Happy Halloween

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love that halloween candy.. yr round!


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The Neighborhood Returns

It was like neighborhood reunion Sunday this past weekend at St. Joseph's. Seems like each year the girls get together for a week to celebrate their friendships and this year they stopped by St. Joseph's.

Sue Garman, the one in the red hat (top photo), has been recovering from a critical life threatening illness and the desire was to have every come to the old homestead (pcola) to be togethter for a while.


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Thanks be to God for bringing us together.

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Sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico:

is there a more famous site at Pcola Bch?







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Priests' Retreat: 2011

Church of the Assumption on Pensacola Beach:





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This Mission Church of St. Ann in Gulf Breeze is where our conferences were held and our meals were eaten in the church hall.

Archbishop Thomas Wenski, the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, celebrated Mass with us on Wednesday afternoon and joined us for dinner.

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Prayer is easier than you think:

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Benedictine Sisters visit St. Joseph:

First, there is (l-r)Sr. Barbara, Sr. Maureen and Sr. Ellen, ah hum,
then: (not in this order): Sr. Bertha, Sr. Eleanor, Sr. Mary Ruth, and Sr. Regina:







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Sacrament Prep: outdoor style -

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Listening to First Communion Candidate recite his prayers:




Listening to Confirmation candidate recite his prayers:




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A Nebraska elementary school has ruled that a 6th-grade girl will not be allowed to wear a Rosary around her neck, because the beads are identified as a gang symbol.

Father Joseph Taphorn, the chancellor of the Omaha archdiocese, commented: “I don’t think Christians should have to forfeit what is the symbol for the love of Christ because a few people want to misuse that symbol.”

and it continues!

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Sunday: October 2, 2011

The Lord planted a Vineyard.

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How is your portion of the Vineyard today?

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In our second Scripture reading for today, St. Paul writes: "Have no anxiety at all". That's a tall order don't you think? But faith, especially the faith expressed in prayer really can move us beyond all anxiety to the supreme peace God offers.
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Think about the sources of anxiety in your life and how faith can help you get through them.
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What has been or should be the way you turn back?

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To be spiritually weeded means to have renounced the love of material things and attachment to possessions ... freed from the profitless burden of earthly aspirations, that persoon can breathe again.
St. Basil the Great
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