Gary has won seven Dove Awards and five Grammy nominations as an artist. He also hosted TNN’s flagship show and the Sam’s Place series at the historic Ryman Auditorium. He has produced CMT’s Musik Mafia TV and a number of documentaries and specials.
Joyce came to work for Merf Music Group in August, 2009. She started her duties as Executive Production Assistant. This position has evolved into the Senior Office Manager for Merf Music Group. Joyce was born in Los Angeles, California to Ray and Joyce Hamilton. She’s always been involved in the music industry with her family since the age of 7 traveling and entertaining audiences of all ages. These days Joyce focuses on music ministry and traveling around the country helping those in need when she is not in the Merf Music Group office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joyce spent 3 years on the road with her ministry and continues to do that today. “There is nothing I enjoy more than ministering to lost and hurting people and helping them understand that God really DOES love them.” She knows this to be true from His faithfulness to her throughout her own trials and believes that God continues to call her into the music ministry daily. According to Ray Hamilton, CEO of Merf Music Group, “Joyce is true to her character, with her what you see is what you get, and as much as she loves to sing… she loves to minister even more!” To learn more about Joyce and her music and ministry follow the links below www.jhwministries.com www.facebook.com/joycehamiltonwhitson


The cutting of the Vasilopita took place on Friday afternoon at our offices in Limassol, with all the staff present.
The lucky one who got the lucky coin was Abbood. We wish you all a beautiful and creative 2022.
Vasilopita as Greek tradition dictates, is cut by families on New Year’s Day to bless the house and bring good luck for the new year. This is usually done at midnight of New Year’s Eve in Greece and Cyprus. A coin is hidden in the bread by slipping it into the dough before baking. At midnight, the sign of the cross is etched with a knife across the cake. A piece of cake is sliced for each member of the family and any visitors present at the time, by order of age from eldest to youngest. Slices are also cut for various symbolic people or groups, depending on local and family tradition. They may include the Lord, St. Basil and other saints or the poor, the household, etc. The variations of the recipes are countless.


After reading a post of what was supposed to be on the facts about Catholic Masons; I did my own research.
The post was from one of those “tabloid” type sites that professes to have facts (www.scripturecatholic.com). It claims to be a compendium of all things Catholic. Even as a LAPSED Catholic, (simply relying on memory of many years of Catholic school) I could tell with a cursory glance that most of the stuff on the site is WRONG.
This is a very typical “we’ll give you the low down”, “we’ll tell you the secrets” type of site that would do the National Enquirer proud. Most of these sites wouldn’t know a fact if it bit them.
The site, quoted as follows, relies on outdated information, erroneous conclusions, innuendo and just plain bullshit.
“The Church, through its Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has formally declared that Catholics who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion. This declaration, which is the most recent teaching of the Church, has affirmed nearly 300 years of papal pronouncements against Freemasonry on the grounds that the teachings of the Lodge are contrary to Catholic faith and morals.
The Church’s declaration on Freemasonry exposes Catholic Masons to a number of penalties under canon law. For example, a Catholic who is aware that the Church authoritatively judges membership in Freemasonry to be gravely sinful must not approach Holy Communion (c. 916). The Church imposes the duty upon all grave sinners not to make a sacrilegious communion. Such a Catholic Mason who is aware of the grave sin must receive absolution in a sacramental confession before being able to receive communion again, unless there is a grave reason and no opportunity to confess (c. 916). This confession, in order to be valid, also requires the Catholic Mason to renounce his Masonic membership.
Further, because membership in Freemasonry is an external or public condition, the Catholic Mason can be refused Holy Communion by the pastors of the Church for obstinately persevering in his Masonic membership (c. 915). Such a Catholic Mason would also be forbidden from receiving the Anointing of the Sick (c. 1007) as well as ecclesiastical funeral rites if public scandal were to result (c. 1184, §1, °3).
Canon 1364 also imposes an automatic excommunication upon apostates, heretics, or schismatics. This canon could also apply to Catholic Masons. If, for example, a Catholic Mason embraced the theological teachings of Freemasonry that the Church has condemned (indifferentism, syncretism), he would be in heresy by virtue of his belief in these teachings. Further, if a Catholic Mason knew the Church opposes membership in Freemasonry, and yet adamantly and persistently refused to submit to the pope’s authority in precluding his membership in the Lodge, he may also find himself in schism. Catholic Masons could also be subject to canon 1374 which imposes an interdict or just penalty upon those who join associations that plot against the Church.
For the canonical penalties to apply, the Catholic Mason would have to act in a gravely imputable way (that is, the Catholic would have to be aware of the Church’s teaching on Freemasonry and, after being warned about it, choose to disregard it). In my personal experience, a fair number of Catholic Masons do act in a gravely imputable way in regard to their Masonic membership. In these cases, the canonical penalties, including excommunication, apply. The Church’s penalties are not meant to alienate the person on whom the penalty is levied. Instead, the penalties are meant to communicate to the person the gravity of his conduct, encourage his repentance and reconciliation with the Church, and bring him back into the one fold of Christ. After all, the mission of the Church is the salvation of souls.”
Nice of them to speak for the Catholic Church (as if the Church could not speak for itself).
This is hyperbole. This is antiquated and the website sets it forth as fact. IT IS NOT.
As is usually the case; if you do the research and go to the ultimate source (in this case the Roman Catholic Church itself) you will find that the correct information is quite different.
Dated in 2000: Below is the text of a letter from the Office of the Archdiocesan Tribunal, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, dated September 15, 2000, to the Masonic Service Bureau of North America:
“Thank you for your inquiry of September 11, 2000 directed to Cardinal Mahoney, on whose behalf I am replying. The question is “whether a practicing Catholic may join a Masonic Lodge.”
Unfortunately, the matter is too complex for a straightforward “yes” or “no” answer. But at least for Catholics in the United States, I believe the answer is probably yes. Permit me to explain this qualified response.
Your letter states that a member’s “allegiance to one God is all we require.” To the extent that this is an accurate statement of the organization’s beliefs and teachings, and that its activities are humanitarian and charitable in nature, there is no reason to prevent a practicing Catholic from joining.
Past history, of course, has muddied the waters because earlier church law (prior to November 27, 1983) specifically named Masonic groups as a forbidden society (canon 2335, 1917 Code). The dialogues between Catholic and Masonic representatives in the years since the Second Vatican Council were generally very positive and yet did not resolve questions or concerns raised in certain parts of the world. As a result, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome issued a statement one day before the new Code of Canon Law took effect (November 26, 1983), in which it held that since Masonic principles were still contrary to the teachings of the Church, Catholics would commit a grave sin in belonging to Masonic associations and so could not receive Holy Communion.
Because this declaration has not been superseded by any further official statements, the question keeps recurring about its interpretation and application. There is no agreement among the experts in church law who have considered the matter. Consequently one can only judge the individual circumstances in light of the principles that clearly do apply. These principles are set forth in canons 1374 and 1364 of the 1983 Code, which forbid a Catholic from joining “an association which plots against the Church” and impose penalties for heresy under certain conditions. If “a particular Masonic lodge truly promoted heretical teaching or conspired against the interests of the Church” (Ronny E. Jenkins, “The Evolution of the Church’s Prohibition Against Catholic Membership in Freemasonry,” The Jurist, 56 (1996), pg 735,) then a Catholic would be bound to avoid membership.
The reason, then, I answer ‘probably yes’ is because I am unaware of any ideology or practice by the local lodges that challenges or subverts the doctrine and interests of the Catholic Church. In the previous paragraph, I have cited the article which best presents the current state of the question. The 1974 newspaper clipping that you enclosed with your letter probably refers to a letter written by Cardinal Seper, then in charge of the same doctrinal congregation mentioned above, which was addressed to certain bishops. In this letter one can see the movement at that time from a blanket prohibition to the application of a case-by-case judgment whether a group did in fact conspire against the Church. The history of the development of the Church’s current law suggests that this case-by-case approach is what canon 1374 on forbidden associations intends.
Please forgive this lengthy reply, but a shorter one would not do justice to those inquirers who are aware that the matter is still controversial. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn more about it myself, and I close by asking God’s blessing on your well-known endeavors to relieve human suffering and assist the needy.
Rev. Thomas C. Anslow, C.M., J.C.L. Judicial Vicar
Posted by Gene Goldman into alt.freemasonry on September 15, 2001..
on Rome 1991 Bearing in mind …the absence of mention of Freemasonry in the 1983 codification of canon law it would appear that…a Catholic may join regular freemasonry but ought to consult his bishop, through his parish priest, not for permission to join but to ascertain the nature of the jurisdiction concerned.6 .
Although the Code of Canon Law does not specifically prohibit a Catholic from joining a masonic association, Cardinal Ratzinger continues in his opposition. This has lead to such situations as Archbishop Legaspi of Cacares, the conservative President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, echoing Cardinal Ratzinger in his March 1990 draft of “Guidelines on Membership in Free Masonic Association” while in the same period Archbishop Talamayan of Tuguegarao is noted as giving the address at a lodge installation meeting and inviting freemasons to visit him. Note that some eighty percent of the freemasons in the Philippines are Roman Catholic. There are many examples of prominent Catholics associated with the Craft, too many to mention here.
1. The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the title of the Vatican department which in 1965, under Pope Paul VI, took the place of the Holy Office which had itself been established in 1908 in succession to the Inquisition. The severe tribunal is said to have claimed its last victim in 1813 and it had been suppressed as such in Spain in 1834. Thereafter its functions were restricted to such matters as the detection of heresy in published works.^
2. References to Catholics and the Church are to Roman Catholics and the Church of Rome. While the Orthodox Catholic Churches, in the main, also condemn Freemasonry, several of the smaller Catholic Churches such as the Old Catholic Church have no official opinion on Freemasonry^
3. Latin text appended at . ^
4. Declaration on Masonic Associations Quaesitum est^
5. Cf.: AAS 73 (1981) pp240-241. ^
6. “The Church of Rome and Freemasonry”, a paper presented in Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 by Bro. Will Read on May 9, 1991. The Quatuor Coronati Lodge was founded in 1884 with the objective of developing “for brethren everywhere an interest in research; to encourage study of the many facets of Freemasonry… (and)… to attract the attention and to enlist the cooperation of masonic scholars in all parts of the world.” (Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076; Volume 104 for the year 1991: ISBN 0 907655 21 1.) ^”
There is no excommunication, no state of grave sin, no denial of any sacrament. There is only a caution to pay attention to what is going on and to always error on the side of being Catholic.
What is truly disturbing here has has nothing to do with Catholics or Masons; it has to do with websites that profess to “expose the facts”. They preach a gospel of misinformation. They set themselves up as experts yet have no real or current knowledge of their subject. The web is full of them. If you do a Google search on any random subject; I have found that about 50% of the results returned are sites of this type. It’s scary to me because people will seemingly believe almost anything.
Social networks serve to multiply the misinformation on an exponential basis.


