There was a guest speaker at Mass this morning who spoke about the work of CAFOD(Catholic Agency for Overseas Development)…Initially he thanked our parish community for their generosity both past and present, particularly recalling the recent cataclismic tragedy as a result if the Tsunami Earthquake and our generous response as a parish, yes, monetarily, [...]
Entries from January 2005
January 29, 2005
It’s sad but true that I had to pinch myself..
I had to pinch myself when I discovered today’s TV listings…
1:25 pm Rosemary & Thyme (Horticultural detective series..yes, I did say horticultural!)
2:25 pm Midsommer Murders (The village of Midsommer, quaint and idylic….but no one would want to live there in ‘real life’ because someone is getting bumped off every single week)
4.25 pm MONK (love it! [...]
January 28, 2005
Try this frustrating game for, er, fun…
Frustrating GameI got to level 16 and then i realised that my sanity was at stake…ever wondered what a ‘mouse’ shaped hole in a window looks like?
God Bless
January 28, 2005
News
Latest News on the Turin Shroud
Sick Baby’s Parent’s Fight For Her Right To Life
Tumour Diary
AUSCHWITZ and Here Also
God Bless
January 27, 2005
Proverbs 27
Chapter 27
1
Boast not of tomorrow, for you know not what any day may bring forth.
2
Let another praise you – not your own mouth; Someone else – not your own lips.
3
Stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4
Anger is relentless, and wrath overwhelming – but before jealousy who [...]
January 27, 2005
I’M NOT A NERD!
Take this TEST to discover how NERDY you are!Having established that according to this test, I am not a nerd, I should maybe mention that I just might be if I were to use differing geographical criteria to ascertain my ‘nerd level’.For example, in my part of the world, I may be considered [...]
January 27, 2005
Holocaust Memorial Day
Today is the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of concentration camp’s. Today we reflect upon the Holocaust and in doing so, offer our prayers for all those who lost their lives, or their loved one’s in what was to be the most abhorent of crime’s against humanity. Read HERE how the Catholic Church in England [...]
January 26, 2005
News
British man saved from death row after spending almost all of his adult life in prison , read more hereSchool Homework is as outdated as a dinosaur ? This school seem’s to think’s so…
Ten court hearings and Ten Thousand pounds of British tax payers money wasted all due to the illegal consumption of an [...]
January 25, 2005
Urgent Plea for You to Offer Your Support to Terri Schiavo
In February of 1990 Terry Schiavo collapsed in her home when her heart suddenly stopped for a time, from that moment on her life would never be the same again…ignorance has led many to the opinion that in tirelessly petitioning for the starvation and subsequent demise of his wife’s life, Terri’s husband is making [...]
January 25, 2005
Today’s smile (yes, there was but one….it was one of ‘those’ days) came from reading the following article written by Dr. Coleen Kelly Mast
I came across this today on the internet, and I found it to be almost (and uncannily ) entirely accurate, not to mention, funny :)
Words Women Use
” FINEThis is the word women use to end an argument when they feel they are right and you need to shut up. Never use “fine” to describe [...]
January 23, 2005
Quote of the Week
“If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson.
God Bless
January 23, 2005
ARCHBISHOP SPEAKS TO HOUSE OF LORD’S
Press release from the Catholic Communications Service issued on 18th January 2005
Catholic Bishop gives evidence in House of Lords against Euthanasia Bill
Bishop Christopher Budd, representing the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, gave oral evidence last Thursday, 13th January, to the House of Lords Select Committee considering the ‘Joffe’ Bill on Euthanasia.
The Select Committee [...]
January 22, 2005
Reflection in Wake of the Tsunami
Date: 2005-01-21
Reflection in Wake of the Tsunami
Father Joseph Lionel Ponders God’s Message
THANJAVUR, India, JAN. 21, 2005 (Zenit.org).- A priest from one of the areas hardest hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami thinks the tragedy has a message for the survivors and the world. “While thanking and praising God for his saving power and mercy we [...]
January 21, 2005
Read the Conversion Stories of Some of my Friends from OBOB
CATHOLIC CONVERT’S IN OBOB
January 21, 2005
MY RECEPTION INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH !
This post is from a thread that I began on a Catholic Forum that I frequent and it’s all about my reception into the Catholic Faith…it was a long journey to get where God wanted me (read 34 years), and the guy’s and gal’s on the Forum had been immensely supportive of me, it [...]
January 21, 2005
A Brief Regaling Of My conversion
This was posted in OBOB at CF on the 24th August 2003. I recently dug it up for members and lurkers in OBOB, for the benefit of those considering conversion to Catholicism…I thought I’d post it here for the same reasons!Find the original thread here
” I’m in Love!
I can hardly contain myself. I am so [...]
January 20, 2005
CATHOLIC ROSARY RAP ?
Check this out, i love it!….to listen to this awesome rap song, click on the ‘music’ tab and then scroll down to ‘listen’ to ~ “53 Beads on a String”
Here are the lyrics and
Here is the music.
I wouldn’t mind watching Top of The Pop’s if this sort of music made it into the chart’s!God Bless.
January 20, 2005
HOW WELL ARE WE CATECHISING OUR CHILDREN ?
Here is an interesting test for children, but i think it equally accessible for adults…it could be something for you to do together as a family…it might be fun, or depending upon the score it might be depressing!…so pull out your Catechism and swot up so that you beat the kid’s!… (beat the kids, [...]
January 20, 2005
LINKS OF INTEREST
This list was somewhere on the first page and i thought i’d bump it up as i am technologically inept and am therfore unwilling to dedicate 3 hours or more in an attempt to paste it all into the side panel of this blog in workable format!…when i find the time I will add some [...]
January 18, 2005
BREAKING NEWS – ARCHBISHOP FREED!
THANK’S BE TO GOD!Read the News Story HereGod Bless.
January 17, 2005
THE DATING GAME AND ‘MONK’
Personally, i can’t think of a less likely way for a person to meet someone they would want to spend the rest of their life with, but it just might work, who know’s …and since it continually appears in google ads throughout the catholic pages i visit on the net, i thought i’d give it [...]
January 17, 2005
PLEASE PRAY FOR ARCHBISHOP KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ
PLEASE PRAY!click here to read the news story about Archbishop Basile Georges CasmoussaLord, have Mercy!God Bless.
