Des Gahan: 2 books
The application of three major characteristics of liturgy as seen in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults to Pastoral Care of the Sick and Dying
Pastoral Care of the Sick and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, grade: B+, Dublin City University, course: Liturgical Principles, language: English, abstract: Jesus after the resurrection commanded his disciples. 'Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of...
A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian
War in the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Three weeks into the battle for Saipan, there was no doubt about the outcome and V Amphibious Corps (VAC) commanders began turning their attention to the next objective—the island of Tinian, clearly visible three miles off Saipan’s southwest coast. Its garrison of 9,000 Japanese army and navy combatants, many of them veterans of the campaigns in Manchuria, had been bombarded for seven weeks by U.S. air and sea armadas, joined in late June by massed Marine Corps and Army artillery battalions on Saipan’s southern coast. The 2d and 4th Marine Divisions, both still in the thick of the Saipan fight, had been selected for the assault mission....