My recent mail call, a 1940 Vatican 5 Lire, has a mintage of 100,000. It shows Pius XII on the obverse, with a cool reddish toning, and I really dig the design of St Peter steering a barque on the reverse.
The Now Infamous Wreck of The Peter Iredale, Photographed Just Days After a Sudden Squall Had Pushed the 287-foot 4-masted Barque Onto the Beach at Clatsop Spit.
The Wreck of Peter Iredale - Warrenton, OR. Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. She was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton, OR.
The Wreck of Peter Iredale - Warrenton, OR. Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. She was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton, OR.
Pensacola, FL: the Commandancia St. wharf with the barque Saga tied up alongside, ~1901 [10118x8028]
Pensacola, FL: the Commandancia St. wharf with the barque Saga tied up alongside, ~1901 [10118x8028]
Pensacola, FL: the Commandancia St. wharf with the barque Saga tied up alongside, ~1901 [10118x8028]
From the top of St. Peter‘s Dome
St. Peter was an apostle of Jesus Christ, as well as the first Pope. Around 64 AD, he was sentenced to death by the Romans, and was taken to Vatican Hill. He allegedly asked that the Roman soldiers crucify him upside-down, since he believed that he was unworthy to die in the same manner as Jesus
(965 x 700) STS Sedov a four-masted steel barque that for almost 80 years was the largest traditional sailing ship in operation. Originally built as a German cargo ship, Sedov is today a sail training vessel, training cadets from the universities of Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg and Astrakhan
A Man Dies, Goes to Heaven and stands in front of St. Peter
St. Peter looks at the man and informs him that Heaven has standards and to get in he must name one heroic deed he has done in his life.
The man replies
"That is very easy. One time I saw a women getting harassed by 4 big bad bikers. They were yelling lewd comments at her and grabbing her. She was very scared."
"What did you do?" St. Peter asked.
"I walked up the the biggest one and slapped his face and said if you want her you have to go through me you bastards."
"Wow that is brave! When did this happen?"
The man looks at his watch. "About 20 minutes ago."
On this Christmas Day in 800 AD Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish king, Charlemagne, Emperor of the Romans in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
The so-called “Dalmatic of Charlemagne”. The only medieval liturgical vestment kept in the Treasury of St Peter’s is this dalmatic. It is a masterpiece of the art of embroidery practiced in Constantinople during the eleventh century.
Cross of Justin II (Vatican Cross) is a processional cross dated 6th century that is kept in Treasury in St. Peter's Basilica, in Vatican City. It is also one of oldest surviving claimed reliquaries of True Cross.
On set filming Apocalypto in St Austell Bay, Cornwall, 2006 if memory serves me. Left is Earl of Pembroke (19th century barque) and on the right is Phoenix (18th century brigantine) both de-rigged and redressed as 16th century caravel’s for filming by Square Sail Shipyard, Charlestown Harbour.
Peter Lynch was the DFV of his time in Wall St. Look at all the confirmation bias why mine (and yours) decision to go into GameStop makes DFV sense! No regrets.
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St. Peter Hospital Healthcare Workers Underpaid amid Over Capacity filled units. We don’t have enough staff to care for the amount of patients that are presently coming into the hospital.
The “Tower” (Inpatient Units) floors 3-11 are full of hard to place patients that the case managers have to place in skilled nursing facilities or inpatient rehabs. Because of this when someone comes into the ER they have a longer than usual wait time to get admitted into the ER. After that if you have to be admitted into one of the units in the “Tower” for further specialized medical treatment the wait time is much longer 10+ hours either on a stretcher in the hallway or if you are lucky enough a room in the ER. Once you eventually get admitted into the “Tower” you are faced with a care team that is critically burned out and understaffed, in EVERY department (Environmental services, Registered nurses, IV access, phlebotomists, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and many more.) resulting in a lapse of quality patient care and delayed healing and therapy time. I am not only blaming just this hospital but the entire healthcare system is going through the strainer right now. But, Providence hasn’t taken steps to alleviate these issues such as financial methods of retaining staff or hiring agency therapists/ members of the care team.
If you are a patient or a family member my advice to you is to request a copy of the units daily staffing plan, which you have the legal right to request as stated in the Nurse Staffing Committee laws that were remodeled in 2017 in Washington State. If you feel your / your family member’s care is not adequate please complain to the hospital administration or spread the word that staffing is not safe at St. Peter Hospital in order to promote change in policies or procedures in order to promote a safer experience for everybody patient or care team member alike!
