Day: July 22, 2011

Arts Camp revitalizes congregation and community

| Posted on July 22, 2011 |

This summer, over a thousand children will work in a half-dozen studios creating glass, fiber, music and dance projects inspired by specific cultures chosen each year. The program tries to keep students involved in the arts at a time that schools are cutting back and it has given new life to a once small and aging congregation.

Second lawsuit filed against Parry’s former abbey

| Posted on July 22, 2011 |

The lawsuit, filed against Conception Abbey by an Oregon man, claims that Bede Parry, a Benedictine monk, molested the plaintiff in the early 1980s when the plaintiff was a minor.

No ethical dilemma for NewsCorp’s Zondervan

| Posted on July 22, 2011 |

Zondervan, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, does not see any ethical dilemma for them in the wake of the revelations of the phone-hacking scandal according to the

Mary Magdalene

| Posted on July 22, 2011 |

These are things I want to see. Resurrection. Rejoicing. Enemies turned away and oppressors dealt with. The lame and outcast secure and respected. Homecoming. Fortune restored.

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