She's got it. Jessica, that is, my daughter, the oldest of 6. She is wise beyond her years and more spiritually mature than some adults I know. This year for Christmas one present we put into Jesus' stocking was to "memorize a verse each week." Hopefully, when 2011 rolls around we will have 52 verses hidden in our hearts. So the first week was Psalm 111:10 which says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." She was asking me what that verse meant about "fearing" the Lord. I tried to explain, as best I could in human terms, that the word "fear" in this text doesn't mean we are supposed to be afraid or scared of God (although I KNOW we would be shaking in our boots if he suddenly appeared before us). It is similar to a "fear" that means to "respect" or "honor" someone; you are holding that person up in great value when you "fear" them. I hoped it all made sense to her. She seemed to kind of get it and we moved on to a different conversation.
On this particular day, the kids had a half a day of school, Jessica got home before everyone else, so she and I sat down to eat some leftover lasagna. During our conversation Jessica admitted to me how terrible she feels for the kids over in Haiti right now and how she wishes she could help, "but I have to go to school," she says. She's right, of course, school does await. Yet in the depths of her heart, with hundreds of miles and and an ocean between them, she feels pain for the hurting people. Not only does she hurt, but she also wants to help in some way. So we talked about how prayer is always one way to reach out and also donations to great organizations like Samaritan's Purse are other ways we can extend the love of Christ. It is obvious that compassion is one of Jessica's gifts, it is sweet to see that gift blooming in her. To top the whole conversation off she says, "is that why you are always telling us we should be thankful that we have food to eat and stuff like that." Ding ding ding. We have a winner. She is getting it.
Later that evening, Jessica and I were on our way to run some errands before the night's end. We picked up our conversation where we left it at lunchtime. We were finished talking about Haiti for the moment. Now she wanted to know about Christians getting killed in other countries. In what countries did they kill Christians and who who would do such a thing? She asks a lot of questions like this for just being a 12 year-old girl that is supposed to be caught up in fashion, boys, and herself. So then a bigger question comes out: "If God told you to move to a country where you might be killed for being a Christian, would you go there?" I paused for a moment and told her that yes I would go there. She says, "yeah, I would too." As I gave her a squeeze on the knee and some tears filled my eyes, I said, "I know you would do that, you are a good girl."
The spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, is deep within my daughter. She never could have uttered those words if He weren't living in her and guiding her to say them. What 12 year-old says, yep, I'd die for Jesus, just like He did for me. I'm not ashamed. Wow! I learned so much in such a short conversation. My prayer for Jesssica is that God will continue to guard her heart as she matures into a young lady, He will give her unlimited wisdom as she learns to fear the Lord, and that she will be a witness to other young girls that you can be on fire for God at any age.
Let it be a lesson to me, Lord, to not be ashamed of you, but to let my light burn bright as I have been taught by my daughter, Jessica.


SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP AT WESTDALE PARK CHURCH
10:00 – 11:15 AM
WE GATHER together to offer praise and worship to our Lord and to grow in our understanding of His ways through the study of His Word. WE OFFER a blended, worshipful style of music, soulful prayer, faith building contemplation on the Word of God and warm and loving fellowship.
All are welcome to attend. The main level of the church which includes the Sanctuary, Nursery, Washroom and Library are wheel chair accessible.
If you are not feeling well, or have been in contact with covid-19 positive individuals, please self-isolate and attend the service online via our Zoom link. Please contact to office for the link.
There is a team of Volunteers who have been trained to assist you and to keep you safe. Carefully listen to their instructions.
Part way through the service children are dismissed for a time of worship and study designed especially for them.
6:30 – 7:30PM
An evening prayer time is currently happening online via Zoom link. If you are interesting in participating contact the church office.


