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Northwestern University has been in the forefront of music education for decades, producing literally thousands of teachers that can be found throughout the world.
Flexible programs offer a wide array of coursework as well as options for double majors, added certification, and many opportunities for independent study. Classes are small so that students receive individual attention from faculty who are vitally interested in issues of creative and critical thinking, philosophically based education, student-centered learning, issues of social context, and music technology.
The Doctoral Research Center CSEME (Center for the Study of Education and the Musical Experience) engages graduate students in creative study side by side with faculty, a feature that makes this program especially innovative.
The graduate student support provided to PhD students includes year-round tuition and stipend and fully subsidized health insurance.
Degrees Available
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
Master of Music: Music Education
Master of Music: Music Education and Piano Pedagogy
PhD in Music: Music Education
Music Education Faculty
Associate Professor, Music Education
sarah.bartolome@northwestern.edu See Full Bio
Bernard J. Dobroski
Professor, Music Education
bjdobroski@northwestern.edu See Full Bio
Stevi Marks
Lecturer, Music Education
stevi.marks@northwestern.edu See Full Bio
Steven Morrison
steven.morrison@northwestern.edu See Full Bio
Northwestern's undergraduate program offers distinct advantages. Not only does its high standards far exceed state and national requirements, but the quarter system allows for more courses and experiences in four years than are generally found in other programs. Students frequently elect to double major in music education and performance, and can complete the double major in four years. Collaborations with over 60 schools in the Chicago area provide many opportunities for practice teaching, Every methods-based course includes weekly experiences in area K-12 schools. Job placement each year is 100%.
Undergraduate music education majors are required to complete a music education interview and a performance audition.
See Bachelor of Music Admission Requirements
Note: The Music Education Program is closely aligned with the School of Education and Social Policy teacher education unit. Students receive their K-12 certification from the SESP certification office. As part of that unit, the program has adopted the Conceptual Framework philosophy, created by the teacher education unit.
Graduate study in music education offers the flexibility to tailor your studies to your professional interests. After completing master's study, many Northwestern graduates pursue advanced degrees or professional roles in research, conducting, pedagogy, or administration.
The master's degree program provides a strong foundation in philosophy, research, and curriculum design. In planning an appropriate course of study, students may draw upon the resources of the Bienen School of Music as well as the entire University to meet individual professional interests and needs. Competitive applicants will typically receive an offer of scholarship support and/or a graduate work stipend.
There are two options for individuals interested in the MM in Music Education:
For currently certified music teachers:
A one-year program open to individuals who hold teaching certification in music. This program can be completed within an academic year of three quarters. A typical load is four graduate courses per quarter with required participation in ensembles.
See Admission Requirements for 1 Year MM Program
For those seeking certification with the master's degree:
A two-year program for individuals with a completed bachelor's degree in music but who do not have teaching certification. Program requirements include the core graduate courses as well as methods classes, field experiences, and at least a quarter of full-time student teaching. (Northwestern does not offer a certification-only program.)
The Bienen School offers a Master of Music Education and Piano Pedagogy. Applicants must fulfill all admission and audition requirements for both Music Education (1 year or 2 year with certificate) AND Piano Performance and Pedagogy.
See Admission Requirements for MM in Music Education and Piano Pedagogy
Pursuing Multiple Master's Degrees
Students in the Bienen School may complete two master's degrees, such as Music Education and then also Conducting or Performance. Students must meet the requirements for admission of both programs. The two master's degrees may then be pursued sequentially, but not concurrently. For more information, contact the Office of Music Admission at musiclife@northwestern.edu.
The PhD program in music education is considered one of the finest anywhere. Graduates can be found in prestigious positions at colleges and universities both in the United States and abroad. Interdisciplinary in nature, the program combines coursework within the Bienen School of Music with programs located in many other parts of the University. All students accepted in the PhD program receive a fellowship that includes a full tuition waiver and stipend guaranteed for up to 5 years.
See PhD Admission Requirements
Doctoral Research Center
The Center for the Study of Education and the Musical Experience (CSEME) engages graduate students in creative study side by side with faculty.
Music Education PhD Students
Erica Desaulniers
ericasagerman2019@u.northwestern.edu
Erica Desaulniers is a music education PhD candidate. She originally hails from upstate New York and earned both her BM and MME at SUNY Fredonia. She has experience teaching music in Buffalo (NY), Houston, and at The American School of Madrid. While in Europe, Erica presented at conferences in Vienna, Paris, and Rome. Erica has also worked as an Adjunct Professor at SUNY Fredonia, Roosevelt University, and Lake Forest College. Prior to arriving at Northwestern, she was the Department Chair of Fine Arts at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, IL. Erica's research interests include music fandom culture and its implications for music education.
Amanda Draper
amandamcclintock2014@u.northwestern.edu
Amanda Draper is a PhD candidate in the music education program at Northwestern. She holds a bachelor's degree in music education from Coe College in Cedar Rapids IA and a master's degree in music education from Northwestern. Prior to her study, Amanda taught elementary and middle school general music for 10 years, most recently for Chicago Public Schools. Her academic interests include investigating the utilization of music with diverse learners, a focus on music and autism research, and teacher preparation for special education in music. Her dissertation is exploring stakeholder perspectives on the role of music education for students with autism.
Patrick Horton
3rd year PhD
PatrickHorton2021@u.northwestern.edu
Patrick Horton is a third-year PhD student in music education. He earned a bachelor's degree in music education from the Ohio State University and a master's degree in music education from Ball State University. Prior to his studies at Northwestern, Patrick taught middle school and high school band and general music in Ohio and Indiana where his groups regular earned top ratings. His current academic interests include technology in the music classroom, project-based learning and cooperative learning in music, and assessment in music.
Diego Pinto
2nd year PhD
diegopinto2021@u.northwestern.edu
Diego Pinto is a second-year PhD student in the music education program at Northwestern. He holds a bachelor's degree in music education from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UniRio) and a master's degree in music education from Louisiana State University. His master's thesis explored issues of authenticity and pedagogy in Brazilian choral music. He has conducted clinics under that topic at the International Society for Music Education Conference and the Louisiana American Choral Directors Association Conference. Prior to his studies at Northwestern, Diego taught middle and high school vocal music for 7 years in public schools in Baton Rouge, LA. His academic interests include world music pedagogy, corporate choir, and music participation.
Casey Schmidt
4th year PhD
CaseySchmidt2010@u.northwestern.edu
Casey Schmidt is a fourth-year PhD student in music education. He holds a BM in music education and saxophone performance from Lawrence University and a MM in music education from Northwestern University. Prior to starting his most recent studies at Northwestern University, Casey taught instrumental music in Illinois and Wisconsin public schools for thirteen years. Casey's research interests include music teacher education and the modes and processes music teachers use to self-reflect, assess, and modulate their practice and the infusion of composition and improvisation in performance ensemble curricula.
Adam White
AdamWhite2020@u.northwestern.edu
Adam White is a fourth-year PhD student in music education. He holds a bachelor's degree in music education from Kansas State University and a master's degree in music education (choral pedagogy) from the University of Kansas. Prior to his studies at Northwestern, Adam taught choral music in rural and suburban public schools for sixteen years. His choirs have performed at the Kansas Music Educators Conference and have regularly received top ratings at festivals. Adam's research and academic interests include sight-singing, assessment, psychoacoustics, and cooperative rehearsal practices.


