 surrounded by his
loving family. He was affectionately known as “Big Ed” not just because of
his physical stature but because of his big heart. He truly knew how to live,
laugh, and love. Ed touched all he met with his warmth, genuineness, and sense
of humor. Ed enlisted in the US Army Air Corps during WWII and held the rank
of 1st Lieutenant. He flew 37 combat missions as a B25 bomber pilot in the
Pacific Theater. He was assigned to the 13th Air Force, better known as the “Fightin 13th, and was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster. Ed received a civil engineering degree from Published in The Press of ***End Quote*** Guestbook for your comments is at: http://www.legacy.com/PressOfAtlanticCity/ # # # McNierney, Edward David (MC????) # # # # # |
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JNEWS: Blose, Anthony P. (MC1979) http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/ Look who just got hired at
***Begin Quote*** New hires round out faculty, academic staff for 2007 SAULT STE. MARIE, MI. — Thirteen new faces join the academic ranks at Anthony P. Blose, joins the administration as dean of the college of
natural and mathematical sciences. Blose received
both his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in physics from {Extraneous Deleted} ***End Quote*** Blose, Anthony P. (MC1979) # # # {MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that the Professor is a member of the Class of 1979. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) } # # # # # |
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JNEWS: Smith , Sr. Colleen (MC????)
Sep. 4–HAMDEN — The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus have chosen Sister Colleen Smith to be the academic leader for the 500 students at Sacred Heart Academy. Smith replaces Sister Ritamary
Schulz as the principal of the allgirls, college
preparatory high school on It’s a homecoming for Smith, 44, who started her religious life at Sacred Heart just after receiving her religious epiphany at Sacred Heart’s sister high school, Cor Jesu Academy, in St. Louis, Mo. The daughter of a devout Catholic
parents, and whose mother converted to Catholicism in her late teens, Smith
is the youngest of five siblings, three brothers and a sister, Sister Bridget
Smith, who entered the order in When Smith was in high school, she said she was in turmoil over whether to enter the convent or go to college, but eventually she did both. “By the time I was a senior, it was very clear to me that God was asking me to be an Apostle of the Sacred Heart,” she said. That she was considering religious life was something she kept to herself until she knew for sure. She didn’t want anyone thinking she was doing it because her sister had entered the order previously. “All of the sudden, I couldn’t do anything else, but I knew God would only ask me to do something that would fulfill me and once I said ‘yes,’ the peace just overcame me,” she said. But, there’s more to Smith than just faith. She sees herself as the quintessential educator. Asked if she would have been a teacher even if she didn’t answer God’s calling, she responds in the affirmative. “I was always attracted to teaching. I was the neighborhood babysitter for five kids. Everyone thought I’d be married with 12 kids. I’ve never mothered my own, but I’ve mentored many children,” she said. She said she loves working with the high school age group. “What I hope to give them is spiritual leadership. This is a time when it’s natural to explore and question your faith, and therefore grow deeper in faith. “We’re in such a world of moral relativism that there is no objective right or wrong where our culture is today. But there is an objective right or wrong and it’s based on the Gospel and the teachings of Jesus Christ, and I just feel there’s such disregard for the value and dignity of the human person. I think it’s our obligation to teach these young women their value and their dignity.” Because young people are always bombarded with messages of consumerism, materialism and sex, Smith said she wants Sacred Heart to be a place for young women to learn the Catholic moral and social teachings, and to have peace and prayer in the frenetic pace of life. “That’s part of why I’m so happy to be here. I’m an educator in my bones. I really want to make a difference for these women. It’s such a critical age,” she said. Nikki Ruben, 16, a junior from Her energetic demeanor has been a “spirit lifter,” said
Rachael Perrone, 16, a junior from Smith has taught and been an administrator at Catholic
