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Mary Paul and Geraldine belong to the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, an order founded in France in 1641 as Sisters of the Refuge to shelter banished women. The order was renamed and internationalized in 1835 under the leadership of Mother, later Saint, Maria Euphrasia, who emphasized gratitude as the basis of the order's faith and works. "Vous avez un coeur fait pour aimer, fait pour etre reconnaissant." (You have a heart created to love and to be grateful.) Theologically, the tenet of gratitude is seen as the opposite of original sin because it grasps God as the source...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

Before you tear up this paper or crumple it and throw it into the allconsuming fires of ignorance, I hope you will look at the evidence I am about to present, and decide for yourself. I first began to have my doubts about the existence of "Saint Nick" a few Decembers ago, when I realized that I never got the presents I asked for in my letters. Each time I tore open a package expecting my Uzi, I found instead the He-Man/She-Ra Adventure Set, or a pair of socks. I asked my parents about this disparity, but they...

Author: By Ben N. Smith, | Title: Santa No Longer A Secret | 12/17/1985 | See Source »

None of that. I'm not into protests but Mother is a saint. If Jean-Luc Godard ever does to Mother what HAIL MARY (Orson Welles) has done to the Virgin Mary, I'll be there at every showing...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Clues to Dewitt | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...looked to be one of Harvard's strongest, and it has finally fulfilled that potential of late. Fullback Robert Santiago--the top runner in the Ivy League--is coming in off of back-to-back 100 yard days and is running in top form despite several nagging injuries. The Saint is now fifth on the all-time Harvard rushing list, but can move into third place with 59 yards today and into second with 123. He has scored four rushing touchdowns and boasts a 4.9 average per carry. The group lost some depth when junior halfback Rufus Jones went down...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Scouting Report | 11/23/1985 | See Source »

What's more, the Saint is in fifth place on the single-season rushing list with 765 yards this year. He can move past his 1984 total with 58 more yards and past Bobby Leo '67 and into third place with 63 yards...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Last Time We Met on November 23rd... | 11/19/1985 | See Source »

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