Pray for the dead

Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 3:52 PM
Subject: Catholic Explorer :: Pray for the dead in case they're in purgatory, says Vatican official


VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While Christians should hope that their deceased loved ones are in heaven, they must pray for them in case they are in purgatory, said Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze.

Vatican Radio asked the cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, about a frequent comment at funerals that the deceased is now with God in heaven.

"The people present at a funeral have no authority to canonize anyone," the cardinal said in the interview broadcast Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls.

"They can hope that the person has arrived in the house of the Father in heaven, but it is just as possible that the person is in purgatory," he said.

"Only God knows if that person is already in heaven; we cannot know and, therefore, we pray for that person because he could be in purgatory. However, if the person already is in heaven, God certainly will use all of those prayers for another person," Cardinal Arinze said.

http://www.catholicexplorer.com/explore4325/nationworld/pray-for-the-dead-in-case-theyre-in-purgatory-says.shtml

How Many Heisman Winners Has Abortion Killed?

Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:32 PM
Subject: Fw: Fr. Tom Euteneuer: How Many Heisman Winners Has Abortion Killed?


So then, who have we lost to abortion?
2 US Presidents
7 Supreme Court Justices
102 US Senators and 589 Congressmen
8,123 Federal, district and local court judges
31 Nobel Prize laureates
328 Olympic medalists including 123 Gold medalists
6,092 professional athletes
134,841 physicians and surgeons
392,500 registered nurses
70,669 priests, ministers, rabbis and imams including
6,852 priests and 11,010 nuns (vocations "shortage"?)
1,102,443 teachers (K-12)
553,821 truck drivers
224,518 maids and housekeepers
336,939 janitors
134,028 farmers and ranchers
109,984 police officers and sheriff's deputies
39,477 firefighters
17,221 barbers, and
24,450,000... women (the gender of roughly half of all children aborted).

Keep Christ in Christmas!

2008 Mass intentions

William Roy Scheidhauer March 18-- Apr 7 830a
Catherine J. Dowd May 10 830a
Harold Lauth Apr 16 830a
Willie Schroeder Bettge July 11 830a
Beatrice Scheidhauer Sept 30 830a
Carolyn Denevan Lauth Oct 20 830a
Mercedes Scheidhauer Oct 30 830a
Edmund Bettge Oct 30 --Oct 29 830a
Aloysius Dowd Dec 26 -- Dec 23 830a

Also, parents-in-law celebrate 50th Wedding anniversary on June 7: James and Mary Lauth. 5p

Lauth's Wedding Anniversary

Tracy--Love the title and all your ideas!!!
i will start going through some of the pictures i have--not many--and see what might work. then should i just mail them to you to work with?
i don't think there's any video--parents never had a movie camera that i know of. however, they took slides of us growing up. i guess they still have all those somewhere. i will ask them where those are.
how do we handle their wedding pictures? only ones i know of are in their wedding album. how can we copy those and get them to you?

CAC County Basketball Results

BOX SCORES: 8-Dec-07
Crofton Athletics vs: 24 DAA: 22


FG FG% FT FT% Rbnds PF PTS
#3 Max S 1/3 33% na 0% 4 1 2
#5 Max C 0/2 0% 2 for 2 100% 4 1 2
# Devonte na na 0%
#23 Matt 1/5 20% 4 for 6 66% 4 1 6
#25 Blake 1/6 17% 0/1 0% 2 0 4
#31 Daymon 2 for 6 33% 1/2 50% 2 0 3
# Michael na na
#35 Chris 0/1 0% na 1 0 0
#41 Trey 2 for 4 50% 1 for 1 100% 2 1 5
#45 Craig 0/6 0% 2/3 67% 1 3 2

TOTAL 7/33 21% 10 for 15 66% 20 7 24

DAA: PF PTS
#1 2 2
#2 4 0
#3 0 9
#00 0 2
#15 0 0
#21 4 2
#22 3 0
#32 3 2
#72 1 5
TOTAL 17 22

Boys B-Ball Schedule

DATE DAY TIME AWAY TEAM HOME TEAM
December 8, 2007 Saturday DAA Hoyas vs Crofton Cardinals Red
December 8, 2007 Saturday Mayo Red vs Saints Blue
December 8, 2007 Saturday So. River Hawks vs SCYA Storm Red
December 15, 2007 Saturday So. River Hawks vs DAA Hoyas
December 15, 2007 Saturday SCYA Storm Red vs Saints Blue
December 15, 2007 Saturday Mayo Red vs Crofton Cardinals Red
December 22, 2007 Saturday SCYA Storm Red vs DAA Hoyas
December 22, 2007 Saturday Mayo Red vs So. River Hawks
December 22, 2007 Saturday Saints Blue vs Crofton Cardinals Red
January 5, 2008 Saturday Crofton Cardinals Red vs So. River Hawks
January 5, 2008 Saturday SCYA Storm Red vs Mayo Red
January 5, 2008 Saturday DAA Hoyas vs Saints Blue
January 12, 2008 Saturday SCYA Storm Red vs Crofton Cardinals Red
January 12, 2008 Saturday Saints Blue vs So. River Hawks
January 12, 2008 Saturday DAA Hoyas vs Mayo Red
January 19, 2008 Saturday So. River Hawks vs SCYA Storm Red
January 19, 2008 Saturday DAA Hoyas vs Crofton Cardinals Red
January 19, 2008 Saturday Mayo Red vs Saints Blue
January 26, 2008 Saturday Mayo Red vs Crofton Cardinals Red
January 26, 2008 Saturday So. River Hawks vs DAA Hoyas
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As a prerequisite for participation (practice or games), ANY adult who has care, custody or control of youth
participants in any youth program or activity is required to successfully complete a background check.
ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT THE DAVIDSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Cancellation information call (410)222-7312 after 4pm weekday and 7:15 am weekends.
Gym Supervisor
2007-2008 YOUTH BOYS BASKETBALL
Navy 12-13 "C" League
1 Harry S Truman Parkway
P.O. Box 6675, Annapolis, MD 21401
http://www.aacounty.org/recparks
PRESS RULE: Teams may press the entire game. With the following exception: a team may NOT press if they
are winning by 15 or more points.
Danny Sherbums (443) 223-1092
SPORTS SUPERVISOR
Ron Mox (410) 222-7865
Forfeit time for the 1st game of the day is 15 minutes after scheduled game time. After that forfeit time is game
time.
Inclement Weather Website: www.aacounty.org/RecParks/cancellation.cfm
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2007-2008 YOUTH BOYS BASKETBALL
Navy 12-13 "C" League
January 26, 2008 Saturday SCYA Storm Red vs Saints Blue
February 2, 2008 Saturday Saints Blue vs Crofton Cardinals Red
February 2, 2008 Saturday Mayo Red vs So. River Hawks
February 2, 2008 Saturday SCYA Storm Red vs DAA Hoyas
February 9, 2008 Saturday DAA Hoyas vs Saints Blue
February 9, 2008 Saturday Crofton Cardinals Red vs So. River Hawks
February 9, 2008 Saturday SCYA Storm Red vs Mayo Red
February 16, 2008 Saturday DAA Hoyas vs Mayo Red
February 16, 2008 Saturday SCYA Storm Red vs Crofton Cardinals Red
February 16, 2008 Saturday Saints Blue vs So. River Hawks
Make Up Dates
February 23, 2008
March 1, 2008
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Erik's new Restaurant?

Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 1:12 PM
Subject: Re:


> Little help!
>
> Jill and I are thinking, if we sell Beefs, I might start up an restaurant. I wouldn't make it a irish pub, but I like to call it something. I would like to use O'Dowds but I need a name in front. Do we have any cool irish names in our family. I would like Aloysious or Jackson.
>
> Any other names?
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Fantasy Football Update

Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:57 AM
Subject: Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football


YTD high points:

1. SS 1030
2. FMV 1008
3. ND 977
4. STK 973
5. SD 967
6. Bradys 958
7. MM 948

Once again no idea where Seanie Boy is?
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/182928

The Nationals New Stadium

A Thing Of Beauty

By Thomas Boswell
Wednesday, November 14, 2007; Page E01

The Nationals' new ballpark is the bomb. After decades of waiting, Washington has a winner. Within a few years, as the Anacostia waterfront development project sparks urban revitalization, we may be even more pleased. For now, it's enough to know that, after all the angst and expense, Nationals Park will be stunning. We can refine the grade later, but we know it will be high.

New baseball parks have several symbolic milestones -- unveiling architectural plans, groundbreaking, topping out the superstructure, painting tens of thousands of seats, laying the sod, then finally, after months of buffing the brass, Opening Day.

