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  Liguori Publications:Saint Gerard Majella
Gerard was born in 1726 in Muro, a little town in Southern Italy.
Gerard was an excellent worker and during the next few years he was at different times, garderner, sacristan, tailor, porter, cook, carpenter, and clerk of works of the new buildings in Caposele.
Accordingly, in a letter to Saint Alphonsus, the superior of Gerard, she accused the latter of sins of impurity with the young daughter of a family at whose house Gerard often stayed on his missionary journeys.
mission.liguori.org /redemptorists/saints/majella/bio.htm   (1934 words)

  
 Gerard_Groote
Gerard Groote was born in 1340 in Deventer, an important center of commerce in The Netherlands as early as the ninth century.
Gerard had gone to the Carthusians to build up his own interior life and would have preferred to stay in his cell forever and to be forgotten by the world.
Master Gerard was highly pleased with their request, but did not see the plan realized, for it was not until the beginning of 1386 that the little monastery of Mount St.Agnes near Zwolle was opened.
wisdomsgoldenrod.org /publications/misc/gerard_groote.html   (6393 words)

  
 © The American Physiological Society - Ralph W. Gerard
Ralph Waldo Gerard became president after the Cleveland meeting in 1951 and presided at the fall meeting in Salt Lake City (1951) and the spring meeting in New York City (1952).
Gerard's scientific contributions ranged from the metabolism and heat production of nerve (with A. Hill) to the behavioral and social sciences.
Gerard, born October 7, 1900 - died February 17, 1974.
www.the-aps.org /about/pres/introrwg.htm   (417 words)

  
 Gerard of Cremona
Gerard of Cremona (c.1114-1187) was the greatest and most prolific Arabic translator of his time.(1) His Latin translations of over seventy seminal works in the sciences introduced the advanced Greek and Arab world to an intellectually impoverished Europe during the Middle Ages.
Scholars question whether Gerard is fully responsible for all the translations, but there is a remarkable consistency in the translations which lend credence to the theory that he exercised considerable control over their transmission.
Gerard's breadth is astonishing and it is significant to consider that in many cases he was the first European whose eyes gazed upon the ancient works which he translated.
www.wiu.edu /users/mfihd/research/gerard/gerard.html   (2608 words)

  
 St Gerard Majella Redemptorist Saint
Gerard, the youngest of the five children of Dominic and Benedetta Golella Majella, was born on April 6, 1726, in the small town of Muro, which is a few miles distant from Naples in southern Italy.
Accordingly, in a letter to St. Alphonsus, the superior of Gerard, she accused the latter of sins of impurity with the young daughter of a family at whose house Gerard often stayed on his missionary journeys.
Gerard, that, being freed from this trial of strengthened to bear it for the love of God, I may praise and thank God and serve Him with greater love and fervour.
www.rc.net /redempt.au/majellal.htm   (3443 words)

  
 St. Gerard Majella
Gerard Majella (1726-1755), the subject of this selection, preferred to suffer the consequences of a shameful calumny in silence rather than appear to disobey the rules of the order.
Gerard's guilt in a certain concrete case was possible, and that possibility had to be reckoned with.
Tannoia's excellent report, Gerard's uncomplaining silence, and the arresting fact that miracles and ecstasies were being laid to the credit of the alleged criminal had all combined to bring about a change in the attitude of Alphonsus.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/GMAJELLA.HTM   (2687 words)

  
 Peter T. Farrelly Jr.
Gerard Majella's handkerchief has become a symbol for the popular acclamation of Gerard as the patron of mothers and children, the unborn and the pro-life movement.
Gerard refused to offer a self-defense, and St. Alphonsus saw no recourse but to consider him guilty of adultery and violating his vows He disciplined Gerard by ordering him confined to the monastery and forbidding him to receive Holy Communion—a punishment that for Gerard was like being denied food.
Gerard had the ability to "read" souls and bring sinners back to God by quietly revealing to them their secret misdeeds, or sins they had been too embarrassed to confess.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/HOPEHAND.htm   (1319 words)

