Interesting. Didn’t know that, although I should since Im half Swedish. > On Aug 26, 2018, at 12:01 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
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