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March 4: Classes K-9 & juniors March 8: 1st Communion students’ Commitment Mass; SA; 9:30a 6th graders help with ministries March 11: classes K-11; gr 6-11 Stations of the Cross March 14: Confirmation Sponsors’ meeting in Padua Center after 4:30p mass March 18: Classes K-9 & Sophomores March 25: Classes K-9 & Juniors; Gr 2-5 have reconciliation March 29: grades K-3 will help with ministries Catholic Trivia: What do the two turtle doves in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" supposedly represent? Adam’s Ribs One weekend at Sunday School, they were teaching how God created everything, including human beings. Little Johnny seemed especially intent when they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam’s ribs. Later in the week, his mother noticed him lying down as though he were ill, and asked him, “Johnny, what is the matter?” “I have pain in my side,” Johnny responded. “I think I’m going to have a wife.”
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 Calendar: Feb 19: classes K-9 & sophomores Feb 26: ASH WEDNESDAY Classes K-11 There is CCD even though there is no public school March 4: Classes K-9 & juniors March 8: 1st Communion students’ Commitment Mass; SA; 9:30a 6th graders help with ministries March 11: classes K-11 Mom, God's so neat, and heaven's supposed to be so great. Could me and Gloria go there Saturday for a sleep-over? Question:
Are near-death experiences real? Answer: There is a lot of curiosity and fascination with the idea of an afterlife and communicating with those who have died. In movies, television shows, and numerous books, people make claims about their ability to communicate with the dead or having had a near-death experience. There is no objective way to verify any of this. While details about people and events can be surprisingly accurate, it is just circumstantial evidence that might be explained in other ways. On the other hand, when people have unusual experiences, sometimes called near-death or out-of-body, it is real to them. They react with the emotions and thoughts that one would expect. At times, they report details they could not have known any other way, such as bits of conversation, or meeting people they had never known in this life. So certainly, to the person, they experience something. We believe in a life after death, we believe in the communion of saints. These things are not a contradiction to faith, but we should not base our faith on them, nor change our beliefs. They are unexplained and will likely remain so. |