  
 The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading ...
The alternative to proposed anti-terrorism laws could be an assault on multiculturalism, writes Gerard Henderson.
The Catholic Church is wide of the mark with its criticism of plans for the workplace, writes Gerard Henderson.
Journalists are still in denial about their support for the former ALP leader, writes Gerard Henderson.
www.smh.com.au /news/opinion/gerardhenderson   (478 words)

  
 www.mineweb.net | sections | sustainable mining NMA's Gerard helps shape mining's future   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
ENO--(Mineweb.com) National Mining Association President and CEO Jack Gerard enjoys an excellent reputation within domestic mining industry for his outstanding leadership in an association, which used to be a bureaucracy, often focused on hobnobbing with politicians, or responding to the latest crisis.
Gerard gained prominence within hardrock mining circles as a partner of McClure, Gerard and Neuenschwander, lobbying for gold mining companies, who successfully battled attempts during the Clinton years to eliminate or radically change the 1872 Mining Law.
Gerard declared that "the dynamics of our industry and the economy are different today than it was five or 10 years ago.
www.mineweb.net /sections/sustainable_mining/403410.htm   (2086 words)

  
 Gerard, John (1545-1612)
Gerard made his firstproposal to Cambridge University to create a botanic garden in 1588; hedid not wait for initiative.
Gerard’s Herball, as wellas other herbals, was an attempt by an apothecary and surgeon to producea useful handbook for other medicos.
Gerard contributed tothe advancement of plant knowledge in his time, and his published listof plants set the precedent for later catalogues of plants from universitybotanical gardens.
www.csdl.tamu.edu /FLORA/cushing/Gerard1a.htm   (644 words)

  
 Gerard Henry-Speaker-Television Host-Published Author   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Gerard Henry has a new program that could be right for your station.
Gerard wants you to be informed because people who are informed make better decisions and live better lives than those who don't.
Gerard lists what he thinks are resources you might find useful.
www.gerardhenry.com   (398 words)

  
 St. Michael's Library - Book - Medical - G - 02
JOHN GERARD' name, his Historie of Plants, its glorious Elizabethan prose, the folk-lore steeping its pages, and all its quaint conceits about the "Vertues" of herbs, are know by reputation the world over.
One reads his critics with the respect due to their superior learning, and then returns to Gerard's Herbal with the comfortable sensation of slipping away from a boring sermon into the pleasant spaciousness of an old-fashioned faire-tale.
When reading Gerard we are wandering in the peace of an Elizabethan garden, with a companion who has a story for every flower and is full of wise philosophies.
www.st-mike.org /library/smbmdg02.html   (615 words)

  
 GerardPas.com | The Memoirs of Gerard Pas
Gerard talks about his relationship to Hugh McIntyre and the Nihilist Spasm Band in London, Canada, Written on the event of Hugh's death.
Gerard leaves the downtown of London and attends a school in the suburbs.
Gerard discusses his own dealings with depression and his thoughts there on.
www.gerardpas.com /library/memoirs.html   (296 words)

  
 Culinary Gleanings from John Gerard's Herball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Gerard's Herball appeared at a time of incredible explorations, when new lands, plants, and animals were being discovered by Europeans.
Gerard also shows us the beginnings of scientific thought in those instances when he dismisses information given by his ancient Authorities, and discusses what he himself has found to be true by experimentation.
Gerard's Herball is valuable to the culinary historian not only to prove that certain plants were known and used during this time period, but also to see how they were used.
members.aol.com /renfrowcm/gerardp1.html   (736 words)

  
 Gerard Batten MEP in the European Parliament UKIP UK Independence Party London Region EU EU-sceptic EU-realist CAP euro
Gerard Batten was a founder member of the UK Independence Party in September 1993 and the first party secretary from 1994 to 1997.
Gerard Batten was born in London and has lived in the East End of London all his life.
He has had articles published in a number of magazines and is a regular contributor to Freedom Today, the magazine of the Freedom Association, with his 'Batten in Brussels' column.
www.gerardbattenmep.co.uk   (317 words)

