#St. Francis Xavier's College

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The Story Of The 1st Impresario In Hong Kong Mr Harry Odell, His Empire Theatre (璇宮戲院) & To Be Continued尚未完場, The Touching Film About This Jewish Man

An ‘impresario’ is a person who organizes and finances concerts, plays and operas. Art intermediaries are important. They make the availability of art performances much more accessible for the public. A good impresario knows well the audience and their needs.

Mr Harry Odell, a Jewish man, was born in 1896. He came to live in Hong Kong in 1921 and died in 1975 at the age of 79.

It was said that his real name was ‘Harry Obadofsky’. He was the son of Russian Jewish parents. He was educated at St. Francis Xavier’s College, in Shanghai. He ran away from home at 16 and supported himself as a tap dancer in Japan, before emigrating to the USA. In 1921, Obadofsky arrived in Hong Kong and changed his surname to Odell for the reason of marrying a girl Sophie Weill whose family owned the prestigious jewellery business Sennet Freres in Hong Kong. He fought in the defence of Hong Kong in 1941 and was made a prisoner of war by the Japanese.  

Mr Odell loved art and culture. By persuading international acclaimed artists such as Xavier Cugat and Issace Stern to perform here in the colony in those years, he was the first impresario in the history of Hong Kong. He tirelessly lobbied the colonial government to build a permanent place for art performances. As a result, the first such venue, Hong Kong City Hall, was completed in 1962(information provided by Judy Green from 'The Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography’).

Mr Odell built his own concert theatre and film cinema known as the ‘Empire Theatre璇宮戲院’ in 1952.  It was located in the North Point area along King’s Road and in those years, North Point was regarded as a remote place. Business was bad and it closed in 1957, and re-opened in 1959 as the ‘State Theatre皇都戲院’ following the purchase by a rich Chinese businessman and extensive renovations. The State Theatre sadly closed in 1997.

Concerns were raised in 2015 that the heritage building might be demolished. In 2020, a big property developer in Hong Kong New World Development acquired the ownership right of the Theatre and put forward good proposals related to the conservation of State Theatre. The Theatre is being repaired and will be opened soon for the third time.

The above is not just a story of history. It is a love story of how Harry Odell loved Hong Kong and how we loved this art hero. His life is one big touching story with hundreds of little touching stories within it.  

2 film directors, Dora Choi & Haider Kikabhoy, made an evocative documentary movie about the noble story of Harry Odell and it is called To Be Continued 尚未完場.  This piece of impressive work looks back on the history of the State Theatre (formerly the Empire Theatre) and the great life of Harry Odell. A film critic wrote this: “Kikabhoy and Choi created a film that is not just educational; it is also upbeat, amusing and heart felt at the same time.”

Apart from visiting Odell’s grave in Happy Valley and gazing at Odell’s former residence Old Alberose in Pokfulam, you must watch this heart-warming good film To Be Continued! Maurice Lee To Be Continued Trailer  https://youtu.be/U6GICy7Nmpc   Acknowledgement – 尚未完場  Hong Kong City Hall  https://youtu.be/fg97X8gfsrA  Acknowledgement – Online Museum

State Theatre  https://youtu.be/S7D0U8DgEyo   Acknowledgement – Bloomberg Television 

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SAINT OF THE DAY (December 3)

On December 3, the Roman Catholic Church honors St. Francis Xavier, one of the first Jesuits who went on to evangelize vast portions of Asia.

Francis Xavier was born on 7 April 1506 in the Kingdom of Navarre, a region now divided between Spain and France.

His mother was an esteemed heiress while his father was an adviser to King John III.

While his brothers entered the military, Francis followed an intellectual path to a college in Paris. He studied philosophy and later taught it after earning his masters degree.

In Paris, the young man would discover his destiny with the help of his long-time friend Peter Faber and an older student named Ignatius Loyola — who came to Paris in 1528 to finish a degree and brought together a group of men looking to glorify God with their lives.

At first, personal ambition kept Francis from heeding God's call. Ignatius' humble and austere lifestyle did not appeal to him.

But the older student, who had undergone a dramatic conversion, often posed Christ's question to Francis:

“What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”

Gradually, Ignatius convinced the young man to give up his own plans and open his mind to God's will.

In 1534, Francis Xavier, Peter Faber, and four other men joined Ignatius in making a vow of poverty, chastity, and dedication to the spread of the Gospel through personal obedience to the Pope.

Francis became a priest in 1537. Three years later, Pope Paul III confirmed Ignatius and his companions as a religious order — the Jesuits.

During that year, the king of Portugal asked the Pope to send missionaries to his newly-acquired territories in India.

Together with another Jesuit, Simon Rodriguez, Francis first spent time in Portugal caring for the sick and giving instruction in the faith.

On his 35th birthday, he set sail for Goa on India's west coast.

There, however, he found the Portuguese colonists causing disgrace to the Church through their bad behavior.

This situation spurred the Jesuit to action.

He spent his days visiting prisoners and the sick, gathering groups of children together to teach them about God, and preaching to both Portuguese and Indians.

Adopting the lifestyle of the common people, he lived on rice and water in a hut with a dirt floor.

Xavier's missionary efforts among them often succeeded, though he had more difficulty converting the upper classes and encountered opposition from both Hindus and Muslims.

In 1545, he extended his efforts to Malaysia, before moving on to Japan in 1549.

Becoming fluent in Japanese, Francis instructed the first generation of Japanese Catholic converts.

Many said that they were willing to suffer martyrdom rather than renounce the faith brought by the far-flung Jesuit.

St. Francis Xavier became ill and died on 3 December 1552, while seeking a way to enter the closely-guarded kingdom of China.

He was beatified by Paul V on 25 October 1619.

On 12 March 1622, both Francis Xavier and Ignatius Loyola were canonized by Pope Gregory XV.

Pius XI proclaimed him the "Patron of Catholic Missions."