But, for me, yesterday was the day that really mattered. Ostensibly, Mayor Adrian Fenty, the Nationals and the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission merely unveiled their new Kentucky bluegrass field, celebrating another on-time, on-budget landmark on the $611 million road to Opening Day. This, however, was different. Squint, blur the rough edges, and it's already April.

The park is built to the topmost row, the light towers arcing over the banks of classy deep-blue seats. The grass field is in place, the diamond, mound and batter's boxes cut out, the outfield walls painted and even the foul poles standing at attention. The huge scoreboard, the "Nationals" sign and curly "W" are clear.

You can sit in virtually every seat, including a $17 seat in the upper deck infield gallery just beyond first base where you can see the entire Capitol, the top of the Washington Monument, the Washington National Cathedral etched on the horizon, the verdigris dome of the Library of Congress and, by turning your head, a mile expanse of the Anacostia River complete with ships at the Navy Yard. Washington doesn't have the San Gabriel or Rocky Mountains in the distance like the Dodgers and Rockies, nor the skyscraper views of Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Philadelphia framed beyond the outfield. We don't have the San Francisco Bay beyond the right field bleachers or the charm (bordering on claustrophobia) of Fenway Park or Wrigley Field.

But, for a city with almost no buildings more than 14 stories high, and no mountains or bays, this park has maximized what Washington has to offer. And it's plenty. There may be no other spot in this area where you can get a 360-degree sense of place and sweep that rivals this park.
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The Nats' new home may also evoke the unique architectural style of its city as successfully, and bravely, as any in the majors. The park's classic modern design mirrors the motif that has won praise at the D.C. Convention Center. Constructed with the same materials by the same builder, its vast panels of glass behind home plate and along South Capitol Street allow the park to glow from within at night. "On-time and on-budget," plus more than $40 million in upgrades by the Lerner family, means that the park's exterior already looks like a glistening knockout. Wraparound views from the club suites behind home plate look across the Potomac River to landing planes at National Airport and landmarks in Northern Virginia.

Of course, red-brick retro worshipers may disagree with this light-suffused look. But the District's world-famous monuments aren't 19th-century industrial. The park, with an administrative building that pays triangular homage to I.M. Pei's East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, looks like it belongs in this alabaster city and, frankly, perhaps no place else. Just as Yankee Stadium's proud architecture says "Home of Champions," Washington's new park isn't afraid to say "World Capital."

The biggest visual surprises are the views from the ramps to the upper deck, especially on the first base side, where the panorama includes everything from Anacostia (hills covered with trees with lights twinkling at night) around to Virginia. Someday, as development encircles more of the park, these vistas will be reduced, although the most essential angles of vision -- up the Anacostia, across the Potomac and toward the Washington Monument -- are supposed to be retained. As for the Capitol dome, take a good look at it. Each year, you'll see it less.

The Nats are proudest of what team president Stan Kasten calls "proximity to the field and sightlines that are unrivaled." Most new parks claim such virtues. Except San Diego's Petco Park, I've walked every big league stadium. The Nats' new home is as cozy, with seats angled for best vision, as any modern venue. Reduced foul territory has brought every lower deck seat from 16 to 23 feet closer than the comparable seat at RFK Stadium. That's like a five-to-eight-row upgrade.

Nationals Park may have one design breakthrough. All the expensive suites are stacked behind home plate (forcing the press box to blimp level). "We don't have club seats down the lines, so the upper decks and mezzanines are closer," Kasten said. For hours, wandering the park, I marveled at how many seats in the $17 to $29 price range were dramatically better than in almost any other park.

Luckily, Elijah Griffin, 31, an electrician working near the top of the park, grabbing lights as they were lowered from the roof, gave me the best perspective on the class distinctions at Nationals Park. "They're charging the rich people so much to sit down there in the lower deck that the seats up here aren't too expensive at all. And they might be the best seats," Griffin said, as we sat in Section 230 Row N. From this spectacular $10 seat, you could see the Anacostia, the warships, the cathedral, the Library of Congress and especially the Washington Monument framed like a 555-foot-tall guest peeking into the park from beyond the left field foul pole.

At those prices, Griffin figures his son Sincere, 4, who already has Agent Zero and Clinton Portis jerseys, as well as his infant daughter Samadhi, will be able to join him for years at the park he helped build.

The Nationals say that many, if not all of the traditional "best seats" in the new ballpark already are sold. The closest box seats and all the club seats are gone. Savvy fans relocating from RFK already gobbled up the bargain 300 Level infield gallery seats for $20 to $22.

However, the best seats in the park by far, for panoramic views as well as value relative to other parks, have hardly been touched. Which ones? Study any seat priced from $15 to $29 and, believe it or not, some of the $10 seats, too.

First impressions of new ballparks are vitally important. Everything around a park changes radically within a few years -- its neighborhood, transportation issues and general urban development. But the ballpark itself, whether it's a hit or a dud, is locked in place forever from the first time you see what the finished product will be.

Does the place excite or disappoint you? Does the whole experience, from roof to box seats, including every promenade and vista, cause a thrill of surprise or make you mourn lost opportunities for a great park?

Countless amenities and levels of polish are still to come. Parking issues and problems as yet unsuspected will arrive. But Nationals Park, now so close to finished in all its most important aspects, is finally ready for our meet-your-seat inspection. To my surprise, despite such a ludicrous life-long wait and many clenched-jawed apprehensions, I loved the place. Hope you do, too.

A Santa Poll

Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:08 PM
Subject: Santa poll?


Kevin caught us off guard last night when he said "Santa is the parent's" We aren't prepared for this as we thought the comfort zone was around 9 or 10.

Now we may speak with him so he doesn't blow it for Katie?

Are Ryan, Jack and Christopher believers?

Criss-b?

What is the normal age when kids' figure it out?

Irv

Md. Man In Casino Standoff Surrenders

Md. Man In Casino Standoff Surrenders
Reporting
Adam May
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (WJZ/AP) ―

A masked man who claimed he was armed and had planted four bombs in a casino held police at bay from a shuttle bus for nearly six hours, demanding $3 million, before surrendering peacefully early Wednesday, police said.

It was later determined through legal records that the man, identified as David B. Kilkeary of Maryland, served over three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to twice robbing a bank in Maryland.

During the standoff, the man blamed the Showboat Casino-Hotel for the suicide of his brother, who he said was a former employee who developed a gambling problem, according to a person with knowledge of the standoff who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized by law enforcement to release the information.

A search of personnel records turned up no one with the name that authorities provided to the casino, said Alyce Parker, a spokeswoman for the Showboat's parent company.

Police spokesman Sgt. Monica McMenamin said the suspect's "motivation is under investigation and shall not be released."

The suspect was ordered held without bail by U.S. Magistrate Ann Marie Donio in Camden.

Kilkeary surrendered at 4:24 a.m., obeying an order from FBI agents to strip down to his inner clothing, said state police Sgt. Stephen Jones. "He just gave up peacefully," Jones said.

The FBI charged Kilkeary, 37, of Crofton, Md., with threatening to kill people and damage property, and with obstructing interstate commerce by extortion. The first count carries up to 10 years in prison; the second up to 20 years. Both carry up to a $250,000 fine.

While on the bus, Kilkeary told police he had an explosive he described as "C-4 on steroids," that he planted four bombs inside Showboat, and that he wanted $3 million in $100 bills, the FBI complaint said.

A message left at a listing in Maryland for Kilkeary was not immediately returned He was represented in court by an assistant federal public defender, Christopher H. O'Malley, who did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

In 1999, Kilkeary was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison and ordered to repay over $23,000 after pleading guilty to twice robbing a branch of the Annapolis Bank and Trust near Cape St. Claire, Md.

Kilkeary was released in December 2002. At the time, he told police he needed the money to make a film from his screenplay.

The conflict in Atlantic City began shortly after 10:30 p.m., when police received a report of a man with a gun on a shuttle bus outside the casino. The driver fled after scuffling with the man,

Atlantic City Police Chief John J. Mooney said, and a passenger also escaped. Three other people who remained on the bus were released a short time later. There were no injuries.

Jones said the suspect, who had what police initially believed was an explosive device strapped to his body, had planted a suspicious-looking object in a men's room inside the casino near the House of Blues night club, but both the device on his chest and the one in the men's room were fakes, authorities said.

A sweep by technicians and bomb-sniffing dogs found nothing else, state police Capt. Al Della Fave said.

Mooney said a pellet or BB gun was found on the bus. Kilkeary showed a weapon when he boarded the bus, according to the FBI complaint.

Acting Atlantic City Mayor William Marsh said a robot delivered a cell phone to the bus so police could communicate with the man.

The man also offered to surrender if allowed to drive the shuttle van to his relatives' home and speak with them first -- a request police rejected. There was no indication what eventually prompted him to surrender.

