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Contents Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Key:

abs

Abstract photographer

adv

Advertising photographer

aer

Aerial photographer

arch

Architectural photographer

art

Art photographer

celeb

Celebrity photographer

dig

Digital photography

doc

Documentary photographer

ethno

Ethnographic photographer

fash

Fashion photographer

food

Food photographer

inds

Industrial photographer

int

Interiors photographer

land

Landscape photographer

pict

Pictorialist

port

Portrait photographer

sci

Scientific/technical photographer

spt

Sports photographer

und

Underwater photographer

war

War photographer

rph

rephotography

[edit] A

* Rolf Aamot (art)

* Slim Aarons (doc)

* Hans Aarsman

* Abbas

* Berenice Abbott (doc, pict, port)

* Karimeh Abbud

* Sam Abell

* Laurence Aberhart

* William de Wiveleslie Abney

* George W. Ackerman (doc)

* Ansel Adams (art, doc, land, pict)

* Bryan Adams (port)

* Eddie Adams (doc, land, war)

* Robert Adams (art)

* Alfred Shea Addis

* Gustavo Aguerre (art)

* Tadasuke Akiyama (doc)

* Cris Alexander

* Fratelli Alinari

* Timothy Allen (doc, ethno, port)

* Darogha Ubbas Alli

* Jane Fulton Alt (art)

* Lola Álvarez Bravo

* Manuel Álvarez Bravo (abs, art, doc)

* Stephen Alvarez

* Christian von Alvensleben

* Takashi Amano (land, und)

* Mohamed Amin

* Ester Anderson

* Emmy Andriesse

* Taco Anema

* George Edward Anderson

* Tom Ang

* Dieter Appelt (port)

* Nobuyoshi Araki (art)

* Taku Aramasa (fash, doc)

* Allan Arbus

* Amy Arbus

* Diane Arbus (art, doc, fash, int, port)

* Malcolm Arbuthnot (pict, port)

* Fred Archer

* Roy Arden

* Taiji Arita

* Eve Arnold (art, fash, port)

* Hippolyte Arnoux

* Bill Aron

* Yann Arthus-Bertrand

* Anthony Asael

* Eugène Atget

* Anna Atkins

* Bill Atkinson (dig, land)

* Alan Aubry (arch, art, doc, int, land)

* Richard Avedon (art, fash, port)

* Jerry Avenaim (art, fash, port)

[edit] B

* Alioune Bâ

* Chapman Baehler (doc, adv, fash, port)

* David Bailey (fash, port)

* Reg Balch

* John Baldessari (abs, art)

* Edouard Baldus

* Lewis Baltz (art)

* Subhankar Banerjee

* Micha Bar-Am (doc)

* Olivo Barbieri

* Nigel Barker (fash)

* Tina Barney (art, port)

* George Barris

* Uta Barth (abs, art)

* Pablo Bartholomew (doc, art, ethno)

* Pinky Bass (abs, art, doc, land, port)

* Alexander Bassano

* Manfred Baumann

* Jean Baudrillard

* Hippolyte Bayard

* Peter Hill Beard

* Richard Beard

* Antonio Beato

* Felice Beato

* Cecil Beaton (art, doc, fash, port)

* Ingeborg de Beausacq

* Bernd and Hilla Becher (art, doc, int, land)

* Lukas Beck (art, doc, port)

* Francis Bedford

* Manzur Alam Beg (art)

* Lawrence Beitler

* Charles Belden

* Hans Bellmer (art, doc, port)

* E. J. Bellocq (doc, port)

* Rafael Ben-Ari (doc, war)

* Fernando Bengoechea (int)

* Harry Benson

* Roloff Beny

* Berry Berenson

* Henning von Berg (art, port)

* Herbert Bowyer Berkeley (land)

* Ruth Bernhard (art, int, port)

* Maeve Berry

* Peter Bialobrzeski

* James Bidgood

* Izis Bidermanas

* Edward Bierstadt (port, land)

* Richard Billingham (art, doc)

* Jack Birns

* Werner Bischof

* Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

* Andreas Bitesnich (fash)

* J. R. Black

* Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard

* Daniel Blaufuks

* Steve Bloom

* Karl Blossfeldt (art, sci)

* Erwin Blumenfeld

* A. Aubrey Bodine

* Henze Boekhout

* Francisco Boix

* Skip Bolen (jazz, music, celeb, doc, stills)

* Félix Bonfils

* Phil Borges

* Edouard Boubat (art)

* Jack E. Boucher (doc)

* Alexandra Boulat

* Jacques Bourboulon

* Jean-Christian Bourcart

* Margaret Bourke-White (doc, int, land, port)

* Guy Bourdin (fash)

* Samuel Bourne

* Jane Bown

* Alex Boyd (land, art)

* Mathew Brady (land, port, war)

* Brian Brake

* Bill Brandt (art, doc)

* Brassaï

* Manuel Álvarez Bravo

* Marilyn Bridges

* Anne Brigman

* Zana Briski (doc)

* Mike Brodie

* Alexey Brodovich

* Giacomo Brogi

* Hamish Brown (port)

* Dan Budnik (doc, port)

* Jan Bułhak

* Wynn Bullock (art)

* Max Burchartz

* Wilhelm J. Burger

* Victor Burgin

* Christopher Burkett

* René Burri

* Larry Burrows (war)

* Harry Burton (doc)

* Edward Burtynsky (land)

* Jean-Marc Bustamante (art)

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* Geneviève Cadieux

* Pogus Caesar (doc, art)

* Bernard Cahier (spt)

* Claude Cahun

* Harry Callahan (art, doc, int, land, port)

* Sophie Calle

* Julia Margaret Cameron (art, doc, int, land, port)

* Loren Cameron (art, doc, port)

* Cornell Capa (doc)

* Robert Capa (doc, war)

* Paul Caponigro (art, land)

* Ilario Carposio

* Ricardo Carrasco

* Lewis Carroll (art, port)

* Keith Carter (art, doc, land, port)

* Kevin Carter

* Henri Cartier-Bresson (art, doc, port)

* Kyle Cassidy

* Andrew Catlin

* Hugh Cecil

* Chaiya

* Dean Chamberlain

* Martín Chambi

* Jean Chamoux (doc, port, fash, war)

* Polly Chandler (art, port)

* Dickey Chapelle (doc, war)

* Chien-Chi Chang

* Allan Chappelow

* Jean-Philippe Charbonnier (port, doc)

* Sarah Charlesworth (abs, art)

* Désiré Charnay

* Hong Cheong

* Tong Cheong

* Teisuke Chiba (doc)

* William Christenberry

* Hugo Cifuentes

* Elio Ciol

* Larry Clark (art, doc, fash, port)

* Bob Carlos Clarke (art)

* William Clarridge

* Antoine Claudet

* William Claxton (adv, fash, port)

* Charles Clegg

* Alvin Langdon Coburn (pict)

* Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (art, doc)

* Daniel Colegrove (doc, adv, port)

* Neville Coleman (und, land)

* Henry Collen

* Lois Conner

* Linda Connor

* Florin Constantinescu (art, doc, int, land, port)

* Martha Cooper (doc, ethno)

* Anton Corbijn

* Paul de Cordon (art, fash)

* Peter Cornelius (art)

* Joe Cornish

* Paul Couvrette (art, doc, int, land, port)

* Jeff Cowen

* Gregory Crewdson (abs, art, doc, land)

* Ted Croner

* Karel Cudlín (doc)

* Imogen Cunningham (doc, int, land, port)

* Asahel Curtis (doc)

* Edward S. Curtis (doc, land)

[edit] D

* Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (land, port)

* Louise Dahl-Wolfe (art, doc, port)

* Bruce Davidson (land, port)

* Ron Davies (art,dig,land,port)

* Daniel Davis Jr.

* George Davison

* F. Holland Day (pict)

* Lala Deen Dayal

* Peter Dazeley (adv,art,dig,fash,port)

* John Deakin (port, art)

* Loomis Dean

* Roy DeCarava

* Edgar de Evia (art, adv, doc, fash, food, int)

* Yvonne De Rosa

* Reza Deghati (doc, war)

* Manoocher Deghati (doc,war)

* Terry Deglau (doc, port)

* Luc Delahaye (doc)

* Jack Delano (doc)

* Patrick Demarchelier

* Autumn de Wilde (port)

* Hugh Welch Diamond

* Philip-Lorca diCorcia (art, doc, int, land, port)

* Rineke Dijkstra

* Christophe Dillinger (art, land, port)

* André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

* Mark Divo art

* Zbigniew Dłubak

* Julie Doiron

* Robert Doisneau (doc, land, port)

* Peter Dombrovskis

* Ken Domon (arch, art, doc)

* Don Donaghy

* Terence Donovan (fash, doc)

* Sergio Dorantes

* David Doubilet (und)

* W. & D. Downey (port)

* Richard Drew

* František Drtikol

* Maxime Du Camp

* David Douglas Duncan

* Ken Duncan

* Jeff Dunas

* Max Dupain

* Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu

* Dutton & Michaels (photographic studio)

[edit] E

* Charles C. Ebbets

* Harold Eugene Edgerton (sci)

* Hugh Edwards

* John Paul Edwards (pict)

* Isidore Jacques Eggermont

* William Eggleston (art, doc, land)

* Ei-Q (art)

* Alfred Eisenstaedt (land)

* Arthur Elliott (arch)

* Ed van der Elsken

* Peter Henry Emerson

* T. Enami

* Clay Enos

* Mitch Epstein (doc, port)

* Elliott Erwitt (art, doc, int, port)

* Dulah Marie Evans ( drawing,land)

* Walker Evans (doc, port)

[edit] F

* Bruno Fabien (art)

* Ingrid Falk (art)

* Adolfo Farsari

* Antoine Fauchery

* Bernard Faucon (art)

* Chris Faust

* James Fee (art, war)

* Andreas Feininger

* Mark Feldstein

* Roger Fenton (war)

* Fernando Fernández Navarrete

* Marc Ferrez

* Franz Fiedler

* Michel Figuet

* George Fiske

* Frode Fjerdingstad (art)

* Hércules Florence

* Adam Foley

* Fernand Fonssagrives (art, fash)

* Franco Fontana (art)

* Joan Fontcuberta (art)

* Anna Fox

* Martine Franck

* Auguste François (ethno, doc, land)

* Robert Frank (doc, land, port)

* Stuart Franklin (doc)

* Thomas E. Franklin (doc)

* Leonard Freed

* Lee Friedlander (abs, art, land, port)

* Francis Frith

* Hakuyō Fuchikami

* Eva Fuka

* Mitsutarō Fuku

* Katsuji Fukuda (adv, art)

* Rosō Fukuhara (art)

* Shinzō Fukuhara (art)

* Jill Furmanovsky

* Adam Fuss (abs, art, doc)

[edit] G

* Ron Galella

* Isidoro Gallo

* Harry Gamboa, Jr.

* Alexander Gardner

* William Garnett

* Anne Geddes (art, doc, port)

* Arnold Genthe

* Helmut Gernsheim

* Luigi Ghirri

* Mario Giacomelli

* Paula Rae Gibson (art)

* Ralph Gibson

* Bruce Gilden

* Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

* André Giroux

* Wilhelm von Gloeden (art, fash, port)

* Barbara Gluck (art,war)

* Fay Godwin (art, land, port)

* Frank Gohlke

* Anthony Goicolea

* Jim Goldberg

* David Goldblatt

* Nan Goldin (art, int, port)

* Andy Goldsworthy (abs, art, land)

* Kaveh Golestan (doc)

* Rolando Gomez (art, doc, port)

* Greg Gorman (art, port)

* John Gossage

* William P. Gottlieb

* Hal Gould (art)

* Emmet Gowin (art, doc)

* Masao Gozu

* Karen Graffeo (art, port, doc)

* Paul Graham

* Herb Greene (port)

* Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (port, celeb)

* Jill Greenberg

* Lauren Greenfield

* Lois Greenfield

* Philip Jones Griffiths (doc, war)

* Stan Grossfeld

* Bob Gruen (port)

* Emile Gsell

* Ara Güler

* Andreas Gursky (art)

* John Gutmann

[edit] H

* Ernst Haas (Doc, port)

* Tzeli Hadjidimitriou (art, land, arch)

* E.R. Hall (spt, port)

* Mark Robert Halper (adv, arch, art, inds, port)

* Philippe Halsman (art, fash, port)

* Dirck Halstead

* David Hamilton (abs, art)

* Adelaide Hanscom (pict)

* Charles Harbutt

* Bert Hardy (doc, war)

* John Harrington

* Alfred A. Hart

* Sam Haskins (adv, art, doc, fash, inds, food, land, port)

* Victor Hasselblad (Land)

* Masumi Hayashi

* Tadahiko Hayashi (doc, port)

* Takanobu Hayashi (art)

* William Hayes

* John Heartfield

* Darren Heath (spt)

* Petter Hegre (dig)

* William Heick (art, doc, ethno, inds)

* Gottfried Helnwein (art)

* Fritz Henle

* Bill Henson (art)

* Carli Hermès (abs, adv, art)

* J Malan Heslop (war)

* David Octavius Hill

* John K. Hillers

* David Hilliard

* Lewis Hine (art, doc, port)

* Terushichi Hirai

* Hiro (fash)

* John Hoagland (war)

* Hannah Höch (abs, art, port)

* David Hockney (abs, art, doc, int, land, port)

* Heinrich Hoffmann

* Frederick Hollyer (port, art, int)

* Joseph Holmes

* Ismo Hölttö

* Horie Kuwajirō

* Masao Horino

* Horst P. Horst (doc, fash, port)

* Eric Hosking

* Charles Howard (doc)

* Robert Howlett Pioneer, 1831–1858

* George Hoyningen-Huene

* Henri Huet

* Fred Hultstrand

* Art Hupy (arch, port)

* Frank Hurley

* David Hurn

* George Hurrell (art, fash)

* Philip Hyde (nature, land, art)

[edit] I

* Tetsuya Ichimura

* William H. Illingworth

* Jesús Inostroza (doc, art)

* Jerry Interval

* Walter Iooss

* Taikichi Irie (art, doc)

* Edith Irvine

* Lee Isaacs (abs, adv, art, doc, port)

* Johann Baptist Isenring

* Yasuhiro Ishimoto (doc, art)

* Jules Itier

* Mitsuaki Iwagō

* Takeji Iwamiya (arch, doc)

[edit] J

* Bill Jackson

* William Henry Jackson

* Lotte Jacobi (port)

* Bahman Jalali (doc, art)

* Russell James

* Olof Jarlbro

* Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (arch, land)

* Jan Töve Johansson

* John S. Johnston

* Anthony Jones

* Charles Jones (food)

* Pirkle Jones

* Bishin Jumonji

[edit] K

* Gertrude Käsebier

* Clemens Kalischer (doc, art)

* Jesse Kalisher

* Kameya Tokujirō

* Consuelo Kanaga

* Nadav Kander

* Yousuf Karsh (port)

* Nasrollah Kasraian (doc, land)

* Rinko Kawauchi

* Barry Kay (doc, art)

* Seiki Kayamori (doc, ethno)

* Kensuke Kazama

* Mary Morgan Keipp

* Seydou Keïta

* Michael Kenna (art, int, land)

* Mitch Kern (art, port)

* Charles Kerry

* André Kertész (doc, land, int, port)

* Robert Glenn Ketchum

* Carl de Keyzer

* Yevgeny Khaldei

* Takashi Kijima

* Hiroh Kikai (doc, port)

* Shunkichi Kikuchi (doc, sci)

* Chris Killip

* Miru Kim (doc, art, land)

* Ihei Kimura (doc, port)

* Darius Kinsey

* Genzō Kitazumi (art, doc)

* William Klein

* Stuart Klipper (art, land)

* Mattias Klum

* Nick Knight

* Kiyoshi Koishi

* Akira Komoto (art)

* Tomio Kondō (doc, port)

* Yannis Kontos (doc)

* Ad Konings (sci)

* Rudolf Koppitz

* Alberto Korda

* Josef Koudelka

* George Krause

* Ed Krebs (port)

* Barbara Kruger (abs, art, doc)

* Motoichi Kumagai (doc)

* Yasuo Kuniyoshi

* Justine Kurland (art)

* Seiji Kurata (doc)

* Kusakabe Kimbei

* Kineo Kuwabara (doc)

* Shisei Kuwabara (doc)

[edit] L

* David LaChapelle (art, fash)

* Vincent Laforet (doc)

* Karl Lagerfeld (fash)

* Penny Lancaster

* Ernst Heinrich Landrock

* Inez van Lamsweerde

* Dorothea Lange (doc, port)

* Frans Lanting

* Clarence John Laughlin (art, int, land, port)

* Alma Lavenson

* Jacques Henri Lartigue (doc)

* Russell Lee (doc)

* Louis Legrand

* Gustave Le Gray

* Rudolf Franz Lehnert

* Peter Leibing

* Annie Leibovitz (art, doc, fash, port)

* Neil Leifer

* Jacques Leiser

* Herman Leonard

* Helmar Lerski

* Henri Le Secq (arch)

* Esther Levine (art)

* Sherrie Levine (art, doc)

* Helen Levitt (doc, port)

* Patrick Lichfield (port)

* Jerome Liebling (art)

* Peter Lindbergh (fash)

* Lawrence Denny Lindsley (land, doc)

* O. Winston Link (abs, adv, art, doc, land, inds)

* El Lissitzky

* Herbert List

* Jacqueline Livingston

* Harold Lloyd (port)

* R. Ian Lloyd

* Eugeniusz Lokajski

* Alejandro López de Haro (art)

* Jet Lowe (arch, doc, port)

* Auguste and Louis Lumière

* Markéta Luskačová (doc)

* Serge Lutens (art, fash)

* Loretta Lux (art)

* George Platt Lynes (adv, art, doc, fash, port)

* Danny Lyon (doc, port)

* Darryn Lyons

[edit] M

* Iain MacMillan

* Chema Madoz (art)

* Maeda Genzō

* Shinzo Maeda

* Jay Maisel (adv)

* Marianne Majerus

* Vassilis Makris

* Christopher Makos

* Erling Mandelmann

* Sally Mann (art, doc, pict, port)

* Jonathan Mannion (music, adv, celeb)

* Robert Mapplethorpe (art, fash, port)

* Fosco Maraini (ethno)

* Marcel Mariën

* Mary Ellen Mark (doc, port)

* Oscar G. Mason (sci)

* Willy Matheisl

* Spider Martin (doc, port)

* Enrico Martino (ethno, land, war)

* Margrethe Mather

* Susumu Matsushima (fash, port)

* Gordon Matta-Clark (art)

* Kate Matthews

* Alfred Maudslay

* Morton D. May

* John Jabez Edwin Mayall

* Roger Mayne (doc)

* Raphael Mazzucco (fashion)

* Angus McBean

* John McBride

* Will McBride (doc, port)

* Mary McCartney (port)

* Linda McCartney (art, doc, fash)

* Don McCullin

* Steve McCurry

* Glynnis McDaris

* Dave McKean

* Joseph McKeown (adv, doc, inds, war)

* Joe McNally (doc, port)

* Laura McPhee

* Steven Meisel (art, fash)

* Susan Meiselas

* Donald Mennie

* Enrique Metinides

* Pascal Meunier (doc)

* Adolf de Meyer

* Joel Meyerowitz

* Gjon Mili

* Lee Miller

* Mark Miremont

* Mohammadreza Mirzaei (art)

* Richard Misrach (abs, art, doc)

* Daniel S. Mitchell (doc)

* Tōyō Miyatake

* Miyazaki Yūhi

* Lisette Model

* Tina Modotti (art, doc, port)

* László Moholy-Nagy (art)

* Jean-Baptiste Mondino (fash)

* Geoff Moon (birds, nz natural)

* Charles Moore (doc, port)

* Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (port, art, int)

* Raymond Moore (art)

* Julie Moos (art, doc, land, port)

* Inge Morath

* Abelardo Morell

* Aizō Morikawa (port)

* Daidō Moriyama

* Christopher Morris

* Wright Morris

* David Muench

* Ugo Mulas (art, doc, port)

* Vik Muniz (abs, art)

* Martin Munkácsi (spt, doc, fash)

* Isabel Muñoz

* Nickolas Muray

* Richard Murrian (art)

* Eadweard Muybridge (art, doc, land)

* Carl Mydans

[edit] N

* James Nachtwey (doc, war)

* Filip Naudts (art, port)

* Nadar

* Shigeichi Nagano (doc)

* Yasushi Nagao (doc)

* Billy Name (art, doc, port)

* Hans Namuth (portraits of artists)

* Ikkō Narahara (art)

* Graham Nash (art)

* Yōnosuke Natori (doc)

* Negretti and Zambra (photographic studio)

* Nelly's (Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraïdari)

* Helmut Newton (art, fash, port)

* Arnold Newman (port)

* Dianora Niccolini (art)

* Nicéphore Niépce

* Lennart Nilsson

* Nicholas Nixon (doc, port)

* William Notman

* Kazimierz Nowak (doc, ethno)

* Lee Nye

[edit] O

* Michael O'Brien

* Ogawa Kazumasa

* Takashi Okamura

* Erwin Olaf (fash, port)

* Arthur Omar

* Mitsugu Ōnishi

* Kōshirō Onchi (art)

* Chizu Ono

* Catherine Opie

* Charles O'Rear

* Timothy O'Sullivan

* Stephens Orr

* Rubén Ortiz Torres (art)

* Graham Ovenden

* Paul Outerbridge

[edit] P

* Johannes Pääsuke (doc, ethno)

* Charles Page (doc)

* Tim Page (war)

* Giuseppe Palmas

* Basil Pao

* John Papillon

* Richard Pare

* Trent Parke (doc)

* Norman Parkinson

* Gordon Parks (doc)

* Martin Parr (art, doc)

* Steve Parish

* Robert ParkeHarrison (art)

* Freeman Patterson

* Dino Pedriali

* Irving Penn (art, fash)

* Gilles Peress (doc)

* Lucian Perkins (doc, war)

* Anders Petersen

* Bob Peterson (photographer)

* John Pezzenti (wildlife)

* John Pfahl

* Secondo Pia

* Jack Pierson (art)

* Gueorgui Pinkhassov (doc)

* Peter Pitseolak

* Sylvia Plachy

* Frank Plicka (doc)

* David Plowden (doc)

* Guglielmo Plüschow

* Robert Polidori (arch)

* Eliot Porter

* Mark Power

* Dith Pran

* Victor Prevost

* Richard Prince

* Priya Ramrakha

* Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

* Włodzimierz Puchalski

* Willy Puchner (art, doc)

* Gerald P. Pulley

[edit] Q

* Altaf Qadri

[edit] R

* Ragnar Axelsson (doc)

* Raghu Rai

* Herbert Randall

* Rankin (fash)

* Paul Raphaelson (art)

* Man Ray (art, port)

* Tony Ray-Jones (art, doc)

* Jahangir Razmi (doc)

* David Redfern (music)

* Henri-Victor Regnault

* H. Reid

* Oscar Gustave Rejlander (art, port)

* Albert Renger-Patzsch

* Carlos Reyes-Manzo (doc)

* Bettina Rheims

* Marc Riboud (art, doc, int, land)

* Michael Richard

* Eugene Richards (doc)

* Jim Richardson (doc, land)

* Terry Richardson (fash, art)

* Sophy Rickett

* Leni Riefenstahl (doc, int, land, port)

* Robert Riger (spt)

* Jacob Riis

* Frank Rinehart (doc)

* Herb Ritts (art, fash, port)

* James Roark

* Grace Robertson

* James Robertson

* Ziki Robertson

* Henry Peach Robinson (pict)

* John V. Robinson (arch, doc, inds)

* Thomas C. Roche (doc, war)

* Alexandr Rodchenko

* George Rodger

* José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (art, doc)

* Milton Rogovin (doc)

* Matthew Rolston

* Willy Ronis

* Ben Rose (fash, food, port)

* Barbara Rosenthal (art, surrealism)

* Joe Rosenthal

* Martha Rosler

* Horatio Ross

* Mary Rosse

* Pierre Rossier

* Arthur Rothstein

* Dominic Rouse (art)

* Galen Rowell

* Johnny Rozsa (celeb, port, fash)

* Didier Ruef

* Michael Ruetz (art, doc)

* Thomas Ruff (art)

* Andrew J. Russell

[edit] S

* Sebastião Salgado (art, doc)

* Erich Salomon

* Lucas Samaras

* Arnold E. Samuelson (war)

* August Sander

* Akira Satō (art, fash)

* Kōji Satō

* Tokihiro Satō (art)

* Jan Saudek (art, port)

* William Saunders

* Charles Roscoe Savage

* Francesco Scavullo (art, fash)

* Jürgen Schadeberg

* Rocky Schenck (art)

* Bill Schwab (art)

* John Schwartz

* Arthur E. Scott

* Ignác Šechtl

* Josef Jindřich Šechtl

* Stéphane Sednaoui (adv, art, fash)

* Allan Sekula

* Mark Seliger (port)

* Vittorio Sella (land)

* Andres Serrano (art, doc, port)

* Masato Seto (doc)

* John Sexton

* David Seymour

* Charles Sheeler

* Bob Shell

* Charles Shepherd

* Cindy Sherman (art, doc, port)

* Stewart Shining (fashion)

* Kishin Shinoyama

* Mieko Shiomi

* Stephen Shore

* John Shuptrine

* Malick Sidibé

* Katharina Sieverding

* Jeanloup Sieff

* Wolfgang Sievers (arch, ind)

* Steven Siewert (art, doc)

* Floria Sigismondi (art)

* Roman Signer

* Jakob Sildnik

* Marilyn Silverstone

* Lorna Simpson (art)

* Aaron Siskind

* Natalia Skobeeva (art, fashion)

* Sandy Skoglund (art, doc)

* Moneta Sleet Jr.

