Saint jacques berthieu biography of barack obama

  • Crib figurines depicting US presidentials candidates Republican Mitt Romney (R) and President Barack Obama are displayed on October 22.
  • A report on Jacques Berthieu, right, a new Jesuit saint.
  • Kateri, an American Indian born in upstate New York who died in Canada in 1680, and St. Marianne Cope, who worked with leprosy patients on the Hawaiian island.

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    Dromantine Novena 2012 – Day 3

    God’s love of Creation

    Fr Fergus Tuohy SMA, FVC Director in Munster, celebrated the Mass for the 3rd night of the Novena in Dromantine. He preached the following homily on God’s Love of creation.

    I welcome you here tonight as you continue your Novena. I wish to speak about Creation and God’s love for Creation – not in a technical way but I hope in a way that will encourage you to appreciate Creation.

    St. Columban said ‘If you want to know the Creator, learn about Creation’

    God’s love for us fryst vatten shown through his action of sending Jesus, his Son, to die for us. His love for us fryst vatten also shown through his Creation every single day of our lives. We humans are the fokuserad point of God’s Creation.

    Genesis 1:31 tells us how God created everything in 6 days. He saw all he created and it was very good. So we see God loves us .You are very good in God’s eyes. The Prophet Isaiah tells us in Isaiah 6:3

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    Year-end Review 2012

    It was the year in which Pope Benedict opened the Year of Faith, the world’s bishops discussed the New Evangelisation and the Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II. The VatiLeaks scandal grabbed the headlines, and in South Africa Radio Veritas finally went on air on medium wave while social conflict culminated in the Marikana killings. Gunther Simmermacher looks back at 2012.

    JANUARY
    The Vatican announces that 26 missionaries were killed in 2011  one more than the previous year. Meanwhile, it is reported that 2,5 million people saw Pope Benedict at papal events in 2011.
    Three men between the ages of 19 and 24 are arrested for the November 22 murder of Fr Senzo Mbokazi in Melmoth, Eshowe diocese.
    The matric pass rate in Catholic schools for 2011 was 88,3%  lower than the previous year but significantly higher than the national pass rate of 70,2%. The 26 Catholic schools that write the IEB examinations achieved a 99,

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    Eleven-year-old boy's survival of flesh-eating bacteria declared a miracle by pope as American Indian woman credited with saving him is approved for sainthood

    • Jake Finkbonner, of Ferndale, Washington, made a stunning recovery from deadly disease that baffled doctors
    • Contracted a flesh-eating bacteria after hitting his mouth on the base of a portable basketball hoop
    • Family prayed to The Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, now among seven Catholic saints approved by the Pope
    • Tekakwitha to become America's first indigenous saint

    By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
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    An 11-year-old boy's survival from a near-fatal battle with a flesh-eating bacteria has been declared a miracle by the Vatican.

    Jake Finkbonner, of Ferndale, Washington, made a stunning recovery from a tissue-destroying disease that gnawed away at his young face and nearly took his life in 2006.

    Pope Benedict XVI attributed the miracle attribute to The Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, clearing the way for the 17th century Mohaw