Month: February 2017

2-18-17 Diaconate Journey Continues…Canon Law

February 18, 2017 we continue our diaconate journey…at Saint Anne Church and Shrine in Santa Monica.  Today we had a guest speaker, Msgr. Craig Cox who spoke on Canon Law and Canonical Services. (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly  Deacon formation classes) In the morning, Msgr. Craig discussed the most recent Cannon Code that was published in 1983. As part of the discussion was the “Rights and Obligations pertaining to all the “Christian Faithful”, the “Lay …

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Diaconate Journey Continues… Passing the Oral Interview

We continue our diaconate journey on February 4, 2017 at Saint Anne Church and Shrine in Santa Monica. We will be meeting here for our next classes on the 18th of February as well.  (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly  Deacon formation classes) All Candidate Couples in the St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Diaconate formation (that’s us!)  have successfully completed their final interviews.  The interview covered not only what we have learned in our past four …

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Prayers for Children – “It Takes a Healthy World to Raise a Child”

Feb. 15, 2017 – Current world events and climate changes cause suffering, fear and death. The National Academy of Sciences tells us that climate change causes severe weather conditions. All of us are affected by sixteen of the 17 hottest years since 2000 causing floods, drought, fires, heat waves, rising sea levels and more. In 7 African countries, 13 million children are malnourished. Madagascar (90,000 dying of starvation) – South Sudan (food and water shortages) – Nigeria ( 1/2 of …

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