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Alī Akbar Hāschemī Rafsanjānī

one of the most influential Iranian politicians, and is currently serving as the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran.

 

He served as President of Iran from 1989 to 1997. In 2005 he tried to win a third term in office, but lost on the second ballot to Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 2005 Iranian presidential election.

Ask God for wisdom and discernment so you’ll know best how to pray!

    

SHRINE OF THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS, QUIAPO, MANILA

 

Quoted from quiapochurch.com.ph/parish/sisters-of-the-holy-face-of-je...

 

The Sisters of the Holy Face of Jesus (HFJ), formerly known as the Holy Face of Jesus Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, was founded by Rev. Mother Mary Therese L. Vicente, HFJ (1921-1995) in Quiapo, Manila on October 1, 1986.

 

The inspiration that led to its foundation began when a replica of the Holy Shroud from Turin, Italy, was exhibited at the Manila Cathedral in August 1976 and Mo. Mary Therese, then a member of the Daughters of Mary Mother of the Church congregation, was given the task to be the Exhibit’s custodian.

 

Mo. Therese's strong desire to do the will of God and to lead people to Him was consistently manifested in her acts of piety and maternal concern for all peoples. Her openness to the various devotions that came her way was for her opportunity to lead people to God. That is why, when she encountered the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and observed the effect of this devotion on the others’ lives; she eventually deepened her involvement in it. After passing periods of discernment and obtaining blessings from Church authorities, she established a Center for the Holy Face of Jesus so that people can still visit and venerate the Holy Face even after the Exhibit. Her dedication to devotion and to the mission led her to officially leave the Daughters of Mary and found the Sisters of the Holy Face of Jesus.

 

As fruits of this devotion, lay religious organizations were also established: the Crusaders of the Holy Face of Jesus (CHFJ) in 1977, and then the Young Apostles of the Holy Face of Jesus (YAHFJ) and the Little Friends of the Holy Face of Jesus (LFHFJ) in 1990 and 1994, respectively.

 

Withstanding the various crises which accompanied the foundation of the sisters and in pursuing its stability, the Congregation continued their services in the Archdiocese of Manila and its mission expanded to other places in the Philippines as well. Relying primarily on God's Providence, the mission continues even after the death of the foundress on June 7, 1995.

 

Address: Holy Face of Jesus Center & Convent 1111 F. R. Hidalgo Street, Quiapo, 1001 Manila

Date Taken: March 23, 2024

Medium: Canon EOS 4000D

 

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Apparently whoever is in charge of design at Chevrolet doesn't like cars very much.

  

If you look really really carefully, you can kind of see what the design team was going for.

  

But then a committee of execs clearly said 'hey, how about putting some random creases on the car that do nothing for it and have no relation to anything other than the way we last cut up our enormous pile of cocaine'.

  

Certainly sir. We will sell them to people with little or no discernment.

The second section of the procession for ordination of priests, with bishops, archdeacons and Diocesan staff involved in the discernment of vocations and training of clergy.

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

Sitting here today, reading a poem "Our Flag is Great", I ponder another time'

I'm reminded, for several years, its come & gone, the "9/11" terrorist crime!

A discernment prior to then, about people's indifference & disrespectful ways,

Left feelings that drastic times were coming, but not as terrible as the "9/11" days.

At public gatherings, people had no thought of reverence for our Flag's history,

For sacrifices made by friends & family, many dying patriotically, to keep us free.

Giving their lives or limbs or minds in times of crisis that threatened our liberty,

Going proudly, knowing this Country grew up fighting from sea to shining sea.

Of course there was concern, not wanting to leave loved ones so far behind,

But knowing in their hearts it was necessary to protect this land, so never mind.

Those not returning believed & fought for freedom others earlier died to earn.

For too long this history lesson escaped many, but was soon to be "re-learned."

Such a sad commentary, we have short memories of freedom they died to earn,

Not adhering to basic principles our founding fathers set out, will we ever learn?

It's noticeable by all those that had loved ones die in War & what it meant,

In war time, when they died, honoring our flag was showing them a compliment.

Those feelings never left this old country boy's thinking or appreciative ways,

Being one of a handful to remove a hat or place a hand on our heart in prior days.

I can too vividly remember disrespect at ball games, parades, or at race tracks,

"No Respect" during National Anthem, only laughing & hollering, a sad fact.

Then 9/11/2001, a dastardly deed causing the current liberating Foreign Wars,

Fighting terrorism in places it originates, pushing it away from USA's door.

Many more personnel in harms way have died over the past several years,

"Memorial Day" gives us pause to be aware of survivor's heartbreaking tears.

So many died for this freedom in establishing frontiers for Liberty worldwide,

Continuing today with our U.S troops, we should support them all with Pride.

