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January 10, 2010

Bulletin of the Catholic Community at the Family Foundation School Pauca Verba (a few words) Number 7 – January 10, 2010 Today is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Jesus! Jesus didn’t need baptism, but he went to the Jordan River where sinners had gathered in repentance. Repentance is sorrow for sin AND [...]

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January 1, 2010

Weekly Bulletin of the Catholic Community at the Family Foundation School (Pauca Verba (a few words) Number 6 – January 3, 2010 Father Yakinf lived for many years on the island of Saint John the Baptist near the famous Russian Monastery of Valaam. Many of the letters he wrote to people still exist. In one [...]

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December 27, 2009

The Bulletin of the Catholic Community at The Family Foundation School Pauca Verba (a few words) Number 5 – December 27, 2009 Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ can’t be done in one day – so the Church stretches it first to eight – called an Octave. And the Sunday that falls within the Christmas [...]

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December 18, 2009

The Bulletin of the Catholic Community at the Family Foundation School Pauca Verba Number 4 – December 20, 2009 At the start of Advent we talked with enthusiasm about having our own Greccio here at school. We intended to build the outdoor manger and with live animals, celebrate the night-Mass of Christmas outdoors under the [...]

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December 13, 2009

The Bulletin of the Catholic Community at the Family Foundation School Pauca Verba Number 3 – December 13, 2009 We shall not turn away from you, O Lady, for you always save your servants from all manner of grief.” **************** Today is the Third Sunday of Advent – also called in Latin – Gaudete (Gow-day-tay) [...]

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November 28, 2009

The Bulletin of the Catholic Community at the Family Foundation School Pauca Verba (a few words) Number 1 – November 29, 2009 “The rosary is, I am convinced, the surest and easiest school of contemplative prayer. The rosary decapitates pride, the single greatest obstacle to union with God. The repetition of the Aves (Hail Mary), [...]

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November 22, 2009

Weekly Bulletin of the Catholic Community of the Family Foundation School Pauca Verba (a few words) Number 49 – November 22, 2009 We’ll spend the next month getting ready for Christmas in every conceivable way: shopping, decorating, going out, going home, what’s on the menu? How about some inner getting ready? Does Christmas make you [...]

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November 15, 2009

The Weekly Bulletin of the Catholic Community at the Family Foundation School Pauca Verba (a few words) Number 48 – November 15, 2009 “Boys do what they want to do while men do what they have to do.” ************** A female staff member tells of doctor saying to her once: “You’d make a good mistress.” [...]

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