St. francis

The St. Francis Dam was built in 1926 in the month of May by William Mulholland. Mulholland used concrete as the material to build the damn. The St. Francis Dam was Mulholland’s first concrete based dam. He had previous experience with earthen dams but decided to practice outside of his expertise and use concrete. This decision was was because the mountainous site lacked the sufficient amount of clay or water to construct hydraulic fills. The design of the downstream of the dam was a wide set of

y name is Brittany Truong and I am a rising senior at St.Francis DeSales High School. b. I plan to major in biochemistry at a four year university and to later attend medical school. c. HIV is a virus that most of you, if not all, have heard of. That is because over 1.2 million Americans live with it everyday. Many of you may wonder: what makes this disease so dangerous? Well, out of all these infected people, one in eight are not even aware that this virus is currently multiplying in their bloodstream

Pick a Clique at Saint Francis High School Entering into Saint Francis High School can be a bit nerve racking. There will be so many cliques around campus such as the nerds, jocks, and druggies. Not being able to tell which one you may fit into will make high school more intimidating than it really is. How will you know what cliques are a good idea to join? Is it possible to be stuck between two cliques? For any new high schooler, finding the right group of students is all it might take to get you

nursing if there was a more in depth job description of a CNS. Vice President of the facility was able to attain the job description for me and also stipulated that it is used to evaluate the CNS. The CNS responsibilities and competencies for St. Francis Hospital are as follows: • Directs clinical practice to include expertise in advanced assessment, implementing nursing care, and evaluation outcomes. Provides direct and indirect to complex patients in collaboration with staff. • Helps nurses integrate

Great moments are born from great opportunities. As a part of the Holy Cross family, we need to take every opportunity to help each other. This helping is also known as the service program in St. Francis High School. In the summer of 2013, I took an opportunity to experience the understanding of Holy Cross and Catholic. I joined the vacation bible camp and taught kids what is catholic or what we should do as a catholic. Those moments of my service program are indelible in my mind. On the third

Wow, I can't believe it, but last Saturday was my last game ever as a St.Francis Warrior. It's kind of sad to think about. I've been on the team for the last three years and made a lot of friends. We had really cool coaches, which made it that much better. Our head coach was pretty awesome and I didn't want to leave him with loss, which made me want to win our last game that much more. Last Saturday was our last game against Brown Deer. Now, we have versed Brown Deer before in 6th grade and if there

Whether pride, fear, or peace, art is intended to make the viewer feel an emotion. The visit to the St. Louis Art Museum had me excited to discover a new revelation. Being the second time that I had visited in two semesters, I was looking forward to a new angle to take, writing about some of my favorite pieces I was unable to include in my last paper. This semester we have been focusing on the Renaissance era (1300-1700), also known as the Rebirth. During this time, scholars and artists looked back

The main components of Francis’s theology are poverty, God is fundamentally good, doing, and the vulnerability of humans. St. Francis put an emphasis on poverty because he felt that it helped people get closer to God. He also noticed how Jesus did not own anything and wanted to follow in this path. Francis believed that possessions got in the way of one’s relationship with God. He also felt that possessions got in the way of one’s relationship with other people; he believed through the Lord that

QU were based on St. Francis of Assisi himself. St. Francis of Assisi looked at the world in a different light than many people of his time did. Even though Assisi’s values are apart of Quincy University many students still do not fully understand his teachings, his writings, his ways of life, and the order he created. St. Francis was a very interesting man, which led a very interesting lifestyle that many people were not fond of. Everyone has their own opinions about St. Francis of Assisi, some

the Franciscan Order Francis of Assisi is an icon of poverty and reform in the Catholic Church, because his lifestyle encouraged the Church and especially the hierarchy of his time to change almost entirely. He can be perceived as a prophet of his time who revolutionized from his very being a drastic change, because with his life as an example he went from words to actions. Francis was born into a wealthy family in Assisi; he had everything a boy of his time could ask for. Francis experienced some time