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Education, training and career development - crucial for safe operations
Education, training & development
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Investing in training
Captain Watkins reflects on some important human element issues. Hitherto, the senior officers on most of our ships would come from the Commonwealth countries but we are now seeing some good masters emerging particularly from the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC), the Ukraine and the Philippines.
Occupational standards for shore-based ship management
The MNTB has recently reviewed its training programmes for seagoing Officer Trainees. One area that has been neglected in the past has been shore-based ship management. The MNTB has therefore developed a suite of National Occupational Standards covering shore-based ship management occupations.
Once upon a time, the majority of those who went to sea did so because they wanted to be the master or chief engineer of a ship - others simply wanted to go to sea.
Issue 40 - Alert! - a strong international brand.
Issue 39 - Risk management
Issue 38 - Health, wellbeing and welfare

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Content: -4 Intentional blasphemy, evil, gross immorality, and/or worldview problems. (To be avoided)
Several obscenities; nudity and adultery; wife abuse; parricide, fratricide and other murders; lying and deceit; lewd sexual talk and innuendos; and, excessive use of alcohol.
Dennis Peck, a streetwise Los Angeles cop, knows when to bend or break the rules, even if it means planting a knife on a shooting victim to keep another policeman in the clear. He is soon at odds with Detective Raymond Avila, an honest policemannewly assigned to the Internal Affairs Division, whose function is to investigate misconduct cases.
Through a routine investigation of an excessive use of force case that involves Peck's brother, Van, who is also a cop, Avila and his partner, Amy, become convinced that Peck is the mastermind behind an extensive network of corruption. When Avila and Amy gather evidence that will convict Van, Peck responds by planning his own brother's death. Not quite dead, Peck finishes the job by strangling him.
Peck then attempts to psychologically manipulate Avila by convincing his wife that Avila is really the bad guy while he is on the level. After Peck shoots Amy, Avila eventually corners Peck in his bedroom with his wife and kills him.
Here are the reasons why this film deserves an evil content rating:
– parricide (the murder of one's parents) is discussed.
– fratricide (the murder of one's brother) is carried out.
– one-second, black & white scenes of graphic erotica of Peck in bed with Avila's wife are featured (these seem designed to arouse on a subliminal level in the way subliminal movie ads did, appearing for only 1/16th of a second).
– so many obscenities are used in the film that the people in the theater began using them out loud, too.
– Peck (Richard Gere) has sex with every female in the cast, including adulterous sex with his brother's wife (hence, the double meaning of the film's title, "Internal Affairs").
Still, there's more: lewd sexual talk, innuendos and dress; demonized wife-abuse; lying, deceit and treachery; excessive use of alcohol; and, a police officer enticing another to commit murder. Added to this seedy underworld of corruption, prostitutes, bars and drugs is a baffling plot line with hard-to-hear dialogue. The film makers, who have conspicuously placed their sponsor's products for all to see, have also tried, unsuccessfully, to copy Hitchcock in some of the so-called suspense scenes. So far, this is the worst film of the decade.
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Don't write anyone off
As the old year ends and the new one begins, don't write anyone off.
Msgr. Charles Pope shares the following story:
"...I know a man (who is now deceased) but he told me his story, of how he was raised in the Church, got all his Sacraments, went to Church regularly, and was a God-fearing man. But in his early 40s he descended into alcoholism, began to be unfaithful to his wife, stopped going to Church and was dismissive of God. Were you or I to have seen him at that time, we might have easily concluded it looked bad. But somewhere in his early 60s, he knows not how, (except that someone was praying for him), he pulled out of his rebellion and re-entered the vineyard. He sought help for his drinking and reconciled with his wife and children. Daily mass, weekly confession, daily rosary, and Stations of the Cross, yes, when he returned, he really returned. But he said to me he had done a lot of sinning, and now it was time to do a lot of praying, making up for lost time, as he put it. He died a penitent in the bosom of the Church.
You just never know. Don't write anyone off. Nothing stabs evangelization in the heart more that the presumption by many of us that someone is an unlikely candidate for conversion. Keep praying and keep working. Jesus tells us of a son who told his father to buzz off, but later repented and went into the vineyard. Pray, hope and work, you just never know. Don't give up."
(Source: http://blog.adw.org/2011/09/god-can-use-anything-but-he-shouldnt-have-to-a-meditation-on-the-gospel-for-the-26th-sunday/)
Earlier today a group of folks were sharing their highlights of 2013. One man (who apparently does not have a drinking problem but works the Al-Anon program) stated that his most significant highlight for the year was a call from his best friend who has had a drinking problem for the past 27 years and to whom he had given a copy of Alcoholics Anonymous in 2011. He was thrilled to hear that his old friend had finally begun reading the gift book two months ago, attended AA meetings and was beginning to work the 12 steps with a sponsor. Don't write anyone off.
Regarding Venerable Matt Talbot, his mother, Elizabeth, prayed for Matt and other family members years before Matt finally gave up alcohol. She never gave up.
Labels: Al-Anon, Alcoholics Anonymous, article, homily, prayer
CURRENT DUBLIN DIOCESAN MATT TALBOT COMMITTEE
This committee membership posted 28/11/2013 at http://www.dublindiocese.ie/content/matt-talbot-committee consists of:
Chairman: Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin.
Executive Chairman: V. Rev. Brian Lawless, S.T.L.
46 North William Street, Dublin 1. Tel: 8554078
Email: frbrian@stagathasparish.ie
Secretary: Breege Morris
Email: info@matttalbot.ie
Website: www.matttalbot.ieTel: 01 8554078.
Members: Mr. Patrick Behan, Brother Christopher Carroll, C.F.C.,
Mr. Anthony Malone, Paula Murray, Vera Brady,
Sr. Briget O'Connor, D.C., Mr. Des Kelly, Mr Michael Murphy,
Mr. Shay O'Melia, Very Rev. Tim Wrenn & Mr. Michael Wall.
A Matt Talbot Temperance Card for Youth
"Disciple of Christ- Education in Virtue™ is a Christian curriculum structured on the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas regarding the virtues and gifts of the Holy Spirit."
One of their cards for the virtue of temperance features Venerable Matt Talbot, shown below:
Source: https://educationinvirtue.com/product/temperance-saint-cards-10-pack/
Labels: Matt Talbot image, temperance
Advent Past and Present
Penance, abstinence and fasting are some of the words we might typically associate with Matt Talbot.
In terms of liturgical seasons we, like Matt, think of these three words in terms of Lent but do we also associate these words with Advent as did Matt?
A topic search suggests that an increasing number of writers are reflecting on changes in Advent practices, such as Monsignor Charles Pope in the following article.
What Ever Became of Advent Fasting and Penance?
By: Msgr. Charles Pope
http://blog.adw.org/2013/12/what-ever-became-of-advent-fasting-and-penance/
I was explaining to a new Catholic recently that the color purple (violet) used in advent is akin to its use in Lent, in that both are considered penitential seasons. Hence we are to give special attention to our sins and our need for salvation. Traditionally Advent was a time we would, like Lent take part in penitential practices such as fasting and abstinence.
Of course, in recent decades Advent has almost wholly lost any real penitential practices. There is no fasting or abstinence required, they are not really even mentioned. Confession is encouraged and the readings still retain a kind of focus on repentance and a focus on the Last Judgment.
But long gone are the days of a forty day fast beginning on Nov 12. The observances in the period of the Middle Ages were every bit as strict as Lent. St. Martin's Feast Day was a day of carnival (which means literally "farewell to meat" (carnis + vale)). In those days the rose vestments of Gaudete (Rejoice Sunday) were really something to rejoice about, since the fast was relaxed for a day. Then back into the fast until Christmas. Lent too began with Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), as the last of the fat was used used up and the fast was enjoined beginning the next day.
And the fast and abstinence were far more than the tokenary observances we have today. In most places, all animal products were strictly forbidden during Advent and Lent. There were many regional differences about the rest of the details. While most areas permitted fish, others permitted fish and fowl. Some prohibited fruit and eggs, and some places like monasteries ate little more than bread. In some places, on Fridays of Lent and Advent, believers abstained from food for an entire day; others took only one meal. In most places, however, the practice was to abstain from eating until the evening, when a small meal without vegetables or alcohol was eaten.
Yes, those were the day of the Giants! When fasting and abstinence were real things.
Our little token fast on only two days (and only in Lent) really isn't much of a fast: two small meals + one regular meal; is that really a fast at all? And we abstain from meat only on the Fridays of Lent, instead of all forty days.
What is most remarkable to me is that such fasts of old were undertaken by men, women and children who had a lot less to eat than we do. Not only was there less food, but is was far more seasonal and its supply less predictable. Further, famines and food shortages were more a fact of life than today. Yet despite all this they were able to fast, and twice a year at that, for eighty days total. There were also "ember days" sporadically through the year when a day long fast was enjoined.
Frankly I doubt we moderns could pull off the fast of the ancients, and even the elders of more recent centuries. Can you imagine all the belly-aching (pun intended) if the Church called us to follow the strict norms of even 200 years ago? We would hear that such demands were unrealistic, even unhealthy.
Perhaps it is a good illustration of how our abundance enslaves us. The more we get, the more we want. And the more we want the more we think we can't live without. To some degree or another we are so easily owned by what we claim to own, we are enslaved by our abundance and we experience little freedom to go without.
I look back to the Catholics of 100 years and before and think of them like giants compared to us. They had so little compared to me, but they seem to have been so much freer. They could fast. And though poor, they built grand Churches and had large families. They crowded into homes and lived and worked in conditions few of us would be able to tolerate today. And sacrifice seemed more "normal" to them. I have not read of any huge outcries from those times, that the mean nasty Church imposed fasting and abstinence in Advent and Lent. (Though certainly there were exceptions for the very young, the old the sick, and also pregnant women). Neither have I read of outcries of the fasting from midnight before receiving Communion. Somehow they accepted these sacrifices and were largely able to undertake them. They had a freedom that I think many of us lack.