The casino was shut down during the standoff but was allowed to reopen shortly after 5 a.m.

Casino patron Tony Demetro, of Atlantic City, said he was playing blackjack when Showboat staff fanned out across the casino floor around 11 p.m. and asked everyone to walk outside.

"They locked down all the tables, covered them with plastic covers and asked everybody to leave. It was pretty calm," he said.

Demetro said guests were temporarily put up in a ballroom at the nearby Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort.

But not everyone made it there. Doris Kinsler of Lynchburg, Va., was with her husband and two other relatives in their room on the 15th floor of the Showboat hotel, watching television the entire night. No one told them to evacuate or that there was any potential danger, she said.

"I am mad as hell, and I don't care who knows about it," she said. "If this place blew up, we would have gone with it."

Parker said only the hotel tower nearest the van and the casino floor were evacuated after authorities determined they were potentially at risk and were evacuated. She said other areas were allowed to remain occupied because they were in no danger.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

FF Update

Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:36 PM
Subject: High Points for the season


*High point getter Season First: $250
2nd place: $200
3rd place: $150
4th place: $100

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/182928

Going into Week 10:

1. Senor Skinny 969
2. FMV 915.19
3. SD 884.11
4. ND 878.51
5. Bradys 860.38
6. STK 857.77
7. MM 856.28

I dont know where Seanie Boy is????

Meals this Week

Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 1:21 PM
Subject: Thanks


Big thanks for the great chicken fajita's last night--everyone other than Nicholas loved them.

It was a perfect feast/ fiesta for his first day at home. Nice and easy meal to eat.

Thanks again

Gerry and Sharon

Yahoo! FF Update

Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:24 AM
Subject: Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football--Another new winner of the week


I think #1 and #2 head to head still the same

High points for YTD:
SS 843
FMV 824
MM 760
SD 759
AI 758
STK 755
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Nicholas Gregory

Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:15 AM
Subject: heading to the hospital


Will he be a William, Gregory, Nicholas, Rutager, or if jack gets his way a Remy?

Big WVU Win

Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:26 PM
Subject: Big WVU win


Big win for WVU vs ranked opponent while visting

Maybe a big win tonight for PSU?

Big Nick--if you see a cool PSU hat let me know--I've been looking for one to represent

GS

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Lauth's 50th Anniversary

Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: M&D 50th


Hi--

As you know Mom and Dad's 50th anniversary is next June. Anyone have any ideas of what to do? I was thinking about talking to them about what they would like to do. The surprise thing never works any way. My guess is Dad probably really doesn't want anything but Mom would probably like something. Several members of the extended Lauth family asked about what we were going to do at Therese's wedding. I'd be happy to talk to them about it but am equally happy to let one of you do it also. Let me know what you think.

Week 6 NFL FF

Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:54 AM
Subject: Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football


Top 4 in points:

SS: 622.83
FMV: 620.75
MM: 604.45
AI: 601.10

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NetFlix Queue

riority Move to Top Movie Title Star Rating MPAA Genre Availability Remove
^ The War: A Ken Burns Film: Disc 3 NR Documentary Now
^ Ratatouille
5.0 Stars
NR Children & Family Releases on DVD Nov 06, 2007
^ Elizabeth
4.0 Stars
R Drama Short Wait
^ Transformers
4.1 Stars
PG-13 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Releases on DVD Oct 16, 2007
^ Spider-Man 3
3.4 Stars
PG-13 Action & Adventure Releases on DVD Oct 30, 2007
^ The War: A Ken Burns Film: Disc 4 NR Documentary Now
^ The War: A Ken Burns Film: Disc 5 NR Documentary Now
^ The War: A Ken Burns Film: Disc 6 NR Documentary Now
^ Rowan Atkinson Live!
Click to rate "Hated It"
NR Comedy Now
^ Surf's Up
4.2 Stars
PG Children & Family Now

Big Dave in the IronMan

Well everyone,
about 14 hours before I hit the water!
Thank you all for your support and encouragement over the past year!
Especially my family!!

Love you all!

Link is below...when the page comes up go to the right of the page and click on ironmanlive...you should be able to track and watch the video...the coverage should be like tour de france coverage...
by the way laurent jalabert (king of mountains tour de france a few years back) is racing tomorrow..(great)

anyway see ya all!

http://www.ironmanlive.com/ironmanlive

PBS The War

Watching/ re-watching Ken Burns 'The War.' If you somehow missed it--you can rent it from Netflix--surely Blockbusters as well.

I would have watched if it was just life at home during WWII or even just the WWII battles--but you get a little bit of a mixture. Surely there is a German/ Axis Ken Burns with just as much footage and would also be interested in a 'The War' from a German/ Axis perspective--life at home in Hamburg, Muenchen, etc.

Even as a historian there is so much I had no idea about--I guess I had a little more of a romantic image of WWII--of course most of that in black and white as well--no idea we had color footage of the war.

Two things stand out for me: If your in the current administration waging war in the middle east--you need to watch this for the horrors of war.

Also, how it seems that a large majority of our fighting force were Catholics. They have shown a few times Mass being said before a battle or the troops with rosaries.

Gerry

Oct 12

Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:14 PM
Subject: Re:


max got the mail

I brought up trash cans

jack has recycling--but he has been pretty good--he knows gets jobs done then play

I have shredding for Brooke

I have to figure $ amounts-incentives but thinking $5 for hunt for hunt paperwork// $3 for filter jobs--but could be more based on how long it takes// plant job also may be $3 or $5 depending on how much I do and they do//

I guess right there--there are 3 jobs to make between $3 and $5

What do you think?

I need to get listing done first

St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Gianna Beretta Molla
[photograph of Saint Gianna]

Also known as
Gianna Beretta; Gianna Molla
Memorial
28 April
Profile
Tenth of thirteen children born to Alberto and Maria Beretta, she was a pious girl raised in a pious family; two brothers became priests, a sister became a nun. While in college, she worked with the poor and elderly, and joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. Physician and surgeon, graduating from the University of Pavia in 1949, she started a clinic in Mero, Italy in 1950. She returned to school and studied pediatrics, and after finishing in 1952 she worked especially with mothers, babies, the elderly, and the poor. Active in Catholic Action, and a avid skier. She considered a call to religious life, but was married to Pietro Molla on 24 September 1955 at Magenta. Mother of three, she continued her medical career, treating it as a mission and gift from God. During her pregnancy with her fourth child, she was diagnosed with a large ovarian cyst. Her surgeon recommended an abortion in order to save Gianna's life; she refused and died a week after childbirth, caring more for doing right by her unborn child than for her own life. Today that child is a physician herself, and involved in the pro-life movement.
Born
4 October 1922 in Magenta, Milan, Italy
Died
28 April 1962 in Monza Maternity Hospital of complications from an ovarian cyst
Venerated
6 July 1991 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
24 April 1994 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Canonized
16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Dymphna

Dymphna
[Saint Dymphna holy card]

Also known as
Dympna; Dimpna
Memorial
15 May
Profile
Daughter of a pagan Irish chieftain named Damon, and a beautiful devoted Christian woman whose name has not come down to us. Her mother died when Dymphna was a teenager. Her father searched the Western world for a woman to replace his wife, but none could. Returning home, he saw that his daughter was as beautiful as her mother, and maddened by grief, he made advances on her. She fought him off, then fled to Belgium with Saint Gerebernus, an elderly priest and family friend.

Dymphna's father searched for them, and his search led to Belgium. There an innkeeper refused to accept his money, knowing it was difficult to exchange. This told Damon that his daughter was close - it would be unusual for a village innkeeper to know a lot about foreign currency, and his knowledge indicated that had recently seen it. The king concentrated his search in the area. When he found them in Gheel, he beheaded Gerebernus, and demanded that Dymphna surrender to him. She refused, and he killed her in a rage.

The site where she died is known for its miraculous healings of the insane and possessed. There is now a well-known institution on the site, and her relics are reported to cure insanity and epilepsy.
Patronage
against sleepwalking; epilepsy; epileptics; family happiness; incest victims; insanity; loss of parents; martyrs; mental asylums; mental disorders; mental health caregivers; mental health professionals; mental hospitals; mental illness; mentally ill people; nervous disorders; neurological disorders; possessed people; princesses; psychiatrists; rape victims; runaways; sleepwalkers; therapists

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Feastday: July 14
Patron of the environment and ecology
1680


Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin, has not yet been canonized.

