Apollinaris William Baumgartner creating Guam's Catholic education system, founding nearly a dozen schools in just a few years. Today, Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School, an elementary school created by a merger of two schools he founded, is named in his honor. For his episcopal coat of arms, Baumgartner chose a phoenix as the main charge. The bird was chosen because of its mythological ability to be reborn out of ashes, which he believed would be representative of the future of his see on Guam. Apollinaris William Baumgartner Apollinaris William Baumgartner, O.F.M. Cap., D.D., (24 July 1899 – 18 December 1970) was a prelate
Empire from the Ashes Empire from the Ashes Empire from the Ashes is a science fiction novel by American writer David Weber. Published in 2003 by Baen Books, it is an omnibus reissue of Weber's "Dahak" trilogy, including "Mutineers' Moon", "The Armageddon Inheritance" and "Heirs of Empire". For Colin MacIntyre, it began with a routine training flight over the moon. For Dahak, a self-aware Imperial battleship, it began millennia ago, standing guard against an unknown enemy which once devastated the galaxy - and now has returned. So Dahak grabbed MacIntyre's ship and informed him that he was drafted to be its new captain and