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No Borders Camp / Campamento Contra Fronteras
NO BORDERS CAMP NOVEMBER 2007 CALEXICO/MEXICALI, TURTLE ISLAND
As long as the US/Mexico border has existed, people having been struggling against it. The border itself is a colonial war monument and it continues to be the site of a not-so-low intensity war. It is a boundary marking an internal space [...]

Gabriel will be 5 months old tomorrow. On Sunday, he will take the big plunge as he is welcome into the family of the church through the rite of Holy Baptism.

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The church by the middle years of next century is going to be much more involved in a renewal of spirituality. And the spirituality will be community based. Churches will be more community centers than kind of liturgical museums. They will be much more active on the grass-roots level in areas of social concern. They [...]

 Archbishop calls for forgiveness

“Give up the struggle to be innocent and the hope that God will proclaim that you were right and everyone else wrong. Simply ask for whatever healing it is that you need, whatever grace and hope you need to be free, then step towards your neighbour.
“Easter reveals a God who is ready [...]

Bishop won’t fly for a year
Wittenberg, Germany (ENI) — For most of the 150 delegates who travelled to Germany for a gathering of church leaders in historic Wittenberg, the trip was a matter of a few hours, thanks to one of the many low-cost airlines that now ply Europe’s skies.
But for Anglican Bishop Richard Chartres [...]

the longhaul life of the community
via Alan Creech
So, this is what I mean by the longhaul life of the community. We cannot live as communities of faith who are dependent on the newest, coolest thing that comes down the pike. We can’t sustain a transformative life together by merely “hanging out” - [...]

MSA’s 16th Annual Celtic Prayer Retreat
 

Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 6:00 pm -
Main Retreat - Saturday Aug 18, 2007, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, Aug 19, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Camano Island, WA

Click here to register online

There are times when we need space. . . space to breath, hear and respond, space for transformation and [...]