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St. Aloysius Church, North Arm, Edgar County, Illinois.
Taken with Polarioid Spectra camera and Impossible Film.
Pyramus & Thisby - A Magical Comedy!
The wild fairies are back to tickle and tease Colombo audiences with their supernatural mayhem in this wild adaptation of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'! Watch them as you've never seen before in this updated version of the show!
Devised and Choreographed by Jehan Aloysius and presented by CentreStage Productions
Sponsored by The Lionel Wendt Memorial Trust.
Co-Sponsored by Cargills.
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19-20 November 2016
Mount Aloysius honors it's scholarship receipents and donors at the annual Scholarship Recognition Dinner.
São Paulo
Paróquia São Luis Gonzaga
Avenida Paulista
Brasil
Vitral: Conrado Sogernicht Filho (1932-1935)
São Paulo
St. Aloysius Gonzaga parish
Paulista Avenue
Brazil
Stained glass:Conrado Sogernicht Filho (1932-1935)
João Berchmans (Diest, Bélgica, 13 de março de 1599 – Roma, 13 de agosto de 1621) foi um religioso escolástico jesuíta belga. É venerado como santo da Igreja Católica e é, com São Luiz Gonzaga e Santo Estanislau Kostka, "Padroeiro da Juventude Estudantil".
Primeiro dos cinco filhos de Carlos Berchmans, um modesto curtidor de peles e sapateiro, e de Isabel, uma das filhas do líder do povoado. Filho amoroso, irmão amável e companheiro caridoso, amava os estudos demonstrando muita sabedoria e inteligência desde a infância. Em 1609, sua mãe foi acometida de uma incurável e lenta doença. Seu pai enviou João, com os irmãos, para o internato dos padres premonstratenses, onde a sua imensa capacidade para o aprendizado, principalmente de idiomas, aflorou. E, extremado devoto de Jesus e da Virgem Maria, ali decidiu que seria um sacerdote, iniciando seus estudos eclesiásticos.
Por causa de sérios problemas financeiros do pai, quase teve que abandonar os estudos em 1612. Com a ajuda de alguns familiares, ficou. Entretanto ele se mobilizou para estudar na Escola Grande de Malines: conseguiu ingressar na casa do cônego superior-geral, onde trabalhava como seu camareiro e instrutor de alguns jovens da nobreza, dos quais esse cônego era o orientador espiritual.
Ainda em Malines, foi estudar retórica no Colégio dos Jesuítas, em 1615. Na ocasião, lendo a biografia de São Luiz Gonzaga, percebeu que Deus queria que ele abraçasse o carisma da Companhia de Jesus no seu sacerdócio. Dedicou-se ao extremo nos estudos, avançando cada vez mais na vida espiritual, pela caridade, oração e penitência, ingressando na Congregação Mariana. Seus mestres diziam-se impressionados, pois não havia melhor exemplo do que ele.
Completados os estudos e tencionando ser sacerdote, em 24 de setembro de 1618 fez a primeira profissão religiosa, tornando- se noviço jesuíta. Em 1619 se transferiu a Roma para completar os estudos filosóficos no Colégio Romano (atual Pontifícia Universidade Gregoriana) onde, amavelmente, morreu dois anos depois em 13 de agosto de 1621. Seu corpo está sepultado na igreja romana de Santo Inácio de Loyola, na Capela da SS. Annunziata, e a relíquia de seu coração foi transladada para a Igreja Jesuíta de São Miguel de Lovanio.
Saint John Berchmans (March 13, 1599 – August 13, 1621) was a Jesuit seminarian and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of altar servers.
John Berchmans was born in the city of Diest situated in what is now the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. By nature he was kind, gentle, and affectionate towards his parents and a favorite with his playmates during his childhood. He was brave and open, attractive in manner, and with a bright, joyful disposition. However, he was also impetuous and fickle. Still, when John was but seven years of age, M. Emmerick, his parish priest, already remarked that the Lord would work wonders in the soul of the child. Many are the details that reveal him to us as he was in the Society of Jesus. When he was nine years old his mother was stricken with a long and serious illness. John would pass several hours each day by her bedside, and console her with his affectionate (yet serious) words. Later, when he lived with some other boys at M. Emmerick's house, he would do more than his share of the domestic work, preferring the more difficult tasks. If he was loved by his friends he repaid their affection by his kindness, without deviating from the dictates of his conscience. It was even noticed that he availed himself discreetly of his influence over them to correct their negligences and to restrain their frivolous conversation. Eager to learn, and naturally gifted with a bright intellect and a good memory, he devoted himself to study whenever he could spare the time from his ordinary recreation.
What distinguished John Berchmans the most from his companions was his piety. When he was barely seven years old, he already had the habit of rising early and serve two or three Masses with the greatest fervour. He attended religious instructions and listened to Sunday sermons with the deepest attention. John also made pilgrimages to the sanctuary of Scherpenheuvel, a few miles from Diest, either reciting the rosary as he went, or being absorbed in meditation. As soon as he entered the Jesuit college at Mechelen, he was enrolled in the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, and made a resolution to recite her Office daily. Moreover, every month he would ask the director of the sodality to prescribe for him some special acts of devotion to Mary. On Fridays, at nightfall, he would go out barefoot and make the Stations of the Cross in the town. Such fervent piety won him the grace of a religious vocation.
Towards the end of his rhetoric course, John felt a distinct call to the Society of Jesus. His family was decidedly opposed to this, but on 24 September 1616, John Berchmans was received into the novitiate at Mechelen. After two years passed in Mechelen he made his first vows, and was sent to Antwerp to begin the study of philosophy. Remaining there only a few weeks, he set out for Rome, where he was to continue the same study. After journeying three hundred leagues on foot, carrying his belongings on his back, he arrived at the Roman College, where he studied for two years. He passed on to the third year class in philosophy in the year 1621. In early August of that same year, John Berchmans was selected by the prefect of studies to take part in a philosophical discussion at the Greek College, which at that time was under the charge of the Dominicans. John opened the discussion with great clarity and profoundness, but on returning to his own college he was seized with a violent fever, of which he died soon after at the age of twenty-two years and five months.
During the second part of his life, John was an example of the type of saint who performs ordinary actions with extraordinary perfection. In his purity, obedience, and admirable charity he resembled many religious figures, but he surpassed them all by his intense love for the rules of his order. The Constitutions of the Society of Jesus lead those who observe them exactly to the highest degree of sanctity, as has been declared by Pope Julius III and his successors. The attainment of that ideal was what John aspired to himself. "If I do not become a saint when I am young", he used to say "I shall never become one". That is why he displayed such wisdom in conforming his will to that of his superiors and to the rules. He would have preferred death to the violation of the least of the rules of his order. "My penance", he would say, "is to live the common life... I will pay the greatest attention to the least inspiration of God." He observed this fidelity in the performance of all his duties until the last day of his life, as is attested by his spiritual directors, the Fathers Bauters, Cepari, Ceccoti, Massucci, and Piccolomini. When he died, a large crowd gathered for several days to see him before his burial in Sant'Ignazio, and to invoke his intercession. The same year, Phillip, Duke of Aarschot, had a petition presented to Pope Gregory XV to gather information with a view to the beatification of John Berchmans.
One of his miracles happened at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau. He appeared to novice Mary Wilson. When the Academy opened a boys division in 2006, it was named St. John Berchmans School.
John Berchmans was declared Blessed in 1865, and was canonized in 1888. His statues represent him with hands clasped, holding his crucifix, his book of rules, and his rosary.
St Aloysius, whose feast is kept on 21 June, is patron of Youth; students; Jesuit novices; AIDS patients; AIDS caregivers; and sufferers of pestilence.
This image of the saint is in the Jesuit church of the Sacred Heart in Edinburgh, and his hagiography can be read here.
St. Aloysius Gonzaga rejected his family's expectation that he would join the military life; instead he decided on the religious life. He made a vow of chastity at the age of 9, and, to safeguard himself from possible temptation, he would keep his eyes persistently downcast in the presence of women.
He got a bit overzealous with self-discipline and self-denial, at one point beating himself with a leather dog leash, but when he joined the Jesuits, his spiritual director, St. Robert Bellarmine straightened him out, giving Aloysius regular hours of prayer and simple acts of self-control.
When the plague struck Rome in January 1591, the Jesuits were sent to work in the hospitals, which was tough for Aloysius since he was naturally squeamish. He overcame this, however, and went into the streets of Rome and carried the ill and the dying to the hospital on his back. Within a few weeks, he got the plague himself and died at the age of 23.
He is usually depicted with lilies and a crucifix, and sometimes with a crown at his feet. His other common symbol, the skull shows up in this window along with a cat o' nine tails-type whipping device, likely referring to his ascetic practices before becoming a Jesuit.
This window is in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cando, ND.
Pipe organ built by Hook & Hastings as Opus 2134 in 1906
Technical Details:
Mechanical stop and key action with slider chests
7 ranks. 2 manuals. 14 stops.
The High Altar and Dome of the Jesuit church of St Aloysius in Glasgow. The church was built in 1910 and the High Altar was installed in 1913.
