text: We have been in existence for over 300 years and serving the community of Kilfinane. We have a big GAA history and our ancestor Tommy McCarthy has All Ireland Senior hurling medals for Limerick from 1934 & 1936 and National Hurling League medals for Limerick in 1935, 1936, 1937 & 1938 finally culminating his career winning Railway Cup medals for Limerick in 1934, 1935, 1937 & 1938.
  Molly’s restaurant is 50 metres way and as is the local take away. We are 100 metres from the church and also from the local shop.
  and bought the bulbs you will be able to see on page 503 right hand side at the bottom. I am not hundred percent sure these are the ones, but otherwise just buy some others and color them with a filt tip pen, and try!
  A. The first Commandment does not forbid the honoring of the saints, but rather approves of it; because by honoring the saints, who are the chosen friends of God, we honor God Himself.
  A. Invocation means calling upon another for help or protection, particularly when we are in need or danger. It is used specially with regard to calling upon God or the saints, and hence it means prayer.
  A. We honor the Saints because they honor God. Therefore, it is for His sake that we honor them, and hence by honoring them we honor Him.
  A. Another reason why we honor God by honoring the Saints is this: As we honor our country by honoring its heroes, so do we honor our religion by honoring its Saints. By honoring our religion we honor God, who taught it. Therefore, by honoring the Saints we honor God, for love of whom they became religious heroes in their faith.
  A. The first commandment does not forbid us to pray to the Saints, because if we are allowed to ask the prayers of our fellow-creatures upon earth we should be allowed also to ask the prayers of our fellow-creatures in heaven. Moreover, the Saints must have an interest in our welfare, because whatever tends to make us good, tends also to the glory of God.
  A. We do not slight God Himself by addressing our prayers to saints, but, on the contrary, show a greater respect for His majesty and sanctity, acknowledging, by our prayers to the saints, that we are unworthy to address Him for ourselves, and that we, therefore, ask His holy friends to obtain for us what we ourselves are not worthy to ask.
  A. We believe that the saints will help us because both they and we are members of the same Church, and they love us as their brethren.
  A. The saints and we are members of the same Church, because the Church in heaven and the Church on earth are one and the same Church, and all its members are in communion with one another.
  A. The communion of saints means the union which exists between the members of the Church on earth with one another, and with the blessed in Heaven, and with the suffering souls in Purgatory.
  A. The following benefits are derived from the communion of saints: the faithful on earth assist one another by their prayers and good works, and they are aided by the intercession of the saints in Heaven, while both the saints in Heaven and the faithful on earth help the souls in Purgatory.
  A. We can best honor the saints by imitating their virtues, and we shall learn their virtues from the written accounts of their lives. Among the Saints we shall find models for every age, condition or state of life.
  A. The first Commandment does not forbid us to honor relics, because relics are the bodies of the saints or objects directly connected with them or with our Lord.
  Q. 1206. What is there special about a relic of the true cross on which Our Lord Died, and also about the instruments of His Passion?
  A. The relics of the true Cross and relics of the thorns, nails, etc., used in the Passion are entitled to a very special veneration, and they have certain privileges with regard to their use and the manner of keeping them that other relics have not. A relic of the true Cross is never kept or carried with other relics.
  A. The Church permits us to give relics a veneration similar to that we give images. We do not venerate the relics for their own sake, but for the sake of the persons they represent. The souls of canonized saints are certainly in heaven, and we are certain that their bodies also will be there. Therefore, we may honor their bodies because they are to be glorified in heaven and were sanctified upon earth.
  2. The relics are sent in sealed packets, that must be opened only by the bishop of the diocese to which the relics are sent, and each relic or packet must be accompanied by a document or written paper proving its genuineness.
  3. The relics cannot be exposed for public veneration until the bishop examines them and pronounces them authentic; that is, that they are what they are claimed to be.
  A. Before using any relic or giving it to another we should be certain that all the requirements of the Church concerning it have been fulfilled, and that the relic really is, as far as it is possible for any one to know, what we believe it to be.
