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Briefly. Before he died and quit. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/catch-him-if-you-can monthly 0.5 2021-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628352116445-WD5D68R0LLWHPTZ4S5I9/image_2021-08-07_110156.png Story Extras - Catch Him If You Can - Make it stand out Fr. Miguel Pro’s mugshot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628351911658-71WD5D52Z2LZ7TDEVE5Z/image_2021-08-07_105831.png Story Extras - Catch Him If You Can - Make it stand out The first volley did not kill him. One soldier stepped forward to deliver the final shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628351989627-FSE2OQB8NF3NN7J4V38W/image_2021-08-07_105949.png Story Extras - Catch Him If You Can - Make it stand out Despite government orders against any public demonstration, thousands showed up for his funeral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628351933156-YX5AMIART4R01XQ93DMC/image_2021-08-07_105852.png Story Extras - Catch Him If You Can - Make it stand out Before the firing squad fired, he yelled “Viva Christo Rei!” You can see that he is not wearing a blindfold. In his left hand is a crucifix, in his right a rosary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628351845578-6I9M4UAAJ89835VVJCGD/image_2021-08-07_105725.png Story Extras - Catch Him If You Can - Make it stand out Fr. Pro led to the place of execution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628351878520-RU8V1696WABMIZCSR7OX/image_2021-08-07_105758.png Story Extras - Catch Him If You Can - Make it stand out Before the firing squad, he knelt and prayed https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-duel-condition monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628353443722-T0D80SKNKCKGVPOT8UDC/image_2021-08-07_112400.png Story Extras - The Duel Condition - Make it stand out St. Dominic Savio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628352920991-BFWR18HWBSDJYVN4Q7SA/image_2021-08-07_111520.png Story Extras - The Duel Condition - Make it stand out St. John Bosco (“Don Bosco”) https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/staring-down-the-coup monthly 0.5 2022-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/fa355463-3edf-403a-8df1-381183de789b/image_2022-07-30_091732025.png Story Extras - Staring Down the Coup - Make it stand out Some time after the events in our story, when he judged that he was no longer needed, Washington resigned his commission and returned to his Mount Vernon estate. This painting hangs in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, and is memorable for the two girls on the right with five hands between them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5d7b7d24-ea6a-488f-9a8e-f7a1e6cda7e6/image_2022-07-30_091948766.png Story Extras - Staring Down the Coup - Make it stand out The reconstruction of the “Temple of Virtue,” the meeting room where our story took place, at New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site in New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/01e841ec-27f8-43e9-b5a9-7c623b91988c/image_2022-07-30_091416301.png Story Extras - Staring Down the Coup - Make it stand out General Horatio Gates https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-difficulties-of-a-first-dance monthly 0.5 2021-08-07 https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/medicine-for-the-soul monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628358611237-UCLK5NRDP16Q5X7STWFK/image_2021-08-07_125010.png Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out Maria Goretti’s house is in the top right (Le Ferriere is literally only that intersection). In the bottom left, in Nettuno, are the Basilica of Our Lady of Graces and St. Maria Goretti and the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628361141937-42XWEM27EGIPMOIU61EH/P1049340.JPG Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out One of the rooms in the memorial shows massive maps of the war. This segment of the wall shows the landing at Anzio and Nettuno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628358054844-S6DFBN789IAQU8UQRXX2/image_2021-08-07_124053.png Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out The Goretti’s home, which Fr. James saw but John Peter did not https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628361316089-9T3NHI1UM1NQ75MOSNJU/P1049329.JPG Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.” - General of the Armies John J. Pershing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628360497411-656L5FZ4HD6P2SDAOVXJ/P1049360.JPG Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out The message on the arch reads, “Here are recorded the names of Americans who gave their lives in the service of their country and who sleep in unknown graves.” The ceiling depicts the constellations and the planets Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn using classical imagery, and placed where they were in the night sky at 0200 hours on January 22, 1944, the time when the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Anzio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628362334275-3MGIDBB4RP5MEWK4CSYD/P1049283.JPG Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out Pope Pius XII with the Goretti family at Maria Goretti’s canonization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628357696744-1TBOPN2EFLZ93RQ1CIZZ/image_2021-08-07_123456.png Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out Only known photo of St. Maria Goretti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628361619679-DJ279JVZC782Z5XWX8W8/P1049185+%282%29.JPG Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out St. Maria Goretti’s relics. She is not incorrupt; her bones are underneath the mask. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628361256041-RV402SE327YL593ZXAJ4/P1059391.JPG Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out The gates of the cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628362458251-DQWYV8ARMRUSC055H9Q4/P1049273.jpg Story Extras - Medicine for the Soul - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/no-one-trusts-the-weatherman monthly 0.5 2022-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6e023b95-1b53-4b44-9f80-f9f8b7117eaa/image_2022-01-09_135826.png Story Extras - No One Trusts the Weatherman - Make it stand out Painting of Christopher Columbus arriving in America from the Capitol Rotunda (the Capitol building of the United States in America in Washington, D.C., just to be clear) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/83a4f4e1-8c15-4776-a0b3-3161fe08c0f6/image_2022-01-09_135534.png Story Extras - No One Trusts the Weatherman - Make it stand out Painted by Sebastiano del Piombo, this painting claims to be of Christopher Columbus, though it was painted several years after Columbus died. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-bishops-defeat monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628363680818-A2QS6FZRT4J077DRTNHD/JPII-FJS.jpeg Story Extras - The Bishop’s Defeat - Make it stand out The scene from our story: Pope St. John Paul II greets Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St. Patrick’s Cathedral https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-ladys-reception monthly 0.5 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628981501172-YM93BN2K9C64VPKAZ8XN/image_2021-08-14_175139.png Story Extras - The Lady’s Reception - Make it stand out The Martyrs of Compiegne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628980971948-2JZ0DKUEV0QUX1XH375S/image_2021-08-14_174251.png Story Extras - The Lady’s Reception - Make it stand out Louise-Marie as Venerable Therese of St. Augustine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628980931900-UYYGXEOCB09ATA54ZO2L/image_2021-08-14_174209.png Story Extras - The Lady’s Reception - Make it stand out Louise-Marie as Princess of France https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-stop-sign-traffic-stop monthly 0.5 2022-01-23 https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-little-drunkard monthly 0.5 2021-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1629857093839-X3J00QESJKPP2MZIWJAA/image_2021-08-24_210451.png Story Extras - The Little Drunkard - Make it stand out The tomb of St. Monica. The text reads, “Hic iac. corpus S. M. Monicae. S. Monica ora pro nobis,” meaning, “Here lies the body of (the holy mother) Monica. St. Monica pray for us.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1629857248346-V85U19J3WJ76N4E2FPLF/image_2021-08-24_210725.png Story Extras - The Little Drunkard - Make it stand out This is listed as the tomb of St. Monica in some places online, but it’s not. 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Look closely at the design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631627287196-DOABUI95HI6DV83QBJ4D/part-6.jpg Story Extras - The Empty Church - Make it stand out Interior of the church. The statue of Mary is on the right side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631627360180-UAX9L4TPTZF9ZKVPBCRT/image_2021-09-14_084917.png Story Extras - The Empty Church - Make it stand out Exterior of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1629299823905-RBXFRETINDDAHTO89EU6/image_2021-08-18_101702.png Story Extras - The Empty Church - Make it stand out The first Church of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki, where the women approached Fr. Bernard Petitjean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1629300060720-PYN6Q8IN1DJ02TPTUDDP/image_2021-08-18_102100.png Story Extras - The Empty Church - Make it stand out Immaculate Conception Cathedral, or Urukami Cathedral, near the epicenter of the atomic bomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631626565492-UXYBCHOWIRYFTTQ8XTWX/part-0.jpg Story Extras - The Empty Church - Make it stand out A disguised image of the Blessed Virgin Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1629299894515-01DA4SV3017X2Q856O5L/image_2021-08-18_101815.png Story Extras - The Empty Church - Make it stand out Fr. Bernard Petitjean, who would go on to be the first Vicar Apostolic of Japan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631626663622-YQXFU7G4K9AR4UTUY42H/part-2.jpg Story Extras - The Empty Church - Make it stand out Statues of Mary used by the persecuted Christians. They were designed to look like the Buddhist deity Kannon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631627162914-ND34ZLQ6MBXA702FQR6B/part-3.jpg Story Extras - The Empty Church - Make it stand out The statue of Mary Fr. Petitjean showed the hidden Christians at Ooura Tensyu Dou (大浦天主堂), or the Basilica of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/weapon-in-mass-production monthly 0.5 2021-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1629895564951-BU4WWGHNAZ018PO9CXQR/image_2021-08-25_074603.png Story Extras - Weapon in Mass Production - Make it stand out Fleming in the Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630340421973-U0RRDC3NM515SFQSTMUS/image_2021-08-30_112024.png Story Extras - Weapon in Mass Production - Make it stand out Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630078944117-MI7J5DS7G3188M4D9X0Y/image_2021-08-27_104223.png Story Extras - Weapon in Mass Production - Make it stand out The Zone of Inhibition https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/praying-at-st-dominics monthly 0.5 2021-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630255501193-7LDCWTWFBQWABHHS4QTJ/image_2021-08-29_114456.png Story Extras - Praying at St. Dominic’s - Make it stand out St. Dominic of Silos. Note his staff (abbot’s crozier) which would be in the room with the Queen of Spain when she was in labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630252270175-JMO3U75CCQZS8K9WL16P/image_2021-08-29_105059.png Story Extras - Praying at St. Dominic’s - Make it stand out St. Dominic de Guzman. Note the dog with the torch in the bottom left from his mother’s dream. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-widows-mite monthly 0.5 2021-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630504180657-Z9ONPL77749L3ATTW35U/image_2021-09-01_084938.png Story Extras - The Widow's Mite - The statue of St. Jude believed to be the one Danny Thomas prayed before when his wife and daughter were in the hospital. Originally at St. Peter and Paul in Detroit, MI, before it burned down, it now resides at Immaculate Conception in Lapeer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631997134365-53S5ADPO9SRRMNEQ05V2/image_2021-09-18_153214.png Story Extras - The Widow's Mite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631997500857-54WYM5Q360SKTMKXV2QC/image_2021-09-18_153820.png Story Extras - The Widow's Mite - Make it stand out The Widow’s Mite by Gustave Dore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631996999873-FVNSWW54MLTGLFGUMZBS/image_2021-09-18_152959.png Story Extras - The Widow's Mite - Make it stand out Danny Thomas (right) in front of St. Jude Hospital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1631996954361-2W5XTCO46OXQ5X4NHXHJ/image_2021-09-18_152914.png Story Extras - The Widow's Mite - Danny Thomas and daughter Marlo, who was the baby stuck with her mother in the hospital when he prayed to St. Jude and dropped the money in the poor box. She became an actress known for the sitcom That Girl. Danny Thomas with his daughter Marlo, who was the https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-spiral-architect monthly 0.5 2022-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c7919c18-b6b9-4005-af69-56f7b899dc12/2022-03-26+15.31.36.jpg Story Extras - The Spiral Architect - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630504433242-6OI8XAEWLGR5HBCIM3LJ/image_2021-09-01_085351.png Story Extras - The Spiral Architect - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/how-to-fail-an-exam monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630504811525-MTEW1SGAQW6NYC88IR2T/image_2021-09-01_090009.png Story Extras - How to Fail an Exam - Make it stand out Statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin in Seoul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630504639830-S6VR3N8BKTE4Z1TUDQ6H/image_2021-09-01_085716.png Story Extras - How to Fail an Exam - Make it stand out Daimyo Konishi Yukinaga, who led the Japanese armies that overran Korea and captured Seoul and Pyongyang. He was also Catholic, surprising as that may seem. This invasion took place in the short period when Jesuit missionaries were able to operate in Japan, before the Tokugawa Shogunate expelled all missionaries and banned Christianity in Japan. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-reunion-of-enemies monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630613291249-QPA9IRWS9HPQMTTBOAZH/image_2021-09-02_150812.png Story Extras - A Reunion of Enemies - Make it stand out Alphonse “Al” Capone (1899-1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630612712581-1XJEK7BQVM1A7JP05OWO/image_2021-09-02_145833.png Story Extras - A Reunion of Enemies - Make it stand out Salvatore “Frank” Capone (1895-1924) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630612203219-6JA6QAFSF4O2ZUWDMNVT/image_2021-09-02_145004.png Story Extras - A Reunion of Enemies - Make it stand out Ralph “Bottles” Capone (1894-1974) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1630612975757-A15G6S9RFO3JLNZ9565I/image_2021-09-02_150256.png Story Extras - A Reunion of Enemies - Make it stand out Richard James “Two-Gun” Hart, born James Vincenzo Capone (1892-1952) https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/whats-my-sin monthly 0.5 2021-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1632515724919-2GCZ9BI6UAIATBIXCEML/image_2021-09-24_153524.png Story Extras - What’s My Sin? - Make it stand out Jesus appearing to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/thats-the-worst-idea-ive-ever-heard monthly 0.5 2021-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1632071990356-XHOJ7SHNKBZCK15Y8IVJ/image_2021-09-19_121949.png Story Extras - That’s the Worst Idea I’ve Ever Heard - Make it stand out The cover of Amazing Fantasy #15, which is the story Stan Lee wrote just to get Spider-Man out into the world. Original printings have sold for over $1 million. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-boss-is-the-last-to-know monthly 0.5 2021-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1632589041821-GELA7VW3F0IKA3I69W2A/image_2021-09-25_115721.png Story Extras - The Boss is the Last to Know - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1632588759376-KZR5PTOI1EID0AP2DSYQ/image_2021-09-25_115239.png Story Extras - The Boss is the Last to Know - Make it stand out Joan Crawford on It’s a Small World at the 1964 World’s Fair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1632588918750-ZLIATGYGJH296FNBM203/image_2021-09-25_115518.png Story Extras - The Boss is the Last to Know - Make it stand out Walt Disney on It’s a Small World at Disneyland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1632589069569-CTG1YDI3NVNJGH96ORI0/image_2021-09-25_115749.png Story Extras - The Boss is the Last to Know - Make it stand out Pepsi-Cola presents Walt Disney’s It’s a Small World at the 1964 World’s Fair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1632589094105-COVYLYTMNXHLJXYJNQTB/image_2021-09-25_115814.png Story Extras - The Boss is the Last to Know - Make it stand out Concept for It’s a Small World https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-bad-time-to-rebrand monthly 0.5 2021-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1634786433008-2LXWZSHC16OS3DE2TJ26/image_2021-10-20_222033.png Story Extras - A Bad Time to Rebrand - Make it stand out A Chi Rho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1634992886011-R23PK1DU9PKTB8UU573U/image_2021-10-23_074125.png Story Extras - A Bad Time to Rebrand - Make it stand out A statue of Constantine in York, near where he was first acclaimed emperor after his father’s death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1634786373244-T3A4VFU3YL5F10OTW010/image_2021-10-20_221931.png Story Extras - A Bad Time to Rebrand - Make it stand out A Chi Rho from the Catacombs of St. Callistus https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-athletic-distraction monthly 0.5 2022-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1634817569757-CQC4TQJE6Z2A52LY3M4P/image_2021-10-21_065928.png Story Extras - The Athletic Distraction - Make it stand out Early draft of the rules of basketball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a6e052a3-b065-4268-867d-280a72334914/image_2022-08-18_120721283.png Story Extras - The Athletic Distraction - Make it stand out James Naismith, the creator of basketball https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/desperate-measures monthly 0.5 2022-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f641271d-1808-44af-bb72-9b59dc75be5e/P1026664.jpg Story Extras - Desperate Measures - Make it stand out St. Agnes in Agony on the Piazza Navona, St. Frances’ childhood parish, where she was baptized and confirmed. The baptismal font in which she was baptized is in a lower level. Unfortunately, pictures are prohibited in the church, and we could not find any pictures of the font online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5825eae1-365f-46e4-a2be-464f9df6a957/image_2021-11-06_102758.jpg Story Extras - Desperate Measures - Make it stand out The statue of St. Frances of Rome with her guardian angel in St. Peter’s Basilica. This basilica is lined with massive statues of the founders of religious orders. St. Frances founded a very small order named the Oblates of St. Frances of Rome https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-blossoming-rod monthly 0.5 2021-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/2ddf5e77-dfd6-4435-a915-77a682eb13ed/image_2021-11-06_114043.png Story Extras - The Blossoming Rod - Make it stand out Marriage of the Virgin by Giotto di Bondone. You can see the suitors off to the left, and the lily and dove atop Joseph’s rod. This version appears to have made the Jewish high priest into a Catholic bishop. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/there-are-cows-in-the-field monthly 0.5 2021-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4bec7f0b-6427-457c-86b4-700b2731568b/image_2021-11-14_152027.png Story Extras - There are Cows in the Field - Make it stand out A pair of Ronald Reagan’s glasses in the Famous People’s Eyeglasses Museum in Henderson, Nevada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/8302cc79-d2c6-43eb-a660-27688d83e3d5/image_2021-11-14_150526.png Story Extras - There are Cows in the Field - Make it stand out Ronald Reagan testifying before Congress as president of the Screen Actors Guild https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/unbelievable-expectations monthly 0.5 2021-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b9081a86-d871-4ae7-9967-903449e93106/image_2021-11-14_171602.png Story Extras - Unbelievable Expectations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-eleventh-hour-intervention monthly 0.5 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9401f5e6-1592-4f49-93aa-7f8646261dc9/image_2021-12-10_082551.png Story Extras - The Eleventh Hour Intervention - Make it stand out St. Therese of Lisieux at age 15. This picture was taken the day she went to visit the bishop to ask permission to enter Carmel. She put her hair up in an attempt to look older. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a89f9d33-6a6e-4277-9147-46a560a69bac/image_2021-12-10_082305.png Story Extras - The Eleventh Hour Intervention - Make it stand out St. Therese of Lisieux at age 13. She was 14 at the time of this story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9702f6f0-15e6-4621-bc14-c37416a4f837/image_2021-12-10_082704.png Story Extras - The Eleventh Hour Intervention - Make it stand out Henri Pranzini’s police mugshot https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-brawl-at-the-debate monthly 0.5 2021-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4f3a4499-a2db-4f8b-ac5b-aa63568b5bdf/image_2021-12-19_093043.png Story Extras - The Brawl at the Debate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e4ca7f45-141c-45e4-97e8-3fcbe44469e1/image_2021-12-19_091532.png Story Extras - The Brawl at the Debate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6044777b-9032-4100-aa0d-6ac7301c2e04/image_2021-12-19_093144.png Story Extras - The Brawl at the Debate - Make it stand out This image is from the end of the 18th century. You can see Jesus and Mary giving him the book of the Gospels and bishop’s robes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/166043ab-3588-47cf-847e-7533fedfc2e6/image_2021-12-19_091656.png Story Extras - The Brawl at the Debate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-food-scrap-drink monthly 0.5 2021-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e7822c59-38be-4a9f-8bfe-a66b535bdf91/image_2021-12-29_174017.png Story Extras - The Food Scrap Drink - Make it stand out In 2015, Coca-Cola released Fanta Klassik in Germany, using the original recipe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ba94e376-5128-419d-bdc0-cd7d62920a66/image_2021-12-19_212718.png Story Extras - The Food Scrap Drink - Make it stand out Check out what Pope Benedict XVI is drinking for dinner! We are fairly certain the pope is not sponsored by Fanta, either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1312eb36-f37f-44fc-a28c-6daac787ccdf/image_2021-12-29_173136.png Story Extras - The Food Scrap Drink - Make it stand out Max Keith, who was responsible for Coca-Cola’s success in Germany before World War II. During the War, he had Fanta created as a replacement for Coca-Cola. He managed to take control of Coca-Cola plants in Nazi-occupied countries and keep them running until the War was over. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/someone-forgot-the-sermon monthly 0.5 2022-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9ba94c34-c353-466c-bc52-65ac2742aa71/image_2022-01-03_094303.png Story Extras - Someone Forgot the Sermon - Make it stand out St. Anthony of Padua preaching by Giovanni Antonio Requesta, from a building called the Scuola del Santo in Padua https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-palace-can-wait monthly 0.5 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/35642c1e-d9b7-4959-b1ab-dea4435aa418/image_2021-12-27_100344.png Story Extras - The Palace Can Wait - Make it stand out St. Christina the Astonishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9abb1ec3-a51a-412e-92ca-5eea7d3f7945/image_2021-12-27_100123.png Story Extras - The Palace Can Wait - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/all-is-calm monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/8486650e-8bac-42a2-bcd6-458bc9951eea/image_2022-01-04_085126.png Story Extras - All is Calm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d134f5ed-7a4c-4ce6-892f-c0c71f7c938a/2022-01-30+09.46.34.jpg Story Extras - All is Calm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/eb32d711-9276-4353-bde4-ad702daf59db/2022-02-27+09.23.27.jpg Story Extras - All is Calm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b29b1a1b-b4fa-48a3-b766-bba7f190335b/image_2022-01-04_092450.png Story Extras - All is Calm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a7987033-d439-4642-8c75-7c83845b28c8/image_2022-01-04_092630.png Story Extras - All is Calm - Make it stand out Captain Sir Edward Hulse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1f0e4842-e5e9-42db-9884-cc4dfcc53a22/image_2022-01-04_092603.png Story Extras - All is Calm - Make it stand out Edward Hulse and a Captain E. Warner on Christmas 1914 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d018f27f-884e-4bf6-bdd4-1b20e1607080/image_2022-01-04_092225.png Story Extras - All is Calm - Make it stand out German and British soldiers mingling in No Man’s Land during the truce https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/an-impediment-to-advancement monthly 0.5 2022-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e738169f-4010-4ace-911c-d054c9ba78af/image_2022-01-11_080649.png Story Extras - An Impediment to Advancement - Make it stand out Blessed Solanus Casey at his porter’s desk, meeting with a visitor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b11c01b0-8a65-47c1-a12d-6a6935d7dd60/image_2022-01-11_095259.png Story Extras - An Impediment to Advancement - Make it stand out Beatification Mass of Blessed Solanus Casey, on November 18, 2017, at Ford Field in Detroit. Nearly 70,000 people attended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0ce971d9-4687-4a25-a78c-a9c8905bfdcf/image_2022-01-11_095918.png Story Extras - An Impediment to Advancement - Make it stand out The capuchin monkey, named for its coloring that resembles the Capuchin habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a55c9ead-d075-43bd-bd04-166d8f821082/image_2022-01-11_095206.png Story Extras - An Impediment to Advancement - Make it stand out Blessed Solanus Casey https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/go-in-peace monthly 0.5 2022-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7cfa48d8-7fc6-4dec-bc82-c74cd0349917/image_2022-01-13_100044.png Story Extras - Go in Peace - Make it stand out Some of the flesh surrounding St. Philip Neri’s heart. After his death, doctors discovered that his heart was twice as large as it should be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/67f31fb3-a20d-4ef6-b089-703b9216c512/image_2022-01-13_094504.png Story Extras - Go in Peace - Make it stand out St. Philip Neri raising Paulo