* Victor Sloan (art)

* Rick Smolan

* Edwin Smith (arch, int, land)

* Graham Smith

* Mickey Smith (artist)

* Pennie Smith

* W. Eugene Smith (doc)

* Snowdon (port)

* Melvin Sokolsky (art, fash, adv)

* Frederick Sommer

* Giorgio Sommer

* Alec Soth (art, doc, land, port)

* Pete Souza

* Albert Spaggiari

* Jack Spencer (art, doc, int, land)

* Humphrey Spender (doc)

* Christine Spengler (war)

* Melissa Springer (art, doc, port)

* Vytautas Stanionis

* Andrew Stark (art, doc)

* Chris Steele-Perkins (doc)

* Edward Steichen (art, land, pict, port)

* Ralph Steiner

* Joel Sternfeld (doc)

* Louis Stettner

* David Stewart (art, adv)

* Charles Settrington (land)

* Alfred Stieglitz (art, port)

* Baron Raimund von Stillfried

* Stillfried & Andersen (photographic studio)

* Nellie Stockbridge(doc)

* Ezra Stoller

* Kęstutis Stoškus

* Paul Strand (art)

* Zoe Strauss (art)

* Thomas Struth (art, doc)

* Roy Stuart

* Jock Sturges (art, port)

* Anthony Suau (doc, war)

* Issei Suda (art)

* Josef Sudek (art, pict)

* Hiroshi Sugimoto (art, doc, port)

* Francis Meadow Sutcliffe

* Antanas Sutkus

* Kenneth Dupee Swan (land)

* John Szarkowski (doc)

[edit] T

* I. W. Taber

* Kaietsu Takagi

* Yutaka Takanashi

* Masataka Takayama (abs, art)

* William Fox Talbot

* Tamamura Kozaburō

* Akihide Tamura (aka Shigeru Tamura)

* Sakae Tamura (art, port)

* Sakae Tamura (sci)

* Shigeru Tamura (not Akihide Tamura)

* Kōtarō Tanaka

* Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle) (doc)

* Henry Taunt (land)

* John Bigelow Taylor (arch, art, port)

* Maggie Taylor (art)

* Sam Taylor-Wood (art, doc, port)

* Joyce Tenneson

* Anya Teixeira

* Juergen Teller (fash)

* Teo Bee Yen

* Mario Testino

* Peter Thomann (doc)

* Warren T. Thompson

* John Thomson

* Nicolas Tikhomiroff

* Wolfgang Tillmans (abs, art, land)

* Herbert Tobias

* Shōmei Tōmatsu (art, doc)

* Tomishige Rihei

* Akira Toriyama (land, pict)

* Oliviero Toscani

* Larry Towell

* Barbara Traub

* Bill Travis (art, port)

* Eric Treacy

* Arthur Tress (art, fash, port)

* Linnaeus Tripe

* John Trobaugh (art, doc, port)

* Olegas Truchanas

* Thomas Tulis (art, doc, inds, land, port)

* Spencer Tunick (art, doc, fash, port)

* David C. Turnley (doc)

* Peter Turnley (doc)

[edit] U

* Uchida Kuichi

* Shōji Ueda

* Noboru Ueki

* Jerry Uelsmann (art, land, port)

* Ueno Hikoma

* Ukai Gyokusen

* Brian Ulrich (art, doc)

* Doris Ulmann

* Ellen von Unwerth

* Kaoru Usui (doc)

* Huynh Cong Ut

[edit] V

* John Vachon (arch, doc, port)

* Max Vadukul

* James Valentine

* James Van Der Zee

* Carl Van Vechten

* Kathy Vargas

* John Veltri

* Kiino Villand

* Roman Vishniac

* Massimo Vitali

[edit] W

* Bob Walker

* Jeff Wall

* Ian Wallace (land)

* Chris von Wangenheim (fash)

* Nick Waplington

* Andy Warhol (art, doc, fash, port)

* Waswo X. Waswo (art, port)

* Hiroshi Watanabe (port)

* Carleton Watkins

* Albert Watson

* Bruce Weber (art, doc, fash)

* Weegee (abs, art, doc)

* Carrie Mae Weems

* William Wegman

* Eudora Welty

* Henry Wessel, Jr.

* Brett Weston (art, port)

* Cole Weston (art, port)

* Edward Weston (art, pict, port)

* Kim Weston

* John H. White (doc)

* Minor White (art, land)

* Jeff Widener

* Hannah Wilke (art, port)

* Christopher Williams

* Michael Williamson

* Deborah Willis (art)

* Charles Paul Wilp (adv)

* Laura Wilson

* George Washington Wilson

* Kathryn Tucker Windham (doc)

* Garry Winogrand (art, land)

* Ernest Withers (doc)

* Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

* Joel-Peter Witkin (art, doc, port)

* Michael Wolf

* Art Wolfe

* Brian Wood (art)

* Walter B. Woodbury

* Francesca Woodman (art)

* Don Worth (land, botanical)

* Otto Wunderlich

* Donovan Wylie

[edit] X

[edit] Y

* Lorna Yabsley (port)

* Alfred Yaghobzadeh

* Hiroshi Yamazaki

* Nakaji Yasui

* Bunny Yeager

* Yevonde

* Yokoyama Matsusaburō

* Kohei Yoshiyuki (doc)

* Paul Yule

[edit] Z

* Jerome Zerbe (art, doc, fash, war)

* David Drew Zingg

* Ron L. Zheng (abs, art)

* Fred Zinn (aer)

* Stanislovas Žvirgždas

See also

* Indian wedding photography

* Wedding planner

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_photography

green eggs with ham three eggs 5530.jpg by Sabra Krock

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Green eggs with ham: deviled eggs with homemade basil pesto and a crispy prosciutto "cracker"

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demolition #2 - queen elizabeth flats by Simon Chirgwin

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A bit of a departure here - a set of scanned slides, taken on 12th September 1993 in the Gorbals (or is it Hutchesontown) when the Queen Elizabeth Flats were demolished. Apparently this was the largest controlled explosion since the second world war.

A less architect-focussed piece on the flats can be found here

I was still in my twenties (just) and was toting a Practica MTL3 and a bag of M42 primes. I took a whopping 12 shots before the film in my camera ran out just as the cloud of dust started rolling towards me. i remember thinking that I maybe would have been better off not taking quite so many "people gathering to watch the explosion" shots, but - hey! - such were the days of pre digital... That said - getting 4 pictures of the explosion without an auto-wind wasn't bad going, I suppose...

IMG_6226.JPG by Tamara Harte

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Onion marmalade: Thanks to Ally & Gourmet TV

*.CLICK.ON.IMAGE.TO.VIEW.RECIPE.*

Cherub and Petunia Hybrida by Lisa Purvin Oliner

Cherub and Petunia Hybrida - Bacchanalian Cherub by Lorenz Hutschenreuther Porcelain Company, Selb, Bavaria, Germany - IMG_6372.JPG - :copyright: Copyright (2011–) Lisa P. Oliner Watermarked 1 (2017-07-07-2212)

Pesto, anyone? by Eric DeLorme

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Take a look to see how this straight-out-of-camera JPG stacks up against a bunch of VSCO film emulations on my website.

_MG_0494-Edit.jpg by ALEXEY ROZHNOV

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queen elizabeth flats by Simon Chirgwin

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A bit of a departure here - a set of scanned slides, taken on 12th September 1993 in the Gorbals (or is it Hutchesontown) when the Queen Elizabeth Flats were demolished. Apparently this was the largest controlled explosion since the second world war.

A less architect-focussed piece on the flats can be found here

I was still in my twenties (just) and was toting a Practica MTL3 and a bag of M42 primes. I took a whopping 12 shots before the film in my camera ran out just as the cloud of dust started rolling towards me. i remember thinking that I maybe would have been better off not taking quite so many "people gathering to watch the explosion" shots, but - hey! - such were the days of pre digital... That said - getting 4 pictures of the explosion without an auto-wind wasn't bad going, I suppose...

waiting - queen elizabeth flats by Simon Chirgwin

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A bit of a departure here - a set of scanned slides, taken on 12th September 1993 in the Gorbals (or is it Hutchesontown) when the Queen Elizabeth Flats were demolished. Apparently this was the largest controlled explosion since the second world war.

A less architect-focussed piece on the flats can be found here

I was still in my twenties (just) and was toting a Practica MTL3 and a bag of M42 primes. I took a whopping 12 shots before the film in my camera ran out just as the cloud of dust started rolling towards me. i remember thinking that I maybe would have been better off not taking quite so many "people gathering to watch the explosion" shots, but - hey! - such were the days of pre digital... That said - getting 4 pictures of the explosion without an auto-wind wasn't bad going, I suppose...

Trance by Rahul Sadagopan

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at the Parassinikkadavu Shree Muthappan Temple.

He's the god for the common man.

Shree Muthappan is the Hunter God in Kerala, the benevolent protractor who speaks to the devotees through a human medium.

The human medium is severely austere before he embodies the lord & gradually enters into a divine trance.

The dancer is dressed elaborately and distinctively. The basic colors used are white, red & yellow much like an early Kathakali character. Other then a fish shaped headgear, Thiruvappana is also adorned with armlets, upper armbands, breast pieces and tasselled mirror work waistbands, all of which combine to create enormously heavy apparel. The headgear of Vellattam is a layer upon layer of plaited straw decorated with Chekki flower (Ixora javanika) and Tulsi (Basil – Ocimum Sanctum) with many decorative ornaments tied to it. The headgear symbolizes Shiva’s matted locks, goddess Ganga and the crescent moon. He carries a bow-and-arrow in one hand and a sword in the other.

The rhythmic footwork as he hops and swirls appropriately portrays the Hunter God. The brisk movement becomes light and soft at times and then using the sword Muthappan dances with frenzy to the resonant beat of the chenda. This magnificent rendering invokes a deep sense of reverence.

The dancer is offered Paan (folded betel leaves with chunam & betelnut in the middle) and Kallu (toddy). He drinks the toddy in a traditional kerala mug called Kindi. The other offerings made to the lord include boiled rice with shredded coconuts, ghee, black pepper and barbequed fish. This is known as Payyankutti.

The evening rituals include only Vellattam & mornings have both Vellattam as well as Thiruvappana. According to an ancient belief Vellattam is identified with Shiva while Thiruvappana is identified with Vishnu.

This is one of the few temples in India where meat & liquor are offered to the deity. Another important thing here is that there is no restriction on who can enter the temple. People from all religions and caste are permitted

Information courtesy – Parassinikkadavu Shree Muthappan Temple

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Cheese plate by NÃ³ra SzakÃ¡cs

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Basil_Seeds_02.jpg by cchun0001

2009 October 4 - Immature Thai basil seeds hidden inside flower. Photo is massively blown out but I kind of like the watercolor-like effect

macro closeup

crowds - queen elizabeth flats by Simon Chirgwin

A bit of a departure here - a set of scanned slides, taken on 12th September 1993 in the Gorbals (or is it Hutchesontown) when the Queen Elizabeth Flats were demolished. Apparently this was the largest controlled explosion since the second world war.

A less architect-focussed piece on the flats can be found here

I was still in my twenties (just) and was toting a Practica MTL3 and a bag of M42 primes. I took a whopping 12 shots before the film in my camera ran out just as the cloud of dust started rolling towards me. i remember thinking that I maybe would have been better off not taking quite so many "people gathering to watch the explosion" shots, but - hey! - such were the days of pre digital... That said - getting 4 pictures of the explosion without an auto-wind wasn't bad going, I suppose...

APO and Basil-38.jpg by Raffy Yllana

crowds - queen elizabeth flats by Simon Chirgwin

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A bit of a departure here - a set of scanned slides, taken on 12th September 1993 in the Gorbals (or is it Hutchesontown) when the Queen Elizabeth Flats were demolished. Apparently this was the largest controlled explosion since the second world war.

A less architect-focussed piece on the flats can be found here

I was still in my twenties (just) and was toting a Practica MTL3 and a bag of M42 primes. I took a whopping 12 shots before the film in my camera ran out just as the cloud of dust started rolling towards me. i remember thinking that I maybe would have been better off not taking quite so many "people gathering to watch the explosion" shots, but - hey! - such were the days of pre digital... That said - getting 4 pictures of the explosion without an auto-wind wasn't bad going, I suppose...

APO and Basil-36.jpg by Raffy Yllana

Dhofari Basil, Ocimum dhofarense, Flower in Al Nabi Ayoob Area, Salalah, Dhofar by Muhammad Al Shanfari

English: Dhofari Basil

Scientific: Ocimum dhofarense (Synonym: Becium dhofarense)

Arabic: الريحان الظفاري

Dhofari Jibbali: هودم

Taken on 4-September-2011 in Al Nabi Ayoob area, Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula, Asia. (For more information, check it out on the map)

This photo belongs to DHOFAR ظفار group.

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antipasti by VRO&G W

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how do you stop yourself eating so much that you don't have room for the next three courses?

(for those with even larger appetites)

If you'd like permission to use this image, or you'd like to arrange a quality photoshoot of your food and drink then please contact Rob at EAT PICTURES

© EAT PICTURES 2009

about to be hoisted in the cherrypicker - peter coldwell, cameraman by Simon Chirgwin

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A freelance cmaeraman who i worked with as a sound recordist from time to time in a former life; he was working when this was taken, I wasn't

A bit of a departure here - a set of scanned slides, taken on 12th September 1993 in the Gorbals (or is it Hutchesontown) when the Queen Elizabeth Flats were demolished. Apparently this was the largest controlled explosion since the second world war.

A less architect-focussed piece on the flats can be found here

I was still in my twenties (just) and was toting a Practica MTL3 and a bag of M42 primes. I took a whopping 12 shots before the film in my camera ran out just as the cloud of dust started rolling towards me. i remember thinking that I maybe would have been better off not taking quite so many "people gathering to watch the explosion" shots, but - hey! - such were the days of pre digital... That said - getting 4 pictures of the explosion without an auto-wind wasn't bad going, I suppose...

demolition #4 - queen elizabeth flats by Simon Chirgwin

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A bit of a departure here - a set of scanned slides, taken on 12th September 1993 in the Gorbals (or is it Hutchesontown) when the Queen Elizabeth Flats were demolished. Apparently this was the largest controlled explosion since the second world war.

A less architect-focussed piece on the flats can be found here

I was still in my twenties (just) and was toting a Practica MTL3 and a bag of M42 primes. I took a whopping 12 shots before the film in my camera ran out just as the cloud of dust started rolling towards me. this was the last of them. i remember thinking that I maybe would have been better off not taking quite so many "people gathering to watch the explosion" shots, but - hey! - such were the days of pre digital... That said - getting 4 pictures of the explosion without an auto-wind wasn't bad going, I suppose...

Basil_Seeds_04.jpg by cchun0001

2009 October 4 - Immature Thai basil seeds hidden inside flower.

macro closeup

Nuoc Phap khong chi la Paris Du lich Doi song Tin Photo by Tin180 VietNam

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Nếu bạn là người thích khám phá và tìm kiếm những điều lãng mạn, thú vị bằng cách riêng, thì nước Pháp thơ mộng không chỉ là Paris hay Marseill lộng gió của miền Nam mà còn là những trải nghiệm tuyệt vời về một mùa hè đầy thi vị với vùng Tây Bắc, Pháp... Saint Dizier - Những sắc màu mùa hè...

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Tôi dám cá rằng, không thành phố nào ở Pháp lại đẹp như Saint Dizier vào mùa hè. Thoát khỏi bóng mưa suốt mùa đông giá buốt và mùa xuân ẩm ướt, thành phố bé nhỏ là nơi cho những đam mê và sự lãng mạn cất cánh với đủ sắc hoa. Hoa tràn ngập các con đường, góc sân, dãy phố, thậm chí rực rỡ che kín cả những bậu cửa sổ và khung ban công với lối kiến trúc Guimard (có khoảng 100 ngôi nhà của Saint Dizier có lối kiến trúc đặc trưng này) - lối kiến trúc vốn nổi tiếng được tạo nên bởi Hector Guimard, nhà thiết kế nổi danh với những họa tiết thiết kế riêng cho lối vào cho Paris Metro.

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Không khí thanh bình, cỏ hoa ngút tầm mắt, Saint Dizier là một điểm đến hoàn hảo cho những ai muốn du lịch khám phá và nghỉ dưỡng. Từ Paris, đi tàu nhanh (Euro Express) về Saint Dizier với giá khoảng 50 Euro/người, mất chừng 2 giờ. Bạn có thể thuê những căn nhà riêng, đầy đủ tiện nghi, với giá khoảng 400 - 700 Euro/tháng.

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Những con đường mòn đi xuyên rừng rất thích hợp cho xe đạp. Một chuyến đi rừng, băng qua cánh đồng hoa hướng dương vàng rực để bắt lũ ốc sên về làm nguyên liệu cho bữa tiệc ốc nhồi kiểu Pháp sẽ là một trải nghiệm khó quên. Ốc sên đút lò là một đặc sản của nước Pháp và một con ốc sên có giá 3 - 6 Euro (tức là khoảng gần 100.000 VND). Ốc sên làm sạch, băm nhỏ, trộn với bơ, chút bột chiên giòn, lá basil và gia vị, thêm chút chees và tiêu đen xay nhuyễn đem nhồi vào vỏ ốc, đút lò chừng 10 - 15 phút sẽ dậy mùi và trở nên hấp hẫn hơn bao giờ hết. Gà rừng của Saint Dizier chắc nịch, cực kỳ thơm ngon khi được sơ chế, ướp gia vị, nấm tươi và sốt rượu vang cùng mù tạc vàng, nướng trong lò nhiệt độ cao. Món ăn này ăn kèm với bánh mì Pháp mềm và thơm nức mùi bột mì tươi, chắc chắn sẽ là một ấn tượng "cực đã" sau khi đi rừng.

Sau khi khám phá rừng, đừng quên ngắm nhìn thành phố và những quán cà phê dọc quảng trường trung tâm. Ngay trước khách sạn Villa là hàng loạt quán cà phê với đủ loại thức ăn Pháp, Ý, những điểm nghỉ thú vị sau khi mua sắm dọc hai bên đường trung tâm và khu chợ cổ xưa.

Dã ngoại cùng "Lac du Der"...

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Cách Saint Dizier khoảng 10km, một "vùng trời bình yên" với nhà thờ gỗ, những cánh đồng ngô xanh mướt và những trò chơi trên nước thú vị, đó là trải nghiệm của chuyến dã ngoại cuối tuần thú vị với hồ Der (Lac du Der).

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Hồ Der thu hút du khách với những nét bình dị, tự nhiên và truyền thống văn hoá rất lâu đời. Vượt qua những cánh đồng ngô xanh mướt là dấu tích ghi lại sự tồn tại xa xưa của một ngôi làng trên nền đất trũng, nay đã chìm xuống đáy hồ do nước dâng cao. Lối vào khu làng cổ xưa nay, chỉ còn sót lại duy nhất một căn nhà xây kiên cố trên nền đá kè xung quanh, như cố níu lại dấu tích về một khu làng vốn nhộn nhịp trong quá khứ.

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Lac du Der không giống như một khu du lịch dù rất đông du khách. Mọi người đến với hồ Der có thể tự do như những loài chim biển, mặc sức chọn lấy những khu đất trống, bãi cỏ để cắm trại hay dạo quanh bờ hồ, thuê những khu đất trống, bãi cỏ để cắm trại hay dạo quanh bờ hồ, thuê những chiếc du thuyền nhỏ dạo chơi trên nước. Những trò chơi lướt ván, bơi bè, đá bóng, ném đĩa... cũng mang lại cảm giác dễ chịu.

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Không ít các gia đình từ Bỉ du lịch đến đây bằng những chiếc xe được thiết kế như những ngôi nhà di động, họ thoải mái nghỉ ngơi mà không phải trả bất cứ một loại phí nào trừ tiền sử dụng nước và điện (nếu cần). Khu du lịch có vài nhà hàng nhỏ cùng một cửa tiệm bán đồ lưu niệm nhưng dường như, công việc kinh doanh chỉ để níu khách đến hồ Der chứ không thực sự là kinh doanh để kiếm lời - đây cũng là một trong những lý do khiến việc dã ngoại ở Lac du Der trở nên đầy khám phá và dân dã.

Mua đồ hiệu "outlet" tại Troyes...

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Du lịch vốn gắn liền với mua sắm. Với những tín đồ "shopping" thì mua đồ hiệu tại Pháp là một lý do cực chính đáng và cũng chính là lý do để không thể nói không với việc mua sắm ở Troyes.

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Chỉ mất chừng 2 giờ đồng hồ khởi hành từ thành phố hoa cỏ Saint Dizier là bạn có thể lạc vào một khu outlet, ngập tràn các nhãn hiệu hàng "top" của thành phố Troyes, nơi có vô vàn các nhà máy sản xuất hàng hiệu đẳng cấp thế giới. Những cửa hàng Burberry, Coach, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Banana Republic, Disel, Levi"s, Teddy Smith, Lancel... hoành tráng mở cửa dọc các đường.

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Đồ hiệu ở đây đảm bảo về chất lượng và hoàn toàn là những kiểu thiết kế mới và không bị lỗi thiết kế với giá mềm hơn giá tại các khu phố thương mại khoảng 20% - 30%. Nếu may mắn, bạn có thể kiếm được những cửa hàng có chương trình khuyến mãi hết sức thú vị: mua 5 món, chỉ tính tiền món đắt nhất (miễn phí 4 món hàng còn lại) hay mua 1 tặng 1, mua từ 2 trở lên chỉ với giá khoảng 30% - 50% giá ban đầu... Ngoài những nhãn hiệu cao cấp, bạn có thể mua sắm những món đồ làm thủ công theo kiểu truyền thống Pháp, kiểu như những bộ chăn, drap may bằng tay với những mảnh vải ghép sinh động, hoặc những chiếc khăn bàn thêu tay hay gối sofa may thủ công hết sức trang nhã với giá hời (một bộ chăn, drap chừng khoảng 35 Euro, xấp xỉ 800.000 VND).

Reims - Cái nôi của rượu champagne Pháp...

Đến Pháp, không thể quên khám phá cái nôi sản xuất rượu champagne tuyệt hảo ở Reims. Lối vào thành phố xinh xắn này phủ đầy màu xanh của những giàn nho. Mỗi gia đình truyền thống ở đây có một nghề đặc trưng gắn với nghề làm rượu champagne và họ tự hào giới thiệu nghề nghiệp của tổ tiên mình qua các biểu tượng trước nhà. Có những ngôi nhà khiêm tốn đứng sau một người nông dân đang gùi nho - thể hiện nghề hái nho truyền thống. Một ngôi nhà khác lại có biểu tượng của những thùng rượu gỗ bóng loáng, thể hiện nghề làm thùng ủ rượu...

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Đi thăm một hầm rượu nổi tiếng mới thấy sự tỉ mỉ của nghề làm rượu champagne truyền thống ở Pháp. Với những người làm rượu thì những trái nho để làm champagne phải được hái hoàn toàn bằng tay, để tránh lẫn lá cây, chất bẩn và đảm bảo được yếu tố "humantouch" - yếu tố tinh thần con người giúp chất lượng rượu đặc biệt hơn.

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Những chai rượu thuỷ tinh hàng trăm lít được xếp chồng lên nhau trong hầm sâu khoảng 5km dưới lòng đất. Hơi lạnh khiến nước nho tinh chất lắng lại, những tạp chất dồn ra nơi miệng chai, để sau một thời gian chưng cất, người ta có thể gạn lọc tạp chất ra khỏi thành phẩm rượu hoàn hảo để đem đi ủ với thùng gỗ chuyên dụng. Khác với nghệ thuật làm rượu vang trứ danh của nước Ý, quá trình làm rượu champagne của Pháp rất chú trọng đến vị trí và độ sâu của hầm rượu để đảm bảo champagne không bị nóng quá, sinh ra chát và hỏng quá trình lên men. Các loại nho được dùng làm champagne phải là loại nho xanh, tươi và chín vừa để có đủ độ ngọt cần thiết.

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Thăm hầm rượu champane không thể không thử thưởng thức loại rượu trứ danh này. Ngay trong thành phố Reims, tại những hầm rượu vang lớn đều có những nhà hàng phục vụ rượu, và đặc biệt, du khách có thể thưởng thức champane Pháp hảo hạng với món bò sữa nấu rượu champane. Loại bò sữa con nhỏ, thịt mềm và ngọt được hấp cùng nước sốt rượu champagne pha chút mù tạc vàng sẽ trở nên ngon và thơm đặc biệt. Thông thường, món bò sữa này được phục vụ trong chiếc nồi đất tráng men hơi sâu, để đảm bảo giữ nóng và mùi thơm.

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Với những người không ăn được hải sản, thử một chút champagne với bánh mì bơ tỏi hoặc salad khai vị, với những loại sốt kiểu Pháp khác nhau cũng thật tuyệt. Nếu thích chua chua, ngọt ngọt, hãy thử salad dầu giấm với sốt rượu vang. Nếu thích béo ngậy, đã có sốt kem giấm kiểu Pháp, vị hơi béo và chua. Mù tạc vàng cũng là nguyên liệu thú vị cho món nước sốt pha tiêu đen giã dập, món nước sốt thích hợp cho thịt hun khói và cà mắn, kèm các loại rau củ...

Với tôi, đến Pháp chỉ để ngắm Paris hoa lệ, chắc chắn bạn sẽ không có được những trải nghiệm dân dã và thú vị như hành trình vè vùng Tây Bắc của nước Pháp, và nước Pháp hoa lệ không chỉ là Paris!

