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We just added CloudWorks collection of Angels. They are beautiful. Faith, Hope and Charity remind me how to live my life.  

They are great gifts for a dear friend.

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For Mother's Day, we went to Mass at the UK Newman Center.  The Parish name is The Holy Spirit Parish.  The service had a beautiful message as it was their feast day.

The choir was great.  They use many instruments and vocals to bring joyous music to the mass.

Anyone traveling in Kentucky on a weekend, would have a wonderful experience attending the services at Holy Spirit Parish at UK Newman Center.

Go to: http://newmancenter.home.insightbb.com/index.htm for additional information on Holy Spirit Parish.

When my father died, he had requested a plain wooden box.  So when the priest gave him Last Rites, I mentioned dad’s request.  Father said he went to Saint Meinrad’s Seminary, and that the brothers there made beautiful wood caskets.

Dad died the next morning.  We looked up Saint Meinrad on the Internet and found, after mom agreed, the casket for dad.  When we went to the funeral home, of course they advised us about the caskets they had.  We were determined to have the one father had recommended.  They honored the request and took care of the details for us.

 Mom wants one too.  My husband and I and his parents want an abbey casket.

 The website is:  www.saintmeinrad.edu/caskets­­_info.aspx

I feel that the Virgin Mary has inspired faith based actions.  I am sure that the good works that followed apparitions are true reflections of love.  As a child, Fatima always inspired me.  I use to wish that I was holy enough for a vision.  Now I think that it would be a huge burden to have that happen. 

A matter of faith

Visitors attend a mass Sunday in the French Alps where the Catholic Church officially recognized that a shepherd girl saw daily apparitions of the Virgin Mary here beginning in the 1664. She said the apparitions asked her to build a church and a house for priests, which she did.

Visitors attend a mass Sunday in the French Alps where the Catholic Church officially recognized that a shepherd girl saw daily apparitions of the Virgin Mary here beginning in the 1664. She said the apparitions asked her to build a church and a house for priests, which she did.

Speaking at Mass in remarks broadcast nationally on France-2 television, Monsignor Jean-Michel di Falco Leandri said he recognized the "supernatural origin" of the apparitions to 17-year-old Benoite Rencurel from 1664 to 1718.

The bishop, in an interview on France-Info radio, said the decision meant the church "has committed itself in an official way to say to pilgrims 'you can come here in total confidence.'" The recognition process involved a panel of experts including two theologians and an investigating judge, he said.

Officials at Notre-Dame-du-Laus church say that after four months of daily apparitions starting in May 1664, the Virgin Mary asked Rencurel to build a church and a house to receive priests.