Why is it strange that an Irish-American parish school would have the Vikings as a mascot? Virtually every Irish city was founded by Vikings, most notably Dublin, which is extremely proud of its Viking history. Irish with reddish hair are most likely in part descended from the Norse settlers of the Isle.
The town next to mine celebrates St Rocco's day every year. Each community has its own special relationship to its heritage. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 11:45 AM Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dan. St. Hugo was an 11th century monk who was instrumental in > developing monasteries, hospitals and more. St. Hugo of the Hills is a > parish in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan that was built on the former estate of > Ted McManus, a pioneer in automotive advertising. McManus’s sons died young > and he offered to give the archdiocese about 40 acres of property and build > a church on the land if they would allow internment of his sons in a crypt > below the church. The archdiocese had to get dispensation from the pope to > make it happen. Today, the entire McManus family is in a crypt below the > old church. A newer church was built some 40 years ago. The parish thrives > in the heavily catholic and rather wealthy community. Most of the kids in > my sub go to the elementary school, which still has five teaching nuns, > very rare these days. The football team is called the Vikings, BTW, even > though the parish is heavily Irish. > > > On Aug 26, 2018, at 11:30 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > That is an appealing little gallery, Paul! > > > > St Hugo is a new one on me: was he some Viking saint? <G> > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 8:49 PM Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> I love shooting kids’ sports. Photographing baseball and football is a > >> study in opposites. Two different sets of problems. Shot some football > for > >> the neighborhood kids today. Got soaking wet. Tested Pentax weather > sealing! > >> > >> > >> > https://www.photo.net/gallery/1108963#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1 > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > > -- > > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