Ảnh: Internet

(Theo TG Phụ Nữ)

(source: tin180.com/doisong/2010/04/22/nuoc-phap-khong-chi-la-paris/ )

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A bit of a departure here - a set of scanned slides, taken on 12th September 1993 in the Gorbals (or is it Hutchesontown) when the Queen Elizabeth Flats were demolished. Apparently this was the largest controlled explosion since the second world war.

A less architect-focussed piece on the flats can be found here

I was still in my twenties (just) and was toting a Practica MTL3 and a bag of M42 primes. I took a whopping 12 shots before the film in my camera ran out just as the cloud of dust started rolling towards me. i remember thinking that I maybe would have been better off not taking quite so many "people gathering to watch the explosion" shots, but - hey! - such were the days of pre digital... That said - getting 4 pictures of the explosion without an auto-wind wasn't bad going, I suppose...

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Boston, MA (September 20, 2014) -- Cardinal Seán O’Malley ordained thirteen men to the Order of Deacon at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Photos by George Martell - Boston Catholic Development Services.

Cardinal Seán said, “Through the grace of God, these thirteen men of faith have been called to serve the Church as deacons. Each brings his unique gifts to their ministry and we welcome them as brothers in Christ. We are grateful to their loved ones, especially their wives and families, for their love, support and encouragement as our new deacons have prepared themselves for this lifelong commitment to the Church.”

Deacon Dan Burns, Director of Permanent Diaconate Formation, said, “Representing the diversity of the Archdiocese this class includes four candidates from the Hispanic community, one from the Brazilian community, and one from the Vietnamese community. The richness of the cultural and spiritual lives of these men and their families will bring great gifts to our parish collaboratives in the days and years ahead.”

Francis Burke

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Francis Burke and his wife of 27 years, Joanne, are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria parish in Westford. The Burke’s have two children, Laura and David (DJ). Fran recently retired from a career in high tech and is currently pursuing degree in Theology at the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization and also a certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreat Leadership at Creighton University. Fran Burke and Joanne have worked with the ACTS Retreat group at St. Catherine’s for the last 6 years. Fran was called to the diaconate by the opportunity to serve others. Fran hopes to continue his ministry focused on serving the poor and homeless. Fran will be assigned to St. Mary Parish in Chelmsford and to the Diaconate Formation Office following ordination.

Michael Curren

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Michael Curren and his wife Paula are members of St. Agnes Parish in Reading, MA. Mike and Paula have three children: Brenna is a teacher in Burlington, Maura is an administrative manager at Children’s Hospital, and Timothy is a Greek Orthodox priest at St. Vasilios Parish in Peabody. Father Timothy is married to Dr. Nijmeh Hodaly Curren of Beit Jala, Palestine. Mike started his secular career as a social worker and currently works in non-profit administration as a Senior Vice President for the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in Wellesley. Mike spent time at the Carmelite Junior Seminary in Hamilton, MA and the Carmelite Seminary at Marquette University before discerning that he was called to marriage and family life. Mike continued to be drawn to a life of service in the Church through parish ministries and leadership, eventually being called to consider the diaconate as a vocation through the encouragement and inspiration of many priests and deacons in his life. Mike will serve at St. Augustine Parish in Andover and the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

William C. Dwyer

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William C. Dwyer and his wife Jeane currently reside in Merrimack NH and are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Westford. They have three grown children – Patrick and his bride Erin, Timothy and Meghan. Bill’s secular career has been in accounting and finance for both large and small companies. Living his Cursillo weekend was a springboard to a deeper relationship with the Lord. He heard a call to the diaconate during the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and has learned from Fr. Lawrence Porter that “the closer one gets to the God of the Bible, the further he sends you out”. Bill’s hope is to continue being active in prison ministry. Bill will be assigned to St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Westford, St. Anne Parish in Littleton, and to the Pro-Life and Respect Life Office following ordination.

George Escotto

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George Escotto and his wife Maria are members of St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence. They have been married for 22 years and have been blessed with a daughter, Lesly, who is a student at Northern Essex Community College. George received his call to the diaconate through a personal encounter with God during a Cursillo retreat. George works in a Nursing Home as a custodian where he has the daily opportunity to be the presence of Christ to those who live there: “I feel like I am living a ministry here and seeing Christ in every one of the people who live in the Nursing Home every day.” George will be assigned to St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence and to Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Edward S. Giordano

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Edward S. Giordano and his wife Carol live in Stoneham and are members of St. Patrick Parish. Carol and Ed have two adult children, Mary and Matthew, and a daughter-in-law Jamie. Ed is the Director of Engineering at C.L. Hauthaway in Lynn. Ed has had wonderful Deacon Mentors at St. Patrick Parish and his first exposure to the Permanent Diaconate was at the Incarnation Parish in Melrose where both of his children were baptized by Permanent Deacons. At the Incarnation Parish Deacon Jack Wise gave Ed his first inspiration of the gift of the vocation and ministry of the Permanent Deacon. Ed feels his four years of academic study and spiritual formation have been a blessing that has allowed him to grown closer to our loving, kind, and merciful Lord, Jesus Christ. Ed hopes that he will serve Jesus and the people of God with that same love and compassion. Following ordination Ed will be assigned to St. Barbara Parish in Woburn and to Campus Ministry Office.

Chuck Hall

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Chuck Hall and his wife Mary live in Rowley and worship at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Ipswich. Chuck has been a sheet metal mechanic, machinist, singer-songwriter, radio personality and software engineer. He continues an active musical life as a song writer and in producing audiobooks, including a reading of Chesterton’s “St. Francis of Assisi.” His most recent audio work was the narration of a documentary film on the life Fr. James Alberione, the founder of the Daughters of St. Paul. Chuck’s faith journey began 1971 with a dramatic encounter with Christ that led him out of the 1960’s counterculture and into evangelical and fundamentalist circles, before becoming a dedicated Reformed Presbyterian. His journey brought him to the Catholic Church in 2006, when he attended his first Mass. He was received into the Catholic Church in 2008. Chuck heard a call to the diaconate as he volunteered in hospitals and led a prayer ministry in his home parish. His parish priest encouraged him to consider a diaconate vocation and he entered formation with the understanding that the Holy Spirit could re-direct his journey at any time. The journey was never re-directed, however, and his calling became clearer as formation progressed. Chuck has been influenced greatly by the writings of G. K. Chesterton and the life and ministry of Pope Saint John Paul II. Shortly after being received into the Church, he lived a Cursillo weekend which also was a strong influence in his life. Chuck will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and to the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

Franklin Mejia

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Franklin Mejia was born and raised in Dominican Republic. Franklin is married to Wendy R. Mejia. They are the proud parents of Gabriel Andres, 10 and Isabella Maria, 7. He and his family are active members of St. Mary of the Annunciation parish in Cambridge. Franklin holds a Political Science degree and has been involved in television production. Franklin came to know Christ as a child thanks to his Grandfather Nicacio Mejia, who introduced him to the spiritual life and the doctrine of the Catholic faith. At a very young age, Franklin was an active member and youth leader of the Salesian Youth Group in his community. Upon arriving to the United States, Franklin worked for the Hispanic Youth Ministry in the Archdiocese of Boston organizing inter-parochial youth sports tournaments, youth leadership formation programs and an evangelization ministry dedicated to visiting the youth in jail. Franklin’s passion for evangelization led him to Catholic Television where he is the host and producer of “Buena Nueva” (The Good News). His desire to evangelize through the media was inspired by Pope John Paul II, who encouraged the Church to use every means of communication to introduce Christ to others. Franklin will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden and to Catholic TV following ordination.

Eric Peabody

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Eric Peabody and his wife, Renee, live in Haverhill and have been married 20 years. He is a division manager at a national home improvement retailer and Renee is an administrative assistant at St. Basil Salvatorian Center in Methuen. Eric and Renee have two daughters, Haley and Mary. The Peabody Family are currently members of the collaborative of St. Lucy and St. Monica Parishes in Methuen. Eric has served in various liturgical ministries and is a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus. Eric entered the Church at the age of 16 through RCIA and his great uncle, the late Rev. Dennis T. Nason, encouraged Eric to consider a diaconal vocation. Following ordination Eric will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Haverhill and Office of the Catholic Labor Guild.

Jesus Peña

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Jesus Peña and his wife Margarita are members of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody and have three grown children. Jesus works as a Case Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Jesus began his vocational journey in April 2009 when, feeling drawn to serve Christ more deeply, he turned to a trusted priest in the community, Fr. Alonso Macias, who suggested the diaconate. Jesus feels blessed by the many men of faith who have served as mentors to him over the past twenty years, including many wonderful priests and deacons. In a special way, Deacon Valentin Rivera and Deacon Antonio Perea were helpful to both Margarita and Jesus. More recently Deacon Leo Martin helped Jesus to understand both the faith and the ministry of the Deacon and to grow spiritually. According to Jesus, “These past four years of formation have been a life changing conversion of the heart through constant prayer, self-emptying, and service. The core of my ministry will be to live the Gospel by surrendering my will to the will of God.” Following ordination Jesus will be serve as a Deacon at the Salem collaborative of Immaculate Conception, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parishes as well as in the Diaconate Formation Office.

Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares

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Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and married his wife Carla in 1986. Alvaro and Carla are proud parents of three grown children, Alvaro Jr., Ivan, and Natalia. They are members of Holy Family Parish in Lowell and active members of both the Brazilian Apostolate and the Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Boston. Alvaro holds degrees in Economics and Computer Science as well as an MBA. He is fluent in Portuguese and English, and proficient in Spanish. Alvaro is currently working for Kaspersky Labs in Woburn as a Product Support Engineer. Alvaro has worked in many parish ministries and received his call to be a Permanent Deacon through his active participation in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He is currently responsible for the formation program inside of the Brazilian Ethnic Leaders Team and is currently appointed Liaison and Executive Director of the Charismatic Renewal movement in the Archdiocese of Boston. Following ordination Alvaro will be assigned to Holy Family Parish and the Office of Cultural Diversity.

Michael Tomkins

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Michael Tomkins and his wife Danni live in Wilmington and are parishioners at Saint Thomas of Villanova with their 5 children Hailey, Lauren, Victoria, Joshua, and Meghan. Michael attended Boston University where he received a degree in Computer Science and is now employed as Chief Technology Officer for a financial software company. Michael first learned about the diaconate at age 13 when he served as an altar server at the Mass of Thanksgiving for a close family friend, Deacon Robert Amerault. Raised in an active Catholic family and educated from elementary through high school at Saint Clements in Medford, the seeds of faith were planted at an early age. He felt God's call to the diaconate in his early twenties but as a newlywed he knew it would be some time before he could respond, so he and Danni kept busy raising their five children and remaining active in their parish. They found their true passion was for youth ministry where they served for over twenty years in numerous parishes throughout the archdiocese. In 1999 Michael and Danni each received the Pro Deo et Juventute award given in recognition of continuous and praiseworthy service to young people. Michael hopes to be a witness to those he serves to help them to grow deeper in answering their own baptismal call. Michael will be assigned to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dracut and the Office of Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults following ordination.

Tam Van Tram

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Tam Van Tram and his wifeThom have been married for 39 years, live in Andover, and have two daughters and two grandchildren. They are members of St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish in North Reading and the Vietnamese community at Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden. Tam plays guitar for the Contemporary Music Group and is a member of Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Committee at St Theresa Parish. Tam also is Chairman of the Finance Council for Sacred Hearts Parish. Tam had a long career in technology and business and now works as an Adjunct Professor at Middlesex Community College teaching Chemistry, Math, and Computer Science. He holds degrees in Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering and expects to complete his Master’s in Theological Studies Degree (MTS) at St. John Seminary in 2015. Tam was raised as a Buddhist in Vietnam and grew up during in the midst of the devastating war that raged in his homeland through the 1960’s and 1970’s. He converted to Catholicism in 1997. Tam sees the great grace of God’s love in leading him through life to this moment of ordination where he can serve the Church and God’s people. Following ordination Tam will be assigned to St. Theresa Parish in North Reading and to the Campus Ministry Office where he will serve as a Catholic Chaplain at the UMass campus in Boston.

Carlos Simon Valentin

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Carlos Simon Valentin and his wife, Angelica, have been married for 16 years and live in Lynn. They have two children, Nicholas and Angel. Simon and Angelica have been active parishioners of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody throughout their married life. Simon is a Draftsman and Auto Cad graduate and is currently employed by Greater Lynn Senior Services as a driver for “ The Ride”, which is part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Simon is the youngest member of the Class of 2014 and will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and the Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Permanent Diaconate

Prior to this ordination, there are 273 deacons in the Archdiocese of Boston (142 active with the remaining retired, on leave, or serving outside of the diocese). Thirteen (13) men will be ordained on September 20, 2014. The Archdiocese of Boston ordains a class of deacons every year. There are currently 49 men in formation (this includes the 13 about to be ordained). Of these 49, 20 (41%) are from our ethnic communities (10 Hispanic, 4 Brazilian, 2 Haitian, 2 Vietnamese, 1 Iraqi), ages range from 36 – 63, and 48 (98%) are married.

The Archdiocese holds an Inquirer Program each year in October/November for those who feel a possible call to the diaconate vocation. This program provides information to men and their wives about the vocation and ministry of deacons, the formation program, and the admissions process. It also includes a Saturday discernment retreat. The program generally draws 20-30 men each year. Information is available from Deacon Burns at deacondan_burns@rcab.org.

Deacon Burns said, “Because the great majority of Permanent Deacons are married men with families, the formation and inquirer programs strongly involve their wives and focus on the grace and challenge of integrating ordained ministry with the primary vocation of marriage.”

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Chiem nguong 10 nha tho long lay nhat hanh tinh- Du lich- Doi song- Tin Photo by Tin180 VietNam

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Được xây dựng dưới các triều đại cổ, nhiều giáo đường mang kiến trúc Gothic, Roman hay Byzantine vẫn sừng sững như niềm kiêu hãnh của các quốc gia trên thế giới.

Hãy cùng ngắm 10 kiến trúc nhà thờ độc đáo nhất hành tinh:

Nhà thờ St. Basil, Nga

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Nằm nổi bật ở phía Nam quảng trường Đỏ, Moscow, nhà thờ St. Basil mang một không khí trang nghiêm đến lạ kỳ, nhưng vẫn toát lên vẻ đẹp diễm lệ, đậm sắc truyền thống dân gian Nga.

Basil nổi bật bởi lối kiến trúc nhiều màu sắc giữa một rừng các tòa nhà theo kiến trúc hiện đại. Cùng với những biến động lịch sử của nước Nga, nhà thờ St. Basil cũng trải qua những thời khắc thăng trầm, đỉnh điểm là hai lần suýt bị sập.

Ngày nay, trong những dịp lễ lớn trên quảng trường Đỏ, nhà thờ St. Basil là nơi cử hành thánh lễ cho công chúng. Nhà thờ với kiến trúc độc đáo này là một trong 7 công trình hấp dẫn du khách nhất của nước Nga.

Nhà thờ La Sagrada Familia, Tây Ban Nha

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Sagrada Familia là nhà thờ nổi tiếng ở Bacelona, một trong những địa danh được coi là biểu tượng của đất nước Tây Ban Nha. Được khởi công từ năm 1882, cho đến nay, trải qua 128 năm, nhà thờ này vẫn chưa hoàn thành. Dự kiến đến năm 2026 công trình này mới hoàn thiện. Hàng năm, công trình kiến trúc độc đáo này thu hút 5 triệu khách du lịch đến thăm quan và chiêm ngưỡng.

Hình dáng kiến trúc của Sagrada Familia được gọi là hình dáng kiến trúc kiểu “Gothic xoắn”, những vòng xoáy nối đuôi nhau trên bề mặt của đá khiến cho ta có cảm giác như công trình đang tan chảy ra dưới ánh nắng mặt trời, trong khi phần đỉnh của tháp được tạo bằng các mảng màu sáng.

Nhà thờ Đức bà Paris, Pháp

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Nhà thờ Đức bà Paris, một trong những kiến trúc nổi tiếng nhất thế giới, là nhà thờ Thiên Chúa giáo tiêu biểu cho phong cách kiến trúc Pháp. Tác phẩm kiến trúc độc đáo này đi vào văn học Pháp qua tác phẩm nổi tiếng cùng tên của đại văn hào Pháp Victor Hugo.

Nhà thờ được bắt đầu xây dựng từ năm 1163 dưới thời vua Louis VII, kéo dài hai thế kỷ, tới năm 1345 hoàn thành. Trải qua những thăng trầm biến động của lịch sử, nhà thờ vẫn không có nhiều thay đổi.

Nhà thờ Wawel, Ba Lan

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Tọa lạc trên đồi Wawel ở Cracovie, nhà thờ Wawel là một trong những tòa nhà kiến trúc theo kiểu Gothic đẹp nhất ở Âu châu được xây dựng giữa những năm 1320 và 1364.

Mang tên khác là Vương cung thánh đường Stanisław và Vaclav, nhà thờ chính tòa Wawel là nơi yên nghỉ của các vị vua chúa, các vị Thánh, các anh hùng dân tộc của Ba Lan.

Nhà thờ Las Lajas, Colombia

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Được xây dựng vào năm 1916 trên nền của một nhà thờ nhỏ có từ thế kỷ 19, nhà thờ Las Lajas có vị trí độc đáo, nằm trong lòng một hẻm núi trên sông Guaitara của Colombia. Việc xây dựng nhà thờ được gắn với một truyền thuyết ly kỳ về một người phụ nữ da đỏ tên là Maria Mueces.

Truyền thuyết kể rằng, một lần đi ngang qua đây, Maria Mueces đang cõng trên lưng cô con gái Rose tàn tật vừa bị câm vừa bị điếc. Bỗng nhiên, Rose cất tiếng yêu cầu mẹ đặt cô xuống hang núi trước mặt. Đây là lần đầu tiên trong đời Rose cất tiếng nói. Cô bé vẽ lên vách hang đá bức tranh nổi tiếng Đức mẹ đồng trinh Mary và con trai.

Nhà thờ Hagia Sophia, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ

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Hagia Sophia, theo tiếng Hy Lạp có nghĩa là “Nhà thờ trí tuệ thần thánh của Chúa”, là một điểm sáng của Istanbul, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ.

Nhà thờ này được xây dựng từ năm 532 đến năm 537 dưới thời Hoàng đế Byzantine Justinian. Đây từng là nhà thờ của giáo hội Chính thống giáo phương Đông và là nhà thờ lớn nhất thế giới trong gần 1.000 năm, cho đến khi nhà thờ Seville Trung cổ hoàn thành vào năm 1520.

Nhà thờ Canterbury, Anh

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Đây là nhà thờ Cơ đốc giáo cổ nhất và nổi tiếng nhất nước Anh, nằm trong quần thể di sản thế giới Canterbury. Nhà thờ nguyên là nguyện đường của hoàng hậu Bertha của Kent trong thế kỷ thứ 6, trước khi thánh Augustine từ Rome tới đây.

Nhà thờ Sophia, Ukraine

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Nhà thờ thánh Sophia là một công trình ở Kiev, Ukraine. Năm 1990, UNESCO công nhận nhà thờ thánh Sophia ở Kiev là di sản thế giới của Ukraine.

Nhà thờ thánh Sophia là hiện thân toàn diện của kiến trúc theo phong cách Byzantine, theo đó, mái vòm hình cầu của nhà thờ giống như viên ngọc dựng trên bãi biển: nguy nga và tráng lệ. Thông qua 40 lỗ nhỏ đặt trong một vòm lớn, ánh sáng tự nhiên được mang vào nhà thờ, làm cho không khí thay đổi, phong nhã và thần bí. Các cột và tường trong tòa nhà được trang trí bởi cẩm thạch nhiều màu sắc.

Thánh đường Đức bà Tournai, Bỉ

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Đây là một công trình kiến trúc nổi tiếng và quan trọng bậc nhất của Bỉ. Nhà thờ Đức Bà Tournai mang đậm nét kiến trúc Roman. Hai bên nhà thờ đều có tháp chuông. Trong khóa họp thứ 24 vào năm 2000, UNESCO công nhận nhà thờ được xây dựng từ thế kỷ 12 này là di sản thế giới..

Nhà thờ St. Peter, Vantican

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Nhà thờ thánh Peter, trái tim của những tín đồ Cơ đốc giáo, là một trong bốn nhà thờ chính ở Vatican. Công trình kiến trúc đồ sộ này bắt đầu được khởi công xây dựng vào ngày 18/4/1506 trên nền một nhà thờ cổ có1.200 năm tuổi theo lệnh của Giáo hoàng Julius II với mong muốn đây sẽ là nơi chôn cất chính mình sau khi mất.

Quá trình thi công nhà thờ St.Peter bị gián đoạn nhiều lần và qua tay rất nhiều kiến trúc sư khác nhau. Cuối cùng, đến năm 1626, công trình này mới thực sự hoàn thành dài 187 m và cao 45 m, chưa kể đến quảng trường rộng hơn hai ha có sức chứa trên 60.000 người.

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Nằm nổi bật ở cuối phía nam Quảng trường Đỏ, Matxcơva, nhà thờ St. Basil mang một không khí trang nghiêm đến lạ kỳ, nhưng vẫn toát lên vẻ đẹp diễm lệ, đậm sắc truyền thống dân gian Nga.

1. Nhà thờ

St. Basil (Nga)

Đó là một công trình kiến trúc nhiều màu sắc gồm chín ngôi tháp chóp hình củ hành trên đỉnh có một dấu thập thánh giá xây bằng gạch đỏ theo kiểu Byzantine Nga, có chiều cao 81 m ở bên ngoài và 69 m ở bên trong.

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Những chiếc chóp củ hành đặc trưng

Công trình được xây dựng vào năm 1555 theo lệnh của "Ivan bạo chúa", vị Sa hoàng đầu tiên của nước Nga, để kỷ niệm chiến thắng quân Mông Cổ. Lúc đầu, nhà thờ này được đặt tên là "nhà thờ của sự cầu nguyện" vì chiến thắng quân Mông cổ diễn ra đúng vào ngày Lễ cầu nguyện cho Đức mẹ đồng trinh.

Năm 1561, công trình được hoàn thành, nhưng chỉ có tám tòa tháp cùng đứng chung trên một nền, mỗi tòa tháp tượng trưng cho một lần đánh thắng quân Mông Cổ. Đến năm 1588, khi tòa tháp thứ chín được xây dựng, nhà thờ này được đổi tên thành "Nhà thờ thánh Basil".

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Quảng trường đỏ, tháp đồng hồ Kremlin và nhà thờ St. Basil

Chắc chắn bạn sẽ thật ngỡ ngàng trước vẻ đẹp lộng lẫy bên trong nhà thờ St. Basil với các bức tường được trang trí bằng những hình ảnh hoa lá màu lam tinh tế cùng những bức tranh thánh. Nhà thờ còn có nhiều cầu thang gỗ âm trong tường mà một trong số đó chỉ mới được phát hiện hồi đầu những năm 1970 trong một lần trùng tu. Đáng chú ý nhất có lẽ là bàn thờ thánh, đặc trưng của các nhà thờ thánh Byzantine làm bằng cẩm thạch có từ thế kỷ XVI.

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Những bức tranh thánh với khung tranh thếp vàng

2. Nhà thờ Las Lajas (Colombia)

Được xây dựng vào năm 1916 trên nền của một nhà thờ nhỏ có từ thế kỷ 19, nhà thờ Las Lajas có vị trí vô cùng độc đáo, nằm trong lòng một hẻm núi trên sông Guaitara (Colombia). Việc xây dựng nhà thờ được gắn với một truyền thuyết ly kỳ về một người phụ nữ da đỏ tên là Maria Mueces.

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Nét hùng vĩ của không gian quanh nhà thờ

Truyền thuyết kể rằng, một lần đi ngang qua đây, lúc đó, Maria Mueces đang cõng trên lưng cô con gái Rose tàn tật vừa bị câm vừa bị điếc. Bỗng nhiên, Rose cất tiếng yêu cầu mẹ đặt cô xuống hang núi trước mặt. Đây là lần đầu tiên trong đời Rose cất tiếng nói. Cô bé đã vẽ lên vách hang đá bức tranh nổi tiếng Đức mẹ đồng trinh Mary và con trai (được gọi là “Đức mẹ làm phép lạ”) hiện đang được lưu giữ cẩn mật trong nhà thờ.

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Bức tranh đá “Đức mẹ làm phép lạ”

Truyền thuyết trên liệu có thật hay không thì không ai dám chắc. Thế nhưng, những nghiên cứu gần đây nhất vẫn chưa xác định được chính xác những vật liệu dùng để vẽ lên bức tranh đá đó. Chính vì vậy mà nhà thờ theo lối kiến trúc Gothic này được coi là một trong những nhà thờ đẹp và bí ẩn nhất thế giới.

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Làm lễ quanh bức tranh

“Đức mẹ làm phép lạ”

3. Nhà thờ Sagrada Familia (Tây Ban Nha)

Khi tới thăm nhà thờ Sagrada Familia nổi tiếng ở Barcelona, Tây Ban Nha, cảm giác đầu tiên của tất cả các du khách đó là sự choáng ngợp trước vẻ đẹp độc đáo của một công trình đồ sộ với nghệ thuật kiến trúc tinh xảo và tỉ mỉ. Có thể nói Sagrada Familia xứng đáng được coi là một trong những biểu tượng điển hình của "xứ sở bò tót".

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Được bắt đầu khởi công từ năm 1882, cho đến nay, trải qua hơn một trăm năm xây dựng, nhà thờ Sagrada Familia vẫn chưa được hoàn thiện. Theo thiết kế ban đầu, Sagrada Familia được đặt trên một mảnh đất rộng 14.660 m2, khi hoàn tất sẽ có 18 tòa tháp, trong đó tòa tháp cao nhất cao 170 m.