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On July 13th 1807 Henry Benedict Stuart died, Henry was the fourth and final Jacobite to publicly lay claim to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Born on 6th March, 1725, at the Palazzo Muti, Rome. The same day he was christened Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier by Pope Benedict XII at the Pallazo Balestra.

Styled Duke of York from birth, Henry was an intelligent child and was reported to have written and spelled better than his brother "Bonnie" Prince Charlie. Henry Stuart was a good-looking young man, with the same dark eyes as his brother Charles, but lacked Charles' height. In common with his father, he was more introverted, cautious and certainly less high spirited than his exuberant older brother.

During the '45 he travelled to France to petition Louis XV for funds to support the uprising, historians have said he was humiliated in doing so. Henry was present to greet Charles in France on his return from Scotland, the brothers embraced each other warmly and at first seemed to continue in the close and affectionate relationship which had previously existed between them. They were soon to find that they no longer had much in common and Charles' supporters aggravated matters by complaining they felt that Henry not done enough to ensure that the French fleet sailed for England to support the rebellion. The sensitive Henry himself considered such criticism unfair as he had been appointed nominal commander of the French fleet but possessed no real authority.

After Charles's death in January 1788 the Papacy did not recognise Henry as the lawful ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland, but referred to him as the Cardinal Duke of York.

He spent his life in the Papal States and had a long career in the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, rising to become the Dean of the College of Cardinals and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri. At the time of his death he was (and still is) one of the longest serving Cardinals in the Church's history.

Henry became known by Jacobites, and within his personal entourage, as Henry IX of England, although publicly he referred to himself as Cardinal-Duke of York nuncupatus, he did however sign his will Henry R. In the will he wrote he was to be succeeded in all his claimed rights by his friend and nearest blood-relative, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. But Charles never asserted nor renounced his Jacobite claims, nor have any of his successors to this day.

Henry Benedict, his brother, his father and his mother are buried in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. There is a monument to the Royal Stuarts designed by Antonio Canova in the basilica to their memory on one of the columns in the basilica

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Temple of St Francis Xavier in the Old Jesuit College of Tepotzotlán, Tepotzotlán, Mexico

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Happy 248th Birthday to the US Navy!

The bravery of four Catholic chaplains in the line of duty has been recognized by US Navy vessels named in their honor:

Father Aloysius H. Schmitt and the USS Schmitt

Aloysius H. Schmitt was born in St. Lucas,Iowa on December 4, 1909, and was appointed acting chaplain with the rank of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) on June 28, 1939. Serving on his first sea tour, he was hearing confessions on board the battleship USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. When the ship capsized, he was entrapped along with several other members of the crew in a compartment where only a small porthole provided a means of escape. He assisted others through the porthole, giving up his own chance to escape, so that more men might be rescued. He received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal posthumously for his courage and self-sacrifice. St. Francis Xavier Chapel, erected at Camp Lejeune in 1942, was dedicated in his memory.

The destroyer escort USS SCHMITT was laid down on February 22, 1943, launched on May 29, 1943, and was commissioned on July 24, 1943. The USS Schmitt was decommissioned and placed in reserve on June 28,1949 and struck from the Navy list on May 1,1967.

Father Joseph T. O'Callahan and the USS O'Callahan

Joseph T. O'Callahan was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 14, 1905. He received his training for the Roman Catholic priesthood at St. Andrews College, Poughkeepsie, New York and at Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to his commissioning as a Navy chaplain on August 7, 1940, he was head of the mathematics department at Holy Cross College. His earlier duty stations included the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, the USS Ranger, and Naval Air Station, Hawaii.

Chaplain O'Callahan was the Senior Chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when the Japanese attacked it off the coast of Kobe, Japan, on March 19, 1945. After the ship received at least two well-placed bomb hits, fuel and ammunition began exploding and fires were rampant. The final casualty count listed 341 dead, 431 missing and 300 wounded. Captain L.E. Gehres, commanding officer of the carrier, saw Chaplain O'Callahan manning a hose which laid water on bombs so they would not explode, throwing hot ammunition overboard, giving last rites of his church to the dying, organizing fire fighters, and performing other acts of courage. Captain Gehres exclaimed, "O'Callahan is the bravest man I've ever seen in my life."

Chaplain O'Callahan received the Purple Heart for wounds he sustained that day. He and three other heroes of the war were presented the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman. He was the first chaplain of any of the armed services to be so honored. He was released from active duty 12 November 1946 to resume his teaching duties and died in 1964.

The destroyer escort USS O'Callahan was laid down on February 19, 1964 and launched on October 20, 1965. Chaplain O'Callahan's sister, Sister Rose Marie O'Callahan, was the sponsor, the first nun tosponsora U.S. Navy ship. The commissioning took place July 13, 1968, at the Naval Shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts. The USS O'Callahan had its shakedown cruise out of San Diego and later operated largely in anti-submarine training and reconnaissance in the Western Pacific. In 1982-83, the ship had an eight-month deployment in the Indian Ocean. The USS O'Callahan was decommissioned on December 20,1988. 

Father Vincent R. Capodanno and the USS Capodanno

Vincent R. Capodanno was born in Richmond County, New York, on February 13, 1929. He was an avid swimmer and a great sports enthusiast. After receiving his training at Fordham University in New York City, Maryknoll Seminary College in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and Maryknoll Seminaries in Bedford, Massachusetts and New York City, New York, he was ordained on June 7, 1957 by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Military Vicar of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate. Shortly thereafter, he began an eight-year period of service in Taiwan and Hong Kong under the auspices of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society.

Chaplain Capodanno received his commission with the rank of Lieutenant on December 28, 1965. Having requested duty with Marines in Vietnam, he joined the First Marine Division in 1966 as a battalion chaplain. He extended his one-year tour by six months in order to continue his work with the men. While seeking to aid a wounded corpsman, he was fatally wounded on September 4, 1967 by enemy sniper fire in the Quang Tin Province. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty...." He had previously been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for bravery under battle conditions.