Massimo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/bf224951-943c-4505-9f03-17248ea156ab/image_2022-01-12_220304.png Story Extras - Go in Peace - Make it stand out Chiesa Nuova, the mother church of the Oratorians, the order St. Philip Neri founded. It is still called the “New Church” despite being over 400 years old (it is new relative to the other churches in the city). His body is venerated within. By Georg Schelbert - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28205766 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/caabb56d-44ce-4de5-b521-0f69c478a287/image_2022-01-12_215658.png Story Extras - Go in Peace - Make it stand out St. Philip Neri, from a side chapel in the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Birmingham, England https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-3-am-concert monthly 0.5 2022-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9c57cf37-9a56-4d0d-966f-0567fe3e362a/image_2022-01-11_081150.png Story Extras - The 3 AM Concert - Make it stand out A very young Henry Fonda and a very young Jimmy Stewart in a photo, likely from the 1930’s https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/court-martial-clemency monthly 0.5 2022-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/65720e55-d59f-43f3-be1a-75bbb073358f/image_2022-01-22_095127.png Story Extras - Court Martial Clemency - Make it stand out Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/66b9b985-3c50-40dd-a47a-1b4b25636777/image_2022-01-22_093202.png Story Extras - Court Martial Clemency - Make it stand out Survivors of the USS Indianapolis at Guam, 1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ae69fd4f-9cb0-485c-9346-4c732d020ed3/image_2022-01-22_093024.png Story Extras - Court Martial Clemency - Make it stand out Captain Charles B. McVay III, captain of the USS Indianapolis when she was sunk. He was court martialed and convicted for “an error in judgement” (but really for losing the ship), the only ship captain in the war to be court marshalled for losing a ship in a combat situation. His men fought for decades to clear his name. In October 2000, Congress passed a resolution that McVay was not culpable for the loss of the Indianapolis. Shortly after, the Navy added the resolution to McVay’s record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1a3f99e8-00ed-495e-9642-50327d60c140/image_2022-01-22_094844.png Story Extras - Court Martial Clemency - Make it stand out The USS Decatur, the ship that ran aground under Nimitz’s command and for which he was court marshalled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4db3b14c-6d58-46f3-9963-3ba55fad72a0/image_2022-01-22_093352.png Story Extras - Court Martial Clemency - Make it stand out USS Indianapolis, July 1945 https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/expert-consultation monthly 0.5 2022-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/68021f75-f8fd-41c8-bb59-cbf9c72060db/image_2022-02-01_093029.png Story Extras - Expert Consultation - Make it stand out St. Thomas Aquinas Aided by Sts. Peter and Paul by Bartolomeo degli Erri, part of an altarpiece in the church of San Domenico in Modena https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/based-on-a-true-story monthly 0.5 2022-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d3fb10a4-8328-4a8a-90ca-41c04b66f05f/image_2022-02-07_075048.png Story Extras - Based on a True Story - Make it stand out Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Hunter Scott, and Representative Joe Scarborough. Scott is from Pensacola, Florida, and Scarborough was the friend from church who asked to display the project in his congressional office. After the story was picked up by national media, Scarborough and Gingrich were two of the congressmen who championed the effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/303d43ac-f354-427f-b7c2-079aa0c82557/image_2022-02-07_080730.png Story Extras - Based on a True Story - Make it stand out This book, Left for Dead, was the source of many of the details in this story. It is an excellent read. You can likely find it at your local library, or even through your library’s ebook service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ae69fd4f-9cb0-485c-9346-4c732d020ed3/image_2022-01-22_093024.png Story Extras - Based on a True Story - Make it stand out Captain Charles McVay III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/66b9b985-3c50-40dd-a47a-1b4b25636777/image_2022-01-22_093202.png Story Extras - Based on a True Story - Make it stand out Survivors of the USS Indianapolis at Guam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/94215454-4931-41a5-ac21-b25df4420519/image_2022-02-07_074928.png Story Extras - Based on a True Story - Make it stand out Lt. Hunter Scott with one of the last remaining survivors of the USS Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6deaacd2-ad9a-4ed9-847d-52ab7d151566/image_2022-02-07_080128.png Story Extras - Based on a True Story Fr. Thomas Conway, chaplain aboard the USS Indianapolis, who swam between groups of survivors for 3 days, offering prayers, encouragement, and the sacraments, before being lost to the sea. Fr. Conway was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross in 2021. Many men like Fr. Conway would swim out and bring back more survivors to the groups, often losing their own lives to the sharks in these swims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4db3b14c-6d58-46f3-9963-3ba55fad72a0/image_2022-01-22_093352.png Story Extras - Based on a True Story - Make it stand out The USS Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/17173175-b700-4ac9-9681-1cc9383f719c/image_2022-02-07_075618.png Story Extras - Based on a True Story - Make it stand out Hunter Scott with his history fair project in 1997 https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/summoning-the-prisoner monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6942da7a-acb2-4652-a4f5-fdbe5ff101f5/image_2022-02-14_094200.png Story Extras - Summoning the Prisoner - Make it stand out Rudolf Höss about to be executed at Auschwitz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4d3c3e27-912e-43d4-aa8f-2e9cc468d03f/image_2022-02-14_094417.png Story Extras - Summoning the Prisoner - Make it stand out Rudolf Höss, the Butcher of Auschwitz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/00bd87e2-4c77-4a7c-a8e8-1579f40ec2ea/image_2022-02-14_094545.png Story Extras - Summoning the Prisoner - Make it stand out Professors at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Father Władysław Lohn is the on the far left. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/those-who-cant-do monthly 0.5 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d2a90be2-de29-4868-8d69-0c31d18222cc/image_2022-02-19_105453.png Story Extras - Those Who Can’t Do - Make it stand out Hermann the Cripple (Hermann Contractus or Hermann of Reichenau) with the Salve Regina (which he likely did not write) https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-woman-aboard-the-submarine monthly 0.5 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a279a423-1d66-4b93-91f2-f20af76132ac/image_2022-02-23_155436.png Story Extras - A Woman Aboard the Submarine - Make it stand out Blessed Marija Petković, foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a3404f89-4777-4471-8c59-d2001941126a/image_2022-02-23_162819.png Story Extras - A Woman Aboard the Submarine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d57e0d35-9ddb-47ea-ae2c-0d851f4a8c60/image_2022-02-23_155241.png Story Extras - A Woman Aboard the Submarine - Make it stand out The official report mentions how Lt. Cotrina Alvarado believed a miracle had occurred without going into the details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/26914372-dedd-4544-a24c-c285912e531e/image_2022-02-23_162832.png Story Extras - A Woman Aboard the Submarine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9c650c92-5d03-420e-abb2-0f2583b96a4f/image_2022-02-23_162721.png Story Extras - A Woman Aboard the Submarine - Make it stand out Diagram of the collision. Note the note in the top right, highlighting the ice breaking bow that ripped through the Pacocha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7be39b3b-7a7c-476d-89b1-9455a1f6c1bf/image_2022-02-23_162850.png Story Extras - A Woman Aboard the Submarine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ebd152b9-0929-4d85-b232-c829b63d1fab/image_2022-02-23_162916.png Story Extras - A Woman Aboard the Submarine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/take-the-hint monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9b80f0b2-cce3-4e5c-9e85-c719ef4042ae/image_2022-02-28_190608.png Story Extras - Take the Hint - Make it stand out A crucifix at Santuario de Chimayo, possibly the one that Bernardo Abeyta dug up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/61a0d44d-391c-4571-95cf-1696aec87a13/image_2022-02-28_185937.png Story Extras - Take the Hint - Make it stand out The entrance to Carlsbad Caverns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9382c4c3-f280-4fbb-a287-a13353257acb/image_2022-02-28_190121.png Story Extras - Take the Hint - Make it stand out Inside Carlsbad Caverns. These pictures do not capture the scale of this chamber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b42fc8da-7c3e-4b10-8fa2-a3c66054cb99/image_2022-02-28_190340.png Story Extras - Take the Hint - Make it stand out Santuario de Chimayo, with some snow https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/by-the-light-of-the-kerosene-lamp monthly 0.5 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/8ac3f341-49d9-411e-a543-a2299c8327eb/image_2022-03-05_090444.png Story Extras - By the Light of the Kerosene Lamp - Make it stand out Warren G. Harding’s cabinet, many of whom were known as the “Ohio Gang,” corrupt politicians from Harding’s home state that rode his coattails. Harding is on the far left; Coolidge is the man in the furthest back, in front of the left door. Most of these men were removed once Coolidge became president. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/67c90325-0006-414c-ae28-a4c398aaead3/image_2022-03-05_091256.png Story Extras - By the Light of the Kerosene Lamp - Make it stand out Calvin and Grace Coolidge attending the viewing of Warren Harding’s body in August 1923 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/8b490248-ff36-4a5d-8f9b-718b92479027/image_2022-03-05_085827.png Story Extras - By the Light of the Kerosene Lamp - Make it stand out Portrait of Calvin Coolidge taking the oath of office https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-stewards-party monthly 0.5 2022-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1442aadf-8d78-46e6-8e36-13cb7ffb4605/image_2022-03-13_160117.png Story Extras - The Steward’s Party - Make it stand out The stone upon which St. Lawrence’s body was laid after his martyrdom. This stone is in St. Lawrence Outside the Walls in Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/504426b1-2158-4194-90a2-9d6ff81f4e8f/image_2022-03-13_120926.png Story Extras - The Steward’s Party - Make it stand out St. Lawrence giving the wealth of the Church to the poor. Note the dalmatic that he is wearing, which deacons still wear in the Liturgy (though, as you can see from everyone else’s clothing, everyone here is in Renaissance clothing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1c61f838-cd9a-44e7-a2ff-8458e87693d4/image_2022-03-13_121006.png Story Extras - The Steward’s Party - Make it stand out St. Lawrence being grilled alive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c986de35-a7e0-4bf0-9244-03f287d60dd8/image_2022-03-13_155917.png Story Extras - The Steward’s Party - Make it stand out A reliquary containing the remains of the grill that St. Lawrence was barbecued on in San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome. For some reason, whenever we tried to visit this church, it was always closed. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/return-to-sender monthly 0.5 2022-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5e5781c3-5076-4a03-9238-fbe80ffa958d/image_2022-03-13_205049.png Story Extras - Return to Sender - Make it stand out St. Francis Caraciollo in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a3fefb91-9dd5-4211-a30c-55b74be16334/image_2022-03-13_205135.png Story Extras - Return to Sender - Make it stand out St. Francis Caracciolo’s founder statue in St. Peter’s Basilica. Note the monstrance in his hand and the mitre at his feet. He is remembered for his devotion to the Eucharist and his insistence that the Clerics Regular Minor take a vow to never seek or accept any ecclesiastical title or honor (including becoming a bishop). https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-ring-on-her-finger monthly 0.5 2022-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/3d6a8246-81c4-423d-b121-cfccea28d07b/image_2022-03-18_213903.png Story Extras - The Ring on Her Finger - Make it stand out Pope St. Pius X https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/88d75221-da08-4678-86a7-630917d80598/image_2022-03-18_213733.png Story Extras - The Ring on Her Finger - Make it stand out Giuseppe Cardinal Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, before he became pope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e95713d9-e944-4cc9-8dd8-3f27b83f05ce/image_2022-03-18_213509.png Story Extras - The Ring on Her Finger - Make it stand out Margherita Sanson Sarto, mother of Pius X https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-last-chance-exam monthly 0.5 2022-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e78f59f1-1409-42b0-a544-9fd00bfe5a89/image_2022-03-21_141556.png Story Extras - The Last Chance Exam - Make it stand out Dr. Jérôme and Birthe Lejeune with Pope St. John Paul II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d6a786fc-8021-4f15-b86b-4645725bea82/image_2022-06-20_065227379.png Story Extras - The Last Chance Exam - Make it stand out Pope St. John Paul II at Lejeune’s grave with the late doctor’s family in a private visit on Aug 22, 1997 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/da78156f-7eea-4545-8a87-e65289b288c3/image_2022-03-21_135302.png Story Extras - The Last Chance Exam - Make it stand out Dr. Jérôme Lejeune with photographs of chromosomes https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-eight-martyrs monthly 0.5 2022-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/08958324-29ed-4310-b7ad-e7145887f4c0/image_2022-03-26_150023.png Story Extras - The Eight Martyrs - Make it stand out The mother with the youngest son, by Gustave Dore. These are the brothers in Second Maccabees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/2a086e6a-327f-4b78-8adb-6b6afbf7cb34/image_2022-03-25_210303.png Story Extras - The Eight Martyrs - Make it stand out The reliquary containing the remains of the seven brothers in Cologne, Germany. The relics originally resided in Antioch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ed906b9d-a62e-4207-b7a6-2faaeef9f5e2/image_2022-03-26_151712.png Story Extras - The Eight Martyrs - Make it stand out The Freeing of the Souls from Purgatory, also by Peter Paul Reubens. Originally these two paintings went together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/111a3eaf-d3ce-42f8-bc0b-bb3b45c11bc4/image_2022-03-26_151213.png Story Extras - The Eight Martyrs - Make it stand out The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus, by Peter Paul Reubens. In the center is Judas Maccabeus, the most famous of the Maccabees, and the reason why Jesus had two apostles named “Judas.” Unfortunately for him, someone named after him became the most infamous person in human history, seriously damaging the popularity of the name. Note the soldiers finding the pagan amulets at the bottom of the painting, and how they are giving them to the priest on the right. 2 Maccabees 12 describes how Judas ordered prayers to be offered up for the souls of those who died wearing the pagan amulets, praying for the souls in Purgatory. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/thats-gonna-cost-you monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/18da49f4-e964-422b-9a00-92dfc156c94f/2022-03-29+18.02.50.jpg Story Extras - That’s Gonna Cost You - Make it stand out Left: prison photo taken at 1 AM on the day of his execution Right: Disguised as a chauffer (taxi driver?) giving a retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ce7493c7-d856-4a77-b838-1f7325e85acd/2022-03-29+18.02.24.jpg Story Extras - That’s Gonna Cost You - Make it stand out The Pro Family. Standing: Edmundo, Miguel, Ana Maria (Anita) Sitting: Maria de la Concepcion (became a nun), Roberto, Senora Pro, Humberto (executed with Miguel), Senor Pro, Maria de la Luz (became a nun) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f5a6b8c0-6345-4c0d-987a-735278242bc6/2022-03-29+18.02.37.jpg Story Extras - That’s Gonna Cost You - Make it stand out Our main source for this story, the excellent The Life of Father Pro by Rev. M.D. Forrest, M.S.C. Fr. Forrest corresponded with Fr. Pro’s sister and father in writing this book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/219fc654-faaa-4717-a447-5fc68c78629d/2022-03-29+18.03.05.jpg Story Extras - That’s Gonna Cost You - Make it stand out Left: Praying before the martyrdom Right: his body after the shot to the head https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/two-angry-men monthly 0.5 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f2ab1709-caba-469a-a165-ba035e5aa8f5/image_2022-03-27_123219.png Story Extras - Two Angry Men - Make it stand out The Sistine Chapel, named after Julius II’s uncle, Pope Sixtus IV, has perhaps the most famous art in a single room in the world. Both the ceiling and the Last Judgement on the front wall were painted by Michelangelo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/01f23f38-cfb1-49d2-8b72-5cb4ffe7c04e/image_2022-03-27_121437.png Story Extras - Two Angry Men - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b46fe52d-33a7-45e6-aa70-0baabeaa11ba/image_2022-03-27_123440.png Story Extras - Two Angry Men - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/decoding-the-spy monthly 0.5 2022-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/67e13d21-8644-4863-a5d3-3e93012939c2/image_2022-03-30_081627.png Story Extras - Decoding the Spy - Make it stand out Fr. Ciszek’s fantastic book, With God in Russia. Skip the afterword in the latest edition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d1df35e0-d9d4-4fa0-bf99-db048bbe7580/image_2022-03-30_081355.png Story Extras - Decoding the Spy - Make it stand out Fr. Ciszek as a young Jesuit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0e84e545-4b1a-4849-9efb-30360966132f/image_2022-03-30_081105.png Story Extras - Decoding the Spy - Make it stand out Fr. Ciszek distributing communion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e79799d8-e28d-46c9-86a7-57c9b0cd00d8/image_2022-03-30_081515.png Story Extras - Decoding the Spy - Make it stand out Fr. Ciszek’s picture from the gulag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c811d13d-66da-432c-8d47-74aac688a9d5/image_2022-03-30_081313.png Story Extras - Decoding the Spy - Make it stand out Fr. Walter Ciszek, SJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1c050521-6613-4ec3-91fd-e78505ecb12c/image_2022-03-30_081934.png Story Extras - Decoding the Spy - Make it stand out Fr. Dan Flattery, SJ, former editor of America magazine and the editor of With God in Russia https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-unexpected-storm monthly 0.5 2022-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/49e36dd9-932b-481a-8fa0-697e831aa2cd/image_2022-04-08_090036.png Story Extras - The Unexpected Storm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a87b9440-2744-4d46-ab51-2a553f517ad5/image_2022-04-08_090103.png Story Extras - The Unexpected Storm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/090ae8c9-7561-40fa-9543-5ac0ae666a81/image_2022-04-08_090018.png Story Extras - The Unexpected Storm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/08cfa064-119f-4a6e-a6c5-fc56fb51388b/image_2022-04-08_085930.png Story Extras - The Unexpected Storm - Make it stand out Katherine Hepburn on the site of her family’s summer home in Fenwick, Connecticut, after the 1938 hurricane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0b84cf04-cd39-4968-86d7-ce98dd469b5e/image_2022-04-08_090532.png Story Extras - The Unexpected Storm - Make it stand out A frame from Katherine Hepburn’s comeback movie, The Philadelphia Story, alongside Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/do-not-enter monthly 0.5 2022-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c4365724-e087-43df-af89-995718b68e12/image_2022-04-11_180639.png Story Extras - Do Not Enter - Make it stand out An earlier failure of Sir Lancelot in his quest for the Holy Grail. Tapestry design by Edward Burne-Jones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1a229cbb-e312-4137-932b-dce53e57a171/image_2022-04-11_175942.png Story Extras - Do Not Enter - Make it stand out For Arthurian legend, we recommend Roger Lancelyn Green’s King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/425d277b-dc36-4e49-a677-3a8afb8d0412/image_2022-04-11_180835.png Story Extras - Do Not Enter - Make it stand out Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/no-deal monthly 0.5 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/11419a7f-3cdb-45a9-89d8-517597875351/image_2022-04-11_221537.png Story Extras - No Deal - Make it stand out The Departure of Regulus by Benjamin West https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/inspection-at-the-customs-post monthly 0.5 2022-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/204b08b0-b412-45e9-a4b9-b27fd032c956/image_2022-04-22_090658486.png Story Extras - Inspection at the Customs Post - Make it stand out An image of our story today from the facade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice. The Muslim inspectors skip over the pork-filled baskets where St. Mark’s relics were hidden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b3313cb4-4740-4f1f-a528-753eb819c70a/image_2022-04-22_090944449.png Story Extras - Inspection at the Customs Post - Make it stand out Also from the facade of St. Mark in Venice, here the Venetians welcome the relics of St. Mark to their city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0738e246-a259-4830-a5bc-e864da6d85fb/image_2022-04-22_091946376.png Story Extras - Inspection at the Customs Post - Make it stand out The high altar of St. Mark’s Basilica, where St. Mark’s relics now rest https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/call-it-off monthly 0.5 2022-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4c5e60cd-2048-4999-9c45-0d5d737ee4ee/image_2022-04-30_195636117.png Story Extras - Call It Off - Make it stand out St. Ignatius being eaten by some very happy lions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b3e65878-d44f-4942-ba6e-e2d5e942de9e/image_2022-04-30_195532972.png Story Extras - Call It Off - Make it stand out St. Ignatius of Antioch https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/so-close monthly 0.5 2022-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e6596e0c-df03-40fa-8916-0e3bc6042ebc/image_2022-04-26_093355885.png Story Extras - So Close - Make it stand out Louis Curdes in his P-51 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0cf746c5-1de7-47cb-8ff6-abafaf882b9f/image_2022-04-26_093534741.png Story Extras - So Close - Make it stand out The general we mentioned in the story was General George C. Kenney, commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area. The comment about a repeat performance comes from his memoirs, General Kenney Reports. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e0ea4e6d-8044-43c3-b829-41179888587b/000681210008.jpg Story Extras - So Close - Make it stand out Louis Curdes’ P-51 at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, proudly displaying his kills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6ca03545-3bfa-4c0c-956d-36ecd7f8cc56/image_2022-04-26_093446464.png Story Extras - So Close - Make it stand out Wider image of the same aircraft https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/some-unwelcome-correspondence monthly 0.5 2022-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/849bc8c1-97f3-496b-9122-a0689b9606a4/image_2022-05-05_174728125.png Story Extras - Some Unwelcome Correspondence - Make it stand out Archbishop John Carroll, the first archbishop of Baltimore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/cfd4259c-8aae-4c00-b969-c15b68aedfcb/image_2022-05-05_174359253.png Story Extras - Some Unwelcome Correspondence - Make it stand out Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e12f83ce-2f6a-4764-8731-3bd134bd103a/image_2022-05-05_174327292.png Story Extras - Some Unwelcome Correspondence - Make it stand out Benjamin Franklin https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/tomb-raider monthly 0.5 2022-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/faa8ac31-d91a-49f3-9d26-3e6b06bc412f/image_2022-05-10_143650240.png Story Extras - Tomb Raider - Make it stand out The bones of St. Peter, in the necropolis beneath the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/44ece210-fd6d-4331-bc64-3b6b5cb2a3eb/image_2022-05-10_143744145.png Story Extras - Tomb Raider - Make it stand out A diagram of the high altar at St. Peter’s Basilica and the various layers of altars and monuments built over the centuries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/720b5c73-f6a1-453f-9d41-c70788d5a56d/image_2022-05-10_144346329.png Story Extras - Tomb Raider - Make it stand out Venerable Pope Pius XII, the pope who ordered the excavations. Sadly, he did not live to see the bones of Peter finally identified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1ecf7d61-8640-4450-b294-f34cd3c212f7/image_2022-05-10_144249029.png Story Extras - Tomb Raider - Make it stand out One of our sources, The Fisherman’s Tomb, which tells the whole story of the investigations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/aeb311ff-3ea7-4ce4-bf90-f2617d3bb6ae/image_2022-05-10_144106913.png Story Extras - Tomb Raider - Make it stand out Margherita Guarducci pointing to a photo of the niche where the archeological team discovered the bones of St. Peter https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/youve-done-nothing-wrong monthly 0.5 2022-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/328edde7-b4b4-4580-ac39-a5ecdb7242e8/image_2022-05-10_180809664.png Story Extras - You’ve Done Nothing Wrong - Make it stand out The letters between St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane Frances de Chantal are published https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/057d950d-40f3-4749-b348-5c194c9523ee/image_2022-05-10_180604040.png Story Extras - You’ve Done Nothing Wrong - Make it stand out St. Jane Frances de Chantal with St. Francis de Sales, her spiritual director https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/testing-the-prophesy monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6e16ba80-6923-4cc7-aa17-1b92595ecacb/image_2022-05-24_214947744.png Story Extras - Testing the Prophesy - Make it stand out Mendeleev’s revised 1871 Periodic Table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c51d896b-2ee0-4150-9c9d-43daf261fd1a/image_2022-05-24_215633676.png Story Extras - Testing the Prophesy - Make it stand out Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/81bed159-18d3-4966-b681-6bd940fcde8c/image_2022-05-24_215546727.png Story Extras - Testing the Prophesy - Make it stand out Dmitri Mendeleev https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7c1a95a6-0ea9-48d7-8306-05251017cf4e/image_2022-05-24_215242807.png Story Extras - Testing the Prophesy - Make it stand out Mendeleev’s original 1869 Periodic Table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/97c8da04-a313-40c3-ace6-4784761f6e0a/image_2022-05-24_214317005.png Story Extras - Testing the Prophesy - Make it stand out The Periodic Table of the Elements. Note the Atomic Number, or the number of protons in that element. Germanium is number 32. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-fiery-inferno monthly 0.5 2022-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6bce792d-3aca-4002-a90c-f69e074f1020/image_2022-05-28_222507026.png Story Extras - The Fiery Inferno - Make it stand out The interior of the shrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/2571a4fc-fdbc-47be-9803-da426f0ab99d/image_2022-05-28_222612012.png Story Extras - The Fiery Inferno - Make it stand out Adele Brise, the woman Mary appeared to https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/43a78f37-7af2-48c1-ae55-91361b11195f/image_2022-05-28_222437505.png Story Extras - The Fiery Inferno - Make it stand out Our Lady of Good Help https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/29300c8f-08d1-4887-b6d0-33ecbe37c74f/image_2022-05-28_222806049.png Story Extras - The Fiery Inferno - Make it stand out Painting of the Great Peshtigo Fire https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/starting-on-a-high-note monthly 0.5 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/202115db-e6e7-463b-abd5-92435a8cab7c/image_2022-06-06_181809182.png Story Extras - Starting on a High Note - Make it stand out Walter Johnson, pitcher for the Washington Senators. His WAR of 13.2 in 1912 is the second best single-season total for any pitcher since 1900, second only to himself in 1913 (15.1 WAR). He was with the Senators for their only ever World Series victory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/70d4e97a-f10e-4146-b6e4-b055c63e0917/image_2022-06-04_201815399.png Story Extras - Starting on a High Note - Make it stand out President Taft throwing a first pitch at another game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f06e849e-9c69-41b6-b213-eeace7bdd065/image_2022-06-04_201542134.png Story Extras - Starting on a High Note - Make it stand out The ball President William Howard Taft threw to Walter Johnson on April 14, 1910. He returned it to Johnson, writing “For Walter Johnson, with the hope that he may continue to be as formidable as in yesterday’s game.” https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/criminal-intervention monthly 0.5 2022-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d49315e2-047f-400a-90c3-b3aa8060091d/image_2022-06-14_081117914.png Story Extras - Criminal Intervention - Make it stand out From left to right: Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Christoph Probst. All three were guillotined on February 22, 1943. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4f709b73-2e94-42a2-a3ff-d0ed50fba539/image_2022-06-14_083429922.png Story Extras - Criminal Intervention - Make it stand out The movie we recommended, Sophie Scholl: Die Letzten Tagen (The Final Days) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/cf57262a-dc3a-41b9-a72e-9ac5d463e169/image_2022-06-14_080748384.png Story Extras - Criminal Intervention - Make it stand out The members of the White Rose. From left to right: top: Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Kurt Huber; bottom: Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Willi Graf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4d2e97ae-4870-4383-a825-5b88e6d744e3/image_2022-06-14_080311609.png Story Extras - Criminal Intervention - Make it stand out The White Rose: Munich 1942-1943 by Hans and Sophie’s sister Inge Scholl was our main source for this story https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/haunted-hallways monthly 0.5 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6c51f0b8-b62c-424f-96cd-e686bca5dd7e/image_2022-06-18_093058123.png Story Extras - Haunted Hallways - Make it stand out St. Pio of Pietrelcina (commonly known as Padre Pio) celebrating Mass. Note the coverings on his hands over the wounds of the stigmata. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-best-laid-plans monthly 0.5 2022-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ec6781e0-e80f-41f0-aa3b-8422d23960aa/image_2022-06-24_091552022.png Story Extras - The Best Laid Plans - Make it stand out Another image of St. John Nepomucene with his finger over his lips, this time in Ścinawka Średnia. He will also be depicted with an angel where the angel is the one with the finger to his own lips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/87bbd45c-d34e-48fb-a784-33d30b8ff591/image_2022-06-24_085923129.png Story Extras - The Best Laid Plans - Make it stand out A more accurate painting by Szymon Czechowicz showing St. John Nepomucene being tossed in the Vltava (Moldau) River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/193294e3-d6ec-4d18-b1af-4fc26dbd7c5d/image_2022-06-24_091429538.png Story Extras - The Best Laid Plans - Make it stand out St. John Nepomucene on the left with his finger over his mouth. This image is apparently in Santa Maria Anima in Rome, but we were not able to identify the saint next to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a5df02c0-933c-478a-9a89-d8f3b31516b2/image_2022-06-24_091055472.png Story Extras - The Best Laid Plans - Make it stand out Another image of the saint’s martyrdom from a bridge in Prague. The figure of St. John Nepomucene is likely worn down here from the faithful touching the image. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/lean-on-me monthly 0.5 2022-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/3d963e43-55db-481a-b8b8-ec28243b85c1/image_2022-06-24_083012693.png Story Extras - Lean On Me - Make it stand out Victory O Lord! by John Everett Millais, showing Moses with Aaron and Hur watching over the battle with Amalek https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/will-it-make-any-difference monthly 0.5 2022-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/999b8853-9086-4845-97cd-6b84dd905c59/image_2022-07-09_173437362.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4b3b0d9f-870c-4b42-8229-4e0ac0a33d0f/image_2022-07-09_171217339.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out A Pontifical High Mass in 1949 for the 400th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier’s arrival to Japan. The Mass was celebrated in the ruins of Urakami Cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6a9b8ee1-fae8-4ba7-b492-87f81cdb5c50/image_2022-07-09_172642226.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/dc01b44c-d12c-4894-b5f5-a20f572ffae5/image_2022-07-09_173410178.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/3c13dd04-8d86-4be8-9349-e9d36a6ce021/image_2022-07-09_172831367.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out The faithful accompany the relic of St. Francis Xavier’s arm (top left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/27c3b7a4-2ecc-4084-938b-baacc7f2ab67/image_2022-07-09_173319098.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/50f787dd-9af1-47de-95ad-c09a04a5482a/image_2022-07-09_164140375.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Servant of God Takashi Nagai. His cause for canonization is in the process of starting. This appears to be the associated organization: https://www.amicinagai.com/?locale=en https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/806e0791-3a9c-435d-9de5-c7e90a690349/image_2022-07-09_172717492.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e44c70ef-9d9b-4c44-9e57-d1532d86e867/image_2022-07-09_233233951.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0b12d3ec-aadd-4619-ad92-b75c924e1d89/2022-01-30+10.00.24.jpg Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5226251b-bb16-4bb6-9765-1529e82e8327/image_2022-07-09_225819120.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Takashi and Midori, his wife, on their wedding day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c41f3d66-7920-45fb-884f-f363eca28d34/image_2022-07-09_225918289.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Takashi and his two children in their hut after the bombing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e42dffb5-dfe3-452b-bbc3-957da1b941fc/image_2022-07-09_170915961.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Urakami Cathedral before the bombing. The bell towers were completed in 1925, making this church the largest in the Far East. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f0d58ef7-ff32-4d28-a358-a6d029bdc228/image_2022-07-09_170223363.png Story Extras - Will It Make Any Difference? - Make it stand out Urakami Cathedral in October 1945, 2 months after the bomb. Note the obliterated surrounding neighborhood. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-christmas-eve-broadcast monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a7c13c26-0703-4941-8976-b5d53ee2698c/image_2022-07-18_004654175.png Story Extras - The Christmas Eve Broadcast - Make it stand out St. Clare of Assisi by Isidoro Arredondo, driving enemy soldiers away from the monastery with the monstrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0414f24e-b08d-4d89-af3e-4fba6eeffda8/image_2022-07-18_005543617.png Story Extras - The Christmas Eve Broadcast - Make it stand out A picture taken from the back of the figure, which the Poor Clare sisters have access to. Note the bones, and the skull in particular. Her hair is also preserved nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/cba928b0-67fd-401e-8111-cce40e2e5627/image_2022-07-18_005135963.png Story Extras - The Christmas Eve Broadcast - Make it stand out St. Clare’s body in the Basilica of St. Clare in Assisi. This is just a figure for public viewing. Her bones are within the figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0a63e0b6-92fc-491c-ad37-a12aacd15871/image_2022-07-18_004901988.png Story Extras - The Christmas Eve Broadcast - Make it stand out St. Clare mourning St. Francis’ death by Giotto. St. Francis was St. Clare’s mentor and spiritual father. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-executive-dance monthly 0.5 2022-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/2b904511-f61c-4aa3-b86b-c31cbc5a0ba4/image_2022-07-22_091155347.png Story Extras - The Executive Dance - Make it stand out George Washington very much enjoyed dancing. Balls were a regular event at Mount Vernon. Of course, our story takes place in New York, which was for a short time the interim capital of the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9b45bbb3-c588-42e2-8adf-1e55df06d976/image_2022-07-22_091403389.png Story Extras - The Executive Dance - Make it stand out Elizabeth Ann Seton, around the age of 22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/3f12dd53-1f59-469f-88d1-1c09ca592f31/image_2022-07-22_090804771.png Story Extras - The Executive Dance - Make it stand out Mother Seton https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying monthly 0.5 2022-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/cd74cdad-8df1-4477-84d2-4ecb367c6513/image_2022-07-25_214140105.png Story Extras - How I Learned to Stop Worrying - Make it stand out The cover of All About Coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0e87e330-1f21-41a8-ba42-148dc47129dc/image_2022-07-25_214236201.png Story Extras - How I Learned to Stop Worrying - Make it stand out The first printed reference to coffee in the book Rauwolf’s Travels, by Leonhard Rauwolf, city physician of Augsburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/514ebaf1-587e-4535-807c-ef850abedbfc/image_2022-07-25_214350497.png Story Extras - How I Learned to Stop Worrying - Make it stand out Pope Clement VIII, the pope who, according to this legend, first drank coffee https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/excavation-on-the-hill monthly 0.5 2022-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6e617aec-485b-4263-93ee-15397da4325e/image_2022-07-30_194500472.png Story Extras - Excavation on the Hill - Make it stand out Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, the basilica built on the dirt from Jerusalem that St. Helena brought back to Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/02e45a00-2a14-41fe-b75e-cb00625b30ff/image_2022-07-30_194055128.png Story Extras - Excavation on the Hill - Make it stand out St. Helena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f91ff010-e705-46a8-9f77-4effccb98f62/image_2022-07-30_203552981.png Story Extras - Excavation on the Hill - Make it stand out Church of the Holy Sepluchre, the church built on the site where Christ was crucified https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/71e863f2-530a-4e96-bbff-173851421ea7/image_2022-07-30_194556782.png Story Extras - Excavation on the Hill - Make it stand out Relics of the Passion on display in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. Clockwise from top left: wood from the True Cross; the Titulus, the sign hung over Jesus’ head reading: The King of the Jews; fragment of the pillar of scourging, the tomb, and the manger; thorns from the crown of thorns; one of the nails from the Crucifixion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9eef6a87-168e-4a52-ae5d-cb186dd27997/image_2022-07-30_194324205.png Story Extras - Excavation on the Hill - Make it stand out An icon of St. Helena https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/i-could-do-that monthly 0.5 2022-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c20b3691-c2cd-4536-b117-0ff3781977d2/image_2022-07-30_210927952.png Story Extras - I Could Do That - Make it stand out Blessed Carlo Acutis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/33cab8a1-c038-4be5-880f-6e1b0791e24a/image_2022-07-30_210958725.png Story Extras - I Could Do That - Make it stand out Carlo Acutis’ body in Assisi (face mask, not incorrupt) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a1b77d65-4330-4d93-b68a-55c2bc94e3c9/image_2022-07-30_212433754.png Story Extras - I Could Do That - Make it stand out The Eucharistic miracles exhibit on display in Pennsylvania https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/background-noise monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/bb81fb1f-598d-46e6-b16f-28c66c32e719/image_2022-08-01_114822068.png Story Extras - Background Noise - Make it stand out St. Louis de Montfort’s statue in St. Peter’s Basilica. Note his rosary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/91803896-1658-46ef-8512-f78d0eb05cba/image_2022-08-01_115000607.png Story Extras - Background Noise - Make it stand out St. Louis de Montfort wore a blue collar in honor of Our Lady, instead of the typical white collar. At that time, the style of the priest’s collar was different. Today in the West the standard collar is the Roman collar. The cassock remains the official dress for priests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a067fed7-47a0-4584-9a50-b967b1ab31c5/image_2022-08-01_115532057.png Story Extras - Background Noise - Make it stand out Our main source for this story is Wisdom’s Fool, by Fr. Eddy Doherty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1d17f698-5f1f-4c81-93ed-a1b974a8a3cd/image_2022-08-01_115619857.png Story Extras - Background Noise - Make it stand out Saint Louis de Montfort by Mary Fabyan Windeatt is a good biography for children and younger teenagers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/942a54fa-ca1c-4831-b24a-3b56dfb772e2/image_2022-08-01_115342860.png Story Extras - Background Noise - Make it stand out St. Louis is remembered most today for his classic work True Devotion to Mary. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-men-who-forged-their-own-medal monthly 0.5 2022-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/14bdea34-94fa-448b-88e8-2f00f7277d74/image_2022-08-07_084204123.png Story Extras - The Men Who Forged Their Own Medal - Make it stand out A mural of the four chaplains in action from the Four Chaplains Chapel in Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/2cf130d5-561c-4872-8c62-8902fed41d81/image_2022-08-07_085101517.png Story Extras - The Men Who Forged Their Own Medal - Make it stand out The medal that the Four Chaplains were awarded posthumously https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/02f02330-8bbc-4aef-a3fa-32188c4984bb/image_2022-08-07_085002706.png Story Extras - The Men Who Forged Their Own Medal - Make it stand out The stained glass of the Immortal Chaplains from the Pentagon chapel https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-perfect-storm monthly 0.5 2022-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d80e2ce9-e534-4c1b-a8a5-e19453429bfc/image_2022-08-11_172625472.png Story Extras - The Perfect Storm - Make it stand out Monte Cassino, St. Benedict’s monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/cc5810af-cace-4fc3-b227-db3591efdcb1/image_2022-08-11_172533260.png Story Extras - The Perfect Storm - Make it stand out It’s a long way up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/33eb4934-d99a-4c7d-90c3-da271ad8055b/image_2022-08-11_172203011.png Story Extras - The Perfect Storm - Make it stand out Sts. Benedict and Scholastica stranded by the storm https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/lost-in-interpretation monthly 0.5 2022-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/37dfc813-f750-4a3a-ac85-b81e40a4d3f0/image_2022-08-11_173444117.png Story Extras - Lost in Interpretation - Make it stand out A statue in Assisi of St. Francis returning from his short military career https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0e3c6bf4-5ada-4857-8db1-246a25e26d55/image_2022-08-11_173637576.png Story Extras - Lost in Interpretation - Make it stand out Dream of the Palace by Giotto di Bondone https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/trouble-aboard-the-constitution monthly 0.5 2022-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/35e5856e-8a0b-4fcc-b967-ed593f140f03/image_2022-08-17_122930725.png Story Extras - Trouble Aboard the Constitution - Make it stand out The USS Constitution today, the oldest ship in the world still afloat. She was launched in 1797 and is usually docked in Boston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/801c507e-1657-489e-a0f5-6e40f8c5d07c/image_2022-08-17_122436419.png Story Extras - Trouble Aboard the Constitution - Make it stand out “Ship of State” by Tom Freeman, depicting Pope Pius IX coming aboard the USS Constitution in 1849 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/eacf6ed2-5e0a-462b-b452-a1071da4c3fc/image_2022-08-17_123431116.png Story Extras - Trouble Aboard the Constitution - Make it stand out Captain John Gwynn, the commander of the USS Constitution when Pope Pius IX came aboard. He died a short time after this event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7933b01a-4316-4dc1-8d17-8c34c853ae1d/image_2022-08-17_123340936.png Story Extras - Trouble Aboard the Constitution - Make it stand out Pope Pius IX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/08493324-c36a-4993-ae50-501aeb1a0620/image_2022-08-17_123101690.png Story Extras - Trouble Aboard the Constitution - Make it stand out The USS Constitution vs the HMS Guerriere. From this victory, the USS Constitution got the nickname “Old Ironsides.” https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-field-of-diplomacy monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/316eb4a0-8508-4c02-9e08-4148a89ca21d/image_2022-08-23_122528569.png Story Extras - The Field of Diplomacy - Make it stand out Another meeting of Leo and Attila, with more dramatic Peter and Paul. This massive relief is in St. Peter’s Basilica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/945c6a00-245f-480a-8e0a-ee2d00874499/image_2022-08-23_122201588.png Story Extras - The Field of Diplomacy - Make it stand out The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila by Raphael. Note Sts. Peter and Paul at the top left appearing to Attila. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/no-man-can-defeat-me monthly 0.5 2022-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/542ebe62-aad7-472a-adaa-893a35dbcea4/image_2022-08-29_211049061.png Story Extras - No Man Can Defeat Me - Make it stand out Charles Martel, Charlemagne’s grandfather, stopping the Muslim advance on Europe at the Battle of Tours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0b321498-8ee5-4d7c-beba-293728293e0b/image_2022-08-27_222626130.png Story Extras - No Man Can Defeat Me - Make it stand out The coat of arms of Chateau Fort de Lordes. Note the eagle with fish on the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7ac5b66b-869e-44bb-b4d0-ea8a60e51f77/image_2022-08-27_222211115.png Story Extras - No Man Can Defeat Me - Make it stand out Though it looks isolated, the outcrop of rock this castle sits on is in the middle of the town of Lourdes https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-mothers-love monthly 0.5 2022-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c9c1c2db-d09d-489a-86a4-ddb08a846f3e/image_2022-09-05_174426876.png Story Extras - A Mother’s Love - Make it stand out The Life of St. Christina the Astonishing by Thomas de Cantimpré https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/forbidden-fruit monthly 0.5 2022-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/289c5e20-b62c-482e-80d6-fbd50754384d/image_2022-09-07_072623818.png Story Extras - Forbidden Fruit - Make it stand out The Conversion of St. Augustine by Fra Angelico https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-natives-are-restless monthly 0.5 2022-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ec5ba57e-6f9d-40ad-9ab8-3ef787aabd9e/image_2022-09-10_205909819.png Story Extras - The Natives are Restless - Make it stand out The Revered Gabriel Richard. Fr. Richard’s life is currently being investigated for a possible cause for canonization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/3c289117-3c76-437f-86d2-4c4b84174be7/image_2022-09-10_205707433.png Story Extras - The Natives are Restless - Make it stand out Tecumseh, the leader of an American Indian Confederation aimed at holding onto land in the Midwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c5b8254e-cd33-4b78-8d67-1837c3164cfc/image_2022-09-10_210314860.png Story Extras - The Natives are Restless - Make it stand out Fr. Richard’s tomb at his chapel in the Basilica of Ste. Anne in Detroit, Michigan. Tecumseh’s body appears to have been lost. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/give-him-up monthly 0.5 2022-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1e4f7e90-acb2-4e1f-9c5a-d34915313a3c/image_2022-09-26_091532467.png Story Extras - Give Him Up - Make it stand out The Victor Emmanuel II Monument, a.k.a. the “Wedding Cake.” If you search “Rome wedding cake,” this pops up, so that’s official enough of a name for our purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/fc120626-e456-41ca-a6ab-3ee39274bdd0/image_2022-09-26_091350356.png Story Extras - Give Him Up - Make it stand out Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, the church where St. Frances of Rome prayed after handing over her son, and where she and her son were reunited. Note the large number of stairs. To the left is the back of the “Wedding Cake.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5a23db25-9cf4-4f9c-8b66-2108155b5d14/image_2022-09-26_091751492.png Story Extras - Give Him Up - Make it stand out The exterior of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli belies the interior, which is quite stunning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/3a60e98d-ec7d-4439-b3f2-3a533cbc7f86/2022-10-09+11.28.22+%282%29.jpg Story Extras - Give Him Up - Make it stand out Our source for this story, a very old copy of the Life of St. Francis of Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/372d1f76-cc43-42c8-be4d-e0dd04a93c9e/2022-10-09+11.28.02+%282%29.jpg Story Extras - Give Him Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/rewriting-the-soldiers-song monthly 0.5 2022-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e7b0f651-e484-4a10-abc5-9c63dc5e7ea1/image_2022-10-01_102904347.png Story Extras - Rewriting the Soldier’s Song - Make it stand out Image of Julia Ward Howe, author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0ea521af-a26a-48cd-bfb7-10f89d972a08/image_2022-10-01_103705575.png Story Extras - Rewriting the Soldier’s Song - Make it stand out Original printing of the Battle Hymn in the Atlantic Monthly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/2ecf940c-3563-4f43-87e3-fe9d72c8fade/image_2022-10-01_102927910.png Story Extras - Rewriting the Soldier’s Song - Make it stand out Photograph of Julia Ward Howe as an older woman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/169ac68d-a7a8-46e3-be17-f3e3337fdd8b/image_2022-10-01_103531868.png Story Extras - Rewriting the Soldier’s Song - Make it stand out John Brown, the abolitionist commemorated in the song John Brown’s Body, upon which the Battle Hymn of the Republic is based https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/no-place-to-hide monthly 0.5 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/27994e2d-e9ba-4625-b0c7-193b04e7a28b/image_2022-10-03_213334905.png Story Extras - No Place to Hide - Make it stand out Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem, where Elizabeth greeted Mary, and Mary recited the Magnificat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/81bb6917-c785-4382-b617-f7a8f5c61793/image_2022-10-03_212647791.png Story Extras - No Place to Hide - Make it stand out Underneath the Church of the Visitation, the rock that hid Sts. Elizabeth and John the Baptist from Herod’s soldiers https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-tipsy-nuns monthly 0.5 2022-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9fe2095a-eb02-40ad-a89b-17ab9d0f0b71/image_2022-10-06_112343171.png Story Extras - The Tipsy Nuns - Make it stand out St. Marie-Marguerite d’Youville, foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, a.k.a. the Grey Nuns of Montreal https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/divine-detour monthly 0.5 2022-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/62d80cdc-194d-486c-b5e0-51834ff5889c/image_2022-10-08_164134914.png Story Extras - Divine Detour - Make it stand out A copy of a statue of Pan by Heliodorus of Rhodes, currently in the Louvre. Pan was a god of nature, of shepherds, some kinds of music, and a whole bunch of more disturbing junk. According to Plutarch, he was declared dead under the reign of Tiberius. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/59c7f5fc-398e-4b46-9d3b-b2f8fe0b2a79/image_2022-10-08_161400956.png Story Extras - Divine Detour - Make it stand out St. John the Baptist rebuking Herod for marrying his brother’s wife, Herodias. Note Herodias’ daughter, Salome, seated in the middle. Her inappropriate dance led to the execution of the Baptist. Salome was married to Philip the Tetrarch, her uncle, who ruled over territory north of Galilee, a territory that included Caesarea Philippi. One of our early drafts told the story from Salome’s perspective, perhaps nervous that the wonderworking cousin of the Baptist was entering her husband’s territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a718da1a-d906-4e6a-9ddd-eca6c6df49d8/image_2022-10-08_162820084.png Story Extras - Divine Detour - Make it stand out The rock of Caesarea Philippi. For scale, note the tiny people at the cave entrance. That cave is the mythical entrance to Hades. In front of the cave a number of temples stood, including one dedicated to Pan. