http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joe-steuer/5/a93/18b
Steuer, Joe [MC1972]
Chief Financial Officer at The Philadelphia Zoo
Greater Philadelphia Area
Nonprofit Organization Management
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Re: Death penalty, I agree opposition to the death penalty, but could we throw in a little hard labor to life without parole?
Bill O’Connell
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O’Connell, Bill (MC1976)
[JR: I remember that movie about Devil's Island with Steve McQueen — "Papillon". How about a hard isolated life?]
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http://andreascetinski.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-first-3-singles-from-my-new-music-cd.html
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2011
Well, today my dream came true, after mixing and polishing up my songs over the last 6 weeks, i now have in my hands my finished 12 song cd titled “Freedom Is Not Free” ;))))))) i now have the finished songs uploaded on my website at andreascetinski.com ;-) luv ya A
My first 3 singles from my new music cd called “Freedom Is Not Free” are now on iTunes, Amazon, Verizon, Cd Baby plus a few other music websites for downloading, 1) Gone But Not Forgotten 2) My Angel 3) Eye Candy, next week the whole 12 song cd will be available ;-) A
******my first live performance will be at a charity event for the Ronald McDonald House on June 5th at the Harley Davidson Dealer in New Rochelle, NY which holds the annual charity event called “Hogs for Hope”, a few bands will be playing that day, i will probably be one of the opening acts and play a 30-45 minute set from what i’m told.
****** just on a side note, i have at least another 12 songs pretty much finished so my second cd will be coming sometime in the spring of 2012, i will be playing some of these songs live this year and may release them as singles after the summer or during the fall ;-) we are here to stay and play my friends ;-)))))) and on another side note, my first music video will be comin in 3-4 weeks, hopefully sooner but its all new ground for me so i think 3 weeks or so will be more than enough time, my first video will be for the song “Gone But Not Forgotten” i’m thinking but that could change, but a real video is coming to youtube veddy soon ;-)
POSTED BY ANDREAS CETINSKI AT 8:37 AM
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[JR: Hope the New Rochelle Jaspers can get over and support one of out own.]
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http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=10360
Florida: controversy over Mass intention for repose of bin Laden’s soul
May 18, 2011
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A Florida parish priest has decided to accept a Mass intention for repose of Osama bin Laden’s soul, provoking controversy in his parish.
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“Their hearts are troubled because they’re thinking emotionally about what he has done, and he has done a lot of evil,” said Father Gavin Badway, pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Church in West Palm Beach. “Nevertheless, Jesus tells us, love and forgive.”
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I’m reminded of a great movie. A movie with which I disagreed with just about every liberal political point it made. But, a movie that made a great classical liberal point.
“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s gonna put up a fight. It’s gonna say “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can’t just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the “land of the free”.” — President Andrew Shepherd played by Michael Douglas in “The American President” (1995)
So too. If you’re a “catholic”, whatever that is, and I am the last person judging anyone’s status, it would seem that WE have to pray for our enemies. And, in each of them, we should see either the Creator or a reflection of our common humanity. It would seem that, if you believe the Gospels, Jesus forgave those who killed him. Yet, we can not forgive old OBL by saying a Mass for the repose of his soul?
Celebrate that. Then you can stand up and sing: “I’m a Catholic”.
The older I get and the more of the vicissitudes of life that I experience, the more sure I am that I’m a long way from perfect.
Like the pro-life issue, I fail to understand how someone can be anti-abortion but for the death penalty. Be pro-life but anti-gay adoption. (Do the children not DESERVE a loving family once they are no longer cute babies?) Somehow folks are pro-life, but allow the drones to inflict “collateral damage”.
One thing that I learned in ingineering skrule, principles don’t change. Gravity still brings a rocket back to earth. Bridges with the wrong sign WILL fall down. And, like electricity, stuff you can’t see will kill you.
“Forgive your enemies” seems like a good principle. Otherwise, you give them tremendous control over your life. Note: it’s “forgive”; not “forget”. And, “blessed are the peacemakers …”
We’ve made a LOT of mistakes. Arguing about praying for the dead seems stupid to me. And, even more, if you’re a CINO politician or a “confused catholic”, then you’re going to have a lot of explaining to do.
