[Magdalen] [Mgdln] (SPAM: ?) Who is your modern 'saint'?

[Grace Cangialosi]

They surely do belong, but since they're already commemorated in our calendar, I didn't think they'd be eligible.

> On Sep 8, 2014, at 8:17 PM, Lee Lemmon <lemmon.lee9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Daniels belongs on the list along with Rosa Parks and MLK.
> Jonathan was a witness indeed, a true martyr
> 
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:38 AM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Oh, yes! You can hear the. Great Singer on Youtube singing "Joe Hill"
>> 
>> Joe was an organizer for labor when it could, and DID, get people killed
>> and ruined.
>> 
>> People such as he were willing to take just incredible risks to change the
>> world.
>> 
>> If Nnicholas Romanov and family can be considered for sainthood, then
>> surely Joe Hill.
>> 
>>> On Monday, September 8, 2014, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> And that reminded me of Paul Robeson, another modern saint.
>>> He was in Sydney while their magnificent opera house was being built, and
>>> he paid a visit. He stood on the stage in the unfinished building and
>> sang
>>> "Joe Hill" to the workmen there.
>>> I've heard a recording of his singing that, and it's powerful. He was a
>>> true Renaissance man--and paid dearly for it...
>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 7, 2014, at 10:30 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net
>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night
>>>> Alive as he could be
>>>> Said I “But Joe, you’re nine years dead.”
>>>> “I never died,” said he.
>>>> “I never died,” said he.
>>>> 
>>>> “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the
>>> world.” — Nelson Mandela
>>>> 
>>>> Jim Handsfield
>>>> jhandsfield at att.net <javascript:;>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 7, 2014, at 9:16 AM, James Oppenheimer <
>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Joe Hill.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> James W. Oppenheimer
>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>