Hiện tại mới chỉ có tổng số 8 tòa tháp được hoàn thành và 4 tòa khác đang tiếp tục được xây dựng. Sau đó, 5 tháp còn lại mới dần dần được tiến hành xây dựng, bao gồm: tháp trung tâm có gắn cây thánh giá, tháp Đức mẹ Mary, tháp Thánh Phúc Âm ...

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Công trình vẫn chưa hoàn thành

Sagrada Familia được coi là công trình kiến trúc nổi tiếng nhất mang đầy tâm huyết của một nhà kiến trúc sư tài ba có tên Antonio Gaudi. Đây là tập hợp toàn bộ những đúc rút kinh nghiệm mà ông có được trong cuộc sống và những công trình mà ông đã từng xây dựng.

Một trong những ý tưởng độc đáo của Gaudi là việc xây dựng các tháp trụ, để đo được chính xác các góc nghiêng của các tháp trụ sao cho chúng đứng cân bằng và hợp lực của nó đạt được độ chính xác cao nhất, ông đã phát minh ra một phép đo lạ thường. Gaudi tạo ra một mô hình nhà thờ nhỏ, trong đó các tháp trụ được thay thế bằng các dây treo.

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Những chi tiết bên ngoài nhà thờ

Sau đó, ông treo ngược mô hình lên, dưới tác dụng của trọng lực, các dây treo sẽ di chuyển đến vị trí sao cho cân bằng nhất. Bằng phương pháp đó, ông đã đưa ra các con số chính xác cho góc nghiêng các tháp trụ của công trình hiện tại. Độ nghiêng của các tháp trụ tạo nên một cảm giác chông chênh nhưng rất ổn định của kiệt tác này.

4. Nhà thờ Hagia Sophia (Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ)

Hagia Sophia - công trình kiến trúc độc đáo mang đậm phong cách kiến trúc kiểu Byzantine - là một điểm sáng của Istanbul, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ nổi bật với mái vòm lớn có đường kính lên đến 31 m. Hagia Sophia theo tiếng Hy Lạp có nghĩa là “Nhà thờ trí tuệ thần thánh của Chúa”.

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Toàn cảnh nhà thờ

Nhà thờ này được xây dựng từ năm 532 đến năm 537 dưới thời Hoàng đế Byzantine Justinian. Lúc đầu, tòa nhà được dùng làm nhà thờ Thiên chúa giáo, sau đó, chuyển thành nhà thờ Hồi giáo, và nay là một viện bảo tàng ở Istanbul, nổi tiếng với bộ sưu tập các thánh tích và một bức tường tranh bằng bạc dài 15 m. Đây từng là nhà thờ của giáo hội Chính thống giáo phương Đông và là nhà thờ lớn nhất thế giới trong gần 1.000 năm, cho đến khi nhà thờ Seville Trung cổ hoàn thành vào năm 1520.

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Kiến trúc bên trong

Sau khi Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ bị đế quốc Ottoman chiếm đóng vào năm 1453, Hagia Sophia bị biến thành nhà thờ Hồi giáo. Chuông khánh, bàn thờ, tường tranh bị gỡ bỏ, nhiều phần nền khảm tranh bị trát vữa đè lên. Các chi tiết kiến trúc Hồi giáo, chẳng hạn Hốc thờ hướng về Mecca, giảng đài và 4 cái tháp ở bên ngoài được xây thêm trong thời của các Ottoman. Tòa nhà là nơi thờ phụng của người Hồi giáo cho đến năm 1935, khi nó được chính phủ Thổ Nhĩ Kì chuyển thành một viện bảo tàng.

5. Nhà thờ St.Peter (Vatican)

Nhà thờ thánh Peter - trái tim của những tín đồ Cơ-đốc giáo - là một trong bốn nhà thờ chính ở Vatican. Công trình kiến trúc đồ sộ này bắt đầu được khởi công xây dựng vào ngày 18 tháng 4 năm 1506 trên nền một nhà thờ cổ đã có1.200 năm tuổi theo lệnh của Giáo hoàng Julius II với mong muốn đây sẽ là nơi chôn cất chính mình sau khi mất.

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Nhà thờ St. Peter và quảng trường

Quá trình thi công nhà thờ St.Peter bị gián đoạn nhiều lần và đã qua tay rất nhiều kiến trúc sư khác nhau, trong đó phải kể đến Michelangelo, người đã thiết kế mái vòm nổi tiếng, một kỳ tích của kỹ thuật xây dựng bởi đây là công trình xây bằng gạch có khoảng cách bắc cầu tự do lớn nhất (dài 24 m, ở độ cao 120 m).

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St. Peter khi đêm về

Cuối cùng, cho đến năm 1626, công trình này mới thực sự hoàn thành dài 187 m và cao 45 m, chưa kể đến quảng trường rộng hơn 2 ha có sức chứa trên 60.000 người.

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Ảnh: GH sưu tầm

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Boston, MA (September 20, 2014) -- Cardinal Seán O’Malley ordained thirteen men to the Order of Deacon at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Photos by George Martell - Boston Catholic Development Services.

Cardinal Seán said, “Through the grace of God, these thirteen men of faith have been called to serve the Church as deacons. Each brings his unique gifts to their ministry and we welcome them as brothers in Christ. We are grateful to their loved ones, especially their wives and families, for their love, support and encouragement as our new deacons have prepared themselves for this lifelong commitment to the Church.”

Deacon Dan Burns, Director of Permanent Diaconate Formation, said, “Representing the diversity of the Archdiocese this class includes four candidates from the Hispanic community, one from the Brazilian community, and one from the Vietnamese community. The richness of the cultural and spiritual lives of these men and their families will bring great gifts to our parish collaboratives in the days and years ahead.”

Francis Burke

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Francis Burke and his wife of 27 years, Joanne, are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria parish in Westford. The Burke’s have two children, Laura and David (DJ). Fran recently retired from a career in high tech and is currently pursuing degree in Theology at the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization and also a certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreat Leadership at Creighton University. Fran Burke and Joanne have worked with the ACTS Retreat group at St. Catherine’s for the last 6 years. Fran was called to the diaconate by the opportunity to serve others. Fran hopes to continue his ministry focused on serving the poor and homeless. Fran will be assigned to St. Mary Parish in Chelmsford and to the Diaconate Formation Office following ordination.

Michael Curren

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Michael Curren and his wife Paula are members of St. Agnes Parish in Reading, MA. Mike and Paula have three children: Brenna is a teacher in Burlington, Maura is an administrative manager at Children’s Hospital, and Timothy is a Greek Orthodox priest at St. Vasilios Parish in Peabody. Father Timothy is married to Dr. Nijmeh Hodaly Curren of Beit Jala, Palestine. Mike started his secular career as a social worker and currently works in non-profit administration as a Senior Vice President for the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in Wellesley. Mike spent time at the Carmelite Junior Seminary in Hamilton, MA and the Carmelite Seminary at Marquette University before discerning that he was called to marriage and family life. Mike continued to be drawn to a life of service in the Church through parish ministries and leadership, eventually being called to consider the diaconate as a vocation through the encouragement and inspiration of many priests and deacons in his life. Mike will serve at St. Augustine Parish in Andover and the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

William C. Dwyer

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William C. Dwyer and his wife Jeane currently reside in Merrimack NH and are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Westford. They have three grown children – Patrick and his bride Erin, Timothy and Meghan. Bill’s secular career has been in accounting and finance for both large and small companies. Living his Cursillo weekend was a springboard to a deeper relationship with the Lord. He heard a call to the diaconate during the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and has learned from Fr. Lawrence Porter that “the closer one gets to the God of the Bible, the further he sends you out”. Bill’s hope is to continue being active in prison ministry. Bill will be assigned to St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Westford, St. Anne Parish in Littleton, and to the Pro-Life and Respect Life Office following ordination.

George Escotto

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George Escotto and his wife Maria are members of St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence. They have been married for 22 years and have been blessed with a daughter, Lesly, who is a student at Northern Essex Community College. George received his call to the diaconate through a personal encounter with God during a Cursillo retreat. George works in a Nursing Home as a custodian where he has the daily opportunity to be the presence of Christ to those who live there: “I feel like I am living a ministry here and seeing Christ in every one of the people who live in the Nursing Home every day.” George will be assigned to St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence and to Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Edward S. Giordano

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Edward S. Giordano and his wife Carol live in Stoneham and are members of St. Patrick Parish. Carol and Ed have two adult children, Mary and Matthew, and a daughter-in-law Jamie. Ed is the Director of Engineering at C.L. Hauthaway in Lynn. Ed has had wonderful Deacon Mentors at St. Patrick Parish and his first exposure to the Permanent Diaconate was at the Incarnation Parish in Melrose where both of his children were baptized by Permanent Deacons. At the Incarnation Parish Deacon Jack Wise gave Ed his first inspiration of the gift of the vocation and ministry of the Permanent Deacon. Ed feels his four years of academic study and spiritual formation have been a blessing that has allowed him to grown closer to our loving, kind, and merciful Lord, Jesus Christ. Ed hopes that he will serve Jesus and the people of God with that same love and compassion. Following ordination Ed will be assigned to St. Barbara Parish in Woburn and to Campus Ministry Office.

Chuck Hall

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Chuck Hall and his wife Mary live in Rowley and worship at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Ipswich. Chuck has been a sheet metal mechanic, machinist, singer-songwriter, radio personality and software engineer. He continues an active musical life as a song writer and in producing audiobooks, including a reading of Chesterton’s “St. Francis of Assisi.” His most recent audio work was the narration of a documentary film on the life Fr. James Alberione, the founder of the Daughters of St. Paul. Chuck’s faith journey began 1971 with a dramatic encounter with Christ that led him out of the 1960’s counterculture and into evangelical and fundamentalist circles, before becoming a dedicated Reformed Presbyterian. His journey brought him to the Catholic Church in 2006, when he attended his first Mass. He was received into the Catholic Church in 2008. Chuck heard a call to the diaconate as he volunteered in hospitals and led a prayer ministry in his home parish. His parish priest encouraged him to consider a diaconate vocation and he entered formation with the understanding that the Holy Spirit could re-direct his journey at any time. The journey was never re-directed, however, and his calling became clearer as formation progressed. Chuck has been influenced greatly by the writings of G. K. Chesterton and the life and ministry of Pope Saint John Paul II. Shortly after being received into the Church, he lived a Cursillo weekend which also was a strong influence in his life. Chuck will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and to the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

Franklin Mejia

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Franklin Mejia was born and raised in Dominican Republic. Franklin is married to Wendy R. Mejia. They are the proud parents of Gabriel Andres, 10 and Isabella Maria, 7. He and his family are active members of St. Mary of the Annunciation parish in Cambridge. Franklin holds a Political Science degree and has been involved in television production. Franklin came to know Christ as a child thanks to his Grandfather Nicacio Mejia, who introduced him to the spiritual life and the doctrine of the Catholic faith. At a very young age, Franklin was an active member and youth leader of the Salesian Youth Group in his community. Upon arriving to the United States, Franklin worked for the Hispanic Youth Ministry in the Archdiocese of Boston organizing inter-parochial youth sports tournaments, youth leadership formation programs and an evangelization ministry dedicated to visiting the youth in jail. Franklin’s passion for evangelization led him to Catholic Television where he is the host and producer of “Buena Nueva” (The Good News). His desire to evangelize through the media was inspired by Pope John Paul II, who encouraged the Church to use every means of communication to introduce Christ to others. Franklin will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden and to Catholic TV following ordination.

Eric Peabody

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Eric Peabody and his wife, Renee, live in Haverhill and have been married 20 years. He is a division manager at a national home improvement retailer and Renee is an administrative assistant at St. Basil Salvatorian Center in Methuen. Eric and Renee have two daughters, Haley and Mary. The Peabody Family are currently members of the collaborative of St. Lucy and St. Monica Parishes in Methuen. Eric has served in various liturgical ministries and is a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus. Eric entered the Church at the age of 16 through RCIA and his great uncle, the late Rev. Dennis T. Nason, encouraged Eric to consider a diaconal vocation. Following ordination Eric will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Haverhill and Office of the Catholic Labor Guild.

Jesus Peña

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Jesus Peña and his wife Margarita are members of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody and have three grown children. Jesus works as a Case Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Jesus began his vocational journey in April 2009 when, feeling drawn to serve Christ more deeply, he turned to a trusted priest in the community, Fr. Alonso Macias, who suggested the diaconate. Jesus feels blessed by the many men of faith who have served as mentors to him over the past twenty years, including many wonderful priests and deacons. In a special way, Deacon Valentin Rivera and Deacon Antonio Perea were helpful to both Margarita and Jesus. More recently Deacon Leo Martin helped Jesus to understand both the faith and the ministry of the Deacon and to grow spiritually. According to Jesus, “These past four years of formation have been a life changing conversion of the heart through constant prayer, self-emptying, and service. The core of my ministry will be to live the Gospel by surrendering my will to the will of God.” Following ordination Jesus will be serve as a Deacon at the Salem collaborative of Immaculate Conception, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parishes as well as in the Diaconate Formation Office.

Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares

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Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and married his wife Carla in 1986. Alvaro and Carla are proud parents of three grown children, Alvaro Jr., Ivan, and Natalia. They are members of Holy Family Parish in Lowell and active members of both the Brazilian Apostolate and the Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Boston. Alvaro holds degrees in Economics and Computer Science as well as an MBA. He is fluent in Portuguese and English, and proficient in Spanish. Alvaro is currently working for Kaspersky Labs in Woburn as a Product Support Engineer. Alvaro has worked in many parish ministries and received his call to be a Permanent Deacon through his active participation in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He is currently responsible for the formation program inside of the Brazilian Ethnic Leaders Team and is currently appointed Liaison and Executive Director of the Charismatic Renewal movement in the Archdiocese of Boston. Following ordination Alvaro will be assigned to Holy Family Parish and the Office of Cultural Diversity.

Michael Tomkins

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Michael Tomkins and his wife Danni live in Wilmington and are parishioners at Saint Thomas of Villanova with their 5 children Hailey, Lauren, Victoria, Joshua, and Meghan. Michael attended Boston University where he received a degree in Computer Science and is now employed as Chief Technology Officer for a financial software company. Michael first learned about the diaconate at age 13 when he served as an altar server at the Mass of Thanksgiving for a close family friend, Deacon Robert Amerault. Raised in an active Catholic family and educated from elementary through high school at Saint Clements in Medford, the seeds of faith were planted at an early age. He felt God's call to the diaconate in his early twenties but as a newlywed he knew it would be some time before he could respond, so he and Danni kept busy raising their five children and remaining active in their parish. They found their true passion was for youth ministry where they served for over twenty years in numerous parishes throughout the archdiocese. In 1999 Michael and Danni each received the Pro Deo et Juventute award given in recognition of continuous and praiseworthy service to young people. Michael hopes to be a witness to those he serves to help them to grow deeper in answering their own baptismal call. Michael will be assigned to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dracut and the Office of Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults following ordination.

Tam Van Tram

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Tam Van Tram and his wifeThom have been married for 39 years, live in Andover, and have two daughters and two grandchildren. They are members of St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish in North Reading and the Vietnamese community at Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden. Tam plays guitar for the Contemporary Music Group and is a member of Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Committee at St Theresa Parish. Tam also is Chairman of the Finance Council for Sacred Hearts Parish. Tam had a long career in technology and business and now works as an Adjunct Professor at Middlesex Community College teaching Chemistry, Math, and Computer Science. He holds degrees in Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering and expects to complete his Master’s in Theological Studies Degree (MTS) at St. John Seminary in 2015. Tam was raised as a Buddhist in Vietnam and grew up during in the midst of the devastating war that raged in his homeland through the 1960’s and 1970’s. He converted to Catholicism in 1997. Tam sees the great grace of God’s love in leading him through life to this moment of ordination where he can serve the Church and God’s people. Following ordination Tam will be assigned to St. Theresa Parish in North Reading and to the Campus Ministry Office where he will serve as a Catholic Chaplain at the UMass campus in Boston.

Carlos Simon Valentin

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Carlos Simon Valentin and his wife, Angelica, have been married for 16 years and live in Lynn. They have two children, Nicholas and Angel. Simon and Angelica have been active parishioners of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody throughout their married life. Simon is a Draftsman and Auto Cad graduate and is currently employed by Greater Lynn Senior Services as a driver for “ The Ride”, which is part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Simon is the youngest member of the Class of 2014 and will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and the Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Permanent Diaconate

Prior to this ordination, there are 273 deacons in the Archdiocese of Boston (142 active with the remaining retired, on leave, or serving outside of the diocese). Thirteen (13) men will be ordained on September 20, 2014. The Archdiocese of Boston ordains a class of deacons every year. There are currently 49 men in formation (this includes the 13 about to be ordained). Of these 49, 20 (41%) are from our ethnic communities (10 Hispanic, 4 Brazilian, 2 Haitian, 2 Vietnamese, 1 Iraqi), ages range from 36 – 63, and 48 (98%) are married.

The Archdiocese holds an Inquirer Program each year in October/November for those who feel a possible call to the diaconate vocation. This program provides information to men and their wives about the vocation and ministry of deacons, the formation program, and the admissions process. It also includes a Saturday discernment retreat. The program generally draws 20-30 men each year. Information is available from Deacon Burns at deacondan_burns@rcab.org.

Deacon Burns said, “Because the great majority of Permanent Deacons are married men with families, the formation and inquirer programs strongly involve their wives and focus on the grace and challenge of integrating ordained ministry with the primary vocation of marriage.”