Kateri was born near the town of Auriesville, New York, in the year 1656, the daughter of a Mohawk warrior. She was four years old when her mother died of smallpox. The disease also attacked Kateri and transfigured her face. She was adopted by her two aunts and an uncle. Kateri became converted as a teenager. She was baptized at the age of twenty and incurred the great hostility of her tribe. Although she had to suffer greatly for her Faith, she remained firm in it. Kateri went to the new Christian colony of Indians in Canada. Here she lived a life dedicated to prayer, penitential practices, and care for the sick and aged. Every morning, even in bitterest winter, she stood before the chapel door until it opened at four and remained there until after the last Mass. She was devoted to the Eucharist and to Jesus Crucified. She died on April 7, 1680 at the age of twenty-four. She is known as the "Lily of the Mohawks". Devotion to Kateri is responsible for establishing Native American ministries in Catholic Churches all over the United States and Canada. Kateri was declared venerable by the Catholic Church in 1943 and she was Beatified in 1980. Work is currently underway to have her Canonized by the Church. Hundreds of thousands have visited shrines to Kateri erected at both St. Francis Xavier and Caughnawaga and at her birth place at Auriesville, New York. Pilgrimages at these sites continue today.

Bl. Kateri Teckakwitha is the first Native American to be declared a Blessed. Her feastday is July 14. She is the patroness of the environment and ecology as is St. Francis of Assisi.
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St. Maria Goretti

St. Maria Goretti
Patron of youth, young women, purity, and victims of rape
b: 1890 d: 1902


St. Maria Goretti

Born in Corinaldo, Ancona, Italy, on October 16 1890; her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. Her father died of malaria and her mother had to struggle to feed her children.

In 1902 an eighteen-year-old neighbor, Alexander, grabbed her from her steps and tried to rape her. When Maria said that she would rather died than submit, Alexander began stabbing her with a knife.

As she lay in the hospital, she forgave Alexander before she died. Her death didn't end her forgivness, however.

Alexander was captured and sentenced to thirty years. He was unrepentant until he had a dream that he was in a garden. Maria was there and gave him flowers. When he woke, he was a changed man, repenting of his crime and living a reformed life. When he was released after 27 years he went directly to Maria's mother to beg her forgiveness, which she gave. "If my daughter can forgive him, who am I to withold forgiveness," she said.

When Maria was declared a saint in 1950, Alexander was there in the St. Peter's crowd to celebrate her canonization. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950 for her purity as model for youth.

She is called a martyr because she fought against Alexander's attempts at sexual assault. However, the most important aspect of her story is her forgiveness of her attacker -- her concern for her enemy extending even beyond death. Her feast day is July 6. St. Maria Goretti is the patroness of youth and for the victims of rape.


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St. Gemma Galgani

St. Gemma Galgani
Feastday: April 11
1903

Gemma Galgani was born on March 12, 1878, in a small Italian town near Lucca. At a very young age, Gemma developed a love for prayer. She made her First Communion on June 17, 1887. As a pupil at the school run by the Sisters of St. Zita, Gemma was loved by her teachers and her fellow pupils. Although quiet and reserved, she always had a smile for everyone. Although a good student, she had to quit school due to chronic ill health before completing the course of study.

Throughout her life, Gemma was to be favored with many mystical experiences and special graces. These were often misunderstood by others, causing ridicule. Gemma suffered these heartaches in reparation, remembering that Our Lord Himself had been misunderstood and ridiculed.

Gemma had an immense love for the poor, and helped them in any way she could. After her father's death, the nineteen year old Gemma became the mother of her seven brothers and sisters. When some were old enough to share this responsibility, she lived briefly with a married aunt. At this time, two young men proposed marriage to her. Gemma however, wanted silence and retirement, and more that ever, she desired to pray and speak only to God.

Gemma returned home and almost immediately became very ill with meningitis. Throughout this illness, her one regret was the trouble she caused her relatives who took care of her. Feeling herself tempted by the devil, Gemma prayed for help to the Venerable Passionist, Gabriel Possenti. (Gabriel was later canonized) Through his intercession, Gemma was miraculously cured.

Gemma wished to become a nun, but her poor health prevented her from being accepted. She offered this disappointment to God as a sacrifice.

Gemma predicted that the Passionists would establish a monastery at Lucca; this came to pass two years after her death. Today, Gemma's mortal remains are still treasured at the Passionist monastery in Lucca.

On June 8, 1899, Gemma had an interior warning that some unusual grace was to be granted to her. She had pain in her hands, feet and heart and blood was coming from the places where she had pain. These were the marks of the stigmata. Each Thursday evening, Gemma would fall into rapture and the marks would appear. The stigmata remained until Friday afternoon or Saturday morning when the bleeding would stop, the wounds would close, and only white marks would remain in place of the deep gashes. Gemma's stigmata would continue to appear until the last three years of her life, when her confessor forbade her to accept them. Through her prayers, this phenomenon ceased, but the whitish marks remained on her skin until her death.

Through the help of her confessor, Gemma went to live with a family named Giannini, where she was allowed more freedom than at home for her spiritual life. She had many ecstacies and her words spoken during these raptures, were recorded by her confessor and a relative of her adoptive family. At the end of her ecstacies, she returned to normal and went quietly and serenely about the family life. Gemma often saw her guardian angel, with whom she was on familiar terms. She often sent her guardian angel on errands, usually to deliver a letter or oral message to her confessor in Rome.

During the apostolic investigations into her life, all witnesses testified that there was no artfulness in Gemma's manner. Most of her severe penances and sacrifices were hidden from most who knew her.

In January of 1903, Gemma was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. She died quietly in the company of the parish priest, on April 11 at age twenty-five. He said, "She died with a smile which remained upon her lips, so that I could not convince myself that she was really dead." She was beatified in 1933 and canonized on May 2, 1940, only thirty-seven years after her death.

Saint Therese of Lisieux

Saint Therese of Lisieux
Feastday: October 1
Patron of the Missions

Saint Therese of Lisieux


Generations of Catholics have admired this young saint, called her the "Little Flower", and found in her short life more inspiration for own lives than in volumes by theologians.

Yet Therese died when she was 24, after having lived as cloistered Carmelite for less than ten years. She never went on missions, never founded a religious order, never performed great works. The only book of hers, published after her death, was an brief edited version of her journal called "Story of a Soul." (Collections of her letters and restored versions of her journals have been published recently.) But within 28 years of her death, the public demand was so great that she was canonized.

Over the years, some modern Catholics have turned away from her because they associate her with over- sentimentalized piety and yet the message she has for us is still as compelling and simple as it was almost a century ago.

Therese was born in France in 1873, the pampered daughter of a mother who had wanted to be a saint and a father who had wanted to be monk. The two had gotten married but determined they would be celibate until a priest told them that was not how God wanted a marriage to work! They must have followed his advice very well because they had nine children. The five children who lived were all daughters who were close all their lives.

Tragedy and loss came quickly to Therese when her mother died of breast cancer when she was four and a half years old. Her sixteen year old sister Pauline became her second mother -- which made the second loss even worse when Pauline entered the Carmelite convent five years later. A few months later, Therese became so ill with a fever that people thought she was dying.

The worst part of it for Therese was all the people sitting around her bed staring at her like, she said, "a string of onions." When Therese saw her sisters praying to statue of Mary in her room, Therese also prayed. She saw Mary smile at her and suddenly she was cured. She tried to keep the grace of the cure secret but people found out and badgered her with questions about what Mary was wearing, what she looked like. When she refused to give in to their curiosity, they passed the story that she had made the whole thing up.

Without realizing it, by the time she was eleven years old she had developed the habit of mental prayer. She would find a place between her bed and the wall and in that solitude think about God, life, eternity.

When her other sisters, Marie and Leonie, left to join religious orders (the Carmelites and Poor Clares, respectively), Therese was left alone with her last sister Celine and her father. Therese tells us that she wanted to be good but that she had an odd way of going about. This spoiled little Queen of her father's wouldn't do housework. She thought if she made the beds she was doing a great favor!

Every time Therese even imagined that someone was criticizing her or didn't appreciate her, she burst into tears. Then she would cry because she had cried! Any inner wall she built to contain her wild emotions crumpled immediately before the tiniest comment.

Therese wanted to enter the Carmelite convent to join Pauline and Marie but how could she convince others that she could handle the rigors of Carmelite life, if she couldn't handle her own emotional outbursts? She had prayed that Jesus would help her but there was no sign of an answer.

On Christmas day in 1886, the fourteen-year-old hurried home from church. In France, young children left their shoes by the hearth at Christmas, and then parents would fill them with gifts. By fourteen, most children outgrew this custom. But her sister Celine didn't want Therese to grow up. So they continued to leave presents in "baby" Therese's shoes.

As she and Celine climbed the stairs to take off their hats, their father's voice rose up from the parlor below. Standing over the shoes, he sighed, "Thank goodness that's the last time we shall have this kind of thing!"

Therese froze, and her sister looked at her helplessly. Celine knew that in a few minutes Therese would be in tears over what her father had said.