I have just finished “The Invisible Church” by Steve Aisthorpe. For those who think that they might get any comfort for the established Church out of its pages, I’m sorry, don’t waste your time, you will find that probably that the institutional Church will continue its gentle slide, if not to irrelevance, a peripheral position in Society.
For those however who have drifted away from the institutional Church or who are uncomfortable with it, here is hope, here in fact is the ringing declaration that Christ still calls people to follow him, just that it may not be in the well-known institution and certainly that worshipping him does not necessarily have to take place on a Sunday between certain hours.
When I was being interviewed for my first Congregation, in reply to one of the questions about looking after the members or the wider community, I asked whether they saw a Church as a sheep fank? Over the years this imagery has broadened out to include ideas of whether Jesus told his disciples to be fishers of men or to be keepers of the aquarium. The problem is that no matter how we put forward these images, we are making the fundamental error to confuse the people of God in the community with the institutional Church. Even the most basic knowledge of words about God should mean that we distinguish between the two. The problem is that we haven’t. Ever since the Constantinian Compromise (when the Christian Church became the Church of the Roman Empire) the institutional Church had the franchise. For the next 1200 years they could even kill people for the good of their souls. Even after the Reformation, Christians killing Christians in love was still practiced. The Church was (and very largely still is) seen as the building to which never more than a minority of the population went willingly on a Sunday.
Now while it is understandable for people outside the institution to think of the presence being marked by a building, those inside the Church also have difficulties in seeing past the institution. They may not see their physical building as representing the totality of the Church, but for them the Church is at least the people who join with them of a Sunday and if they are being especially open minded they will also include other people who worship at a similar time and in a similar building. Those who are physically outside the Church are lost.
The question which “The Invisible Church” asks however, recognises that there are a large number of people who for one reason or another would see themselves as followers of Jesus but who do not have any relationship with the formal Church. It also examines, and rejects the ready-made – and all too easy answers which the Church gives itself for the people who while claiming a relationship with Jesus, are not attending. If you believe in the old traditional line of “extra Ecclesiam nulla salus” and you seek to limit the Church to the people who have some kind of formal connection to some denomination in some God box, those who don’t come to your club are not really part of your understanding of the Church, no matter whether Jesus died for the elect or not.
The answer which Aisthorpe gives brings little comfort to those who seek the continuation of the institutional Church as it is presently known. Yes, that version of the Church will continue for those who like that kind of thing. It might even have the odd spurt of growth but the fact is that many more people will find their understanding of their faith in other forms of devotion. We could well find ourselves in a situation where a thousand flowers can bloom, which may well reflect the situation which there was in the early Church before the Council of Nicene set out what being a Christian was.
It is here that I see real problems. Just what are these thousand spiritual flowers about? One of the major developments in current spiritual/religious development is the question of the Spiritual but not religious (SBNR). I have talked with some who would see themselves essentially in this group. I have a concern that their belief is effectively Syncretic. Here we find ourselves asking questions about just what Christianity is. In the book we are reminded of the distinction between what is effectively the Parish Church, rooted in a geographic community and the fact that the expansion of the Church through Europe was basically accomplished by monks. I am not convinced that the present model of Monasticism is one which actually points to a mobile Church, rather than one bounded by rules and Property. If however we go back into the Celtic model we find that we have Peregrinatio. This may well be a concept which we need to explore.
One of the big problems which I have is with people doing the non-institutional Church, is how they do what Christ has told them to do, which is baptize and celebrate the sacraments. Just exactly where do these come from? I am entitled to Baptize and celebrate communion because I believe that I have been called to do this and my call has been tested and upheld by the National Church. While I can accept the local congregation independent of those around is the nearest to the model of the Early Church around, there are problems about the institution from quite a small stage. How do you legitimize both the Kerygma of the institution and the Charisma of those called to preside at its offices.
In a funny way the model is a bit like Home Brew against the products of the commercial brewers. Done well home brew is very good, but the commercial breweries give a standardized product. With the Good News of Jesus, just what is the message? Theology once was the Queen of the Sciences, but with people walking out of the established Churches where actually are their boundaries? Is the theological wheel going to be reinvented? The whole basis of the earliest understanding of the Church which we find in Acts gives us the expectation of an almost immediate Parousia. Now let us assume that, while the essence of the Christian Faith is that the Parousia will happen someday, it is also that we live as if it is coming tomorrow, and work as if it is never coming.
It is here that I find the major problem. Yes, I too have effectively walked out the Church because it no longer meets my spiritual needs. I simply could not resonate with the last celebration of the Eucharist which I attended at a liturgical or theological or even an emotional level, so I have packed my bags, and quietly left the local institution without telling them secure in the knowledge that they will never miss me, but what now? I seek fellowship, but either I wasn’t in class that day, or it was never taught, what do we do in the situation where the Institutional Church no longer says anything to us, no longer in its widest sense proclaims Christ Crucified? Yes, I could have celebrated the Queen’s 90th birthday, the congregation held, in connection with the local Rotary club a great celebration, but is that the role of the Kirk? I remembered when I was the Queen’s well beloved and trusty, that I didn’t take an oath of loyalty, because my loyalty was to Christ alone.
Then I remember preaching in one of Scotland’s great Churches. It was the first Sunday of the epiphany. I remembered that 461 years earlier, George Wishart had stood in that very place, and, according to Knox who was there, Wishart was disappointed by the poor attendance in the Kirk, and prophesied that Haddington would suffer plagues, be occupied by strangers, “Because you have not known the time of God’s merciful visitation.” Within 2 months of preaching in Haddington, George Wishart was burnt at the stake in St Andrews and in April 1548 the 18-month siege of Haddington began, the people were occupied and it was a grim time. Out of events like these and the struggles of the next 20 years came another, Reformed Scotland, one where the understanding of the Church was not one of stability or peace at any price, but a Church which had the concept that the Church having been reformed, must always be being reformed. Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda!
The Church of Christ which appeared after the Reformation was one which spoke to the people of the time. It communicated the Gospel, or at least a form of it which resonated with the people of that time.
What has happened is that people have been too keen to think in terms of Orthodoxy, rather than Orthopraxis. In the Reformed tradition we have thought in terms of Sola scriptura, Sola fide, Sola gratia, Solus Christus, Soli Deo Gloria. But so much has failed to come over in the translation. We have forgotten what we do discover in our readings of the Scripture. We have forgotten our God given Faith. We don’t think about the Grace which we receive from God, through the intercession of Christ. We don’t even really know what it means to live to the Glory of God. However, despite this, we are called to live lives which reflect what we have been given. We have been given nothing less than a Mission and that is living lives which are guided and enriched by the gifts of God.
However ironically Orthopraxis also involved correct worship, so we find ourselves in this circle, People walk away from the institutional Church and its worship because they do not find in Orthodoxy or even the more charismatic forms the praxis and at least as important the real fellowship which they crave. In other words, in their concern for the survival of the institution the members of the institution are killing it by failing to open it to the dangers which both threaten and enliven it.
The one thing however which we must remember is that God will not leave himself without a witness, just that it may well not be the manifestation of his Church which we are used to in the Community.


On May 7th the streets of Split will be highlighted with traditional events as the city celebrates its patron, Saint Domnius (Sv. Duje in Croatian), with a grand Dalmatian feast. St.Domnius was the archbishop of nearby Salona (now Solin) in the 3rd century, but was martyred with 7 other Christians under the persecutions of the Emparor Diocletian. The Cathedral of Saint Domnius, consecrated at the turn of the 7th century AD, is regarded as the oldest Catholic cathedral in the world that remains in use in its original structure, without near-complete renovation at a later date (though the bell tower dates from the 12th century). The structure itself, built in AD 305 as the Mausoleum of Diocletian, is the second oldest structure used by any Christian Cathedral.On the first floor of the sacristy is the cathedral treasury which contains relics of Saint Domnius which were brought to the cathedral after his death.On the Feast of Saint Domnius, various events take place within the old town, starting with a mass and procession on “Riva” promenade.


