Maybe it’s a ‘funny thing’ that Muslims say the Shema at King David, but the culture of the school has a profound effect on the students, writes a mother.

In Jewish history, Jews have experienced numerous mass expulsions and they have also fled from areas after experiencing ostracism and threats of various kinds by various local authorities seeking refuge in other countries. MORE

Rat is the first in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac. The Years of the Rat include 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032… Though people consider the rat not adorable, and it even makes its way into derogatory languages, it ranks first on the Chinese zodiac signs. MORE

I think we’re there!

Reuben Panchol was forced to leave war-torn Sudan decades ago as a child, embarking on an odyssey that eventually brought him to the American Midwest and left him eternally grateful to the country that took him in. MORE

At least five people have died and more than 20 are still unaccounted for after the White Island/Whakaari volcano off the coast of New Zealand erupted without warning Monday as tourists hiked around the rim and walked inside the crater. MORE

Children under the age of five accounted for most of the 140,000 people who died from measles in 2018, according to new estimates released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) on behalf of the Measles and Rubella Initiative. MORE

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Why don’t they take in some of these immigrants who have no place to go?

While people fret about robots taking human jobs, machines in Japan are stepping in to fill vacancies amid the worst labor shortage in more than 40 years. That is creating an opportunity for up-and-coming startups focused on automating warehouse tasks. MORE

Anti-vaxers help contribute to these deaths.

Most deaths were among children under 5 years of age. Babies and very young children are at greatest risk from measles infections, with potential complications including pneumonia and encephalitis (a swelling of the brain), as well as lifelong disability – permanent brain damage, blindness or hearing loss. MORE

What most Catholics are not aware,  that it is generally held, Jeremias and St.John Baptist were both born without sin. They were sanctified in their mother’s womb before birth. The protestant Bibles substitute the word sanctified for favored one or chosen one.

Vol 12 Issue 49 ~  Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
December 7, 2019 ~ Saint Ambrose, opn!

1.      What is the Holy Eucharist
2.      Second Sunday in Advent
3.      Immaculate Conception
4.      Family and Marriage
5.      Articles and notices
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