schools in During her previous tenure at Sacred Heart, she was head of the English and religion departments, moderator of the student council and co-moderator of Campus Ministry. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Among her goals for the school are to build upon its academic successes and involvement in community service, and to oversee improvements to technology and the facility. “It’s an exciting time to be in education,” when technology like Smartboards and laptops assist the teacher, she said. The school’s strength, she added, is its “outstanding staff, first, and an incredibly talented and energetic student body.” {Extraneous Deleted} LOAD-DATE: September 4, 2007 # # # Smith , Sr. Colleen (MC????) # # # # # |
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JNEWS: Sicilian, Joe (MC1974) Staten Island Advance (New York) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - If the United States represents a stunning array of diverse cultures, then the classes graduating from Staten Island’s Curtis High School in recent years have looked more American than America itself. For years, the student body at the St. George school has
comprised a nearly even mix of black, white and Latino teens- with Asians,
Pacific Islanders and Native Americans represented in smaller numbers. The
same global circumstances that have brought new immigrants to Staten Island’s
ETHNIC DIVERSITY The Class of 2006 and the incoming Class of 2007
therefore, represent a group more ethnically diverse than E pluribus, Curtis. Fostering an appreciation for that diversity is the work of many at Curtis High School, but one teacher, the kind who sees students flock to his desk during the lunch hour, is especially responsible for making citizens out of the students he guides both in and out of the classroom. Joe Sicilian Jr., 54, has been teaching at Curtis for more than 30 years - a role he says began from a sense of indebtedness to his peers who served in the Vietnam War: “A debt to them,” he clarifies, “not to that damn war.” Sicilian is opinionated, charismatic, and above all, devoted. A LOUD ADVOCATE He has the sturdy build of a bulldog and the booming bark
you’d expect from a Bronx-born track coach. But he’s often described by
students and parents as a cheerleader- a loud advocate for diversity, for
students, for Curtis and “(The diversity of Curtis) creates students who can work as team members, who are open to new challenges,” he says. “This is Curtis that does this, not me.” In addition to coaching track, Sicilian teaches English at
In this role, he involves students in co-curricular activities - an important opportunity for students to intermingle, especially across cultures - and he teaches a youth leadership class that focuses on understanding difference and prejudice. Sicilian often teaches the “hardest” students at Curtis, too- young people who he says have had poor academic experiences for most of their lives and have a negative self-image as students. It’s apparent that he loves them. ALTRUISTIC STUDENTS In everything, Sicilian’s ultimate goal is to encourage altruism among his students. “The nature of education is self-serving in many ways,” says Sicilian. “As students develop their own skills and abilities, the community focus can become dimmed. To teach altruism is to turn their skills and great, great hearts outward.” He says teaching students to appreciate diversity is the first task to that end. “Believe it or not, it’s incredibly easy,” he says. “…In a less diverse school, it would be more difficult; people who don’t see the ‘other’ become much more anxious about them.” SOLUTIONS In his youth leadership course, Sicilian teaches students
about the effects of prejudice, largely with examples from “Students learn how the smallest biases, when left unchained, can lead to catastrophe,” he says, repeating a lesson he’s delivered countless times. He recently gave a workshop on that subject for students
and educators at Staten Island’s Solutions Making Summit - an annual
conference on diversity, aptly, at At lunch time, the “Any appreciation of diversity begins with loving one’s own culture and one’s own kind,” he says. The point, from his perspective, is to understand and appreciate all kinds. ‘MY OWN LUCKY LIFE’ Sicilian gained a personal appreciation for a uniquely
diverse community in 1975 - during his only hiatus from Curtis, following
citywide lay-offs - when he taught students aged 17 to 70 at a “I developed a simultaneous appreciation of my own lucky life and of how others struggle for what I had taken for granted,” he recalls. As a pedagogue, Sicilian says he draws on his spirituality
as a Catholic and a philosophy of service to children that he developed at DRAWING ENERGY “(My philosophy) is to see each student as a person who is developing in front of me - psychologically, emotionally, in every way - and individualize the instruction as best I can.” Sicilian becomes animated at the head of the classroom, as though drawing energy from the room. Among the lessons he says he tries to teach his students: To be self-reliant, to be unafraid of failure and to find a life’s quest. At 54, the If that ethic continues to thrive at Tevah Platt is a news reporter for the Advance. LOAD-DATE: September 2, 2007 # # # Sicilian, Joe (MC1974) {MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that Joe is a member of the class of 1974. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) } # # # # # |