Everything You wanted to know the Infallibility of the Catholic Church but were afraid to ask about - Part 5
Just to round out this series, I came across an article on the SSPX asian website.
January 2002 No. 44
What worries Catholics most in the current crisis in the Church is precisely the "problem of the Pope." We need very clear ideas on this question. We must avoid shipwreck to the right and to the left, either by the spirit of rebellion or, on the other hand, by an inappropriate and servile obedience. The serious error which is behind many current disasters is the belief that the "Authentic Magisterium" is nothing other than the "Ordinary Magisterium,"
The "Authentic Magisterium" cannot be so simply identified with the Ordinary Magisterium. In fact, the Ordinary Magisterium can be infallible and non-infallible, and it is only in this second case that it is called the "Authentic Magisterium." The Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique [hereafter referred to as DTC - Ed.] under the heading of "papal infallibility" (vol. VII, col.1699ff) makes the following distinctions: 1) there is the "infallible or ex cathedra papal definition in the sense defined by Vatican I" (col.1699); 2) there is the "infallible papal teaching which flows from the pope's Ordinary Magisterium" (col.1705); 3) there is "non-infallible papal teaching" (col.1709).
Similarly, Salaverri, in his Sacrae Theologiae Summa (vol. I, 5th ed., Madrid, B.A.C.) distinguishes the following: 1) Extraordinary Infallible Papal Magisterium (no. 592ff); 2) Ordinary Infallible Papal Magisterium (no. 645ff); 3) Papal Magisterium that is mere authenticum, that is, only "authentic" or "authorized" as regards the person himself, not as regards his infallibility (no.659ff).
While he always has full and supreme doctrinal authority, the pope does not always exercise it at its highest level, that is at the level of infallibility. As the theologians say, he is like a giant who does not always use his full strength. What follows is this:
1) "It would be incorrect to say that the pope is infallible simply by possessing papal authority," as we read in the Acts of Vatican I (Coll.L ac. 399b). This would be equivalent to saying that the pope's authority and his infallibility are the same thing.
2) It is necessary to know "what degree of assent is due to the decrees of the sovereign pontiff when he is teaching at a level which is not that of infallibility, i.e., when he is not exercising the supreme degree of his doctrinal authority" (Salaverri, op.cit., no.659).
Error by Excess and/or By DefectUnfortunately this three-fold distinction between the Extraordinary Magisterium, the Ordinary Infallible Magisterium, and the authentic non-infallible Magisterium, has fallen into oblivion. This has resulted in two opposite errors in the crisis situation of the Church at the present time: the error by excess of those who extend papal infallibility to all acts of the pope, without distinction; and the error by defect of those who restrict infallibility to definitions that have been uttered ex cathedra.
The error by excess actually eliminates the Ordinary Non-Infallible or "Authentic" Magisterium and inevitably leads either to Sedevacantism or to servile obedience. The attitude of the people of this second category is, "The pope is always infallible and so we always owe him blind obedience."
The error by defect eliminates the Ordinary Infallible Magisterium. This is precisely the error of the neo-Modernists, who devalue the ordinary papal Magisterium and the "Roman tradition" which they find so inconvenient. They say, "The pope is infallible only in his Extraordinary Magisterium, so we can sweep away 2000 years of ordinary papal Magisterium."
Both of these errors obscure the precise notion of the Ordinary Magisterium, which includes the Ordinary Infallible Magisterium and the ordinary, "authentic," non-infallible Magisterium.
Confusion and ControversyThese two opposing errors are not new. They were denounced even before Vatican II. In 1954, Fr. Labourdette, O.P., wrote:
Many persons have retained very naive ideas about what they learned concerning the personal infallibility of the sovereign pontiff in the solemn and abnormal exercise of his power of teaching. For some, every word of the supreme pontiff will in some way partake of the value of an infallible teaching, requiring the absolute assent of theological faith; for others, acts which are not presented with the manifest conditions of a definition ex cathedra will seem to have no greater authority than that of any private teacher (Revue Thomiste LIV, 1954, p.196)!Dom Paul Nau has also written about the confusion that has arisen between the pope's authority and his infallibility:
By a strange reversal, while the personal infallibility of the pope in a solemn judgment, so long disputed, was definitely placed beyond all controversy, it is the Ordinary Magisterium of the Roman Church which seems to have been lost sight of.It all happened - as is not unheard of elsewhere in the history of doctrine - as if the very brilliance of the Vatican I definition had cast into shadow the truth hitherto universally recognized; we might almost say, as if the definition of the infallibility of the solemn judgments made these henceforth the unique method by which the sovereign pontiff would put forward the rule of faith [Pope or Church? Angelus Press, 1998, p.13].
On the temporary fading of a doctrine from Catholic consciousness, see the entry "dogme" in DTC (vol.IV).
Dom Nau also mentioned the disastrous consequences which flow from this identification of the pope's authority and his infallibility:
No place would be left, intermediate between such private acts and the solemn papal judgments, for a teaching which, while authentic, is not equally guaranteed throughout all its various expressions. If things are looked at from this angle, the very notion of the Ordinary Magisterium becomes, properly speaking, unthinkable [Pope or Church? p.4].
Dom Nau considered from where this phenomenon had developed:
Since 1870 [the year of Vatican I - Ed.], manuals of theology have taken the formulae in which their statements of doctrine have been framed from the actual wording of the Council text. None of these treated in its own right of the ordinary teaching of the pope, which has accordingly, little by little, slipped out of sight and all pontifical teaching has seemed to be reduced solely to solemn definitions ex cathedra. Once attention was entirely directed to these, it became customary to consider the doctrinal interventions of the Holy See solely from the standpoint of the solemn judgment, that of a judgment which ought in itself to bring to the doctrine all the necessary guarantees of certainty (ibid., p.13).This is partly true, but we should not forget that liberal theology had already been advertising its reductive agenda. That is why Pius IX, even before Vatican I (1870) felt obliged to warn German theologians that divine faith's submission "must not be restricted only to those points which have been defined" (Letter to Archbishop of Munich, Dec. 21, 1863).
The naive ideas entertained by many on the question of papal infallibility after Vatican I played into the hands of the liberal theology. In fact, while the two errors are diametrically opposed, they are at one in equating papal authority and papal infallibility. What is the difference between them? The error by excess, regarding as infallible everything that comes from papal authority, stretches the pope's infallibility to the extent of his authority. The error by defect, considering only those things authorized that emanate from the ex cathedra infallibility, restricts papal authority to the scope of the infallibility of the pope's Extraordinary Magisterium. Thus both errors have the same effect, namely, to obscure the very notion of the Ordinary Magisterium and, consequently, the particular nature of the Ordinary Infallible Magisterium. It is essential for us to rediscover this notion and its nature because they are of the greatest importance in helping us to get our bearings in the time of crisis.
The Ordinary Magisterium in Shadow:
The lack of clear ideas on the pope's Ordinary Magisterium appeared in full with Pope Paul VI's encyclical, Humanae Vitae, and more recently with Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, in which Pope John Paul II repeated the Church's refusal to ordain women.


The Music Ministry of First Baptist Church is one that extends to all taste and varieties music has to offer. From the pre-school choir to our Senior Adult choir, you will find ministry which is far-reaching…into all the avenues of life. Our pre- school and children choirs meet following the Family Meal on Wednesday evening. The Sanctuary choir is open to all who would like to be involved in a ministry that reaches out to our community through presentations at Easter and Christmas. The Sanctuary choir also participates in Bay Minette’s annual Christmas Fest. We also have an instrumental ministry for those who want to use their talent to play each Sunday morning. There is also a Handbell ensemble which rehearses and plays for special worship services.
At First Baptist Church you will notice that we enjoy a great variety in how we worship. We have identified ourselves as a blended worship environment. We are here to simply honor our Lord in all that we do.
We would love to have you come and experience for yourself worship at FBC.


PITTSBURGH: With a shortage of Catholic priests for existing parishes and the demanding nature of the priestly role, research has found evidence of depression, stress, burnout, and loneliness among Catholic priests. New research out of Chatham University shows that priests have a positive attitude about seeking mental health services, and that nearly 60% of priests in the study had sought mental health services for support during their time in ministry.
The study by Anthony Isacco, Ph.D., assistant professor of counseling psychology at Chatham University, examined Catholic priests attitudes about, behaviors toward and the benefits received from mental health services. “A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Help-Seeking among Catholic Priests,” published in the Spring 2014 journal Mental Health, Religion, and Culture (Taylor and Francis Press) and co-authored with Ethan Sahker MA, Deanna Hamilton, PhD, Mary Beth Mannarino, PhD, Wonjin Sim, PhD, and Meredith St. Jean, MSCP of Chatham University’s Graduate Psychology Programs, examined 15 Catholic priests through qualitative interviews to determine how priests thought about mental health services, barriers to seeking mental health services, utilization of mental health services, and reasons why mental health services are useful for priests.
All priests in the study expressed positive attitudes about mental health services and the majority of priests (60% of the sample) had sought services in the past for a variety of reasons and for support for those priests who considered themselves “wounded healers.” Three barriers to seeking help were identified: stigma, sufficient supports, and no perceived need for services. In order to help priests more effectively, all priests encouraged mental health professionals to understand the importance of prayer and the unique stressors of the priestly role.
“Most priests are so self-giving and in the helping role more often than not,” Dr. Isacco says, “this study asked the question – who helps the helper? It turns out that priests are willing to go and benefit from counseling. Mental health providers are uniquely trained to play a critical role in enhancing the health and wellbeing of priests. Other priests should find encouragement in this study and consider help-seeking a strength rather than a weakness.”
Click on the below link to access the full text of the study
For more information or any additional questions, please contact:
Anthony Isacco, PhD


Welcome to Bergen Point Community Church!
We are a Protestant Christian community church that celebrates diversity and welcomes all, regardless of background and denomination.
The Bergen Point Community Church historically united the members of nearby congregations from the American Baptist, United Methodist, and Reformed Church of America. Current members include those from other denominations and Catholic backgrounds.
We continue in the legacy of our founders who envisioned the church to become a moral and spiritual influence, and to promote interdenominational harmony in the community.
We are located in a quiet residential neighborhood in the southern part of Bayonne, NJ. Everyone is welcome to worship at Bergen Point Community Church on Sundays at 11 A.M. B.P.C.C. is located at 68 West Fifth Street. For further information please visit www.bpcchurch.org or leave a message at (201) 339-1163 or email email@example.com.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES - 2018
PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018 - 11:00 a.m.
The celebration of Palm Sunday. There will be the traditional distribution of palms, music by our organist and choir, along with a Palm Sunday message from the minister.
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018 - 11:00 a.m.
The Easter Sunday Service of Worship will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. The Service will include special music by our organist and senior choir, and a meditation from the minister.


