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New blog post: January 16 – American Townland by Fergus O’Farrell http://tinyurl.com/95hkun
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Deacon Jim New blog post: January 16 – American Townland by Fergus O’Farrell http://tinyurl.com/95hkun.
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New blog post: Helping our brothers and sisters in Christ http://tinyurl.com/8pwrnl
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Deacon Jim New blog post: Helping our brothers and sisters in Christ http://tinyurl.com/8pwrnl.
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New blog post: Honoring Dr. King in Stratford, Connecticut http://tinyurl.com/8dfatt
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Deacon Jim New blog post: Honoring Dr. King in Stratford, Connecticut http://tinyurl.com/8dfatt.
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From the Stratford Star: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to be honored Sunday
The annual Stratford Community Interfaith Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration will take place Sunday, Jan. 18, at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Bridgeport, 96 Chapel St. in the Putney section of Stratford.
This service is organized by clergy serving congregations in Stratford in an effort to create a service that is respectful to people of all religions. This year’s preacher will be Bishop Anthony Kopka of St. Joseph’s National Catholic Church.
There will be music from two church choirs and a combined choir. All who would like to sing in the combined choir are asked to arrive at the church at 3 p.m. that day for rehearsal.
Each year at this service a collection is taken to support scholarships in King’s name which benefit students at Stratford’s high schools.
Questions can be directed to the host pastor and president of the Stratford Clergy Association, the Rev. Julie-Ann Silberman-Bunn, at 378-1020.
From the Scranton Times Tribune: Scranton church gets conditional approval
A fledgling church won city zoning approval Wednesday to stay open, but on the condition that parking requirements are addressed.
The zoning board voted 3-2 to grant Maranatha Ministries Pentecostal Church’s appeal to occupy 1110-1112 Prospect Ave., but the church must provide written confirmation that it has permission to use a nearby church’s parking lot during services.
Zoning officials in October found the property did not meet place-of-worship zoning criteria as the space was less than the 10,000 square-foot minimum in a residential area, parking was inadequate and there was an illegal apartment conversion on one floor and nonpermitted restoration on two abandoned apartments on another.
The board granted variances on all the issues contingent on the parking. Church officials said they have a verbal agreement with the Polish National Catholic Church to use that church’s parking.
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The board did not give the church a deadline to produce the letter —” technically, the 40-member church cannot operate until it satisfies the parking condition.
—The city will give them a reasonable amount of time,— solicitor Dan Penetar said.
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The Rev. Benitez moved his parish from another part of Scranton to the Prospect Avenue building in April and said he is confident all issues will be resolved.
—I’m at peace,— the Rev. Benitez said after the vote.
American townland
Snow in Iceland
Russian farmland
And the sword of Islam
The state of new Israel
Remembers Belsen
Now there’s sand for Palestine
And grass for IsraelWon’t you settle down, stop fighting for your gods…
Oh, settle down, stop fighting for your gods.
They can’t hear you now, not with the noise of your guns.Once were towering steeples
Now there’s a soaring eagle
A crescent moon and a rising sun
Our prayers ascending, but what good will they bring?
If all that’s willin’ is more and more killin’Won’t you settle down, stop fighting for your gods…
Oh, settle down, stop fighting for your gods.
They can’t hear you now, not with the noise of your guns.The mountains of Mourne
The county Cork I was born in
This dirty old town
Where the rain’s always fallin’..
Our prayers ascending, but what good will they bring?
When all that’s willin’ is more and more killin’
Lyrics by Fergus O’Farrell. From Interference Ireland and the album: Other Voices: Songs From A Room (Live in Dingle). Live At St. James’ Church, Dingle, Ireland