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unusual facts about Oblates of St. Joseph



Ambrose D. Richard

Richard was educated at St. Joseph's College there, at St. Dunstan's College in Prince Edward Island and at Boston University.

Annibale Maria di Francia

On July 11, 1909 he wrote to Pope S. Pius X: "From my youth I have devoted myself to the words of the Gospel: Pray therefore the Lord of the Harvest...In my charitable institutions, orphans, poor, priests and nuns, all pray incessantly to the loving Hearts of Jesus and Mary, to the Patriarch St. Joseph and to the Apostles, that they may provide the Holy Church with numerous and chosen laborers for the harvest of souls".

Arthur Beauchesne

Born in Carleton, Bonaventure County, Quebec, Beauchesne received a Bachelor's degree from St. Joseph’s College in Memramcook, New Brunswick.

Arundel Cathedral

Stratford was educated at St. Joseph's Catholic College, Bradford and then at the University of Huddersfield winning scholarships for voice, composition and organ from the RCO and other trusts.

ASAE

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, called the American Society of Agricultural Engineers from 1907 to 2005, in St. Joseph, Michigan.

B. Sandhya

In 2006, Sandhya was involved in the investigation into allegations of sexual assault made against former Kerala Public Works minister P. J. Joseph.

Betty Roberts

On September 1, 1977, Oregon Governor Straub, a former opponent, appointed Roberts to the Oregon Court of Appeals to a new position, along with W. Michael Gillette, George M. Joseph, and John Buttler, when the court expanded from six to ten positions.

Colin Cameron Davies

Colin Cameron Davies was born in Las Palmas, Spain and ordained a priest on 13 July 1952 from the religious order of the St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill.

Dail Jones

Jones was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and attended St Joseph's College and Karachi Grammar School.

Doric de Souza

Born to Goan ournalist Armand de Souza, who was the editor of the Morning Leader and a founding member of the Ceylon National Congress, Doric was educated at as a young child at St Bridgets Convent, and then at St. Joseph's College, Colombo as well the University College, Colombo where he graduated with a BA honours in English.

E. Ross Adair Federal Building and United States Courthouse

Fort Wayne historically served as a transportation and communication center located at the confluence of the St. Marys and St. Joseph rivers, which meet to form the Maumee River.

Emmitsburg, Maryland

The National Emergency Training Center, National Fallen Firefighters Memorial and Emergency Management Institute are also located in Emmitsburg on the former campus of St. Joseph's College.

Frank Shoofey

In 1974 Shoofey played a role in recovering the preserved heart of Brother André Bessette (now Saint André Bessette), which had been stolen from St. Joseph’s Oratory.

George W. Joseph

He won the Republican nomination on May 16, defeating incumbent A. W. Norblad by over 5000 votes.

Jody Wildman

He served as a municipal councillor for the Township of St. Joseph, Ontario on St. Joseph Island from 2000 to 2003, when he was elected reeve.

John Aloysius Morgan

He attended St Joseph's Christian Brothers College in North Melbourne in 1917 and again from 1920 to 1926.

John Hall Kelly

Born in Saint-Godefroy, Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Kelly was educated at the Collège de Lévis, the University of St. Joseph's College, and at the Université Laval.

K. Vijay Kumar

He graduated from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, and then went on to complete his post-graduation from Madras Christian College.

Krishna Bharat

He completed his schooling from St. Joseph's Boys' High School in Bangalore, and received an undergraduate degree in computer science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Layou River

It rises in the interior of the country, flowing westward to reach the Caribbean Sea on the country's central western coast, very close to the town of St. Joseph.

LGBT history in Michigan

Following the Stonewall riots six months before, a "Gay Meeting" was advertised to be held at the St. Joseph's Episcopal Church in Detroit, a church which was known to be sociopolitically liberal in its orientation.

Mah Bow Tan

Mah was educated at St. Michael's School (now known as St. Joseph's Institution Junior) and St. Joseph's Institution.

Mount Saint Mary's Hospital

The system expanded in 2002 with the addition of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Health System.

Navtej Sarna

He was born in Jalandhar, India to noted writer in Punjabi, Mohinder Singh Sarna, and did his schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun.

Old St. Joseph's Church

The current church, on Willings Alley in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, the third church on the site, was built in 1839.

Oregon gubernatorial election, 1930

The Oregon Republican Party, at the time dominant in Oregon politics, initially nominated George W. Joseph, but the nominee died prior to the general election.

