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I thought this was really worth passing on. AN ABC MESSAGE YOU HAVE TO READ If more of us took a stand maybe we could have some decent TV programs. -- Jim Nugent is a coach in Childress, Texas. Jim writes: My name is Jim Neugent. I wrote to ABC (on-line) concerning a program called "THE PRACTICE." In last nights episode, one of the lawyer's mothers decided she is gay and wanted her son to go to court and help her get a marriage license so she could marry her 'partner.' ! I sent the following letter to ABC yesterday...

Traditional Latin Mass Easter Sunday 2006 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mass schedule Altar before mass Altar from the choir loft Prayers at the foot of the Altar before the gospel Father Finn washing his fingers before the consecration Father Finn raising the body of Christ Father Finn raising the Chalice of the precious blod Ecce agnus dei Father Finn giving the final blessing

Traditional Latin Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel located in Norristown in Philadelphia Archdioces. Easter Sunday 2006. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Picture of Altar 20 min. before mass Prayers at foot of altar Father Finn raises the body of our Lord Father Finn raises the chalice of precious blood Ecce Agnus dei Father Finn giving the blessing

(AgapePress) - Christian ministry leader and former homosexual Stephen Bennett says he isn't surprised that Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the Anglican Communion's first openly homosexual priest to be consecrated as a bishop, has checked himself into an alcohol rehabilitation facility. The 58-year-old Robinson was confirmed as the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in 2003, a move that generated heated debate and ongoing schism both in the Episcopal Church USA and in the worldwide Anglican Communion. According to a Wikipedia article, the Kentucky-born bishop married a woman in 1972, but publicly acknowledged his homosexuality after having two...

The National Organization for Women, together with Global Exchange and the US Women and Cuba Collaboration, will lead a delegation from the United States to Venezuela to participate in the Venezuelan Solidarity Delegation March 5-16. Executive Vice President Olga Vives will be one of the leaders attending the conference. March 8, International Women's Day, is an opportunity for NOW leaders and activists to highlight the struggles that women all over the world face today and to call for steps to advance the status of women in the United States and abroad. It is fitting that this year NOW celebrates International...

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006 12:22 p.m. EST Alec Baldwin Blasts 'Chicken-Bleep' Dems Print Friendly Version Forward this Page E-mail NewsMax RSS Feed Reprint Information Hollywood Democrat Alec Baldwin is blasting his party's Senators for failing to block Samuel Alito confirmation to the Supreme Court, saying he's appalled that Sen. Ted Kennedy and other liberals could muster only 25 of the 41 votes needed mount a successful filibuster. The problem is there are too many "chicken-bleep Democrats in the Senate," the agitated actor told the New York Daily News. "We have a bunch of budding Zell Millers down there," he complained,...

Girls at the altar By MARK NIESSE Associated Press In some Catholic parishes the majority of 'altar boys' are girls ATLANTA - As soon as she was old enough, third-grader Ellen Clarke joined the first wave of girl altar servers, helping break up a club reserved for Roman Catholic boys for centuries. Seven years later, the 15-year-old is still serving, but now she's surrounded by other girls helping out priests and deacons on Sundays at Atlanta's Our Lady of the Assumption church. Altar serving has become so popular with girls that they outnumber the boys in many parishes. That's exactly...

I may have missed it somewhere. But does anyone know what Caridinal Mahoney's reaction to the document is? I bet he pretty pissed about it! I will be surprised to hear otherwise.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says homosexuals who are sexually active or support "gay culture" are unwelcome in the priesthood unless they have overcome their homosexual tendencies for at least three years, according to a church document posted on the Internet by an Italian Catholic news agency. The long-awaited document is scheduled to be released by the Vatican on Nov. 29. A church official who has read the document confirmed the authenticity of the Internet posting by the Adista news agency. The document said that "the church, while deeply respecting the people in question, cannot admit to the seminary and...

By Dan Genz Tribune-Herald staff writer Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Cindy Sheehan, the Iraq war critic whose campsite along a Crawford roadside drew opponents and supporters by the hundreds in August, will try to recapture the public's attention and plans to break new local laws she inspired when she returns next week for Thanksgiving. After President Bush and Sheehan left on Aug. 31, McLennan County Commissioners Court voted to ban parking on 23 miles of roadway near Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch and prevent people from camping, eating, or placing portable bathrooms in ditches along all county roads. Sheehan, the California...

I attend an Indult Traditional Latin Mass in Plymouth Meeting PA and want to know about how you form a choir (Currently we only do a spoken low mass). Can anyone email me with suggestions about organizing? Materials? Web links? Thanks

Any word from Rome as to the discussion of widening the latin mass indult?

I was to young to remember the changes in the Catholic Liturgy when they occurred. I am only 35 but I prefer the traditional latin mass over the happy clappy "peter, paul and mary" masses. Can someone describe to me how the changed were implemented in the churches? Did suddenly one Sunday a new mass was used? Or was it a gradual change? When did the priest start facing the people? Was there any warning that a new mass was comming? Just curious.