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Top ten wedding photographers Edward Olive View Big On Black its always hard to take a decent photo and especially hard not just to repeat yourself i have been getting less than a decent shot per roll since the summer. i am going to change cameras and style again. no more failing attemps at photojournalism and f4-32 taken during a wedding dinner in spain, september 2009 but then again even my second favourite photographer peruan mario testino is going off at times into posed staged fake smiled dullness www.mariotestino.com/file/1648 and even worse www.mariotestino.com/page/210 dear me mario you don't need the money stick to the rio de janeiro sizzle info@edwardolive.com www.edwardolive.info i was looking at the wikipedia encyclopedia and notable photographers and whilst wedding photography does exist as a category there is no category of wedding photographers nor any wedding photographer listed as notable en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photographers List of photographers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of notable photographers who already have articles. Contents Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Key: abs Abstract photographer adv Advertising photographer aer Aerial photographer arch Architectural photographer art Art photographer celeb Celebrity photographer dig Digital photography doc Documentary photographer ethno Ethnographic photographer fash Fashion photographer food Food photographer inds Industrial photographer int Interiors photographer land Landscape photographer pict Pictorialist port Portrait photographer sci Scientific/technical photographer spt Sports photographer und Underwater photographer war War photographer rph rephotography [edit] A * Rolf Aamot (art) * Slim Aarons (doc) * Hans Aarsman * Abbas * Berenice Abbott (doc, pict, port) * Karimeh Abbud * Sam Abell * Laurence Aberhart * William de Wiveleslie Abney * George W. Ackerman (doc) * Ansel Adams (art, doc, land, pict) * Bryan Adams (port) * Eddie Adams (doc, land, war) * Robert Adams (art) * Alfred Shea Addis * Gustavo Aguerre (art) * Tadasuke Akiyama (doc) * Cris Alexander * Fratelli Alinari * Timothy Allen (doc, ethno, port) * Darogha Ubbas Alli * Jane Fulton Alt (art) * Lola Álvarez Bravo * Manuel Álvarez Bravo (abs, art, doc) * Stephen Alvarez * Christian von Alvensleben * Takashi Amano (land, und) * Mohamed Amin * Ester Anderson * Emmy Andriesse * Taco Anema * George Edward Anderson * Tom Ang * Dieter Appelt (port) * Nobuyoshi Araki (art) * Taku Aramasa (fash, doc) * Allan Arbus * Amy Arbus * Diane Arbus (art, doc, fash, int, port) * Malcolm Arbuthnot (pict, port) * Fred Archer * Roy Arden * Taiji Arita * Eve Arnold (art, fash, port) * Hippolyte Arnoux * Bill Aron * Yann Arthus-Bertrand * Anthony Asael * Eugène Atget * Anna Atkins * Bill Atkinson (dig, land) * Alan Aubry (arch, art, doc, int, land) * Richard Avedon (art, fash, port) * Jerry Avenaim (art, fash, port) [edit] B * Alioune Bâ * Chapman Baehler (doc, adv, fash, port) * David Bailey (fash, port) * Reg Balch * John Baldessari (abs, art) * Edouard Baldus * Lewis Baltz (art) * Subhankar Banerjee * Micha Bar-Am (doc) * Olivo Barbieri * Nigel Barker (fash) * Tina Barney (art, port) * George Barris * Uta Barth (abs, art) * Pablo Bartholomew (doc, art, ethno) * Pinky Bass (abs, art, doc, land, port) * Alexander Bassano * Manfred Baumann * Jean Baudrillard * Hippolyte Bayard * Peter Hill Beard * Richard Beard * Antonio Beato * Felice Beato * Cecil Beaton (art, doc, fash, port) * Ingeborg de Beausacq * Bernd and Hilla Becher (art, doc, int, land) * Lukas Beck (art, doc, port) * Francis Bedford * Manzur Alam Beg (art) * Lawrence Beitler * Charles Belden * Hans Bellmer (art, doc, port) * E. J. Bellocq (doc, port) * Rafael Ben-Ari (doc, war) * Fernando Bengoechea (int) * Harry Benson * Roloff Beny * Berry Berenson * Henning von Berg (art, port) * Herbert Bowyer Berkeley (land) * Ruth Bernhard (art, int, port) * Maeve Berry * Peter Bialobrzeski * James Bidgood * Izis Bidermanas * Edward Bierstadt (port, land) * Richard Billingham (art, doc) * Jack Birns * Werner Bischof * Auguste-Rosalie Bisson * Andreas Bitesnich (fash) * J. R. Black * Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard * Daniel Blaufuks * Steve Bloom * Karl Blossfeldt (art, sci) * Erwin Blumenfeld * A. Aubrey Bodine * Henze Boekhout * Francisco Boix * Skip Bolen (jazz, music, celeb, doc, stills) * Félix Bonfils * Phil Borges * Edouard Boubat (art) * Jack E. Boucher (doc) * Alexandra Boulat * Jacques Bourboulon * Jean-Christian Bourcart * Margaret Bourke-White (doc, int, land, port) * Guy Bourdin (fash) * Samuel Bourne * Jane Bown * Alex Boyd (land, art) * Mathew Brady (land, port, war) * Brian Brake * Bill Brandt (art, doc) * Brassaï * Manuel Álvarez Bravo * Marilyn Bridges * Anne Brigman * Zana Briski (doc) * Mike Brodie * Alexey Brodovich * Giacomo Brogi * Hamish Brown (port) * Dan Budnik (doc, port) * Jan Bułhak * Wynn Bullock (art) * Max Burchartz * Wilhelm J. Burger * Victor Burgin * Christopher Burkett * René Burri * Larry Burrows (war) * Harry Burton (doc) * Edward Burtynsky (land) * Jean-Marc Bustamante (art) [edit] C * Geneviève Cadieux * Pogus Caesar (doc, art) * Bernard Cahier (spt) * Claude Cahun * Harry Callahan (art, doc, int, land, port) * Sophie Calle * Julia Margaret Cameron (art, doc, int, land, port) * Loren Cameron (art, doc, port) * Cornell Capa (doc) * Robert Capa (doc, war) * Paul Caponigro (art, land) * Ilario Carposio * Ricardo Carrasco * Lewis Carroll (art, port) * Keith Carter (art, doc, land, port) * Kevin Carter * Henri Cartier-Bresson (art, doc, port) * Kyle Cassidy * Andrew Catlin * Hugh Cecil * Chaiya * Dean Chamberlain * Martín Chambi * Jean Chamoux (doc, port, fash, war) * Polly Chandler (art, port) * Dickey Chapelle (doc, war) * Chien-Chi Chang * Allan Chappelow * Jean-Philippe Charbonnier (port, doc) * Sarah Charlesworth (abs, art) * Désiré Charnay * Hong Cheong * Tong Cheong * Teisuke Chiba (doc) * William Christenberry * Hugo Cifuentes * Elio Ciol * Larry Clark (art, doc, fash, port) * Bob Carlos Clarke (art) * William Clarridge * Antoine Claudet * William Claxton (adv, fash, port) * Charles Clegg * Alvin Langdon Coburn (pict) * Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (art, doc) * Daniel Colegrove (doc, adv, port) * Neville Coleman (und, land) * Henry Collen * Lois Conner * Linda Connor * Florin Constantinescu (art, doc, int, land, port) * Martha Cooper (doc, ethno) * Anton Corbijn * Paul de Cordon (art, fash) * Peter Cornelius (art) * Joe Cornish * Paul Couvrette (art, doc, int, land, port) * Jeff Cowen * Gregory Crewdson (abs, art, doc, land) * Ted Croner * Karel Cudlín (doc) * Imogen Cunningham (doc, int, land, port) * Asahel Curtis (doc) * Edward S. Curtis (doc, land) [edit] D * Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (land, port) * Louise Dahl-Wolfe (art, doc, port) * Bruce Davidson (land, port) * Ron Davies (art,dig,land,port) * Daniel Davis Jr. * George Davison * F. Holland Day (pict) * Lala Deen Dayal * Peter Dazeley (adv,art,dig,fash,port) * John Deakin (port, art) * Loomis Dean * Roy DeCarava * Edgar de Evia (art, adv, doc, fash, food, int) * Yvonne De Rosa * Reza Deghati (doc, war) * Manoocher Deghati (doc,war) * Terry Deglau (doc, port) * Luc Delahaye (doc) * Jack Delano (doc) * Patrick Demarchelier * Autumn de Wilde (port) * Hugh Welch Diamond * Philip-Lorca diCorcia (art, doc, int, land, port) * Rineke Dijkstra * Christophe Dillinger (art, land, port) * André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri * Mark Divo art * Zbigniew Dłubak * Julie Doiron * Robert Doisneau (doc, land, port) * Peter Dombrovskis * Ken Domon (arch, art, doc) * Don Donaghy * Terence Donovan (fash, doc) * Sergio Dorantes * David Doubilet (und) * W. & D. Downey (port) * Richard Drew * František Drtikol * Maxime Du Camp * David Douglas Duncan * Ken Duncan * Jeff Dunas * Max Dupain * Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu * Dutton & Michaels (photographic studio) [edit] E * Charles C. Ebbets * Harold Eugene Edgerton (sci) * Hugh Edwards * John Paul Edwards (pict) * Isidore Jacques Eggermont * William Eggleston (art, doc, land) * Ei-Q (art) * Alfred Eisenstaedt (land) * Arthur Elliott (arch) * Ed van der Elsken * Peter Henry Emerson * T. Enami * Clay Enos * Mitch Epstein (doc, port) * Elliott Erwitt (art, doc, int, port) * Dulah Marie Evans ( drawing,land) * Walker Evans (doc, port) [edit] F * Bruno Fabien (art) * Ingrid Falk (art) * Adolfo Farsari * Antoine Fauchery * Bernard Faucon (art) * Chris Faust * James Fee (art, war) * Andreas Feininger * Mark Feldstein * Roger Fenton (war) * Fernando Fernández Navarrete * Marc Ferrez * Franz Fiedler * Michel Figuet * George Fiske * Frode Fjerdingstad (art) * Hércules Florence * Adam Foley * Fernand Fonssagrives (art, fash) * Franco Fontana (art) * Joan Fontcuberta (art) * Anna Fox * Martine Franck * Auguste François (ethno, doc, land) * Robert Frank (doc, land, port) * Stuart Franklin (doc) * Thomas E. Franklin (doc) * Leonard Freed * Lee Friedlander (abs, art, land, port) * Francis Frith * Hakuyō Fuchikami * Eva Fuka * Mitsutarō Fuku * Katsuji Fukuda (adv, art) * Rosō Fukuhara (art) * Shinzō Fukuhara (art) * Jill Furmanovsky * Adam Fuss (abs, art, doc) [edit] G * Ron Galella * Isidoro Gallo * Harry Gamboa, Jr. * Alexander Gardner * William Garnett * Anne Geddes (art, doc, port) * Arnold Genthe * Helmut Gernsheim * Luigi Ghirri * Mario Giacomelli * Paula Rae Gibson (art) * Ralph Gibson * Bruce Gilden * Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey * André Giroux * Wilhelm von Gloeden (art, fash, port) * Barbara Gluck (art,war) * Fay Godwin (art, land, port) * Frank Gohlke * Anthony Goicolea * Jim Goldberg * David Goldblatt * Nan Goldin (art, int, port) * Andy Goldsworthy (abs, art, land) * Kaveh Golestan (doc) * Rolando Gomez (art, doc, port) * Greg Gorman (art, port) * John Gossage * William P. Gottlieb * Hal Gould (art) * Emmet Gowin (art, doc) * Masao Gozu * Karen Graffeo (art, port, doc) * Paul Graham * Herb Greene (port) * Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (port, celeb) * Jill Greenberg * Lauren Greenfield * Lois Greenfield * Philip Jones Griffiths (doc, war) * Stan Grossfeld * Bob Gruen (port) * Emile Gsell * Ara Güler * Andreas Gursky (art) * John Gutmann [edit] H * Ernst Haas (Doc, port) * Tzeli Hadjidimitriou (art, land, arch) * E.R. Hall (spt, port) * Mark Robert Halper (adv, arch, art, inds, port) * Philippe Halsman (art, fash, port) * Dirck Halstead * David Hamilton (abs, art) * Adelaide Hanscom (pict) * Charles Harbutt * Bert Hardy (doc, war) * John Harrington * Alfred A. Hart * Sam Haskins (adv, art, doc, fash, inds, food, land, port) * Victor Hasselblad (Land) * Masumi Hayashi * Tadahiko Hayashi (doc, port) * Takanobu Hayashi (art) * William Hayes * John Heartfield * Darren Heath (spt) * Petter Hegre (dig) * William Heick (art, doc, ethno, inds) * Gottfried Helnwein (art) * Fritz Henle * Bill Henson (art) * Carli Hermès (abs, adv, art) * J Malan Heslop (war) * David Octavius Hill * John K. Hillers * David Hilliard * Lewis Hine (art, doc, port) * Terushichi Hirai * Hiro (fash) * John Hoagland (war) * Hannah Höch (abs, art, port) * David Hockney (abs, art, doc, int, land, port) * Heinrich Hoffmann * Frederick Hollyer (port, art, int) * Joseph Holmes * Ismo Hölttö * Horie Kuwajirō * Masao Horino * Horst P. Horst (doc, fash, port) * Eric Hosking * Charles Howard (doc) * Robert Howlett Pioneer, 1831–1858 * George Hoyningen-Huene * Henri Huet * Fred Hultstrand * Art Hupy (arch, port) * Frank Hurley * David Hurn * George Hurrell (art, fash) * Philip Hyde (nature, land, art) [edit] I * Tetsuya Ichimura * William H. Illingworth * Jesús Inostroza (doc, art) * Jerry Interval * Walter Iooss * Taikichi Irie (art, doc) * Edith Irvine * Lee Isaacs (abs, adv, art, doc, port) * Johann Baptist Isenring * Yasuhiro Ishimoto (doc, art) * Jules Itier * Mitsuaki Iwagō * Takeji Iwamiya (arch, doc) [edit] J * Bill Jackson * William Henry Jackson * Lotte Jacobi (port) * Bahman Jalali (doc, art) * Russell James * Olof Jarlbro * Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (arch, land) * Jan Töve Johansson * John S. Johnston * Anthony Jones * Charles Jones (food) * Pirkle Jones * Bishin Jumonji [edit] K * Gertrude Käsebier * Clemens Kalischer (doc, art) * Jesse Kalisher * Kameya Tokujirō * Consuelo Kanaga * Nadav Kander * Yousuf Karsh (port) * Nasrollah Kasraian (doc, land) * Rinko Kawauchi * Barry Kay (doc, art) * Seiki Kayamori (doc, ethno) * Kensuke Kazama * Mary Morgan Keipp * Seydou Keïta * Michael Kenna (art, int, land) * Mitch Kern (art, port) * Charles Kerry * André Kertész (doc, land, int, port) * Robert Glenn Ketchum * Carl de Keyzer * Yevgeny Khaldei * Takashi Kijima * Hiroh Kikai (doc, port) * Shunkichi Kikuchi (doc, sci) * Chris Killip * Miru Kim (doc, art, land) * Ihei Kimura (doc, port) * Darius Kinsey * Genzō Kitazumi (art, doc) * William Klein * Stuart Klipper (art, land) * Mattias Klum * Nick Knight * Kiyoshi Koishi * Akira Komoto (art) * Tomio Kondō (doc, port) * Yannis Kontos (doc) * Ad Konings (sci) * Rudolf Koppitz * Alberto Korda * Josef Koudelka * George Krause * Ed Krebs (port) * Barbara Kruger (abs, art, doc) * Motoichi Kumagai (doc) * Yasuo Kuniyoshi * Justine Kurland (art) * Seiji Kurata (doc) * Kusakabe Kimbei * Kineo Kuwabara (doc) * Shisei Kuwabara (doc) [edit] L * David LaChapelle (art, fash) * Vincent Laforet (doc) * Karl Lagerfeld (fash) * Penny Lancaster * Ernst Heinrich Landrock * Inez van Lamsweerde * Dorothea Lange (doc, port) * Frans Lanting * Clarence John Laughlin (art, int, land, port) * Alma Lavenson * Jacques Henri Lartigue (doc) * Russell Lee (doc) * Louis Legrand * Gustave Le Gray * Rudolf Franz Lehnert * Peter Leibing * Annie Leibovitz (art, doc, fash, port) * Neil Leifer * Jacques Leiser * Herman Leonard * Helmar Lerski * Henri Le Secq (arch) * Esther Levine (art) * Sherrie Levine (art, doc) * Helen Levitt (doc, port) * Patrick Lichfield (port) * Jerome Liebling (art) * Peter Lindbergh (fash) * Lawrence Denny Lindsley (land, doc) * O. Winston Link (abs, adv, art, doc, land, inds) * El Lissitzky * Herbert List * Jacqueline Livingston * Harold Lloyd (port) * R. Ian Lloyd * Eugeniusz Lokajski * Alejandro López de Haro (art) * Jet Lowe (arch, doc, port) * Auguste and Louis Lumière * Markéta Luskačová (doc) * Serge Lutens (art, fash) * Loretta Lux (art) * George Platt Lynes (adv, art, doc, fash, port) * Danny Lyon (doc, port) * Darryn Lyons [edit] M * Iain MacMillan * Chema Madoz (art) * Maeda Genzō * Shinzo Maeda * Jay Maisel (adv) * Marianne Majerus * Vassilis Makris * Christopher Makos * Erling Mandelmann * Sally Mann (art, doc, pict, port) * Jonathan Mannion (music, adv, celeb) * Robert Mapplethorpe (art, fash, port) * Fosco Maraini (ethno) * Marcel Mariën * Mary Ellen Mark (doc, port) * Oscar G. Mason (sci) * Willy Matheisl * Spider Martin (doc, port) * Enrico Martino (ethno, land, war) * Margrethe Mather * Susumu Matsushima (fash, port) * Gordon Matta-Clark (art) * Kate Matthews * Alfred Maudslay * Morton D. May * John Jabez Edwin Mayall * Roger Mayne (doc) * Raphael Mazzucco (fashion) * Angus McBean * John McBride * Will McBride (doc, port) * Mary McCartney (port) * Linda McCartney (art, doc, fash) * Don McCullin * Steve McCurry * Glynnis McDaris * Dave McKean * Joseph McKeown (adv, doc, inds, war) * Joe McNally (doc, port) * Laura McPhee * Steven Meisel (art, fash) * Susan Meiselas * Donald Mennie * Enrique Metinides * Pascal Meunier (doc) * Adolf de Meyer * Joel Meyerowitz * Gjon Mili * Lee Miller * Mark Miremont * Mohammadreza Mirzaei (art) * Richard Misrach (abs, art, doc) * Daniel S. Mitchell (doc) * Tōyō Miyatake * Miyazaki Yūhi * Lisette Model * Tina Modotti (art, doc, port) * László Moholy-Nagy (art) * Jean-Baptiste Mondino (fash) * Geoff Moon (birds, nz natural) * Charles Moore (doc, port) * Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (port, art, int) * Raymond Moore (art) * Julie Moos (art, doc, land, port) * Inge Morath * Abelardo Morell * Aizō Morikawa (port) * Daidō Moriyama * Christopher Morris * Wright Morris * David Muench * Ugo Mulas (art, doc, port) * Vik Muniz (abs, art) * Martin Munkácsi (spt, doc, fash) * Isabel Muñoz * Nickolas Muray * Richard Murrian (art) * Eadweard Muybridge (art, doc, land) * Carl Mydans [edit] N * James Nachtwey (doc, war) * Filip Naudts (art, port) * Nadar * Shigeichi Nagano (doc) * Yasushi Nagao (doc) * Billy Name (art, doc, port) * Hans Namuth (portraits of artists) * Ikkō Narahara (art) * Graham Nash (art) * Yōnosuke Natori (doc) * Negretti and Zambra (photographic studio) * Nelly's (Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraïdari) * Helmut Newton (art, fash, port) * Arnold Newman (port) * Dianora Niccolini (art) * Nicéphore Niépce * Lennart Nilsson * Nicholas Nixon (doc, port) * William Notman * Kazimierz Nowak (doc, ethno) * Lee Nye [edit] O * Michael O'Brien * Ogawa Kazumasa * Takashi Okamura * Erwin Olaf (fash, port) * Arthur Omar * Mitsugu Ōnishi * Kōshirō Onchi (art) * Chizu Ono * Catherine Opie * Charles O'Rear * Timothy O'Sullivan * Stephens Orr * Rubén Ortiz Torres (art) * Graham Ovenden * Paul Outerbridge [edit] P * Johannes Pääsuke (doc, ethno) * Charles Page (doc) * Tim Page (war) * Giuseppe Palmas * Basil Pao * John Papillon * Richard Pare * Trent Parke (doc) * Norman Parkinson * Gordon Parks (doc) * Martin Parr (art, doc) * Steve Parish * Robert ParkeHarrison (art) * Freeman Patterson * Dino Pedriali * Irving Penn (art, fash) * Gilles Peress (doc) * Lucian Perkins (doc, war) * Anders Petersen * Bob Peterson (photographer) * John Pezzenti (wildlife) * John Pfahl * Secondo Pia * Jack Pierson (art) * Gueorgui Pinkhassov (doc) * Peter Pitseolak * Sylvia Plachy * Frank Plicka (doc) * David Plowden (doc) * Guglielmo Plüschow * Robert Polidori (arch) * Eliot Porter * Mark Power * Dith Pran * Victor Prevost * Richard Prince * Priya Ramrakha * Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii * Włodzimierz Puchalski * Willy Puchner (art, doc) * Gerald P. Pulley [edit] Q * Altaf Qadri [edit] R * Ragnar Axelsson (doc) * Raghu Rai * Herbert Randall * Rankin (fash) * Paul Raphaelson (art) * Man Ray (art, port) * Tony Ray-Jones (art, doc) * Jahangir Razmi (doc) * David Redfern (music) * Henri-Victor Regnault * H. Reid * Oscar Gustave Rejlander (art, port) * Albert Renger-Patzsch * Carlos Reyes-Manzo (doc) * Bettina Rheims * Marc Riboud (art, doc, int, land) * Michael Richard * Eugene Richards (doc) * Jim Richardson (doc, land) * Terry Richardson (fash, art) * Sophy Rickett * Leni Riefenstahl (doc, int, land, port) * Robert Riger (spt) * Jacob Riis * Frank Rinehart (doc) * Herb Ritts (art, fash, port) * James Roark * Grace Robertson * James Robertson * Ziki Robertson * Henry Peach Robinson (pict) * John V. Robinson (arch, doc, inds) * Thomas C. Roche (doc, war) * Alexandr Rodchenko * George Rodger * José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (art, doc) * Milton Rogovin (doc) * Matthew Rolston * Willy Ronis * Ben Rose (fash, food, port) * Barbara Rosenthal (art, surrealism) * Joe Rosenthal * Martha Rosler * Horatio Ross * Mary Rosse * Pierre Rossier * Arthur Rothstein * Dominic Rouse (art) * Galen Rowell * Johnny Rozsa (celeb, port, fash) * Didier Ruef * Michael Ruetz (art, doc) * Thomas Ruff (art) * Andrew J. Russell [edit] S * Sebastião Salgado (art, doc) * Erich Salomon * Lucas Samaras * Arnold E. Samuelson (war) * August Sander * Akira Satō (art, fash) * Kōji Satō * Tokihiro Satō (art) * Jan Saudek (art, port) * William Saunders * Charles Roscoe Savage * Francesco Scavullo (art, fash) * Jürgen Schadeberg * Rocky Schenck (art) * Bill Schwab (art) * John Schwartz * Arthur E. Scott * Ignác Šechtl * Josef Jindřich Šechtl * Stéphane Sednaoui (adv, art, fash) * Allan Sekula * Mark Seliger (port) * Vittorio Sella (land) * Andres Serrano (art, doc, port) * Masato Seto (doc) * John Sexton * David Seymour * Charles Sheeler * Bob Shell * Charles Shepherd * Cindy Sherman (art, doc, port) * Stewart Shining (fashion) * Kishin Shinoyama * Mieko Shiomi * Stephen Shore * John Shuptrine * Malick Sidibé * Katharina Sieverding * Jeanloup Sieff * Wolfgang Sievers (arch, ind) * Steven Siewert (art, doc) * Floria Sigismondi (art) * Roman Signer * Jakob Sildnik * Marilyn Silverstone * Lorna Simpson (art) * Aaron Siskind * Natalia Skobeeva (art, fashion) * Sandy Skoglund (art, doc) * Moneta Sleet Jr. * Victor Sloan (art) * Rick Smolan * Edwin Smith (arch, int, land) * Graham Smith * Mickey Smith (artist) * Pennie Smith * W. Eugene Smith (doc) * Snowdon (port) * Melvin Sokolsky (art, fash, adv) * Frederick Sommer * Giorgio Sommer * Alec Soth (art, doc, land, port) * Pete Souza * Albert Spaggiari * Jack Spencer (art, doc, int, land) * Humphrey Spender (doc) * Christine Spengler (war) * Melissa Springer (art, doc, port) * Vytautas Stanionis * Andrew Stark (art, doc) * Chris Steele-Perkins (doc) * Edward Steichen (art, land, pict, port) * Ralph Steiner * Joel Sternfeld (doc) * Louis Stettner * David Stewart (art, adv) * Charles Settrington (land) * Alfred Stieglitz (art, port) * Baron Raimund von Stillfried * Stillfried & Andersen (photographic studio) * Nellie Stockbridge(doc) * Ezra Stoller * Kęstutis Stoškus * Paul Strand (art) * Zoe Strauss (art) * Thomas Struth (art, doc) * Roy Stuart * Jock Sturges (art, port) * Anthony Suau (doc, war) * Issei Suda (art) * Josef Sudek (art, pict) * Hiroshi Sugimoto (art, doc, port) * Francis Meadow Sutcliffe * Antanas Sutkus * Kenneth Dupee Swan (land) * John Szarkowski (doc) [edit] T * I. W. Taber * Kaietsu Takagi * Yutaka Takanashi * Masataka Takayama (abs, art) * William Fox Talbot * Tamamura Kozaburō * Akihide Tamura (aka Shigeru Tamura) * Sakae Tamura (art, port) * Sakae Tamura (sci) * Shigeru Tamura (not Akihide Tamura) * Kōtarō Tanaka * Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle) (doc) * Henry Taunt (land) * John Bigelow Taylor (arch, art, port) * Maggie Taylor (art) * Sam Taylor-Wood (art, doc, port) * Joyce Tenneson * Anya Teixeira * Juergen Teller (fash) * Teo Bee Yen * Mario Testino * Peter Thomann (doc) * Warren T. Thompson * John Thomson * Nicolas Tikhomiroff * Wolfgang Tillmans (abs, art, land) * Herbert Tobias * Shōmei Tōmatsu (art, doc) * Tomishige Rihei * Akira Toriyama (land, pict) * Oliviero Toscani * Larry Towell * Barbara Traub * Bill Travis (art, port) * Eric Treacy * Arthur Tress (art, fash, port) * Linnaeus Tripe * John Trobaugh (art, doc, port) * Olegas Truchanas * Thomas Tulis (art, doc, inds, land, port) * Spencer Tunick (art, doc, fash, port) * David C. Turnley (doc) * Peter Turnley (doc) [edit] U * Uchida Kuichi * Shōji Ueda * Noboru Ueki * Jerry Uelsmann (art, land, port) * Ueno Hikoma * Ukai Gyokusen * Brian Ulrich (art, doc) * Doris Ulmann * Ellen von Unwerth * Kaoru Usui (doc) * Huynh Cong Ut [edit] V * John Vachon (arch, doc, port) * Max Vadukul * James Valentine * James Van Der Zee * Carl Van Vechten * Kathy Vargas * John Veltri * Kiino Villand * Roman Vishniac * Massimo Vitali [edit] W * Bob Walker * Jeff Wall * Ian Wallace (land) * Chris von Wangenheim (fash) * Nick Waplington * Andy Warhol (art, doc, fash, port) * Waswo X. Waswo (art, port) * Hiroshi Watanabe (port) * Carleton Watkins * Albert Watson * Bruce Weber (art, doc, fash) * Weegee (abs, art, doc) * Carrie Mae Weems * William Wegman * Eudora Welty * Henry Wessel, Jr. * Brett Weston (art, port) * Cole Weston (art, port) * Edward Weston (art, pict, port) * Kim Weston * John H. White (doc) * Minor White (art, land) * Jeff Widener * Hannah Wilke (art, port) * Christopher Williams * Michael Williamson * Deborah Willis (art) * Charles Paul Wilp (adv) * Laura Wilson * George Washington Wilson * Kathryn Tucker Windham (doc) * Garry Winogrand (art, land) * Ernest Withers (doc) * Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz * Joel-Peter Witkin (art, doc, port) * Michael Wolf * Art Wolfe * Brian Wood (art) * Walter B. Woodbury * Francesca Woodman (art) * Don Worth (land, botanical) * Otto Wunderlich * Donovan Wylie [edit] X [edit] Y * Lorna Yabsley (port) * Alfred Yaghobzadeh * Hiroshi Yamazaki * Nakaji Yasui * Bunny Yeager * Yevonde * Yokoyama Matsusaburō * Kohei Yoshiyuki (doc) * Paul Yule [edit] Z * Jerome Zerbe (art, doc, fash, war) * David Drew Zingg * Ron L. Zheng (abs, art) * Fred Zinn (aer) * Stanislovas Žvirgždas See also * Fetish photographer * Fine art photography * Glamour photographer * Macro photography * Magnum Photos * Norwegian photographers * Photograph * Photographers of the erotic male * New Zealand photography * Photography * Photojournalism * Photojournalists * Pictorialism * Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography * Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography * Wedding photography * Women in photography * Wikipedian Photographers Wedding photography From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search White-wedding-dress.jpg Wedding photography is the photography of activities relating to weddings. It encompasses photographs of the couple before marriage (for announcements, portrait displays, or thank you cards) as well as coverage of the wedding and reception (sometimes referred to as the wedding breakfast in non-US countries). It is a major commercial endeavor that supports the bulk of the efforts for many photography studios or independent photographers. Large format camera lens.jpg Photography portal A 1942 wedding with bride in traditional long white wedding dress. Like the technology of photography itself, the practice of wedding photography has evolved and grown since the invention of the photographic art form in 1826 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. In fact, an early photograph, recorded some 14 years after the fact, may be a recreation for the camera of the 1840 wedding of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert. However, in the early days of photography, most couples of more humble means did not hire a photographer to record the actual wedding itself. Until the later half of the 19th century, most people didn’t pose for formal wedding photos during the wedding. Rather, they might pose for a formal photo in their best clotthhes before or after a wedding. In the late 1860s, more couples started posing in their wedding clothes or sometimes hired a photographer to come to the wedding venue. (See the gallery at White wedding.) Due to the nature of the bulky equipment and lighting issues, wedding photography was largely a studio practice for most of the late 1800s. Over time, technology improved, but many couples still might only pose for a single wedding portrait. Wedding albums started becoming more commonplace towards the 1880s, and the photographer would sometimes include the wedding party in the photographs. Often the wedding gifts would be laid out and recorded in the photographs as well.[1] At the beginning of the 20th century, color photography became available, but was still unreliable and expensive, so most wedding photography was still practiced in black and white. The concept of capturing the wedding "event" came about after the Second World War. Using film roll technology and improved lighting techniques available with the invention of the compact flash bulb, photographers would often show up at a wedding and try to sell the photos later. Despite the initial low quality photographs that often resulted, the competition forced the studio photographers to start working on location. Initially, professional studio photographers might bring a lot of bulky equipment, thus limiting their ability to record the entire event. Even "candid" photos were more often staged after the ceremony. In the 1970s, the more modern approach to recording the entire wedding event started evolving into the practice as we know it today.[2] Contents * 1 Technology * 2 Approaches * 3 Albums, prints, and other products * 4 Profession * 5 Professional organizations * 6 See also * 7 References Technology Here, a wedding photographer rehearses taking a wedding photo using her assistant as a model. The veil was deliberately placed in position by the photographer. During the film era, photographers favored color negative film and medium-format cameras, especially by Hasselblad. Today, many more weddings are photographed with digital SLR cameras as the digital convenience provides quick detection of lighting mistakes and allows creative approaches to be reviewed immediately. In spite of diminishing film use, some photographers continue to shoot with film as they prefer the film aesthetic, and others are of the opinion that negative film captures more information than digital technology, and has less margin for exposure error. Certainly true in some cases, it should be noted that exposure latitude inherent in a camera's native RAW image format (which allows for more under- and over- exposure than JPEG[3]) varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. All forms of RAW have a degree of exposure latitude which exceeds slide film - to which digital capture is commonly compared.[citation needed] Currently, it is fair to say that many professional labs have a greater capacity to provide services in post-production for film compared with digital[citation needed], such as quickly generating adequate prints in the event of some over- or under- exposure. This should change over time, with manufacturers like Kodak announcing a commitment to further develop streamlined services in the area of professional digital lab output. Technology has evolved with the use of remote triggers and flashes. Wedding photographers are now able to take advantage of traveling light and having the ability to use creative lighting. Approaches This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please improve the article by adding references. See the talk page for details. (December 2007) Bride & groom in a park, posing in photojournalistic style. A photojournalistic wedding image capturing the drama of the moment. There are two primary approaches to wedding photography that are recognized today: Traditional and Photojournalistic. Traditional wedding photography provides for more classically posed images and a great deal of photographer control and interaction on the day of the wedding. Photojournalistic wedding photography takes its cue from editorial reporting styles and focuses more on candid and unposed images with little photographer interaction. These are two extremes and many of today's photographers will fall somewhere in the middle of these two styles. A third style that is becoming more popular is a fashion-based approach. In contemporary/fashion-based wedding photography, photojournalistic images of the events of the day are combined with posed images that are inspired by editorial fashion photography as would be found in magazines like Vogue or Vanity Fair. A fourth style that is popular in Asian countries, especially in China, is wedding studio photography(Chinese: 婚纱摄影; pinyin: hūn shā shè yǐng). Typically, couples will select a studio in a similar manner as western couples select a wedding photographer. They will then make an appointment with the studio for either in-studio or location shoot, which is becoming popular in recent years, to do "glamour wedding shots". In attendance will be a hair stylist and make-up artist in addition to the photographer and the couple. The couple will go through many changes of clothing and backgrounds in a similar manner to the fashion based approach. A bride arriving at the venue, with her father also in the car. The black and white texture, together with her expression, and the composition of the photograph make for a picture that evokes some of the emotion from the day. The term contemporary wedding photography is used to describe wedding photography that is not of a traditional nature. The emphasis in contemporary photography is to capture the story and atmosphere from the day, so the viewer has an appreciation of what the wedding was like, rather than a series of pre-determined poses. This term can be mistaken for meaning any photograph that is not posed or formal. The advent and advancement of digital cameras (and increased use of the internet) means that many people can offer their services as a wedding photographer, but contemporary wedding photography is more than taking informal photographs and involves the use of composition, lighting, and timing to capture photographs that have a strong visual appeal. There is some uncertainty over what constitutes contemporary and how this differs from other forms of wedding photography. The PSA Journal, March 1994, records a debate on this subject.[4]. This highlights the difficulty with the word contemporary when defining photographic expression, as some feel this term is not sufficiently defined. For example, is photojournalism contemporary or is it different? Photojournalism is easier to define, as the term infers the photography is by its nature similar to journalism, where the emphasis is upon reporting and recording events in a newsworthy manner, whereas contemporary may include an element of photojournalism but is not exclusively that style of photography. However, the landscape of Wedding Photography has constantly evolved, it is a creative discipline and those proponents at the leading edge of the industry are constantly feeding new ideas into the photographic community. As a result trends[5] will develop, mostly based around the core elements discussed. Some will be transitory while others will remain a traditional part. Albums, prints, and other products A contemporary wedding photographer will usually provide some or all of the following: * Indoor photography at a church, temple, or other private venue during the ceremony and reception. * Outdoor photography (often at a park, beach, or scenic location on the day of the wedding and/or for engagement photos). * Both posed and candid (photojournalistic) shots of the wedding couple and their guests at the religious or civil ceremony, and the reception that follows. * Formal portraiture in the studio (for either the wedding and/or the engagement photos). * Digital services, such as digital prints or slides shows. * Albums (either traditional or the more contemporary flush mount type of album). A sample two-page spread from a contemporary flush mount wedding album. The range of deliverables that a wedding photographer presents is varied. There is no standard as to what is included in a wedding coverage or package, so products vary regionally and from across photographers, as do the number of images provided. Most photographers provide a set of proofs (usually unretouched, edited images) for the clients to view. Photographers may provide hard copy proofs in the form of 4x5 or 4x6 prints, a "magazine" of images with thumbnail sized pictures on multiple pages, an online proof gallery, images on CD or DVD in the form of a gallery or a slideshow, or a combination of the above. Some photographers provide these proofs for the client to keep, and some photographers require the client to make final print choices from the proofs and then return them or purchase them at an additional cost. There are a wide variety of albums and manufacturers available, and photographers may provide traditional matted albums, digitally designed "coffee table" albums, contemporary flush mount albums, hardbound books, scrapbook style albums, or a combination of any of the above. Albums may be included as part of a pre-purchased package, or they may be added as an after-wedding purchase. Not all photographers provide albums; some may prefer to provide prints and/or files and let clients make their own albums. Most photographers allow clients to purchase additional prints for themselves or their families. Many photographers now provide online sales either through galleries located on their own websites or through partnerships with other vendors. Those vendors typically host the images and provide the back end sales mechanism for the photographer; the photographer sets his or her own prices and the vendor takes a commission or charges a flat fee. Some photographers are also including high resolution files in their packages. These photographers allow their clients limited rights to reproduce the images for their personal use, while retaining the copyright. Not all photographers release files and those who do will most likely charge a premium for them, since releasing files means giving up any after wedding print or album sales for the most part. Photographers who do not retain copyright of the images often charge more for their services. In these cases the photographer provides the client with the digital images as part of the wedding package. The client then has unrestricted use of the images and can print any that they may desire. Profession This section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please improve the article by adding references. See the talk page for details. (November 2007) A bride and groom are posed for this location shot using available lighting during the pre-twilight moments of the day due to the desirable soft lighting effects. The wedding photography industry is home to some of the most respected names within the photography industry, some of whom were listed in PopPhoto's Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World.[6] These figures represent the historical rise of wedding photojournalism, fashion, couture-style portraits, and all digital work-flow. As a wedding is a one-time event, the photographer must be prepared for the unexpected. Shooting a wedding is both exhausting and invigorating as the photographer is constantly looking for good angles and opportunities for candid shots. Communication and planning time-lines before the event will alleviate many of the stresses associated with photographing a wedding. The ability to tactfully take charge also helps - particularly when photographing large groups or families - a common expectation after the ceremony. Having a run list with all of the expected shots is also a useful tool. A photographer may work with an assistant who can carry equipment, arrange guests, and assist with clothing adjustments or holding of reflectors. Some wedding photographers have an office or studio which can double as a retail photography studio. In bigger cities, one might find dedicated wedding studios that only shoot weddings and may have large studios equipped with make-up and hair, and gowns ready for the bride to wear. Other wedding photographers work out of a home studio, preferring to photograph on location. Professional organizations Organizations such as the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) and Wedding Photojournalist Association(WPJA)support the art and business of wedding photography. Standards and requirements for professional organizations vary, but membership often indicates a photographer is insured (if they should lose or ruin a large number of images, they can compensate such errors for their clients). Professional organizations offer training, professional competition, and support to members, as well as directory services to help with marketing. See also * Indian wedding photography * Wedding planner en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_photography flic.kr/p/7do1CE

