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MEMORIAL OF SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE, YEAR I

MATTHEW 17:22-27

Friends, today we celebrate the memorial of Maximilian Kolbe, the great saint of Auschwitz. A prisoner from Fr. Kolbe's barracks escaped, and in retaliation, the Nazi guards picked out ten other prisoners at random for execution. When one of those chosen broke down in tears, protesting that he was the father of a family, Kolbe stepped forward and said "I am a Catholic priest; take me and spare this man." Priests are called "father," because they are life-givers in the spiritual order. Spiritual fathers protect their children; they teach them; they are there for them. At the limit, they even give their lives for them, and that's what we see in today's great saint. Jesus gathered around himself a band of apostles whom he shaped according to his own mind and heart and whom he subsequently sent on mission. Priests, down through the centuries—from Augustine and Aquinas, to Francis Xavier and John Henry Newman, to John Paul II and your own pastor—are the descendants of those first friends and apprentices of the Lord. They have been needed in every age, and they are needed today, for the Kingdom of Heaven must be proclaimed, the poor must be served, God must be worshiped, and the sacraments must be administered. Courtesy: Bishop Robert Barron

77 Louis Pasteur Ave and Back to Business at 41 East Post

Hi All,

It has been a while since I last updated you. Prior to a conference I was going to attend in Boston, I wrote to you promising I was going to keep you posted on how that went. Well, here I am almost a month afterwards but glad to be late than never. As you can tell by now, mine has been a very busy summer but I am loving every bit of it thus far.

As the topic depicted, 77 LP and that was the venue of this conference I attended and it is where the Harvard Medical School as well as the TH Chan School of Public Health are rightly located. 

By the way if you have ever had microbiology as a course in college, then you are most likely familiar with Louis Pasteur. This place is a very strategic place on first sight because right where this prestigious medical school is located we have the Brigham and Women Hospital which is the teaching hospital for the HMS, then next to that we have the Boston Children Hospital, and then the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The environment alone was very vibrant and exciting especially during the morning hours when everyone was headed to either work or for classes. I just fell in love with the place. 

Anyway, the conference itself was a delight and mind stimulating which is what I loved the most about this conference. It was a tremendous opportunity to had been a part of that event. In attendance to this conference were researchers, doctors, other clinicians, nurses, registered dietitians, academics and so forth. That is why with all these minds at work, it was a very wonderful environment to be at. The two days event went by fast and after which I got to spend a day hanging out with my friend and his girl friend in Boston.

Next year the conference is said to feature the deadly chemical compound our palates so much loves called Sugar. Yes, it's a deadly chemical and I know that is too extreme but believe me when I say it is deadly. Anyhow, I am looking forward to it.
While driving around the City of Boston, I saw one of my favorite PT biotech companies, Biogen with ticker symbol (BIIB). I was very excited about it and would have visited the site had it not been off hours. 

So that is that with my experience at 77 LP needless to say I also met some wonderful people and got to establish contact with them and hope to keep in touch.

Now you may ask but what about 41 East Post? That is a place of course in New York unlike the first which is in Boston. The address  41 East Post is where I have been having some great educational and professional hangouts for the last three or so years. However it has been an all new adventure for me this summer and there has been so much to take in hence my exceptionally busy schedule and lack of time to update you. I know and I know, you are about to ask, but when will you not be busy? Well and perhaps when I am in my mortal grave :)

No worries, there will be a time and I am sure about that but for now, man must keep moving as it is a sure sign that he is alive. So in my case, I am very much alive as you can see folks, I move around a lot.

Please keep in touch

Pal Ron