Correspondence from St. John\u27s University

Letter from John J. Trainor of St. John\u27s University notifying Madeleine Giguère of her promotion from instructor to Assistant Professor of Sociology at the St. John\u27s University, 1964. Also included: Letter from John J. Regan welcoming Madeleine Giguère to as faculty to St. John\u27s University with accompanying University Agreement, 1963.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/giguere-early-life-and-education/1079/thumbnail.jp

Barrens Memoir by John Timon, C.M. (1861)

John Timon gives his account of Congregation’s development in the United States from the mission’s beginning until 1847. The narrative is largely focused on Timon’s own work and ends when he becomes bishop of Buffalo, New York. He recounts the growth of the foundation at the Barrens, his mission trips with Jean-Marie Odin in the surrounding area, and their 1824 trip through Arkansas. He recalls many conversions, including those of condemned men, his successful public defenses of Catholicism against anti-Catholic Protestant ministers, and the acquisition of the Congregation’s property and foundation of the parish in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Much attention is paid to the work of Odin and Joseph Rosati. Timon’s efforts as the American provincial and as prefect apostolic of Texas are also included

Simulation and measurement of hts josephson heterodyne oscillator

We report continuing investigations into practical applications of the ac Josephson effect as the basis for a voltage-tunable radio-frequency oscillator. We have previously demonstrated experimentally that useful power levels (10 s of nW) and linewidths of a few kHz can be achieved in the heterodyne output from a High-Temperature-Superconducting Resistive SQUID (HTS-RSQUID) operating in the frequency range 1-50 MHz. Those results were achieved with 2-junction R-SQUIDs incorporating current-biased shunt resistors of a few micro-ohms. We have now modified the fabrication procedures, and adjusted the shunt resistors and bias current values so that higher frequencies can be achieved. The Josephson junctions are of step-edge type, rather than the bi-crystal type used in our earlier work. The step-edge technique permits much more flexibility in the geometrical lay-out and utilizes the more cost-effective single-crystal MgO substrates. In the present paper, we report numerical simulations and experimental measurements on these devices in the frequency range up to 2 GHz

The American Vincentians: A Popular History of the Congregation of the Mission in the United States 1815-1987

https://via.library.depaul.edu/vincentian_ebooks/1018/thumbnail.jp

The Shadow Side of the Vincentian Mission

John Prager reflects on the elements of the missionary vocation as well as its challenges, or as he calls it, “the shadow side of the mission.” To be a missionary is to “accompany Jesus into the world of the poor.” It requires insertion (the assumption of the poor’s lifestyle and the discarding of security), inculturation (entering into and learning from the worldview of the poor), and new evangelization (cooperating with God’s love in many ways, especially ministering with the perspective of the poor in mind). Vulnerability, insecurity, doubts, confusion, fear, anger, and loneliness are all part of the shadow side of the mission. Prager offers general advice for dealing with these challenges and gives specific advice from the Vincentian tradition

Father Richardson: Some Incidents in his Early Life

Written by James Richardson’s brother, this article gives highlights of the former superior general’s life and career from childhood until 1968. Vincentian influence was present in his life from an early age. He attended a parochial school of the Daughters of Charity and a Vincentian high school, entering the Congregation’s novitiate in Perryville at the age of sixteen. He was later on the faculty of the seminary there. After that, Richardson became a faculty member and librarian of Saint John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California. He was also a canonist and won an important ecclesiastical trial during his time at Saint John’s. He filled many roles in California, becoming the first vice-provincial of the Vice-Province of Los Angeles