Wymondham -WW2 1939-1945 - Cornerstone 2 by Moominpappa06

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E F Drew- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: DREW, EDGAR FREDERICK

Rank: Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 7 Sqdn.

Age: 27 Date of Death: 25/08/1941 Service No: 46121

Additional information: Son of Frederick and Violet Harriet Drew, of Silfield, Wymondham, Norfolk.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 8. F. 6-9. Cemetery: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2042970

Stirling N6020 Information

Type......................................................Stirling

Serial Number....................................N6020

Squadron.............................................7

X1D.......................................................MG-B

Operation............................................Karlsruhe

Date 1..................................................25th August 1941

Date 2..................................................26th August 1941

Further Information

"Serial Range N6000 - N6049. 50 Stirling Mk.1. Delivered to Wyton 29Apr 41, to No.7 Sqdn 5 May 41. Total Flying Hours 88.10. Airborne 2102 25Aug41 from Oakington. Crashed at Trier, Germany, due to a combination of battle damage and adverse weather. Those killed are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery.

F/O K.O.Blunden KIA

P/O J.D.Wright KIA

Sgt G.Nicholson KIA

Sgt J.D.Edworthy RCAF KIA

Sgt W.E.Allan RCAF KIA

P/O E.F.Drew KIA

Sgt D.A.Lloyd PoW Sgt D.A.Lloyd was interned in Camps 8B/L3/L6/357, PoW No.23610. "

www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=690

There are no Stirlings claimed as shot down in the Luftwaffe records for this period.

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*A G J Dove- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: DOVE, ALAN GILBERT JOHN

Rank: Convoy Signalman Regiment/Service: Royal Navy Unit Text: H.M.S. President III

Date of Death: 22/01/1943 Service No: C/JX 309935

Grave/Memorial Reference: 70, 3. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2466830

The HMS President III was a home ship for many Royal Naval Personnel who were actually assigned to Merchantmen and other non-RN craft. In Alan Dove’s case this was the SS St Sunniva, a pre-war luxury ocean going yacht that was requisitioned by the Navy and was being used as a Convoy Rescue ship.

The winter of 1942/1943 was one of the harshest in living memory. SS St Sunniva had an uneventful journey out with convoy ON158 from the Clyde, heading for Nova Scotia. She was last heard of on the 21st January on the approach to Labrador. Her final fate is not known, but it is surmised that a sudden build up of ice caused her to become top heavy, and she turned turtle. There were no survivors.

archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Mariners/2005-01/1...

St Sunniva, steamship

ANDERSON, Douglas, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 312619, (President III, O/P), MPK

BARLOW, Albert W, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 335076, (President III, O/P), MPK

CALLAGHAN, Bernard, Gunner, RA, 1821370, (7/4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

CHRISTER, Robert E W, Sick Berth Attendant (DEMS), C/MX 109355, (President III, O/P), MPK

COOK, William, Gunner, RA, 1826034, (7/4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

DAVIES, Claude M, Ty/Py/Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR, (Spartiate, O/P), killed

DOVE, Alan G J, Convoy Signalman, C/JX 309935, (President III, O/P), MPK

HAWKRIDGE, William L, Sick Berth Attendant, C/MX 109227, (President III, O/P), MPK

HOGAN, John J, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 345350, (President III, O/P), MPK

HOWE, John H, Gunner, RA, 1754676, (7/4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

LINDSAY, David P, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 249698, (President III, O/P), MPK

MCINERNEY, Joseph J, Gunner, RA, 1821351, (7/4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

MORLEY, Richard W, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman (DEM), C/JX 201866, (President III, O/P), MPK

PEAD, Henry D, Lance Bombardier, RA, 6968723, (7/4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

RALPH, Gerald G, Bombardier, RA, 4755362, (7/4 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

WAKELING, John E, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 339510, (President III, O/P), MPK

WHITE, Robert, Convoy Signalman, C/JX 269287, (President III, O/P), MPK

www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1943-01JAN.htm

Another report lists 64 souls on board, presumably from the merchant marine.

archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Mariners/2005-01/1...

www.aberdeenquest.com/Play/LookandPlay/StSunnivaII/StSunn...

shetlopedia.com/St_Sunniva_(II)

www.simplonpc.co.uk/NorthCo/StSunniva1931_03.jpg

I suspect this is Alan brother as he mentions he had a brother who served 18 months on the Russian Convoys before going down with his ship

www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/02/a3880802.shtml

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C F Douglas- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: DOUGLAS, COLIN FREDERICK

Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 605 Sqdn.

Date of Death: 25/11/1942 Service No: 1294625

Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 418. Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1814442

One of many from Norfolk who died in Japanese PoW camps

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F J G Elvin- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: ELVIN, FREDERICK JAMES GEORGE

Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 4th Bn.

Age: 21 Date of Death: 15/02/1942 Service No: 5775120

Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 50. Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=4018597

www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Regiments/Royal_Norfolk_Regimen...

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F G Forster- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: FORSTER, FREDERICK GEORGE

Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps Age: 21

Date of Death: 26/09/1945 Service No: T/14770444

Additional information: Son of James Ernest and Mabel Gertrude Forster, of Wymondham, Norfolk.

Grave/Memorial Reference: 26. E. 17. Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2085556

One of many from Norfolk who died in Japanese PoW camps

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K F Fowler- also on Abbey Roll of Honour,

Name: FOWLER, KENNETH FREDERICK

Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Age: 19 Date of Death: 31/10/1942 Service No: 1450295

Additional information: Son of Frederick Alomis Fowler and Rose Gwendoline Fowler, of Wymondham.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 3. Grave 465. Cemetery: WYMONDHAM CEMETERY

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J C Hall- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: HALL, JOHN CHARLES

Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 15 Sqdn.

Age: 24 Date of Death: 18/05/1942 Service No: 41693 Awards: D F C, Mentioned in Despatches

Additional information: Son of William Salkeld Hall and Dorothy Mary Hall, of Wymondham, Norfolk.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave BD. 382. Cemetery: ODENSE (ASSISTENS) CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2271434

Stirling W7531 Information

Type....................................................Stirling

Serial Number..................................W7531

Squadron..........................................15

X1D.....................................................LS-F

Operation.........................................Gardening

Date 1...............................................17th May 1942

Date 2...............................................18th May 1942

Further Information

"Serial Range W7500 - W7539. 40 Stirling Mk.1. Delivered to No.15 Sqdn 2 May 42. This aircraft was the second Stirling to be named 'MacRobert's Reply', the first one was N6086 which was damaged on take off from Lossiemouth by hitting a Spitfire 'which shouldn't have been there' (quote from Sgt Jeffs). The Spitfire pilot was killed, which caused a considerable amount of distress to the crew (Captain S/Ldr P.Boggis)

Airborne 2140 17 May 42 from Wyton to lay mines in the Danish Sound (Carrots Region). Hit by Marine Flak in the target area and a port engine caught fire. Shortly afterwards, the Stirling flew over the Little Belt Bridge, again coming under sustained ground fire, which sent the bomber down at 0210 into a wooded area at Galsklint, 2 km W of Middelfart, Denmark. Sgt Jeffs was thrown out on impact and was taken into captivity, severely injured. Sgt Maycock has no known grave, but the rest of the crew killed were buried 21 May 42 in Odense Cemetery.

F/L Booth was a not a member of 15 Sqdn. He had been visiting Wyton and, on impulse, had asked to join the crew. F/O Ryan was a New Zealander serving in the RCAF.

S/L J.C.Hall DFC MiD KIA

F/L N.G.R.Booth (guest) KIA

Sgt A.Spriggs KIA

F/O J.P.Ryan RCAF KIA

Sgt R.Maycock KIA

Sgt J.B.Butterworth KIA

Sgt F.L.Sharp KIA

Sgt D.J.Jeffs PoW

Sgt R.Nicholson KIA

Mr Philip Jeffs, son of the lone survivor, offers the following illuminating information. Sgt Maycock is now also buried in Odense Cemetery, and a new headstone laid in 1999 marks the spot. His family now live in Australia and are aware of the burial of his remains. F/Lt Booth was assigned to W7531 for that flight, not as a guest on impulse, but as an official observer of the new GEE Radar System. The rest of the crew were forbidden to talk about this late entry. It appears that there was some resentment from the regular crewmen about having an RAF Observer on board, especially as a 'second' pilot. John 'Buck' Ryan was a New Zealander who went to Canada to join the RCAF, and was appointed to the 'The Reply' due to his Navigation and Radar skills. Sgt D.J.Jeffs was interned in Camps 8B/344, PoW No.24967."

www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=11118

Stirling I W7531 shot down by flak at Galsklint on 18/5 1942.

The Stirling belonged to RAF 15 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded LS-F.

T/o 21:40 Wyton OP: Gardening Daffodil (South entrance to Øresund)

When W7531 was ready to drop mines in the southern entrance to Øresund, it was hit by flak from several ships, as well as from shore batteries.

Fires broke out and Pilot Sqn Ldr. John Hall DFC turned due west, while the crew battled the fires. When W7531 passed the Lille Bælt Bridge it was hit several times by flak from 3.lei Flak Abt. 844 II and IV Zug. At 02:10 hours W7531 crashed in the Forrest on Gals Klint , approximately 2 km to the west of Middelfart.

When the Stirling hit the ground, one of the remaining mines onboard exploded and the plane was totally wrecked.

Only W/Op Sgt Donald Jeffs survived the crash and the explosion, severely wounded. He was by the German Wehrmacht brought to the German Lazarett in Fredericia, and later on to the lazarett in Rendsburg. When he had recovered from his wounds, he was sent to Stalag VIIIB / 344 Lamsdorf.

The rest of the crew who apart from Sqn Ldr Hall consisted of Pilot F/Lt Neville G.R.Booth, Navigator F/O John P.Ryan RCAF, Air Gnr. Sgt John B. Butterworth, Air Gnr. Sgt Robert Nicholson, Air Gnr. Frank L. Sharp, Observer Sgt Ronald Maycock and Flt. Engr. Sgt Anthony Spriggs all perished.

The bodies were severely mutilated,and on 21/5 at 07:00 hours what was believed to be six crewmembers were laid to rest in a common grave in the Assistens cemetery in Odense.

The ceremony was performed by the German army chaplain Vorrath with full military honuors. Also participating were several Danish and German officers. The missing crewmember was Sgt Ronald Maycock.

In 1999 a group of people from Odense had worked their way through reports and testimonies dating back from May 1943 and had collected enough evidence to be able to convince The Commonwealth War Graves Commission that Maycock actually had been buried with his comrades on 21/5 1942. On 10/5 1999 a ceremony was held at the cemetery and a headstone with Maycocks name on it was unveiled.

After the war a memorial stone was raised on the spot where W7531 crashed. Every year on 5/5 on the day of the liberation of Denmark a ceremony is held on the site.

(There is also pictures of Jeffs and Sharp)

www.flensted.eu.com/194227.shtml

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W J P Haylett- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: HAYLETT, WILLIAM JOHN PATRICK

Rank: Corporal Regiment/Service: Royal Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 5th Bn.

Age: 26 Date of Death: 18/09/1944 Service No: 5775353

Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 48. Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2133472

One of many from Norfolk who died in Japanese PoW camps

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W E Holmes- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: HOLMES, WILLIAM ERNEST

Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 4th Bn.

Age: 23 Date of Death: 11/02/1942 Service No: 5774338

Additional information: Son of Ernest Daniel and Jane Agnes Holmes, of Wymondham, Norfolk.

Memorial Reference: Column 51. Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2133793

William was to die during the final days of the Fall of Singapore, and like so many, has no known grave.

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R J Howes- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Possibly

Name: HOWES, RAYMOND JOHN

Rank: Private Regiment/Service: South Wales Borderers Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Age: 19 Date of Death: 11/08/1944 Service No: 14675789

Grave/Memorial Reference: XXII. A. 2. Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2326766

Less Likely is

Name: HOWES, RAYMOND DOUGLAS

Rank: Private Regiment/Service: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Unit Text: 1st Bn.

Age: 28 Date of Death: 28/02/1944 Service No: 5771965

Additional information: Son of George and Beatrice Elizabeth Howes, of Sculthorpe, Norfolk.

Grave/Memorial Reference: III, H, 1. Cemetery: ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2048841

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F Lain- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Either

Name: LAIN, FREDERICK NORMAN

Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn. The Hertfordshire Regt.

Age: 30 Date of Death: 18/09/1944 Service No: 5778211

Additional information: Son of Frederick and Lucy Lain; husband of Kathleen Kate Lain. Grave/Memorial Reference: XIX, G, 5. Cemetery: CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2635743

Or

Name: LAIN, FREDERICK CHARLES

Rank: Lance Serjeant Regiment/Service: Grenadier Guards Unit Text: 3rd Bn.

Age: 30 Date of Death: 02/05/1940 Service No: 768990

Additional information: Son of Frederick Archibald and Alice Lain, of Watford; husband of Doris Mildred Lain, of Watford.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Cons. Grave 569. Cemetery: WATFORD NORTH CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2933221

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R J Leeder- also on Abbey Roll of Honour

Name: LEEDER, ROBERT JOHN CHARLES

Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.

Age: 18 Date of Death: 06/06/1944 Service No: 14646610

Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. A. 5. Cemetery: HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2337265

The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The village of Hermanville lay behind Sword beach and was occupied early on 6 June by men of the South Lancashire regiment. Later the same day, the Shropshire Light Infantry supported by the armour of the Staffordshire Yeomanry managed to reach and hold Bieville-Benville, four kilometres to the south of Hermanville. Many of those buried in Hermanville War Cemetery died on 6 June or during the first days of the drive towards Caen. The cemetery contains 1,003 Second World War burials, 103 of them unidentified

www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=203300...

A personal narrative of an NCO from the 1st Battalion involved in the D Day landings can be read here.

www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/39/a2691939.shtml

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K B Howlett

Name: HOWLETT, KENNETH BASIL

Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn.

Age: 19 Date of Death: 16/03/1945 Service No: 14631679

Additional information: Son of William and Annie Howlett.

Grave/Memorial Reference: 17. J. 21. Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2086271

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Fandry

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Film Poster

Directed byNagraj Manjule

Produced byNavalakha Arts

Holy Basil Productions

Screenplay byNagraj Manjule

StarringKishor Kadam

Somnath Avghade

Chhaya Kadam

Rajeshwari Kharat

Nagraj Manjule

Music byAloknanda Dasgupta

CinematographyVikram Amladi

Editing byChandan Arora

Distributed byReliance Media Works

Zee Entertainment

Release dates

17 October 2013 (MIFF)

14 February 2014 (India)

Running time104 minutes

Fandry is a 2013 Indian Marathi language film. The story focuses on a romance amidst caste discrimination, and was written and directed by Nagraj Manjule. It stars Somnath Avghade and Rajshree Kharat as the eponymous leads. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Mumbai International Film Festival.[1] The film released theatrically on Valentine's Day February 14, 2014.[2]

The film was praised at the Mumbai International Film Festival and was subsequently picked up by Zee Entertainment for distribution rights in Maharashtra in 125 to 150 screens. Vivek Kajaria, who produced the film along with Nilesh Navalakha, said "Fandry is one of the most awaited films of recent times and we have decided to go very strong on our marketing. Our partnership with Zee Entertainment has helped us a lot. We are trying our best to give it a wide release and hoping that the word-of-mouth will help us grow. Then it’s up to the audiences really."

The film released allover Maharashtra on 14th February, 2014[3] and its going to release in Gujrat, Madhyapradesh and Goa along with 12 states in INDIA on 28th February 2014 [4]

Awards and festivals[edit]

Official Selections:[5]

Mumbai International Film Festival (Winner: Grand Jury Prize of the Festival)

BFI London Film Festival

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

International Children's Film Festival of India

International Film Festival of India

Göteborg International Film Festival[6]

Pune International Film Festival (Winner: Best Film, Best Film(Audience), Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor)[7]

International Federation of Film Critics (Winner: The Best Indian Film of Year 2013 - the FIPRESCI India-Film Critics Award for ‘Fandry’ at the 6th Bengaluru International Film Festival)[8]

Dharamshala International Film Festival[9]

International Film Festival of Kerala [

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Green eggs with ham: deviled eggs with homemade basil pesto and a crispy prosciutto "cracker"

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20140920Diaconate_gm103 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

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Boston, MA (September 20, 2014) -- Cardinal Seán O’Malley ordained thirteen men to the Order of Deacon at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Photos by George Martell - Boston Catholic Development Services.

Cardinal Seán said, “Through the grace of God, these thirteen men of faith have been called to serve the Church as deacons. Each brings his unique gifts to their ministry and we welcome them as brothers in Christ. We are grateful to their loved ones, especially their wives and families, for their love, support and encouragement as our new deacons have prepared themselves for this lifelong commitment to the Church.”

Deacon Dan Burns, Director of Permanent Diaconate Formation, said, “Representing the diversity of the Archdiocese this class includes four candidates from the Hispanic community, one from the Brazilian community, and one from the Vietnamese community. The richness of the cultural and spiritual lives of these men and their families will bring great gifts to our parish collaboratives in the days and years ahead.”

Francis Burke

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Francis Burke and his wife of 27 years, Joanne, are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria parish in Westford. The Burke’s have two children, Laura and David (DJ). Fran recently retired from a career in high tech and is currently pursuing degree in Theology at the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization and also a certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreat Leadership at Creighton University. Fran Burke and Joanne have worked with the ACTS Retreat group at St. Catherine’s for the last 6 years. Fran was called to the diaconate by the opportunity to serve others. Fran hopes to continue his ministry focused on serving the poor and homeless. Fran will be assigned to St. Mary Parish in Chelmsford and to the Diaconate Formation Office following ordination.

Michael Curren

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Michael Curren and his wife Paula are members of St. Agnes Parish in Reading, MA. Mike and Paula have three children: Brenna is a teacher in Burlington, Maura is an administrative manager at Children’s Hospital, and Timothy is a Greek Orthodox priest at St. Vasilios Parish in Peabody. Father Timothy is married to Dr. Nijmeh Hodaly Curren of Beit Jala, Palestine. Mike started his secular career as a social worker and currently works in non-profit administration as a Senior Vice President for the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in Wellesley. Mike spent time at the Carmelite Junior Seminary in Hamilton, MA and the Carmelite Seminary at Marquette University before discerning that he was called to marriage and family life. Mike continued to be drawn to a life of service in the Church through parish ministries and leadership, eventually being called to consider the diaconate as a vocation through the encouragement and inspiration of many priests and deacons in his life. Mike will serve at St. Augustine Parish in Andover and the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

William C. Dwyer

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William C. Dwyer and his wife Jeane currently reside in Merrimack NH and are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Westford. They have three grown children – Patrick and his bride Erin, Timothy and Meghan. Bill’s secular career has been in accounting and finance for both large and small companies. Living his Cursillo weekend was a springboard to a deeper relationship with the Lord. He heard a call to the diaconate during the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and has learned from Fr. Lawrence Porter that “the closer one gets to the God of the Bible, the further he sends you out”. Bill’s hope is to continue being active in prison ministry. Bill will be assigned to St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Westford, St. Anne Parish in Littleton, and to the Pro-Life and Respect Life Office following ordination.

George Escotto

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George Escotto and his wife Maria are members of St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence. They have been married for 22 years and have been blessed with a daughter, Lesly, who is a student at Northern Essex Community College. George received his call to the diaconate through a personal encounter with God during a Cursillo retreat. George works in a Nursing Home as a custodian where he has the daily opportunity to be the presence of Christ to those who live there: “I feel like I am living a ministry here and seeing Christ in every one of the people who live in the Nursing Home every day.” George will be assigned to St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence and to Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Edward S. Giordano

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Edward S. Giordano and his wife Carol live in Stoneham and are members of St. Patrick Parish. Carol and Ed have two adult children, Mary and Matthew, and a daughter-in-law Jamie. Ed is the Director of Engineering at C.L. Hauthaway in Lynn. Ed has had wonderful Deacon Mentors at St. Patrick Parish and his first exposure to the Permanent Diaconate was at the Incarnation Parish in Melrose where both of his children were baptized by Permanent Deacons. At the Incarnation Parish Deacon Jack Wise gave Ed his first inspiration of the gift of the vocation and ministry of the Permanent Deacon. Ed feels his four years of academic study and spiritual formation have been a blessing that has allowed him to grown closer to our loving, kind, and merciful Lord, Jesus Christ. Ed hopes that he will serve Jesus and the people of God with that same love and compassion. Following ordination Ed will be assigned to St. Barbara Parish in Woburn and to Campus Ministry Office.

