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| Complete and magnificent in every detail - R.M.S. TITANIC . |
On this day, 2nd April, 1912, our three Heroic Catholic Priests and 1
Seminarian were making their way to their embarkation points for the
travel on the "unsinkable"R.M.S. TITANIC's maiden voyage. An Englishman
to officiate at his brother's wedding in New York, a German Benedictine
to take up a teaching role in the United States and a (then Russian)
Lithuanian to escape political persecution and a young orphaned Irishman
to enjoy his Guardian 's ( a Bishop uncle) generosity . All of these
holy men save one, God was moving into place for ministry to vast number
in the appalling calamity soon to be revealed. The young man was being
saved for a later greater ongoing calamity.
Amazingly, for such a huge vessel and the status of technology in 1912,
TITANIC spent less than a full day in Sea Trials, she exercised her
great engines at reasonable speed, turns to Port and Starboard ,
stopping, turning a full circle under the supervision of Captain
E.J.Smith and his officers and the Executive Engineers of the builders
Harland and Wolff. And that was that.No working up period for the crew,
no shakedown trials of prolonged duration. The big day for embarkation
of passengers was very near.
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