Luis de Gonzaga (1568 – 1591)
Society of Jesus Novice
Gonzaga was born the eldest of seven children, at his family's castle in Castiglione delle Stiviere, between Brescia and Mantova in northern Italy in what was then part of the Duchy of Mantua, a member of the illustrious House of Gonzaga. Aloysius is the Latin form of Gonzaga's given name, Luigi. He was the oldest son of Ferrante Gonzaga (1544–1586), Marquis of Castiglione, and Marta Tana di Santena, daughter of a baron of the Piedmontese Della Rovere family. His father had been offered the position of commander-in-chief of the cavalry of Henry VIII of England, but preferred the Spanish court. His mother was a lady-in-waiting to Isabel, the wife of Philip II of Spain.
As the first-born son, he was in line to inherit his father's title of Marquis. His father assumed that Aloysius would become a soldier, as the family was constantly involved in the frequent minor wars in the region. His military training started at an early age, but he also received an education in languages and the arts. As early as age four, Luigi was given a set of miniature guns and accompanied his father on training expeditions so that the boy might learn “the art of arms.” At the age of five, Aloysius was sent to a military camp to get started on his career. His father was pleased to see his son marching around camp at the head of a platoon of soldiers. His mother and his tutor were less pleased with the vocabulary he picked up there.
He grew up amid the violence and brutality of the Renaissance Italy and witnessed the murder of two of his brothers. In 1576, at age of 8, he was sent to Florence, along with his younger brother Rodolfo, to serve at the court of the Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici and to receive further education.[6] While there, he fell ill with a disease of the kidneys, which was to trouble him throughout his life. While he was ill, he took the opportunity to read about the saints and to spend much of his time in prayer. He is said to have taken a private vow of chastity at the age of 9. In November 1579, the brothers were sent to the Duke of Mantua. Aloysius was shocked by the violent and frivolous life-style he encountered there.
Aloysius Gonzaga as a boy
Aloysius returned to Castiglione where he met Cardinal Charles Borromeo, and from him received First Communion on July 22, 1580. After reading a book about Jesuit missionaries in India, Aloysius felt strongly that he wanted to become a missionary himself. He started practicing by giving catechism classes to young boys in Castiglione in the summers. He also repeatedly visited the houses of the Capuchin friars and the Barnabites located in Casale Monferrato, the capital of the Gonzaga-ruled Duchy of Montferrat where the family spent the winter. He also adopted an ascetic lifestyle.
The family was called to Spain in 1581, to assist the Holy Roman Empress Maria of Austria. They arrived in Madrid in March 1582, where Aloysius and Rodolfo became pages for the young Infante Diego (1575–82). At that point, Aloysius started thinking in earnest about joining a religious order. He had considered joining the Capuchins, but he had a Jesuit confessor in Madrid and decided to join that order. His mother agreed to his request, but his father was furious and prevented him from doing so.
In July 1584, a year and a half after the Infante's death, the family returned to Italy. Aloysius still wanted to become a priest, and several members of his family worked hard to persuade him to change his mind. When they realized that there was no way to make him give up his plan, they tried to persuade him to become a secular priest, and offered to arrange for a bishopric for him. If he were to became a Jesuit he would renounce any right to his inheritance or status in society. His family was afraid of this, but their attempts to persuade him not to join the Jesuits failed; Aloysius was not interested in higher office and still wanted to become a missionary.
In November 1585, Aloysius gave up all rights of inheritance, which was confirmed by the emperor. He went to Rome and, because of his noble birth, gained an audience with Pope Sixtus V. Following a brief stay at the Palazzo Aragona Gonzaga, the Roman home of his cousin, Cardinal Scipione Gonzaga, on 25 November 1585 he was accepted into the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Rome. During this period, he was asked to moderate his asceticism somewhat, and to be more social with the other novices.
Aloysius' health continued to cause problems. In addition to the kidney disease, he also suffered from a skin disease, chronic headaches and insomnia. He was sent to Milan for studies, but after some time he was sent back to Rome because of his health. On November 25, 1587, he took the three religious vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. In February and March 1588, he received minor orders, and started studying theology to prepare for ordination. In 1589, he was called to Mantua to mediate between his brother Rodolfo and the Duke of Mantua. He returned to Rome in May 1590. It is said that later that year, he had a vision in which the Archangel Gabriel told him that he would die within a year.
In 1591, a plague broke out in Rome. The Jesuits opened a hospital for the stricken, and Aloysius volunteered to work there. He was allowed to work in a ward where there were no plague victims, as they were afraid to lose him. As it turned out, a man on his ward was already infected, and on March 3, 1591 (six days before his 23rd birthday) Aloysius showed the first symptoms of being infected. It seemed certain that he would die in a short time, and he was given Extreme Unction. To everyone's surprise, however, he recovered, but his health was left worse than ever.
While he was ill, he spoke several times with his confessor, the cardinal and later saint, Robert Bellarmine. Aloysius had another vision, and told Bellarmine that he would die on the Octave of the feast of Corpus Christi. On that very day, which fell on June 21 that year, he seemed very well in the morning, but insisted that he would die before the day was over. As he began to grow weak, Bellarmine gave him the last rites, and recited the prayers for the dying. He died just before midnight.
Purity was his notable virtue. The night of his death, the Carmelite mystic St Maria Magdalena de Pazzi had a vision of him in great glory because he had lived a particularly strong interior life.
Aloysius was buried in the Church of the Most Holy Annunciation, which later became the Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola in Rome. His name was changed to Robert before his death, in honor of his confessor. Many people considered him to be a saint soon after his death, and his mortal remains were moved to the Sant'Ignazio church in Rome, where they now rest in an urn of lapis lazuli in the Lancelotti Chapel. His head was later translated to the basilica bearing his name in Castiglione delle Stiviere. He was beatified only fourteen years after his death by Pope Paul V, on October 19, 1605. On December 31, 1726, he was canonized together with another Jesuit novice, Stanislaus Kostka, by Pope Benedict XIII.
Saint Aloysius' feast day is celebrated on June 21, the date of his death.
The tower of the Jesuit church in Glasgow rises to 150 feet, and it is the only Catholic church in Glasgow with a tower.
Canonized in 1726, St Aloysius Gonzaga is enshrined in the church of Sant Ignazio in Rome where he lived and worked as a Jesuit novice and scholastic.
Today, 21 June, is his feast day.
Pattern: Henry the Bear from Unusual Toys to Knit by Jess Hutchison
Yarn: Malabrigo Merino Worsted, 18g Chestnut (39 yds), 6g each American Beauty and Mint (13 yds), small amount Natural and Black for letter and mouth.
I knit this guy up for Camdyn yesterday. His name is Aloysius (Al-oo-ish-us) because that's one of her favorite names to call her toys when she's bringing them out to play. Now she has a permanent Aloysius! blogged
Stained glass window in St Aloysius Church,
From Wikipedia -
The foundation stone for the present church building was laid on 4 October 1908 and it was opened on 6 February 1910, by theArchbishop of Glasgow, John Maguire. The building is listed category A and was designed by a Belgian architect, Charles Jean Ménart in the baroque revival style. The church was unique amongst the Catholic churches of Glasgow in that it had a tower and is modelled on Namur Cathedral in Belgium and the Gesu in Rome.
St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church - A Roman Catholic Jesuit Parish. The present St. Aloysius church was dedicated on October 12, 1911, replacing an original wooden structure. The design is an adapted Romanesque style; its many rounded arches and graceful circular features help to soften construction lines.
Interior features of St. Aloysius church include oak woodwork, altars and ambo of matching Italian marble and a true pipe organ with 37 ranks of keys.
St. Aloysius church is located in the historic Logan neighborhood of Spokane, in close proximity to the Gonzaga University campus. Contrary to popular perception the parish and university are separate entities.
The distinctive twin spires, housing the great bell Catherina, rise high above the surrounding area and are visible from vantage points throughout the city.
Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga (9 March 1568 – 21 June 1591) was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result of caring for the victims of a serious epidemic. He was beatified in 1605 and canonized in 1726. (St. Aloysius Gonzaga)
Unfortunately the church was not open to visitors when I passed by.
Real-life trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn.Starring Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo, Mutia Omoolu, Olive Golden. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
This production was an amazing undertaking in 1931. American filmmaking with sound and location shooting was unheard of and with the country still feeling the effects of the depression also quite a gamble. This is a fascinating tale of a real life adventure with a dose of Hollywood shenanigans thrown in.
The movie tells of the adventures of real-life trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn on safari in Africa. The fictional part includes the discovery of a white blonde jungle queen, the lost daughter of a missionary, played by Miss Booth. The realistic part includes a scene in which Carey as Horn swings on a vine across a river filled with genuine crocodiles, one of which comes very close to taking his leg off.
The following review is by an anonymous writer.......I note a number of misconceptions about this great old flick, or maybe some viewers are missing a few things. Sure, Harry Carey refers to some of the tribes-people herein as savages. But, look, on a daily basis they will kill you, cook you, shrink your head, and eat what's left. If that isn't savage, I'd like to know what is. The tribes-people pictured here aren't the Dead End Kids waiting for a weekly visit from their case worker. Yes, Carey refers to his man Friday as a black so-and-so, but the so-and-so comes off looking highly noble in the script, and Carey pays him due tribute. As for Carey playing the part of a hardened Congo guide, he does a mighty fine job of rendering a realistic character, just as would John Wayne, Charleton Heston, or Clint Eastwood. In the War on Poverty days I could see some misguided soul casting Anthony Perkins in the role, but it seems to me Mr. Carey does a superb job. Another reviewer remarked Carey falls in love with the rescued captive; I disagree. Carey had pledged to protect her and return her to civilization. One person from whom he tries to protect her is the naive, erotically smitten Duncan Renaldo ("Peru"), whose character is the opposite of Trader Horn's. Trader Horn knows what's out there and what to watch for; Peru is a total newbie whose missteps could get everyone killed and cooked, including himself. I think this film's characters, story, and production handily outdo any jungle flick made since then. Kinda scary, too. So scary, in fact, and so real, I wouldn't recommend it for the kiddies. Revisionist historians stay clear; in 1931, this is really what Darkest Africa was like.