The destroyer escort USS Capodanno keel was laid down on February 25, 1972; the ship was christened and launched on October 21, 1972 and commissioned on November 17, 1973. The USS Capodanno was designed for optimum performance in anti-submarine warfare. Deployments included operations in the Western Atlantic, West Africa, the Mediterranean, and South America. The USS Capodanno was decommissioned on July 30, 1993.

Father John Francis Laboon, SJ and the USS Laboon

John Francis Laboon, Jr., a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native, born April 11, 1921, was a member of the Class of 1944 at the U.S. Naval Academy and a distinguished athlete. In World War II, Ensign Laboon was awarded the Silver Star for bravery for diving from his submarine, the USS PETO, to rescue a downed aviator while under heavy fire. Lieutenant Laboon left the Navy after the war to enter the Jesuits. With the Navy never far from his thoughts, he returned to his beloved "blue and gold" as a chaplain in 1958. For the next twenty-one years, he served the Navy-Marine Corps team in virtually every community and location including tours in Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and Vietnam, where he received the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for his fearless action as battlefield chaplain. He was the first chaplain assigned to a Polaris Submarine Squadron and Senior Catholic Chaplain at the Naval Academy. Captain Laboon retired in in 1979 as Fleet Chaplain, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and died in 1988.

The launching of the guided missile destroyer Laboon nicknamed the "Fearless 58" took place on February 20, 1993, at Bath Iron Works. The highlight of the event was the presence of the honoree's three sisters and brother. Christening the ship were sisters De Lellis, Rosemary, and Joan, all members of the Sisters of Mercy. Rev. Joseph D. Laboon of the V.A. Medical Center of New Orleans offered the invocation. Former Chief of Navy Chaplains and the then-current Archbishop of New York, Cardinal John O'Connor, offered remarks. The commissioning of the USS Laboon took place on March 18,1995 in Norfolk, VA. Throughout a lifetime of service to God and Country, Chaplain Laboon was an extraordinary example of dedication to Sailors and Marines everywhere.

[all information from the USCCB website]

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Artist AU

art has always been one of her most passionate interests. after graduating college & doing a pivotal nine month artist in residence stint at the whitney museum, Clary has decided she really does want to make it her life. her next struggle? finding a place to live & paint in Brooklyn.

tag: ☆ ❛ conceived with fire in the soul ❜ || verse. ( au. — artist )

background taken from her elementary teacher au: art has always been clary’s passion, threading itself through her entire life. at first, it even took her to college until a pivotal class prompted her to declare a dual major, & she started on the path of elementary education & art. graduating with honors & earning both her b.a. & m.a., she took a risk & did a nine month artist in residency program with the Whitney museum.

It was the residency that changed her mind all over again. immersing herself in art, Clary realized that trying to do anything but would ultimately be impossible for her, & before the residency had even concluded, she had laid the groundwork for another, longer term project.

Snagging studio space through All in One Artist Collective, Clary works in a building designated The Church by the collective, which houses 20 artist studios, a performing arts space & a community garden, as well as hosts lectures & other community events.

After years of living in NYC for college, is great to be back in Brooklyn, & she's looking forward to the opening of their event space in her native Park Slope.

verse specific notes

clary’s canon backstory in this verse is largely similar to her seemingly mundane life prior to her sixteenth birthday. she was born the younger child of jocelyn fairchild & valentine morgenstern, but raised solely by jocelyn in park slope, brooklyn. they had separated following steep personal tragedy that had claimed the life of jocelyn’s parents when their home burned under mysterious circumstances, & valentine had bolted with their son.

she attended St. Francis Xavier School, a private school near her home in park slope, Brooklyn, which is where she met simon lewis when she was six years old. additionally, prior to her high school graduation, she was taking classes at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

When she was 16, she received a letter from her father’s estate revealing he had passed away far more recently than she & her mother had been lead to believe - Jocelyn had been under the impression her husband had died in that tragic fire that had claimed the life of her parents & young son before the birth of their daughter.

several weeks later, jonathan turned up on jocelyn’s doorstep with the revelation that not only had valentine lied about his own death, but also that of his son. he has been living & working in the area since, compliant with @affcgato‘s professional chef verse unless plotted otherwise.

jocelyn & luke are now married & living at luke’s.

when she's not working in her studio, she's teaching classes at the local community center or helping her brother by working as a bartender at his restaurant.

she does an inordinate amount of food photography for his restaurant's social media & general marketing, & while it isn't her preferred way of making money, she can't deny it does pay enough bills she's grateful for it.

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NHL Daily - Calm Before the Return to Vegas

NHL Daily - Calm Before the Return to Vegas With #TexasHockey forcing a Game 5 and the #TimeToHunt awaiting their next opponent we have a quiet Friday with some #PHF signings. #StanleyCup #NHLStats

NHL News and Notes from Friday, May 26th, 2023 News The Metropolitan Riveters announced that they have signed defender Lauren Dabrowski and forward Noemi Neubauerova. Both players signed one year deals. 🚨 OFFICIAL 🏒💪The Riveters sign defender Lauren Dabrowski from St. Francis Xavier University, and forward Noemi Neubauerova from Providence College, who each signed one yr contracts to join the…

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College Football By State - Illinois.

College Football By State - Illinois.

FBS: Illinois Fighting Illini - Urbana-Champaign, Illinois - They first played in 1890. They are in the Big Ten.

Northern Illinois Huskies - DeKalb, Illinois - They first played in 1899. They are in the MAC.

Northwestern Wildcats - Evanston, Illinois - They first played in 1876. They are in the Big Ten.

FCS: Eastern Illinois Panthers - Charleston, Illinois - Their program was established in 1899. They are in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Illinois State Redbirds - Normal, Illinois - Their program was established in 1887. They are in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Southern Illinois Salukis - Carbondale, Illinois - Their program was established in 1904. They are in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Western Illinois Leathernecks - Macomb, Illinois - Their program was established in 1903. They are in the Missouri Valley, but they are going to join the Ohio Valley Conference.