In 1 Thessalonians 5:11, we are challenged to “encourage one another and build each other up.” In verse 12 “to acknowledge those who work hard among you.” Then in verse 14, we are urged to “encourage the disheartened.” Literally, the word for encourage is to call to one’s side. Sometimes it is actually translated to plead with someone like when Jairus pleaded with Jesus to heal his daughter. Jesus uses the word in his blessing for those who mourn in “for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). The strength of encouragement is in the act of coming alongside of another. I think that one of the strengths of the cell structure is that we are constantly calling people to our side.
When I am coaching my cell leaders, I want to come by their side and encourage them personally and in their work. One question I ask every time we meet is how I can help them. I listen to the good things that are happening in their cells and I listen to their challenges. I don’t try to give them advice, instead I want stand at their side and encourage what they are doing. The best way I can do this is to pray with them and for them.
As we near the end of the year, we are thinking about the coming of the Jesus our Messiah who came to be with us. He is God with us. When Jesus ascended to Heaven, he told us that he was sending the Holy Spirit to come alongside of us. The Comforter, the encourager, is with us and helps us to serve the Lord and one another. God the Spirit calls us to his side and then encourage us to call people to our side. This should be the work we do when we are coaching; when we are meeting in a cell; when we are ministering to someone who does not yet know Christ.
When our second son began playing soccer, he was more concerned with the other players than he was with scoring. More than once, a player from the other team would fall to the ground and instead of taking advantage of the moment, he would stop and help the other child to his feet. He understood the role of calling someone to his side. For the strongly competitive, he would have been ridiculed. I like the picture I see of him assisting even a competitor. This is the work we are to do for our cell leaders. Maybe our best coaching is a hug and a prayer at another’s side. What do you think?


January: The beginning of a new year is a new beginning
for us all. We learn to appreciate clothing, housing and buildings that protect us. We are thankful that Jesus
is always helping others. He also teaches us to love and help one another.
February: The objective for the month of February is to teach the children about persons who work for the good health of others.
We will help our students to appreciate workers who contribute to the safety and well being of all. God plans for us to grow
and be healthy. Health care helpers are workers with God as they care for people by helping them to be well and strong.
March: We will discuss friendship and what it means to be
a friend. We will create a better understanding of God's plan for us to be friends with one another, as well as with all living
April: Recognize farm animals, domestic pets, wild animals and zoo animals. Begin
to identify all animals as Gods creatures and recognize our responsibility for animals.
Provide opportunities for each child to experience God's world. The children
will learn more about what makes up the world in which we live. They will develop
an attitude of responsibility as a part of that world.
has lots of fun things planned. Special events will take place each day of the
week. We start every day with prayers.
Here is a weekly schedule of events.
Monday Books, puppets and plays
Tuesday Bring games from home, outside and inside games
Wednesday Nature walks/hayride, then cool down with popsicle.
Thursday Art project, music, dancing, talent shows
Friday Enjoy popcorn
A Storybook Farm Christian School
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Martha And Mary is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by one of the most important Christian writers of all time. A devotional message of faith and hope for you.
Charles Haddon (CH) Spurgeon,19 June 1834 - 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers".
He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist , defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day.
It is estimated that in his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10,000,000 people,Spurgeon was the pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years.
He was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain and later had to leave the denomination.
In 1867, he started a charity organisation which is now called Spurgeon's and works globally. He also founded Spurgeon's College, which was named after him posthumously.
Spurgeon was a prolific author of many types of works including sermons, an autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns and more.
Many sermons were transcribed as he spoke and were translated into many languages during his lifetime. Spurgeon produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition. His oratory skills held his listeners spellbound in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and many Christians have discovered Spurgeon's messages to be among the best in Christian literature.


MEMPHIS, MS: Funeral services for Howard Christopher Davis, 62, who died Thursday, April 20, 2023 at St. Francis Medical Center in Memphis, TN, will be held at 2p.m., Saturday, April 29, 2023, at First Christian Church in Hermanville, MS. Rev. John Eggleston will officiate and Minister Amanda Vincent will do the eulogy. Burial will be in the Davis Family cemetery with Thompson Funeral Home, Inc. of Port Gibson in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Friday, from 1p.m. until 5p.m. at the Thompson Funeral Home Chapel and Saturday from 1p.m. until service time at the church.
Mr. Davis was a member of New Highway Church of God in Christ in Memphis, Tn.
He was preceded in death by his father, Johnny Davis, Sr; and a sister, Diane Davis.
Mr. Davis is survived by his mother, Bertha Davis of Jackson, MS; his wife, Dianne Harris Davis of Memphis, TN; two daughters, Amanda Vincent of Memphis, TN, and Adonis Holmes of Westwego, LA; four step-children, Dawnisha Norris of New Orleans, LA, Shawanda Harris of Paragould, AR, Danielle Harris and Isaac Alvis, Jr., both of Memphis, TN; four brothers, Jerry Davis, Ricky Davis and Johnny Hardy Davis, all of Port Gibson, MS and William Darrin Davis of Atlanta, GA; a sister, Patricia Shorter of Port Gibson, MS; 2 grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
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to the family or plant a tree
in memory of Howard Christopher Davis, please visit our floral store.


I want to draw attention to the greatest MYSTERY of all. PROVE THAT OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES SHOW JESUS IS THE MESSIAH, (or Christ, Ref. Acts 9:22 & 18:28) and you have proven that GOD EXISTS.
Evolutionary physicists believe other dimensions exist, yet they don't believe in Heaven.
Humanists believe that only man can build paradise.
I don't believe in man anymore. We can't reach Heaven or create a paradise by our knowledge.
A righteous Branch is grafted (nailed) to THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE. THE SCRIPT (the BIBLE) said the name of the Branch would be Jesus (Yeshua in Hebrew) centuries before he arrived.
(See Septuagint, Zechariah 6:11-13)
(John 3:12-18 ESV)
Food for Thought
Of The Daath Path ("Daath" is a Hebrew word for knowledge.)
Knowledge can be true or false, and used for good, or for evil. Who decides which is which? Do you have that right, or does God?
The origin of the word "mystery," is mistore; a Hebrew word for a hiding place. Adam and Eve hid from God in the midst of the trees. "Daath" is the Hebrew word for knowledge in Genesis 2:9. This is the origin of the English word, "death," and of death itself. Our world is a wilderness of thought, yet there are clues that lead to the Tree of Life. You can solve the Mystery of the Daath Path.
On the cross is the greatest revelation there will ever be of God.
It's the only place where we can see what this world is doing to him.
Jesus is the heart of God.
( Links )
Apologies for sound quality
1. Strong's Bible Concordance
2. Webster's New World Dictionary, College Edition (for English definitions)
3. Syllabics (see Encyclopedia Britannica, Writing)
4. Script refs. are KJV unless specified
5. Added to "Mystery" note on this page 2/14/12
4. Added page YHWH 11/27/11
3. The 666 Mystery, 6/21/11
2. The Mysterious Truth (Notes), 10/8/10
1. Added song "His Visage" (Isaiah 52:14) 3/13/11


Author : Patricia Layton
Surrendering the Secret: Healing the Heartbreak of Abortion - Leader Kit by Pat Layton helps a leader facilitate this women's Bible study experience and contains all that is needed to conduct the 8 sessions of small group time. This powerful study helps hurting women find the path to healing through honest, interactive Bible study; meaningful group experiences; unique journaling exercises; and confidential, caring community. Many women hide the secret of abortion deep in their hearts and they are suffering severe consequences. They carry a great burden of shame and failure, afraid to reveal their hidden pain, and by doing so are forced to endure the long-lasting effects in isolation. Surrendering the Secret will allow women to release this burden and find freedom through 'redemptive community' while experiencing hope and joy, as shame and failure are replaced with beauty.