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/hed-never-learn monthly 0.5 2022-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ee27787c-619c-4c7f-9b67-d88a279880b9/image_2022-10-17_212835893.png Story Extras - He’d Never Learn - Make it stand out Bl. Rother with children at the mission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9c4126bd-dbd4-4106-bccf-43635c3e7796/image_2022-10-17_213011971.png Story Extras - He’d Never Learn - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/277acf8e-e079-419e-88dc-5e5ac7aae5c6/image_2022-10-17_212922069.png Story Extras - He’d Never Learn - Make it stand out Clearly for the movie you would cast Charlton Heston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a12e5437-1a61-4cab-a1d9-969f6a725062/image_2022-10-17_212035099.png Story Extras - He’d Never Learn - Make it stand out Fr. Stanley Francis Rother (Padre Francisco to his parishioners) baptizing a child in Guatemala https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-ninth-day monthly 0.5 2022-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5c179225-2320-45ee-b3e0-a34487090975/image_2022-10-20_102547130.png Story Extras - The Ninth Day - Make it stand out Mary Wilson, the postulant who was healed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/efff5927-0773-4ed2-8b71-300eed97e955/image_2022-10-20_102718401.png Story Extras - The Ninth Day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/14fd8f41-3829-4eba-a3bb-c0cada4d6560/image_2022-10-20_102809360.png Story Extras - The Ninth Day - Make it stand out The former sick room, which is now a shrine to St. John Berchmans https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-wrong-route monthly 0.5 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/2134b925-2f85-44ef-865f-aac6a3aacd06/image_2022-10-31_071213909.png Story Extras - The Wrong Route - Make it stand out The Diocese of Marquette, all 16,000 square miles of Upper Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1bdef83f-dabb-4b76-a604-95f6dfcdd2c8/image_2022-10-31_071331369.png Story Extras - The Wrong Route - Make it stand out A slightly less formal picture of Bishop Baraga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e6134dd3-f130-4fbb-939c-2e457aaec241/2022-10-09+11.26.18.jpg Story Extras - The Wrong Route - Make it stand out The copy of the Life and Labors of Rt. Rev. Frederic Baraga, First Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, to which are added Short Sketches of the Lives and Labors of Other Indian Missionaries of the Northwest by Fr. Chrysostomus Verwyst, OFM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7293785c-0027-499a-b1d8-09dae841b7ec/2022-10-24+22.46.34.jpg Story Extras - The Wrong Route - Make it stand out We got our hands on Bishop Baraga’s diary. Part of the fascination with these documents is how mundane they often are, giving a very accurate picture of the life of a holy person. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/paperwork-is-a-pain monthly 0.5 2022-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d737b8ea-dc9a-4067-b112-d677581394a1/image_2022-11-08_155411191.png Story Extras - Paperwork is a Pain - Make it stand out An Apollo 11 insurance cover, with the signatures of the crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/8ba9910f-b86c-4367-bdfa-8269553454fa/image_2022-11-08_155436509.png Story Extras - Paperwork is a Pain - Make it stand out The crew of Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the Moon, while Collins piloted the command module orbiting the Moon. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/fancy-meeting-you-here monthly 0.5 2022-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e4e92a8a-ea49-4399-a21a-0b95e100626c/image_2022-11-14_222324647.png Story Extras - Fancy Meeting You Here - Make it stand out Christ’s footprints in the church of San Sebastian Outside the Walls in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/dd13e9b1-a7d5-4570-9076-af273c4afc2e/image_2022-11-14_222621291.png Story Extras - Fancy Meeting You Here - Make it stand out A painting of Christ meeting Peter on the Appian Way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0dc8614d-fd5a-4273-99ba-2fab1d32dd22/image_2022-11-14_222405082.png Story Extras - Fancy Meeting You Here - Make it stand out The copy of the footprints which you can touch in the chapel on the Appian Way on the site where Christ appeared to St. Peter https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/extracting-the-files monthly 0.5 2022-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0ce90442-cac5-45a1-9eae-96061a6dae4f/000630460012.jpg Story Extras - Extracting the Files - Make it stand out “God bless you, Texas, and keep you brave and strong” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7e690f52-ad57-46ee-b86d-4e802182adf9/image_2022-11-20_144908083.png Story Extras - Extracting the Files - Make it stand out The Texas state capitol looks awesome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/13e56d0c-6b27-4a53-844d-6345536a12e7/image_2022-11-20_144056669.png Story Extras - Extracting the Files - Make it stand out Image of innkeeper Angelina Eberly firing a cannon at the government agents in Austin in the The Archives War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/76eb4c84-53b0-414e-9162-e6511c92f600/image_2022-11-20_144303187.png Story Extras - Extracting the Files - Make it stand out Sam Houston, commander-in-chief of Texas’ army during the revolution, two-time president, and the only man in United States history to be governor of two different states (Tennessee and Texas) https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/battle-plans-from-a-guidebook monthly 0.5 2022-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1950ac5b-7693-4e03-b7ee-003872751acd/image_2022-11-26_104646638.png Story Extras - Battle Plans from a Guidebook - Make it stand out Modern day Mikhmas, or Michmash, in the West Bank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/34459a3d-e2ad-4095-b4e9-bd9697b64cbc/image_2022-11-26_104327312.png Story Extras - Battle Plans from a Guidebook - Make it stand out Gilbert and his book, The Romance of the Last Crusade https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-quiet-classroom-prayer monthly 0.5 2022-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9a01ff0e-abf3-4916-aea1-40dcb1ebd442/image_2022-12-04_214252459.png Story Extras - A Quiet Classroom Prayer - Make it stand out Colson wrote about his conversion in the book Born Again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f186f47d-b045-424c-8271-6bb5587054bb/image_2022-12-04_212809267.png Story Extras - A Quiet Classroom Prayer - Make it stand out Chuck Colson, on the day he was sentenced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e2a16e78-e1a1-4eea-a888-72ce9bf17e9d/image_2022-12-04_213026327.png Story Extras - A Quiet Classroom Prayer - Make it stand out Colson pled guilty to obstructing justice by seeking to defame Daniel Ellsberg, who illegally copied and leaked a report commonly known as the Pentagon Papers. According to Colson, the leaks severely impaired the Nixon administration’s negotiations to end the Vietnam War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0499adc0-3155-4743-bf70-8a0d47fea72e/image_2022-12-04_214456162.png Story Extras - A Quiet Classroom Prayer - Make it stand out FPC Montgomery, where this story takes place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a755a134-9fca-4838-9bcf-9ea136b018df/image_2022-12-04_212923757.png Story Extras - A Quiet Classroom Prayer - Make it stand out President Nixon and Colson https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/get-off-that-ship monthly 0.5 2022-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/98a70422-9d71-4af5-b177-bc71588bbeda/image_2022-12-09_183554118.png Story Extras - Get Off That Ship - Make it stand out The gym on board the ship, photographed by Frank Browne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f043a3ee-b5ac-44b5-8328-ca46af16a868/image_2022-12-09_183300790.png Story Extras - Get Off That Ship - Make it stand out This picture by the future Fr. Frank Browne would be recreated in the movie Titanic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0db0a0af-84ad-491c-9216-1ddc7f2b79d2/image_2022-12-09_183522323.png Story Extras - Get Off That Ship - Make it stand out The crew of the Titanic, photographed by Frank Browne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0155e3c0-03fa-4c47-b856-c929fd7694a9/image_2022-12-09_183353617.png Story Extras - Get Off That Ship - Make it stand out The Rev. Frank Browne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d9616fb7-e5db-49ca-9d15-223ee98de764/image_2022-12-09_183539916.png Story Extras - Get Off That Ship - Make it stand out Frank Browne’s cabin https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/three-little-notebooks monthly 0.5 2022-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4fbe6552-59fc-424e-adfb-35d25d887510/image_2022-12-18_212954230.png Story Extras - Three Little Notebooks - Make it stand out Elisabeth Leseur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4c1d0534-9cbe-42be-8a37-69450d1b0e50/image_2022-12-20_102101832.png Story Extras - Three Little Notebooks - Make it stand out Her diary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5bf9fdfc-96b9-41dc-b135-4c91a81fed60/image_2022-12-18_213021510.png Story Extras - Three Little Notebooks - Make it stand out Elisabeth and Felix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f62e2b0c-8fd6-4d59-a60c-72587382b7af/image_2022-12-18_213109358.png Story Extras - Three Little Notebooks - Make it stand out Elisabeth at her desk https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-plant-shop-rendezvous monthly 0.5 2022-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/79a7c2e5-934d-4a30-8f05-672f21cad652/image_2022-12-24_102206297.png Story Extras - The Plant Shop Rendezvous - Make it stand out Bl. Karl Leisner. Given that he is vested as a priest, we think this image was taken after Dachau was liberated, in the three months before his death, but we are not sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/47017f00-985c-4eec-ac4b-78f85917e032/image_2022-12-24_102357078.png Story Extras - The Plant Shop Rendezvous - Make it stand out Bl. Karl Leisner with other clerics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/41e46770-768e-4adc-b58d-e24b46fbe6c3/image_2022-12-24_101940019.png Story Extras - The Plant Shop Rendezvous - Make it stand out Sister Mary Imma in 1988 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/01273859-d42e-405b-bb82-95d270b696f7/image_2022-12-24_102005007.png Story Extras - The Plant Shop Rendezvous - Make it stand out Joespha Mack in 1944 https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-damsel-in-distress monthly 0.5 2023-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ae90ace5-ff10-4805-b8cd-d4da00aa4fe0/image_2023-01-01_135718796.png Story Extras - A Damsel in Distress - Make it stand out St. Adelaide and her husband Otto. I’ve never seen a statue of a saint with the same expression as Adelaide has here. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/you-can-run-but-you-cant-hide monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/698ed3de-8ba2-40ef-9eab-4d68348a16ea/image_2023-01-10_145449674.png Story Extras - You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide - Make it stand out Panoramic view of the McLean parlor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a44090ee-d98c-4063-946a-d500a70a7496/image_2023-01-10_150421421.png Story Extras - You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide - Make it stand out A print of Lee surrendering to Grant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/08bc5c33-073a-47fb-8537-af5ba71f46c6/image_2023-01-10_150051495.png Story Extras - You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide - Make it stand out This photo from 1890 shows the handful of buildings that made up Appomattox Court House https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/beware-of-strangers monthly 0.5 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a1ab74ca-bdc4-4b58-ae5b-6e4868a2bdfc/image_2023-01-11_200501999.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f713be86-b6bc-4883-8f8c-21dbbc35c425/image_2023-01-11_200517326.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/fb4ff0f3-91aa-43f2-9e13-b323c0f32371/image_2023-01-11_200535895.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/796a1b7f-9b82-48da-906c-e68bba536615/image_2023-01-11_200554183.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/77e305ff-b7a3-40c9-baec-8dcfcc1bd44d/image_2023-01-11_200613097.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/de854603-f19f-44f9-99b1-e30ca5326f56/image_2023-01-11_200448990.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/820dff81-3be4-4374-a3c2-9dadae864e19/image_2023-01-11_200323405.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/572e52fa-40bb-42d9-94b4-9040e8d8e589/image_2023-01-11_200408820.