D2: McKendree University Bearcats - Lebanon, Illinois - They are in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Quincy University Hawks - Quincy, Illinois - They are in the GLVC.

D3: Augustana (IL.) Vikings - Rock Island, Illinois - They first played in 1920. They are in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW).

Aurora Spartans - Aurora, Illinois - They first played in 1899. They are in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).

Benedictine Eagles - Lisle, Illinois - They first played in 1917. They are in the NACC.

University of Chicago Maroons - Chicago, Illinois - They first played in 1892. They are in the Midwest Conference (MWC).

Concordia (IL.) Cougars - River Forest, Illinois - They first played in 1923. They are in the NACC.

Elmhurst Bluejays - Elmhurst, Illinois - They first played in 1920. They are in the CCIW.

Eureka Red Devils - Eureka, Illinois - They first played in 1891. They are in the NACC.

Greenville Panthers - Greenville, Illinois - They first played in 1998. They are in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC).

Illinois College Blueboys - Jacksonville, Illinois - They first played in 1890. They are in the MWC.

Illinois Wesleyan Titans - Bloomington, Illinois - They first played in 1887. They are in the CCIW.

Knox Prairie Fire - Galesburg, Illinois - They first played in 1884. They are in the MWC.

Lake Forest Foresters - Lake Forest, Illinois - They first played in 1882. They are in the MWC.

Millikin Big Blue - Decatur, Illinois - They first played in 1903. They are in the CCIW.

Monmouth (IL.) Fighting Scots - Monmouth, Illinois - They first played in 1888. They are in the MAC.

North Central (IL.) Cardinals - Naperville, Illinois - They first played in 1898. They are in the CCIW.

North Parks Vikings - Chicago, Illinois - They first played in 1934. They are in the CCIW.

Rockford Regents - Rockford, Illinois - They first played in 2000. They are in the NACC.

Wheaton (IL.) Thunder - Wheaton, Illinois - They first played in 1914. They are in the CCIW.

NAIA: Judson University Eagles - Elgin, Illinois. Olivet Nazarene University Tigers - Bourbonnais, Illinois. University of St. Francis (IL.) Fighting Scots - Joliet, Illinois. Saint Xavier University Cougars - Chicago, Illinois.

Awards: My Favorite Mascot - The Prairie Fire of Knox College. (Though the Blueboys of Illinois College, the Western Illinois Leathernecks, and the University Of Chicago Maroons are also cool.) The "What A Maroon" Award - The University Of Chicago Maroons. The "Thomas Gainsborough" Award - The Blueboys of Illinois College. The "Count The Seconds" Award - The Thunder of Wheaton (IL.). The "Arbor Day" Award - The Lake Forest Foresters of Lake Forest, Illinois. The "Clues" Award - The Millikin Big Blue. The "Audobon Society" Award - Illinois State Redbirds, Quincy University Hawks, Benedictine Eagles, Elmhurst Bluejays, North Central (IL.) Cardinals, AND the Judson University Eagles. The "Puddy Tat" Award - Northwestern Wildcats, Eastern Illinois Panthers, McKendree University Bearcats, Concordia (IL.) Cougars, Greenville Panthers, Olivet Nazarene University Tigers, and the Saint Xavier University Cougars. The "Going To The Dogs" Award - Northern Illinois Huskies AND the Southern Illinois Salukis. The "George Clooney" Award - The Western Illinois Leathernecks.

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Nova Scotia to spend $25 million in training to improve patient care

New health data analytics and health system administration programs at Halifax's Saint Mary's University are being created as a way to help the province improve patient care.

Provincial funding, in the amount of $25 million, will allow the university to provide students with additional training options in the growing field of health-care data analysis and other areas.

"Data and analytics are transforming the way people around the world live and work, and they have the opportunity to revolutionize our health-care services as well," said Minister of Advanced Education Brian Wong, in a news release Thursday.

"We're fortunate to have post-secondary institutions like Saint Mary's that are ready to help us train the workforce we need to take advantage of these modern tools."

With the funding, the university will:

- Develop a diploma program in health-care analytics that will help health-care workers bring a new level of data-informed decision-making to Nova Scotia's health-care system.

- Provide a business administration program for health-care administrators, office directors and family doctors.

- Work with Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) to expand options for students to combine college and university learning.

"The patient is at the centre of every decision we make. When our health-care system has the information it needs to react quickly to changes and challenges, the result is better, faster patient care," said Health Minister Michelle Thompson.

"This is a great investment in the future of students, health-care professionals, patients and our province."

Thursday's funding announcement is part of a series of investments in Nova Scotia universities to support health-care training – one of the province's commitments in its plan to transform and improve health care.

On Tuesday, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced $59 million to develop a new medical school campus at Cape Breton University in Sydney, N.S.

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Another health-care announcement is expected on Thursday at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S.

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/dFBCXJL

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St Francis Xavier, the College Church, St Louis University (Jesuit). Oldest University west of the Mississippi River. St Louis City, MO, USA

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SM About Me Page

Sport has always been apart of my life ever since I was six years old. Whenever I’m playing sport, watching sport, talking about sport or around sport I am content and in my element.

My sport journey began at Narre Warren North Tennis Club where I spent nine years training and playing competitive tennis reaching state and national levels, and playing many tournaments all over Victoria. I also played and participated in basketball, soccer, gymnastics and swimming throughout these years whilst playing competitive tennis. Ultimately, I chose to just focus on one sport, which was tennis as it was my passion.

In 2014, I decided to step away and take a break from tennis as it had consumed a large part of my life growing up and I wanted to try something new. I had a couple of friends at school that were playing youth girls football at Beaconsfield Football Club and they encouraged me to come and play because they knew I was interested in footy as both my brother and dad played. From going down to one training session and trying out, and loving the team culture and environment, compared to tennis being an individual focused sport, footy became my new interest and passion.

