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  • St. Martin’s Day

    11/13/2017 9:16:41 AM PST · by SandRat · 4 replies
    If you’ve ever been out on the streets in Germany on a Nov. 11 evening, you’ve most likely seen crowds of children marching through the streets carrying lanterns and chanting. It’s what we do on St. Martin’s Day, and a beloved childhood memory for most of my fellow Germans as well as myself. St. Martin was a Roman soldier born in modern-day Hungary between 316 and 336 A.D. who spent most of his adult life in France and eventually was baptized and became a monk. There are various legends surrounding his life, but one of the most prevalent – and...
  • Tourist killed by jet blast at notorious Caribbean airport (2 articles)

    07/13/2017 8:36:18 AM PDT · by EveningStar · 25 replies
    Multiple links in body of thread | July 13, 2017
    Tourist killed by jet blast at notorious Caribbean airport Gavin Haines The Daily Telegraph July 13, 2017 A tourist has died at one of the world’s most dangerous airports. The woman – a 57-year-old New Zealander – was reportedly watching a plane take off from the notorious Princess Juliana Airport in St Maarten when she was knocked over by the thrust from one of its engines. More New Zealand woman killed by jet plane takeoff on Caribbean island The New Zealand Herald July 13, 2017 A New Zealand woman has been tossed to her death by the jet blast from...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 11-11-16, M, St. Martin of Tours, Bishop

    11/10/2016 8:39:11 PM PST · by Salvation · 36 replies
    USCCB.org/RNAB ^ | 11-11-16 | Revised New American Bible
    November 11, 2016 Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Reading 1 2 Jn 4-9 [Chosen Lady:]I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truthjust as we were commanded by the Father.But now, Lady, I ask you,not as though I were writing a new commandmentbut the one we have had from the beginning:let us love one another.For this is love, that we walk according to his commandments;this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning,in which you should walk. Many deceivers have gone out into the world,those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as...
  • Three Syrians arrested in St.Maarten with false Greek travel documents

    11/16/2015 7:05:57 AM PST · by cll · 23 replies
    The police have arrested three (3) men, who tried to enter the country on Saturday; November 14th, using false documents. The men in custody are believed to be nationals of Syria who arrived at the Princess Juliana International Airport around 7:30 pm on an Insel Air flight originating from Haiti. They were soon after held by airport immigration after it was discovered that the travel documents they presented were false. The suspects were turned over to the Back Office at the PJIA who further investigated the documents and determined that the Greek passports the men were travelling with were indeed...
  • Christian festival curbed as concession to Muslims (German schools worry about feelings of refugees)

    11/02/2015 10:31:04 AM PST · by amorphous · 23 replies
    WND ^ | 2 Oct 2015 | Cheryl Chumley
    Several schools in Germany have canceled an annual Christian celebration named after Saint Martin and replaced it with the more generic and secular festival of lights in consideration of the feelings of thousands of Muslims who have migrated to the country in recent days. On top of that, numerous Dusseldorf daycare centers have outright abolished the celebration altogether, due to consideration for the refugees, Infowars reported, citing the Epoch Times.
  • AL QUAEDA: The next goal is to liberate SPAIN from infidels

    10/16/2007 6:42:39 AM PDT · by Traianus · 39 replies · 1,815+ views
    JCPA ^ | 10-11-07 | Jonathan D. Halevi
    IS "PALESTINE" the only "OCCUPIED TERRITORY" of MUSLIM WORLD? According to AL QUAEDA, the ANSWER is NO.... by Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan D. Halevi Published October 2007 Vol. 7, No. 16 11 October 2007Al-Qaeda: The Next Goal Is to Liberate Spain from the InfidelsLt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Dahoah-Halevi * Large parts of the Iberian Peninsula were under Islamic rule from 711 until 1492, with the final eviction of the Moors from what they called al-Andalus, and the memory of Islamic rule in Spain has become increasingly part of the discourse in radical Islam. * Osama bin Laden has written: "We...