Word: crucifixes
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...heroism of priests surpassed the way in which Father Dubuc had conducted himself at the end of his picnic. After the explosion, said Albert La Frenière, Father Dubuc stood up in the stern of the boat and, while his clothes blazed brightly, lifted his crucifix and granted absolution to the five who were with him. Having recited the ritual of his church, he said to his guests, "There is nothing else to do. We must jump into the water." Later, when the body of Father Dubuc was found, it was discovered that the first flash of the explosion...
...heavy Gothic doors of the cloister trembled, slowly closed, were locked. Inside remained 15 quiet women dressed in white robes, wearing black hoods and capes, carrying rosaries, like strings of beads, with a pendant crucifix. They were nuns of the Dominican Sisterhood, located at Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park, California. They had pledged themselves to the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, to obedience, poverty and chastity. Never may they leave the cloister (except because of fire, leprosy, contagious maladies, or analogous circumstances...
Last week Archbishop John J. Dunn, of the Catholic diocese of New York, journeyed to Staten Island to attend special services, returned to his Manhattan home, discovered that from his automobile had been lost a black valise containing cassock, robes, crucifix. The Archbishop was distraught, for the crucifix (inlaid with four two-carat diamonds and many a sapphire) bore the instriptions: "Worn by Cardinal Farley as auxiliary Bishop of New York;" "Presented by His Eminence Patrick Cardinal Hayes to the Right Rev. John J. Dunn...
That night a shivering taxi-driver sat at his stand reading an early edition of next morning's newspaper. He read of the Archbishop's loss, of the value of the crucifix. Therefore he drove to the Archbishop's house, handed over the valise with contents undisturbed, explained that he had seen the bag on the curb, had been unable to overtake the Archbishop's automobile, departed without leaving his name...
...pray," said Father Projuarez huskily, when he was led out. As General Cruz nodded, the priest fell on his knees, clasped a crucifix to his breast, prayed briefly. Rising, he walked resolutely to the garden wall, turned his back upon it, and extended his hands in the gesture of benediction, crying: "May God have mercy on you all!" An instant later the listening crowd outside heard three crisp commands: "Ready . . . Aim . . . Fire...