But the tantrum never came. Something incredible had happened to Therese. Jesus had come into her heart and done what she could not do herself. He had made her more sensitive to her father's feelings than her own.

She swallowed her tears, walked slowly down the stairs, and exclaimed over the gifts in the shoes, as if she had never heard a word her father said. The following year she entered the convent. In her autobiography she referred to this Christmas as her "conversion."

Therese be known as the Little Flower but she had a will of steel. When the superior of the Carmelite convent refused to take Therese because she was so young, the formerly shy little girl went to the bishop. When the bishop also said no, she decided to go over his head, as well.

Her father and sister took her on a pilgrimage to Rome to try to get her mind off this crazy idea. Therese loved it. It was the one time when being little worked to her advantage! Because she was young and small she could run everywhere, touch relics and tombs without being yelled at. Finally they went for an audience with the Pope. They had been forbidden to speak to him but that didn't stop Therese. As soon as she got near him, she begged that he let her enter the Carmelite convent. She had to be carried out by two of the guards!

But the Vicar General who had seen her courage was impressed and soon Therese was admitted to the Carmelite convent that her sisters Pauline and Marie had already joined. Her romantic ideas of convent life and suffering soon met up with reality in a way she had never expected. Her father suffered a series of strokes that left him affected not only physically but mentally. When he began hallucinating and grabbed for a gun as if going into battle, he was taken to an asylum for the insane. Horrified, Therese learned of the humiliation of the father she adored and admired and of the gossip and pity of their so-called friends. As a cloistered nun she couldn't even visit her father.

This began a horrible time of suffering when she experienced such dryness in prayer that she stated "Jesus isn't doing much to keep the conversation going." She was so grief-stricken that she often fell asleep in prayer. She consoled herself by saying that mothers loved children when they lie asleep in their arms so that God must love her when she slept during prayer.

She knew as a Carmelite nun she would never be able to perform great deeds. " Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love." She took every chance to sacrifice, no matter how small it would seem. She smiled at the sisters she didn't like. She ate everything she was given without complaining -- so that she was often given the worst leftovers. One time she was accused of breaking a vase when she was not at fault. Instead of arguing she sank to her knees and begged forgiveness. These little sacrifices cost her more than bigger ones, for these went unrecognized by others. No one told her how wonderful she was for these little secret humiliations and good deeds.

When Pauline was elected prioress, she asked Therese for the ultimate sacrifice. Because of politics in the convent, many of the sisters feared that the family Martin would taken over the convent. Therefore Pauline asked Therese to remain a novice, in order to allay the fears of the others that the three sisters would push everyone else around. This meant she would never be a fully professed nun, that she would always have to ask permission for everything she did. This sacrifice was made a little sweeter when Celine entered the convent after her father's death. Four of the sisters were now together again.

Therese continued to worry about how she could achieve holiness in the life she led. She didn't want to just be good, she wanted to be a saint. She thought there must be a way for people living hidden, little lives like hers. " I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints and me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by. Instead of being discouraged, I told myself: God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a saint. It is impossible for me to grow bigger, so I put up with myself as I am, with all my countless faults. But I will look for some means of going to heaven by a little way which is very short and very straight, a little way that is quite new.

" We live in an age of inventions. We need no longer climb laboriously up flights of stairs; in well-to-do houses there are lifts. And I was determined to find a lift to carry me to Jesus, for I was far too small to climb the steep stairs of perfection. So I sought in holy Scripture some idea of what this life I wanted would be, and I read these words: "Whosoever is a little one, come to me." It is your arms, Jesus, that are the lift to carry me to heaven. And so there is no need for me to grow up: I must stay little and become less and less."

She worried about her vocation: " I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth and this dream has grown with me. Considering the mystical body of the Church, I desired to see myself in them all. Charity gave me the key to my vocation. I understood that the Church had a Heart and that this Heart was burning with love. I understood that Love comprised all vocations, that Love was everything, that it embraced all times and places...in a word, that it was eternal! Then in the excess of my delirious joy, I cried out: O Jesus, my Love...my vocation, at last I have found it...My vocation is Love!"

When an antagonist was elected prioress, new political suspicions and plottings sprang up. The concern over the Martin sisters perhaps was not exaggerated. In this small convent they now made up one-fifth of the population. Despite this and the fact that Therese was a permanent novice they put her in charge of the other novices.

Then in 1896, she coughed up blood. She kept working without telling anyone until she became so sick a year later everyone knew it. Worst of all she had lost her joy and confidence and felt she would die young without leaving anything behind. Pauline had already had her writing down her memories for journal and now she wanted her to continue -- so they would have something to circulate on her life after her death.

Her pain was so great that she said that if she had not had faith she would have taken her own life without hesitation. But she tried to remain smiling and cheerful -- and succeeded so well that some thought she was only pretending to be ill. Her one dream as the work she would do after her death, helping those on earth. "I will return," she said. "My heaven will be spent on earth." She died on September 30, 1897 at the age of 24 years old. She herself felt it was a blessing God allowed her to die at exactly that age. she had always felt that she had a vocation to be a priest and felt God let her die at the age she would have been ordained if she had been a man so that she wouldn't have to suffer.

After she died, everything at the convent went back to normal. One nun commented that there was nothing to say about Therese. But Pauline put together Therese's writings (and heavily edited them, unfortunately) and sent 2000 copies to other convents. But Therese's "little way" of trusting in Jesus to make her holy and relying on small daily sacrifices instead of great deeds appealed to the thousands of Catholics and others who were trying to find holiness in ordinary lives. Within two years, the Martin family had to move because her notoriety was so great and by 1925 she had been canonized.

Therese of Lisieux is one of the patron saints of the missions, not because she ever went anywhere, but because of her special love of the missions, and the prayers and letters she gave in support of missionaries. This is reminder to all of us who feel we can do nothing, that it is the little things that keep God's kingdom growing.

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Berkshire Park--Pinehurst

Week 5 NFL Fantasy Football

Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football


High Points--we pay the first 4 places for high points end of the season (regular season)

Right now if it would end:

1. Oyster 503.45
2. Sr Skinny 501.25
3. PBB 500.75
4. AI 498.87
5. Max 494.30
6. FMV 484.68

So real close battle
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Ordinary or Extraordinary Rite MASS?

To me, regardless if it is an ordinary or an extraordinary I want a reverent Mass. I do think the now extraordinary Mass is the more reverent of the two. For Sunday Mass, there are easily more Masses I would not attend over the few I'd think I could find a relatively reverent Mass--of course most of these would be the ordinary/ Novus Ordo Masses. I also have stopped attending my present parish's Sunday Masses for this reason (although I do attend daily Mass, teach CCD, feed the Homeless, Adoration, devotions there). I do think since now I am attending a reverent Mass (ordinary rite) on Sundays, where the priest/ church follows the rubrics from Rome, I find my trips downtown to either Baltimore or DC less common--although I love the Tridentine Mass.

Last Sunday, we actually stayed around the corner from St. Matthews Cathedral in DC and attended the 10a Latin Novus Ordo Mass--which I believe the whole family really enjoyed.

Gerry

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Rutager guessing Game

Priceline: DC Hotel

Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:39 AM
Subject: Priceline.com - hotel, hotel reservation, cheap hotel, las vegas hotel, boston hotel, hotel deal, new york city hotel, hotel rooms, motel, lodging, accommodations, casino hotel, priceline


did a priceline for DC--4 star which they say ave 268

I bid 99

so we'll see

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Virtual Colonoscopy

Studies endorse 'virtual colonoscopy' By STEPHANIE NANO, Associated Press Writer
Thu Oct 4, 8:17 AM ET


NEW YORK - Having an X-ray to look for signs of colon cancer may soon be an option for those who dread the traditional scope exam. Two of the largest studies yet of "virtual colonoscopy" show the experimental technique works just as well at spotting potentially cancerous growths as the more invasive method. It's also quicker and cheaper.



The X-rays can help sort out who really needs the full exam and removal of suspicious growths, called polyps. In one study, only 8 percent of patients had to have followup traditional colonoscopies, which are done under sedation and carry a small risk of puncturing the bowel.

But what some people consider the most unpleasant part can't be avoided: drinking laxatives to purge the bowel so growths can be seen.

Still, proponents hope that the newer test will lure those who have balked at getting conventional screening.

"This is ready for prime time," said Dr. Perry Pickhardt, one of the researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical School who are reporting the results of their study in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.

A second, federally funded study at 15 sites around the country is meant to be the definitive test of virtual colonoscopy. Results have not been published, but they show the test to be promising.

Colonoscopies are recommended for everyone over 50, but just about half get tested. Colon cancer is the nation's second leading cause of cancer deaths, and an estimated 52,000 people will die from it this year. Screening can save lives by finding growths before they turn cancerous. Colonoscopies, considered the gold standard test, are recommended every 10 years and more frequently after polyps are found.