I began my football journey at Beaconsfield Football Club playing in the youth girls’ team for three years, winning consecutive flags. Following that, I then played for the Stingrays (Dandenong Southern Stingrays) in the NAB league, made the Vic Country National team, and played for the Casey Demons (Melbourne) VFLW side for three seasons. I also coached the SEJ youth girls’ team alongside one of my Casey Demons assistant coaches. This was over a span of six years and then COVID hit and the 2020 VFLW season didn’t go ahead.

Amongst all of my sporting commitments and achievements, I graduated high school in 2017 at St Francis Xavier College.

I am now currently coaching and playing tennis back at my old club, Narre Warren North Tennis Club, and work part time, whilst studying and completing a Bachelor of Sport Business.

Overall, due to growing up and having played and coached many sports at various different levels, I have gained a wide variety of skills that can be utilised and transferred into studying a sports business course. I consider having lots of transferrable skills a strength of mine, and it goes beyond just sport.

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Southeast Asia in Malaysia and Singapore | #56 | August 2022

Less than two months from now I’ll be back in Mongolia, serving again with the United States Peace Corps. It won’t be long now. 

The noble Vanessa from humble beginnings sang “It Won’t Be Long Now” during Lin Manuel-Miranda’s “In the Heights.” I saw his film adaptation June 3, 2O22 aboard my first transatlantic flight since Peace Corps Mongolia’s evacuation 2O2O. The flight saw me from Paris to Detroit, on a particularly bizarre itinerary from Prague through Paris, Detroit and Nashville, ultimately to Kansas City. Thankfully it was affordable! 

I’ve nine months of tales to share with you since I last blogged on this site. So much has changed. 

On a much needed walk yesterday evening (Aug. 17, 2O22) in the Vegas heat, I pictured as though stretching my hand to a dark, crystalline wall. When my fingers touched its central indent, the crystals' darkness illuminated at once with a multitude of possibilities for future versions of me playing out across the shining walls. I claimed one of these crystal stories and held it close to my heart. From this shard grew more. Before long I was suited in a shimmering armor of cyan, teal and aquamarine. The road ahead would not be easy, yet I felt protected against woes that would attempt to demoralize. I chose the ‘foreign service’ path. 

I share this anecdote because I think it suits the ultimate decision from these past nine months of development. In the time since I last wrote here, I have at last become aware again of my sanity’s need for me to log what I find, perhaps to make sense of it. I share the fruits of that sense-making with you. 

Consider this blog entry a “Part I of II.” This entry will tackle the winter and spring from here to abroad, December 2O2I through the mid-May 2O22. Part II pick up overseas from May 2O22 through my reacclimating to then leaving again America amid summer’s end. 

Why Write Now? 

I have another story for you. Earlier that night (Aug. 17), before my walk, I was catching up on “The Chosen,” a series recommended to me by the kind American Christian couple I’d known when I’d lived in Erdenet, Mongolia, fall 2OI9 to spring 2O2O. The next episode for me that night was season 2, episode 2. Coincidentally, I had already seen clips from this one three weekends prior on a Jesuit vocational retreat at their novitiate in Culver City, near Los Angeles. Fr. Radmar Agana Jao, SJ, who led the retreat, played for my fellow nine retreatants and me clips conveying the call of Nathanael. 

In that night’s watching, Philip’s kindness to Matthew spoke more to me. Matthew in the series is a writer, who records what happens on the journey. In Matthew I recognized me, who writes because that’s what I do. (Or at least, that’s what I had been doing.) I’m grateful that “The Chosen” Season 3 is in development. 

Call to Mission | December 2O2I

Dec. 3, 2O2I, on the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, I received an invitation to serve in Asia with the St. Francis Xavier Lay Missionary Society. As I had written last Nov. 2O2I, I’d been singing first tenor in the Reno Philharmonic Chorus for "Spirit of the Season" concerts at the downtown Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts. I still remember having just parked before our opening night show, sitting with my tuxedo on in the ol’ silver 2OO5 Camry LE when I saw that email they invited me. 

Later that December, as I’d written last November, I wound up attending the wedding of my Knights of Columbus mentor Worthy Phillip, who had helped teach me to drive when I was an undergrad. Since flight prices rose too high before my friend Halley had purchased, she couldn’t make it. Serendipitously, the sister of my fellow Knight Thomas had also wanted to attend the wedding. So I attended with Worthy Thomas and two of his sisters. Interestingly, the sister with whom I went attended Benedictine College in Kansas, from where my Dad’s family comes. 

I enjoyed staying that weekend on the ranch of my Worthy Brother and attending my first Tridentine Mass with his family the following Sunday. We attended Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Modesto, Calif. Turns out that Latin I studied during the pandemic’s first autumn came in handy! I hadn’t recalled whether I’d received Holy Communion on my tongue prior to this, so that felt new to me. The kind community reminded me of fellowship at the St. Vincent de Paul parish in which I grew up in southern Indiana till our family’s 2OO8 move. 

Extended Family Adventures

Following these, and according to plan, I returned to Vegas for Christmas and headed to Kansas for my first Lang Christmas get-together since perhaps December 2OI4 when I was a senior in high school. For the trip, I stayed with my youngest brother’s godparents, who were also my most Bavarian German and Austrian culturally-inclined uncle and aunt. We spoke so much about the faith I have come to know as a young adult. My uncle had also worked in Singapore and recommended I check out the Bird Park there.

I felt such love among our relatives. We gathered at an older aunt’s home where I still recall having learned to play the card game War as a first grader from my slightly cousin Sarah nearly 2O years ago. (The reason why in June 2O22 I would fly into Kansas City would be to attend her wedding reception in Topeka.) Some relatives were into wearing masks against COVID-19, and others weren’t. Regardless, I kept safe! 

