Sylum Trivia: March 2024 – Answers
I had got a bit different this month in showcasing a historical type of question.
Name the Irish Saints?
Answer:
St. Patrick
St. Brigid
And many others.
No one answered, which I’ve noticed for the past few months there has been no participation.
So from here on out, I’ll not be doing Sylum Trivia.
Sylum Inspiration: Patrick McKenna
Camelot: Member
Patrick was born in 1966AD, in Armagh, Northern Ireland to Mary Ann McKenna, a former Nun. His biological father is unknown.
She raised him to be a devout Catholic, attending Mass every day of his life, and teaching him that God loved him, and He had a destiny waiting for him.
When he was six years old, he lost his mother in a UVF bombing at Armagh Cathedral – a protest against the visit by a Titular Archbishop on an Apostolic Mission from the Vatican, who had come to Ireland to try and broker peace. The boy’s survival saw him labelled as ‘The Little Miracle of Saint Patrick’.
The Archbishop took Patrick back with him to Italy, formally adopting him, stating that he would raise the boy in God’s Church.
Patrick had the Vatican as his playground and school yard. He remembered most fondly the Vatican Police officer who usually caught him running from the Nuns and dragged him back to his studies.
As he got older, he found himself talking with that same officer for hours, looking to him for wisdom and companionship.
Though he didn’t have to, when he was 18 he demanded that he follow through with his National Service to the Italian Military. Though he never learned to use a gun, he excelled at flying helicopters. Patrick never told the Vatican Police Officer, that he knew it was him who had made sure Patrick was safe during those two years.
When he returned, he dedicated his life to the Church, going through Seminary and becoming a Priest. When his ‘father’ became Pope, he took the position as Camerlengo – much to the dismay of many older men in the Church who had sought the position for themselves.
He was proud to see his friend go on to become Inspector General of Vatican Police.
When his father suddenly died, he was devastated.
The night of Conclave 2006AD, everything changed.
Spring Fling Update and Request
Okay, guys. This is Gil filling in currently for the General. She is currently unavailable due to the medical stuff she posted about earlier in the week. Which means that I will be posting the Spring Fling content this year, and Jensen will be posting some content as well until the General us up and going again.
ATTENTION ALL SPRING FLING CONTRIBUTORS:
I do not have access to the General’s email account, so if you created content for this year’s Spring Fling, please send it to me at my email address: starkindler76@gmail.com
Spring Fling starts on March 31st, so if I don’t have it from you by the 30th, it won’t get posted, at least not until sometime later on, after the General is able to get back to posting, or it may end up being saved for a future Sylum event.
Thanks for your understanding.
Gil
Spring Fling 2024: Items Due
If participating in Spring Fling items are due today.
If having problems please let me know.
The General’s Health
Just wanted to make a post about my own health.
I’ve had a massive flare up on my chronic condition, which looks to be leading to surgery.
What does this mean? The amount of posts will likely go down during recovery time, and my participation in Sylum Events will be low. As matter of fact I won’t have anything in Spring Fling.
This also puts me behind on all projects Sylum related.
Please understand as I recover will step back into things, but will take some time.
Thanks.
Nico
National 3D Day
I know 3D is still around, but some of us is old enough to remember the paper glasses and the coolness of 3D Movies.
Love them? Hate them? Used to but can’t take it anymore?
Sylum Inspiration: Andrew Kiernan
Lealta: Archivist/Librarian
Kiernan was barely ten years old when he first heard St. Patrick’s teachings. It was then he decided this was his calling. He was educated by St. Patrick as they travelled through Ireland, spreading the Lord’s Word.
In a small town, the citizens weren’t interested in what St. Patrick was saying and had attacked them. Andrew had stepped into the battle to protect his mentor, only to be mortally wounded. St. Patrick had called upon a friend, Arthur Pendragon, who was nearby, for help. Andrew was told of the world of Vampires and agreed to be Turned, seeing it as a way to keep spreading God’s Word.
