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Nobel Peace Prize

October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Nobel Peace Prize committee in the past has nominated Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. So it is not surprising how easy it is to be nominated. Actually it should be no surprise to us that Al Gore just won the Noble Peace Prize. After all so did Yasser Arafat and Jimmy Carter. […]

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Help Us Raise Funds When You Sell & Shop on eBay!

October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

There are more ways than ever to show your support for Immaculate Heart of Mary’s Hermitage! This November, eBay Giving Works (eBay’s dedicated program for charity listings), will be shining a Spotlight on Global Poverty. eBay is encouraging everyone to raise money for organizations helping to lift people out of poverty, including Immaculate Heart of […]

Oct

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The Family, Educator in Human and Christian Values

October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Holy Father has written a Letter to Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, for the occasion of the designation of the archdiocese of Mexico as the location of the 6th World Meeting of Families, which is due to take place from January 16 to 18, 2009. The theme […]

Oct

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Pope Inaugurates Bronze Door Following Its Restoration

October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

At midday today, the Holy Father inaugurated the “Portone di Bronzo” (Bronze Door), the principal entrance to the Vatican Apostolic Palace which is returning to service following almost two years of restoration work.
  In his remarks, the Holy Father recalled how the door “was built by Giovanni Battista Soria and Orazio Censore during the pontificate […]

Oct

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Saint Felix and Saint Cyprian

October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Felix and Cyprian were African bishops who lived in the fifth century. They suffered with over 4,900 martyrs in the terrible persecution by the Vandals. Huneric, the Vandal king, drove these Christians into exile in the Libyan desert. They were treated with great cruelty by the Moors.
A holy bishop named Victor used to try to […]

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