Price Hill, Cincinnati

Several cemeteries are located in Price Hill including Old St. Joseph's Cemetery, New St. Joseph Cemetery, Union Baptist Cemetery and Judah Touro Cemetery.

Randolph Mitchell House

It is one of four National Register-listed properties in Reading Township, along with St. Joseph's Catholic Church near Somerset, the home of General Philip Sheridan's family in Somerset, and Somerset's public square.

Rob Fredrickson

Robert J. Fredrickson (born May 13, 1971 in St. Joseph, Michigan) is a former American football linebacker.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow

The Cathedral School of Lucknow is located in the same compound as St. Joseph's Cathedral.

S. K. Uthappa

He joined SAI and ever since has excelled as a player both for his college St. Joseph's College of Commerce and Bangalore University.

Sandro DeAngelis

DeAngelis starred at fullback and linebacker for St. Joseph’s Collegiate in Buffalo, N.Y. and earned First-Team All-Western New York honours as a kicker in 1999, connecting on four field goals, while kicking 70 percent of his kickoffs into the end zone.

Scapular of St. Joseph

In 1898, Pope Leo XIII granted the Capuchins the right of blessing and investing this scapular.

SEPTA Route 15

After entering Francisville, Route 15 loops partially around the south side of Girard College, but rejoins Girard Avenue again, and passes by St. Joseph's Hospital.

Shirley Collie Nelson

Born in Chillicothe, Missouri to Alice (née Davis) and Henry Simpson, she sang at local war bond rallies during World War II as a child, and made a guest appearance on KFEQ-AM in St. Joseph, Missouri.

South London Storm Academy

The initial three-year plan will see Storm working with a number of local 6th forms and colleges including St Joseph's College in Upper Norwood, Carshalton Boys Sports College and Croydon College.

St. John Providence Health System

The system started in 1999 with the merger of the Providence Health System and the St. John Health System into the St. John Health System due to the merger of the two systems' respective Roman Catholic congregation sponsors, the Daughters of Charity and the Sisters of St. Joseph, into Ascension Health.

St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton

It also had its share of fame when parishioners shrugged off the controversy and international publicity surrounding the wedding of hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky to actress Janet Jones, both non-Catholics.

St. Joseph's Carmelite Church, Berkeley Road

The west end window of the Blessed Virgin aisle is by Hardman & Co..

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hanoi

Priests were arrested, and church property was seized and expropriated.

St. Joseph's Church-Catholic

The history of the parish dates back to 1865, when Reverend Francis Xavier Pierz started ministering to the community of Rich Prairie—as it was then known—along with Joseph F. Busch, Ignatius Tomazin, and James Trobec.

St. Joseph's College and Mother Seton Shrine

Joseph's College and Mother Seton Shrine are two closely related campuses in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

St. Joseph's College, Colombo

Justice Mark Damien Hugh Fernando (27 February 1941 – 20 January 2009) Judge of the Supreme court (1985–2005)

St. Joseph's Convent, St. Joseph

As the school was not yet registered, in December 1203, when two students were presented for the Cambridge School Certificate, they were entered at St Joseph's Convent, Port of Spain.

St. Joseph's Intermediate and Commercial School

The school was later renamed to Thomas Merton Academy (Thomas Merton, TMA, or Merton) in 1985 after the Anglo-American monk Thomas Merton.

St. Joseph's School – Pandacan

The collaboration of Cardinal Rufino Jiao Santos, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM), who were also planning to build a school in Pandacan, and Sto.

St. Joseph's School, Bhagalpur

Rev Urban Mc Garry, the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bhagalpur started an English Medium Co-Education school in Bhagalpur on 15 November 1982 and invited Sisters of St. Ann of Providence from Secunderabad as a core team to assist him.

Sunnyside, Toronto

The name originates in a local farm owned by John Howard, which was situated just to the north, on the location of the current St. Joseph's Health Centre hospital.

Thomas Cooray

Thomas Cooray was born to a poor but religious family in Negombo, and attended St. Aloysius Seminary in Borella, and St. Joseph's College and University College in Colombo before going to Rome, where he studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), obtaining a doctorate in philosophy summa cum laude.

United National Congress

Gerald Yetming, MP for St. Joseph joined the Opposition back benches in protest of Basdeo Panday's failure to relinquish the position of Leader of the Opposition.


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