St. John's and SVDeP

BrookJersey Redmen

BrookJersey Redmen

Well-known member
2023 $upporter
The Vincentians founded St. John's and today is their Founder's Feast Day, St. Vincent DePaul known for his lifelong work with the poor.

The Vincentians didn't name our school St. Vincent and that is a good thing, I would NOT want our unofficial nickname to be Go Vinnies!, I like the Johnnies much better.
 
[quote="BrookJersey Redmen" post=296324]The Vincentians founded St. John's and today is their Founder's Feast Day, St. Vincent DePaul known for his lifelong work with the poor.

The Vincentians didn't name our school St. Vincent and that is a good thing, I would NOT want our unofficial nickname to be Yo Vinnies!, I like the Johnnies much better.[/quote]
Fixed it for ya!
 
John Travolta on "Welcome Back Kotter", our token celebrity, Vinnie Barbarino, I can see him courtside on celebrity row at MSG!
 
[quote="BrookJersey Redmen" post=296352]John Travolta on "Welcome Back Kotter", our token celebrity, Vinnie Barbarino, I can see him courtside on celebrity row at MSG![/quote]
Some teams give out towels to wave. We would have “Rubber Hose” night.
 
A Vincentian dies and goes to heaven, humbly knocks on the door, and is let in without any fanfare. One day, a long time later, he notices lots of commotion. Flowers are arranged, all the candles are lit, and a red carpet is rolled out. He asks an angel what's going on, and is told that they are preparing to welcome a Jesuit into heaven.

Perplexed, he asks St. Peter, "I always thought there would be justice and equality in heaven, with no one receiving preferential treatment. Why are you going to such great lengths to welcome a Jesuit, whereas you hardly took any notice of me when I arrived?"

St. Peter tells him in reply, "Don't you see? Another Vincentian enters heaven almost every week, but you can't imagine how long it's been since we welcomed the last Jesuit up here!"
 
[quote="Paul Massell" post=296359]A Vincentian dies and goes to heaven, humbly knocks on the door, and is let in without any fanfare. One day, a long time later, he notices lots of commotion. Flowers are arranged, all the candles are lit, and a red carpet is rolled out. He asks an angel what's going on, and is told that they are preparing to welcome a Jesuit into heaven.

Perplexed, he asks St. Peter, "I always thought there would be justice and equality in heaven, with no one receiving preferential treatment. Why are you going to such great lengths to welcome a Jesuit, whereas you hardly took any notice of me when I arrived?"

St. Peter tells him in reply, "Don't you see? Another Vincentian enters heaven almost every week, but you can't imagine how long it's been since we welcomed the last Jesuit up here!"[/quote]

The punch line was obvious from the first sentence on. :eek:hmy:
 
St. Peter at the Pearly Gate says in order to get in you have to spell a word:

St. John's grad: St. Peter: your word is "Cat".

Villanova grad: St. Peter your word is "diesel"

Georgetown grad: St. Peter: your word is "chrysanthemum"
 
BJR, in a similar vein.

A guy gets a new job doing surveys at the UN

Goes up to the Russian delegate and asks "Excuse me sir, what is your opinion of meat rationing?" and the Russian delegate answers "What is this "opinion?"

Goes up to the Ethiopian delegate and asks "Excuse me sir, what is your opinion of meat rationing?" and the Ethiopian delegate answers "What is this "meat?"

Goes up to the US delegate and asks "Excuse me sir, what is your opinion of meat rationing?" and the US delegate answers "What is this "rationing?"

Goes up to the Israeli delegate and asks "Excuse me sir, what is your opinion of meat rationing?" and the Israeli delegate answers "What is this "excuse me?"
 
A Vincentian and a Jesuit are walking through the park. A man runs up to them and says “Fathers, I need you help. My three friends each just bought a new Mercedes. I need to get one as well, so that they won’t think badly of me. Is there a novena I can say that will help me get a Mercedes?”. Both priest were confused by the request. The Vincentian asked, “What's a Mercedes?”. The Jesuit asked, “What’s a novena?”
 
Believe or not Fordham U. in the archdiocese of NY was originally named St. Johns College . It was founded by the Vincentians . For some reason the Vincentians moved to the Brooklyn Diocese and then established St. Johns university in 1870 .The Jesuits then took over the Bronx school and renamed it Fordham .
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top