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Celebrities, religious groups often go it alone in charity
Posted on May 27, 2008 03:51am CST.By REBECCA CUSEY
Religion News Service
George Clooney lobbies for Darfur and Reese Witherspoon advocates for breast cancer research. Brad Pitt stumps for rebuilding New Orleans while his longtime partner Angelina Jolie travels on behalf of refugees.
Then there's U2 frontman Bono, who is perhaps the world's biggest celebrity philanthropist with his longtime work on behalf of debt relief, trade and AIDS in Africa.
The Whiny-whelmer and Saint Many-Shoes
Posted on May 27, 2008 04:46am CST.| El Rio Debajo El Rio: The river beneath the river, by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés | |
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When I was a young mother, I used to make up stories for the children about the Whiny-whelmer. The Whiney-whelmer was always speaking in Whinese, lived on Whiner’s Boulevard, and had graduated with a B.S. in Whinology.
In between stories, I’d explain that whining was a tone of voice, but more so, a dead giveaway that we had been taken over by an idea that was “beneath the dignity of the soul” to believe, a way of thinking that had already decided we would not get/ be granted/ be able to bring about whatever beautiful thing we dreamed, deserved or worked toward.
Instead, we had already decided that the answer to all we were called to, was going to be a forever and resounding, No!
But fortunately, the Whiny-whelmer also had a next door neighbor, whose name was Truthteller.
The Life and Death of Sr. Hildegarde
Posted on May 27, 2008 06:38am CST.| On the Road to Peace by John Dear S.J. | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
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My friend Sr. Hildegarde Smith died April 25, at the headquarters of the Sisters of Christian Charity in Wilmette, Ill. She and I had served together at the parish of Cimarron, N.M. and its missions for several years. Last New Year's Eve, she suffered a stroke that hampered her movement and left her unable to speak. She never recovered.
Vatican response to Mormon posthumous baptisms
Submitted by Patricia R. Thompson on May 27, 2008 - 7:51am. --- Church LeadershipI recently read an email article re. the Vatican urging U.S. dioceses to avoid providing parish records to Mormon archives for genealogical intent, because the Mormon church uses these to find their own ancestors and posthumously baptize them into the Mormon church. Understandably, the Vatican disapproves of this practice and does not recognize these "baptisms" as legitimate. Here is my question: Isn't this a "God job"? Meaning, clearly God can recognize legitimate Baptisms from illegitimate ones. So what difference does it make what the Mormons do? It won't make my great-grandfather any less Catholic, no matter what Mormons might do in his name. And I have absolutely NO fear that my great-grandfather might end up in "Mormon heaven" as opposed to "Catholic heaven." So why would the Vatican risk alienating Mormons over something so seemingly silly to worry about? God will "fix it" eventually anyway. And dialogue with Mormons might be negatively impacted by making this such a public emphasis. I can understand making this an example of how the Mormons differ in their beliefs from Catholics, but wouldn't that be better served in private dialogue with Church leaders?
'Davey and Goliath' creator dies at 90
Posted on May 27, 2008 11:43am CST.By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
Richard T. Sutcliffe, the creator of the "Davey and Goliath" animated television series, died May 11.
Sutcliffe died at the age of 90 at a Dallas hospital from complications after suffering a stroke, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America announced.
The video clip below is a sample of the TV show.
