American Missionary Convicted in Haiti Child Abduction Case, But Released for Time Served
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian court has convicted American missionary Laura Silsby of arranging to transport 33 children out of the country following the Jan. 12 earthquake. But the judge has sentenced her to time served in jail and she is free to leave the country. The Idaho woman got the good news during a court hearing Monday. The 40-year-old has been in custody since Jan. 29.
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
A Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization to be Formed? Bring it On!
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The rumors began with the respected reporting of Andrea Tornielli. He is the eminently reliable Vatican correspondent for the daily Il Giornale. His report was then picked up by the Vaticanisti and ever reliable, John L. Allen, Jr., the only good thing about the National Catholic Reporter these days. In an April 25, 2010 in NCR Allen wrote: "According to a report from a well-connected Italian Vatican writer, Pope Benedict XVI will shortly announce the creation of a "Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization," to be presided over by Italian Archbishop Rino Fisichella. The office will be dedicated to rekindling...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
The American Minute: April 19 - David Brainerd - Missionary to Indians - Born 1718
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American Minute for April 20th: His interpreter, Moses Tinda Tautamy, helped him minister to Indians along the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers, camping at night. Born APRIL 20, 1718, missionary David Brainerd wrote in his Journal: "FORKS OF DELAWARE, Pennsylvania, Lord's day, July 21, 1745. Preached to the Indians...Divine truth seemed to make very considerable impressions and caused the tears to flow freely. Afterwards I baptized my interpreter and his wife, who were the first I baptized among the Indians... Though before he had been a hard drinker...it is now more than six months since he experienced this change; in which...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
Serious Prayer Request From a Christian Missionary Family Preparing to Go to Their Field of Service
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From a dear Brother who is preparing to work in Asia. Names have been withheld because of the sensitive nature and location of their ministry. ------------------------------------------------------- This is one of the hardest posts for me to write. Today, we went to the Doctor to find out about our baby that we are expecting in 19 weeks. Because this pregnancy hasn’t gone as smoothly as our first one, we were a little worried going into the appointment, especially since we had been given no new information at our last appointment. Well, we finally received some answers today. We were able to...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
Video shows fighter jets shooting down US missionaries (Peru)
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Video shows fighter jets shooting down US missionaries Anne Barrowclough An extraordinary video has emerged showing a bungled CIA operation that led to the shooting down of a light plane carrying American missionaries in Peru. The dramatic footage taken from a CIA surveillance plane, which has been shown on America's ABC News, shows Peruvian fighter jets opening fire on the missionaries' seaplane even as its pilot screamed for help. Although the Peruvian pilots issued a warning first, the pilot of the missionaries' plane was on a different frequency and could not hear it. The Peruvian jets shot down the missionaries...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
Don Bosco Prep mourns losses at Haitian school belonging to same Catholic order
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As they continued to look for survivors and shelter the homeless, officials from the Salesians of St. John Bosco learned Tuesday that several hundred people had perished, according to Hannah Gregory, a Salesian public relations representative. The private high school is a part of the Salesian Catholic order, which works specifically with young people around the world, encouraging them to learn and care for themselves. The order had six facilities in Haiti; most have been destroyed. The hardest hit was a compound called Enam in Port-au-Prince that served primary grades and offered vocational training for older children, said the Rev....
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
Haiti Updates, Prayers and a Community of Hope
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There are a myriad of missionaries and ministries on the ground in Haiti doing work in the name of Christ. Many have been there for years while others have arrived in the past few days and are still arriving. Here are some of their observations on the devastation, death and hope in Haiti.
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
NJ MISSIONARY TEAM MISSING IN HAITI
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The Trinity United Methodist Church in Hackettstown, NJ is praying for 15 missing members who are in Haiti. The missionaries went to Haiti to deliver medical supplies to Grace’s Children Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
Vatican : 37 missionaries killed in 2009
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The Vatican has published the names of all the missionaries who died violently in 2009. In all 37 people were killed on active duty, the highest number in the past decade. Among them, is a lay person, 2 seminarians, 2 nuns and 30 priests. One of them could be considered a martyr since it appears he died a victim of a religious hate crime...read more...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
Biblical Christianity attacks apostasy worldwide
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While huge segments of Christendom go apostate by baptizing practicing homosexuality as divinely blessed, Christianity based upon the Bible as divine revelation not to be tampered with is flourishing in Africa.
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:09:53 AM
"I love the irony — I've spent over 400 hours of my life looking for comets, and haven't found anything, and now, suddenly, when I'm not looking for one, I get one dumped in my lap."...
by Alan Hale
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