Chuck Hall

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Chuck Hall and his wife Mary live in Rowley and worship at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Ipswich. Chuck has been a sheet metal mechanic, machinist, singer-songwriter, radio personality and software engineer. He continues an active musical life as a song writer and in producing audiobooks, including a reading of Chesterton’s “St. Francis of Assisi.” His most recent audio work was the narration of a documentary film on the life Fr. James Alberione, the founder of the Daughters of St. Paul. Chuck’s faith journey began 1971 with a dramatic encounter with Christ that led him out of the 1960’s counterculture and into evangelical and fundamentalist circles, before becoming a dedicated Reformed Presbyterian. His journey brought him to the Catholic Church in 2006, when he attended his first Mass. He was received into the Catholic Church in 2008. Chuck heard a call to the diaconate as he volunteered in hospitals and led a prayer ministry in his home parish. His parish priest encouraged him to consider a diaconate vocation and he entered formation with the understanding that the Holy Spirit could re-direct his journey at any time. The journey was never re-directed, however, and his calling became clearer as formation progressed. Chuck has been influenced greatly by the writings of G. K. Chesterton and the life and ministry of Pope Saint John Paul II. Shortly after being received into the Church, he lived a Cursillo weekend which also was a strong influence in his life. Chuck will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and to the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

Franklin Mejia

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Franklin Mejia was born and raised in Dominican Republic. Franklin is married to Wendy R. Mejia. They are the proud parents of Gabriel Andres, 10 and Isabella Maria, 7. He and his family are active members of St. Mary of the Annunciation parish in Cambridge. Franklin holds a Political Science degree and has been involved in television production. Franklin came to know Christ as a child thanks to his Grandfather Nicacio Mejia, who introduced him to the spiritual life and the doctrine of the Catholic faith. At a very young age, Franklin was an active member and youth leader of the Salesian Youth Group in his community. Upon arriving to the United States, Franklin worked for the Hispanic Youth Ministry in the Archdiocese of Boston organizing inter-parochial youth sports tournaments, youth leadership formation programs and an evangelization ministry dedicated to visiting the youth in jail. Franklin’s passion for evangelization led him to Catholic Television where he is the host and producer of “Buena Nueva” (The Good News). His desire to evangelize through the media was inspired by Pope John Paul II, who encouraged the Church to use every means of communication to introduce Christ to others. Franklin will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden and to Catholic TV following ordination.

Eric Peabody

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Eric Peabody and his wife, Renee, live in Haverhill and have been married 20 years. He is a division manager at a national home improvement retailer and Renee is an administrative assistant at St. Basil Salvatorian Center in Methuen. Eric and Renee have two daughters, Haley and Mary. The Peabody Family are currently members of the collaborative of St. Lucy and St. Monica Parishes in Methuen. Eric has served in various liturgical ministries and is a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus. Eric entered the Church at the age of 16 through RCIA and his great uncle, the late Rev. Dennis T. Nason, encouraged Eric to consider a diaconal vocation. Following ordination Eric will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Haverhill and Office of the Catholic Labor Guild.

Jesus Peña

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Jesus Peña and his wife Margarita are members of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody and have three grown children. Jesus works as a Case Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Jesus began his vocational journey in April 2009 when, feeling drawn to serve Christ more deeply, he turned to a trusted priest in the community, Fr. Alonso Macias, who suggested the diaconate. Jesus feels blessed by the many men of faith who have served as mentors to him over the past twenty years, including many wonderful priests and deacons. In a special way, Deacon Valentin Rivera and Deacon Antonio Perea were helpful to both Margarita and Jesus. More recently Deacon Leo Martin helped Jesus to understand both the faith and the ministry of the Deacon and to grow spiritually. According to Jesus, “These past four years of formation have been a life changing conversion of the heart through constant prayer, self-emptying, and service. The core of my ministry will be to live the Gospel by surrendering my will to the will of God.” Following ordination Jesus will be serve as a Deacon at the Salem collaborative of Immaculate Conception, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parishes as well as in the Diaconate Formation Office.

Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares

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Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and married his wife Carla in 1986. Alvaro and Carla are proud parents of three grown children, Alvaro Jr., Ivan, and Natalia. They are members of Holy Family Parish in Lowell and active members of both the Brazilian Apostolate and the Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Boston. Alvaro holds degrees in Economics and Computer Science as well as an MBA. He is fluent in Portuguese and English, and proficient in Spanish. Alvaro is currently working for Kaspersky Labs in Woburn as a Product Support Engineer. Alvaro has worked in many parish ministries and received his call to be a Permanent Deacon through his active participation in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He is currently responsible for the formation program inside of the Brazilian Ethnic Leaders Team and is currently appointed Liaison and Executive Director of the Charismatic Renewal movement in the Archdiocese of Boston. Following ordination Alvaro will be assigned to Holy Family Parish and the Office of Cultural Diversity.

Michael Tomkins

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Michael Tomkins and his wife Danni live in Wilmington and are parishioners at Saint Thomas of Villanova with their 5 children Hailey, Lauren, Victoria, Joshua, and Meghan. Michael attended Boston University where he received a degree in Computer Science and is now employed as Chief Technology Officer for a financial software company. Michael first learned about the diaconate at age 13 when he served as an altar server at the Mass of Thanksgiving for a close family friend, Deacon Robert Amerault. Raised in an active Catholic family and educated from elementary through high school at Saint Clements in Medford, the seeds of faith were planted at an early age. He felt God's call to the diaconate in his early twenties but as a newlywed he knew it would be some time before he could respond, so he and Danni kept busy raising their five children and remaining active in their parish. They found their true passion was for youth ministry where they served for over twenty years in numerous parishes throughout the archdiocese. In 1999 Michael and Danni each received the Pro Deo et Juventute award given in recognition of continuous and praiseworthy service to young people. Michael hopes to be a witness to those he serves to help them to grow deeper in answering their own baptismal call. Michael will be assigned to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dracut and the Office of Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults following ordination.

Tam Van Tram

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Tam Van Tram and his wifeThom have been married for 39 years, live in Andover, and have two daughters and two grandchildren. They are members of St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish in North Reading and the Vietnamese community at Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden. Tam plays guitar for the Contemporary Music Group and is a member of Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Committee at St Theresa Parish. Tam also is Chairman of the Finance Council for Sacred Hearts Parish. Tam had a long career in technology and business and now works as an Adjunct Professor at Middlesex Community College teaching Chemistry, Math, and Computer Science. He holds degrees in Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering and expects to complete his Master’s in Theological Studies Degree (MTS) at St. John Seminary in 2015. Tam was raised as a Buddhist in Vietnam and grew up during in the midst of the devastating war that raged in his homeland through the 1960’s and 1970’s. He converted to Catholicism in 1997. Tam sees the great grace of God’s love in leading him through life to this moment of ordination where he can serve the Church and God’s people. Following ordination Tam will be assigned to St. Theresa Parish in North Reading and to the Campus Ministry Office where he will serve as a Catholic Chaplain at the UMass campus in Boston.

Carlos Simon Valentin

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Carlos Simon Valentin and his wife, Angelica, have been married for 16 years and live in Lynn. They have two children, Nicholas and Angel. Simon and Angelica have been active parishioners of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody throughout their married life. Simon is a Draftsman and Auto Cad graduate and is currently employed by Greater Lynn Senior Services as a driver for “ The Ride”, which is part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Simon is the youngest member of the Class of 2014 and will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and the Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Permanent Diaconate

Prior to this ordination, there are 273 deacons in the Archdiocese of Boston (142 active with the remaining retired, on leave, or serving outside of the diocese). Thirteen (13) men will be ordained on September 20, 2014. The Archdiocese of Boston ordains a class of deacons every year. There are currently 49 men in formation (this includes the 13 about to be ordained). Of these 49, 20 (41%) are from our ethnic communities (10 Hispanic, 4 Brazilian, 2 Haitian, 2 Vietnamese, 1 Iraqi), ages range from 36 – 63, and 48 (98%) are married.

The Archdiocese holds an Inquirer Program each year in October/November for those who feel a possible call to the diaconate vocation. This program provides information to men and their wives about the vocation and ministry of deacons, the formation program, and the admissions process. It also includes a Saturday discernment retreat. The program generally draws 20-30 men each year. Information is available from Deacon Burns at deacondan_burns@rcab.org.

Deacon Burns said, “Because the great majority of Permanent Deacons are married men with families, the formation and inquirer programs strongly involve their wives and focus on the grace and challenge of integrating ordained ministry with the primary vocation of marriage.”

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Measurements are written incorrectly on greenhouse, it will really be 8' x 32'. I think. Not sure on hen house dimensions yet.

Each square on the grid is 2 feet across. This is to scale.

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*** 2009 update: the boxes have been re-built so they are 20 feet long and 4 feet wide, and there are now 7 of them instead of 14.

Shed, greenhouse, and chicken area are still to be built.

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Dhofari Basil, Ocimum dhofarense, Flower in Al Nabi Ayoob Area, Salalah, Dhofar by Muhammad Al Shanfari

English: Dhofari Basil

Scientific: Ocimum dhofarense (Synonym: Becium dhofarense)

Arabic: الريحان الظفاري

Dhofari Jibbali: هودم

Taken on 4-September-2011 in Al Nabi Ayoob area, Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula, Asia. (For more information, check it out on the map)

This photo belongs to DHOFAR ظفار group.

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Parnall & Sons. - Aircraft Production by Paul Townsend

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Parnall and Sons of Mivart Street, Eastville, Bristol was a wood-working firm of note in the period before the First World War World War I. The demands of war brought many new arrivals into the world of aircraft production and the company received large orders from the Admiralty for aircraft designed elsewhere, principally Avro 504's and Short 827's.

The quality of workmanship and enthusiasm for the new product was soon apparent and it brought an enquiry in 1916 for a design of their own to meet a requirement for a coastal defence aircraft. At that time the principal threat to Britain was seen as Zeppelin attacks and a specially designed fighter was sought to counter this threat.

Parnall's first indigenous aircraft, designed by A. Camden Pratt was called the Scout, a large single-seater, two-bay biplane powered by a 230hp Sunbeam Maori, with an upward-firing gun mounted on its upper wing. It acquired various nicknames including 'Zeppelin Chaser' and 'Zepp Straffer' but the design was not a success as it was too heavy; it is believed that only two flights were made.

Panther - A batch of Fairey Hamble Babys were built and another enquiry came for a shipboard reconnaissance plane. For this work the Admiralty released the services of Harold Bolas, an engineer who had been instrumental in designing flying-boat hulls. Bolas's first design for Parnall was the remarkable Panther; among its notable features was a birch plywood monocoque fuselage of some depth with the pilot and observer placed high offering them an all-round view.

The fuselage was hinged for shipboard stowage; for ditching the plane had a hydrovane ahead of the undercarriage as well as air-bag floatation gear. Official tests in 1918 were disappointing as performance was only marginally better than the Sopwith 1½ Strutter which it was designed to replace, but only 312 aircraft were ordered from the firm. Around this time Parnall and Sons was acquired by W. & T. Avery Ltd. who considered prospects in the aircraft industry poor with the ending of hostilities.

An attempt by the Admiralty to reduce the order led to a disagreement with the result that Parnall ceased aircraft manufacture and production passed to Filton where 150 were built during 1919 and 1920. In service the aircraft performed well being described as delightful to fly with none of the vices associated with large rotary engines, however deck landings on ships were hazardous in this period and the accident rate was high. Late production Panthers were fitted with oleo undercarriage and remained in service until 1926.

Two aircraft were acquired by the US Navy and 12 were supplied to Japan. [edit] Puffin Despite this setback, the name Parnall was to reappear when George Geach Parnall formed a new company, George Parnall & Co. Ltd. with a handful of previous employees and opened the Coliseum Works in Park Row, Bristol in 1921.

The first design, also by Bolas, was another naval aircraft: the Puffin. This was a large two seat, two bay amphibious biplane powered by a 450hp Napier Lion engine. The fuselage was mounted above a large central float which contained wheels that could be lowered through a vertical slot, large out-rigger floats were fitted on the lower planes.

The observer was equipped with a Scarf ring and had an un-interrupted field of fire as the fin and rudder were mounted beneath the fuselage. Three prototypes were built but production was not proceeded with.

Plover More successful was Bolas's next design, the Plover naval fighter, a single bay wooden biplane powered by one 436hp Bristol Jupiter IV engine. With the pilot placed high for a good view over the short nose and close-cowled radial engine, it could almost have come from the Filton drawing boards.

Amphibious wheeled floats were tested and one was fitted with an Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar radial. The Plover had a good performance but only six were built for service in 1923; the Royal Navy preferring the Fairey Flycatcher despite its lower speed. One Plover was entered in the 1926 King's Cup Air Race but failed to finish.

Possum - Centrally-mounted engines powering wing-mounted airscrews was a concept that was explored with the large four-engined Bristol Tramp, the twin-engined Boulton Paul Bodmin and the next design to emerge from Parnall, the single engined Possum. Both the Tramp and the Possum were triplanes with twin tractor airscrews driven by shafts from the fuselage.

The Possum was officially described as a 'postal aircraft' - a curious designation for an aircraft having gun positions in the nose and amidships! It was truly a 'concept demonstration' machine. The centrally-located 450hp Napier Lion engine had side mounted radiators which could be retracted in flight to achieve additional streamlining.

The Possum fared rather better than the Tramp, which never flew, and performed well, making a public appearance at the 1923 Hendon Pageant. Despite having proved the practicality of its layout it was regarded as something of a curiosity by the pilots that flew it from Martlesham Heath in Suffolk. Experience revealed insufficient advantages to support any further development of this concept.

Pixie - In 1923 the Daily Mail and the Duke of Sutherland sponsored competitions designed to stimulate light aircraft development; Parnall entered a single seat low wing monoplane, the Pixie, built in two forms with 13hp and 26hp Douglas engines. The Pixie won the £500 Abdulla Company prize for speed.

The aircraft produced for the 1923 Lympne Trials were unrealistic machines being too lightly-powered to be flown in even modest winds and in 1924 the Air Council announced another competition for higher powered two seaters. Bolas revised the Pixie to produce both a monoplane and a biplane with an upper wing called the Pixie III and Pixie IIIA respectively.

Both were powered by 32hp Bristol Cherub III engines. Neither Pixie was successful in competition as both suffered forced-landings with engine trouble. The Pixie III was entered again in the 1926 Lympne Trials and finished fourth.

Perch - Naval interest continued with Bolas' next design, the Perch fleet aircraft trainer. This was a dual role machine that could be used for training pilots in deck-landing techniques or, when fitted with floats, as a seaplane trainer. The aircraft was an equal span biplane that featured side-by-side seating and a 220hp Rolls-Royce Falcon engine set low in the nose to give the pilot an excellent view for landing.

The Perch performed well but no production order arose.

Gyroplane - In 1928 the Cierva Autogyro Company contracted Parnall to design and build two machines to be designated C10 and C11 in the Cierva series, the C11 was later called the Parnall Gyroplane. The airframes were designed by Harold Bolas, the C10 was powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Genet while the C11 used a 120hp Airdisco.

The C10 turned over on take-off at Yate and was taken to Hamble for repair at which time it was modified to incorporate an engine-driven rotor-starting device. During these projects he worked with the inventor of autogyro, Juan de la Cierva.

Peto - The Peto submarine-launched floatplane was amongst the most technically difficult tasks that Parnall took on. It was a two-seat reconnaissance float-biplane of very small overall dimensions designed to be folded and carried in the confines of a submarine. Of mixed wood, fabric, aluminium and steel construction, it had unequal span, warren-braced rectangular wings and the first aircraft was powered by a 128hp Bristol Lucifer engine and had mahogany plywood 'Consuta' type floats.

Performance on test was generally satisfactory but modifications were put in hand and the machine was rebuilt with new wings, metal floats and a 169hp AS Mongoose engine. Tests both on the sea and in the air showed that Bolas had fully met the requirements and it was officially judged to be exceptionally good; it was successfully launched by catapult from the ill-fated submarine M2 but the concept of submarine-carried aircraft died in the Royal Navy after the loss of the M2 which took one of the Petos with it.

By the mid 1920s it was clear that an aircraft factory in the middle of a town was less than satisfactory where test flying was concerned, some of the aircraft having made their first flights from Filton. Accordingly a move was made to Yate, then in south Gloucestershire, where hangars were built beside a grass aerodrome. Rumour has it that money was so tight that George would only allow a central strip for the runway to be mowed as he needed the profit from the hay crop! New aircraft continued to emerge at a steady rate and Harold Bolas designed two further naval types, the Pike and the Pipit.

Pike - The Pike was a large three-seater reconnaissance float-biplane powered by a 471hp Napier Lion. The deep and narrow fuselage filled the gap between the back-staggered wings; the pilot's cockpit was located near the nose affording an excellent view. Defence was provided by a Scarf-mounted Lewis gun in the observer's cockpit at the upper wing trailing edge while the pilot had a forward-firing Vickers gun.

Trials of the single prototype were carried out at Felixstowe during 1927 but the report was unfavourable; the handling in flight was considered poor, the pilot's cockpit was criticised for being cold and draughty and performance generally below specification. Neither the Pike nor its rival, the Short Sturgeon, were developed further.

Pipit - The Pipit was an aircraft of a very different character, a fleet fighter biplane of very clean appearance, designed to specification 21/26 and powered by a 495hp Rolls-Royce F.XI. Of metal construction with fabric covering, the Pipit had a number of innovative features including detachable panels giving easy access to the fuselage, a wide-track undercarriage and a retractable radiator.

Two prototypes were ordered, the first flying from Yate in mid 1928. Despite its promising appearance and engineering novelty the Pipit did not fly as well as expected, the elevator being criticised as heavy while the rudder was weak and the type was longitudinally unstable. Before much development flying could be done, however, the tailplane failed due to flutter in a diving test on the 20th September.

The pilot landed the damaged aircraft but it was destroyed in the resulting somersault. The pilot sustained serious injuries. A second modified machine was built; powered by a Rolls-Royce F.XIIS, featuring a strut-braced tailplane, ridgidly linked ailerons and a large eliptical horn balanced fin and rudder assembly designed to improve its effectiveness. It first flew in January 1929 and was an improvement over the earlier machine but the rudder was still unsatisfactory.

On February 24th a test was made by a service test pilot; whilst investigating the rudder's properties in a series of dives, violent flutter developed and both the fin and rudder broke away. The machine became uncontrollable but luckily the pilot escaped by parachute below 1000ft. It was the end for the Pipit and it the incident left a stigma in official circles from which Parnall never really recovered.

Imp - Harold Bolas always maintained an interest in light aircraft and in 1927 produced a small, two-seater biplane: the Imp. Powered initially by an uncowled A-S Genet II of 80hp, it was of striking appearance as it had a straight lower wingjoined by wide chord struts without bracing wires to sharply swept upper wings. With the engine installation cleaned up, front cockpit faired over and a headrest fitted it flew into 8th place in the 1928 King's Cup race.

At that time Parnall had thoughts of going into engine manufacture and collaborated with D.R.Pobjoy in the development of the 65hp Pobjoy P air-cooled radial engine. This was test flown in the Imp, but Pobjoy decided to form his own company and his collaboration with Parnall ceased.

Elf - The attractive Elf was Bolas's last design for Parnall. It was a two-seater, touring biplane in the de Havilland Moth class using fabric-covered wooden construction and powered by an ADC Hermes I and flew for the first time in 1929. A naval influence showed as it used Warren girder bracing with folding wings.

A competent if somewhat uninspired performer, the prototype was sold to Lord Apsley in 1932 but it was destroyed in a crash in 1934. Two more were built as Elf IIs with ADC Hermes II engines. One, sold in 1933, crashed due to fuel-pump failure two months later but the second went to Lord Apsley as a replacement for the crashed Elf I. In 1929 Harold Bolas, after some twelve years of trying to produce a winner for Parnalls, finally decided to leave for the USA.

An enthusiastic and respected designer, he was highly regarded for the originality of his designs and was a skillful theoretician. He was not above test flying his own creations, suitably fortified after a visit to the nearby Railway Inn pub! It is a fitting tribute to his work that one of his Elf biplanes should survive to this day with the Shuttleworth Trust, occasionally flying and entertaining the crowds at Old Warden in Bedfordshire.

Prawn & Parasol - Bolas was succeeded by H.V. Clark who produced two interesting research aircraft, each built to test a specific aspect. The first was the Prawn, a small single-engined, single-seater parasol flying-boat powered by a 65 hp Ricardo-Burt engine. It was designed to assess the feasibility of mounting a flying boat's engine in the extreme bow thereby producing a low drag installation.

To make this feasible a very small four bladed propeller was needed and the engine could be tilted up to 22 degrees upwards to avoid the spray over the nose. It never was a very practical idea and it seems that little was done with it. More useful was the Parasol of which two were built.

This machine was a flying full scale aerodynamic test vehicle, it could test the effects seen in wind-tunnel tests but without the effects of scale inherent in a tunnel. It was a two-seater, the observer occupying the front cockpit which was equipped with a dynamometer for measuring flight-loads on the variable incidence wings which featured slots, flaps and separated ailerons.

To eliminate the effects of the propeller, the Armstrong Siddelely Lynx engine could be stopped in flight for gliding then restarted with a gas starter. A camera could be mounted on struts above the tailplane and this was used for photographing tufts of wool that showed the airflow patterns over the wings.

G.4/31 - The inter-war years produced a series of requirements for 'general purpose' aircraft; in those miserly times this was a cheap way of providing the Air Force with aircraft that, it was hoped, would be of some general use if hostilities arose. Specification G.4/31 was no exception, conceived as a replacement for the Westland Wapiti and Fairey Gordon, it initially called for day and night bombing capabilities, reconnaissance, torpedo and dive-bombing roles.

Designs came from Handley Page, Vickers, Fairey, Armstrong Whitworth and Parnall with what was to be the final expressly military type, the un-named type G.4/31. This was a large angular biplane with gull-type upper wings, wheel spats, a good collection of interplane and fuselage struts and very generous tail surfaces. Power came from a 690hp Bristol Pegasus I M3 in a Townend ring, there was a forward-firing gun for the pilot and the observer had a Scarf-mounted Lewis gun; flight tests were carried out during 1935 from Yate.

It is believed the that aircraft had handling problems for it was not delivered to Martlesham Heath until early in 1936, long after the competition had been decided in favour of the Vickers 253. The machine was used for armament trials until March 1937 when it was damaged in a crash and subsequently scrapped.

Heck - In 1929 Parnall built a cabin monoplane called the Hendy 302 to the design of Basil B. Henderson who followed it with another monoplane, the advanced Heck. 1935 marked a major change for Parnall when the firm acquired the assets of both Hendy Aircraft Ltd. and the armaments firm of Nash and Thompson. A new company called Parnall Aircraft was formed and the Heck passed to Parnall ownership, renamed the Parnall Heck it set a new record for the run from Cape Town to England of 6 days, 8 hours and 27 minutes in November 1936.

A three seat derivative with a fixed, spatted undercarriage, powered by a Gypsy Six was produced as the Parnall Heck 2C, six were built in expectation of sales but none was made and the first four were therefore used as communications aircraft by Parnall in connection with their armaments activities. The fifth and sixth aircraft were used for test-flying the Wolseley Aries radial engine and gun sight development work.

The final Parnall aircraft was an open two-seater trainer derivative of the Heck to specification T.1/37 called the Parnall 382 or the Heck 3. It featured the Heck's advanced wing and had a speed range of 139 mph to 43 mph; it first flew in 1939. At Martlesham Heath it was pleasant to fly assessed as generally good as a trainer. Notwithstanding a few modifications no order was forthcoming. It was to be the last Parnall machine to fly, after which Parnall turned his attention to producing aircraft gun turrets to Archie Frazer-Nash's design in the Yate factory until the war ended.

Washing Machines - Thereafter Parnall became a household name through its famous washing machines and later the Jackson range of cookers.

The Bombing of Parnalls Aircraft Factory of Yate.

At Parnall's factory considerable damage had indeed been caused, and tragically 53 workers died, with a further 150 being injured, many of them victims of the delayed action bombs. The aircraft itself was lucky to escape for as it had been successfully engaged by the Yate defences, with 8 rounds of 40mm Bofors, and 40 rounds from Light Machine Guns being fired.

Edith Doyle died 27th February 1941 age 37yr. when lone aircraft bombed the Parnall Aircraft Factory, Yate. She was wife of W J Doyle, Park Lane, Kendleshire, Glos.

Douglas D Luton died 27th February 1941 age 22yr. by midday single bomb at the Parnall Aircraft Factory, Yate. He is buried at COALPIT HEATH, St Saviour’s Churchyard. - son of Thomas & Rosina Luton, Coalpit Heath, Glos.

Phyllis M Tovey died 27th February 1941 age 21yr. when a single bomber hit the Parnall Aircraft Factory, Yate. She was daughter of Albert Tovey, Henfield, Coalpit Heath, Glos.

The memorial, in the lych gate entrance to Yate churchyard, to those from Parnall Aircraft Ltd in Yate killed in German air raids on Feb 27th 1941.

