Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Rena A. Koontz and Jesse Tinsley
Plain Dealer Reporters
Three-month-old David J. Telban Jr. was baptized in old clothes.
The hand-me-down baptismal gown is a right of passage in his family. It was made 100 years ago in Yugoslavia by his great-grandmother, Mary Telban, when she was 16. Her first two children didn’t live to [...]
Arlington A. “Jim” Schuchart does not remember many details of his time in Germany in the 89th Infantry Division.
As he’s fond of saying, “that was a long time ago.”
But the 85-year-old World War II veteran recalls the day he got hold of a piece of German parachute with clarity, pride and a devilish smile.
Private First [...]
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By VICKI ROCK
Daily American Staff Writer
Dr. Cyril Nathaniel, medical director of interventional cardiology at Somerset Hospital, and registered nurses Sherry Yutzy, Marge Walker, Sue Schmipf and Pam Geary, cardiac catheterization laboratory supervisor (Submitted photo) .
Lori Johnson, Oldsmar, Fla., and her husband, Steven, came to Somerset to renew [...]
by: Michelle McVaney
BellaOnline’s Scrapbooking Editor
Share the STORY OF YOUR BAPTISM. If you have never been baptized, then create a layout about another “spiritual high”.
Many of us have photos of our baptism. If you do not have photos of this special event then consider using a photo of you at that same age.
Below are some baptism [...]
Deciding on a child’s spiritual direction
by Kim Gray
For The Calgary Herald
So I’m sitting in a Kensington coffee shop doing something I’ve never done before. I’m talking religion with a man of the cloth who happens to be the minister of our local church — the same church my family and several neighbours have begun to [...]
A baby born to a couple who met at the Glastonbury Festival five years ago, has been baptised at the event.
Will and Carey Worthy said the Somerset festival was “in the blood” of their one-year-old, Ellison William Osbourne.
Worthy is the name of the farm on which the event is held and Osbourne is a family [...]
by Rabbi Marc Gellman & Msgr. Thomas Hartman
The God Squad
June 30, 2007
I am Catholic and my husband is a nondenominational Protestant.
We’ve been married for almost three years and have two beautiful children. This is, however, my second marriage.
My oldest child, age [...]
by Babu Ranganathan
July 23, 2007 01:58 PM EST
Recently the Pope announced that the Roman Catholic Church is the one true church and that there is no salvation outside of Roman Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the Pope is the infallible spiritual head and Vicar of Christ on earth.
Before examining the Pope’s statements, let [...]
…parallels in Baptist successionism
By Robert Dilday
Virginia Religious Herald
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP)—Pope Benedict XVI’s recent reaffirmation that the “true church” lies in an unbroken line of succession from Christ and his apostles might resonate in an unlikely place—conservative Baptists who trace the roots of their denomination back to Jesus—and sometimes beyond, to John the Baptist.
Baptist successionism—a theory [...]
Growing Into His Faith
Adam Liston
Published 16 July 2007
http://www.newstatesman.com/200707160006
I have no memory of my baptism as an infant, when my parents and godparents renounced evil on my behalf, repented of their sins, turned to Christ and promised to foster the faith I had just received.
From the next phase, attending Catholic Mass with my mother when [...]