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/0cd37e2b-1a25-4675-8957-738e0c4acf02/image_2023-01-11_200354938.png Story Extras - Beware of Strangers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/an-eccentric-librarian monthly 0.5 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ec6faa6a-17e1-4ee5-aa52-ac148c8ca606/image_2023-01-20_071531693.png Story Extras - An Eccentric Librarian - Make it stand out A fragment of Leviticus from the Septuagint https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/i-dreamed-a-dream monthly 0.5 2023-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c9708071-7f61-4910-9692-cc70c7be54f0/image_2023-01-25_172233792.png Story Extras - I Dreamed a Dream - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/86e19628-af1c-45fd-baa8-1b1cec45e42f/image_2023-01-25_172414498.png Story Extras - I Dreamed a Dream - Make it stand out Dr. Benjamin Rush. His son, Richard Rush, was also very prominent in early American politics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5ad15a45-307f-4017-ab61-c4e3a008e350/image_2023-01-25_172519272.png Story Extras - I Dreamed a Dream - Make it stand out John Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d7bd054d-18e8-44fd-acfe-4ab663a0b78b/image_2023-01-25_172203446.png Story Extras - I Dreamed a Dream - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f8dccbcb-c8dc-49d0-9b74-7334fc4771c9/image_2023-01-25_172446897.png Story Extras - I Dreamed a Dream - Make it stand out Thomas Jefferson https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/not-how-i-planned-my-wedding-night monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c54d27d8-a067-4a42-96e4-4d71a30d74c8/image_2023-02-05_175835556.png Story Extras - Not How I Planned My Wedding Night - Make it stand out Same scene, Italianized, by Orazio Gentileschi. Note Tiburtius peeking in through the doorway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6a5a91e2-c58d-41b1-a40d-44bf96a3ed86/image_2023-02-05_180523492.png Story Extras - Not How I Planned My Wedding Night - Make it stand out Sts. Cecilia and Valerian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/812f06b7-1d67-47d5-bde8-65595930cdb2/image_2023-02-05_180412522.png Story Extras - Not How I Planned My Wedding Night - Make it stand out Sts. Cecilia and Valerian receiving the crowns of flowers from the angel, by Alejo Vera https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/fallen-into-hostile-hands monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ae34a31b-9204-4fde-a2ab-57b7f3f4f988/image_2023-02-13_152357115.png Story Extras - Fallen into Hostile Hands - Make it stand out The Rev. Alban Butler https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/keep-it-secret-keep-it-safe monthly 0.5 2023-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/6286573a-a46b-40dd-854b-4ff4ae4326c9/image_2023-02-17_065903552.png Story Extras - Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe - Make it stand out St. Mateo Correa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/914aef36-5382-4268-bc82-63758fa46276/image_2023-02-17_065806131.png Story Extras - Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe - Make it stand out A photograph of St. Correa. The date says February 6, 1927, but that was the date of his martyrdom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/055b9da7-4c45-4c69-aeaf-e731ad3853a0/image_2023-02-17_065520669.png Story Extras - Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe - Make it stand out The Cristero martyrs who were Knights of Columbus. Fr. Mateo Correa is in the bottom right. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-common-language monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/29795ae5-c24d-407d-b2f9-3f2d84c94dbc/image_2023-02-26_154403220.png Story Extras - A Common Language - Make it stand out The Rev. Emil Kapaun celebrating Mass in the field during the Korean War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/c4160bc7-0103-40e9-bd00-c1727b97e780/image_2023-02-26_153859620.png Story Extras - A Common Language - Make it stand out A Catholic church in Anseong (Ansung), South Korea. We were not able to confirm that this is the church that Fr. Kapaun celebrated Mass in, but it is very likely it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1e774e82-ddb9-43d0-b639-f4eff2c3fcd7/image_2023-02-26_154752623.png Story Extras - A Common Language - Make it stand out Fr. Kapaun is the man second from the left, helping the man https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/come-sail-away-with-me monthly 0.5 2023-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ca4ae05b-d984-4141-a382-a1b68ddd0fd1/image_2023-03-03_064657458.png Story Extras - Come Sail Away With Me - Make it stand out This is the painting of St. Raymond of Peñafort that prompted us to discover this story. There is great value in sacred art for teaching, even for a priest and a church nerd! Note the woman, king, and other friar on the left, still on the island of Majorca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7f638ed9-329d-41a8-ba53-27ecd58669a7/image_2023-03-03_070818161.png Story Extras - Come Sail Away With Me - Make it stand out King James I of Aragon, the king in this story who had St. Raymond as confessor https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/dinner-time-in-the-sick-ward monthly 0.5 2023-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/f87e30eb-68a9-4767-b97e-f170d8b30d34/image_2023-03-09_080051123.png Story Extras - Dinner Time in the Sick Ward - Make it stand out A portrait of St. Martin made soon after his death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/e260f12e-4636-474f-85a9-f8ccbe6726a8/image_2023-03-09_072127758.png Story Extras - Dinner Time in the Sick Ward - Make it stand out St. Martin de Porres. Note the patients and the dog, cat, and mouse next to the bowl https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/9re4fyv0e9huvmcp5ft1pbxesqobq0 monthly 0.5 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a72ba2cd-3ff9-4a2f-928f-37a6b7d8b4ca/image_2023-03-16_074812784.png Story Extras - For a Peck of Oats - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/dd2ec8d4-35fd-4950-ac58-6c6c72d1e06b/image_2023-03-16_074754210.png Story Extras - For a Peck of Oats - Make it stand out A statue of the event on the Franciscan Friars property in Howard County, Maryland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/4ed46fd4-98f3-40ca-9e0d-09547d70a721/image_2023-03-16_074923131.png Story Extras - For a Peck of Oats - Make it stand out The Miracle of the Mule by Anthony van Dyck https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-little-girls-confession monthly 0.5 2023-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/fb2426e9-7a8e-4bdf-a6bf-588e12d5c2a0/2022-09-17+10.22.58.jpg Story Extras - A Little Girl’s Confession - Make it stand out A statue of the vision of the cross stands in front of the chapel at Tepeyac Hill, where Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/05e65cb7-8195-4d80-9521-0e03aad90ff5/image_2023-03-21_095544575.png Story Extras - A Little Girl’s Confession - Make it stand out A painting of Conchita’s vision of the cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/14e81334-1afc-44b2-a888-4e536e304ae7/image_2023-03-21_095342435.png Story Extras - A Little Girl’s Confession - Make it stand out Conchita with her family in later years. Her husband Pancho died when their oldest was 16 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/18878969-6a6a-453a-bf09-255cbe6db5ad/image_2023-03-21_095304454.png Story Extras - A Little Girl’s Confession - Make it stand out Bl. Conchita with her husband, Pancho https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-celebrity-camping-trip monthly 0.5 2023-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/cd363d43-2b88-4967-b3cc-b379ec648049/image_2023-03-30_080823961.png Story Extras - The Celebrity Camping Trip - Make it stand out The Transfiguration by Raphael https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/2cf91341-fcbd-4f64-bf49-a2be5358eee7/image_2023-03-30_080858837.png Story Extras - The Celebrity Camping Trip - Make it stand out An icon of the Transfiguration https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/setting-the-captives-free monthly 0.5 2023-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d4d98a2d-9224-45d5-94bc-3062e1d4e0f5/image_2023-04-11_154210085.png Story Extras - Setting the Captives Free - Make it stand out St. John of the Cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/972f1e5b-d379-4d23-9e6d-458df8be531d/image_2023-04-11_154306148.png Story Extras - Setting the Captives Free - Make it stand out St. Teresa of Avila https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/a-brief-hospital-visit monthly 0.5 2023-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/ca70a1db-ba59-41d2-a267-f8286c4d5267/image_2023-04-18_231458437.png Story Extras - A Brief Hospital Visit - Make it stand out Fr. Stock with his bicycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b8f41d2e-cb38-427b-be09-5a2c26c1d794/image_2023-04-18_230835809.png Story Extras - A Brief Hospital Visit - Make it stand out As far as we know, there is only one book in English on Fr. Stock: The Last Human Face. We cannot recommend it, given numerous factual and theological errors. However, it’s the only place to start for now if you want to learn more about him in English. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/3479fbf8-7b0d-4144-ae34-0471f2f3ef46/image_2023-04-18_231050780.png Story Extras - A Brief Hospital Visit - Make it stand out Fr. Franz Stock (center) with Bishop Angelo Roncalli (left), the papal nuncio (ambassador) to France and one of the biggest champions of Our Lady of Chartres Seminary, the “Seminary Behind Barbed Wire.” Roncalli later became Pope St. John XXIII. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/8167ca12-c558-4680-b81d-bd29d028931f/image_2023-04-18_231733533.png Story Extras - A Brief Hospital Visit - Make it stand out Fr. Franz Stock (left) in Our Lady of Chartres Seminary, the “Seminary Behind Barbed Wire.” https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/to-grandmothers-house-we-go monthly 0.5 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/a536b54f-c748-4c20-a4db-c53f6affc9fc/image_2023-04-23_151904706.png Story Extras - To Grandmother’s House We Go - Make it stand out Bertha Benz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7affe7db-5523-4d47-8049-0c66c336a16b/image_2023-04-23_151738671.png Story Extras - To Grandmother’s House We Go - Make it stand out Bertha and Carl Benz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/b59efab4-dbeb-4f5d-a5cf-d5e5b4ea5767/image_2023-04-23_152157282.png Story Extras - To Grandmother’s House We Go - Make it stand out Stopping for petrol at the pharmacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1d78617e-9cec-45d8-ae61-7c90fe835107/image_2023-04-23_152015988.png Story Extras - To Grandmother’s House We Go - Make it stand out Bertha Benz’ route for her historic drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/63ab3af3-dffe-45ff-8092-6bf271eaa582/image_2023-04-23_152312696.png Story Extras - To Grandmother’s House We Go - Make it stand out This pharmacy, “World’s First Gas Station” in Wiesloch, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1fd58944-4c22-47af-ac67-ca1f7a8a6516/image_2023-04-25_215058005.png Story Extras - To Grandmother’s House We Go - Make it stand out University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa, and Auburn University, located in Auburn, are shown in their respective locations on this map https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/too-expensive-for-their-tastes monthly 0.5 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/39cda3a9-6ec1-41bd-bb99-69825b08e9f4/image_2023-05-02_075044876.png Story Extras - Too Expensive for Their Tastes - Make it stand out Matt Talbot’s grave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/80807b41-bf00-4775-8ead-90d4a39a5a0c/image_2023-05-02_074801969.png Story Extras - Too Expensive for Their Tastes - Make it stand out This appears to be the only photograph of Venerable Matt Talbot https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-secret-lives-of-a-teenager monthly 0.5 2023-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/606e7813-1a95-4d3f-80e6-bf638d6a6896/2022-09-18+10.44.26.jpg Story Extras - The Secret Lives of a Teenager - Make it stand out One of Fr. Pro’s cassocks (back when Jesuits wore cassocks) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/d6116928-df11-4a6e-b687-4ebacd763ded/2022-09-18+10.44.59.jpg Story Extras - The Secret Lives of a Teenager - Make it stand out Another disguise. Fr. Pro is on the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/439893bd-8fa8-4777-8e20-579084795798/2022-09-18+10.43.32.jpg Story Extras - The Secret Lives of a Teenager - Make it stand out Fr. Pro’s vestments and a Mass kit which folds into a briefcase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/06079ae6-c4b8-4f98-a410-d8ef448c7e00/2022-09-18+10.58.43.jpg Story Extras - The Secret Lives of a Teenager - Make it stand out Entrance to the museum. The church is on the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/7cb5d216-24d1-4311-8044-672e2be6ab15/2022-09-18+10.50.43.jpg Story Extras - The Secret Lives of a Teenager - Make it stand out The suit that Fr. Pro was wearing when he was martyred. The markers show the bullet holes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/5fb39683-ccb0-4bfc-a912-8d0d6862e227/2022-09-15+16.39.56.jpg Story Extras - The Secret Lives of a Teenager - Make it stand out Fr. Pro’s remains in this reliquary in the Church of the Holy Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/1628351933156-YX5AMIART4R01XQ93DMC/image_2021-08-07_105852.png Story Extras - The Secret Lives of a Teenager - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thunderrock.org/story-extras/the-grand-finale monthly 0.5 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/214b0c93-b18c-498e-bb25-2f6fc617c463/image_2023-05-13_072944757.png Story Extras - The Grand Finale - Make it stand out El Santo Cristo del Atentado, the altar cross warped by the blast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610db9687fb6223e916ff0cd/9c1be805-7a69-4859-87c8-55521cfd19ef/image_2023-05-13_073249936.png Story Extras - The Grand Finale - Make it stand out The altar cross is still on display today at the Shrine of Guadalupe. 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