Spirituality

Tenth Annual ‘Abandoned Senior’ Project A Success

Scene from last year’s abandoned senior project. Courtesy photo
 
Scene from last year’s abandoned senior project. Courtesy photo
 
By Angela Sanchez-Pope
Los Alamos
 
To WCSS group of United Church of Los Alamos, Fr. Glenn Jones and the Youth Group at Immaculate Heart of Mary and Rev. Laurie Triplett of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church:
 
This letter is to thank you personally for all your help during the 10-year tenure of the abandoned senior project. This project is very difficult and very worthy as it supports several seniors who would not otherwise
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Letter To The Editor: Thank You For Amazing Gifts

Jeremy Gonzales
Long Term Care Activity Therapy Supervisor
 
To the Youth Group, United Church WCSS, Rev. Laurie Triplett of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church and Father Glenn Jones of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church:
 
On behalf of the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute Long Term Care residents, I would like to thank you for your donation of Christmas gifts. Your time and thoughtfulness in these amazing gifts is greatly appreciated by our residents. Many of our residents do not have family or friends, which can make the holidays a difficult time for them. Your contribution
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Fundraiser Saturday For Spring Break Mission Trip

Youth and adults on a Spring Break Mission Trip to build homes for the poor in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. Courtesy photo
 
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

The time has come for the annual fundraising efforts of the United Church of Los Alamos, as they prepare to build homes for the poor during spring break in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.

The United Church has championed this work since 1986, building nearly 150 houses with the help of many locals and a few beyond who return year after year. When a partnership expanded to include the fine folks of the Unitarian Universalist Church, that web of love Read More

Legislative Roundup: Feb. 28

Pastor Vince Torres prays with a group gathered Wednesday in the Capitol Rotunda to celebrate Pastor’s Day at the New Mexico Legislature. Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican

Denee Reyes sings with musicians from churches around New Mexico during a celebration Wednesday in the Capitol of Pastor’s Day at the Legislature. Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican

 
By The New Mexican
 
Days left in the session: 16
 
Lottery bill: Ask Sen. Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas, to explain one of his bills and he’ll often get out a piece of paper and a marker, then start drawing an answer
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Saint Job Hosts 20th Annual Blini Breakfast March 9

The community is invited to a blini breakfast March 9 at Saint Job Orthodox Church. Courtesy photo

Saint Job Orthodox Church News:

Saint Job Orthodox Church will host its 20th Annual Blini Breakfast Saturday, March 9.

Blini, a type of thin pancake, will be served in traditional style with smoked salmon, herring, butter and sour cream. Vegetable caviar, eggs, cheese and a variety of berry preserves will be available as well.

Blini are traditionally served in Slavic households during the week before the beginning of the Lenten Fast. Thin crepe-like pancakes are traditionally eaten with fish, Read More

Lutheran HSN Choir Performs In Los Alamos March 8

Lutheran High School North Concert Choir will perform March 8 at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

The Lutheran High School North Concert Choir will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 8 at the Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2000 Diamond Dr. Admission is free.

Lutheran High School North is a private Christian high school in Houston,Texas. The Lutheran High North Concert Choir is made up of 18 students from the nineth through the 12th grade.

Some students have sung in a choral setting for many years while others are, for the first time, experiencing what it is like to be part of a choir. Read More

Fr. Glenn: Moral Courage

By Fr. Glenn Jones

More days than not we Catholics commemorate the memory of a certain saint—not worshiping them as is often mistakenly thought by non-Catholics, but rather a remembrance of their examples of fidelity to Jesus Christ and to virtuous life. Last week in part of our commemoration was a wonderful phrase describing the saint of that day:

“He was able to sin, but did not;
 He was able to do wrong, but would not.”

It is hard to imagine a much better epitaph for a Christian … or for anyone else for that matter—to always seek that which is truly right and good—moral character—eschewing that Read More

Museum of Spanish Colonial Art Presents Saints Of Mobility: Holiness Within The Borderlands Feb. 21

Dr. William Calvo-Quirós
 
SCAS News:
 
Saints of Mobility: Holiness Within the Borderlands at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art.
 
