Rural New York is looking forward to being the home of two of the Roman Catholic Church's newest saints. The Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk Indian, spent most of her life in the region during the 17th century.
One of the most familiar and oldest New Year holiday traditions is the making of resolutions: commitments to breaking bad habits, completing projects or improving one's life in some way.
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I resolve to do everything I can to make this year the one I remember by: 1. Gathering information on all things that matter to me 2. Considering the facts 3. Concluding and making decisions 4. Working hard to create the desired results
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This morning I was looking at friends post on Facebook and someone had posted the video I've included here and it got me teary but also put to video something I've often wondered about. What happens to the strangers we come across in life that we smile at, hold a door for, …
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Hanukkah began Tuesday the 20th and ends on Wednesday the 28th. So far, no Hanukkah wishes on Fox Nation. But today's lede headline is "Merry Christmas." The thread is the video of NY Archbishop Dolan's Christmas message on Fox & Friends.
They want Christianity as a badge of social cohesion and a symbol of tradition. In fact, they like public expressions of Christianity precisely because it excludes Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Jews. But they don't actually want any public practice of Christianity.
Walter Dymond, groundskeeper of Harold Lloyd’s estate, Greenacres, with the Lloyd Christmas tree. He was responsible for the construction of the Christmas tree from two trees (wiring the branches of one into the other), and placed the ornaments where Mr Lloyd directed.
By Bob Ray Sanders, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Those who suggest that it is somehow disrespectful, anti-Christian or atheistic to say "Happy holidays" or "Season's greetings" this time of year are being pretty petty and, in some cases, very biased. Individuals, retailers, …
Garfield had a point.
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