Church unity in College Park
Published: 02.22.08
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Anglican Bishop Louis Campese, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Eastern United States, left, joins Bishop Thomas Wenski in praying the Stations of the Cross Feb. 8 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Orlando.
ORLANDO | A Catholic church and an Anglican church in Orlando are helping further Christian unity by observing an important Lenten tradition together. Members of St. Charles Borromeo Parish and the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Anglican Church in America, are praying Stations of the Cross jointly during Lent. The churches are responding to Pope Benedict XVI’s call to foster unity among all the Christian churches through that which they have in common. Each Friday of Lent at 7 p.m., Stations of the Cross are prayed together at one or both of the churches.
The remaining schedule is as follows:
• Feb. 22, St. Charles Borromeo Parish, 4001 Edgewater Drive, Orlando
• Feb. 29, St. Charles Borromeo Parish and Cathedral of the Incarnation, 1515 Edgewater Drive, Orlando
• March 7, St. Charles Borromeo Parish
• March 14, St. Charles Borromeo Parish and the Cathedral of the Incarnation.
Remembering Lourdes
Published: 02.22.08
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MELBOURNE | Our Lady of Lourdes Parish School students (l–r) Liam Kelly, Luisa de Lahoz, Madison Booth and Emily Mullins pray the rosary during 24 hours of Eucharistic Adoration Feb. 11, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin at Lourdes, France.
Lunar New Year
Published: 02.15.08
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ORLANDO | Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Maria Huong Nguyen, right, Sister MyDung Pham pray during a Mass commemorating the Lunar New Year at St. Philip Phan Van Minh Parish Feb. 7.
Lunar Rocks
Published: 02.15.08
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WINTER HAVEN | Students at St. Joseph Catholic School in Winter Haven get a close-up view of moon rocks on loan for two weeks to the school from NASA, beginning last month, in celebration of Catholic Schools Week. Mary Kay Swider, teacher, said: “The moon rocks are national treasures. They show dimensions of our world that God has given us. An interesting fact that I learned when I took the class at NASA about the moon is that Buzz Aldrin had taken a consecrated host and wine to the moon and had special permission to have holy Communion on the moon. He took a vial of the blood of Christ and the holy Communion from (the) zipped pocket of his space suit and consumed them on the moon. This shows the reverence that the astronaut had for the sacrament.”
Pictured in the photo from left to right, are Kristen Stricker, Alexis Van Ryswyk, Gabrielle May, Hattie Lou Burdin, Mary Swider, Camryn Hattaway and Alayna Garber.
First ashes
Published: 02.12.08
MELANIE L. DODSON | FC
Sister of Mercy Immaculata Knox gives first ashes on Ash Wednesday Feb. 6, to three-year-old Carolyn Breaux, a member of the F.I.S.H. (Fellowship Invites Serving and Helping) program for preschoolers at Ascension Parish in Melbourne. Sister Knox prepared the children by explaining, “The cross shows how much God loves you and I’m going to make a little cross on your forehead to show everyone God loves you.̶ Carolyn shared, “I know God loves me because I have fun with my daddy and mommy.”
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