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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) (11767 words) |
 | Elected as the first alternate for the deputation of the clergy of the National Assembly, he had in fact to take part in it because of the departure of one of the ecclesiastical deputies, and he refused at the tribunal of the assembly the oath for the civil constitution in 1791. |
 | The parish of Sedan was at first transferred to the Mission by the Archbishop with the consent of the Abbot Mouzon and the religious of the abbey, and Louis XIII gave an annual income of 2,500 livres for the administrration of the parish and the support of the missions. |
 | Finally, as to the foreign missions, new facilities of travel and communication, and new means of influence and of intercourse with pagan or savage peoples have given a new character to the work of evangelization, requiring missionary bodies to change their methods to meet these changed conditions. |
| STS-90 (1559 words) |
 | Neurolab is a Spacelab module mission focusing on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. |
 | On Thursday, 4/16/98, at 8:15am, the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-90 with Neurolab was postponed 24 hours earlier today due to difficulties with one of two network signal processors (NSP) on the orbiter. |
 | The STS-90 crew participated in the crew equipment and interface test (CEIT) and a sharp edge inspection of the orbiter's crew module and Neurolab. |