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Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
@DavidPaternostr
Texan. Jesuit. Priest. PhD in philosophy @SLU_Official. Views expressed are my own.
St. Louis, MO
Joined January 2012
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Feb 7, 2018
    “‘If you knew that on one of the stars there is a flower that wants to be tended by you, the whole sky would be different for you.’ [...] This flower exists; the Lord is there on that star of ours, and the whole sky is different because we are expected.” #MorningBXVI
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Jul 20, 2025
    I absolutely respect a pope with a STEM background saying “you know what? I like the space program, I’ve always wanted to talk to an Apollo 11 astronaut, and I’m the pope, SO LETS GO”
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    Christopher Hale
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    Jul 20, 2025
    NEW: Pope Leo had a Zoom meeting with Buzz Aldrin to honor the 56th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Jul 25, 2025
    The Cyclops has only been portrayed well once in a live-action film
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    DiscussingFilm
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    Jul 24, 2025
    First look at Daniel Diemer as Tyson on ‘PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS’ Season 2.
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Nov 26, 2024
    OH MY GOSH THIS COMMUNITY NOTE
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Apr 10, 2021
    “Miami University in Oxford, Ohio” is one plot twist after another
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Feb 24, 2024
    If your peer review system can't catch "the occupation of Hank Hill is unspecified," you need new referees
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Jul 22, 2025
    My mom remembered my saying that in Finland, they give you a sword as part of your doctoral regalia so that you can defend truth with all due vigor. Guess what was waiting for me in my new office?
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Oct 16, 2025
    Did a double-take when I read this line in Dracula, but it turns out Kodak was founded in 1892, while Dracula was written in 1897
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Feb 23, 2021
    Mr. T is dropping theological truths, MC Hammer is dropping philosophical truths, and I’m just glad I’m alive to see it
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    May 7, 2025
    I’m really respecting the main character energy from this bird
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Aug 16, 2022
    The perfect reply doesn’t exi—
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Jun 17, 2025
    Not sure what I love more: the fact that Facebook thinks I should be friends with the pope’s brother, or that this is what the pope’s brother has as his profile picture
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Feb 24, 2024
    Replying to @grethaie
    Sheer cultural osmosis should tell everyone on the planet two things: 1) This show is set in Texas; 2) Hank Hill sells propane
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    Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
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    Sep 19, 2024
    The British monarch proclaiming to the realm the words of a Jesuit. We are so back. Guy Fawkes could never imagine how back we are.
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    Edmund
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    Sep 18, 2024
    King Charles III reciting Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem 'God's Grandeur.' The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
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