And then too, imagine the joy when, for a moment the fast lifted in these times: Immaculate Conception, Gaudete, Annunciation, St. Joseph's Feast day, Laetare Sunday. Imagine the joy. For us its just a pink candle and a pondering, "Rejoice? Over what?" For them these were actual and literal "feast days."
I admit, I am a man of my time and I find the fasting and abstinence described above nearly "impossible." I did give up all wine for this Advent. Last Lent I banished radio and TV. But something makes me look back to the Giants of old, who, having far less than I, did such things as a matter of course.
There were giants in those days!
Note: Two additional articles on this topic can be read at
http://omniumsanctorumhiberniae.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-advent-fast-in-irish-church-1.html and http://liturgyguy.com/tag/penance.
Labels: Advent, article, Lent
From Alcoholic To Sainthood - The Story of Matt Talbot
In the January 2013 issue of Catholic Truth, a bi-monthly newsletter, the article about Matt Talbot is prefaced by the following comment:
"Much is made of the New Year holiday in Scotland, with many, if not most families affected in some way by the attendant drink problems.
Alcohol related health issues and crimes, notably domestic abuse and other violence, are a growing cause for concern in Scotland.
We cross the Irish Sea,therefore, to draw hope and inspiration from the example of Matt Talbot who used his Catholic Faith to conquer his alcohol addiction."
The article can be read at http://www.catholictruthscotland.com/JANUARYnewsletter13.pdf, pages 4-5.
Note that at the end of this article, the name and contact for the Vice-Postulator is not Fr. Flaherty but rather
Fr. Brian Lawless
Parish of St. Agatha
North William Street
frbrian@stagathasparish.ie
Labels: article, Fr. Brian Lawless
"Venerable Matt Talbot: Recovered Alcoholic"
by Sr. Katherine Maria, MICM
From the Housetops
Matt Talbot is the subject of the feature article in this magazine. Its description is as follows:
"Matt Talbot's story is one of hope and encouragement to anyone suffering from addiction. Living through desperate times, politically and economically, with ample excuse to become an alcoholic, which he did, Venerable Matt Talbot overcame his addiction through the help of God. His story is one of tremendous struggle against the powerful force that requires great courage and humility. Matt Talbot leads the way to seek help from the right source. He is in the first stages of canonization."
It can be ordered at https://store.saintbenedict.com/index.php page=shop.product_details&product_id=277&category_id=12&flypage=flypage.tpl&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&redirected=1&Itemid=1
The first seven pages can be read free at http://issuu.com/fromthehousetops/docs/venerable_matt_talbot#
[Matt Talbot would certainly have answered these questions differently in his drinking days and later after his conversion and alcoholism recovery.]
Who Are You? What Is Your Purpose?
http://marysaggies.blogspot.com/
We humans, in many ways, have lost our identity. While individuals might have answers to the big questions of life, that isn't the case with us as a community of persons. Our culture no longer has the answers to these questions:
What is the purpose to life?
Why was I created?
These questions and the corresponding answers directly affect what we believe, how we view life, and how we live. The root of the issue is this - without an identity in Christ, we cannot see ourselves, others or the world in the proper context. We mistake a lie for the truth.
What is the truth about you and I?
It is that each of us are created in the image and likeness of God. Big deal, you might think. But, it is. It is our identity. We are adopted into the family of God (the Trinity) and made partakers of the divine nature. This means we are caught up into the love of God, by our willing participation in God's divine life. Notice this work is always an act of God, but it requires our consent - through faith. God will never force us to participate in following Him.
If we do choose Him, a new-found identity in Christ means we can no longer look at ourselves or others in the same way. This is why the John Paul the Great quoted the following verse more than any other from Vatican II:
"Christ, the final Adam, by the revelation of the mystery of the Father and His love, fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear." -(Gaudium et Spes 22)
If we want to know who we are, who others are, and the answers to the other questions that have been planted deep within us, then we need to understand who Jesus is and who we are in light of Christ. When God became man in the Incarnation, He didn't lower His own divine nature, which is impossible - because God is unchangeable, rather He raise up our human nature higher. The document goes on to say our nature...
"has been raised up to a divine dignity in our respect too. For by His incarnation the Son of God has united Himself in some fashion with every man."
This is our "supreme calling" - to find who we are in Christ. To live fully in the Fathers' love, truth and grace. This is what we were made for.
This is the truth about the mystery of humanity. We were made to live this way, and called to find this truth. When we do so, we discover what real human "dignity" means. Which is why the document continues with:
"The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light."
When we do not live in this truth we bring suffering upon ourselves and others...
Labels: article, grace, recovery
Venerable Matt Talbot included in SAINTS ALIVE!
Saints Alive! the Gospel Witnessed, authored by Sr. Marie Paul Curley and Sr. Mary Lea Hill, has just been published by Pauline Books & Media. This collection of stories features 31 saints from different eras, continents, and walks of life. Each brief story highlights a particular aspect of or challenge in the saint's life and connects it to a Gospel verse. Themes include: conversion, discipleship, bearing witness, ministering to Christ, love, suffering, union with God, living the Word, and faith.
A detailed description of this book is available at http://store.pauline.org/english/books/list/0/productid/4248.aspx?txtsearch=%22saints+alive%22&sortfield=productname%2cproductname and a slightly different book preview is available at http://www.amazon.com/Saints-Alive-Gospel-Witnessed-Curley/dp/0819872903.
The companion book, Saints Alive! The Faith Proclaimed, featuring different saints and themes is described at http://www.amazon.com/Saints-Alive-Marie-Paul-Curley/dp/0819872865/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384566724&sr=1-2&keywords=saints+alive!
Also note that online resources on the saints from Saints Alive! is available at http://www.pauline.org/Strength-for-Your-Day/Abide-in-Gods-Love/Abide-in-His-Love-Blog/ArticleID/192
Labels: book chapter, saints
Feast of All Saints of Ireland
Today, the 6th of November, the Feast of All Saints of Ireland is celebrated in Ireland. This feast includes canonised saints as well as those who had a reputation for holiness and whose causes for canonisation have not yet been completed, such as Venerable Matt Talbot.
For more information about this feast see the post of Sr. Mary-Louise PDDM at http://pilgrimsprogresspddm.blogspot.com/2012/11/6th-november-feast-of-all-saints-of.html and expanded at http://sacredspace102.blogspot.com/2013/11/6th-november-all-saints-of-ireland.html.
A Short-Term Pledge for November
[Matt Talbot became one of the first members of The Total Abstinence League of the Sacred Heart in 1890, which was renamed the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association in 1898.]
"The Pioneers have launched a campaign encouraging people to give up drink for the month of November.
"By a long-standing Irish custom, many people choose to abstain from alcohol for the month of November and offer this act as a sacrifice for the eternal salvation of their deceased loved ones, and for the Souls in Purgatory. You can do likewise," a spokesperson for the group said.
In recent times the Pioneers have seen increased interest in short term pledges – sometimes for Lent but also for Advent and in November.
Padraig Brady, Pioneer Association CEO, said many who enjoy alcohol in moderation also like to periodically quit. "Some people take the pledge to detox from alcohol and also to create more space to think about their drinking habits, he explained.
Others who take the short term pledge offer up their own commitment to try and help somebody close to them who may be struggling with an alcohol or drug abuse problem..." (More at http://www.catholicireland.net/pioneers-urge-public-pledge-november/.)
Labels: Advent, Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, pledge
All Souls Day Homily
Fr. Martin Fox
http://frmartinfox.blogspot.com/2005/11/all-souls-day-homily.html
Today, All Souls' Day,
is a day of remembrance,
but also a day full of hope.
This time of year,
the Church bids us consider eternity.
Yesterday was the great feast of All Saints.
The saints give us hope—
We long to join their company;
And it is God's will that we do so.
There are only two final destinations,
after this life:
Either we go to heaven—
and then we will be a saint—
Or we go to the other place.
What about purgatory?
Purgatory is not a destination—
No one spends eternity in purgatory.
It isn't really a "place" at all,
but a process:
It's a stopping point on the way.
Purgatory is the "mud room" of heaven;
It's the saints' finishing school.
Some tell me they're a little afraid of purgatory—
They think of it in terms of punishment.
Our late, beloved holy father, John Paul,
taught us otherwise.
He said, before entering
the perfect glory of heaven,
"Every trace of attachment to evil
must be eliminated,
every imperfection of the soul corrected.
"Those who, after death,
exist in a state of purification,
are already in the love of Christ
who removes from them
the remnants of imperfection."
They "are united both with the blessed
who already enjoy the fullness of eternal life,
and with us on this earth
on our way towards the Father's house."
Now, that doesn't sound so bad, does it?
Nothing to be afraid of.
We might wonder, is there pain in purgatory?
C.S. Lewis said this:
If there's pain in purgatory,
it's the pain of having Christ so near—
ah, but still something holds us back.
Because it's the pain of healing,
Lewis said, it's pain we'll welcome.
The healing isn't just about
those who have died;
It helps heal us, the living, as well.
Sometimes people die,
and maybe we have
unfinished business with them.
Or maybe we wonder—
what will become of them
in their moment of judgment?
We might fear for them.
our ability to help them
doesn't end at their death!
Now, I'm going to say something
a little mind-bending.
You and I live in time:
one day follows another,
Past to present to future—right?
But God doesn't live in time—
Time in no way limits God.
So, I have a cousin,
who died at his own hand.
What did he believe or understand,
at that moment?
But when I pray for him now,
That prayer can help him,
not just after he died,
But anywhere along the course of his life!
