Inspired by MaryLu's idea...feel free to contribute links or images (with some credit).

Enjoy,

Mateo

-- (MattElFeo@netscape.net), July 11, 2002

Answers

Here are a couple of Jesuit photo contests:

Contest #1.

Contest #2

All of the photos are great. Here is are a couple of my favorites:

The links have a short description of each picture.

Enjoy,

Mateo

-- (MattElFeo@netscape.net), July 11, 2002.

Hi Mateo,

You were inspired by my idea and what idea is that? (LOL)

I love those photos!!! Thank you so much for sharing that site with us. I will go back and study them more carefully. Photography used to be a hobby for me. Those pictures are inspiring me to go back to it. I just "took" pictures, did not develop them. I always had a camera with me for that special photo.

When my kids were little, I hated those studio pictures where the kids are all dressed up and look 'perfect.' I have the greatest pictures of my kids being kids.

Now I have a question, Mateo. What does A.M.D.G., part of the tattoo on the student?

Thanks, again.

MaryLu

-- MaryLu (mlc327@juno.com), July 11, 2002.

Thank you for the credit for inspiring you, Mateo, but you have me confused with Gail. It was her idea! (ha,ha)

I just visited that thread.

MaryLu

-- MaryLu (mlc327@juno.com), July 11, 2002.

Oops, you're right, MaryLu. It was Gail this time. OK, so you both inspire me... :-)

Enjoy,

Mateo

-- (MattElFeo@netscape.net), July 11, 2002.

MaryLu,

AMDG means: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam. Translation: To the Greater Glory of God.

This is the motto of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits).

Enjoy,

Mateo

-- (MattElFeo@netscape.net), July 11, 2002.

Mateo,

I like the second one of the holy man in India. Great photo.

-- Kathy (sorry@nomail.com), July 11, 2002.

-- jake (jake__@msn.com), July 11, 2002.

Kathy,

You might not believe it, but the "holy man" is (was) actually a Jesuit Priest! Here is his information:

"Fr. Dan Rice, SJ, from Athens, Ohio, died in India in 1991 after serving as a missionary to the Santalis of the Sokho Valley. Over the 30 years of Fr. Rice's agricultural and retreat ministry there, he took on the look and dress of a sannyasi, or Hindu holy person. I took this picture at Dan's residence in 1978, when I was a Jesuit novice on "long experiment" working in Calcutta with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. I remember listening with Fr. Rice to a "Voice of America" radio broadcast announcing the election of a new Polish pope.

--Photo taken by Fr. Stephen Krupa, SJ, Professor of Religious Studies, John Carroll University, Cleveland"

In my opinion, old people and young people are amazing subjects in photographs. Their expressions are so profound and convey so much!

Enjoy,

Mateo

-- (MattElFeo@netscape.net), July 11, 2002.

I'd also like to share the text accompanying the picture of the priest raising the Word of God:

Fr. Fran Daly, SJ, celebrates the feast of our patron, Francis Xavier, at St. Xavier High. Just as he raises the book above his head before proclaiming the Gospel, a shaft of sunlight comes through the window above and behind him and shines on the book, the Gospel's brilliance illuminating a dark world.

--Photo by Mr. Paul Zook, Director of Communications, St. Xavier High, Cincinnati

Enjoy,

Mateo

-- (MattElFeo@netscape.net), July 11, 2002.

I LOVE this thread!!! Keep it coming!

Gail

-- Gail (rothfarms@socket.net), July 12, 2002.

-- jake (jake__@msn.com), July 12, 2002.

-- jake (jake__@msn.com), July 12, 2002.

Oh, Jake, thank you...I love those pictures!!!

It brings back memories of the way the mass used to be, and how we as catholics used to be...wish we could incorporate both - some of the new and some of the old - most of all the reverance we had for our priests, the church itself...wonder if it will ever come back.

MaryLu

-- MaryLu (mlc327@juno.com), July 13, 2002.

"wonder if it will ever come back."

It never went away, Mary Lu, although there are those who are trying to toss the Mass onto the dung heap of history. Sadly, those voices are very vocal and come from within the Church Herself!

Glad you liked the pictures.

-- jake (jake__@msn.com), July 13, 2002.

absolutely beautiful pictures jake!!! thank you!!!!!!

-- Isabel (isabel1492@yahoo.com), July 13, 2002.

Jake,

The mass is still the mass, but there is a difference in the way it used to be...(not the mass, itself) but the reverence people had when attending church...there is a difference, Jake, in some aspects...of it.

For instance, I went to a service in an old church last week and I can't tell you the feeling I got when being inside this beautiful building...the altar was so magnificent, and the pews and the altar railing...and the statues....it was like my church as a kid...we had to kneel down at the altar railing to receive communion....and I loved it - brought back lots of memories...

MaryLu

-- MaryLu (mlc327@juno.com), July 13, 2002.

This might be a little hard to stomach, but sometimes a necessary reminder:

The first pic is from daily Catholic

The second from seeds of faith

And the last one is from Catholic Doors

God Bless

-- (sacerdos@hotpop.com), July 14, 2002.

Sorry, last one is this:

Which can be found at Catholic Doors

God Bless

-- (sacerdos@hotpop.com), July 14, 2002.

Brian,

That last picture makes me want to cry....it is so touching, so beautiful. Pictures do tell a thousand words, don't they.

I do wish I knew how to do that...links and pictures...I just don't get it...I tried. I'm working on it, though

Thanks, again.

-- MaryLu (mlc327@juno.com), July 14, 2002.

MaryLu,

Thank you it is definitely a very beautiful picture, and a reminder of what the both the Sacrificial nature of the Mass as well as the Alter Christos that the priest is.

As to your dilemma with the linking and inserting pictures, it is quite easy. On this thread right click on your mouse and click on view source, scroll down to where people have added pictures and links, copy their "code" and paste it in your response. Once you have done this find a link or pic you want to display, and paste it in between the " ". Of course make sure you delete their link, and just leave the barebone code. For example:

Hope this helps, good luck, and if you need anymore help, you might check this site out HTML Also, if you still don't understand view the source (as I explained above) it will allow you to see the HTML "code" and everything I explained.

God Bless

-- (sacerdos@hotpop.com), July 14, 2002.

Sorry, I was hoping I "messed up" the "code" enough to show you what I was doing, apparently I did not, so everything got a little messed up. Probaly would be easiest just to check out HTML and let it do all the explaining.

Good Luck and God Bless

-- (sacerdos@hotpop.com), July 14, 2002.

The picture of Mother Mary is beautiful. Thanks, Brian, for posting it.

-- Carolyn (fcb@heartland.com), July 18, 2002.

Dear Brian,

Thank you so much. I will try it, not right now though.

It is much too hot too cook, tired of being indoors with the AC on and all the windows closed..so we are going to eat something at our church bazaar tonight. Poor Father, it always rains when he has the bazaar.

Please remember him in your prayers that the Bazaar is a success..with the scandal this year, it has affected donations, unfortunately...

MaryLU

-- MaryLu (mlc327@juno.com), July 18, 2002.

Carolyn,

Your very welcome, glad I could help inspire.

MaryLu,

You too are also very welcome, and if you need any help, my email is real, as many people have already come to find out.

You can also be assured that you and your pastor are also in my prayers.

-- (sacerdos@hotpop.com), July 18, 2002.

-- jake (jake__@msn.com), July 24, 2002.