Real life hero

jpr: all of the family keeps one or more rescue dogs!

Mother Teresa

“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” ~Blessed Mother Teresa

Kelly Nieto

It is an imperative to see/hear the story of this amazing woman who was a staunch atheist for most of her life. http://en.gloria.tv/?K Warning the emotional content is extreme!!

jpr's approval 5 stars.

Kendrick Castillo

Ms. Giasolli said Mr. Castillo’s split-second decision to lunge for the gunman gave the other students a precious few seconds of cover to dive under their desks or rush the gunman. Ms. Giasolli said a cluster of boys then tackled the gunman, allowing her and others to flee the classroom.

a hero section entry

Ara Raoul Parseghian is a former American football player and coach who guided the University of Notre Dame to national championships in 1966 and 1973

1. Born: May 21, 1923 Akron, OH

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jonna jinton

the lady does it all

Rhys Ifans...could be a hero

Rhys Ifans was born and raised in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of teacher parents, Beti Wyn (Davies) and Eirwyn Evans. He was educated in two Welsh language schools - Ysgol Pentrecelyn, where his mother taught, and Ysgol Maes Garmon

enjoy a little spoken Welsh (gaelic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w_W2qBJk-c

Moondog

Charles is not home less and has monthly benefits. He is so beloved that he officially closes the city's annual Christmass parade.

Born September 18, 1958, Moondog is a Wheeling, WV native and one of several children born to Mamie Walker and Charles Waldrum. He attended Wheeling schools and worked “at least 15” jobs before he became a full-time vigilante.

“He rides around town and looks for suspicious activity,” Sheryl Small says. His “beat” is the entire city of Wheeling, which Moondog patrols from midnight until daybreak.

“We call him Moondog because he takes a bite out of crime,” says Lance Miller, owner of Neely’s Grocery, one of the Wheeling businesses that Moondog keeps an eye on at night.

Lilyhammer

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From Netflix ...the best series ever!

speaking of the Brazilian rain forest meet Crystal Ramsey

jpr: Early fall, well before the 1st semester began,  Crystal paid a visit to my office at the university. Memory recalls that she was just beginning her junior year.  We sat and talked of fellow students, past classes, and her ensuing course schedule. I said, "Crystal you look quite pale and thin. Have you been sick recently?"

She began her tale of recently returning from  vacation in the Amazon where she had been lost for a week in the jungle (rain forest.). During this time she repeatedly wanted to commit suicide but her companion refused to give her his pen knife for such. No water and half a box of tic-tacs where their only provisions. The bugs bit them day and night!

She was a solid hard working student. After graduation, she moved to California.

http://old.post-gazette.com/World/20020902amazon0902p2.asp

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Charles Payne

Raised in the projects in NYC. Charles at a young age wanted to be a business man. His peers ridiculed him as a young student as he carried his homework to/from school in an inexpensive  plastic brief case.  He is now working millions.

Payne attended Minot State College and Central Texas College during his time in the United States Air Force. In 1991, He founded a company named  "Wall Street Strategies", an independent stock market research firm where he serves as chief executive officer and principal analyst.  He also anchors his own TV show on Fox Business Channel.

D = S - M

Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. He survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Kaufering and Türkheim.

despair = suffering without meaning

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 Fr Ruffino Eczama, Catholic missionary from Unganda

A priest for 21 years! has baptized as many as 600- 800  souls in Africa at one time. Speaks nine (9) languages fluently including several  European tongues.

Jpr: had the privilege of signing in choir for a mass he offered

Patricia Sandoval

After 3 abortions, the guilt drove her to drug additiction and homelessness.

The lady regained her faith and serves in prolife testament.

 Reading her account of her sins makes we, the ordinary,  saintly in comparison. 

And then came a priest

Fr David Simonetti.....Chicago. Takes lot form me to look forward to a homily....love this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62_4QZYwO8

rhonda sciortino

Abandoned as an infant, raised in abusive foster care, she became a millionaire! She tells that as a child her body and her cloths were not cleaned for months. Her first tooth brushing occurred at 13
her first experience at being looked at in the eye was at 14.

Immaculée Ilibagiza

"Left to Tell "recounts Immaculée Ilibagiza’s experience during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She survived hidden for 91 days with seven other women in a small bathroom, no larger than 3 feet (0.91 m) long and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide. The bathroom was concealed in a room behind a wardrobe in the home of a Hutu pastor. During the genocide, most of Ilibagiza’s family was killed by Hutu soldiers: her mother, her father, and her two brothers. Besides herself, the only other survivor in her family was her brother Aimable, who was studying out of the country in Senegal and did not know the war was going on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Fl89XOud8.

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MS. MARIE JOSEPH

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION

MJOSEPH@SCS.EDU

Marie Joseph is an adjunct professor of Communication teaching public speaking in the St. Charles College Division.  She is also an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Theology at St. Charles having taught Undergraduate Catholic Spirituality and Catechetical courses in the Sacraments and Spirituality. Marie received her Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, with a concentration in Communication and Spanish from Cornell University in Ithaca N.Y. and a master’s degree in Systematic Theology from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Marie worked in the fields of marketing and advertising for Kraft General Foods, Inc. She taught Technology and Spanish in Catholic elementary school for eight years. Marie is certified and trained in physical fitness, nutrition, theater and dance. She has been deeply involved in Catholic mission work in Kenya, Africa. Marie recently appeared as the guest on EWTN “The Journey Home Show” with Marcus Grodi and her book Faith on Fire was featured on “The Catholic Corner “with Msgr. Nolan of the Archdiocese of Trenton. Marie was recently awarded “Woman of the Year” from the Knights of Columbus for her current work Executive Director of the Legacy of Life Foundation, Inc. supporting two Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Bristol, Bucks County and Philadelphia, PA. and ministering to women and families.

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If you asked Diego Simeone how his Atletico Madrid team have overcome all the odds to progress to the Champions Leagueas well as top of La Liga, he would provide you with a simple answer: "Hard work and humility."

Full name	Diego Pablo Simeone
Date of birth	28 April 1970 (age 43)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder

1st entry was  Immaculée Ilibagiza

Tiny Little Flower...candidate for Sainthood

Audrey meets Pope St. John Paul II in May 1991, a few weeks before she died of leukemia. 


At age 3 Audrey Stevennson of Paris had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Her faith was so devote her family returned to practicing their Catholic Faith. Her fame for miracles of cure for others brought visitors from all of France. She died at age 7 from leukemia.


We the lesser can only admire her while in shame.