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2017
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Washing of the Feet, a Powerful Message.One of the most impressive traditions of Holy Week is the commemoration of Jesus washing the feet of his apostles. Churches all over the world hold a mass or ceremony in remembrance of this. In many churches, they choose representatives of the different peo...
04/09/2017
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Polish Easter Blessing of Food At noon on Saturday April 15, there will be a blessing of food. This is a polish tradition known asświęcenie pokarmow wiełkanocnych. A basket of food your family will eat for Easter dinner can be brought in to St Joseph’s Church and blessed in a simple ceremony. T...
04/09/2017
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Stevens Point Good Friday Walk There are so many opportunities to meditate on the events of Holy Week. One of my favorite activities is the Good Friday Walk. To commemorate Jesus final walk carrying his cross, we walk through Stevens Point. We stop at 14 various locations to pray for people in ne...
04/09/2017
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Seder Meal – St. Joseph’s Parish At 5:30 pm St Joseph Parish will hold a potluck meal. Recounting the suffering of slavery and then freedom for the Israelites, in ancient Egypt. Although this Seder meal will not have all the traditional elements – it still serves to remind us of the suffering a...
04/09/2017
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The Last Supper - Holy Spirit Parish Celebrating the end of our Lenten fast and prayerfully awaiting the Paschal Fast which begins a little later in the evening. Holy Spirit Parish will be holding a Pot Luck Meal on Thursday April 13 beginning at 6:00pm. We are reminded that everyone brings s...
04/09/2017
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Chrism Mass this Tuesday, April 11, 2017 Tuesday of this week we will not be seeing Fr Finian or Fr Placid at Franciscans Downtown.They will be joining priests from all over the diocese, and in every diocese throughout the world at a Diocesan Cathedral for the annual Chrism Mass on Tuesday of Hol...
04/09/2017
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Prairie Chicken Re-route and Video A few days ago a friend posted this video of Prairie Chickens doing their mating dance on Facebook and it reminded me of a story that I had shared online a few years ago.So tonight I will reshare the story and the video. My wife Sally is writing a blog tonight...
04/07/2017
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Thanks for the inspiration Doug Dawes . We all need to take our health seriously if we want to continue to pursue our dreams. ...a happy Realtor®. This is my philosophy, these days. It's curious, I used to work out 6 days/wk 2 hours/day. I felt good and strong. Then, for some reason, I fell off t...
04/03/2017
220 Thousand Forest Acres Between the Twin Cities and Eau Claire, Dunn County Wisconsin Great forest land for people who work in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St Paul) or Eau Claire and many of the people who live here have dual career families with a short commute to both of these urban area...
04/02/2017
Quality Oaks, Pines, and Wildlife, Waushara County Wisconsin 175 Thousand Acres of Forested Wildlife habitat can be found in this beautiful Central Wisconsin County.Though the Oaks here are not spectacular, the pines are exceptional.One delightful remnant of a foresters advice from the mid part...
04/02/2017