No, I can't "go back in time"—but God can!
So all those people
you've ever worried about:
Pray for them now—
And who knows just where
along the course of their lives,
God may choose to apply your prayers?
When we remember the dead this time of year,
we remember that our existence, on earth,
is but one slice of reality.
Naturally, we think it's the most important,
Or the most real, slice of life.
We're on our way to the most important,
most real, dimension of life:
Life after this life—
Not only life-after-death,
but life-after-resurrection!
There's so much more still ahead!
And this is why Christ came,
Christ died, and rose for us:
To open the path and lead us there.
The prophet Daniel foresaw it;
St. Paul rejoices because the Holy Spirit,
poured into our hearts,
makes us long—thirst—pant!—
for this destiny!
In the Eucharist,
we get just a taste of this reality!
Christ leads us there—
Labels: All Souls Day, homily
Although Venerable Matt Talbot has not been officially declared a saint yet by the Church, his desire and actions to turn his life around after descending to a virtual hell on earth of alcoholism is a testament to the power of God's love, grace and mercy in all our lives.
While Matt is not mentioned as an example in this homily for All Saints Day (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2013/10/homily-for-november-1-2013-all-saints-day/), he certainly was one who "dared to be more." Do each of us?
For one introductory source about this special day, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day
Labels: All Saints Day
Matt Talbot and self-punishment
Within Part 2 of a manuscript being readied for publication, historian Glenn Chesnut addresses the "The Problem of Pain and Suffering," focusing on:
"(1) Emmet Fox and New Thought: pain and suffering are caused by wrong thoughts. If we change the way we think, the pain and suffering will disappear. As can be seen, Fox preached many radical New Thought ideas, but he had been born in Ireland, was brought up as a Catholic, and had been trained by the Jesuits. God as Creative Intelligence and the power of Being Itself.
(2) Matt Talbot and self-punishment, the very different path taken by another Irish Catholic, a laboring man in Dublin. Wearing chains around his body, sleeping on a bare wooden plank, and so on. We must atone for our sin and guilt by deliberately inflicting pain and hardship on ourselves before God will forgive us. The self-torture game.
(3) In Ignatian spirituality: pain and suffering exist because life in this fallen world is a war. As a good soldier, you must continue to do your duty and fight for the good down to your last breath, even when surrounded on every side by death and horror. The central Ignatian teaching of the Two Standards (Las Dos Banderas), choosing which of these two battle flags you will follow in the war between the forces of Good and the forces of Evil. Choosing between the way of Pride and the way of Humility. St. Augustine and the two cities: the City of God vs. the Earthly City, surrender of my ego to God vs. trying to play God myself."
The overall outline of this 247 page manuscript can be viewed at http://www.hindsfoot.org/inProgr.html and worth reading first.
The section that addresses Matt Talbot is found on pages 63-69 at PDF file or as MS Word DOC file.
Labels: Alcoholics Anonymous, book, Fr. Edward Dowling S.J., Fr. Ralph Pfau, Ignatian spirituality
A biographer's note on Matt Talbot's reading and comprehension abilities
The first American book published about Matt Talbot (http://cnp.stparchive.com/Archive/CNP/CNP04041947p40.php) was Matt Talbot, Alcoholic: The Story of a Slave to Alcohol who Became a Comrade of Christ's (1947) by Fr. Albert H. Dolan, O.Carm. (1892-1951). This quotation is from that book:
"What I remember best of Matt Talbot's story as I heard it first years ago is the astounding character of the books he possessed, books found in his room after his death. This man, with practically no schooling, read and digested some of the most advanced and profound treatises of mystical theology. The lives of the saints reveal that very holy souls with no education read books, the understanding of which would require light directly infused by the Holy Ghost. Once Matt told a friend that he was reading Newman's 'Apologia.' The friend replied that a book like that was over Matt's head, that he himself had found it beyond him. Matt answered that whenever he read a book he always prayed to God to give him light to understand it and that he thought he received enough light to understand most of what he read."
Matt Talbot also discussed what he read with spiritual directors (see http://www.matttalbot.ie/new-matt.htm). More information about Fr. Dolan can be found at Fr. Albert H. Dolan.
Labels: Fr. Albert H. Dolan, Official Matt Talbot Website, Quote, reading
Wisdom from the saints on the spiritual battle
"Guard Your Tongue, Guard Your Temper, Guard Your Thoughts:
Wisdom from the saints on the spiritual battle"
October, 2013, 33 (9), 20
Source: http://wau.org/archives/article/guard_your_tongue_guard_your_temper_guard_your_thoughts/
Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
Prayer is more powerful than all the devils. He who is attacked by the spirits of darkness needs only to apply himself vigorously to prayer, and he will beat them back with great success.
When the enemy wants to challenge me, I conduct myself valiantly. Knowing that to fight a duel is an unworthy act, I turn my back on the adversary without ever looking him in the face. Then I run to my Jesus.
The devil's snare doesn't catch you unless you're already nibbling on the devil's bait.
In company guard your tongue. In your family guard your temper. When alone guard your thoughts.
Always and everywhere, a person should aim to live as if God were visibly present… . Such alertness requires that we turn our minds fully and decisively to the Lord.
Should we fall into sin, let us at once humble ourselves sorrowfully in his presence, and then, with an act of unbounded confidence, let us throw ourselves into the ocean of his goodness, where every failing will be cancelled and anxiety turned into love.
In two ways the presence of God is an antidote against sin: first, because God sees us and second, because we see God.
A man is really clean of heart when he is searching for the things of heaven, never failing to keep God before his eyes.
The soul that is united with God is feared by the devil as though it were God himself.
Note: This page of quotes appeared among featured articles on the topic of the path of victory over spiritual battle. As you noted Venerable Matt Talbot's quotation was both included among those of very well known saints as well as selected for the title of this page. This is especially significant since Matt is known to have written (and sent) only one letter during his lifetime whereas the other saints listed wrote extensively (with many publications still available today).
As far as Matt's quote is concerned, the entire quotation is, "Three things I cannot escape: the eye of God, the voice of conscience, the stroke of death. In company, guard your tongue. In your family, guard your temper. When alone guard your thoughts."
Source: Saintly Men of Modern Times - Page 238 - Google Books Result and many other sources available online.
The letter that Matt wrote can be read at http://www.matttalbot.ie/total-giving.htm Also note http://venerablematttalbotresourcecenter.blogspot.com/2008/01/matt-talbots-connection-with-columban.html
Labels: Letter, Quote, saints
Asking for the gift of prayer
The following quotation is from homily notes for 28 July 2013, 17th Sunday, at http://www.associationofcatholicpriests.ie/2013/07/28-july-2013-17th-sunday-of-year-c/
"A certain man once asked a Carthusian monk how he should pray, and the reply was, 'Pray in, not up' – just four words. It is indeed true that most of the time we imagine the One we are addressing in prayer as being somewhere above or outside ourselves. But scripture tells us that we are temples of the Holy Spirit, and we should focus on God's Spirit dwelling within us. Furthermore, the Spirit pleads for us with sighs too deep for words, and intercedes for us according to the will of God. May we never leave off praying, but rather ask God daily for the gift of prayer, as did Matt Talbot, who set for us such an example of a life wholly dedicated to prayer, by day and by night, at home or at work."
Labels: homily, prayer
Matt Talbot and the 1913 Dublin Lockout
The source of the following article by Fr. Tom Ryan is from http://www.shannonparish.ie/category/fr-toms-courier-column.
Information about the 21st Annual Matt Talbot Novena is also available with a list of the speakers at
http://www.shannonparish.ie/2013/09/matt-talbot-novena-2013/.
"For the Tuesdays of October and November 2013, we invite you to join us for our 21st annual Matt Talbot Novena, praying for all suffering or sharing in the life of addiction.
Addiction is defined as a craving or obsession not only for substances such as alcohol, tobacco and other drugs but also a psychological dependency on things such as gambling, food, pornography, video games, internet, work, exercise, self harming etc. Addictions lead to all sorts of problems at home, work, school and in the community which can in turn cause guilt, shame, anxiety and rejection.
Matt Talbot's addiction was alcohol. Matt's programme of recovery was built around devotion to the Eucharist, love of Mary Mother of God and prayer, but he never forgot his struggle with his addiction. The life and example of Matt Talbot is an inspiration and help to people to overcome and accept their problems and difficulties.
This year marks the centenary of the 1913 Dublin Lockout. In the early autumn of that year, the heartless lords of industry locked out some 20,000 poorly paid Dublin workers, most of them with large hungry families. The reason for all of this was the spirited refusal of the workers to sever their connection with Jim Larkin's founded Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. The average weekly wage was five shillings (less that 90 cent in today's Euro), working in excess of 80 hours per week.
Matt Talbot, as a poorly paid worker himself, admired and respected Jim Larkin and he became a member of the ITGWU, a link only severed by his death. Matt spent most of his time during the Lockout praying in Gardiner Street Church.
The final days of 1913 witnessed a rapid decline in the workers' fortunes. Food supplies had dwindled disastrously and funds for fresh supplies were non-existent. During January and early February 1914, the men gradually returned to their work. As broken as they were with little or no improvement in their wages, they had yet gained a political victory. The employers, despite their best efforts, had failed to break Jim Larkin's Union. In the ensuing years, the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union went from strength to strength. Matt was a fully paid up member of the ITGWU for the rest of his life. In 1923, Matt became very ill and was unable to work. He received sick pay, fifteen shillings from the Union.
He died in Granby Lane, Dublin on 7th June 1925 on his way to Church. It was the feast of The Holy Trinity. Matt's life and story is not time bound. Matt was not a colourful character; he had a very simple personality. He was a man who had great faith rooted in prayer and the Eucharist; he possessed a great sense of justice, especially for workers. Matt was a man who overcame addiction by using primarily the spiritual resources that are available to all who suffer addiction. His conquering of addiction was with free will and the help of God. These two ingredients, free will and God's help, are still readily available to all of us on our own journey through life, in our battles with our own addictions."
