Ken Russell's blog
Time to say goodbye :-(
For the past 20 years, Southeast Texas has been my home.
I moved down from Edison, NJ in 1988 to Orange, TX and learned what country living was all about. Over the course of 14 years, Orange became home. Then 6 years ago we came here to League City. I think our first weekend aftermoving here was the first weekend that father Albert came to St. Paul's. That weekend I also met Sarah Fontana who introduced me to the idea of Life Teen (I had never heard of Life Teen before we came here).
Pope Benedict XVI Becomes First Pope to Visit American Synagogue
NEW YORK — Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to visit an American synagogue Friday, bringing greetings for the Passover holiday and accepting gifts of matzo and a seder plate. Benedict, 81, stopped briefly at Park East Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, near the Vatican residence.
Text of Pope Benedict's White House Address
From CBS News, The full text of the Pope's White House Speech
Official Website of papal visit to the US
Pope Benedict XVI - Christ our Hope - Apostolic Journey to the Unites States 2008
Check this site out for up to date articles, links videos and resources regarding teh Pope's visit to Washington, DC and New York, NY next week.
Schedule:
Washington, DC: April 15 - 17
New York, NY: April 18 - 20
Pope Ground Zero prayer seeks terrorists' redemption
Pope Benedict XVI will visit ground zero in New York on April 20th, the last day of his visit to the US. Read the full report by Reuters here.
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will pray for the conversion to love "of those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred" when he visits New York's Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade towers destroyed on September 11, 2001.
NYPD, Secret Service: Unprecedented Pope Security
Protection For Papal Visit Will Be Like U.N. General Assembly, Parade And Presidential Visit Rolled Into 1
Bin Laden's Criticisms Of Pope Haven't Gone Unnoticed
Reporting St. Lucy's Church in Newark, NJ - Christmas 2007
This is the parish church of my great grandparents, grandparents and my mother when she was growing up in Newark, New Jersey. The pictures show much of the old architecture of a late 19th century church. I thought some might enjoy the Italian Christmas music and pictures from last Christmas.
Message of March 25, 2008
“Dear children! I call you to work on your personal conversion. You are still far from meeting with God in your heart. Therefore, spend all the more time in prayer and Adoration of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, for Him to change you and to put into your hearts a living faith and a desire for eternal life. Everything is passing, little children, only God is not passing. I am with you and I encourage you with love. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
Urbi et Orbi - To the city and the World
The full text of the Pope's message from vatican.va can be read here