Royal Flying Doctor Service. The Early Days The RFDS began as the dream of the Rev John Flynn, a minister with the Presbyterian Church.
‘Flynn of the Inland’ lived in the Outback for most of his life, setting up hostels and bush hospitals for pastoralists, miners, road workers, railwaymen and other settlers. He witnessed the daily struggle of these pioneers living in remote areas where just two doctors provided the only medical care for an area of almost two million square kilometres. In 1912, he established the Australian Inland Mission to minister to the spiritual, social and medical needs of people in the Outback. In 1917, he received an inspirational letter from Lieutenant Clifford Peel, a Victorian medical student with an interest in aviation. For the next ten years, Flynn campaigned for an aerial medical service.
At this time, Flynn also met Hudson Fysh, a founder of QANTAS. This DeHavilland could carry a pilot and four passengers at a cruising speed of eighty miles per hour for a range of 500 to 600 miles. Sir Ronald Darling Wilson AC KBE CMG QC - High Court of Australia. Humber - John Wesley. Hildegard of Bingen. December 17 St.
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Abbess, artist, author, composer, mystic, pharmacist, poet, preacher, theologian--where to begin describing this remarkable woman? Born into a noble family, she was instructed for ten years by the holy woman Blessed Jutta. When Hildegard was 18, she became a Benedictine nun at the Monastery of St. Disibodenberg. Hildegard's visions caused her to see humans as "living sparks" of God's love, coming from God as daylight comes from the sun. Brendan. Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download.
Emperor Constantine. Patrick. St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. Galileo - Astronomer, Scientist. Italian scientist and scholar Galileo made pioneering observations that laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy.
Synopsis Born on February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy, Galileo Galilei was a mathematics professor who made pioneering observations of nature with long-lasting implications for the study of physics. He also constructed a telescope and supported the Copernican theory, which supports a sun-centered solar system. Biography of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero - International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, 24 March. A youthful Father Oscar Romero with Salvadorans (Photo courtesy of the Archbishop Romero Trust) Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (August 15, 1917 - March 24, 1980) was a prominent Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador during the 1960s and 1970s becoming Archbishop of San Salvador in 1977.
After witnessing numerous violations of human rights, he began to speak out on behalf of the poor and the victims of repression. This led to numerous conflicts, both with the government in El Salvador and within the Catholic Church. After speaking out against U.S. military support for the government of El Salvador, and calling for soldiers to disobey orders to fire on innocent civilians, Archbishop Romero was shot dead while celebrating Mass at the small chapel of the cancer hospital where he lived. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Who stands firm?
Only the one for whom the final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, his virtue, but who is ready to sacrifice all these, when in faith and sole allegiance to God he is called to obedient and responsible action: the responsible person, whose life will be nothing but an answer to God's question and call. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer1 Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer stands out among the Christian leaders during the Nazi era, for he was one of the few to actively resist the racist actions of the Nazi regime.
In addition to his legacy of courageous opposition to Nazism, Bonhoeffer's theological writings are still widely read in Christian communities throughout the world. - Education - Hitler Rises to Power - Resistance - Arrest - Selected Bibliography for Dietrich Bonhoeffer Education. Dorothy Day - Religious Figure, Editor, Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Journalist - Biography.com. Dorothy Day was an activist who worked for such social causes as pacifism and women's suffrage through the prism of the Catholic Church.
Synopsis Intrigued by the Catholic faith for years, Dorothy Day converted in 1927. In 1933, she co-founded The Catholic Worker, a newspaper promoting Catholic teachings that became very successful and spawned the Catholic Worker Movement, which tackled issues of social justice guided by its religious principles. Day also helped establish special homes to help those in need. Early Life Writer, editor and social reformer Dorothy Day was born on November 8, 1897, in New York City. A bright student, Day was accepted to the University of Illinois. Journalist and Activist Socially and politically active, Day was arrested several times for her involvement in protests. In personal life, Day experienced some turmoil.
Using her experiences as a progressive activist and an artistic bohemian, Day wrote a novel The Eleventh Virgin. Mahatma Gandhi Biography.
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