Also note these references:
http://www.matttalbot.ie/matt-on-strike.htm
Reflections on Work and Workers
The 1913 Strike and Lockout
Labels: article, Novena, strike, work
"How your life is spent"
Fr. Jim Reinhart
21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Year C - Luke 13:22-30
http://www.onfirecatholic.com/102
Long before the antidiscrimination laws, Mrs. Rosenberg was stranded one night at a fashionable resort on Cape Cod, one that did not admit Jews. The desk clerk looked at his book and said, "Sorry, no room. The hotel is full."
The lady said, "But your sign says that you have vacancies." The desk clerk stammered a bit and finally said, "Look, you know that we do not admit Jews. Please try the other side of town." Mrs. Rosenberg stiffened. "I'll have you know I have converted to your religion."
The desk clerk replied, "Oh, yeah? Let me give you a little quiz. How was Jesus born?" "He was born to a virgin named Mary in a little town called Bethlehem," she replied. "Very good," the clerk said. "Tell me more." "He was born in a manger." "That's right," said the clerk. "And why was he born in a manger?" Mrs. Rosenberg said loudly, "Because some idiot behind a hotel desk wouldn't give a Jewish lady a room for the night.
There is the story of the evangelical conference. A man was late and arrived to find a huge auditorium packed to the brim until he spotted a chair way up front. He slowly edged his way up so as not to disturb the speaker; he leaned over to the woman next to it and whispered, "Is this chair saved?" She whispered back, "No, but we're praying for it."
So ends the issue about who's saved and who's not, who's in and who's out. It's a fruitless and irrelevant question-rightly ignored by Jesus. Since God calls every human being to salvation, the real issue is not numbers or trying to find out if I will be in the final count. But, how do we embrace God's invitation and calculate the cost?
Matthew tells us, "as long as you did it for the least of my brothers, you did it for me" - OR NOT. The crucial question is how did you spend yourself in service to others? Claiming you shared a few drinks is not going to cut it.
Someone who went beyond empty words and foolish numbers is an alcoholic by the name of Matt Talbot; an Irishman was born in 1856 to very poor Irish working-class people. At age 12 took his first job and his first drink. It wasn't long before the 12-year-old was coming home drunk. Not unlike today's drunken 14-year-olds getting off the train to go to teen night.
Matt later went to work at a brickyard and proved to be a good worker. Now in his late teens with steady pay he headed for one of Dublin's 2,000 pubs. Alcoholism was a major problem in Ireland and a record from 1865 showed that the police arrested some 16,000 Dubliners for drunkenness, a third of them women.
The laborers were paid in the pubs and so the paycheck seldom left there. Matt Talbot was in the forefront wasting his pay on drink. His addiction was such that sometimes he sold his boots or his shirt for a drink. To feed his habit, he once stole a fiddle from a blind man who earned his living playing in the streets.
No one knew then that alcoholism was an illness, a terrible craving arising from a complex disease involving heredity, emotional factors, and the makeup of the brain. Way back in 1784 Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia wrote a pamphlet suggesting that alcoholism was an illness rather than a moral failing, but it took nearly 2 centuries, 1958, for the American Medical Association to finally get around to that opinion.
One Saturday night Matt and his hard drinking brothers went to the local pub they were broke but expected their drinking buddies to treat them. They didn't. Matt was so angry that he left in a huff, trudged home and told his mother that he was so mad he was going to take the pledge and stop drinking. His mother said, "Go in God's name, but don't take it, unless you intend to keep it."
Keep it he did. From that point on he never took another drink. Withdrawal, nausea, and all the horrible aftermath followed but Matt held fast. They didn't have AA or Al-Anon or the 12 steps in those days. No friends of a New York stockbroker and the Ohio surgeon who founded AA in 1935 were around. Matt had to go it alone. But not quite - He had God and a devotion to Mary.
Up to this point Matt had been a nominal Catholic (after all, alcohol was his God and the bar was his altar), but after his conversion, he drew close to God. He started going to daily mass. He would kneel on the steps a half-hour before church opened. He made the Stations of the Cross, prayed the rosary daily, and gave much of his money to the poor. He followed ancient penitential practices, like sleeping on a plank instead of a mattress, and he found a wise spiritual director in a Msgr. Michael Hickey. He did this for years. A reformed alcoholic on the streets of Dublin, he had no time and less patience about who is saved or not. Prayer and service were his concerns.
Matt had a heart and kidney condition and at age 69, on Trinity Sunday, 1925, on his way to church he fell in the street and died. He was given the last rites, taken to the hospital, but having only a rosary and a prayer book on him no one knew who he was until his sister identified him. When his body was undressed at the hospital it was found that he was wearing chains, an old form of Irish monastic asceticism. People at the hospital were astounded and soon word got out. People heard of the chains got interested in him and stories of his Holiness spread eventually to the Vatican. He is now venerable Matt Talbot.
Lord, will only a few people be saved?" And Jesus said, "it's a non-question, for people will come from the East and the West, from the North and the South, from Cape Cod and Dublin, and will recline at table in the kingdom. You've been invited. How you respond, how your life is spent, not saved, is the only issue. End of discussion." End of homily.
Note: The title of this post is ours. The homilist is pastor of three small parishes in and near Campbellsville, KY, USA.
A reference to "the temperance of Matt Talbot"
The following excerpt that mentions Venerable Matt Talbot is from Christ the Savior, Based on the Writings of the Summa of St. Thomas Aquinas, for the Confraternity of the Precious Blood by Frs. Walter Farrell and Martin Healy. This chapter can be read online at http://www.catholictradition.org/Christ/christ1-8.htm and the entire book at http://www.catholictradition.org/Christ/christ.htm.
"AS THERE ARE MANY and different members in a living human body, so, too, Christ and the Holy Spirit have placed numerous and diverse members in the Church. As we have just said, some members of the Church are placed in positions of authority, and they are endowed with the graces necessary for teaching, ruling and sanctifying. To the others are given the graces required for obeying and serving the Church. But in all the members of the Church, whether they be rulers or ruled, God produces an astonishing variety of graces which gives the Church the great beauty that is to be found in any living body. In the Church there are humble missioners with the gift of tongues or of persuasive preaching. We can find, also, intellectual geniuses such as St. Thomas or St. Bonaventure. In the Church God produces the zeal of St. Paul, the charity of St. John the Evangelist, the fortitude of Pope Gregory VII or of St. Arnbrose, the temperance of Matt Talbot, the humility of the Cure of Ars, the purity of St. Agnes, the crusading spirit of St. Louis of France, the martyrdom of St. Maria Goretti."
Labels: St. Thomas Aquinas, temperance
1931 Sketch of Matt Talbot
Seán Dixon (1905-1946) completed this sketch in 1931 after the Oblate Fathers in Inchicore commissioned him to paint a portrait of Matt Talbot.
Dixon studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, and this sketch can be viewed at the The Little Museum of Dublin.
(Note the source link describes Matt as the "patron saint of
dipsomaniacs" rather than the more common "patron saint of alcoholics" or "patron saint of sobriety.")
Source: http://20thcenturydublin.com/2013/07/30/sketch-of-matt-talbot-by-sean-dixon-1931/
Note: We appreciate Grzegorz Jakielski, creator of https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matt-Talbot/304690079653019 and the website www.mateusztalbot.pl., alerting us about this sketch.
Dublin Conference on "Overcoming Addiction"
This is a reminder that the general public is invited to the "The Spirit that Sets Us Free – Overcoming Addiction" conference taking place at Dublin's All Hallows College over 28-29 September, 2013. Details are available at http://www.catholicireland.net/pioneer-association-addresses-problems-addiction-2/
Update: A follow-up report on this conference is available at
http://jesuitcommunicationcentre.newsweaver.com/im4wsa2o9fd1msigvoj6ua?email=true&
Labels: notice, Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, temperance
Meeting Venerable Matt Talbot
[The author of this article, who is an artist, art critic, editor, and lecturer, discovered Matt in a rather unusual manner. It was originally published in First Things, September 12, 2013, but is now available only at the source link below.
Part 2 of her article can be found at the end of this article.]
Maureen Mullarkey
Source: http://www.studiomatters.com/things-to-read/venerable-matt-talbot
"Have you met Matt Talbot? I have just met him myself.
Rummaging through the book bins in my local dump recycling center, I found a small red pamphlet Matt Talbot, Alcoholic. Subtitled The Story of a Slave to Alcohol Who Became a Comrade of Christ's, it was written in 1947 by Albert H. Dolan, a Carmelite priest sympathetic to the labor movement of the era and to the newly formed Alcoholics Anonymous. The red pulp cover, the length of the title, the graphics, the old imprimatur by Chicago's esteemed Cardinal Stritch—how could it be left for the shredder?
I am grateful to have found it. It introduced me to a mystic to believe in.
Born in Dublin in 1856, Matt Talbot was no one in particular. A man of little schooling, he was a common laborer, an all-too-common drunk from the age of twelve until his conversion—metanoia in a man on the skids—from alcohol when he was twenty eight. There were no names to drop on his behalf. He had no noticeable achievements, no wealth, no followers, no claims to sanctity, no recorded visions. He wrote no autobiography, left nothing to draw attention to himself. Yet within fifty years of his death he reached the first stage of canonization and was named Venerable Matt Talbot.
No saint had appeared on the street to call him to sobriety. His radical change of heart happened in quite an ordinary way. Fr. Dolan explains:
For the first time [1884] liquor had kept him from work. He devoted an entire week, day and night, to drinking. Saturday, pay day for all but him, found him thirsty but penniless. Believing that his drinking companions, fellow-laborers in the brick-yard, would sympathize with his thirst and offer to treat him, he took his stand between the yard and the tavern so that his friends with their pay in their pockets would see him. Several of them greeted him with a "Good day, Matt," but not one stopped to ask if he would like a drink.