  A. God Himself has frequently honored relics by permitting miracles to be wrought through them. There is an example given in the Bible, in the IV Book of Kings, where it is related that a dead man was restored to life when his body touched the bones, that is, the relics of the holy prophet Eliseus.
  A. The first Commandment does forbid the making of images if they are made to be adored as gods, but it does not forbid the making of them to put us in mind of Jesus Christ, His Blessed Mother, and the saints.
  Q. 1212 How do we show that it is only the worship and not the making of images that is forbidden by the first commandment?
  A. We show that it is only the worship and not the making of images that is forbidden by the first commandment:
  1. Because no one thinks it sinful to carve statues or make photographs or paintings of relatives or friends;
  2. Because God Himself commanded the making of images for the temple after He had given the first commandment, and God never contradicts Himself.
  A. It is right to show respect to the pictures and images of Christ and His saints, because they are the representations and memorials of them.
  Q. 1214. Have we in this country any civil custom similar to that of honoring the pictures and images of saints?
  A. We have, in this country, a civil custom similar to that of honoring pictures and images of saints, for, on Decoration or Memorial Day, patriotic citizens place flowers, flags, or emblems about the statues of our deceased civil heroes, to honor the persons these statues represent; for just as we can dishonor a man by abusing his image, so we can honor him by treating it with respect and reverence.
  A. It is not allowed to pray to the crucifix or images and relics of the saints, for they have no life, nor power to help us, nor sense to hear us.
  A. We pray before the crucifix and the images and relics of the saints because they enliven our devotion by exciting pious affections and desires, and by reminding us of Christ and of the saints, that we may imitate their virtues.
  Letter to the Editor: Best reason to keep the Electoral College - Baltimore Post-ExaminerBaltimore Post-Examiner
  Last week The New York Times ran yet another editorial demonizing the Electoral College. Apparently, the 2016 election is still being contested.
  The Electoral College is tied to the Whipping Post every four years and this year is no exception, especially when someone wins the popular vote but loses the electoral vote. Sore losers and more.
  The best reason for keeping it: the Electoral College gives the presidential candidates a reason to care about a few small places on the map that otherwise wouldn’t mean a thing. The original idea, still very much in play, was to prevent the tyranny of the majority. It is not ironic that the majority protests against this last little Maginot line. It prevents the tyranny of massive regional majority(population) which is just what we have now with huge coastal/urban populations versus smaller inland populations.
  Without the Electoral Collage, why would any candidate go to Iowa? The 2016 election forced candidates to speak to people in these little out of the way places in a few states that ultimately determined the election. Swing states, without the Electoral college, do not exist. Cities and suburbs. Cities and suburbs. All candidates will spend the vast majority of their time in cities or suburbs. Who will care about Baraboo?
  Dudley Thompson lives in Girdletree, MD., population 117. He has been there six years and was from Baltimore originally. He worked for the News-American on the advertising side until it closed in ‘86. His second career was teaching in juvenile jails at Baby Bookins, Hickey, and Victor Cullen. He holds a Masters at Johns Hopkins History of Ideas ‘77, B.A. Maryland,’74, Geography. Politically, he is slouching toward the center that nowadays never holds.	Contact the author.
  Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, the country's administrative, cultural and economic centre. Vilnius is home to about 550 000 inhabitants. The territory of Vilnius is 394 sq. km.
  One fourth of the country's enterprises operate in Vilnius, two thirds of them in the trade and service sector. Over 40 percent of the country's foreign enterprises are located in Vilnius. Vilnius is notable in the country for the information technology and telecommunications sector. The City economic structure is characterized by the service sector. Vilnius region generates one-third of the country’s GDP.
  Currently there are 27 scientific research institutions, 10 universities, 8 private colleges with more than 84 000 students studying there.
  The most vigorous sectors of national economy are related to food and bavarage industries, real estate, rent and other business activities, construction as well as wholesale and retail trade.