For those dying long ago & the ones giving their all now in current campaigns,

To afford so many, a blood soaked Liberty, honor by letting freedom bells ring.

We should reflect continually on the history of our flag & all the lives given,

Maybe pause today, raise the Flag & say "thank you" for a free life we're livin'.

"Another Memorial Day" to appreciate all the fallen since the rockets red glare.

Honor all deceased military at this time on "Another Memorial Day" in prayer.

- By Sam L. Carter

 

Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA Discernment Retreat

Immigration changed the rules of how visas are submitted just before I was to submit mine. The change meant that I couldn't submit and gain a visa the same day, but would have to put it in the drop box. This ended up causing my application to be after my current one expired, meaning I wasn't legally in the country, which ultimately kept me from getting the visa needed to stay in the country. And that led me on a 2 month fiasco with immigration and another pile of headaches, where I had to leave to Australia, hire a lawyer, and spend thousands to get another visa, despite already having a job offer with a reputable company. This on top of my past bloody battles with these people.

 

So to New Zealand immigration, I say go to hell you useless, callous, inhuman, incompetitent assholes with no common sense or discernment.

 

Immigration New Zealand office

Li Qingxin was a preacher at a house church in China. Having believed in the Lord for many years, she always enthusiastically preached and worked for the Lord, watching and waiting for the Lord's coming and being raptured into the kingdom of heaven. In recent years, Li Qingxin saw all the denominations and sects are getting more and more desolate, while the Eastern Lightning continues to thrive and grow even under the frantic condemnation and persecution of the CCP government and the religious world. A growing number of good sheep and leading sheep from all sects and denominations have accepted the Eastern Lightning, which led her to self-reflect. Seeing the pastors and elders have not hesitated in making up rumors, condemning and discrediting the Church of Almighty God, and even colluding with the CCP government to arrest those who preach the Eastern Lightning, she felt what they did had deviated from the Lord's way, and realized that the one the CCP government and the religious world fanatically resist and condemn might actually be the true way and the appearance and work of the Lord. Hence, she, with several co-workers, decided to seek and investigate the Eastern Lightning. However, the pastors and elders did everything they could to prevent them from studying the true way. Through reading the words of Almighty God, listening to the fellowships from the preachers of the Church of Almighty God, they got discernment of the rumors and fallacies of the pastors and elders, saw through their vile motivations and malicious trickery of preventing believers from investigating the true way, and saw clearly the hypocritical true face of pastors and elders. Finally, Li Qingxin and others spoke out loudly to the religious pastors and elders that "Stay out of my business," and completely broke free from their constraints and bondage, and returned before God's throne.

Captured while on the “Devils Nose” hiking trail in Para Wirra Recreation Park, SA, Australia.

 

“Every man of discernment, while walking upon the earth, feeleth indeed abashed, inasmuch as he is fully aware that the thing which is the source of his prosperity, his wealth, his might, his exaltation, his advancement and power is, as ordained by God, the very earth which is trodden beneath the feet of all men. There can be no doubt that whoever is cognizant of this truth, is cleansed and sanctified from all pride, arrogance, and vainglory.”

 

—Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 44

 

Nineteen Months

 

Li Qingxin was a preacher at a house church in China. Having believed in the Lord for many years, she always enthusiastically preached and worked for the Lord, watching and waiting for the Lord's coming and being raptured into the kingdom of heaven. In recent years, Li Qingxin saw all the denominations and sects are getting more and more desolate, while the Eastern Lightning continues to thrive and grow even under the frantic condemnation and persecution of the CCP government and the religious world. A growing number of good sheep and leading sheep from all sects and denominations have accepted the Eastern Lightning, which led her to self-reflect. Seeing the pastors and elders have not hesitated in making up rumors, condemning and discrediting the Church of Almighty God, and even colluding with the CCP government to arrest those who preach the Eastern Lightning, she felt what they did had deviated from the Lord's way, and realized that the one the CCP government and the religious world fanatically resist and condemn might actually be the true way and the appearance and work of the Lord. Hence, she, with several co-workers, decided to seek and investigate the Eastern Lightning. However, the pastors and elders did everything they could to prevent them from studying the true way. Through reading the words of Almighty God, listening to the fellowships from the preachers of the Church of Almighty God, they got discernment of the rumors and fallacies of the pastors and elders, saw through their vile motivations and malicious trickery of preventing believers from investigating the true way, and saw clearly the hypocritical true face of pastors and elders. Finally, Li Qingxin and others spoke out loudly to the religious pastors and elders that "Stay out of my business," and completely broke free from their constraints and bondage, and returned before God's throne.