Resolution and Formation | January 2O22

Back in Vegas after that heartwarming trip to see my Kansan family, I reunited with ol’ classmates from my high school Class of 2OI5. Of particular delight was reuniting with my friend from even earlier, middle school Class of 2OII, Damaris, who was performing with her band on New Year’s Eve atop Taverna Costera in the Arts District. There I met her rad boyfriend and bandmates, too! I’d driven Dad’s gigantic pick-up again, since my Camry was up in Reno. 

My new year’s 2O22 theme was “rhythm.” I quickly realized that rooting my unstructured days and weeks in prayer certainly helped me to have something familiar each day. I began to realize soon how many lovely feast days happen every season! 

With the New Year, I was getting back into the swing of attending weekday Masses at my home parish of St. John Neumann. In addition to celebrating the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, I was even present for other Christmastide Masses, including our parish feast day on Jan. 5. After the SJNC feast day Mass, we enjoyed a light reception in the familiar fellowship room. 

At fellowship I got to catch up with Mary Santos. A couple years ago, she and I chatted in this very room as I applied to volunteer with the Diocese of Las Vegas as a music minister in our parish. She too recalled our conversation, how we'd chatted chatted about my being a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and Mongolian. Nearly two years later, as a lay missionary postulant tasked with fundraising for my journey back to Asia, Mary was a huge advocate. She recorded me to introduce myself and our cause to the parish through video announcements.

Later that Jan. 5 feast day, I noticed “Violet Evergarden: Echo Through Eternity” on Netflix. I devoured the film at once. I felt deep feels, tearing up on five occasions. To this day, I still listen to Evan Call's music on its soundtrack. I still recall deeply words from its protagonist Violet in her final letter of thanks. 

From Austin, Tex. to Los Angeles, Calif.

The next week met again with musician and videographer friend Damaris. I taped with her a Lunar New Year’s piece not long before she would leave for Austin, Tex. Then I left for Austin.

I enjoyed a bittersweet wrap-up of my work at Modern Intelligence with childhood friend Joe. I met new hires since my coming aboard. In Austin I also reunited with one of Damaris’ and my mutual friends from high school, Brian, as well as his kind girlfriend Sofi. (I hadn’t seen them since a fall 2OI8 conference there!) I saw more friends in Austin, too including fellow evacuated Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Malin! I began as well my monthly participation online with the Springtide Ambassador Program in the sociology of religion. 

When our week ended, I flew straight to Los Angeles for a National Park trip to Channel Islands with pals Victor, Jared and more. On my flight from Austin to L.A. I felt as though entering the start of a new book, as I return overseas. (Now to finish typing its 2OI7–2O2O predecessor…) In L.A., I took in their Natural History Museum and realized it was the architecturally pretty building that stood across from sister Becky’s campus at graduation May 2O2I, some six months before. The trip with my buddies became my sort of farewell trip, after having for months embarked with them on such travels.

From Reno, Nev. to San Francisco, Calif. 

From L.A. I flew back to Reno for a surgery on my remaining health insurance, gave a talk at a local Kiwanis Club virtually, packed what I needed for mission formation, then boarded an Amtrak bus to San Francisco. I arrived that Jan. 2O night. Upon seating for dinner, I found from my director that instead of heading to Hong Kong, for which I was originally invited, we were instead likely to serve in Singapore. The amount of times life has redirected me from China prepared me for this. 

The parish with which I stayed in San Francisco happened to be pastored by the same Fr. Illo who had presided before in Modesto. So the family with whom I stayed in December also knew him. To my great amazement, teachers I met at the parish had also been childhood friends of my Brother Knight Thomas, at whose home I'd stayed the month before, in December!

On a weeknight Mass in the parish, we also received Communion on the tongue, which now felt a little more familiar. I loved gazing at the fresco of Mary in this Stella Maris “Star of the Sea” shrine church. I loved access to perpetual adoration there, too. 

Preparations and Patience | February and March 2O22

After formation with the lovely Dominicans of St. Dominic’s, Salesians at St. Peter’s and Paul’s, Missionaries of Charity in Pacifica and Franciscans at Stella Maris, I frantically caught a Greyhound back to Reno. Events led me to feel the great inspiration to continue learning about St. Teresa of Ávila, among my heroes. I also felt curious to investigate this St. Edith Stein about whom I kept hearing.

I continued my formation practices of the Divine Office and Eucharist weekday mornings. A morning at our local Carmelite Monastery, gazing down at my brown scapular labeled “Our Lady of Mt. Carmel,” I inquired about St. Teresa. Sr. Cecelia delighted at my question and brought from the library St. Teresa’s “The Life.” Sr. Cecelia also mentioned to me that St. Edith Stein had read this very story and converted. What a patron!  

I took time in Reno to drive where I used to live in Sparks on Wildcreek Drive. The week after, I packed all my Reno belongings and drove the farewell road with my Camry down to Vegas. ‘Twas my first and only time to make the solo trip. Days later, Feb. 2I, 2O22, I sold my Camry to my youngest stepsister at the price for which I bought it. I was a grateful steward of the venerable machine. I’d retrieved from it my phone mount and Bluetooth connector and transferred these to Dad’s truck. 

Having Sold My Possession 

Throughout March, I prayed with local Third Order Carmelites in formation at my home parish, St. John Neumann, as I waited to go on mission. Three times I had to rebook my Southwest flight from Vegas to California. International delays postponed my flight from Vegas to Singapore, which would land ultimately in Malaysia, where our trip would begin. In the meantime, I finished, with generous support from parishioners and Knights of Columbus, my fundraising. What a relief. 

Since my beloved pastor Fr. Nathan in Reno announced his retirement, I returned to Reno after students’ spring break, riding with the undergraduate Glee Club president, a friendly Lutheran senior. I stayed with an Australian friend and his family, hearing stories from travel to Malaysia and Singapore years ago. In Reno, I witnessed the dress rehearsal of this year’s Living Stations of the Cross. This was the first performance in person since 2O2O. I also spoke with Fr. Nathan, who suggested I consider after mission priesthood with the Society of Jesus. 

