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Post by thesenator on Jul 13, 2018 7:57:47 GMT -5
Senator, . How do you know the death dates of people who died years ago? Is there a calendar? thanks for asking, gen...for the friars, i go to their website (hnp.org which is the holy name province website)...then i go to the upper left corner and click "who we are"...under "who we are" i click "our friars"...and under "our friars" i click "deceased friars" and up pops the current month of friars who are celebrating anniversaries... for the others (like dr tedesco and larry ford), i subscribe to the oth and see it in the obits and then i mark it on my desk calendar...every day i turn the calendar to the current date and some dates i have written a friar's name or prof's name...
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Post by thesenator on Jul 15, 2018 9:23:47 GMT -5
on this date in 1274 the "original bonnie" st bonvaventure passed into eternal life...thank you st bona for all your prayers for all of us...last year was great...we will have one of the largest incoming freshman classes this fall that we have had in years...donations are up (but we always need more)...and our men's basketball team had one of its best seasons ever...keep up those prayers, st bonaventure, for all of us and for your university!...
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Post by OceanStateBonnie on Jul 15, 2018 14:29:46 GMT -5
Happy Feast of St. Bonaventure!
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Post by tastylicks on Jul 15, 2018 16:36:24 GMT -5
Happy Feast of St. Bonaventure! I subscribe to Franciscan media's Saint of the Day. Here is today's reflection: Saint Bonaventure Saint of the Day for July 15 (1221 – July 15, 1274) www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJul15.mp3 Saint Bonaventure’s Story Perhaps not a household name for most people, Saint Bonaventure, nevertheless, played an important role in both the medieval Church and the history of the Franciscan Order. A senior faculty member at the University of Paris, Saint Bonaventure certainly captured the hearts of his students through his academic skills and insights. But more importantly, he captured their hearts through his Franciscan love for Jesus and the Church. Like his model, Saint Francis, Jesus was the center of everything—his teaching, his administration, his writing, and his life. So much so, that he was given the title “Seraphic Doctor.” Born in Bagnorea in 1221, Saint Bonaventure was baptized John, but received the name Bonaventure when he became a Franciscan at the age of 22. Little is known about his childhood, but we do know that his parents were Giovanni di Fidanza and Maria Ritell. It seems that his father was a physician and a man of means. While Saint Francis died about five years after the saint’s birth, he is credited with healing Bonaventure as a boy of a serious illness. Saint Bonaventure’s teaching career came to a halt when the Friars elected him to serve as their General Minister. His 17 years of service were not easy as the Order was embroiled in conflicts over the interpretation of poverty. Some friars even ended up in heresy saying that Saint Francis and his community were inaugurating the era of the Holy Spirit which was to replace Jesus, the Church, and Scripture. But because he was a man of prayer and a good administrator, Saint Bonaventure managed to structure the Order through effective legislation. But more importantly, he offered the Friars an organized spirituality based on the vision and insights of Saint Francis. Always a Franciscan at heart and a mystical writer, Bonaventure managed to unite the pastoral, practical aspects of life with the doctrines of the Church. Thus, there is a noticeable warmth to his teachings and writings that make him very appealing. Shortly before he ended his service as General Minister, Pope Gregory X created him a Cardinal and appointed him bishop of Albano. But a little over a year later, while participating in the Second Council of Lyon, Saint Bonaventure suddenly died on July 15, 1274. There is a theory that he was poisoned. Saint Bonaventure left behind a structured and renewed Franciscan Order and a body of work all of which glorifies his major love—Jesus. Reflection Bonaventure so united holiness and theological knowledge that he rose to the heights of mysticism while remaining a very active preacher and teacher, one beloved by all who met him. To know him was to love him; to read him is still for us today to meet a true Franciscan and a gentleman.
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Post by class70 on Jul 16, 2018 4:34:08 GMT -5
Sorry to admit after all these years, but I have never read anything written by Saint Bonaventure. Does anyone have a handy link to something he authored or to a bibliography?
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Post by OceanStateBonnie on Jul 16, 2018 5:33:09 GMT -5
Do a search for “The Journey of the Mind to God” and you will get several sights offering this work.
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Post by class70 on Jul 16, 2018 6:23:21 GMT -5
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Post by Ladderman on Jul 23, 2018 16:34:16 GMT -5
Pat Martine, wife of retired English professor Dr. Jim Martine, passed away last week.
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Post by thesenator on Jul 23, 2018 18:07:54 GMT -5
Pat Martine, wife of retired English professor Dr. Jim Martine, passed away last week. back in the early '70s, the english department at bonas had, i think, a very, very good group of teachers...and, although i never had him personally, often heard how dr martine was an excellent prof...may mrs martine rest in peace...
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Post by thesenator on Oct 2, 2018 7:30:23 GMT -5
today is fr joe ruther's anniversary into heaven (34 years)...i had fr joe for math the last semester he taught at bonas in the early '70s...he also bound 3 old books that i found...he charged me 5 bucks (i don't even want to think what it would have cost me if i took it to get professionally bound) and i still have those books on the shelf 45+ years later...i will always remember him walking across campus, greeted by a bunch of squirrels wondering what treats he had for them...
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Post by firstdev on Oct 2, 2018 7:55:31 GMT -5
today is fr joe ruther's anniversary into heaven (34 years)...i had fr joe for math the last semester he taught at bonas in the early '70s...he also bound 3 old books that i found...he charged me 5 bucks (i don't even want to think what it would have cost me if i took it to get professionally bound) and i still have those books on the shelf 45+ years later...i will always remember him walking across campus, greeted by a bunch of squirrels wondering what treats he had for them... What a great story and oh so typical of the Franciscans and their humble and practical skills. I was on campus last Thursday and stayed at the Friary. On my walk to the RC I encountered two tame deer yearlings and numerous black squirrels content to wander about on a peaceful and serene fall day. My presence did not fluster them in the least. It really symbolizes the unique place our campus plays in the natural world, and how that world enriches our lives as alums and faculty and staff and undergrads. Long may it continue..........
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Post by thesenator on Oct 5, 2018 7:31:46 GMT -5
tomorrow is the anniversary (39 years) of fr dermot collins into eternal life...for those of you who went to bonas in the late '60s and early '70s and still have your acceptance letter from bonas, check the signature at the bottom of the letter...good chance it belongs to fr dermot, who was dean of admissions back then...
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Post by jim62 on Oct 5, 2018 8:09:25 GMT -5
Fr. Dermot was a really good friend and a super guy. He was my prefect one year and I took his public speaking course which prepped me for my unforeseen future. If I remember correctly he was an army veteran also. I often think of him.
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Post by fjs64 on Oct 5, 2018 8:36:57 GMT -5
Fr. Dermot was a really good friend and a super guy. He was my prefect one year and I took his public speaking course which prepped me for my unforeseen future. If I remember correctly he was an army veteran also. I often think of him. Hey Jim.....many younger students would not know what a Prefect is.....no longer do they enjoy having a Father Sennan, or Father Kenneth (the mouse) or the Duke or any other of the Monks that ruled the dorms and handed out demerits or made sure you signed in on time or were in your room for bedcheck or out of your room during Mass mornings and making sure you weren't hiding in the closet to avoid detection.
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Post by thesenator on Oct 5, 2018 8:41:39 GMT -5
Fr. Dermot was a really good friend and a super guy. He was my prefect one year and I took his public speaking course which prepped me for my unforeseen future. If I remember correctly he was an army veteran also. I often think of him. you are correct, jim...fr dermot was a paratrooper in the army who earned the bronze star for "meritorious achievement in the face of an armed enemy"...
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