Franciscan University President Father Terence Henry, TOR, and Most Reverend Gilbert Sheldon, bishop emeritus of Steubenville, with those who took the Oath of Fidelity at the New Student Orientation Mass August 24: Dr. Jonathan Sanford (in his new role as assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs); Father David Vogel, associate director, Priestly Discernment Program; Father Shawn Roberson, TOR, assistant to the chaplain; Father David Bonarrigo, TOR, Spanish; Father Bob Anello, director, Priestly Discernment Program; Sister Joan Paule Portenlanger, TOR, Pastoral Assistant for Evangelization; Rhett Young director of Missionary Outreach.

 

Photos taken from the Oath of Fidelity Mass during Orientation, on campus, Friday August 24, 2012

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

If you pray to know the Book of Mormon is true, then you can know with certainty that church leaders are chosen by god. Moroni's Promise is foolproof!

 

I claim fair use of any material here under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

"Perilous Is the Road to the Heavenly Kingdom" (Gospel Movie Trailer)

 

Zhong Xin is a preacher at a house church in Mainland China. He has believed in the Lord for many years, and has been suffering capture and persecution of the CCP. He hates the CCP deeply and has already seen clearly that the CCP is a satanic regime treating God as its enemy. In recent years, he has seen that the Chinese Communist government and the religious world have persisted in wildly condemning, capturing, and persecuting the Church of the Eastern Lightning. But the Eastern Lightning not only survives, but also continues to thrive and grow. He thinks it is unbelievable and starts to reflect: Is the Eastern Lightning the appearance and work of the Lord? Zhong Xin also finds that what the CCP and the religious world speak to condemn the Eastern Lightning are all rumors and lies. In order to find out the truth, he leads brothers and sisters to investigate the Eastern Lightning. After the fellowship of the preachers from the Church of Almighty God, most of them firmly believe that the words expressed by Almighty God are the truth and the voice of God. Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus. However, the Church of Almighty God is suppressed and condemned by the Chinese Communist government and is wildly opposed and condemned by the religious pastors and elders. Faced with this situation, some are confused: Since the work of Almighty God is the true way, why does it suffer the furious resistance and condemnation of those in power and the religious world? Through reading Almighty God's words and listening to the fellowship of the preachers from the Church of Almighty God, these brothers and sisters understand the source of mankind's resistance of God, and see clearly that why the road to the heavenly kingdom is so perilous. They have discernment in the truth-hating and God-opposing essence of the satanic CCP regime and the religious leaders. In the end, Zhong Xin and others free themselves from the control and bondage of Satan's influence without hesitation. They accept Almighty God's work in the last days and truly return before God's throne.

 

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i was working hard packing up and throwing away stuff and sorting stuff to be given away and i turned around and saw this !

needless to say this is now MeWseeee's box!

   

moving day is the 17th of August 2012 so it is getting close!;))

Your prayers for miracle energy and strength and discernment as to what to keep and what to take would be greatly appreciated!

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Opening Evenson with Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry.

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

  

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

 

Dr. Stanley Hauerwas

Suspended Animation Classic #76

Originally published June 10, 1990 (#23)

 

Cerebus #136

By Michael Vance

 

Dave Sim has become a master of visual padding. In fact, if he’d written the preceding sentence, it would have read: Dave Sim, the creator, writer, penciller and publisher of “Cerebus”, a black and white comic book from Canada, has become a critically acclaimed and financially successful master at the art of visually extending a story, particularly through the use of repeated images, to the extent that he has earned a cult following of fans who are loyal to his work beyond the limits of critical discernment of the artform itself.

 

You get the idea. It occasionally takes Sim ten pages to show someone sneeze. Once.

 

He isn’t alone in this silliness. Japanese comics are rife with melodramatic poses that run into dozens of pages in length and accomplish nothing so much as reader boredom.

 

In the current issue, a girl named Jaka is being interrogated and humiliated by a thinly veiled caricature of Margaret Thatcher. In the process, Jaka’s husband learns she secretly carried and aborted his child. Jaka’s world, which has been carefully constructed in intricate detail, begins to crumble. And herein lays a reviewers dilemma with “Cerebus”.

 

For every abuse of the comics form, Sim has mastered at least two other aspects of comic books. He’s unbeaten at rich, believable and intricate characterization. Dave is excellent at dialogue. His plots are interesting, logical, consistent, and peppered with fresh twists. Sim’s art is beautiful, stylized and appropriate for his subject, and his visual storytelling is marred only by…well, you know.

 

A final word of advice given in the same structure Sim uses with rubber stamped, redundant panels of art:

 

Get on with the story, Dave. Get on with the story, Dave. Get on with the story, Dave.

