Thursday, January 28, 2016

Teaching English to Vienamese

Today's session featured Jenny Licata.

She told us about her travels to Vietnam and teaching Vietnamese Jesuit Priests how to speak English.














While they had learned how to read English, they had never had anyone speak to them (or teach them how to speak) in English. She traveled to the seminary for i month each year for 7 years.

In addition to learning about her work teaching the priests to speak English, she did some travels around the sity and to the seashore and the Mekong Delta.

























Teaching English to Vienamese

Today's session featured Jenny Licata.

She told us about her travels to Vietnam and teaching Vietnamese Jesuit Priests how to speak English.














While they had learned how to read English, they had never had anyone speak to them (or teach them how to speak) in English. She traveled to the seminary for i month each year for 7 years.

In addition to learning about her work teaching the priests to speak English, she did some travels around the sity and to the seashore and the Mekong Delta.

























Thursday, January 21, 2016

Battleship New Jersey - Our most decorated Battleship

Clark Perks tells us about BB 62, the Battleship New Jersey.



BB 62 is the second ship named Battleship NJ,the first was BB 16. BB 62 was launched in 1942.


It fires a 16 inch shell as far as King of Prussia.

Clark showed us a replica of the shell and pieces of the teak deck, that is being replaced and time and money permits.