I’m working on my excuses already. I’m sure my fellow alums won’t need any.
Donna Nobis Pacem.
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Posted in Positraction
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2011/jj2011W22.html
Posted in Administrivia
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/education/ed0453.htm
Can Catholic schools be saved?
ANDY SMARICK
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Implementing such a policy will not be without its political and legal challenges, of course. But far less appealing is the alternative: an acceleration of the tragic decline of urban Catholic schools, and the eventual regret that we did nothing over half a century while one of the nation’s greatest educational treasures disappeared.
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[JR: No, they can't be. And, Catholicism and then Catholics won't be far behind. The "Secular Progressives" aka Marxist Communists have taken over the Gooferment and are using it to suppress all "religions". Only the "worship" of the State, from whom all blessings flow, will be permitted. The politicians and bureaucrats are the new "priesthood". And, we being slowly eaten by this "boa constrictor". Gooferment Skrules are the unconstitutional way they are propagandizing the youth. There's no hope but to secede. And try again. The Dead Old White Guys knew the enemy, but couldn't imagine how their "experiment" could be perverted.]
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Posted in Endnote
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joe-wallwork/7/71a/354
Wallwork, Joe [MC1997]
Group Manager
Cost, Risk, and Claims Services – WTC Reconstruction Project
at The Louis Berger Group
Greater New York City Area
Construction
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http://www.silive.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2011/05/james_branigan_87.html
James Branigan, 87
Published: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 7:12 AM Updated: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 7:14 AM
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — James F. Branigan Jr., 87, of Shore Acres, the loving patriarch of three generations who loved sports and dancing with his wife, died yesterday in Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze.
Born in New Brighton, he graduated from St. Peter’s Boys High School and attended Manhattan College, the Bronx. He moved to Westerleigh in 1954 and to Shore Acres in 2001, dividing his time between the Island and Lady Lake, Fla.
Mr. Branigan served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. A seaman first class, he saw duty in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
After his military discharge, he began his 22-year career with the city Police Department, assigned to the 7th Precinct and the Harbor Unit, both in Manhattan. He retired in 1972.
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“We were happily married for 63 years, and he was the love of my life,” his wife said.
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A devout Catholic, Mr. Branigan was an altar boy at St. Peter’s R.C. Church. He was a parishioner of St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Rosebank, and a former parishioner of Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, West Brighton.
Surviving, along with his wife, are his sons, Michael and James III; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Monday from the Casey Funeral Home, Castleton Corners, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church. Arrangements include cremation.
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Branigan, James F. Jr. [MC???? RIP]
Guestbook: None cited
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Dear John,
I do not find anything in my stuff on James.
May He Rest In Peace.
Mike
McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/kaysel
Adrover, Kaysel [MC2002]
Technical Architect at Gotham Technology Group
Greater New York City Area
Information Technology and Services
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REPORTED BY: Coyne, Robert T. (MC1970) via FACEBOOK
http://www.licatholic.org/news/2011/05/052511/052511obituaries.html
Sister Marie Secour Privitera, CSJ
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BRENTWOOD — A teacher whose ministry included St. Joseph College (1971-1978) and the Academy of St. Joseph here (1979-1991), Sister Marie Secour Privitera, 97, died May 10. She was in the 76th year of religious life.
Most of her service was in the Brooklyn Diocese at St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ambrose, St. Francis of Assisi, Bishop McDonnell H.S. and annex, St. Pascal Baylon H.S., St. Angela Hall Academy, and St. Francis de Sales. She also taught at Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce.
Sister Marie Secour earned a B.A. from Manhattan College and an MLS from St. John’s University.
Interment in Calvary Cemetery here followed the Mass of Christian Burial celebrated in Sacred Heart Chapel May 14.
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Privitera, Sr. Marie Secour [MC???? RIP]
Guestbook: None cited
[JR: Thanks, Robert. Much appreciated.]
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Dear John,
I do not anything in my “stuff” for Sister Marie.
May She Rest In Peace.
Mike
McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]
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