In traditional colonoscopy, performed by a gastroenterologist, a long, thin tube is inserted and snaked through the large intestines. Generally, any polyps that are spotted, regardless of size, are taken out in the process.

Virtual colonography uses a CT scanner to take a series of X-rays of the colon and a computer to create a 3-D view. A small tube is inserted in the rectum to inflate the colon so it can be more easily viewed. A radiologist then checks the images for suspicious polyps. Since the patient isn't sedated, there's no recovery time required.

But if any polyps need to be removed, the patient must then have a regular colonoscopy to do that.

For the Wisconsin study, Pickhardt persuaded health insurers in Madison to pay for the less expensive virtual colonoscopies and let patients choose between the two exams. The study included 3,120 patients who opted for a virtual colonoscopy and 3,163 who chose the traditional exam.

Dr. David Kim, another of the researchers, said he plans to ask the patients what was behind their decision.

"I think we're bringing people in off the sidelines as opposed to just substituting one exam for another," he said.

About the same number of advanced polyps were found in each group, 123 for the virtual group and 121 for the conventional group. About 8 percent in the virtual group were sent for same-day colonoscopies for polyp removal. Five percent of the patients had one or two small polyps and they decided to have them watched rather than removed.

Overall, far more polyps were removed in the traditional colonoscopies; the virtual colonoscopies didn't report tiny polyps, which are unlikely to be cancer. In the traditional group, seven had perforated colons and four needed surgery.

Pickhardt, Kim and a third researcher have received lecture or consulting fees from the makers of colonoscopy products and imaging equipment.

A traditional colonoscopy at the Wisconsin hospital is $3,300 and more if polyps are removed; virtual colonoscopy costs $1,186. Insurers pay about 40 percent of that charge, Pickhardt said.

Most insurance companies don't cover virtual colonoscopy for screening but that could change if colon cancer screening guidelines endorse it. Virtual screenings are already available at some hospitals and centers for people willing to pay for it.

The American Cancer Society is updating its guidelines, but Robert Smith, director of cancer screening, wouldn't say whether they would now recommend virtual colonoscopy, also known as CT colonography. When the guidelines were last revised in 2003, there wasn't enough data to support it, he said.

"The evidence is accumulating that CT colonography may have a role in primary screening," said Smith.

Early studies of virtual colonoscopy gave mixed results. Then in 2005, the American College of Radiology Imaging Network launched a large study of more than 2,000 patients, to try to resolve the issue. Each volunteer had a virtual colonoscopy followed by a traditional one the same day and the outcomes were compared.

After the results were presented at a meeting last week, the group posted a statement on their Web site saying that preliminary results showed virtual colonoscopy is "highly accurate," similar to traditional colonoscopy. Spokesman Shawn Farley said details wouldn't be released until the study is published, probably around the end of the year.

Dr. Douglas Rex, director of endoscopy at Indiana University Hospital, said that study was key because it was done at several locations. "We should have a pretty good sense of how it's going to perform in practice," he said.

Rex said he has some reservations about virtual colonoscopy because it doesn't lead to the removal of the smallest polyps and exposes patients to radiation.

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21 Catholic Colleges

Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:36 AM
Subject: Catholic Exchange - Your Faith. Your Life. Your World.


The "Joyfully Catholic" colleges are: Christendom College, The College of Saint Thomas More, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Magdalen College, Thomas Aquinas College, The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, University of Dallas, and the University of St. Thomas (Houston, Texas).

The "Born from the Crisis" colleges are: Ave Maria University, Holy Apostles College & Seminary, John Paul the Great Catholic University; Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy, Southern Catholic College and Wyoming Catholic College.

The "Fighting the Tide" colleges are: Aquinas College (Nashville, Tennessee), Belmont Abbey College, Benedictine College, The Catholic University of America, DeSales University, Mount St. Mary's University and St. Gregory's University.

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Nicholas Gregory

seems like you decided: Nicholas Gregory Scheidhauer?

And Id think it is Greg the best man unless he says no

Week #4

Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:32 AM
Subject: Top 4 in overall points pay at the end of the season as well


1. Papa Burgundys boys 3-1-0 .750 451.33 W-1 12 6 2.
3. Senor Skinny 3-1-0 .750 431.72 W-3 7 1 3.
maxifyed madness 3-1-0 .750 408.97 W-2 11 12 4.
Bris 07 3-1-0 .750 398.11 W-3 13 3 5.
Skillz that Killz 3-1-0 .750 375.17 L-1 1 5 6.
2. Team Oyster 2-2-0 .500 432.03 L-2 8 4 7.
4. AnimalInteriors 2-2-0 .500 423.97 W-2 9 6
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Final Standings Indoor Soccer

Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:22 AM
Subject: 5-4-1 pretty good esp just a few weeks ago we were 3-4--that is a winning season 5th out of 11 teams




Mon Mens >35 2nd Div Standings
GP W L T GF GA PTS GD WP
Milan 10 8 1 1 59 39 25 20 0.800
Romano`s Rest 10 7 3 0 50 32 21 18 0.700
Municipal 10 7 3 0 65 49 21 16 0.700
Next Week 10 5 3 2 37 29 17 8 0.500
Animal Interiors 10 5 4 1 50 47 16 3 0.500
Pumpkin Eaters 10 4 4 2 37 45 14 -8 0.400
Soccer Dogs 10 4 5 1 38 54 13 -16 0.400
ASA Shooters 10 4 6 0 49 52 12 -3 0.400
Force Majeure 10 3 7 0 44 44 9 0 0.300
Rainbow 10 2 6 2 32 47 8 -15 0.200
Motorola 10 1 8 1 32 55 4 -23 0.100





Team News
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15 Promises of Mary

Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:37 PM
Subject: Fifteen Promises


Msgr Parry

I figure someone is calulating what good I do. What graces I will receive or partial ones even. Was i in a state of grace when I did this or that? Did I confess my sins perfectly?

I always liked the idea here about signal graces.

I think if more people knew about the 15 promises we would be living in a totally different world.

I loved hearing about the indulgences today.

Thanks

Gerry
The Fifteen Promises of the Virgin Mary

to those who recite the Rosary





1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.

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Mass Readings and Meditation

Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 12:51 PM
Subject: Mass Readings and Catholic Meditations from The Word Among Us


“Lord God, you are the builder of my life. Create in me the heart you want me to have, a heart set on no one but you. Work so powerfully in me that other people will see your presence in me. May I never boast except in the saving power of Jesus, my Lord.”

Psalm 43:1-4; Luke 9:18-22

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KofC Meeting

Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:39 AM
Subject: KofC Catholic Round Table


Thanks for calling the meeting the other night.

Looks like we got a little more clarification on our mission. I've been unsure other than times when asked to speak with Fr Gene about something the Knights may be able to offer.

And little harder up here (Crofton/ AA Co./ Baltimore Diocese) since there is another KofC active in this parish, but like myself there are many former Sacred Heart council/ Bowie-ites living in this area now. I actually attend OLF for daily Mass and Sunday's over at Sacred Heart since I know Msgr Parry keeps his Masses according to the traditions of the Church (I also make it a point to attend a 12:10 Mass each week down at the Shrine). But, I continue to teach CCD as well as run the feed the homeless in Baltimore on the 4th Friday of each month out of OLF. I am also called on when an Adoration Guardian is needed during the 24 hours each week dedication to Eucharistic Adoration. Maybe we can establish an email list when we update brother Knights of what is going on or is needed in the community.

It seems with the round table we should be able to at least use it as a great data base of information of what is going on within the Kof C council area. When are Masses, Confessions, Adoration, any special devotions, pilgrimages, etc. As well as any special projects as talks/ sermons/ etc. I make it a point to read the Catholic Standard from each Archdiocese each week--tons of great info, but if I just attended OLF--I wouldn't know what was going on with the DC diocese. I think this info would be very welcomed.

Thanks
Gerry

Mother Teresa

Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject: Mother Teresa


I saw these stories as well last week or so and just typical of the secular media to run with such stories. Most readers, especially Christian readers will understand and take it worth a grain of salt--but these non-believers/ atheists love these stories. One of the main propagandist is HBO's Bill Maher who continues on each episode to push his anti-God agenda. He added on this issue that Mother Teresa is one of them--it is kind of comical other than the numbers of whom actual watch and listen to what this guy as well as others like him are spreading.

I also think if by speaking about this nonsense are we giving them credence to there thought process? I would wager that most Catholics never heard this story nor knew of a book but only caught on when it was mentioned that she might be an atheist. This story probably broke on a slow news day plus close to her anniversary of her death and got some play with the media. As far as I see it came and left relatively quickly.

