> On Jan 17, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> Nothing special, I just like the image. > >> > >> Cropped a little and taken this past year (2012). > >> > >> Shot in Napa Valley, CA, at the former Christian Brothers Winery > >> (lovely, old stone building) that is now a cooking school, The > >> Culinary Institute of America. > >> > >> http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/ivypalm.html > >> > > > > are they the same Christian Brothers who used to beat me at my prep > > school for minor mistakes in arithmetic, and who issued a global > > apology a few years ago for their routine abuse of children over > decades? > > > > B > > > Yes, the Christian Brothers of Ireland had some abuse scandals in the > order, particularly in Ireland but perhaps in England also. But they've > done a lot of good as well. They work extensively with the poor all > over the world and they're still making wine here in the states and > teaching kids.. Lots of good Christian Brothers scholls here, including > Iona College in New York, Brother Rice High School in Chicago and a > Brother Rice High School here in Michigan. Both of the high schools are > top notch.
My school was in Gibraltar, and the Christian Brothers (and nuns) were all Irish. They were all bastards. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
