10th Synod
...would involve laity and in fact about half of the 250 members would be lay people.[9] Participants would be nominated by their peers so priests would elect the priests to represent them and the parishes would select members to be put forth. In the two years leading up to the
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...riest, and I remember the Mass itself, very quiet, there weren’t that many people in church. This was the basement of the present church, and when it was all over, I said to my mother I’m gonna be a priest. And she says “How can you figure that out?” and
The Immaculata Mighty Macs
...) Though the team had a 24-1 record under coach Cathy Rush that year, most people thought the tiny women’s college couldn’t compete at the national level. But at the tournament in Normal, Illinois, the team won game after game and finally defeated their rival West Chester State (the school
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...ary chapel located in a house with an old store front that could fit sixty people. The first Mass was said on November 23. “the crowd filled the backyard, the passages, the stairs, and even the living rooms above. So large was the assembly on the sidewalk that many passersby