His drinking buddies had welcomed him when he had money for his drinks and theirs, but "for Matt penniless they had no use." He was cut to the heart. It was, in its sad, unspectacular way, his Pauline moment.
. . . Matt surrendered. "I'll go home," he said. It was not his false friends who, as it were, slammed the door in his face; it was Divine Providence. Christ, the Good Shepherd, planned that day of desolation.
Dolan continues with a stanza from Francis Thompson's Hound of Heaven. The stanza ends with what the writer calls "the theme song of Matt's life:"
Rise, clasp My Hand and come!
Keeping sober was a battle. The temperance movement was strong but the habit of drink was stronger. Matt took the pledge of total abstinence in stages, uncertain he could make a lifetime commitment. He prayed for the will to conquer the craving. Prayer his only support, he threw himself into it like the strategist of a military campaign. Over time, as the craving for drink diminished, his craving for prayer increased. He lived another forty one years intoxicated by the sacraments, captivated by the lives of the saints, quickened by love of the God he had ignored through his youth. He met Christ, the Great Healer, in the Eucharist and in visits to the Blessed Sacrament.
In recompense for the years of drunkeness, the injustice of so much hurt to his parents, he mortified himself. With the knowledge of no one but his confessor, he wore chains—similar to tire chains—around his body day and night. His asceticism was his secret. Toward the end of his life, when illness sent him to the hospital, he removed the chains ahead of time. Only after his release, did they go back on.
Were it not for those chains, the name Matt Talbot might never have been known. One morning in 1925, he collapsed on the street on his way to early Mass. Discovery of chains on his body led to inquiries into his life. It was, in many ways, a harrowing one, as excruciating to modern imagination as it is heart-rending.
He did not pronounce on love of neighbor. He simply loved:
For the greater part of his life, his pay was about five dollars a week. More than half . . . disappeared in charitable donations. He lived on $1.20 a week, including his rent, until, after World War I, his wages increased to $15.00. The only change which the increase of wages made was to increase his charitable gifts, for thereafter he lived on $2.00 a week and gave the rest to charity.
He was a union man, indignant on behalf of laborers, especially married ones with families to support. Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day might have regarded him as a model of the Christian worker, intent on imitating the Carpenter's Son, and a man committed to justice to both laborer and employer. Dolan's tribute reverberates with the language of the time:
If workers everywhere were to take Matt as their model, they would seek satisfaction for their just complaints through Christian channels, and reject the false promise of Communism which is both Godless and anti-Christian.
Matt's single possession was his personal library, a small miracle in itself. A man with virtually no schooling, "read and digested some of the most advance and profound treatises of mystical theology." He once mentioned reading Newman's Apologia. But was that not over his head, objected a friend? Matt replied that he prayed for understanding and seemed to have been granted enough light to grasp most of what he read.
He read kneeling, so close did he come to prayer in the reading.
There is more to know. But a single thing moves—and exhilarates—me more than anything I have read in a very long time. A friend who asked him what ever did he say to God in all his hours in church or in the little space he used on the job when things were slow: 'I say nothing to Him. I look at Him and He looks at me.'
The splendor of that! The ineffable comes in silence; and leaves silence behind.
Pray for us, Matt.
Note: The second part of the author's article about Venerable Matt Talbot can be found at http://www.studiomatters.com/things-to-read/matt-talbot-contd
Labels: article, Fr. Albert H. Dolan
Triumph over addiction
[The following reflection appeared on the 9th June 2013 Facebook page of St. Canice's Church, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland at https://www.facebook.com/stcaniceschurch/posts/498207693581443. More about this church can be found at
http://www.stcanicesfinglas.com/home.html]
Matt Talbot was born on the 2nd May 1856 at 13, Aldborough Court in the Parish of St. Agatha. Matt was one of Dublin's poor, he lived in a tenement, wore second hand cloths, died in a laneway, and was buried in a pauper's grave.
Coming from such a deprived background and with an alcoholic father and a family history of neglect and poverty, Matt found himself sucked into the culture of addiction and the only choice of drug available to the poor of his day, alcohol. Matt like so many others embraced alcohol as a means of escape from the misery and poverty of daily life.
Today we live in an age of addictions more sophisticated perhaps than those of Matt's day, addictions to substances such as alcohol and other drugs soft or hard, prescription or illegal, addictions to gambling, pornography and the internet, addictions to work, professional advancement, sex, money and power. All these have the ability to destroy our lives and like demons even our very souls as well.
Matt sets before us a radical example which demonstrates that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. His life is a witness to the fact that people can by God's grace and their own self acceptance say no to that which leads to addiction or addictive behaviour.
His story is of triumph over addiction. It is a story of faith and of how the power of God's grace can help us overcome the struggles and difficulties of life.
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Upcoming Addiction Conference in Dublin
Information about this public conference is provided by the links below. The relics of two former members of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart, Venerable Matt Talbot (1856-1925) and Fr. John Sullivan SJ (1861-1933), will be presented.
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"Our hearts are restless..."
[One of the many spiritual books that Matt Talbot read in sobriety was Confessions by St. Augustine, and Matt could certainly relate to the quoted first sentence below.
Based on this book we learn about his mother, St Monica, who is frequently listed as a patron for alcoholics.]
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"You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You." This famous line from the pen of Augustine resonates in the heart of everyone, maybe most especially in the heart of those of us in recovery.
Augustine led a dissolute life before his conversion to Christianity. His life story in his "Confessions" bespeaks many of our own errant ways before getting into sobriety. It was only through the insistent prayer of Augustine's mother, Monica, that he received the grace to turn his life around. How many of us had the same kind of mother who fretted over us, who expressed alarm at our waywardness and yet kept hope through prayer that we would "turn around." I credit my own mother, Lord rest her soul, who interceded mightily for me after her death.
Yet now we realize that God and His Spirit was with us all the time, even in our darkest days and nights. We can now say, as Augustine did, "late have I loved You, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! And behold You were with me all the time."
Today we make our own the Psalm of David, Ps 139:
You have searched me and you know me, Lord
From Your presence where can I flee?
If I sink to the nether world, You are present there.
If I settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
Even there Your hand shall guide me,
And Your right hand hold me fast.
If I say, surely the darkness shall hide me,
And night shall be my light –
For You darkness itself is not dark,
You have searched me and You know me, Lord.
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An Older Image of Venerable Matt Talbot
This image of Matt Talbot appeared in the print edition of Our Sunday Visitor, June 3, 2001, page 10, as a sidebar to the article, "A patron for the battle against the bottle."
Historical Development of Matt Talbot's Cause
The interesting website at http://newsaints.faithweb.com/about_us.htm is the result of years of research and collaboration between the members of the Hagiography Circle with the Congregation of the Causes of Saints and the petitioners of beatification and canonization causes from the time of the French Revolution (1789) to today, including up-to-date news at http://newsaints.faithweb.com/index.htm.
Below is the listing for Venerable Matthew Talbot (http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1925.htm). The definition of each entry is available at http://newsaints.faithweb.com/databases.htm:
07 June in Dublin (Ireland)
MATTHEW (MATT) TALBOT
layperson of the archdiocese of Dublin;
member, Secular Franciscans
born: 02 May 1856 in Dublin (Ireland) The
diocese of competent bishop: Dublin
CCS protocol number: 101
type of cause: heroic virtues
opening of informative process: 06 November 1931
closing of informative process: 1934
decree on writings: 27 November 1937
introduction of cause: 28 February 1947
decree "non-cultu": 04 April 1948
opening of apostolic process: 1948
closing of apostolic process: 1953
decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 19 February
commission of CCS officials and consultants: 25 March 1975
session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 13 May 1975
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 03 October 1975
postulator: Mons. Liam Bergin
petitioner: Archdiocese of Dublin, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 IRELAND
website: www.matttalbot.ie
Labels: Beatification, Canonization, Official Matt Talbot Website
From Alcoholic To Sainthood - The Story of Matt Ta...
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The first multiple chamber phytotron of Frits Went was introduced in the 1940s (1). While plant growth chamber technology has changed since these early days, the need for this research equipment has not. Today plant growth chambers are an indispensable tool used around the world as they continue to offer distinct advantages over greenhouses or fields. Chief among these advantages is reproducibility. As an agricultural scientist, reproducibility is critical to enable the research process, conduct experimentation, gather empirical data, test hypotheses, and formulate conclusions. With a high degree of reproducibility scientists in one part of the world can validate (or falsify) the findings of other scientists and drive the discovery process.
Plant growth chambers provide all the critical elements essential for plant growth, including precise, uniform, and repeatable control of temperature, light, humidity, dehumidification, CO2, irrigation, nutrients and other environmental conditions. Researchers in both the public and private sector have come to rely on plant growth chambers in a wide variety of core plant science topics including plant genetics, plant physiology and paleobotany as well as many applied topics such as agronomy, biotechnology, plant breeding and phytopathology.
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(1) R.W. Langhans and T.W. Tibbitts, Plant Growth Chamber Handbook, Iowa State University (1997), page v.