  
 Gerard Roofs - Roofs, Re-Roofing, Roof Refurbishment in New Zealand, Australia and South Pacific   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
At Gerard Roofs we've taken the time to listen to you and put together this website to provide you with all the information (and a little inspiration) you need to confidently choose the roof that's best for you.
Gerard Roofs have been crowning kiwi homes for nearly 50 years.
Closer to home, we have a nationwide team of experts working in more than 90 Gerard Certified Roofing companies throughout nearly every area of the country – so help is never far from hand.
www.gerardroofs.co.nz   (221 words)

  
 Teach More/Love More - Best Trends & Practices
In the study, Gerard and other researchers evaluated 26 infants during naps lasting an hour to an hour-and-a half.
Each baby was laid to sleep with a conventional blanket, and then on a separate occasion in a tight swaddle made of cotton and spandex about the thickness of a T-shirt.
In her research, Gerard has interviewed women from Eastern and Mideastern countries about how they swaddled their infants.
www.teachmorelovemore.org /ArticlesDetails.asp?articleid=4525   (736 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Gerard Majella
Son of a tailor who died when the boy was 12, leaving the family in poverty.
Gerard tried to join the Capuchins, but his health prevented it He was accepted as a Redemptorist lay brother serving his congregation as sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian, and tailor.
When falsely accused by a pregnant woman of being the father of her child, he retreated to silence; she later recanted and cleared him, and thus began his association as patron of all aspects of pregnancy.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintg06.htm   (246 words)

  
 Balthasar Gérard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The murder of William the Silent by Balthasar Gérard.
Balthasar Gérard (in Dutch, Gerards or Gerardts) (1557-1584) was the assassin of the Dutch independence leader, William the Silent, also known as William I of Orange.
Gérard was born in Vuillafans, France, at number 3 in the street now called Rue Gérard.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balthazar_Gerards#The_shooting_on_Tuesday,_July_10   (1352 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Richard Gerard
The Bromley branch of the Gerard family, which divided off from the original stock of Bryn in the fourteenth century, grew to power and affluence through Gilbert, solicitor-general to Queen Elizabeth, and as such an active persecutor of Catholics.
Indeed he is said to have obtained the estate of Gerard's Bromley, through a court intrigue, from the Catholic Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn (father of John Gerard, S.J.), as the price for which the knight bought off the prosecution against him for adhering to Mary Queen of Scots.
In 1603 Gilbert's son Thomas was made Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley, County Stafford, but his grandson (the subject of this article), Richard of Hilderstone, County Stafford (by John, a younger son, d.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06467b.htm   (538 words)

  
 Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Summer 2005 saw Gerard write and present a new five part series on contemporary music for BBC N.Ireland.
Gerard has just finished an exciting new album with guitarist Craig Ogden which will be released in 2006.
Gerard has just been awarded a major award from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff towards production costs of the new album.
www.saxsaxsax.com   (107 words)

  
 Gerard Depardieu, The Actor
Gerard Depardieu an actor, native Frenchman, was a wanderer and delinquent until he began his acting career.
Gerard has also recorded several albums, has appeared in many stage productions and has directed and co-written films.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud, Judith Godreche.
www.casenet.com /people/gerarddepardieu.htm   (347 words)

  
 Harris - Fischer Family Tree
GERARD Nellie - abt 1845 IN - ????
GERARD Sinahannah - 1 Dec 1826 IN - 1850 IN
GERARD Sophia - abt 1830 IN - 27 Aug 1905 IN
www.sheeplechasers.org /harris   (8269 words)