Two cities where faith prevails and allows to explore glorious and religious monuments.
Braga, being one of the oldest Christian cities in the world, has a vast religious heritage. The city is endowed with grandiose buildings and centers of religious devotion. The visit then follows to the city of Guimarães, the birthplace of Portugal, where you can admire the castle and the charismatic Historic Center classified as UNESCO World Heritage.
|DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION||Hotels in Porto or Vila Nova de Gaia or at S. Bento train station|
|DEPARTURE TIME||9:00 AM, please arrive 20 minutes earlier for pick-up|
|RETURN TIME||6:00 PM|
|LANGUAGES||Available in Portuguese and English|


Elder Willie M. Respass Sr &
First Lady Jean Respass
Pastors & First Lady
Frank Tropier, Louise William, Paulette hose
Dr. Irene Tropier
Dr. Gwendolyn Asheford
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe in the Father who is God Almighty. The creator of all things and the Preserver of Light and Life
We believe in the Son, who is Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son. He was human and divine, truly lived, suffered and died, rose again from the dead, ascended on high and is coming again.
We believe that Jesus was send by God to man. That whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life
We believe in the Holy Spirit who was sent from God the Father and the Son. That the Holy Spirit convicts and converts sinners,
dwell in the believer, keeps the believer from the power of sin and leads him to the father, through his Son , Jesus Christ.
We believe that the Union of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are revealed through His church. That all believers are united into one body - the Church
We believe that Christ is coming back for His holy Church without spot or wrinkle. That without holiness in Spirit, Soul and Body, no man shall see the Lord Amen
We believe the Bible is the word of God, given by inspiration through holy men. That in the bible , God seeks to reveal his will to man and man seeks to respond to God's revelation.
New Rising Sun is a Church full of believers with Christ as the head through which he operates, saves souls and glorifies the Father who is in heaven.
Our church is a Christian Church of baptized believers called out from the world and organized on a definite plan in order to accomplish god's device purpose and through which the the ordinance and sacrament are administered.
The mission of New Rising Sun United Holy Church is to promote Christian doctrine, values and fellowship for the purpose of extending holiness throughout the world through the teaching and preaching of the word of God.
The United Holy Church of America is Methodist in background but Holiness and Pentecostal in doctrine.
It spouses entire sanctification and the baptism of the Holy Spirit encouraging but not requiring speaking in tongues As a sign Of true conversion or as a prerequisite for full membership in the church. The church believes in divine healing and includes baptism by water, the Lord Supper and Foot Washing among its religious acts.
There is plenty of work to do at New Rising Sun. The Auxiliaries available are The Male Chorus, The Adult Choir, The Ensemble. We have our Missionary Society, Men's Fellowship, Bible Church School, Usher Board/ Nurses, The Y.P.H.A. ( Young People's Holy Association). We also have a Outreach program . This program feed the community, it also gives food away to the community and it also gives clothes away to those in need. In the Summer time we sponsor a Youth Impact that helps our young people learn academics, bible verse and stories and physical education.
ABOUT OUR CHRUCH
New Rising Sun United Holy Church is a small church located in Norfolk, VA. Our church is associated with the United Holy Church of America (UHCA).
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The Methodist church was the first to minister to the Chinese community in Canada, there was a mission school in 1876 in Victoria and in Vancouver in 1888. From its original Hastings Street location the Mission moved to a building on Dupont Street (Pender) in 1889. In 1900 the mission moved to a purpose built building on Carrall at Dupont Street. The illustration is one of the few that show the full building. It is from a booklet published in 1900 by the architecture firms of Parr and Fee, W. T. Dalton, R. Mackay Fripp, William Blackmore and G. W. Grant. In the booklet, Parr and Fee take credit for the design, though it may only be for the addition. Thomas Hooper receives the credit in earlier newspaper reports.
The Mission faced Carrall Street and only lasted until 1907 when it was demolished and replaced by the Pekin Restaurant, better known as the Pekin Chop Suey House and home to the Chinese Freemasons.
2 thoughts on “Chinese Methodist Mission Church, Chinatown”
I am a descendant of Rev. Chan Yu Tan, younger brother of Rev. Chan Sing Kai – who was first invited by the Methodist Church of Canada, to help minister and found Chinese Methodist Church in Victoria. Both ministered in Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver and New Westminster. Rev. Chan Sing Kai, went on to minister or found churches in Oregon, Nevada and California. My great-great-grandfather Rev. Chan Yu Tan retired in New Westminster, my mother, grandmother and her siblings shared many stories. Thank you for sharing this story about the Mission building on Pender and Carrall St. I think the first building was originally on Beatty St, according to the 93rd Anniversary booklet. Can you help clarify?
Thanks for the note. Always great to have more history. I’ll look into Beatty Street.


You can be a vital part of this mission through your giving and partnership. This is God's plan to transform lives and help people to get their freedom from every form of oppression, walk-in victory and discover their original destiny and the plan of God for them.
We hold our partners with high esteem, that is why we are always standing in the gap and prayed for our partners without season.
We have the mandate to take the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to the unreached using various mediums to achieve this mission. We are to win lost souls, care for those in need, and make disciples of all nations.
Your donation and your seed of love can make a great difference as we take the messages of Christ to the world. Together, we can do far more than any of us could ever do alone! Become a Partner Today!
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” - Luke 6:38
"Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the LORD your God, who does these miracles for you. Never again will my people be disgraced." - Joel 2:28
"They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."


Doris "Sadie" Wilhelm, longtime resident of Wickenburg, died October 14, 2018 in Linn Creek, Missouri.
She was 87.
Mrs. Wilhelm was born December 10, 1930 in St. Louis, Missouri and had been a resident of Arizona from 1985 to 2012.
In her free time, she enjoyed attending church, reading books, traveling, and spending time with friends. She was a light in every room and left a mark on many people all over the country.
Doris was a loving mother, step-mother, grandmother, sister-in-law, aunt, cousin and friend to many. She died fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church.
Doris is joined in heaven with her late husband George, her daughter Christine, and grandson Cyle. She is survived by her son Randall Reid, stepdaughter Beth (Bruce) Scott, stepsons Clifford Wilhelm, George (Barbara Marshall) Wilhelm, Paul (Jana) Wilhelm, and Mark (Debbie) Wilhelm; grandchildren Summer Reid, Breanne (Patrick) Arminio, Justin (Molly) Barber, Timothy (Margi) Wilhelm, Nicholas Wilhelm, Weston (Kelsey) Wilhelm and Nathalie Chouinard; and great grandchildren Luke, Louis, Amelia, Timothy, Lana and Maisie.
A memorial mass will take place at 10 AM on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.
Friends may offer online condolences at www.wickenburgfuneralhome.com
Arrangements under the direction of Wickenburg Funeral Home & Crematory.


Underground Chapel of the Holy Trinity
The chapel was built at the end of the entrance shaft in the 18th century. From here, miners descended along the stairs – Attems’ Shaft – into the depths of the pit, where they spent most of their lives.
Inside the chapel are statues of both patrons, St. Achacius and St. Barbara – intercessors of Idrija miners.
St. Barbara is the patron of miners and all professions threatened by sudden death. Rich mercury ore was discovered on St. Achacius’ Day in 1508. To express their thanks, Idrija miners chose St. Achacius as their patron.