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Wilson recorded 35 points last season (14g, 21a), a career high, and his 14 goals doubled his previous season high of seven set in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 season. Wilson recorded 33 points at even strength, one on the power play and one shorthanded. The Toronto native set career highs in shots (123), time on ice per game (15:59), and blocked shots (51). Wilson's 50.52 shot attempt percentage at five-on-five (1,065 shot attempts for, 1,044 against) was the second-highest single season total of his career and ranked fourth among Capitals forwards. Additionally, the 6'4", 218-pound forward recorded 134:43 on the penalty kill, the third-most among Capitals forwards.
During the Capitals' Stanley Cup run, Wilson set career playoff highs in both goals (five) and assists (10). Wilson recorded a point in 11 of his 21 playoff games, including four multi-point efforts and three points (2g, 1a) in the Capitals' five Stanley Cup Final games against the Vegas Golden Knights.
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"We allow students to come up and ask us any questions they have about the SAT requirements and about college life," Williams said.
Last year, the organization held an open forum at Howard High School where members talked about college preparation, how to fill out the FAFSA, the complicated form used to apply for federal financial aid, and how to decide on a college, among other topics.
Angela Madray, the senior counselor at Howard High until this year, worked with MaconIt to arrange some of the visits to the school.
"A couple of times they went into classrooms with seniors and had discussions with the seniors about college life," Madray said. "Kind of gave them a different perspective from somebody who was there. . . . It wasn't your parents or your counselor saying 'This is what college is going to be like.'"
Williams said what makes MaconIt distinct from other organizations is the support given to students as they are in college, rather than just helping them go to college.
"We are helping the students to not only get to college, but succeed and be able to transition through the whole two or four years ... so that they can be prepared to take on whatever career they want to once they finish and be able to come back and serve the community," she said.
Stefan Harden, a rising junior at Morehouse College majoring in cinema, television, and emerging media studies, is part of MaconIt's event and planning committee. He also serves as a mentor to other students.
"The organization has helped me serve my community. It has also helped me realize the importance of having people who are from the same environment as you come back and give guidance and support," Harden said in an email to The Telegraph.
Williams wants to add more MaconIt programs. The group is working to get 501(c)(3) status, which would mean it's approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt, charitable organization.
Currently, donations have come through community members, small businesses and family members from the people in the organization.
Once the organization gets more funding, Williams plans to implement programs such as a mentorship program. When students from Macon go to college, they will be matched with a mentor from Macon who attends that same college.
Other programs would provide scholarships, book stipends and a College 101 class in high schools.
For now, the organization is planning it's 5th annual award ceremony on July 13 at 5:30 p.m. at Lundy Chapel's Educational Center to celebrate students' accomplishments.
College students will be honored in five categories: artistry, community service, athlete, entrepreneur and MaconIt Award. A rising star award will be given to a high school student excelling in academics and service.
Eric Hubbard, a graduate of Howard High School, was a recipient of MaconIt's artistry award in 2018. He now attends Bethune Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida as a music recording major.
Hubbard said MaconIt has been "an outlet to highlight the good things going on."
Elijah Rutland is another college student who received an award at the organization's ceremony last year. He graduated from Central High School and attends Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, as a graphic design major.
He won the entrepreneur of the year award for his art business, Fix My Sole, where he customizes tennis shoes and does digital artwork.
MaconIt has given "me a support system of other young black college students and graduates where I can go to for help, advice, tips about how to maximize my college experience," Rutland said.
For more information about the program, visit maconit.org.
Mayah Williams is the founder of MaconIt, a nonprofit organization that provides social and financial support to college students in the Macon-Bibb County area. Jenna Eason jeason@macon.com
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Avoid the Grand Vision - Seek the Opportunity! – McLuhan & Davies Communications, Inc.
Over 30 years ago I started a consulting practice building on my background as an ex-journalist, and trade magazine editor.
The service: teaching people how to write more effectively.
The opportunity: Many professionals (e.g., engineers, IT specialists, etc.) were challenged to not only write effectively, but also how to write productively. i.e., not waste time while writing.
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By chance I had got to know the McLuhan family. (An opportunity) Those versed in communication studies would be well aware of Marshall McLuhan, media guru, academic and the first to highlight the effects of the electronic media on the way we now think in the Western world . You may recall his iconic statements: The Medium is the Message, and The Global Village. I.e., McLuhan is THE name in communications.
I got to know the family through Marshal's son, Dr. Eric McLuhan, who also by chance had taught, and as a bonus knew the English language backwards.
Between us we designed a workshop, sold two clients, and put in place everything we needed for an entrepreneurial business.
Our clients liked what we did. And they asked what else did we do?
But one day a brochure came into my office advertising a workshop that was then called: The Winging-IT Logic System, to be delivered by Dr. Keith Spicer, a prominent Canadian public figure.
We now offered a second workshop, renamed Think On Your Feet® .
Again, with no grand vision. We never planned to go global. It just happened. Clients liked the product and our free demonstrations attracted attention from the big five accounting practices. One of them in Australia. Our growth spread from there.
In our first year we delivered 14 days of training, the next year: 24. Today we deliver around 500 days of training out of our head office. If you include those who represent us globally, we now deliver over 2,000 days of communication-skills training annually.
It all happened because we saw one opportunity. We met the opportunity. And it all started with that one opportunity as a foundation to the future. This has led me to understand the key aspects of growing an entrepreneurial enterprise.
Seek out an opportunity—not a grand vision!
Fulfil this opportunity. Your first client is the most important in your life.
Don't distract yourself with a grand vision. At best it will distract you. At worst you'll lose your credibility.
Build your team around this one opportunity. Do your best to get it right! You won't get it right as such. But you have to shoot for perfection. Excellent is brilliant, but probably not realistic. Good is OK.
Imagine you're in a room. One exit door represents your future. But you can only open that door once you've perfected and serviced that one room, that one opportunity. Don't allow the myriad of opportunities outside that one room to distract you. Focus instead on building a foundation for your future. One step at a time.
One good (small) opportunity can plant the seeds for a global business. It just takes 35 years for it to grow. Maybe you can do it faster?!!!
Roger HB Davies CEO, McLuhan & Davies Communications, Inc. Roger established his reputation in the early '70s as one of Canada's top business magazine editors. His awards include the prestigious Jesse H. Neal, the Pulitzer of the American Business Press, which he won a record three times. In 1980, he co-founded McLuhan & Davies. As CEO, he is responsible for long-term planning, product innovation and marketing. Davies has served as President of the Ontario Society of Training & Development.
Incredible advice, Roger. Thanks for sharing your story!