During my last days in Vegas before mission, I had the opportunity to attend the funeral of a beloved priest, Fr. Philip O'Donnell. Apparently he had been a champion of the Tridentine Mass in Vegas. I felt stunned to hear in our auxiliary bishop’s homily that Fr. O'Donnell had also frequented both St. Dominic’s in SF and the Carmel of Reno. During my night before mission departure, I attended the Chrism Mass and saw again old friends, including, to my amazement, the Deacon Dan who presided over my mother’s funeral five years ago. 

Malaysia and Singapore | April and May 2O22

I left Vegas for Los Angeles on April 1, no joke. Getting through LAX with the COVID-19 PCR test was nuts. I made it aboard. Getting to know two flight attendants on Singapore Airlines felt touching. 

I arrived in Kuala Lumpur then Petaling Jaya (PJ), Selangor, Malaysia. (I later learned that a high school classmate of mine was born in PJ!) In PJ, my director and I attended a Congregatio Discipulorum Domini (CDD, Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord) parish St. Ignatius.

Turns out the father of the host family with which we stayed is a Kiwanian, wow! I loved the Chinese Catholic communities overseas. My director and I also served in KL with a street ministry. And Ramadan was going on while we were there. I found hearing the call to prayer so different. I loved how by sundown the whole city came alive with celebration.

For Holy Triduum, my director and I celebrated in Melaka. In Melaka I felt amazed to walk the hallowed grounds of a 152I church named for my confirmation St. Paul, where our patron St. Francis Xavier once frequented in life. I bartered for a lovely short-sleeve dark blue Chinese-style shirt and bought postcards to write as thank-yous, too. During Eastertide we traveled to Johor Bahru, through the Woodlands and into Singapore. 

Singapore

In Singapore, my director and I stayed with a Franciscan parish, St. Mary of the Angels. We frequented a Jesuit parish St. Ignatius on Sundays to present to and sing with their youthful De Vita Christi music ministry. I supported a diocesan parish group on the east side certain days too.

I spent time also with a Carmelite parish that celebrated the Tridentine Mass. So that May I’d gotten to celebrate the Latin Mass for my second time, since Modesto, Calif.! (Coincidentally, 'twas May 8 in the U.S., the fifth anniversary of Mother's passing.)

On my first week's day of rest, I checked out the Bird Park recommended to me by my Kansan uncle. Other days off saw me by the Bay as functions reopened for the first time since pandemic closures. I loved the musical-themed Garden Rhapsody, the peculiar Merlion and other opportunities for witness. I felt surprised to learn the Marina Bay Sands was owned by the same Sands as that in Vegas! Singaporeans knew 'Vegas' when I said that's where I'm from.

I’ve plenty more to share about mission, but I’m still processing. I published five stories overseas, though: 

From Vegas to Asia - Daniel Lang on a mission for God (April 22, 2O22)

Chinese ancestry, Mum’s death and first journey to Asia (April 3O, 2O22)

God’s authorship, spanning generations and places (May 7, 2O22) 

Companions in Mary, St Paul and Matteo Ricci (May 2O, 2O22)

To Thank and Encourage People We Served (June 2, 2O22)

Leaving Singapore 

Toward the end of mission, my director said a campus outreach minister role at Purdue University in my childhood state of Indiana may be possible for me with a Dominican. I took this to prayer on my first silent retreat during my final mission weekend. The retreat curiously took place at the same retreat centre where I first went for a recollection on my first Singapore weekend.

By late May, on my last day in Singapore, my friends Murshed and Sarah (who wed December 2OI9) arrived from Bangladesh. We saw the Spectra light show on the Bay then took what I think was a Grab (Uber/Lyft equivalent) to the airport. Then began Day 1 the pilgrimage, travel to Munich, Germany, where we would meet up with Fr. Nathan, parishioners from Reno and others. 

Day 2, having landed amid the sandy skies of Doha, Qatar, I boarded for Germany. Turns out my luggage got lost somewhere between Qatar and Germany, though. I found this out after at last getting through immigration in Germany. So, those first nights I had just my backpack. I thrifted a sleek white button-up, at least!  

Up Next: Germany and Austria

Here are enough stories for now. Thursday morning, Aug. 18 (today, in fact), I made the executive decision to separate the back half of this blog from the front. I’d already finished 2OOO words last night and figured more would come. Indeed, I put in another 2OOO this afternoon at the Aliante Public Library in North Las Vegas. So I came home to flesh out the rest, which you've read here. Now you have the more to anticipate when September starts!

I look forward to bringing back the blog when I'm in Mongolia again.

You can read more from me here at DanielLang.me :)

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SAINT OF THE DAY (December 3)

On December 3, the Roman Catholic Church honors St. Francis Xavier, one of the first Jesuits who went on to evangelize vast portions of Asia.

Francis Xavier was born on 7 April 1506 in the Kingdom of Navarre, a region now divided between Spain and France.

His mother was an esteemed heiress and his father an adviser to King John III. While his brothers entered the military, Francis followed an intellectual path to a college in Paris. He studied philosophy and later taught it after earning his masters degree.

In Paris, the young man would discover his destiny with the help of his long-time friend Peter Faber and an older student named Ignatius Loyola, who came to Paris in 1528 to finish a degree and brought together a group of men looking to glorify God with their lives.

At first, personal ambition kept Francis from heeding God's call. Ignatius' humble and austere lifestyle did not appeal to him. But the older student, who had undergone a dramatic conversion, often posed Christ's question to Francis:

“What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”

Gradually, Ignatius convinced the young man to give up his own plans and open his mind to God's will.

In 1534, Francis Xavier, Peter Faber and four other men joined Ignatius in making a vow of poverty, chastity and dedication to the spread of the Gospel through personal obedience to the Pope.

Francis became a priest in 1537. Three years later, Pope Paul III confirmed Ignatius and his companions as a religious order called the Jesuits.

During that year, the king of Portugal asked the Pope to send missionaries to his newly-acquired territories in India.

Together with another Jesuit, Simon Rodriguez, Francis first spent time in Portugal caring for the sick and giving instruction in the faith.