In the recent case of Vucicevic v Aleksic  EWHC 2335 the High Court (Bristol District Registry) considered the rules relating to gifts in the context of homemade wills. The court concluded that instead of being an absolute gift, the homemade handwritten (or holographic) will of the testator gifting his properties to the Serbian Orthodox Church (the “Church“) created a gift to the Church on trust for the benefit of the people in need in Kosovo, especially children. The case highlights that the courts are often willing to adapt a flexible approach to seek to give effect to the provisions of a homemade will as long as the testator’s intentions are discernible, even if certain aspects of the will lack clarity.
Mr Aleksic (the “Testator“) was born in Montenegro in 1923 and moved to the UK after World War II and became a British citizen. He died in 2014, aged 91, with no wife, partner or children. He left a homemade handwritten will dated “2012”, disposing of his estate worth approximately £1.8 million at the time of his death. The Testator made straightforward pecuniary legacies to his siblings and extended family. The will also contained gifts of three properties the testator owned (two in England and one in Montenegro) to the Church. The will further specified that “all the money” “which is left” after taxes should also go to the Church. The gifts were to be for the benefit of people in need in Kosovo, especially children. The will placed the senior bishop of the Church (Bishop Radovic) in charge of the gift, conveying the testator’s “full confidence” that the bishop would ensure that the benefit went to the right place. The testator also ordered that the property in Montenegro should not be sold until 2040.
The Testator’s English was “by no means perfect” and there were various problems with its interpretation.
A number of the issues had been resolved through agreement by the time of the hearing and there were only two main issues left for the Court to determine.
The first issue related to the amount of a pecuniary legacy left to a friend of the Testator as part of the wording had been obliterated. However, given that this turned on its particular facts and the Court was able to come to view as to the amount of the legacy after receiving expert evidence from a forensic document examiner, we do not consider this issue further in this posting.
The second issue related to the gift to the Church. The main questions that arose were as follows:
- Whether the houses were an absolute gift to the Church to use for its own purposes or a gift help on trust for people in Kosovo, especially children;
- Whether the condition not to sell the property in Montenegro was valid; and
- Whether the wording of the gift of “all the money” created a partial intestacy.
Absolute gift or trust?
Firstly the Court had to identify the beneficiary of the gift. “Serbian Orthodox Church” could have meant entities located in Serbia, Montenegro or England. This issue was resolved by the parties through agreement (and a deed of variation) which confirmed that it was the Serbian Orthodox Church in London that was the beneficiary.
In relation to the question of whether this was an absolute gift, the Court concluded that the Testator had not intended to make an absolute gift for the benefit of the Church but had intended to create a trust. The critical question was to determine the Testator’s intention. The Court emphasized that in that exercise reference to the words used, in their context and in all the circumstances should be made.
In deciding that the Testator intended to create a trust rather than give an absolute gift to the Church, the Court considered the following elements to be relevant: (1) the statement that the benefit was to “go to Kosovo, for the people in need, especially children“; (2) that Bishop Radovic was “to be in charge“; (3) the statement that the testator has “full confidence in [Bishop Radovic]” that the gift is “going in right place in Kosovo only“; and (4) the imposition of the condition that the house in Montenegro is not to be sold until 2040.
The Court concluded that these statements showed that the gift was not intended to be an absolute gift; the Testator had sought to control what happened to the property in his will. It was clear to the Court that the gift was for the relief of poverty and therefore charitable, and much narrower than the proper purpose for which the Serbian Church in London holds property generally.
The Court also confirmed that the will did not make Bishop Radovic a trustee as he was given no property right (legal or equitable) in the will. If the Bishop had not been available to oversee the administration of the gift, the gift would still have been valid.
The Court found the choice of words of the Testator having “full confidence” in the Bishop problematic as such precatory language expressed a wish in respect of what should happen, rather than an obligation. The Court, however, considered that the language had to be looked at in context. The Testator had no wife, partner or children and made a gift to an institution for charitable purposes. The gift was effectively a gift of residue after making gifts to those friends and family members he wished to benefit. The confidence was not placed in the legatee but in someone who was in a position of authority and whom the Testator trusted to make the right decisions in the administration of the gift. The gift was also long-lasting; the house in Montenegro was not to be sold until 2040. It was clear to the Court that the will created a gift to the Church on trust for people in need, especially children, in Kosovo.
The Court also confirmed that the condition that the house in Montenegro should not be sold until 2040 was valid. English private international law provides that the validity of a testamentary gift of immovable property is governed by the lex situs; the law of the place where the property is situated. Here that was the law of Montenegro.
Expert evidence on Montenegrin law provided that under Montenegrin law a Testator is able to elect the law of the state of his habitual residence to govern the gift of immovable property. The Court held that the testator did in fact choose the law of his habitual residence (England) to govern the gift in relation to the house in Montenegro, and that under English law such a condition that the property should not be sold is valid.
The Court had to decide whether the wording that “all the money” left after taxes goes to the Church created a partial intestacy. A narrow interpretation of “money” in this context which included money in hand and a deposit in the bank only was likely to create partial intestacy. However, the Court favoured a wider interpretation of the word “money” to incorporate a wider pool of assets.
In reaching this conclusion, the Court took into account the fact that the Testator’s clear intention was not to die intestate, that the “all the money” provision came at the end of the will and had the appearance of a residuary gift, that the will was homemade which has in the past been helped courts to expand the meaning of the word “money“, and was not in the Testator’s own language. Further, it also seemed that a common translation of the English word “money” into Serbian would be a word that would cover non-money assets.
The court concluded that it was clear that the Testator meant to use the word “money” in this part of his will to cover the remainder of his estate, and his non-money financial assets. Accordingly, there was no partial intestacy.
The decision highlights that courts can be willing, in certain circumstances, to exercise a degree of flexibility to seek to discern the testator’s intentions and give effect to a will, even if the will is unclear. The decision also shows that, as the Court said “bad English can still make a good will, as long as the testator’s meaning is understood“.
However, although it appears that greater leniency was given here as the will was homemade, the testator did not take legal advice in relation to the will, and did not speak good English, parties should not seek to rely upon making a homemade will in the hope that the Courts will give them greater leniency in interpretation. Not only is there a real risk that a Court will not give effect to a testator’s wishes, but there will also be significant legal costs incurred in any court proceedings to seek to interpret the will, and those costs may very well exhaust, or at least significantly decrease, the value of any estate.
The case also provides a good practical example of the interplay between private international law and domestic law in the context of property situated abroad. Although in this case the gift was upheld, testators should act very cautiously and take appropriate legal advice when their estate involves assets in other jurisdictions as the interplay of the rules of private international law can give rise to unexpected outcomes.


Easter is one of the most popular holidays in Germany. After a cold and dark winter, it celebrates the spring and Jesus Christ's resurrection, according to the Christian Bible. A lot of Easter traditions are much older than Christianity, so they were adapted or forbidden by the church. Buts some of these traditions were continued in the hidden, like painting Easter eggs and giving them to others.
Painting Easter Eggs
In the weeks prior to Easter we paint some eggs in Germany. You can find this tradition in a lot of countries and it is a great tradition in Russia and Armenia too. Where this tradition comes from is not absolutely clear but I found an interesting explanation for you.
Hundreds of years ago when Christianity wasn’t so popular in Germany, people from the church came to this country and tried to eradicate paganism. At this time Germans weren’t so happy about rules and following them, they were real rebels. Before Germany was evangelized, Ostara was celebrated in spring. Our German word for Easter is Ostern, by the way. A tradition for this celebration was to give colored eggs to your friends, which was forbidden by the Christian church. To continue this ritual, the followers have not given the eggs personally, but the eggs were buried and hidden in the fields of friends and family.
On Easter day we paint boiled eggs and give them to others as a present. This eggs will be eaten, so normally they just have one color. Other eggs are mouth-blown and decorated delicately, which could end up on an Ester tree. You can find lots of Easter trees in Germany with many eggs hanging on them.
Four Days of Easter
In Germany there are four important days during Easter. The first one is Good Friday (Karfreitag), which is a quiet day, with no music and no dancing. Sometimes there are also restrictions to sell alcohol and there won’t be any parties. On this day we traditionally eat fish in Germany.
On Saturday there will be some Ester markets and in Northern Germany we light up Ester bonfires in the evening. These fires should chase away the darkness and welcome the spring. This is also s good opportunity to get rid of dead plats and your old Christmas tree.
Easter Sunday is the most important day. Most People go to church on this day and celebrate together with family and friends. In the morning parents hide baskets with Easter eggs, chocolate and little presents for children, who will seek for them. After coming back from church most family have lunch, traditionally consisting of lamb, potatoes and vegetables. Sometimes there will even be asparagus on the tables.
Easter Monday is the last day of these holidays. Like on Sunday most shops, businesses and banks are closed. Of course there are church services, but we normally don’t have special celebrations on this day.
German kids believe that the Easter bunny comes to hide the baskets with eggs and chocolate. The bunny symbolizes fertility and life. He is so popular, that we also have several chocolate versions of it. The first chocolate Easter bunnies were produced in Germany in the 19th century.
The lamb is also quite popular and symbolizes the sacrifice of Jesus, but also purity and the peaceful way of life. You can find lots of lamb-formed cakes in bakeries during Easter time.


