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NEW BREED ON SHAW- MONASTERY DOGS
Meet the new dogs of OLR! I had done a Blog on our 2 Portuguese Water Dogs, Bella and Koko 1/27/13 and that amazing breed. Sadly, we lost both last winter, only two months apart. It has been a...
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AMERICAN POET WHO LOVED TREES
Recently I came across a poem by a Catholic American poet who I grew up reading, but one hears little about today. I wonder if the average school child even reads poetry today? I know our children...
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WINNIE- A WEEK AT OLR
Smelling flowersIn the play yard- free as the windLearning to sitLearning to stayWho???This lead business gets me!All photos taken by intern Cece Stevenson
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WAR POETS
The first part of the 20th Century saw many poets who experienced the wages of war, either in the Great War or in the smaller battles in Ireland. Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves,...
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BRAVE WARRIOR- ANOTHER MARTYR
BL. RICHARD HENKES was beatified on September 5 by Pope Francis. The new blessed was born in 1900 in the German village of Ruppach/ Westerwald. He joined the Pallottines in Vallendar to become a...
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UPDATE ON NEW BLESSED- FROM THE ROMAGNA
Also beatified in September was BENEDETTA BIANCHI PORRO (see Blog 7/20/18). She was born in 1936 in the Romagna- the origins of our new puppy, "Winnie". She pursued a medical career and was perceived...
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BENEDICTINE CELEBRATED
This blessed Benedictine has been around awhile, but this is thefirst time we are celebrating his feast, this Wednesday, Sept. 25.BL BENEDICT DUSMET (1818- 1894) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal...
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PRAYER IN OUR NEWS
In the days when I watched television, I was always fascinated by a popular female journalist - in the days when women in the media were far and few. She was considered a pioneer in her field and was...
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EXTRAORDINARY MISSIONARY MONTH
October has been designated by Pope Francis asEXTRAORDINARY MISSIONARY MONTH, so we will concentrate this month on what it means to evangelize in the 21st century and missionaries who have gone before...
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WOMEN AS MISSIONARIES
Yesterday, Pope Francis opened the Extraordinary Missionary Month invoking St. Therese of Liseux, the patron saint of missionaries. “Saint Therese of the Child Jesus shows us the way: she made prayer...
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WHERE O WHERE ARE THE BIRDS?
When I throw bird seed onto my deck each morning I see fewer and fewer birds in both species and numbers. Where have they all gone? Two years ago there would be a hundred or more. Now I am lucky to see...
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MODERN MISSIONARIES
“The importance of renewing the Church’s missionary commitment and giving fresh evangelical impulse to her work of preaching and bringing to the world the salvation of Jesus Christ” is the focus of...
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THE LAITY AS MISSIONARIES
In Go and Make Disciples- a National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States- the Catholic bishops of the United States have expressed a sincere desire to invite all of...
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NEW WOMEN SAINTS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE
There are four women who were canonized today with CARDINAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN.Our chaplains rejoice as they have a new saint in MOTHER MIRIAM THRESIA (1876-1926) anIndianmystic and founder of the...
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MISSIONARY JESUIT TO THE ESKIMOS
In this year we have written about many missionaries: Sister Clare Crockett (Blog 4/17), Irish nun who died in Ecuador, Bl. Richard Henkes (9/18), S of God Madeleine & Raoul Follereau (2/11)...
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AMERICAN MISSIONARY - CHAMPION TO THE "COLORED RACE"
Another great missionary who worked on American soil was SERVANT OF GOD FATHER STEPHEN ECKERT, a Capuchin Friar who labored among the poor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has been called: "The apostle and...
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HOLY PARENTS OF A POPE
The Polish bishops’ conference has agreed to begin the canonization process for the parents of Saint John Paul II.The Polish episcopate made the announcement Oct. 10, setting in motion the first steps...
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LAY MISSIONARY TO THE LEPERS
Here is a missionary who gave up wealth, family and home to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, ministering to the least among us. VENERABLE MARCELLO CANDIA (1916-1983) was an Italian Roman Catholic...
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BROTHER OF A SAINT - ALSO A DOCTOR
As I have said in past Blogs, it never ceases to amaze me how the saints influence each other even while here on earth. Our next modern missionary is not only the brother of another canonized saint-...
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NEW MISSIONARY SAINTS FROM UNUSUAL PLACES
Two modern missionary saints are ST. GEORGE PRECA (1880-1962), the first native saint of MALTA and founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine, a group of celibate laypeople devoted to prayer,...
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