Altar girls reshape view of Catholic church
A California girl’s bed reluctance fades as altar girls spread nationwide with Vatican permission. Arlington and Lincoln ban or limit girls at the altar while most dioceses embrace the change. Girls speak of feeling close to Jesus as they serve, others recount shifts for altar boys as well.
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Maryland
Rome
Vatican
United States
Arlington
Lincoln
Neb
Jesus
Jolene Hite
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church
Land O'Lakes
Fla
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Church of the Nativity
Los Angeles
Allison Palacios
Sarah
Allison
Boston
Kacie Lally
St Agnes Catholic Church
Mass
Belfast Peace Brings Bells and Bargains This Christmas
Belfast Jews celebrate peace with bells and shoppers in a festive mood after IRA cease fire and a British gunman truce. Tour buses carry republic visitors crossing the border for bargains as Donegall Place stays busy with security guards patrolling stores. Christy McGillcuddy recalls united front as locals welcome visitors and St Anne's Cathedral hopes to raise a record charity fund.
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The
Republic
Belfast
Hidden messages in The Twelve Days of Christmas carol
Catholics in Elizabethan England allegedly used the carol as a coded catechism to teach faith. The poem’s gifts supposedly symbolize God, Christ, the Magi, Old and New Testament elements, Beatitudes, the Holy Spirit, Ten Commandments, the apostles, and the Nicene Creed.
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England
Ann Ball
Christ
Judas
Niceain
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day church services listed
SToTaN presents Christmas Eve services at University United Methodist Church 1085 Genesee St Syracuse 730 p m three choirs carols prayers directed by Genn Thuma 14 p m carols prayers Christmas services at University United Methodist Church 1085 E Genesee St Syracuse 11 a m 40 minute service with carols handbells prayers baptisms call 475 7277 Oneida Lake Congregational Church Route 31 Messengers Bay Lakeport 930 a m adult choir Brewerton United Methodist Church 5395 Orangeport Rd Brewerton 1000 a m informal service call 668 3999 for information
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Genesee St
Syracuse
Genn Thuma
University United Methodisl Church
E. Genesee St
Oneida Lake
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