Summary:
Deep in the heart of Africa, famous hunter, explorer Aloysius Horn, known as Trader Horn due to his bartering skills, tells Peru, the son of his best friend, that he was the first white man to set eyes on the river on which they are sailing. When their boat approaches a small African village that is bustling with activity, the natives welcome the visitors, and Trader asks to be taken to the chief. Though Trader warns Peru of the savage nature of the natives, Peru is nevertheless shocked when he sees a human skeleton displayed on a public cross. The white men's visit is soon interrupted by the ominous sound of a distant drum beat, known as "ju-ju," which the Africans, as well as Trader, know signals the impending attack of the brutal Masai warriors. Trader explains to Peru that when the Masai and the Kukua tribes get together, "the devil is certainly involved," and suggests that they move on. That night, the men, with their African guide, Renchero, set up camp, but they are awakened by the unexpected arrival of the white missionary woman, Edith Trent. Edith, a friend of Trader, whom Trader calls the bravest woman in all of Africa, informs him that she intends to go above the Opanga Falls and into Isorgi country in order to find her missing daughter Nina, who is believed to be living among the Isorgi. Trader warns Edith of the dangers of traveling during ju-ju and offers to accompany her, but she refuses, claiming that the presence of a male with guns will only startle the warriors into violence. Edith consents, however, to allow Trader and his companions to follow her at a distance, on the condition that he continue her search if something should happen to her. Not long after the expedition begins, Trader and Peru discover Edith's body by the river. They proceed to bury it under rocks and mark it for witch doctors, who will later dig it up and make charms out of it. As they promised Edith, Trader and Peru take up her search for Nina, and on the trail find themselves in the company of giraffes, leopards, ostriches, warthogs, zebras and other creatures. After Trader and Peru finally locate Nina, they soon realize that she is the sadistic white goddess of the village in which she lives, and that she plans to sacrifice her new visitors by tying them to crosses and burning them. At the last minute, though, Nina has a change of heart, orders their release, and plans an escape with them from the bushmen, who have turned on her. The goddess escorts the men across the lake, and they brave the perils in their path, including a lion attack. During the course of their journey, Peru and Nina fall in love, and when they kiss, Trader insists that he separate from them for the remainder of the trip. The sound of the enemy tribe's approach sends them scattering, Peru with Nina, and Trader with Renchero. The next morning, Trader discovers that Renchero has sacrificed his life in order to protect him and mourns the loss of his friend. Meanwhile, Peru and Nina are shown to safety by a tribe of pygmies, and they are eventually reunited with Trader. Peru tells Trader that he is taking Nina back to civilization to educate her, and as they sail off, Trader sees an image of Renchero in the clouds on the horizon.
The following onscreen acknowledgment appears in the film's titles: "M-G-M acknowledges Governors and governmental officials of the Territory of Tanganyika, the Protectorate of Uganda, the Colony of Kenya, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, [and] the Belgian Congo, whose courtesy and cooperation made this picture possible...and the director offers his thanks for the courageous and efficient services of the White Hunters, Maj. W. V. D. Dickinson, A. S. Waller, Esq., J. H. Barnes, Esq., [and] H. R. Stanton, Esq., who were chiefly responsible for the expedition's ability to traverse 14,000 miles of African velt and jungle."
According to a FD news item, following its publication, Trader Horn became one of the best-selling books of its time. The film was the first non-documentary film to be shot almost entirely on location in Africa. A Jan 1930 AC article notes that the film was nearly half completed when the studio informed the crew in Africa that Hollywood was sending a sound crew to meet them. They were told that "the world was demanding its pictures all-talking." According to an Apr 1931 Photo article, M-G-M secretly sent a second unit to Tecate, Mexico, away from American laws that secured the ethical treatment of animals, to film scenes of animals fighting with each other, which they were unable to capture on film in Africa. In Mexico, lions were reportedly starved for several days in order to ensure immediate and particularly vicious attacks on hyenas, monkeys and deer.
Modern sources relate the following information about the film: Tim McCoy was originally chosen to play the title role; Thelma Todd was tested for the part of "Nina" and M-G-M production head Irving Thalberg reportedly considered Jeanette MacDonald for the part. During the filming of a scene in which white hunter Major W. V. D. Dickinson and director W. S. Van Dyke doubled for the leading men, a charging rhino nearly killed Dickinson, who incorrectly thought that the director was in distress and jumped into the rhino's path to protect him. During production, Van Dyke and many of his crew contracted malaria and were treated with quinine. Despite the British authorities' insistence that no one travel to the Murchison Falls, a known sleeping-sickness area, the director took his crew there for filming. The production was marred by at least two fatal disasters. In the first instance, a native crew member fell into a river and was eaten by a crocodile; in the other incident, which was captured on film, a native boy was struck by a charging rhino. Misfortunes of lesser consequence on the African location included flash floods, sunstroke, swarming locusts and tsetse-fly and ant attacks. Despite months of sound filming, almost all of the dialogue sequences in the film were re-shot on M-G-M's Culver City backlot after the troupe returned from Africa because of the poor quality of the location footage. As the script called for speaking scenes involving African natives Mutia Omoolu and Riano Tindama, they were brought back to Hollywood for additional shooting. With all the production activity in Culver City, rumors began circulating in Hollywood that the entire production was filmed on the M-G-M lot and that the African expedition did not take place. For this reason, the studio decided to scrap the backlot footage of Marjorie Rambeau, who had replaced Olive Golden as "Edith Trent." Modern sources add the following credits: Red Golden, Asst dir ; Josephine Chippo, Script clerk ; John McClain, Press agent and Miss Gordon, Hairdresser . Although modern sources indicate that the film was originally released with a short introduction in which director Cecil B. DeMille discusses the film's authenticity with author Alfred Aloysius Horn, and that the three-minute introduction was deleted from the negative in 1936, when the picture was re-issued, neither the viewed print nor the cutting continuity contain the introduction. The final production cost was pegged at $3,000,000.
Leading actor Harry Carey was married to actress Olive Golden. According to modern sources, following publicized rumors of an affair between stars Duncan Renaldo and Edwina Booth (formerly Josephine Woodruff) during production, Renaldo's wife, Suzette, filed for divorce and later filed a $50,000 lawsuit against Booth for "alienation of affection." On 17 Jan 1931, Duncan Renaldo was arrested on charges that he entered the United States illegally and was later sentenced to two years in federal prison. After serving less than two years, Renaldo received a pardon from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936, after which he left the country, re-entered legally and became a U. S. citizen. Booth contracted a rare tropical disease while filming in Africa that affected her nervous system and reportedly forced her to remain confined to a darkened room for the better part of six years.
Trader Horn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture of the 1930-31 season, and director W. S. Van Dyke was awarded the Red Cross Medal by the Japanese government for his outstanding achievement in direction.
Starring Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo, Mutia Omoolu, Olive Golden. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
This production was an amazing undertaking in 1931. American filmmaking with sound and location shooting was unheard of and with the country still feeling the effects of the depression also quite a gamble. This is a fascinating tale of a real life adventure with a dose of Hollywood shenanigans thrown in.
The movie tells of the adventures of real-life trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn on safari in Africa. The fictional part includes the discovery of a white blonde jungle queen, the lost daughter of a missionary, played by Miss Booth. The realistic part includes a scene in which Carey as Horn swings on a vine across a river filled with genuine crocodiles, one of which comes very close to taking his leg off.
The following review is by an anonymous writer.......I note a number of misconceptions about this great old flick, or maybe some viewers are missing a few things. Sure, Harry Carey refers to some of the tribes-people herein as savages. But, look, on a daily basis they will kill you, cook you, shrink your head, and eat what's left. If that isn't savage, I'd like to know what is. The tribes-people pictured here aren't the Dead End Kids waiting for a weekly visit from their case worker. Yes, Carey refers to his man Friday as a black so-and-so, but the so-and-so comes off looking highly noble in the script, and Carey pays him due tribute. As for Carey playing the part of a hardened Congo guide, he does a mighty fine job of rendering a realistic character, just as would John Wayne, Charleton Heston, or Clint Eastwood. In the War on Poverty days I could see some misguided soul casting Anthony Perkins in the role, but it seems to me Mr. Carey does a superb job. Another reviewer remarked Carey falls in love with the rescued captive; I disagree. Carey had pledged to protect her and return her to civilization. One person from whom he tries to protect her is the naive, erotically smitten Duncan Renaldo ("Peru"), whose character is the opposite of Trader Horn's. Trader Horn knows what's out there and what to watch for; Peru is a total newbie whose missteps could get everyone killed and cooked, including himself. I think this film's characters, story, and production handily outdo any jungle flick made since then. Kinda scary, too. So scary, in fact, and so real, I wouldn't recommend it for the kiddies. Revisionist historians stay clear; in 1931, this is really what Darkest Africa was like.
