Word: sacredness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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At the time, Father Feeney was professor of Sacred Eloquence at Weston Seminary, the local Jesuit theological school. He had formerly served as Literary Editor of "America", the national Catholic magazine. He was the author of "Fish on Friday" as well as many books of poetry. Before teaching on the...
Another quaint outlet for the Stanford spirit is the pajamarino. The freshmen men annually put on pajamas for the rally before the game with Southern California. The festivities begin with the freshmen parading down fraternity row. The frat men line up on both sides of the street with stale fruit...
Soon, however, the happy converts stopped showing up. The Handas heard stories that the great Nagumo had collected large sums of money for altars from other families without delivering the sacred goods. This was too much for Mrs. Handa; her husband reluctantly agreed to drop the new religion.
But Patel is 74 and suffering from a weak heart. Last week he flew to breezy Bombay in a specially pressurized Dakota, to rest and recuperate. No one knows when & if he will return. In New Delhi, 25 leading pandits began an eleven-day yagna (sacred ritual prayer session) for...
It was June of 1552, so the story goes. Membership in the Sacred College of Cardinals had fallen to 14, and all the Roman Catholic world momentarily expected Pope Julius III to call a consistory to replenish the College. When the cardinals and papal courtiers had decided that the time...