Kateri Tekakwitha's Feast Day

The residents of the annex use too much electricity and exceed their ration. Anne begins to feel that Mr. Dussel is a strict disciplinarian and has too many opinions about etiquette. She writes that it is very difficult being “the badly brought-up center of attention in a family of nitpickers.” Hanukkah and St. Nicholas Day come on almost the same day, so the annex holds two celebrations. They light the Hanukkah candles for only ten minutes, since candles are in short supply. For St. Nicholas Day, Father hides a basket filled with presents and a mask of Black Peter in a cabinet.

She was and is worshipped as nature itself. The “Sunday Parade” honors her. This happens once a year, when the community finds the oldest lady in the town or city and crowns her the “Pachamama Queen of the year”. Then she parades around the community on horseback.

Saint Agnes of Bohemia shares her feast day with my birthday; March 2. She was was born in Prague to her parents, the king and the queen of Bohemia. She had one brother and was a very religious kid. When she was very young, she made her decision of entering the religious life. She later declined a marriage and decided that God was more important than a marriage. God was the biggest part in Saint Agnes’s life. Instead of marriage she became a nun. She then built a hospital for the poor started a Poor Clare monastery.

In Uwem Akpan’s short story “An Ex-mas Feast,” we are presented with a sad story narrated by a boy named Jigani. His older sister is only twelve and is already a sex worker. Throughout the story, the reader is more and more informed on the relationship between stigma and sexuality in this area. Like many foreign countries outside the United States, women are viewed as these things that were created to cook, clean, take care of the house, and take care of the children. Jigani’s father, Baba, displays this when he is having a heated conversation with Jigani. Jigani tells Baba that he does not want to go to school anymore because he doesn’t want his older sister, Maisha to leave. Upset at what he hears, Baba responds by saying “You

On Tuesday, August 19 Student Council put together a luncheon for new faculty members to St. Patrick. The luncheon was part of the celebration for New Faculty Day that the Student Council put together under the guidance of their sponsor, Mrs. Buckley, as a way of welcoming new faculty to St. Patrick. The room was filled with delicious appetizers, platters, desserts, and drinks brought in by the members of Student Council. In addition to the luncheon, new faculty members also received treats and a handwritten letter from a student.

Alanis Obomsawin, an indigenous Canadian women born August 31, 1932, a member of the Abenaki Nation with the last name that means “Pathfinder”. She was born in the U.S but at six months her family returned back to Odanak reserve in

The patron saint I have chosen for my saint project is St. Padre Pio otherwise known as Pio of Pietrelcina. St. Padre Pio was first born in Pietrelcina, Italy on May 25, 1887 and Pietrelcina is a small town in a small country in the southern part of Italy. His dad was named Grazio Mario Forgione and his mom was Maria Guiseppa de Nunzio Forgione. Padre Pio was Baptized right after his birth in a castle that was close to them with the name of his brother who died in early infancy with the name of Francesco. Padre Pio had four siblings with his brother Michele and his three younger sisters; Felicita, Pellegrina, and Grazia. He would of had more siblings but they died as infants. His family and the town of Pietrelcina were revolved around catholicism

The name of my African Saint is St. Josephine Bakhita. St.Josephine Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. St. Josephine Bakhita was a slave at a young age and was sold 12 times. One time a student asked St. Josephine “What would you do if you met your captors”. She said “i would kneel and kiss their hands because if I were not tortured i would not be religious. St. Josephine Bakhita would be abused for no reason or from offending somebody. St. Josephine’s feast day is February 8. St. Josephine Bakhita was made a saint on by October 1, 2000 by Pope John Paul ll. Five interesting facts about St. Josephine Bakhita is she was a former slave who became a Canossian Religious sister in Italy. Her most