My second thought on Mother Teresa is that I am very reluctant to address this issue because I have taken notice of a very very few whom I would note as saints on earth in recent times. The Gates of Heaven are a very narrow set of doors and few are chosen to walk through them--But I would have to think that Mother Teresa is at least one of them. Everything I have heard or read about her has Saint written all over her. She didn't chose just to work with the poor but the poorest of the poor--I am sure it is poverty we know nothing about here in the US.

I have no worries about our soon to be Saint Mother Teresa but more so our 'radical secular' society and the growth and spread of atheistic viewpoints.

Gerry

Fantasy Football

yr to date high points

1. Team Oyster 342
2 Sr Skinny 335
3. PBB 331
4. AnimalInteriors 310

5) Max 308

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Fantasy Football Week#2

If season ended today--but it doesnt seanie boy!!! Long season--marathon not a race.

Head 2 Head:
1. TO 243
2. DC
14th place Team Irv with only 154 pts, but you would get $25 for toilet bowl winner

Pts:
1. TO 243
2. DC 233
3. PBC 233
4. Sr Ski 217

Out of money in 5th myself with 210. 0-2 for young season but lost both times to eventual winner of the week.

If you havent paid get it in



1. Team Oyster 2-0-0 1.000 243.87 W-2 9 2 2. Defending Champs!!!! 2-0-0 1.000 233.83 W-2 6 2 3. Papa Burgundys boys 2-0-0 1.000 233.54 W-2 14 3 4. Steel Curtain 2-0-0 1.000 194.24 W-2 5 1 5. Skillz that Killz 2-0-0 1.000 193.44 W-2 1 3 6. Senor Skinny 1-1-0 .500 217.55 W-1 8 - 7. Bris 07 1-1-0 .500 209.97 W-1 7 1 8. maxifyed madness 1-1-0 .500 208.25 L-1 12 5 9. The Webb 1-1-0 .500 176.50 L-1 2 3 10. AnimalInteriors 0-2-0 .000 210.45 L-2 10 3 11. Free Mike Vick 0-2-0 .000 194.35 L-2 3 4 12. Swamp Donkeys 0-2-0 .000 179.00 L-2 11 2 13. Bradys 0-2-0 .000 163.00 L-2 4 3 14. Team Irv 0-2-0 .000 154.74 L-2 13
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Indoor Soccer

Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:35 AM
Subject: EZ Indoor Sports Center


Great win last night

Losing 4-0

Brought it back to 7-4 then they tied it up at 7-7

And we won 9-7

Looks from the standings we have defeated the teams below us and lost to the ones above us. Next week vs the last place team an in two weeks vs Next Week.

Next week at 10p
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Dries Scholtz

Andries Wikus Scholtz
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Fr Larry

Hello Gerry!

Thanks for your email way back in June! I am sorry it took me so long to reply, but it is sometimes too crazy being a pastor and being on the road as much as I am it takes me forever to answer emails! Again I am sorry. I have attached the “questions!” God Bless+



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Fantasy Football WEEK #1

Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:33 AM
Subject: Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football


Max wins first week and $25

Paying 4 places for high points as well as the first two in head to head

yr to date:
1. Max 112
2. Gerry 109
3. Oyster 107
4. Pat 105
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Disney Saratoga

You have a reservation at Disney's Saratoga
Springs in a studio size unit starting January 20,
2008 for 5 nights. Your confirmation number is
393303727934 and though you probably do not need it
393293726490. The cost of this reservation is $ 715
(there are no additional taxes or fees).

BLUE HERON Penthouse

Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 9:31 AM
Subject: Fw: The Blue Heron Beach Resort


3 BR Penthouse
1/20 ~ 1/26 USD 360
Top 16th Floor Suite 3BR 1 king-1Queen- 2 twins- sleeper sofa- Full kitchen- 3 + 1/2 baths

Could have gotten this and would have gotten it cheaper with owner rate

3 br big enough for all of us and penthouse suite with views of both WDW and Universal

WDW wants 350+ for studio// 450 or so for 1br villa

Thursday, Aug 30

48 minutes/ 4 miles/ 480 cruches

waiting for cleaners now

will leave about 1115

probably be it

Dont have a Thrombo!!!!

Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:54 PM
Subject: thromboembolism - Yahoo! Search Results


I guess a Thrombo is a blood clot

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Possible Hunting Site in Frederick

Possible hunting locale in Frederick

Private land--some 100 or so acres

Guy said tons of deer

He has a couple of stands already out, etc

Soy growing on upper field

Disney Moderate Room Rates

Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: WDW Rates


2005 Birnbaum room rates

Value: 134-149
Reg 149-165
Peak 169-194

06 Birnbaum
V 139-155
R 155-175
P 175-199

07 Birnbaum
V 145-160
R 165-185
P 185-210

BBQ to feed the Homeless

Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:21 PM
Subject: Feed the Homeless


Not sure about the logistics and didnt think about it until after last Friday but a BBQ one Friday would be great.

I guess we could still do one in September.

I guess we would need a BBQ or I guess we could cook at the church and bring the BBQ food up.

Could be relatively easy--just need enough food to feed some 200

Thinking about it for Sept 28th?

Gerry

Mens Soccer

We'll blame last night on Fiaherty and Lierena

We did Look good though--got a few comments on how we looked.

I was going to ask if we can have an hour next Monday to come out play/ scrimmage/ etc if anyone is interested?

Gerry
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WVU Football TailGate Party

Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:20:40 +0000

Hello,

Here is the information for the WVU vs. MD tailgate in College Park.

When:
Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007
3pm untl 2 hours after the game

Where:
University Baptist Church
3515 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20740

(we will be in the back parking lot. The bar will be set-up near the cross)

Food and beverage:
Burgers, brats, sausages, hot dogs, Turtle Soup, etc.
Beer, water, soda, beer

DJ and entertainment:
C&J Entertainment will be playing Country Roads on a continuous loop
Guest bartenders will be mixing your favorite ice cold beverage
Beer pong, dwarf tossing, and corn hole

We will be collecting $20/person to help cover the cost.

Tickets are sold out but we are attempting to purchase more. There are always nice fellows from South P.G. County who are making deals in the lot.

Parking in the lot is very limited. We expect it to be sold out by 6pm so arrive early to guarantee your spot.

Please forward this email to Major Harris and Pittsnoggle.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Draft is Over--Draft Board

Completed Draft Board

New Soccer Uniforms

This is one of there advertized adult L on my 10 year old.

For those who price these jerseys--replicas sell for some $65-80--see Beckham's new LA jersey.

These are cheaper counterfeits but not bad at all for $25

Of course I was told they would be grey/ silver but they came in white.

I think the spelling are correct? Cant tell if second letter in some names is an L or an I?

FYI: I ordered 3XL or the largest size and they said that would be US XL--shorts are fine but shirt is a little snug especially around the shoulder/ arm--of course that is problem with big muscles.

Overall happy with them

Gerry

Draft Party

14 teams will draft or have a proxy selecting for them.

Id like to start around 7p--call if running late

Erik will bring 200 wings from Beef O Brady. We have meatball subs as well.

Bring drinks/ chips/ etc
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Draft Night for Fantasy Football

Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:45 PM
Subject: Peak in at the draft board in the draft room


Picks are ready to go

Meatballs in the crock pot

Plan to add Pizza or Wings if Big Guy comes through

Cashier at the stand

Valet parking looking good

Thursday, August 16th

CrissB birthday. As well as Pop's (Mimi's Dad).

Max and Jack to dentist this am.

Drove by RFK to pick up SF Giant's tickets vs Nationals

Over to the Shrine.

Confession: Max/ Brooke/ and myself

12:10 Mass

Max and Brooke brought up the gifts.

Ate in the cafetaria

Gift store and book store and left around 2p

The Hottest Place in Hell is......

Dante Alighieri’s warning is also pertinent: “The hottest

place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral

in times of moral crisis"

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The Demonic Abortion Industry

Spirit & Life®
"The words I spoke to you are spirit and life." (Jn 6:63)
Human Life International e-Newsletter
Volume 01, Number 77 | Friday, July 27, 2007
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The Demonic Abortion Industry

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book on exorcism. One chapter of the book is entitled, "Pro-Life and Exorcism" and is devoted to reflecting on the evil of abortion from a spiritual perspective. As a caution for those who may not be accustomed to the language of spiritual warfare, I would mention that the view of abortion contained in the passage below is derived primarily from Jesus' presentation of the devil as "a murderer from the beginning" (Jn 8:44) and from scriptural passages that identify other demons who collaborate with Satan in his attempt to destroy the very life of God's children. Make sure to pray as you read this passage.