Summary:
Deep in the heart of Africa, famous hunter, explorer Aloysius Horn, known as Trader Horn due to his bartering skills, tells Peru, the son of his best friend, that he was the first white man to set eyes on the river on which they are sailing. When their boat approaches a small African village that is bustling with activity, the natives welcome the visitors, and Trader asks to be taken to the chief. Though Trader warns Peru of the savage nature of the natives, Peru is nevertheless shocked when he sees a human skeleton displayed on a public cross. The white men's visit is soon interrupted by the ominous sound of a distant drum beat, known as "ju-ju," which the Africans, as well as Trader, know signals the impending attack of the brutal Masai warriors. Trader explains to Peru that when the Masai and the Kukua tribes get together, "the devil is certainly involved," and suggests that they move on. That night, the men, with their African guide, Renchero, set up camp, but they are awakened by the unexpected arrival of the white missionary woman, Edith Trent. Edith, a friend of Trader, whom Trader calls the bravest woman in all of Africa, informs him that she intends to go above the Opanga Falls and into Isorgi country in order to find her missing daughter Nina, who is believed to be living among the Isorgi. Trader warns Edith of the dangers of traveling during ju-ju and offers to accompany her, but she refuses, claiming that the presence of a male with guns will only startle the warriors into violence. Edith consents, however, to allow Trader and his companions to follow her at a distance, on the condition that he continue her search if something should happen to her. Not long after the expedition begins, Trader and Peru discover Edith's body by the river. They proceed to bury it under rocks and mark it for witch doctors, who will later dig it up and make charms out of it. As they promised Edith, Trader and Peru take up her search for Nina, and on the trail find themselves in the company of giraffes, leopards, ostriches, warthogs, zebras and other creatures. After Trader and Peru finally locate Nina, they soon realize that she is the sadistic white goddess of the village in which she lives, and that she plans to sacrifice her new visitors by tying them to crosses and burning them. At the last minute, though, Nina has a change of heart, orders their release, and plans an escape with them from the bushmen, who have turned on her. The goddess escorts the men across the lake, and they brave the perils in their path, including a lion attack. During the course of their journey, Peru and Nina fall in love, and when they kiss, Trader insists that he separate from them for the remainder of the trip. The sound of the enemy tribe's approach sends them scattering, Peru with Nina, and Trader with Renchero. The next morning, Trader discovers that Renchero has sacrificed his life in order to protect him and mourns the loss of his friend. Meanwhile, Peru and Nina are shown to safety by a tribe of pygmies, and they are eventually reunited with Trader. Peru tells Trader that he is taking Nina back to civilization to educate her, and as they sail off, Trader sees an image of Renchero in the clouds on the horizon.
The following onscreen acknowledgment appears in the film's titles: "M-G-M acknowledges Governors and governmental officials of the Territory of Tanganyika, the Protectorate of Uganda, the Colony of Kenya, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, [and] the Belgian Congo, whose courtesy and cooperation made this picture possible...and the director offers his thanks for the courageous and efficient services of the White Hunters, Maj. W. V. D. Dickinson, A. S. Waller, Esq., J. H. Barnes, Esq., [and] H. R. Stanton, Esq., who were chiefly responsible for the expedition's ability to traverse 14,000 miles of African velt and jungle."
According to a FD news item, following its publication, Trader Horn became one of the best-selling books of its time. The film was the first non-documentary film to be shot almost entirely on location in Africa. A Jan 1930 AC article notes that the film was nearly half completed when the studio informed the crew in Africa that Hollywood was sending a sound crew to meet them. They were told that "the world was demanding its pictures all-talking." According to an Ap 1931 Photo article, M-G-M secretly sent a second unit to Tecate, Mexico, away from American laws that secured the ethical treatment of animals, to film scenes of animals fighting with each other, which they were unable to capture on film in Africa. In Mexico, lions were reportedly starved for several days in order to ensure immediate and particularly vicious attacks on hyenas, monkeys and deer.
Modern sources relate the following information about the film: Tim McCoy was originally chosen to play the title role; Thelma Todd was tested for the part of "Nina" and M-G-M production head Irving Thalberg reportedly considered Jeanette MacDonald for the part. During the filming of a scene in which white hunter Major W. V. D. Dickinson and director W. S. Van Dyke doubled for the leading men, a charging rhino nearly killed Dickinson, who incorrectly thought that the director was in distress and jumped into the rhino's path to protect him. During production, Van Dyke and many of his crew contracted malaria and were treated with quinine. Despite the British authorities' insistence that no one travel to the Murchison Falls, a known sleeping-sickness area, the director took his crew there for filming. The production was marred by at least two fatal disasters. In the first instance, a native crew member fell into a river and was eaten by a crocodile; in the other incident, which was captured on film, a native boy was struck by a charging rhino. Misfortunes of lesser consequence on the African location included flash floods, sunstroke, swarming locusts and tsetse-fly and ant attacks. Despite months of sound filming, almost all of the dialogue sequences in the film were re-shot on M-G-M's Culver City backlot after the troupe returned from Africa because of the poor quality of the location footage. As the script called for speaking scenes involving African natives Mutia Omoolu and Riano Tindama, they were brought back to Hollywood for additional shooting.
With all the production activity in Culver City, rumors began circulating in Hollywood that the entire production was filmed on the M-G-M lot and that the African expedition did not take place. For this reason, the studio decided to scrap the backlot footage of Marjorie Rambeau, who had replaced Olive Golden as "Edith Trent." Modern sources add the following credits: Red Golden, Asst dir ; Josephine Chippo, Script clerk ; John McClain, Press agent and Miss Gordon, Hairdresser . Although modern sources indicate that the film was originally released with a short introduction in which director Cecil B. DeMille discusses the film's authenticity with author Alfred Aloysius Horn, and that the three-minute introduction was deleted from the negative in 1936, when the picture was re-issued, neither the viewed print nor the cutting continuity contain the introduction. The final production cost was pegged at $3,000,000.
Leading actor Harry Carey was married to actress Olive Golden. According to modern sources, following publicized rumors of an affair between stars Duncan Renaldo and Edwina Booth (formerly Josephine Woodruff) during production, Renaldo's wife, Suzette, filed for divorce and later filed a $50,000 lawsuit against Booth for "alienation of affection." On 17 Jan 1931, Duncan Renaldo was arrested on charges that he entered the United States illegally and was later sentenced to two years in federal prison. After serving less than two years, Renaldo received a pardon from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936, after which he left the country, re-entered legally and became a U. S. citizen. Booth contracted a rare tropical disease while filming in Africa that affected her nervous system and reportedly forced her to remain confined to a darkened room for the better part of six years.
Trader Horn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture of the 1930-31 season, and director W. S. Van Dyke was awarded the Red Cross Medal by the Japanese government for his outstanding achievement in direction.
The Tony she won for playing Sister Aloysius in DOUBT. Meryl Streep plays this character in the new movie by the same name.
washingtonpost.com
A 'Doubt' to Believe In: Cherry Jones at the National
By Peter Marks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 15, 2007; C01
The sturdy "Doubt" could be fueled by almost any accomplished actor, but it seems to run most efficiently on a premium-grade additive called Cherry Jones.
In New York, Jones originated the part of Sister Aloysius, the Bronx Catholic school principal who harbors dark suspicions about a popular priest and the interest he takes in one of his male students. She rightly received a Tony for the performance -- playwright John Patrick Shanley also won a Tony, and a Pulitzer, to boot -- and the production had one of the longer Broadway runs in recent years for a straight play.
That's usually it for a superb stage actress and a great role. (Meryl Streep has -- what a surprise -- been announced for the movie version.) Jones, however, has taken the step -- extremely rare these days -- of re-upping with the play for the road, a circumstance that's both highly fortunate for theatergoers and revelatory about Shanley's drama. Now more than ever, "Doubt" looks like a star vehicle that is shaped to the supple contours of a single actress.
What becomes clear in a visit to this touring "Doubt," now at the National Theatre for two weeks, is how essential it is that an audience be won over by Sister Aloysius, that it believe unequivocally in her goodness. Her facade can't fool us: In the frumpy eyeglasses and conservative habit of a nun in a teaching order in 1964, she looks grim, forbidding. And her resistance to change at St. Nicholas Church School -- why, the very idea of trying to make a history lesson fun! -- is meant to stamp her as crankily, even risibly, old school. But we must see through the intimidating crust and fall in love, because she, in a sense, is us. Cassandra-like, she intuits what four decades later we know: that there's an insidious, child-abusing rot in the foundations of the church, spread by smiling, clean-cut priests and a hierarchy that's deaf and, maybe worse, indifferent to the warning signs.
Jones's wonderful contribution is warmth. Although Shanley gives us clues to Sister Aloysius's interior life (she entered the order after being widowed by World War II), it is the actress who gives us a whole person. The nun's vulnerability is also her most admirable quality: her passion for justice. The duality is conveyed in the anguished eyes that stare out of Jones's "Revenge of the Nerds" glasses. And so the rage that Sister Aloysius feels, as her conviction deepens that jocular, magnetic Father Flynn (Chris McGarry) has corrupted a 12-year-old boy, easily becomes our rage, too.
The playwright, however, offers some sly curveballs and, as a result, "Doubt" is dogged as much by the question of fallibility as by the intimation of pedophilia: Is it possible Sister Aloysius's suspicions arise from jealousy of a priest who has the kid-friendly skills she lacks? Could it be that she is simply reading the signs all wrong?
