November 4, 2012

This coming Tuesday is election day.  From what I have seen driving by the Collier County Public Library on a daily basis, everyone and their brother is taking advantage of early voting.  I don’t know if “taking advantage” is accurate terminology as the lines are well over an hour long. …

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October 28, 2012

I hope I am not speaking prematurely in suggesting that we may have experienced our last 90 degree day of the year.  One can certainly feel the “slight” change of seasons upon us now in Southwest Florida.  These are certainly the days we year round residents look forward to all…

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October 21, 2012

In the very near future (hopefully within the next few weeks) you will see a new addition to the Narthex in the church.  For those of you unfamiliar with this term, the Narthex is the space immediately inside the main entrance of the church separating the entrance from the sanctuary. …

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World Mission Sunday October 21.

The Universal Church gathers to celebrate World Mission Sunday on October 21 (next Sunday).  On this day Catholics are asked to enter into solidarity with missionaries all over the world through their prayers and the second collection that will be taken up for the missionary activity of the Church and…

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October 14, 2012

Tennis anyone?  The picture below shows the result of several days of very heavy late season rainfall.  It has been years since I have seen the adjacent tennis courts flooded and the standing water lasted for several days.  We are now in the final weeks of our rainy season which…

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