Photograph Link by Adrian Pingstone in July 2004 and released to the public domain.

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20140920Diaconate_gm107 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Boston, MA (September 20, 2014) -- Cardinal Seán O’Malley ordained thirteen men to the Order of Deacon at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Photos by George Martell - Boston Catholic Development Services.

Cardinal Seán said, “Through the grace of God, these thirteen men of faith have been called to serve the Church as deacons. Each brings his unique gifts to their ministry and we welcome them as brothers in Christ. We are grateful to their loved ones, especially their wives and families, for their love, support and encouragement as our new deacons have prepared themselves for this lifelong commitment to the Church.”

Deacon Dan Burns, Director of Permanent Diaconate Formation, said, “Representing the diversity of the Archdiocese this class includes four candidates from the Hispanic community, one from the Brazilian community, and one from the Vietnamese community. The richness of the cultural and spiritual lives of these men and their families will bring great gifts to our parish collaboratives in the days and years ahead.”

Francis Burke

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Francis Burke and his wife of 27 years, Joanne, are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria parish in Westford. The Burke’s have two children, Laura and David (DJ). Fran recently retired from a career in high tech and is currently pursuing degree in Theology at the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization and also a certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreat Leadership at Creighton University. Fran Burke and Joanne have worked with the ACTS Retreat group at St. Catherine’s for the last 6 years. Fran was called to the diaconate by the opportunity to serve others. Fran hopes to continue his ministry focused on serving the poor and homeless. Fran will be assigned to St. Mary Parish in Chelmsford and to the Diaconate Formation Office following ordination.

Michael Curren

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Michael Curren and his wife Paula are members of St. Agnes Parish in Reading, MA. Mike and Paula have three children: Brenna is a teacher in Burlington, Maura is an administrative manager at Children’s Hospital, and Timothy is a Greek Orthodox priest at St. Vasilios Parish in Peabody. Father Timothy is married to Dr. Nijmeh Hodaly Curren of Beit Jala, Palestine. Mike started his secular career as a social worker and currently works in non-profit administration as a Senior Vice President for the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in Wellesley. Mike spent time at the Carmelite Junior Seminary in Hamilton, MA and the Carmelite Seminary at Marquette University before discerning that he was called to marriage and family life. Mike continued to be drawn to a life of service in the Church through parish ministries and leadership, eventually being called to consider the diaconate as a vocation through the encouragement and inspiration of many priests and deacons in his life. Mike will serve at St. Augustine Parish in Andover and the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

William C. Dwyer

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William C. Dwyer and his wife Jeane currently reside in Merrimack NH and are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Westford. They have three grown children – Patrick and his bride Erin, Timothy and Meghan. Bill’s secular career has been in accounting and finance for both large and small companies. Living his Cursillo weekend was a springboard to a deeper relationship with the Lord. He heard a call to the diaconate during the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and has learned from Fr. Lawrence Porter that “the closer one gets to the God of the Bible, the further he sends you out”. Bill’s hope is to continue being active in prison ministry. Bill will be assigned to St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Westford, St. Anne Parish in Littleton, and to the Pro-Life and Respect Life Office following ordination.

George Escotto

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George Escotto and his wife Maria are members of St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence. They have been married for 22 years and have been blessed with a daughter, Lesly, who is a student at Northern Essex Community College. George received his call to the diaconate through a personal encounter with God during a Cursillo retreat. George works in a Nursing Home as a custodian where he has the daily opportunity to be the presence of Christ to those who live there: “I feel like I am living a ministry here and seeing Christ in every one of the people who live in the Nursing Home every day.” George will be assigned to St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence and to Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Edward S. Giordano

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Edward S. Giordano and his wife Carol live in Stoneham and are members of St. Patrick Parish. Carol and Ed have two adult children, Mary and Matthew, and a daughter-in-law Jamie. Ed is the Director of Engineering at C.L. Hauthaway in Lynn. Ed has had wonderful Deacon Mentors at St. Patrick Parish and his first exposure to the Permanent Diaconate was at the Incarnation Parish in Melrose where both of his children were baptized by Permanent Deacons. At the Incarnation Parish Deacon Jack Wise gave Ed his first inspiration of the gift of the vocation and ministry of the Permanent Deacon. Ed feels his four years of academic study and spiritual formation have been a blessing that has allowed him to grown closer to our loving, kind, and merciful Lord, Jesus Christ. Ed hopes that he will serve Jesus and the people of God with that same love and compassion. Following ordination Ed will be assigned to St. Barbara Parish in Woburn and to Campus Ministry Office.

Chuck Hall

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Chuck Hall and his wife Mary live in Rowley and worship at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Ipswich. Chuck has been a sheet metal mechanic, machinist, singer-songwriter, radio personality and software engineer. He continues an active musical life as a song writer and in producing audiobooks, including a reading of Chesterton’s “St. Francis of Assisi.” His most recent audio work was the narration of a documentary film on the life Fr. James Alberione, the founder of the Daughters of St. Paul. Chuck’s faith journey began 1971 with a dramatic encounter with Christ that led him out of the 1960’s counterculture and into evangelical and fundamentalist circles, before becoming a dedicated Reformed Presbyterian. His journey brought him to the Catholic Church in 2006, when he attended his first Mass. He was received into the Catholic Church in 2008. Chuck heard a call to the diaconate as he volunteered in hospitals and led a prayer ministry in his home parish. His parish priest encouraged him to consider a diaconate vocation and he entered formation with the understanding that the Holy Spirit could re-direct his journey at any time. The journey was never re-directed, however, and his calling became clearer as formation progressed. Chuck has been influenced greatly by the writings of G. K. Chesterton and the life and ministry of Pope Saint John Paul II. Shortly after being received into the Church, he lived a Cursillo weekend which also was a strong influence in his life. Chuck will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and to the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

Franklin Mejia

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Franklin Mejia was born and raised in Dominican Republic. Franklin is married to Wendy R. Mejia. They are the proud parents of Gabriel Andres, 10 and Isabella Maria, 7. He and his family are active members of St. Mary of the Annunciation parish in Cambridge. Franklin holds a Political Science degree and has been involved in television production. Franklin came to know Christ as a child thanks to his Grandfather Nicacio Mejia, who introduced him to the spiritual life and the doctrine of the Catholic faith. At a very young age, Franklin was an active member and youth leader of the Salesian Youth Group in his community. Upon arriving to the United States, Franklin worked for the Hispanic Youth Ministry in the Archdiocese of Boston organizing inter-parochial youth sports tournaments, youth leadership formation programs and an evangelization ministry dedicated to visiting the youth in jail. Franklin’s passion for evangelization led him to Catholic Television where he is the host and producer of “Buena Nueva” (The Good News). His desire to evangelize through the media was inspired by Pope John Paul II, who encouraged the Church to use every means of communication to introduce Christ to others. Franklin will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden and to Catholic TV following ordination.

Eric Peabody

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Eric Peabody and his wife, Renee, live in Haverhill and have been married 20 years. He is a division manager at a national home improvement retailer and Renee is an administrative assistant at St. Basil Salvatorian Center in Methuen. Eric and Renee have two daughters, Haley and Mary. The Peabody Family are currently members of the collaborative of St. Lucy and St. Monica Parishes in Methuen. Eric has served in various liturgical ministries and is a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus. Eric entered the Church at the age of 16 through RCIA and his great uncle, the late Rev. Dennis T. Nason, encouraged Eric to consider a diaconal vocation. Following ordination Eric will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Haverhill and Office of the Catholic Labor Guild.

Jesus Peña

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Jesus Peña and his wife Margarita are members of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody and have three grown children. Jesus works as a Case Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Jesus began his vocational journey in April 2009 when, feeling drawn to serve Christ more deeply, he turned to a trusted priest in the community, Fr. Alonso Macias, who suggested the diaconate. Jesus feels blessed by the many men of faith who have served as mentors to him over the past twenty years, including many wonderful priests and deacons. In a special way, Deacon Valentin Rivera and Deacon Antonio Perea were helpful to both Margarita and Jesus. More recently Deacon Leo Martin helped Jesus to understand both the faith and the ministry of the Deacon and to grow spiritually. According to Jesus, “These past four years of formation have been a life changing conversion of the heart through constant prayer, self-emptying, and service. The core of my ministry will be to live the Gospel by surrendering my will to the will of God.” Following ordination Jesus will be serve as a Deacon at the Salem collaborative of Immaculate Conception, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parishes as well as in the Diaconate Formation Office.

Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares

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Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and married his wife Carla in 1986. Alvaro and Carla are proud parents of three grown children, Alvaro Jr., Ivan, and Natalia. They are members of Holy Family Parish in Lowell and active members of both the Brazilian Apostolate and the Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Boston. Alvaro holds degrees in Economics and Computer Science as well as an MBA. He is fluent in Portuguese and English, and proficient in Spanish. Alvaro is currently working for Kaspersky Labs in Woburn as a Product Support Engineer. Alvaro has worked in many parish ministries and received his call to be a Permanent Deacon through his active participation in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He is currently responsible for the formation program inside of the Brazilian Ethnic Leaders Team and is currently appointed Liaison and Executive Director of the Charismatic Renewal movement in the Archdiocese of Boston. Following ordination Alvaro will be assigned to Holy Family Parish and the Office of Cultural Diversity.

Michael Tomkins

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Michael Tomkins and his wife Danni live in Wilmington and are parishioners at Saint Thomas of Villanova with their 5 children Hailey, Lauren, Victoria, Joshua, and Meghan. Michael attended Boston University where he received a degree in Computer Science and is now employed as Chief Technology Officer for a financial software company. Michael first learned about the diaconate at age 13 when he served as an altar server at the Mass of Thanksgiving for a close family friend, Deacon Robert Amerault. Raised in an active Catholic family and educated from elementary through high school at Saint Clements in Medford, the seeds of faith were planted at an early age. He felt God's call to the diaconate in his early twenties but as a newlywed he knew it would be some time before he could respond, so he and Danni kept busy raising their five children and remaining active in their parish. They found their true passion was for youth ministry where they served for over twenty years in numerous parishes throughout the archdiocese. In 1999 Michael and Danni each received the Pro Deo et Juventute award given in recognition of continuous and praiseworthy service to young people. Michael hopes to be a witness to those he serves to help them to grow deeper in answering their own baptismal call. Michael will be assigned to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dracut and the Office of Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults following ordination.

Tam Van Tram

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Tam Van Tram and his wifeThom have been married for 39 years, live in Andover, and have two daughters and two grandchildren. They are members of St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish in North Reading and the Vietnamese community at Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden. Tam plays guitar for the Contemporary Music Group and is a member of Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Committee at St Theresa Parish. Tam also is Chairman of the Finance Council for Sacred Hearts Parish. Tam had a long career in technology and business and now works as an Adjunct Professor at Middlesex Community College teaching Chemistry, Math, and Computer Science. He holds degrees in Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering and expects to complete his Master’s in Theological Studies Degree (MTS) at St. John Seminary in 2015. Tam was raised as a Buddhist in Vietnam and grew up during in the midst of the devastating war that raged in his homeland through the 1960’s and 1970’s. He converted to Catholicism in 1997. Tam sees the great grace of God’s love in leading him through life to this moment of ordination where he can serve the Church and God’s people. Following ordination Tam will be assigned to St. Theresa Parish in North Reading and to the Campus Ministry Office where he will serve as a Catholic Chaplain at the UMass campus in Boston.

Carlos Simon Valentin

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Carlos Simon Valentin and his wife, Angelica, have been married for 16 years and live in Lynn. They have two children, Nicholas and Angel. Simon and Angelica have been active parishioners of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody throughout their married life. Simon is a Draftsman and Auto Cad graduate and is currently employed by Greater Lynn Senior Services as a driver for “ The Ride”, which is part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Simon is the youngest member of the Class of 2014 and will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and the Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Permanent Diaconate

Prior to this ordination, there are 273 deacons in the Archdiocese of Boston (142 active with the remaining retired, on leave, or serving outside of the diocese). Thirteen (13) men will be ordained on September 20, 2014. The Archdiocese of Boston ordains a class of deacons every year. There are currently 49 men in formation (this includes the 13 about to be ordained). Of these 49, 20 (41%) are from our ethnic communities (10 Hispanic, 4 Brazilian, 2 Haitian, 2 Vietnamese, 1 Iraqi), ages range from 36 – 63, and 48 (98%) are married.

The Archdiocese holds an Inquirer Program each year in October/November for those who feel a possible call to the diaconate vocation. This program provides information to men and their wives about the vocation and ministry of deacons, the formation program, and the admissions process. It also includes a Saturday discernment retreat. The program generally draws 20-30 men each year. Information is available from Deacon Burns at deacondan_burns@rcab.org.

Deacon Burns said, “Because the great majority of Permanent Deacons are married men with families, the formation and inquirer programs strongly involve their wives and focus on the grace and challenge of integrating ordained ministry with the primary vocation of marriage.”

20140920Diaconate_gm102 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Boston, MA (September 20, 2014) -- Cardinal Seán O’Malley ordained thirteen men to the Order of Deacon at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Photos by George Martell - Boston Catholic Development Services.

Cardinal Seán said, “Through the grace of God, these thirteen men of faith have been called to serve the Church as deacons. Each brings his unique gifts to their ministry and we welcome them as brothers in Christ. We are grateful to their loved ones, especially their wives and families, for their love, support and encouragement as our new deacons have prepared themselves for this lifelong commitment to the Church.”

Deacon Dan Burns, Director of Permanent Diaconate Formation, said, “Representing the diversity of the Archdiocese this class includes four candidates from the Hispanic community, one from the Brazilian community, and one from the Vietnamese community. The richness of the cultural and spiritual lives of these men and their families will bring great gifts to our parish collaboratives in the days and years ahead.”

Francis Burke

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Francis Burke and his wife of 27 years, Joanne, are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria parish in Westford. The Burke’s have two children, Laura and David (DJ). Fran recently retired from a career in high tech and is currently pursuing degree in Theology at the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization and also a certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreat Leadership at Creighton University. Fran Burke and Joanne have worked with the ACTS Retreat group at St. Catherine’s for the last 6 years. Fran was called to the diaconate by the opportunity to serve others. Fran hopes to continue his ministry focused on serving the poor and homeless. Fran will be assigned to St. Mary Parish in Chelmsford and to the Diaconate Formation Office following ordination.

Michael Curren

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Michael Curren and his wife Paula are members of St. Agnes Parish in Reading, MA. Mike and Paula have three children: Brenna is a teacher in Burlington, Maura is an administrative manager at Children’s Hospital, and Timothy is a Greek Orthodox priest at St. Vasilios Parish in Peabody. Father Timothy is married to Dr. Nijmeh Hodaly Curren of Beit Jala, Palestine. Mike started his secular career as a social worker and currently works in non-profit administration as a Senior Vice President for the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in Wellesley. Mike spent time at the Carmelite Junior Seminary in Hamilton, MA and the Carmelite Seminary at Marquette University before discerning that he was called to marriage and family life. Mike continued to be drawn to a life of service in the Church through parish ministries and leadership, eventually being called to consider the diaconate as a vocation through the encouragement and inspiration of many priests and deacons in his life. Mike will serve at St. Augustine Parish in Andover and the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

William C. Dwyer

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William C. Dwyer and his wife Jeane currently reside in Merrimack NH and are members of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Westford. They have three grown children – Patrick and his bride Erin, Timothy and Meghan. Bill’s secular career has been in accounting and finance for both large and small companies. Living his Cursillo weekend was a springboard to a deeper relationship with the Lord. He heard a call to the diaconate during the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and has learned from Fr. Lawrence Porter that “the closer one gets to the God of the Bible, the further he sends you out”. Bill’s hope is to continue being active in prison ministry. Bill will be assigned to St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Westford, St. Anne Parish in Littleton, and to the Pro-Life and Respect Life Office following ordination.

George Escotto

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George Escotto and his wife Maria are members of St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence. They have been married for 22 years and have been blessed with a daughter, Lesly, who is a student at Northern Essex Community College. George received his call to the diaconate through a personal encounter with God during a Cursillo retreat. George works in a Nursing Home as a custodian where he has the daily opportunity to be the presence of Christ to those who live there: “I feel like I am living a ministry here and seeing Christ in every one of the people who live in the Nursing Home every day.” George will be assigned to St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence and to Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Edward S. Giordano

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Edward S. Giordano and his wife Carol live in Stoneham and are members of St. Patrick Parish. Carol and Ed have two adult children, Mary and Matthew, and a daughter-in-law Jamie. Ed is the Director of Engineering at C.L. Hauthaway in Lynn. Ed has had wonderful Deacon Mentors at St. Patrick Parish and his first exposure to the Permanent Diaconate was at the Incarnation Parish in Melrose where both of his children were baptized by Permanent Deacons. At the Incarnation Parish Deacon Jack Wise gave Ed his first inspiration of the gift of the vocation and ministry of the Permanent Deacon. Ed feels his four years of academic study and spiritual formation have been a blessing that has allowed him to grown closer to our loving, kind, and merciful Lord, Jesus Christ. Ed hopes that he will serve Jesus and the people of God with that same love and compassion. Following ordination Ed will be assigned to St. Barbara Parish in Woburn and to Campus Ministry Office.

Chuck Hall

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Chuck Hall and his wife Mary live in Rowley and worship at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Ipswich. Chuck has been a sheet metal mechanic, machinist, singer-songwriter, radio personality and software engineer. He continues an active musical life as a song writer and in producing audiobooks, including a reading of Chesterton’s “St. Francis of Assisi.” His most recent audio work was the narration of a documentary film on the life Fr. James Alberione, the founder of the Daughters of St. Paul. Chuck’s faith journey began 1971 with a dramatic encounter with Christ that led him out of the 1960’s counterculture and into evangelical and fundamentalist circles, before becoming a dedicated Reformed Presbyterian. His journey brought him to the Catholic Church in 2006, when he attended his first Mass. He was received into the Catholic Church in 2008. Chuck heard a call to the diaconate as he volunteered in hospitals and led a prayer ministry in his home parish. His parish priest encouraged him to consider a diaconate vocation and he entered formation with the understanding that the Holy Spirit could re-direct his journey at any time. The journey was never re-directed, however, and his calling became clearer as formation progressed. Chuck has been influenced greatly by the writings of G. K. Chesterton and the life and ministry of Pope Saint John Paul II. Shortly after being received into the Church, he lived a Cursillo weekend which also was a strong influence in his life. Chuck will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and to the Office of Ecumenical Affairs following ordination.

Franklin Mejia

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Franklin Mejia was born and raised in Dominican Republic. Franklin is married to Wendy R. Mejia. They are the proud parents of Gabriel Andres, 10 and Isabella Maria, 7. He and his family are active members of St. Mary of the Annunciation parish in Cambridge. Franklin holds a Political Science degree and has been involved in television production. Franklin came to know Christ as a child thanks to his Grandfather Nicacio Mejia, who introduced him to the spiritual life and the doctrine of the Catholic faith. At a very young age, Franklin was an active member and youth leader of the Salesian Youth Group in his community. Upon arriving to the United States, Franklin worked for the Hispanic Youth Ministry in the Archdiocese of Boston organizing inter-parochial youth sports tournaments, youth leadership formation programs and an evangelization ministry dedicated to visiting the youth in jail. Franklin’s passion for evangelization led him to Catholic Television where he is the host and producer of “Buena Nueva” (The Good News). His desire to evangelize through the media was inspired by Pope John Paul II, who encouraged the Church to use every means of communication to introduce Christ to others. Franklin will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden and to Catholic TV following ordination.

Eric Peabody

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Eric Peabody and his wife, Renee, live in Haverhill and have been married 20 years. He is a division manager at a national home improvement retailer and Renee is an administrative assistant at St. Basil Salvatorian Center in Methuen. Eric and Renee have two daughters, Haley and Mary. The Peabody Family are currently members of the collaborative of St. Lucy and St. Monica Parishes in Methuen. Eric has served in various liturgical ministries and is a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus. Eric entered the Church at the age of 16 through RCIA and his great uncle, the late Rev. Dennis T. Nason, encouraged Eric to consider a diaconal vocation. Following ordination Eric will be assigned to Sacred Hearts Parish in Haverhill and Office of the Catholic Labor Guild.

Jesus Peña

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Jesus Peña and his wife Margarita are members of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody and have three grown children. Jesus works as a Case Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Jesus began his vocational journey in April 2009 when, feeling drawn to serve Christ more deeply, he turned to a trusted priest in the community, Fr. Alonso Macias, who suggested the diaconate. Jesus feels blessed by the many men of faith who have served as mentors to him over the past twenty years, including many wonderful priests and deacons. In a special way, Deacon Valentin Rivera and Deacon Antonio Perea were helpful to both Margarita and Jesus. More recently Deacon Leo Martin helped Jesus to understand both the faith and the ministry of the Deacon and to grow spiritually. According to Jesus, “These past four years of formation have been a life changing conversion of the heart through constant prayer, self-emptying, and service. The core of my ministry will be to live the Gospel by surrendering my will to the will of God.” Following ordination Jesus will be serve as a Deacon at the Salem collaborative of Immaculate Conception, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parishes as well as in the Diaconate Formation Office.

Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares

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Alvaro Jose Leiva Soares was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and married his wife Carla in 1986. Alvaro and Carla are proud parents of three grown children, Alvaro Jr., Ivan, and Natalia. They are members of Holy Family Parish in Lowell and active members of both the Brazilian Apostolate and the Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Boston. Alvaro holds degrees in Economics and Computer Science as well as an MBA. He is fluent in Portuguese and English, and proficient in Spanish. Alvaro is currently working for Kaspersky Labs in Woburn as a Product Support Engineer. Alvaro has worked in many parish ministries and received his call to be a Permanent Deacon through his active participation in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He is currently responsible for the formation program inside of the Brazilian Ethnic Leaders Team and is currently appointed Liaison and Executive Director of the Charismatic Renewal movement in the Archdiocese of Boston. Following ordination Alvaro will be assigned to Holy Family Parish and the Office of Cultural Diversity.

Michael Tomkins

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Michael Tomkins and his wife Danni live in Wilmington and are parishioners at Saint Thomas of Villanova with their 5 children Hailey, Lauren, Victoria, Joshua, and Meghan. Michael attended Boston University where he received a degree in Computer Science and is now employed as Chief Technology Officer for a financial software company. Michael first learned about the diaconate at age 13 when he served as an altar server at the Mass of Thanksgiving for a close family friend, Deacon Robert Amerault. Raised in an active Catholic family and educated from elementary through high school at Saint Clements in Medford, the seeds of faith were planted at an early age. He felt God's call to the diaconate in his early twenties but as a newlywed he knew it would be some time before he could respond, so he and Danni kept busy raising their five children and remaining active in their parish. They found their true passion was for youth ministry where they served for over twenty years in numerous parishes throughout the archdiocese. In 1999 Michael and Danni each received the Pro Deo et Juventute award given in recognition of continuous and praiseworthy service to young people. Michael hopes to be a witness to those he serves to help them to grow deeper in answering their own baptismal call. Michael will be assigned to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dracut and the Office of Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults following ordination.

Tam Van Tram

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Tam Van Tram and his wifeThom have been married for 39 years, live in Andover, and have two daughters and two grandchildren. They are members of St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish in North Reading and the Vietnamese community at Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden. Tam plays guitar for the Contemporary Music Group and is a member of Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Committee at St Theresa Parish. Tam also is Chairman of the Finance Council for Sacred Hearts Parish. Tam had a long career in technology and business and now works as an Adjunct Professor at Middlesex Community College teaching Chemistry, Math, and Computer Science. He holds degrees in Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering and expects to complete his Master’s in Theological Studies Degree (MTS) at St. John Seminary in 2015. Tam was raised as a Buddhist in Vietnam and grew up during in the midst of the devastating war that raged in his homeland through the 1960’s and 1970’s. He converted to Catholicism in 1997. Tam sees the great grace of God’s love in leading him through life to this moment of ordination where he can serve the Church and God’s people. Following ordination Tam will be assigned to St. Theresa Parish in North Reading and to the Campus Ministry Office where he will serve as a Catholic Chaplain at the UMass campus in Boston.

Carlos Simon Valentin

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Carlos Simon Valentin and his wife, Angelica, have been married for 16 years and live in Lynn. They have two children, Nicholas and Angel. Simon and Angelica have been active parishioners of St. John the Baptist Parish in Peabody throughout their married life. Simon is a Draftsman and Auto Cad graduate and is currently employed by Greater Lynn Senior Services as a driver for “ The Ride”, which is part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Simon is the youngest member of the Class of 2014 and will be assigned to St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle Parishes in Peabody and the Office of Cultural Diversity following ordination.

Permanent Diaconate

Prior to this ordination, there are 273 deacons in the Archdiocese of Boston (142 active with the remaining retired, on leave, or serving outside of the diocese). Thirteen (13) men will be ordained on September 20, 2014. The Archdiocese of Boston ordains a class of deacons every year. There are currently 49 men in formation (this includes the 13 about to be ordained). Of these 49, 20 (41%) are from our ethnic communities (10 Hispanic, 4 Brazilian, 2 Haitian, 2 Vietnamese, 1 Iraqi), ages range from 36 – 63, and 48 (98%) are married.

The Archdiocese holds an Inquirer Program each year in October/November for those who feel a possible call to the diaconate vocation. This program provides information to men and their wives about the vocation and ministry of deacons, the formation program, and the admissions process. It also includes a Saturday discernment retreat. The program generally draws 20-30 men each year. Information is available from Deacon Burns at deacondan_burns@rcab.org.

Deacon Burns said, “Because the great majority of Permanent Deacons are married men with families, the formation and inquirer programs strongly involve their wives and focus on the grace and challenge of integrating ordained ministry with the primary vocation of marriage.”

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