When one observes a painting or drawing, the lines direct the eyes attention and dictate the piece. Line is applied in nearly every aspect of art, whether is an actual mark on a piece of paper or if it is implied in the work. Horizontal, vertical, angular, curving and diagonal. are all descriptive characteristics of line. In The Maundy Thursday Festival before the Ducal Palace in Venice, by Canaletto, the line work that was chosen guides the audience’s eye in the direction intended by the artist and was beneficial in providing boundaries. The diagonal lines help to elicit the viewer's attention from the foreground to the steeple and palace in the background. The disarrayed foreground is balanced by the use of strong vertical lines, making

Hey guys it's Haley, and we are back to school once again. I honestly think that they spoiled us with a whole week of school, but I guess I was happy to be off school... Anyway, within the break it was Thanksgiving, so let me just say my family is quite odd. Last Thanksgiving my cousins tricked me into eating a turkey heart, (I didn't actually eat it though) but they still teased me about it. The teasing continued all the way to this Thanksgiving, and it had to stop. Luckily enough, there was no heart in the turkey this year, but they still continue to tease me. So, I still continue to get picked on even though that occurred over a year ago. This is like a non-ending teasing game, but at least I have some things held against them. Alright,

To begin Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle born May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh Scotland. His parents, Charles Altamount Doyle and Mary Josephine Elizabeth Doyle. Charles and Mary were Irish decedents and were devout Roman Catholics. Charles and Mary married July 31,1855, Ironically July 31,1855 was the feast day of Ignatius incidentally, this is how Doyle received his second name. Subsequently Doyle had eight siblings, however, over the course of time six of Doyle's siblings survived to adulthood. Furthermore Doyle's father was an amateur artist, as well as an architect, who had the misfortune of dealing with dipsomania, and depression, consequently his father's grievous ordeal with his illness was detrimental to the family.

“As you wish, Sire.” The imperial guard led Tzar Temnota Temnota to the grand hall, where the feast shall commence. The hundreds of Tatar slaves preparing the table looked up and bowed their heads in a symbol of respect to the crown. The many quests, mostly of Ottoman, Persian, Baltic, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Livonian, and Russian descent, stopped talking and watched as the Tzar descended the central stairway. Tzar Temnota walked to his throne, and addressed his crowd.

The holidays in francophone cultures are Saint Jean-Baptiste, Bastille day and Mardi Gras. These holidays represent a special event where different people celebrate their own culture. Francophone cultures in holiday should have more in Canada. People around the world celebrate their culture to embrace who they are and what are they doing it for. Francophone cultures in holidays means different ethnicity celebrate different cultures on specific days. The specific dates bring people together and celebrate there special day like Saint Jean-Baptiste, la fete du prince and Jour des Aieux.

Saint Clare was born in Assisi, Italy on July 16, 1194. Her father Favorino Scifi and her mother Ortolana gave her the given name as Chiara Offreduccio. As St. Clare was growing up she was very wealthy and learned to spin yarn, write and read. St. Clare gave to the poor she gave all the leftovers from meals to people who did not have any food and she gave clothes to people Clare started to do this at a young age. She wasn’t really focused on all the fancy things she had because Clare wanted to include herself in poverty. She wanted to turn her life to God but she needed help with that. Francis of Assisi came to her mind she asked her parents if she could leave to go and join him but her parents did not want her to go to Francis of Assisi for help but she left anyways. She went the Porziuncola Chapel to meet Francis she listen to all the homilies and preaching.

My family along with other Nepalese celebrate innumerable big festivals where food is one of the main rituals. Dashain, Tihar, Holi are some of the big festivals in Nepal and during Tihar (my favorite festivals among all), my family makes special meals like Chini roti (made of soaked rice, sugar, ghee), Nepali authentic meal (dal, bhat, masu) , sel roti (made of soaked rice, sugar, ghee, soda, milk, cashews) and other several foods. These festivals are like Christmas and Thanksgiving for us. The festivals and food have direct associations and are very significant to make the occasion more delightful. Every member of the family tries to gather during this occasion to celebrate. During this big event, we are unlimited just to foods, but we can see small kids playing with firecrackers and kites, whereas old playing cards and drinking games. Unfortunately, I was unable to be with my family for the 3rd time this year.