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In what sense is abortion demonic?
The spiritual dimension of this grisly "business" is its systematizing of ritual blood sacrifice to the god of child murder, Moloch, who we know of from the severe condemnations of him in the Old Testament (Lev 18:21, 20:2-5, 1 Kings 11:5.33, 2 Kings 23:13 and Zephaniah 1:5). This demon of murder appears in many forms and cultures through history (Phoenician, Carthaginian, Canaanite, Celt, Indian, Aztec and others) but is always the same bloodthirsty beast that demands the killing of children as his form of worship. This demon is not content with a single act of murder here and there. His insatiable appetite for the death of innocents seeks public endorsement to justify his gruesome deeds, and he needs a systematic expression of it to increase his worship.

The modern abortion industry offers ritual blood sacrifice to the ancient abortion demon. It is in every way a demonic religion. It has its sacred dogma ("choice"), its ruling hierarchy (Planned Parenthood), its theologians (feminist ideologues), its sacrificing priesthood (abortionists), its temples (abortion mills), altars (surgical tables), ritual victims (primarily babies and secondarily women), acolytes and sacristans (clinic workers and death-scorts), congregations (all supporters of abortion) and its own unifying principle of sacramental "grace" (money). In short, the abortion industry is a perfect demonic system which offers a perverse form of worship to the devil.

The sacrificial victim in this demonic religion is not a brute animal as was offered to the Old Testament God of Israel in a legitimate system of religious sacrifices. In abortion, the victim is an innocent human being who is made in the "image and likeness of God" and who can never defend herself. This combination of innocence, parental participation and ritualized obliteration of the visage of God in human form is the devil's way of blaspheming the Father with the misguided participation of God's own children. The systematic destruction of the human body which St. Paul calls "the temple of the Holy Spirit" is a blasphemous insult to God. If the abortion business is not truly demonic, nothing is. (End of excerpt.)

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From this perspective, the need for a deeply spiritual approach to ending the abortion holocaust is fundamental. It does not absolve us from working in every way humanly possible to end abortion, but it puts all our human activity into the right perspective. In this month of the Precious Blood we must cover every abortionist, abortion mill and client of the abortion industry with Christ's Blood in order to conquer the blood sacrifice of the devil with the greatest force of good known to man. If His Blood is properly applied over time with great love, we will see conversions from even the most devoted advocates of abortion. The Blood of Christ is a strong shield for all who pray and work for life and reminds us that our pro-life work brings us to Calvary to stand in solidarity with the unborn child who is unjustly deprived of life.


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Nov WDW TRIP????

This would be about the cheapest flight via AirTran and direct

Cheap flying there on Weds 14th or the 15th--either day about 430p for $59 1 way

No cheap non stop flights on return next level is $105 1 way back so still under $1000 for family of 5--i guess we would be family of 6

quick info
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flight details
Departing: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 $59.00 - Coach
Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) to Orlando, FL (MCO) Flight 459
5:40 PM 7:52 PM



Returning: Thursday, November 22, 2007 $105.00 - Coach
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Returning (Coach)
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WDW QUIZ

Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 11:41 PM


What time is your departure time on WEDS?

What time do you leave your house?

CrissB--what time do you fly over us? Do we at least get a wave?

When is the first fight between max or jack vs Brooke?

When does Papa say 'Ill turn this car around?

Who gets the first head-knocker?

Who is first to see Mickey Mouse?

Who is first to see a new character? Which one?

Disney Return

Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 9:26 AM
Subject: Just got in from WDW


and my arms are tired--actually we drove but still a little motion sickness in my head

Quick scan of my 560 emails or so and see no to a small scattering of emails from family.

Not even an email from CrissB or family on a WDW update from them?

No new member of Scheidhauer familiy?

Nothing new from Beef's--drove by a couple in FLA

Pop? I think I saw one 1 ONE email from him?

Greg/ Dom Rep/ Christmas? Been trying to get some type of family vaca for a couple of months--I thought OBX/ WDW???

Catholic Pages Email

Gerry, Sorry, sorry, sorry - saw that you are married after I clicked on send. Your particular spirituality seems to want to take on concrete forms that speak of monasticism to me. I wish you success in integrating these disciplines into your daily life

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Different Houses

Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: pulte


I miss Kensignton--maybe a mistake? Regret leaving Mont Co. yes house was too small--blah blah

I also like that townhouse rental

Villa--no biggie

Bowie house--yes liked that

This house--no biggie

Holy Mass

Saint Ephraem, the Sourpuss

At my parish today we celebrated a Saint Augustine and his 100 or so Chinese martyrs--maybe this guy and friends took the place of Saint Ephraem? But, we don't know much about a lot of these early Christians but how do we know this guy or Saint Jerome were 'sourpusses?'

I do like how in this case the pastor sequed from Saint Ephraem to being happier. Last night as I was flipping channels and I paused to hear Joel Osteen, he spoke about that same thing. He says we must smile more. He says even if we have to train ourselves to smile more.

Anyway, I thought this passage was interesting on a couple of different levels:

http://www.seaseton.org/July%208%20bulletin.pdf

July 9 Feast of Saint Ephraem, the Sourpuss

In 363 the Iranians, called Persians in those days, invaded Iraq, called Mesopotamia at the time. In the wake of this war, Ephraem, a Christian deacon, fled to live the rest of his life in a cave. He was given the title “Harp of the Holy Spirit” because he composed numerous hymns. Yet Ephraem, the ancient scrolls state, never laughed or smiled. Our Father, who are in heaven, deliver us from temptation and from saints who never smile or laugh – even as they compose music! This feast of Serious Ephraem is a good day to petition Rome to canonize funny saints, those holy women and men who by their good humor make us, and God smile. #1048577;#1048578;

Studies show the muscles in the face are capable of over 250,000 different combinations of expressions! We also know that it takes many more facial muscles to frown than to smile. Today, give your facial muscles a rest and smile more. Each day we have a basic choice: to be a sourpuss or a sweetand-smiling-puss (puss is American slang for mouth or face, from the Irish pus for mouth or lip). Ralph Waldo Emerson said that our face reveals what the spirit is doing. It does not lie but makes a faithful confession. Poor Ephraem, while a holy man, must have a sour soul. It’s strange that religion seems to require a sober if not sour appearance lest the world think we are having too good a time enjoying life here on earth. Laughter is rare in holy places and often among so called holy people.

Religion is not the only one guilty of causing a sour face. In daily life, where hardships seem to abound, wearing a smile and being happy is usually considered a sign that you don’t comprehend the problems facing the world and, therefore, must be simpleminded. If you monitor gatherings of friends and family, notice how often conversations center on the negative subjects: how bad is life, young people, the
world, their work, their…, the litany of woes goes on and on. Beware if you lack any problems that make you grim faced, for others will start giving you some of theirs to carry. The issue isn’t problems – everyone has problems. Rather, it is how you respond to them. For the soul, problems are the stuff of holiness, the raw material for working with God to transform our various situations into opportunities for greatness.

As you go about your activities today, remember that your face is the window of your soul. Don’t pull down a window shade, wearing a half-face to cover what’s in your soul. Rather, by spiritual exercise make your soul full of God – and so, your face full of joy.
The Old Hermit’s Almanac ©1997, Edward Hayes Forest of Peace Publishing, Ave Maria Press.

"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe but yourself."
~ St. Augustine
Topic

Catholics Driving Too Fast

Borat

Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:00 PM


Michele

not busting chops but Brooke says she watched Borat last night. She tells me it was a PG rated one? One with some of the scenes blurred out or so.

Never heard of this. I guess they make a censored one for airplanes/ tv but she said it was on-demand.

I don't like censorship but have been noting some of the kids tv viewing habits lately and not sure I like the message?

She has watched it before but under close adult supervision. Even with that--she still shouldn't be watching it--nor the boys but less concerned with them--even though they cant watch certain parts. I, even thought the nude male wrestling scene was disturbing.

Anyway--no lecture intended/ no chop busting--hopefully she didn't watch the version shown at the movies/ dvd as she says.

Thanks once again for the kind hospitality

Gerry

Ratatouille--Disney

Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Ratatoille


Jack and his friend and I just came back--perfect for near 100 degree weather day

Always can rely on Disney/ Pixar

Ill have to look for recipe of Ratatoille. Even Jack said he wants to try some. Of course Remy's looked good

Gerry

Sacred Heart Vol Opportunites

I spoke with Msgr. Parry this week about trying to get some more adult religious education opportunites established at Sacred Heart. He said you had e-mailed him just recently and that you were interested in the something similar. He asked me to contact you and gave me your e-mail. I would like to speak with you some about it and see if you are interested in helping out. Unfortunately, this is a very busy week for me, but could you call me next week, or your earliest convenience after that? My phone number is .
I have several ideas that Msgr,. Parry wants me to follow-up on. We hope to have a program or two established by the fall, and are just getting some very preliminary work started.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Ellen