Free to SCAS Members – $10 general – $5 students.
 
Based on a variety of primary and secondary sources, including government juridical proceedings, newspapers, oral narratives, literature, popular music as well as extensive interviews, and ethnographic visits to border shrines over the last 10 years, this presentation investigates the U.S.-Mexico border not only as a physical frontier
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Fatal Flaws Documentary Postponed To Noon Saturday

IHM News:

The Fatal Flaws documentary scheduled to be shown this evening has been postponed due to inclement weather.

The community is invited to watch the documentary at noon Saturday in the IHM Parish Hall. Lunch will be served before the showing. Read More

Cornell Professor: ‘Carl Sagan, Vatican Astronomers, And A Life Of Science And Faith’ At IHM Wednesday

Cornell University Professor Jonathan Lunine

IHM News:

Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish will host Cornell University Professor Jonathan Lunine for a presentation on the intersection of faith and science and his journey to the Catholic Faith. 

Professor Lunine is the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell University, director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, and vice president of the Society of Catholic Scientists.

The community is invited to attend this presentation at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 in the Parish Hall at 3700 Canyon Road. Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Beauty Of Life

By Fr. Glenn Jones

Gonna’ be a blessed week! Though no longer the pastor of IHM, we “former pastors” cannot help but keep tabs on our beloved former parish. And, this week, the parish family is expecting yet another addition (cue squeals of glee). So, like Phil Robertson used to say on “Duck Dynasty”, we’re “Happy, happy, happy!” It’s the first for the parents and grandparents, so you just know the kid is going to be spoiled to death … especially if ol’ Uncle Father Glenn gets to visit.

The births in any parish come in waves. There were (and hopefully will continue to be) the continual joy of burgeoning Read More

Letter To The Editor: Thank You For Support Of Abandoned Senior Project

By ANGELA SANCHEZ-POPE
Los Alamos

Dear Abandoned Senior Project Supporters, WCSS Group of United Church of Los Alamos, Fr. Glenn Jones and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church and Rev. Laurie Triplett of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church:

This letter is to thank you personally for all your help during the 10-year tenure of the abandoned senior project. This project is very difficult and very worthy as it supports several seniors who would not otherwise have any help with clothing and toiletries during the Christmas holidays.

I especially thank the volunteers of the United Church thrift store Read More

Church Of Christ Hosts Seventh Annual ‘Women2Women’ Mini-Conference March 2

SPIRITUALITY News:

“Framed by Faithfulness” is the theme for the seventh annual county-wide “Women2Women” mini-conference.

The mini-conference, which seeks to connect Los Alamos women with each other and with God, is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at the Los Alamos Church of Christ, 2323 Diamond Dr.

The morning of Christian fellowship, mutual encouragement, and spiritual strengthening is open to all women of the community. The event is free. Beverages and finger foods will be served.

The church began sponsoring the county-wide conference in 2013 and has followed up every year Read More

Fr. Glenn: ‘We Call Those Happy Who Were Steadfast’

By Fr. Glenn Jones

Well … almost a month absent from Los Alamos already. One thing is nicer for these old bones here in Albuquerque, though: it’s a lot warmer—averaging 10-15 degrees warmer daily.  Yet … ponderosas are scarce … canyons almost non-existent … mountains more distant … the coyote chorale simply a memory. Ah, the remembered blessings of LA…

Now have been a month at the new job—with lofty title of “Vicar General”, but more descriptive would be “paper pusher”, for large part. Sometimes in conversation Archbishop Wester refers wryly, with a bit of sarcastic sting: “When I Read More

New Mexico Senate And House Open Sessions Thursday With Hindu Mantras In Sanskrit

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed reads a Hindu invocation Thursday morning in the New Mexico Senate. Lt. Gov. Howie Morales is standing at his left. Courtesy photo

STATE News:

Both the New Mexico Senate and House of Representatives at the state capitol in Santa Fe opened their February seven sessions with Hindu prayers, containing verses from the world’s oldest existing scripture.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House after sprinkling drops of water from river Ganga in India, considered holy by Hindus. After Sanskrit delivery, Read More

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