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EMAIL FROM THE MC ALUMNI YAHOO GROUP Just a note to say hello......... I was wondering when the online alumni directory on the all best, {JR: Maybe in my next lifetime. But it does rekindle an idea in my mind for my own MCOLDB? (Down boy. It would be a horrendous undertaking. And look how good your other bright ideas turned out!!) } |
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From: Valentino, Joanne (1997) Hello John, Jo Anne Cifu-Valentino class of 97 looking to join. Jo Anne Valentino ===== ===== ===== From: Reinke's Catch All Email Dear Jasper Ms. Jo Anne, A pleasure to admit you. fjohn68 ===== ===== ===== From: Mike McEneney Dear John, As I
recall Jo Anne was Student Body President and the recipient of the
prestigious Gunn Medal, the medal awarded to the Senior who has been deemed
to have exhibited the best of the La Salen ideals
during their stay at {JR: Not surprised a decade out of school and a “director”.} |
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From: Thomas F. McGowan [1972] Dear Friends and Colleagues, It's been a busy year for us, working on NOx issues, haz waste treatment, flares, VOCs, PCBs, and thermal desorption to name a few topics. But in between engineering projects, we manage to fit in some teaching. I will be giving a shortcourse at the ChemShow in NYC on Wednesday, 10/31 from 2 to 5 p.m. See http://www.chemshow.com/index.php The focus is on alternate fuels for industrial applications, and topics include combustion basics, use of alternate fuels, equipment, regulations, and effects on air pollution control. We have an ongoing online course on NOx Control via AWMA. More can be seen on that at the following website for course AIR-311E http://www.awma.org/events/ view_event.html?typeid=2&id=1 It will next run September 10 through October 7. One hour Webinars will be given via ASME on Alternate Fuels, Fuel Switching, and Basics of Greenhouse Gas Calculations on 10/16; Combustion Basics will be given on 10/23. Chemical Engineering Magazine will host a one-hour Webinar on Alternate Fuels and Heat Recovery for the CPI (chemical process industry) at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 20. Please call or email if you have trouble locating courses with the above organizations. Hope you all had a good summer! Regards, |
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JFound: Mucciardi, Michael (MC2001) (on FACEBOOK) REPORTING FROM THE FACEBOOK DESK http://manhattan.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32102003&hif=15%012001 Mucciardi, Michael (MC2001) ***Begin Quote*** Michael Mucciardi ***End Quote*** # # # # # |
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JFound: Rozewski, Steve (MC????) (on FRIENDSTER) REPORTING FROM THE FRIENDSTER DESK http://profiles.friendster.com/3144698 Steve Rozewski Rozewski, Steve (MC????) ***Begin Quote*** * Male, 48, In a Relationship ***End Quote*** # # # # # |
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MFound: have to ask of http://beltccny.blogspot.com/2007/08/experimental-report-on-vow2.html Thursday, August 30, 2007 ***Begin Quote*** The Next Step: Hopefully, our team here at CCNY can begin
drafting preliminary designs replicating the Vow2 as early as this month. But
before we take it apart, we would like to attach it to a Lister engine and
implement it for a short trial. Due to the lack of our own Lister engine for
the moment, we would have to ask of ***End Quote*** {JR: Injineers from different schools working together just like real life! } # # # # # |
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MFound: Hawaiian Day at http://coffeesandsmoothies.blogspot.com/2007/08/ Tuesday, August 28, 2007 ***Begin Quote*** This is the whirlwind week (actually two) of college
back-t0-school events for Maui Wowi. Here we are at
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/war-without-end.html *** begin quote *** We saw the extreme result of this mentality in the *** end quote *** Yep, we reap what we sow. We now are up to our neck in a multitude of
problems from which there appears no easy escape. It would seem that the first thing, just like a AA or NA or any of
the various XX’s that deal with substance abuses,
is to admit we have a problem. The citizens of this country DO have a
problem. They don’t vote. Or when they do vote, they vote for whoever
promises them the most or looks the prettiest. Wake up folks. Politicians lie. Maybe they are so delusional that
they don’t’ even realize they are doing it. Life is too important to be left to the politicians. The free market
place is where we should have elections. You sell me something and I pay for
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