Church works with Verizon to thwart neighbors

Posted on August 13, 2009 by iwilder

In Holbrook, Long Island, New York, a Catholic Church is trying to install a cell tower at their location in the heart of a residential neighborhood. The church was slow in informing the neighbors and the parish members. The community has expressed its frustration through: comments at an information meeting called by the church, with […]

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Obama children did not go to church service

Posted on January 20, 2009 by iwilder

[This is odds and ends coverage from live blogging about the Inauguration…] The Obama children – Sasha and Malia – did not go to the Inauguration Day Prayer Service/Church Service. I was wondering if they were in a different car or had gone with relatives. At their age, many young people would not go to […]

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Interesting compromise: Keeping Rick Warren, adding a gay Bishop

Posted on January 12, 2009 by iwilder

KW: President-Elect Barack Obama has been criticized for inviting Rick Warren – a conservative, anti-gay reverend – to say a prayer at the inauguration. It is an interesting maneuver that Barack Obama has kept Reverend Rick Warren on the schedule,but added an openly homosexual clergyperson, Bishop Gene Robinson. Clever attempt at a political solution – […]

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Fri. Nov. 9th: Ecumenical Service for peace, martyrs, and closing of the SOA

Posted on October 16, 2007 by iwilder

On Friday, November 9, 2007, there will be an Ecumenical Service of Remembrance for the 18th anniversary of the assassination of the 6 Jesuit Priests and their co-workers in El Salvador. You are invited to join in faith and solidarity to celebrate in their honor and in honor of the four American Churchwomen, Archbishop Romero […]

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