The crux of the play is in the idea of trusting your gut, in believing in your personal lie detector no matter what. In this regard, "Doubt" is a whistle-blower play. Whether or not Father Flynn is guilty of Sister Aloysius's accusations -- and she makes them known to him in a terrific confrontation scene -- we know that her underlying instinct is the right one.
"Doubt" doesn't shilly-shally much. In a crisp 90 minutes, it lays out the steps Sister Aloysius takes in a campaign to root out Father Flynn. She is virtually alone in her crusade, assisted only reluctantly by a younger nun (Lisa Joyce) who resents the principal's rigid adherence to tradition and sees the priest as much more her fellow traveler.
And Sister Aloysius can't even count on the family of the boy she believes has been molested. The principal suspects that Father Flynn targets him in part because, as the only African American student in the school, the child is lonely and desperate for companionship. Still, in yet another well-played encounter, the mother (Caroline Stefanie Clay) explains with a poignant vehemence, precisely and convincingly, why she's in no position to back the nun.
Director Doug Hughes has assembled a strong touring version of the play, although the actors still seemed to be adjusting to the National's acoustics on opening night; too many lines were getting swallowed. Even so, Joyce and Clay are pleasing inheritors of their roles.
And McGarry makes for an especially worthy adversary. He is a more persuasively outer-borough type than the figure conjured in the original production by Brian F. O'Byrne. And although he has the burden of the play's least compelling scenes -- a pair of sermons he delivers directly to us -- McGarry manages at other times to provide the impression of a good guy unfairly persecuted.
We watch him closely for the telltale evidence that will give him away, some tiny acknowledgment that would confirm Sister Aloysius's belief. The effort is in vain -- unless you imagine you've come up with something. In the end, it seems, it's all a matter of what feeling you're left with in your own gut.
The is a photograph from the third running of the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon ("The Flatline") which was held at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Saturday 13th September 2014 at 11:00. There was beautiful weather for the event which started and finished at St. Aloysius College near the Canal Banks area of the town just slightly west of the River Shannon. This event was professionally organised and the very flat course meant that many runners both seasoned and new to the scene achieved season or personal bests. Almost 1,000 participants successfully completed the event in the beautiful September sunshine. Everyone involved must be congratulated for the flawless running of the event. This event is sure to go from strength to strength over the coming years. The event has grown from just over 600 in 2012, to over 900 in 2013 with around the same number finishing in 2014. Entry to the race closed weeks in advance.
This is a photograph which is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the start and finish of "The Flatline" 2014. The URL of the main set is www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157647516503901. This photoset contains photographs of the start (at the 600 meter mark) and then of the finish (at the 400 meter mark to go) up to a finish time of about 1:45.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
For reference the satellite navigation Coordinates to the event HQ are (Longitude: -7.948153, Latitude: 53.420575)
Overall Race Summary
Participants: Such is the popularity of the race this year that registration closed for the race in mid-August 2013. There were well over 850 participants who took to the start line.
Weather: The weather on the day was almost too warm for running which is a very rare complaint in Ireland. The runners were bathed in hot September sunshine for the duration of the race and into the early afternoon. In the sections of the race out towards Clonown and around the Bord na Mona areas there was a cooling.
Course: "The Flatline" ceratinly lived up to its name. It is as flat a course as one is likely to find. A garmin connect gps trace of the route is provided here [connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412] Geographically the course spends much of the race in County Roscommon with only the first and last kilometers actually in County Westmeath. This gives geographically inclined runners the novel opportunity to race in two Irish provinces in one race. The course had distance markers at every kilometre and mile along the way. There were official pacers provided by the race organisers.
Location Map: Start/finish area and registration etc on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/8qCes] - Ample parking was supplied with some over-flow car-parking options also available.
Refreshments: An Alkohol Frei bottle of Erdinger was provided to every finisher as they crossed the line. Light refreshments were served.
Some Useful Links
Our photographs on Flickr from the 2013 Flatline Half Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635495089498/
Jimmy Mac's Photography Services on Facebook www.facebook.com/JimmyMacsPics
Precision Timing Results Page 2014: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2175
Precision Timing Results Page 2013: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1489
Precision Timing Results Page 2012: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1014
Facebook Event Page for the 2013 www.facebook.com/events/495900447163378/ (Facebook logon required)
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2014 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057148781
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2013 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056984967
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2012 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80049447
GARMIN GPS Trace of the Route for 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412
Race HQ Venue in 2014: St.Aloysius College Athlone : staloysiuscollege.ie/
Race photographs from 2012's Flatline - supplied by PIXELS PROMOTIONS: pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p126168889 (on route) and at the Finish line pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p31872670 - please note these are not our photographs (see www.pixelspromotions.com/).
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
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►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
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►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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The is a photograph from the third running of the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon ("The Flatline") which was held at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Saturday 13th September 2014 at 11:00. There was beautiful weather for the event which started and finished at St. Aloysius College near the Canal Banks area of the town just slightly west of the River Shannon. This event was professionally organised and the very flat course meant that many runners both seasoned and new to the scene achieved season or personal bests. Almost 1,000 participants successfully completed the event in the beautiful September sunshine. Everyone involved must be congratulated for the flawless running of the event. This event is sure to go from strength to strength over the coming years. The event has grown from just over 600 in 2012, to over 900 in 2013 with around the same number finishing in 2014. Entry to the race closed weeks in advance.
This is a photograph which is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the start and finish of "The Flatline" 2014. The URL of the main set is www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157647516503901. This photoset contains photographs of the start (at the 600 meter mark) and then of the finish (at the 400 meter mark to go) up to a finish time of about 1:45.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
For reference the satellite navigation Coordinates to the event HQ are (Longitude: -7.948153, Latitude: 53.420575)
Overall Race Summary
Participants: Such is the popularity of the race this year that registration closed for the race in mid-August 2013. There were well over 850 participants who took to the start line.
Weather: The weather on the day was almost too warm for running which is a very rare complaint in Ireland. The runners were bathed in hot September sunshine for the duration of the race and into the early afternoon. In the sections of the race out towards Clonown and around the Bord na Mona areas there was a cooling.
Course: "The Flatline" ceratinly lived up to its name. It is as flat a course as one is likely to find. A garmin connect gps trace of the route is provided here [connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412] Geographically the course spends much of the race in County Roscommon with only the first and last kilometers actually in County Westmeath. This gives geographically inclined runners the novel opportunity to race in two Irish provinces in one race. The course had distance markers at every kilometre and mile along the way. There were official pacers provided by the race organisers.
Location Map: Start/finish area and registration etc on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/8qCes] - Ample parking was supplied with some over-flow car-parking options also available.
Refreshments: An Alkohol Frei bottle of Erdinger was provided to every finisher as they crossed the line. Light refreshments were served.
Some Useful Links
Our photographs on Flickr from the 2013 Flatline Half Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635495089498/
Jimmy Mac's Photography Services on Facebook www.facebook.com/JimmyMacsPics
Precision Timing Results Page 2014: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2175
Precision Timing Results Page 2013: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1489
Precision Timing Results Page 2012: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1014
Facebook Event Page for the 2013 www.facebook.com/events/495900447163378/ (Facebook logon required)
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2014 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057148781
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2013 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056984967
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2012 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80049447
GARMIN GPS Trace of the Route for 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412
Race HQ Venue in 2014: St.Aloysius College Athlone : staloysiuscollege.ie/
Race photographs from 2012's Flatline - supplied by PIXELS PROMOTIONS: pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p126168889 (on route) and at the Finish line pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p31872670 - please note these are not our photographs (see www.pixelspromotions.com/).
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We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us.
This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
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Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Creative Commons aims to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
The is a photograph from the third running of the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon ("The Flatline") which was held at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Saturday 13th September 2014 at 11:00. There was beautiful weather for the event which started and finished at St. Aloysius College near the Canal Banks area of the town just slightly west of the River Shannon. This event was professionally organised and the very flat course meant that many runners both seasoned and new to the scene achieved season or personal bests. Almost 1,000 participants successfully completed the event in the beautiful September sunshine. Everyone involved must be congratulated for the flawless running of the event. This event is sure to go from strength to strength over the coming years. The event has grown from just over 600 in 2012, to over 900 in 2013 with around the same number finishing in 2014. Entry to the race closed weeks in advance.
This is a photograph which is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the start and finish of "The Flatline" 2014. The URL of the main set is www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157647516503901. This photoset contains photographs of the start (at the 600 meter mark) and then of the finish (at the 400 meter mark to go) up to a finish time of about 1:45.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
For reference the satellite navigation Coordinates to the event HQ are (Longitude: -7.948153, Latitude: 53.420575)
Overall Race Summary
Participants: Such is the popularity of the race this year that registration closed for the race in mid-August 2013. There were well over 850 participants who took to the start line.
Weather: The weather on the day was almost too warm for running which is a very rare complaint in Ireland. The runners were bathed in hot September sunshine for the duration of the race and into the early afternoon. In the sections of the race out towards Clonown and around the Bord na Mona areas there was a cooling.
Course: "The Flatline" ceratinly lived up to its name. It is as flat a course as one is likely to find. A garmin connect gps trace of the route is provided here [connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412] Geographically the course spends much of the race in County Roscommon with only the first and last kilometers actually in County Westmeath. This gives geographically inclined runners the novel opportunity to race in two Irish provinces in one race. The course had distance markers at every kilometre and mile along the way. There were official pacers provided by the race organisers.