On his 35th birthday, he set sail for Goa on India's west coast. There, however, he found the Portuguese colonists causing disgrace to the Church through their bad behavior.

This situation spurred the Jesuit to action. He spent his days visiting prisoners and the sick, gathering groups of children together to teach them about God, and preaching to both Portuguese and Indians. Adopting the lifestyle of the common people, he lived on rice and water in a hut with a dirt floor.

Xavier's missionary efforts among them often succeeded, though he had more difficulty converting the upper classes. He also encountered opposition from both Hindus and Muslims.

In 1545, he extended his efforts to Malaysia, before moving on to Japan in 1549.

Becoming fluent in Japanese, Francis instructed the first generation of Japanese Catholic converts.

Many said that they were willing to suffer martyrdom, rather than renounce the faith brought by the far-flung Jesuit.

St. Francis Xavier became ill and died on 3 December 1552, while seeking a way to enter the closely-guarded kingdom of China.

He was beatified by Paul V on 25 October 1619.

Francis Xavier and Ignatius Loyola were canonized together by Gregory XV on 12 March 1622.

Pius XI proclaimed him the "Patron of Catholic Missions."

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On July 13th 1807 Henry Benedict Stuart died, 

Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart, to give him his full name, was the fourth and final Jacobite to publicly lay claim to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Born on 6th March, 1725, at the Palazzo Muti, Rome., he was christened the same day by Pope Benedict XII at the Pallazo Balestra.

Styled Duke of York from birth, Henry was an intelligent child and was reported to have written and spelled better than his brother “Bonnie” Prince Charlie.

 Henry Stuart was a good-looking young man, with the same dark eyes as his brother Charles, but lacked Charles’ height. In common with his father, he was more introverted, cautious and certainly less high spirited than his exuberant older brother.

During the ‘45 he travelled to France to petition Louis XV for funds to support the uprising, historians have said he was humiliated in doing so. Henry was present to greet Charles in France on his return from Scotland, the brothers embraced each other warmly and at first seemed to continue in the close and affectionate relationship which had previously existed between them. They were soon to find that they no longer had much in common and Charles’ supporters aggravated matters by complaining they felt that Henry not done enough to ensure that the French fleet sailed for England to support the rebellion. The sensitive Henry himself considered such criticism unfair as he had been appointed nominal commander of the French fleet but possessed no real authority.

After Charles’s death in January 1788 the Papacy did not recognise Henry as the lawful ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland, but referred to him as the Cardinal Duke of York.

He spent his life in the Papal States and had a long career in the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, rising to become the Dean of the College of Cardinals and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri. At the time of his death he was (and still is) one of the longest serving Cardinals in the Church’s history.

Henry became known by Jacobites, and within his personal entourage, as Henry IX of England, although publicly he referred to himself as Cardinal-Duke of York nuncupatus, he did however sign his will Henry R. In the will he wrote he was to be succeeded in all his claimed rights by his friend and nearest blood-relative, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. But Charles never asserted nor renounced his Jacobite claims, nor have any of his successors to this day.

Henry Benedict, his brother, his father and his mother are buried in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. There is a monument to the Royal Stuarts designed by Antonio Canova in the basilica to their memory on one of the columns in the basilica

It may surprise some of you that King George IV contributed toward the cost of a memorial to the rival Stuart dynasty at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, as seen in the last pic.

The pic with the two men are miniatures by Jean-Étienne Liotard, with Prince Henry Benedict Stuart (left) and Prince Charles Edward Stuart (right), ca. 1736–38, watercolour and gouache on vellum,  they are just  7.4cm high by 5.5cm wide (excluding frame)

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Former Indian Cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin's Wife Rezia Khan

Former Indian Cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin's Wife Rezia Khan

Rezia Khan is the ex-wife of former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin. They had been married for 16 years and she is the mother of his two son, Azaan and Asad. She was his partner in every sense of the word and helped him raise his two sons.

A Brief Background of Rezia Khan

Rezia Khan is the wife of former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin. She was born in Hyderabad, India and raised in a Muslim family. Her father was a government employee and her mother was a homemaker. Rezia has two sisters and one brother. She completed her schooling from St. Francis Xavier Girls' High School and did her college from Nizam's College, Hyderabad. After completing her studies, she started working as an air hostess with Emirates Airlines.

In 1996, Rezia met Mohammad Azharuddin through a common friend. They got married within weeks of meeting each other. The couple has three children together - two sons and a daughter.

Since her husband's retirement from cricket in 2003, Rezia has been living a low-key life with her family in Hyderabad.

What is the Reason for Her Divorce?

Rezia Khan, the wife of former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, has filed for divorce. The couple has been married for 19 years and have three children together.

Khan has cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the divorce and is seeking full custody of the children. She has also asked for alimony and child support from her husband mohammad azharuddin wife pics.

This is not the first time that Khan has filed for divorce from Azharuddin. She had previously filed for divorce in 2010, but withdrew the petition after the couple reconciled.

Azharuddin has not commented on the divorce proceedings. However, sources close to him say that he is shocked and saddened by Khan's decision to end their marriage.

Why did he marry her in the First Place?

Former Indian Cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin's wife Rezia Khan was a popular model and actress in her native Pakistan. The couple met in 2001 and married in 2002. Many people have speculated as to why Azharuddin would marry someone from a different religion and culture, but the truth is that he was simply smitten with her. In an interview, he once said, "I saw her on television and I just fell in love with her."

What are his children's names? And what are their occupations?

Former Indian Cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin's Wife Rezia Khan has three children, two sons and a daughter. Mohammad Azharuddin Jr. is a businessman, Asaduddin is a cricketer, and Ayeshah is a student.

Conclusion

Rezia Khan, the wife of former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, is a strong and independent woman. She has been by her husband's side through thick and thin, and has always stood up for herself and her beliefs. Rezia is a role model for many women, and she continues to inspire us with her strength and determination.

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