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Q: Объеденить части SQL запроса Нужно объеденить части SQL запроса, меня интересуют строки 3,4 и 13
$num = 6;

$page  = (int)$_GET['page'];

$count = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_products WHERE visible = '1'",
$connect);

$temp  = mysql_fetch_array($count);

if ($temp[0] > 0) {

    $tempcount = $temp[0];

    $total = (($tempcount - 1) / $num) + 1;

    $total = intval($total);

    $page  = intval($page);

    if (empty($page) or $page < 0) $page = 1;

    if ($page > $total) $page = $total;

    $start = $page * $num - $num;

    $qury_start_num = " LIMIT $start, $num";
}

Вот с этим запросом. И возможно ли такое вообще?
if ($filtering != '') {

    $query .= 'WHERE ' . $filtering . ' ORDER BY ' . $sorting;
} else {

    $query .= 'ORDER BY ' . $sorting;
}

A: Как я понял, Вам необходимо, чтобы visible = '1' и $filtering в одном условии. Для этого необходимо использовать SQL AND & OR Operators. В вашем случае это выглядело бы:
$query = 'SELECT * FROM table_products WHERE visible = '1' AND ';
if ($filtering != '') {
    $query .= ' $filtering . ' ORDER BY ' . $sorting;
} else {
    $query .= 'ORDER BY ' . $sorting;
}

Опять же, если я правильно понял чего вы хотите:
p.s.:

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*в 2016 году использовать функции "mysql" мягко говоря - не очень. Используйте "PDO" или "mysqli".

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