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Ken Poorman Religious Stuff  Here are links to some of Ken's favorite religion websites:
| Successor of St. PeterPope Benedict XVI |
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| Have you seen it yet? |
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Saint Francis of Assisi RC Church
Norristown PA |
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 ^ Schools I have supported for my granddaughters ^
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 Why be Catholic?
It is likely if you visit a Catholic Church or attend a Catholic Mass, you will not be moved to convert. It requires understanding, acceptance and faith. It is not about fiery Bible
thumping preaching designed to make you feel good about Jesus, or about hugging your friends and neighbors, or about coffee
and doughnuts after the service, or about beautiful stained glass windows, or beautiful music . . . it is about what Jesus
said and did at the Last Supper, it is about The Eucharist . . . about transubstantiation, about the real presence of Christ in The Eucharist. It’s not about going to church to focus on us, it’s about going there to focus
on God. It’s not about going to church to read the Bible and learn. We do that in Catholic School, C.C.D. and in R.C.I.A. We’re at Mass to be with Jesus, as the body of His church, to glorify God. After accepting Jesus and His
gift of salvation, all of these other things can serve to glorify Him. After this understanding, acceptance and faith
- the history of His church, reading the early church fathers, our love for Mary, the leadership of our Pope, and all of these other gifts can serve to glorify Him. In spite of the many sinners in His church over the centuries,
and the disgrace they have brought on His church, His original Catholic church, founded on Peter, survives today to the glory of God. After accepting God’s gift of salvation through Jesus, come to know Him
better. Don’t just discard the Old Testament as irrelevant. Come to understand the relationship of the Old
Testament to the New, study church history and learn to appreciate the many gifts of God the Father, The Holy Spirit and Jesus
Christ. Vivat Jesus!
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| Girard & 5th Street, Philadelphia PA |
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This is an annual pilgrimage
for Di and me with our granddaughters. Every year before school starts we take them to the National Shrine of St.
John Neumann at St. Peter of the Apostle Church at Girard Ave & 5th St in Philadelphia. St. Neumann established
the parochial school system in Philadelphia in 1852. We go there to pray for our teachers, administration and students,
and that our granddaughters will have a successful year at school. They always enjoy sitting on the floor before
the glass altar in which the incorrupt body of St. John Neumann is displayed. They also enjoy browsing through the museum, learning
about his life in Philadelphia, and sitting on his stoop. Of course they enjoy the gift shop as well. After
our visit to SJN, we usually take a visit to some of the historic sites of Philadelphia. We have gone to the Betsy Ross House, Elfreth's Alley, etc. This year we are taking a tour on The Ducks. My granddaughters are each taking a friend along too, so they will have an excellent time of the day.
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Another church close to
my heart in Philadelphia is St. Francis Xavier at Green & 24th Streets. I took Di to Mass there,
in 2006 I think, to reminisce a bit. When I was a very young child, we visited relatives on Olive Street annually, and
Anna Graff took me to Mass at SFX. That was in the 1940's and 50's, and I remember it like it was yesterday.
SFX is a prominent view on The Parkway, up near the Art Museum. I think of Anna, and Fred and Mary Graff, every time
I pass it. Mary was my Great Uncle Bill Stoddart's sister. Anna went to SFX Elementery, then to Hallahan Girls High. My wife, Diane Hansberry, went to Hallahan too. The Hallahan girls romp in the Logan Square Fountain every year when school lets out for the summer.
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Practice your Faith . . . love your neighbor . . .
go to Mass every weekend . . . help the poor
& disadvantaged . . .
Matthew 19:21 Jesus said . . . "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and
give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
Mark 10:21 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing;
go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." Luke 14:12 He said also to the man who had invited him, "When
you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also
invite you in return, and you be repaid. 13 But
when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the
blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they
cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
Luke 6:20 And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: "Blessed are ye poor, for
yours is the kingdom of God."
LK 6:30 "Give to every one that asketh thee . . ."
Luke 12:33 Jesus tells his disciples to "Sell
your possessions, and give alms."
Zacchaeus' promise to Jesus in Luke 19:8, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor." Matthew 25:40 And the king answering, shall say to them: "Amen I say to you, as long as
you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me."
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Should be very interesting to see who gets there, huh . . . there will probably be many surprises!
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