Location Map: Start/finish area and registration etc on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/8qCes] - Ample parking was supplied with some over-flow car-parking options also available.
Refreshments: An Alkohol Frei bottle of Erdinger was provided to every finisher as they crossed the line. Light refreshments were served.
Some Useful Links
Our photographs on Flickr from the 2013 Flatline Half Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635495089498/
Jimmy Mac's Photography Services on Facebook www.facebook.com/JimmyMacsPics
Precision Timing Results Page 2014: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2175
Precision Timing Results Page 2013: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1489
Precision Timing Results Page 2012: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1014
Facebook Event Page for the 2013 www.facebook.com/events/495900447163378/ (Facebook logon required)
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2014 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057148781
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2013 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056984967
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2012 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80049447
GARMIN GPS Trace of the Route for 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412
Race HQ Venue in 2014: St.Aloysius College Athlone : staloysiuscollege.ie/
Race photographs from 2012's Flatline - supplied by PIXELS PROMOTIONS: pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p126168889 (on route) and at the Finish line pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p31872670 - please note these are not our photographs (see www.pixelspromotions.com/).
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us.
This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
I want to download these pictures to my computer or device?
You can download the photographic image here direct to your computer or device. This version is the low resolution web-quality image. How to download will vary slight from device to device and from browser to browser. However - look for a symbol with three dots 'ooo' or the link to 'View/Download' all sizes. When you click on either of these you will be presented with the option to download the image. Remember just doing a right-click and "save target as" will not work on Flickr.
I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Creative Commons aims to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
The is a photograph from the third running of the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon ("The Flatline") which was held at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Saturday 13th September 2014 at 11:00. There was beautiful weather for the event which started and finished at St. Aloysius College near the Canal Banks area of the town just slightly west of the River Shannon. This event was professionally organised and the very flat course meant that many runners both seasoned and new to the scene achieved season or personal bests. Almost 1,000 participants successfully completed the event in the beautiful September sunshine. Everyone involved must be congratulated for the flawless running of the event. This event is sure to go from strength to strength over the coming years. The event has grown from just over 600 in 2012, to over 900 in 2013 with around the same number finishing in 2014. Entry to the race closed weeks in advance.
This is a photograph which is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the start and finish of "The Flatline" 2014. The URL of the main set is www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157647516503901. This photoset contains photographs of the start (at the 600 meter mark) and then of the finish (at the 400 meter mark to go) up to a finish time of about 1:45.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
For reference the satellite navigation Coordinates to the event HQ are (Longitude: -7.948153, Latitude: 53.420575)
Overall Race Summary
Participants: Such is the popularity of the race this year that registration closed for the race in mid-August 2013. There were well over 850 participants who took to the start line.
Weather: The weather on the day was almost too warm for running which is a very rare complaint in Ireland. The runners were bathed in hot September sunshine for the duration of the race and into the early afternoon. In the sections of the race out towards Clonown and around the Bord na Mona areas there was a cooling.
Course: "The Flatline" ceratinly lived up to its name. It is as flat a course as one is likely to find. A garmin connect gps trace of the route is provided here [connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412] Geographically the course spends much of the race in County Roscommon with only the first and last kilometers actually in County Westmeath. This gives geographically inclined runners the novel opportunity to race in two Irish provinces in one race. The course had distance markers at every kilometre and mile along the way. There were official pacers provided by the race organisers.
Location Map: Start/finish area and registration etc on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/8qCes] - Ample parking was supplied with some over-flow car-parking options also available.
Refreshments: An Alkohol Frei bottle of Erdinger was provided to every finisher as they crossed the line. Light refreshments were served.
Some Useful Links
Our photographs on Flickr from the 2013 Flatline Half Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635495089498/
Jimmy Mac's Photography Services on Facebook www.facebook.com/JimmyMacsPics
Precision Timing Results Page 2014: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2175
Precision Timing Results Page 2013: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1489
Precision Timing Results Page 2012: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1014
Facebook Event Page for the 2013 www.facebook.com/events/495900447163378/ (Facebook logon required)
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2014 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057148781
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2013 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056984967
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2012 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80049447
GARMIN GPS Trace of the Route for 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412
Race HQ Venue in 2014: St.Aloysius College Athlone : staloysiuscollege.ie/
Race photographs from 2012's Flatline - supplied by PIXELS PROMOTIONS: pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p126168889 (on route) and at the Finish line pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p31872670 - please note these are not our photographs (see www.pixelspromotions.com/).
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us.
This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
I want to download these pictures to my computer or device?
You can download the photographic image here direct to your computer or device. This version is the low resolution web-quality image. How to download will vary slight from device to device and from browser to browser. However - look for a symbol with three dots 'ooo' or the link to 'View/Download' all sizes. When you click on either of these you will be presented with the option to download the image. Remember just doing a right-click and "save target as" will not work on Flickr.
I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Creative Commons aims to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
Aloysius sighed through a smile as he waved at Zinerva and Baird's retrating backs. Shaking his head and chuckling, he stopped waving. He could be dancing in front of the lovers with his hat on fire before they'd notice him, if then. Better to leave them to it and catch up with them tomorrow.
A door flew open, missing his elbow by inches before its wild arc ended in a crash against the brick wall of the inn. A rat flew at speed, face-first into the other wall of the alley. Aloysius stepped back as the rat regained his feet, wiping the gouting blood from his newly crooked nose.
“It was worf it!” the rat yelled defiantly at the doorway he had just been ejected from before brushing past Aloysius, staggering. A melodius, and very loud voice sped the rat's heels considerably, as Aloysius turned to see who'd done the throwing.
“It BETTER have been worth it, ya ormadorm!” A tall, fat cow shook a fist at the retreating rodent without bothering to remove the pipe from the corner of her wide mouth. “Yer done here, ya theiving spalpeen! I see you again and it won't be pies yer eating, but the flat of my hand, see if ya ain't!” and she stomped a hoof and snorted loudly.
Aloysius stood, transfixed. Damn Baird and his bloody sayings! 'Love will hide behind you until it's good and ready to hit you in the face', indeed. The cow was tall indeed, possibly Baird's six feet, and easily fifteen stone if she was a dram. Fat indeed and lusciously rounded, freckled shoulders bared by the smoke-blue blouse she was wearing, broad hips that switched with her stomping anger as her tail swept the flags of the steps. She finally took notice of Aloysius, who tipped his hat, wordless and drymouthed.
Her blush, Aloysius noticed, made the dainty smattering of freckles over her broad nose stand out even more. She fumbled in the pocket of her apron to find a striker to relight her cold pipe. Drawing strongly, she blew a thick ring of smoke that smelled of honey, cloves and cinnamon.
“And then there's you.” she said, looking the length of him, not unkindly. Eyeing her gleaming sharp horns Aloysius tipped his hat again and made a leg
“Aloysius Sawney, at your ladyship's service.” The cow tossed her horns to flick hair from her large, sweet eyes and smiled from the corner of her lips occupied with smoking.
“Ye've manners, at least. I'm Locha Kyloe, keeper of this inn. The Whistling Cat.” She smiled with no small pride as she blew an even larger smoke ring.
“I can see as how you take manners seriously.” Aloysius looked over his shoulder significantly and looked back to watch another blush rise with her laugh. Gods, but she's a smasher, right enough. What else did Baird once rabbit on about? 'a maid who laughs is half taken?' he thought happily, bringing his concertina around to keep his nervous hands busy. This appeared to be the correct thing to do, as her brows shot up and she stood straight from her relaxed lean against the doorframe.
“I know ya! Yer the lad that does the busking with that dear, wee fiddler and the long idiot with the banjo!”
“And how do you describe me, one wonders?” Aloysius asked mildly and keyed a refrain of the Cat Cow Reel as Locha clutched her horns in a clattering dance of chagrin.
...This is towards the end of the story idea Beautiful Music. Locha's mouth sometimes goes faster than her brain, as does mine.
The Cat Cow Reel is really a real reel, lol. I have it on a CD @ home & didn't even know the name of it before looking it up online to put it in the story. This sort of little coincidence happens to me all the time...
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882–13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in an array of contrasting literary styles, perhaps most prominent among these the stream of consciousness technique he perfected. Other major works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His complete oeuvre also includes three books of poetry, a play, occasional journalism, and his published letters.
James Joyce was born to John Stanislaus Joyce and Mary Jane "May" Murray in the Dublin suburb of Rathgar. He was the eldest of ten surviving children; two of his siblings died of typhoid. His father's family, originally from Fermoy in Cork, had once owned a small salt and lime works. Joyce's father and paternal grandfather both married into wealthy families. In 1887, his father was appointed rate collector (ie a collector of local property taxes) by Dublin Corporation; the family subsequently moved to the fashionable small town of Bray 12 miles from Dublin. Around this time Joyce was attacked by a dog, which engendered in him a lifelong cynophobia. He also suffered from keraunophobia, as an overly superstitious aunt had described thunderstorms to him as a sign of God's wrath.
