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Council 10355 Christmas Party Fun

Wow, what a great time was had by all at the Annual council 10355 Christmas Party on December 13th. In addition to all the food and festivities was the wonderful reading of A Night Before Christmas, and of course a visit by Saint Nick! Thanks to all who helped make this just a great night.

: Every age had a great time.

: Jim sings a hit with a young crooner and accompanied by Gail on piano.

: Someone having fun to spoil a great picture.

: Looking back at a great time.

: Circle of fun

: I wonder what Santa will bring us?

: Sometimes fun doesn’t come in perfect focus.

: Twas the Night before Christmas…

: We know she’s been a good girl.

: Belting out a Christmas Carol.

Pope Francis on the New Evangelization

“Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.”
Pope Francis I

Pope Francis’ First Encyclical – Lumen Fidei

Read Lumen Fidei

With much of the writing begun by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, today Pope Francis I published the first encyclical of his reign entitled Lumen Fidei or in English, The Light of Faith. In the short introduction, Pope Francis states the reasons that both he and Pope Benedict XVI before him focus on the topic of faith, especially during the Year of Faith and the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. There is an urgent need today to understand the value and importance of faith – not just to Christians but all humankind. The metaphor Benedict and Francis introduce and expand upon throughout the encyclical is that of light. Faith is the light that illumines our journey in life and provides clarity to all aspects of human existence. This understanding is critical today, because modern society rejects faith as subjective and infused only by fleeting emotion – in other words – living by faith is a dark, unenlightened pursuit. Pope Francis, seeking to correct the modern understanding, hopes that his encyclical will help the light of faith “grow and enlighten the present, becoming a star to brighten the horizon of our journey at a time when mankind is particularly in need of light” (LF, 4).