The Apse of St. Peter's basilica, designed in 1653
The Pietà in St Peter's Basilica is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed. When he overheard that his work was being credited to another sculptor, he decided to carve his name across the statue. He later regretted the vanity of this act and swore never to sign another piece of his work [3812x6006]
Volkshalle, the unbuilt nazi pantheon. 290 m high, 250 m dome diameter, 46 m oculus diameter (big enough to fit the dome of St Peters' Basilica)
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster occurred in July of 1184 in the St. Peter’s Church in Erfurt, Germany. During a meeting of German Nobles, the floor of the room collapsed, and many of them fell into a pit of liquid human excrement below. About 60 to 100 people died, most likely by suffocation
A sudden snowfall in St. Petersburg took street actors by surprise in historical costumes from the times of Emperor Peter the Great
The Khufu ship is a 4500-year-old intact full-size solar barque from ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit at the foot of the Great Pyramid of pharaoh Khufu in the Giza pyramid complex. The ship is 43.4 m long and 5.9 m wide and was identified as the world's oldest intact ship [3500x2305]
View of Rome and Vatican City from the Dome of St Peter's Basilica
After a long while of discernment, my wife and I will be joining the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
I’ve been discerning this path for a while now, with my wife discerning it more recently. We’ve recently decided that it is the path for us, all the Glory to God.
As converts from Protestantism, this feels like the home for us. We can keep the good aspects of of our faith that brought us home to the Church, while also embracing the fullness of the faith and fullness of Catholic doctrine.
We are just now beginning the formal process, we’re not sure how long it will take, but we are very excited!
Edit: Just to be clear, we are already Catholics; we are just transferring out of our Diocese’s jurisdiction into the Ordinariate’s.
Cross of Justin II (Vatican Cross) is a processional cross dated 6th century that is kept in Treasury in St. Peter's Basilica, in Vatican City. It is also one of oldest surviving claimed reliquaries of True Cross.
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster occurred in July of 1184 in the St. Peter’s Church in Erfurt, Germany. During a meeting of German Nobles, the floor of the room collapsed, and many of them fell into a pit of liquid human excrement below. About 60 to 100 people died, most likely by suffocation
The Peter Airedale was a four masted steel barque built in England in 1890. Inbound from Mexico to the port of Portland on 25 October 1906 at the mouth of the Columbia river heavy winds and a strong current ran the ship aground at Clatsop beach, Oregon.
You've died. At the pearly gates, St. Peter shows you statistics of your life ranging from how many times you listened to your favorite album, to the amount of grains of rice you ate throughout your life. What is one statistic that you want to find out and what is one you're afraid of knowing?
The Peter Airedale was a four masted steel barque built in England in 1890. Inbound from Mexico to the port of Portland on 25 October 1906 at the mouth of the Columbia river heavy winds and a strong current ran the ship aground at Clatsop beach, Oregon.
Can some one please give me a rational reason for st. Peter of Damascus to say flute playing is a (evil) passion...
I'm on volume three of the philokalia. Personally Id say the 8 enumerated passions from volume one surficed. However, st. Peter of Damascus expands to 298. Most seem reasonable however...
Flute playing?
I don't know if this is a call back to the cult of Dionysus or he's just lifting off of Plato's hate for the flute. Thing is as compared to prior patristic writers he isn't as dependent on Greek platonic terminology.
So yeah...
The Apse of St. Peter's basilica, designed in 1653
I chortled to myself as St. Peter explained that I - a fireman who dedicated his life to saving others - must endure the pain of those I had murdered in life.
Were any of you aware that fire was sentient, because I had no clue...
You die and go to the pearly gates, but instead of St. Peter you are greeted by a representative of the Coka Cola Company. What has happened? Will they let you in?
The Apse of St. Peter's basilica, designed in 1653
St. Peter was an apostle of Jesus Christ, as well as the first Pope. Around 64 AD, he was sentenced to death by the Romans, and was taken to Vatican Hill. He allegedly asked that the Roman soldiers crucify him upside-down, since he believed that he was unworthy to die in the same manner as Jesus
[WP] When you die instead of St. Peter judging your soul your life gets turned into a AITA post and now Reddit must decide your fate
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster occurred in July of 1184 in the St. Peter’s Church in Erfurt, Germany. During a meeting of German Nobles, the floor of the room collapsed, and many of them fell into a pit of liquid human excrement below. About 60 to 100 people died, most likely by suffocation
In honor of one of my favorite books, Slaughterhouse-Five. Done by Jon Bell at Self Inflicted in St Peters, Missouri
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster occurred in July of 1184 in the St. Peter’s Church in Erfurt, Germany. During a meeting of German Nobles, the floor of the room collapsed, and many of them fell into a pit of liquid human excrement below. About 60 to 100 people died, most likely by suffocation
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