In 1891 Joyce wrote a poem on the death of Charles Stewart Parnell. His father was angry at the treatment of Parnell by the Catholic church and at the resulting failure to secure Home Rule for Ireland. The elder Joyce had the poem printed and even sent a part to the Vatican Library. In November of that same year, John Joyce was entered in Stubbs Gazette (a publisher of bankruptcies) and suspended from work. In 1893, John Joyce was dismissed with a pension, beginning the family's slide into poverty caused mainly by John's drinking and general financial mismanagement.
Joyce had begun his education at Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit boarding school near Clane, County Kildare, in 1888 but had to leave in 1892 when his father could no longer pay the fees. Joyce then studied at home and briefly at the Christian Brothers O'Connell School on North Richmond Street, Dublin, before he was offered a place in the Jesuits' Dublin school, Belvedere College, in 1893.
Joyce enrolled at the recently established University College Dublin (UCD) in 1898, studying English, French, and Italian. He also became active in theatrical and literary circles in the city. Many of the friends he made at University College Dublin appeared as characters in Joyce's works. His closest colleagues included leading figures of the generation, most notably, Thomas Kettle, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington and Oliver St. John Gogarty. Joyce was first introduced to the Irish public by Arthur Griffith in his newspaper, The United Irishman, in November 1901. Joyce had written an article on the Irish Literary Theatre and his college magazine refused to print it. Joyce had it printed and distributed locally. Griffith himself wrote a piece decrying the censorship of the student James Joyce. In 1901, the National Census of Ireland lists James Joyce (19) as an English and Irish-speaking scholar living with his mother and father, six sisters and three brothers at Royal Terrace, Clontarf, Dublin.
After graduating from UCD in 1902, Joyce left for Paris to study medicine, but he soon abandoned this after finding the technical lectures in French too difficult. He stayed on for a few months, appealing for finance his family could ill afford and reading late in the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. When his mother was diagnosed with cancer, Joyce returned to Ireland. After her death he continued to drink heavily, and conditions at home grew quite appalling. He scraped a living reviewing books, teaching and singing—he was an accomplished tenor, and won the bronze medal in the 1904 Feis Ceoil.
On 7 January 1904 he attempted to publish A Portrait of the Artist, an essay-story dealing with aesthetics, only to have it rejected from the free-thinking magazine Dana. He decided, on his twenty-second birthday, to revise the story into a novel he called Stephen Hero. It was a fictional rendering of Joyce's youth, but he eventually grew frustrated with its direction and abandoned this work. It was never published in this form, but years later, in Trieste, Joyce completely rewrote it as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
The same year he met Nora Barnacle, a young woman from Galway City who was working as a chambermaid. On 16 June 1904, they first stepped out together, an event which would be commemorated by providing the date for the action of Ulysses. Joyce remained in Dublin for some time longer, drinking heavily. After one of these drinking binges, he got into a fight over a misunderstanding with a man in St Stephen's Green ; he was picked up and dusted off by a minor acquaintance of his father's, Alfred H. Hunter, who brought him into his home to tend to his injuries. He took up with medical student Oliver St John Gogarty, who formed the basis for the character Buck Mulligan in Ulysses. After staying in Gogarty's Martello Tower in Sandycove for six nights, he left in the middle of the night following an altercation which involved another student he lived with, Samuel Chenevix Trench (Haines in Ulysses), who fired a pistol at some pans hanging directly over Joyce's bed. Joyce walked all the way back to Dublin to stay with relatives for the night, and sent a friend to the tower the next day to pack his trunk. Shortly thereafter he eloped to the Continent with Nora.
Statue at Xavier University
St. Aloysius, Jesuit Scholastic, canonized December 31, 1726, Patron of Purity and State of Life
Erected by St. Xavier College Students 1926-27
Aloysius Gonzaga (March 9, 1568 – June 21, 1591) was an Italian Jesuit and saint.
Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga was born at his family's castle in Castiglione delle Stiviere, between Brescia and Mantova in northern Italy in what was then part of the Papal States. He was a member of the illustrious House of Gonzaga. He was the oldest son of the Ferrante Gonzaga (1544–1586), Marquis of Castiglione, and Marta Tana di Santena, daughter of a baron of the Piedmontese Della Rovere family.
His father assumed that he would become a soldier, as the family was constantly involved in the frequent minor wars in the area. His military training started at an early age, but he also received an education in languages and other subjects. In 1576, at age 8, he was sent to Florence with his younger brother Ridolfo, to serve at the court of Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici and to receive further education. While there, he fell ill with a disease of the kidneys, which was to trouble him throughout his life. While he was ill, he took the opportunity to read about the saints and to spend much of his time in prayer. He is said to have taken a private vow of chastity at the age of 9. In November 1579, the brothers were sent to the Duke of Mantua. Aloysius was shocked by the violent and frivolous life-style he encountered there.
In 1580, he returned to Castiglione. There, he met Cardinal Charles Borromeo in July of the same year. The cardinal found out that Aloysius had not yet received his first holy communion, and gave this to him on 22 July 1580. After reading a book about Jesuit missionaries in India, he felt strongly that he wanted to become a missionary himself. He started practicing by giving catechism classes to young boys in Castiglione in the summers, and by repeatedly visiting the Capuchins and Barnabites in Casale Monferrato, the capital of the Gonzaga-ruled Duchy of Montferrat where the family spent the winter. He also adopted an ascetic life-style.
The family was called to Spain in 1581, to assist Empress Mary of Austria. They arrived in Madrid in March 1582, and Aloysius and Ridolfo became pages for the infante don Diego, Prince of Asturias (1575–82). He then started thinking in earnest about joining a religious order. He had considered joining the Capuchins, but he had a Jesuit confessor in Madrid, and decided to join that order. His mother agreed to his request to join the Jesuits, but his father was furious. In July 1584, one and a half years after the infante's death, the family returned to Italy. Aloysius still wanted to become a priest, and several members of his family worked hard to persuade him to change his mind. When they realized that there was no way to make him give up his plan, they tried to persuade him to become a secular priest, and to arrange for a bishopric for him. If he became a Jesuit he would renounce any right to income from property or status in society. His family was afraid of this, but their attempts to persuade him not to join the Jesuits failed; Aloysius was not interested in higher office and still wanted to become a missionary.
In November 1585, Aloysius gave up all rights of inheritance, and this was confirmed by the emperor. He went to Rome and, because of his noble birth, gained an audience with Pope Sixtus V. Following a brief stay at the Palazzo Aragona Gonzaga, the Rome home of his cousin, Cardinal Scipione Gonzaga on 25 November 1585 he was accepted into the Jesuit Roman novitiate by the order's general, Claudius Acquaviva. He was asked to moderate his asceticism somewhat, as it disrupted his relationship with the other novices; they found it difficult to speak with him when he isolated himself. In part, this may also have been caused by his upbringing, where he had never learned to relate to people outside the court.
His health continued to cause problems. In addition to the kidney disease, he also suffered from a skin disease, chronic headaches and insomnia. He was sent to Milan for studies, but after some time he was sent back to Rome because of his health. On November 25, 1587, he took the three religious vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. In February and March 1588, he received the lower ordinations, and started studying theology to prepare for the priesthood. In 1589, he was called to Mantua to mediate between his brother Ridolfo and the Duke of Mantua. He returned to Rome in May 1590. Later that year, he had a vision in which the Archangel Gabriel told him that he would die within a year.
In 1591, a plague broke out in Rome. The Jesuits opened a hospital for the stricken, and Aloysius volunteered to work there. He was allowed to work in a ward where there were no plague victims, as they were afraid to lose him. As it turned out, a man on his ward was infected, and on March 3, 1591 (six days before his 23rd birthday) Aloysius showed the first symptoms of being infected. It seemed certain that he would die in a short time, and he was given Extreme unction. To everyone's surprise, he recovered, but his health was left worse than ever. While he was ill, he spoke several times with his confessor, cardinal Robert Bellarmine. Aloysius had another vision, and told his confessor that he would die on the Octave of the feast of Corpus Christi. On that day, which fell on June 21, he seemed very well in the morning, but insisted that he would die before the day was over. Cardinal Bellarmine gave him the sacraments, and recited the prayers for the dying.
He died just before midnight on June 21, 1591.
An illustrious Family of Sabaragamuwa Sri Lanka
By: Thushara Gurudeniya
Sir Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne was born on the 8th January 1889 in Rambukkana, and was a notable Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister & Diplomat. He passed away on 19th October 1968 in Kegalle.
Edwin 's father was the Mr. Gabrial Perera Wijeyeratne, a much-respected notary public. The family hailed from the city of Kotte in Sri Lanka. The ancestors had distinguished themselves in resisting the Portugese invasion at Mulleriyawa and Balana. His mother was Catherina Wickremasinghe Jayasekera Tennekoon, daughter of Jayasekera Tennekoon, notary. He was a very wealthy gentleman and the first Sinhala notary in the entire Four Korales in Kegalle. He lived at Utuwankande, Mawanella. The family came to Kegalle early in the 16th century, fleeing from the Portuguese whom they had fought. The family continued intermarrying with the distinguished Walauwes of Kotte, Madapatha and Matara. There were seven stars in Sir Edwin's mother's family banner, given by King Parakrama Bahu VI of Kotte to an ancestor.
Edwin was the eldest son of his parents. He was first educated at the village school of Rambukkana. He then went to Handessa Village School in Gampola. He was nine years old then. He stayed at the home of his future wife Leela Pethiyagoda with Pethiyagoda Korala, at Meewaladeniya Walauwe, Pethiyagoda, Gampola. He was at this school for two years. From there he went to St. Mary's College, Kegalle. He completed his education at St. Joseph's College, Colombo where he passed the Cambridge Senior exams with Honours. He carried away 15 prizes at the last school prize giving he attended.