  
 Gerard Pape, Nonpop New Music Composer
Gerard Pape has composed more than 40 works: orchestra, chamber music, vocal music, electronic works for voices, instruments and/or tape.
Gerard Pape directs Les Ateliers UPIC in Paris, a center for musical creation supported by the French Ministry of Culture, since 1991.
Gerard Pape recommends: James McHard's "The Future of Modern Music", from American Book Publishing Group (ABPG), where he talks about Xenakis, Estrada and myself, as well as my studio Les Ateliers UPIC, recently renamed CCMIX (Center for the Composition of Music Iannis Xenakis).
www.kalvos.org /papeger.html   (608 words)

  
 Gerard's Fine Dining and Cocktails
Gerard’s restaurant is owned and operated by Karen and Gerard Whatton.
Gerard’s is a casual fine dining restaurant located in the Colonnade Center two blocks east of I-270 at 1240 Manchester Road.
Gerard’s serves dinner six nights a week, Monday through Thursday 5pm to 10 pm and Friday and Saturday nights from 5pm to 11pm.
www.saucemagazine.com /gerards   (298 words)

  
 Poet: Gerard Manley Hopkins - All poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poet: Gerard Manley Hopkins - All poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), British poet, Jesuit priest.
Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the great unsung poets, virtually unknown in his lifetime.
www.poemhunter.com /gerard-manley-hopkins/poet-3161   (323 words)

  
 Millrace Gallery, Dublin, Ireland: Art Gallery. Modern Irish paintings from contemporary artists Gerard McGourty, ...
Experiencing Gerard Mc Gourty’s studio and home is like entering a world within the world, that of a human beings mind.
Gerard never plans, he has a fascination for colours and through them come memories; notably childhood memories, light and sounds of West Fermanagh and of the surrounding counties of Leitrim and Donegal - Gerard fell in love with this particular blue on a trip to Italy, so he painted a sky enhancing the beloved colour.
Gerard Mc Gourty’s paintings are widely collected in Europe and the USA, two over - intellectualised places where ultimately it’s through the senses that we need to feel the world.
www.millracegallery.com   (433 words)

  
 Knights of Columbus St. Gerard Council #13001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The newly formed St. Gerard Council is located at The Church of St. Gerard Majella which is located in a quiet country setting next to a corn field at 9600 Regent Avenue North in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
The council meetings are held at The Church of St. Gerard on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm.
The St. Gerard Council was founded in 2001 through the efforts of a parish group known as The Men of St. Gerard.
st-gerard.org /knights   (230 words)

  
 HaitiAction.net UPDATE: Rev. Father Gerard Jean-Juste
Father Gerard Jean-Juste has been in the news recently as a result of his recent arrest, status as one of the hundreds of political prisoners in Haiti.
Gerard Jean-Juste is being held in isolation in the Haitian National Penitentiary and the Coup Government is fishing to find something to charge him with.
Jean-Juste, a powerful advocate of the poor, was arrested October 13, 2004, by masked heavily armed gunmen while feeding 600 children at his parish of St. Claire in Port au Prince.
www.haitiaction.net /News/about/FrJJ.html   (742 words)

  
 glbtq >> literature >> Reve, Gerard
The influential novelist Gerard Reve was a pioneer in European gay writing and in the liberalization of attitudes toward homosexuality in The Netherlands.
Gerard Kornelis van het Reve was born on December 14, 1923, in Amsterdam and attended school there at the Vossius-gymnasium.
The history of gay and lesbian literature in the Low Countries is rich and varied, reflecting the changing concepts of intimate relations between people of the same sex.
www.glbtq.com /literature/reve_g.html   (709 words)

  
 Print Page - Gerard Butler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
And really, it wasn't so much how Gerard looked in the movie that made you need a cold shower, it was the masculinity, pain and sheer sexuality he oozed.
Anyway- Gerard Butler, you are the best effing Phantom I have ever had the pleasure to watch (and believe me it was a pleasure :naughty:).
I think that Gerard's Masquerade Ball scenes show the value of attitude and presentation, while in his quieter moments, one can allow one's self to focus on the individual features and qualities.
www.horatians.org /testforum3/index.php?action=printpage;topic=4560.0   (15569 words)

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