Word: chaplain
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There was another unforeseen hazard. The Germans had permitted a number of rivers to flood the fields, and many paratroopers landed with their burden of supplies in three or four feet of water. Father Francis Sampson, a Catholic chaplain, sank into water over his head and just barely managed to cut himself free from his chute. Then he had to dive down five or six times to retrieve his equipment for saying Mass. Private John Steele had a different kind of religious problem: his parachute caught on the steeple of the church in Ste.-Mère-Eglise, so he played...
Richard Halverson, 68, chaplain of the U.S. Senate, on "word merchants" in the chamber: "Help them to appreciate the power of words... to honor, to disparage; to encourage, to disappoint; to comfort, to embarrass; to edify, to offend; to strengthen, to weaken; to motivate, to immobilize; to give hope, to frustrate; to purify, to pollute; to build, to destroy...
Father Robert Fortin, 51, the American Roman Catholic chaplain who holds Mass each Sunday for many in the foreign community at the U.S. embassy snack bar or in his apartment on Kutuzovsky Prospect, has come up with a practical way for his parishioners to ease their consciences without fear of being overheard. In a variation on traditional Roman Catholic practice, the chaplain granted general absolution to all who attended special services in the holiday season. But for those who still want to speak individually with him, Fortin offers a "walk in the woods" procedure that he hopes will foil eavesdroppers...
...historical legacy. To deny such roots is to disown the origin of our American culture. The Supreme Court wisely considered the arguments in deciding Marsh v. Chambers (1983). In Marsh, the Court permitted the Nebraska legislature to continue opening its sessions with a prayer from a state supported chaplain. The Court abandoned a strict constitutional analysis; instead, the Justices cited the substantial history of legislative chaplains and found no significant First Amendment violations...
Wheaton is one of twelve colleges participating in Societies Organized Against Racism (SOAR), a two year-old group originated by Darryl Smaw, a chaplain at Brown University...