He then left school. At this time he lost his father. He then became a teacher at Lorenz Tutory. Simultaneously he took to journalism too. He served under the greatest editor Ceylon had hitherto had, Mr. Armand de Souza, whom Governors feared and officials dreaded. Edwin then became political secretary to Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan. While he was political secretary to Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Edwin became one of the co-founders of the Young Lanka league along with the Mr. A. E. Gunasinghe.
He was already a marked man. This brought him more within the danger zone. Edwin was the chief live wire in the struggle for freedom. Now he got linked up with the newer hotheads..The riots of 1915 nearly brought a martyr's crown upon Edwin He was arrested. He nearly went the same way along with young Pedris His activities brought him very much with the path of the law. Others who had done nothing to court imprisonment but who were unjustly imprisoned on this occasion were Messrs F. R., D. C. and D. S. Senanayake, Baron Jayatilaka, Dr. C. A. Hewavitarne and W. A. de Silva Messrs Arthur V. Dias, John Silva, Piyadasa Sirisena, A. E. Goonesinghe and some others.
Sir Edwin passed out as an advocate in 1929. He was able to build up a large outstation practice very soon. He entered the State Council in 1931 from Kegalle. Edwin served in the State Council for term till 1936. During this period he displayed great prowess in oratory and a consummate knowledge of parliamentary procedures. He was the champion over the underdogs, and his industry was proverbial. He did not stand for re-election in 1936. His outstation practice was colossal and he remained at the Bar from 1936 to 1947.
When the Ceylon Congress was founded by Sir P. Arunachalam and Sir James Peiris, Edwin was one of their colleagues and a co-founder. By this time he had passed out as a
lawyer and was having a flourishing practice in his hometown of Kegalle. He was an expert in Civil and Kandyan Law and in Buddhist Ecclesiastical Law. He was also a live wire in the Ceylon National Congress and was very close friend of D. S. Senanayake. when the Soulbury Commission came to Ceylon. When the commissioners were on the way to Kandy, D. S. Senanayake had stationed Edwin, bare bodied, in a paddy field in Kegalle. There, he was introduced to the commissioners as a typical Sinhala farmer and who spoke in English to the commissioners and impressed on them the need for Ceylon to obtain self-government!
A special invitation was sent to Ceylon by Jawahal Neru & Indian Congress to visit India for a discussion regarding the Independence of Ceylon. D.S. Senanayake, Edwin Wijeyeratne, George E. De Silva, J.R. Jayawardene, G.C.S. De Corea & H.W. Amarasuriya were among the delegates.
Edwin Wijeyeratne was appointed President of Ceylon National Congress in 21st December 1940. His Joint Secretaries were Dudley Senanayake & J.R. Jayawardene. During this period he was chosen to lead the Ceylon National Congress delegation to London. The delegation created an excellent impression on Conservative and Labour Parliamentary groups. In 1947 Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne was appointed to the Senate. He became the Cabinet Minister of Home Affairs & Rural Development in Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanayake's Government. He was acting leader of the Senate too.
Being the Cabinet Minister of Home affairs & Rural Development he had been the chairman of the select committee to select a National Anthum. J.R.Jayawardene too had been a member of the committee & they had decided to select Namo, Namo, Matha from then.
1951 ushered into being a New Chapter in Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne's eventful life. That consummate judge of man, Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanayake wanted a mastermind to represent the nascent Dominion of Ceylon in the Councils of the world. Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne was appointed Ceylon high Commissioner to Great Britain in 1951. During this period Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne moved with kings but did not lose the common touch.
At the time Sir Edwin was Ceylon High Commissioner to United Kingdom of Great Britain, he had to carry Europe on his shoulders for Ceylon was hardly represented in Europe. In the initial stages of our country's independence, Sir Edwin gave Ceylon a new and admirable image. He gave the people who had been under the heel of the foreigner or foreigners for over three centuries a footing of equality with the proudest powers in Europe. Thereby be had won for himself a niche in Sri Lankas pantheons of fame.
Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne received the accolade at the hands of Queen Elizabeth II herself in 1953 at Buckingham palace. Very few Asians had received such a unique honour in person at the very seat of chivalry. During his period as Ceylon High Commissioner in Great Britain he was received in private audience by his Holiness The Pope and by the President of the Italy. He was entertained by Max Petitpierre, the President of the Swiss Republic. He had lunch with President De Gaulle and he was the guest of King Leopold in Belgium. Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne was close to research and student communities in Cambridge, Oxford, Nottingham & London and he was of great help to Ceylon students.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Phillip were entertained by Sri Edwin and Lady Wijeyeratne on three occasions at their residence at No. 21, Addison Road, London a singular and unique privilege indeed which no Ambassador has had. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were entertained twice. At most receptions which Sir Edwin and Lady Wijeyeratne held Lord Louis Mountbatten and the Countess were present, resplendent in all their medals. Sir Edwin and Lady Wijeyeratne were guests at Broadlands, the home of the Mountbattens, on five occasions.
He was a guest at all the great English country estate and castles. He was a personal friend of the Salisbury family. He was a frequent guest at Hatfield House, home of the Salisburys and at Arundel Castle, the stately home of the Duke of Norfolk. He signed on behalf of Ceylon at the death of King George VI and represented Ceylon at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. He was guest of honour at Windsor Castle and Sandringham. In honouring him, Her Majesty the Queen was honouring Sri Lanka.
Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne was appointed Ceylon High Commissioner to India in 1954. During this period he discussed the Indian problem with Nehru. He was engaged with Buddhist work at Sanchi. He established personal friendships with the Royal families of Sikkim and Bhutan, where he and Lady Wijeyeratne were guests. He represented Ceylon at the coronation of the King of Nepal. He was a guest of their Majesties at their private palace at Kathmandu. He went to Burma ( Myanmar ) with the sacred relics of Sariputta and Mogallana. He was a guest at Burmese ( Myanmar ) Presidential Palace.
Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne married Leela Pethiyagoda Kumarihamy, whose ancestors had fought with Arawwawala Adigar to prevent the Sinhala throne from passing to the Malabars. Sir Edwin and Lady Wijeyeratne were blessed with three sons. The eldest, Tissa Wijeyeratne was Barrister at Law. He had served as the Additional Secretary to Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Defence, Sri Lanka Ambassador to France & Switzerland & Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to Prime Minister Sirimavo R.D. Bandaranaike.
The second son, Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne, had served asMember of Parliament, Cabinet Minister of Education, Higher Education & Justice, Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Russian Federation & Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa Kandy. In addition, he had also served as the AGA in Galle, Government Agent in Anuradhapura & Jaffna, Secretary to Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Secretary to Ministry of Information, Broadcasting & Transport, and Member Governing Body of UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The youngest son, Dr. Cuda Wijeyeratne is a Doctor of Medicine.
There had been three generations of Wijeyeratnes in Politics. From the third generation, first it was Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne ( Third son of Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne ) who entered into active politics in 1988 as a UNP Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council in Ratnapura. He also served as Member UNP National Executive Committee. He had been the Acting Diyawadana Nilame, Sri Dalada Maligawa Kandy in several occassions for three decades, appointed by the Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs with recommendation from Mahanayaka Theras of the Malwatte & Asgiriya Chapters.
Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne ( Second Son of Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne ) is a present Member of Parliament from Kegalle District & Hon Minister of Enterprise Development in President His Excellency Mahinda Rajapakse's Government & had also served as Minister of Plantation Services under the President D.B. Wijetunga's Government.
The present UNP Chief Organiser for the Galagedara Electorate is Neranjan Wijeyeratne (Eldest son of Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne). He was an energetic administrator. He had proved his capabilities during his term of office as the administrator had proved his efficiency during the two decades of his term as Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy. It was due his proven ability that the shrine which was devasted by the LTTE bomb attack of 1998 was restored.
Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne 1975 contested for the Diyawadana Nilame post of the Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, and won it by a landslide victory. It was the first ever in Sri Lanka history that the Kandyan Radala caste hierarchy was challenged for that post. Sri Dalada Maligawa had been managed for the longest period by the Wijeyeratne family, who have served the post of Diyawadana Nilame for 30 years. After Independence, three generations of Wijeyeratnes have kept a record in the Sri Lanka political history by holding Ministerial posts in the Government.
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Images generously provided by his family.
St. Aloysius Gonzaga rejected his family's expectation that he would join the military life; instead he decided on the religious life. He made a vow of chastity at the age of 9, and, to safeguard himself from possible temptation, he would keep his eyes persistently downcast in the presence of women.
He got a bit overzealous with self-discipline and self-denial, at one point beating himself with a leather dog leash, but when he joined the Jesuits, his spiritual director, St. Robert Bellarmine straightened him out, giving Aloysius regular hours of prayer and simple acts of self-control.
When the plague struck Rome in January 1591, the Jesuits were sent to work in the hospitals, which was tough for Aloysius since he was naturally squeamish. He overcame this, however, and went into the streets of Rome and carried the ill and the dying to the hospital on his back. Within a few weeks, he got the plague himself and died at the age of 23.
He is usually depicted with lilies and a crucifix, and sometimes with a crown at his feet.
This window is in Gesu Church in Milwaukee, WI.