Get on with the story, Dave. Get on with the story, Dave.

 

“Cerebus” #136: Jaka’s Story #23/Dave Sim, writer, penciller; Gerhard, inker/published by Aardvark-Vanaheim, 20 pages, $2/available in comics shops.

 

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

Bishop Olmsted ordains three men to the priesthood

 

By Ambria Hammel | June 5, 2010 | The Catholic Sun

 

For the the third straight year, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted ordained three men to the priesthood.

 

The bishop conferred the sacrament of Holy Orders on transitional deacons Matt Henry, Chad King and John Parks at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral.

 

"Seeing the love of the people for their priests [during the procession] gives us such a witness of their love and support," Fr. King said after the ordination.

 

Fr. Henry said the laying on of hands by the bishop was a special moment.

 

"My only part was just to say yes to that," he said, referring to the prayer of ordination.

 

Fr. Parks also noted the laying on of hands.

 

"I just felt that I was being reconfigured in my person," he said. Fr. Parks also mentioned receiving the Eucharist during the orination.

 

"I was just struck once again that God becomes the Eucharist for us," he said, underscoring God's humility.

 

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted said all three priests know well the challenges that the Church faces today, including the shortcomings of its members, “but without losing heart, they are ready and eager to be faithful priests of the Lord Jesus” and convincingly share the faith.

 

“The three men I have the honor to ordain this year are quite different in personality but united by a deep love for the Lord Jesus, and an eagerness to hand on the good news of Christ in convincing ways,” Bishop Olmsted said in an interview prior to the June 5 ordination.

 

"From this day forward the people of God will call you 'father,' because you will love people in His name," the bishop told the new priests. He encouraged them to listen to confessions with compassion and called them to defend the unborn and the immigrant.

 

All three priests cited their involvement in youth ministry in the Phoenix Diocese as part of their discernment process.

 

Each newly ordained will celebrate their first Mass at their home parish June 6. The Mass times are staggered so the new priests can support each other from the pew.

 

Phoenix’s three new priests fit right in with the 440 men awaiting priestly ordination nationwide.

 

Of the 339 diocesan and religious ordinands who responded to the survey by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, 72 percent are Caucasian. Half to three-quarters served in some parish ministry before entering the seminary.

 

More than half are between the ages of 25 and 34, roughly the same as last year. The median age of this year’s ordinands nationally is 33 with Fr. Henry, who turns 26 shortly, being the youngest nationally.

 

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Skill with a Difficult Theme.; THE PLATED CITY. By Bliss Perry. New-York: Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.25.

 

The color line always is a distressing topic, never to be dismissed, always dramatic, often coarsened by overvehemence. Mr. Bliss Perry, in "The Plated City," has shown marked powers of discernment and has treated a difficult subject with uncommon skill. It is the doubt about Esther Beaulieu, whether or not black blood runs in her veins, which makes her life so pathetic.

 

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA Discernment Retreat

Clockwise from left: Beatrice Venyellu SSL, Lucy Ayomah SSL, Benedicta Boakye-Yiadom SSL, Mercy Boateng SSL and Ancilla Mary Akoto SSL.

When I Am Among the Trees

 

When I am among the trees,

especially the willows and the honey locust,

equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,

they give off such hints of gladness.

I would almost say that they save me, and daily.

 

I am so distant from the hope of myself,

in which I have goodness, and discernment,

and never hurry through the world

but walk slowly, and bow often.

 

Around me the trees stir in their leaves

and call out, “Stay awhile.”

The light flows from their branches.

 

And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,

“and you too have come

into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled

with light, and to shine.”

 

~Mary Oliver

from Thirst ©2006

 

View On Black

Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA Discernment Retreat

Ralph LaCivita, Sr Nicole Trahan, Eddy Swain, Maimoa Fineisaloi, Fr George Cerniglia, Jonnae Taiafi and Bro Mark Motz at the discernment retreat at Ewa Beach.

 

Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA Discernment Retreat

June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.

 

The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.

 

Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:

 

Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)

Tom Barrett, Nativity

William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen

Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement

Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul

Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen

Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement

Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence

Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo

Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family

Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)

 

Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:

 

Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish

Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish

Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish

 

Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving

When I Am Among the Trees

 

When I am among the trees,

especially the willows and the honey locust,

equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,

they give off such hints of gladness,

I would almost say they save me, and daily.

 

I am so distant from the hope of myself,

in which I have goodness, and discernment,

and never hurry through the world

but walk slowly, and bow often.

 

Around me the tree stirs in their leaves

and call out, “Stay awhile.”

The light flows from their branches.

 

And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,

“and you too have come

into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled

with light, and to shine.”

      

~ Mary Oliver ~

(from Thirst)

  

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