It is not easy for men to stand up and do the right things in their lives when it comes to their private conduct, family, church, and work. This is why the men of JWBC seek life answers directly from the only source we have found to be true...God's Word...the Bible!
The Men's Ministry of JWBC seeks to arm men with the weapons they need to face the challenges life throws at them each and every day. We believe studying God's Word privately as well as in small-groups is important, but we also know that just hanging out with other men around a bar-b-que grill, playing sports, hunting and fishing, or just watching the game is important as well.
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Wings & Wisdom
Great wings and words of wisdom are shared at these special Jackson Way Men's events. The next Wings & Wisdom is scheduled for Thursday, May 21 @ 6:00 pm in the Student Warehouse.
It's pretty simple. Bring a steak, bring a friend, bring a steak for your friend and throw the steaks on the grill. This is an excellent opportunity to get to know the men of Jackson Way. ... just keep an eye on your steak!


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Immaculate Conception Fraternity
In the Fall of 1945, under the guidance of Father C. A. Guelzer, the new pastor at St. Joseph Church in Mishawaka, Indiana, a new Fraternity in the Secular Franciscan Order began meeting.
Magdelina Jacobs, Barbara Schumacher, Elizabeth Kunkel and Bernadette Lenhard were the first members of the new Fraternity.They had transferred from the St. Matthew Fraternity of South Bend, Indiana. Elizabeth Kunkel was the first prefect.
The Immaculate Conception Fraternity was canonically established on June 11, 1958 in Mishawaka, Indiana. From 1945 to 1963, membership grew until it reached 69 professed members. The Holy Spirit was indeed working. Alden Lenhard was prefect with Fr. Duane Stengel, OFM, serving as Spiritual Director. Members faithfully attended the Fraternity meetings for spiritual renewal. These meetings were held in church and started with Benediction, followed by a spiritual lesson by the Spiritual Director and ending with discussion.
The history of the Fraternity is intertwined with the history of the National Organization of the Third Order of St. Francis in the United States. With the approval of a new RULE OF LIFE in 1978, as elsewhere in the world, the fraternities were reorganized as an independent order. The National Fraternity of the United State was formed and divided into thirty regions. The fraternities in the northern half of the state of Indiana plus the Fraternity in Terre Haute formed the Regional Fraternity of Our Lady of Indiana.
After the Vatican Council of the 1960’s, prospective members, because interested in the cursillo and charismatic movements drifted into these groups. Membership dwindled, due to deaths and other causes.
Upon the death of Alden Lenhard in 1974, John Walker became prefect. In 1975, Bernadette Lenhard was elected prefect with Edith Bauerlein as secretary and Marie Arndt as treasurer. The Fraternity held together and met monthly at Mount Alverno, the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Mishawaka. The Fraternity has enjoyed a very strong relationship with the Convent, with several of the sisters continuing to provide guidance in the role of Spiritual Assistant to the Fraternity.
In 1984, Fred Kagel became prefect and a renewal started. The Fraternity had healthy growth under his able direction. In 1991, he resigned due to health problems. Camy George became active prefect and in 1991 was elected to the office. During the last ten years, under that capable guidance of Cyndi Pilot, OFS, and Linda O’Neal, OFS, and their Councils, the Immaculate Conception Fraternity continues to grow. Members come from twenty some parishes in the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese and serve in various parish ministries as well as in various needs of the Michiana community. Our common apostolate is the monthly, Sunday morning provision of a warm and substantial breakfast for "Our Lady of the Road" where the homeless and others may come for a good meal and some sharing of the fraternal love an care of Fraternity members.


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LGBT-affirming denominations regard homosexuality as a natural occurrence. The short answer to that is no, it's not a sin. I could tell she felt really bad for taking the liberty to inform our year-old girls about the pride movement and her views on lesbianism, when we were simply expecting our daughters to learn foundational truths from Scripture.
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ColinB wrote:Are you seriously suggesting that, if Elvis [or anyone for that matter] lives a sin-free life they will be immortal ?
Nobody can directly live a sin free life. One can choose to repent to God through the saving atonement of Jesus Christ. If you read every book in the Bible, the all speak of Christ and of the resurrection. God is God of the living, not of the dead. We all fall short of the glory of God and we as fallen human beings do sin. None of us is righteous, no not one. Even if it turned out Christianity wasn't real, then I can only quote Blasse Pasqual -- all I missed out on were fleeting pleasures that were not going to benefit my life in the first place. However, if the Bible is the inherent Word of God - then all unbelievers will be doomed for hell and pain and suffering in the blackness of all eternity.
All we can do is repent of our sins, and have reasonable faith. We live by faith, not by sight, but we can obtain a reasonable faith proven by evidence in the Bible, and even historical evidence outside of the Bible.
Please quote some examples.......................
Actually, I can quote a few.
John 11: 1-46: The rising of Lazarus
The Death of Lazarus: Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” 12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.” 16 Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”
I Am the Resurrection and the Life: 17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles[a] away. 19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy: 28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was[b] in the place where Martha met Him. 31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”[c] 32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!” 37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”
Lazarus Raised from the Dead: 38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying.[d] And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
Luke 8: 40-56, Matthew 9: 18-26, Mark 5: 21-43 - Jarius' daughter raised to life.
Luke 8: 40-56:
A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed: 40 So it was, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed Him, for they were all waiting for Him. 41 And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged Him to come to his house, 42 for he had an only daughter about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as He went, the multitudes thronged Him. 43 Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, 44 came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped. 45 And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him[f] said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”[g] 46 But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.” 47 Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. 48 And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer;[h] your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” 49 While He was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.”[i] 50 But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.” 51 When He came into the house, He permitted no one to go in[j] except Peter, James, and John,[k] and the father and mother of the girl. 52 Now all wept and mourned for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.” 53 And they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But He put them all outside,[l] took her by the hand and called, saying, “Little girl, arise.” 55 Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat. 56 And her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened.
Luke 7: 11-17 - The raising of the son of the widow of Nain
Jesus Raises the Son of the Widow of Nain: 11 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. 12 And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” 14 Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” 15 So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. 16 Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.” 17 And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region.
There is one more, the ultimate one and the major reason of what we cling to. The Resurrection of Jesus. I will cite Biblical and Historical sources of the event. *I have to do it this afternoon because I'm meeting a friend at 11:30.
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A Reuters article this week opened with a curious lead sentence:
‘Human trafficking is a crime against humanity that should be recognized as such and punished by international or regional courts, a Vatican study group said on Monday.’
The article proceeded to quote from a statement issued following a 2-day Vatican conference:
‘ “International or regional courts … should be created because human trafficking in an international phenomenon that cannot be properly prosecuted and punished at the national level.”‘
What’s curious is the omission in the article (though perhaps not at the seminar) of the fact that some acts of trafficking already fall within the jurisdiction of a permanent international court.
To be precise, Article 7(1)(c) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in 1998 and in force since 2002, expressly lists “[e]nslavement” as a crime against humanity that the ICC may prosecute, “when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack.” In turn, Article 7(2)(c) states:
‘ “Enslavement” means the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person and includes the exercise of such power in the course of trafficking in persons, in particular women and children ….’
The concern for migrants that Pope Francis I has voiced, and that this new Vatican report echoes, is laudable. And the Vatican, the U.N. non-member state called the Holy See, is party to scores of treaties. (credit for image of Holy See’s coat of arms) It remains to be seen whether this status and that stated concern combine to prompt the Holy See – which has a past with the ICC (here and here) – to consider joining, submitting to the jurisdiction of, and fully supporting, the court.


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