Dia de los Muertos -- free celebration at Buchanan (MI) Art Center

Saturday Nov. 2, 2019 from 2 - 6 p.m.

at the Art Center, 117 W. Front Street, Buchanan, MI

Hands-on activities to learn about traditions, food, art, symbolism. . .

Bob Dylan (Nobel Prize laureate / songwriter / performer) at Morris Ctr., South Bend, IN

8 p.m. Friday Nov. 1, 2019

Morris Performing Arts Center, 211 N. Michigan St., South Bend, Indiana

Ticket pricing for the Bob Dylan performance begins at $59.50 - $86

Further information 574-235-9190 and morriscenter.org/

Halloween 2019 Weather

from National Weather Service (www.weather.com) - Weather Channel online for Zip 49120

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON October 31, 2019 TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. * WHEN...From 3 PM EDT this afternoon to midnight EDT  tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

Wedding Traditions - cultural speakers on Celtic, India, Jewish discussions

November 19, 2019
at Niles District Library, 620 E. Main Street, Niles, MI 49120

www.nileslibrary.com
269-683-8545
info@nileslibrary.net

Tuesday hours are 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
@nilesdistrictlibrary

6 p.m. Presentation by Rabbi Michael Friedland (Sinai Temple / Synagogue, South Bend, IN)

Jewish Wedding Traditions (Friedland is Conservative/Masorti)

College Library Book Sale -- two-day fundraiser for Schurz Library IUSB

Book Sale - Day 1!

Date and Time

Tuesday, October 29 2019 at 9:00 AM EDT to

Tuesday, October 29 2019 at 4:00 PM EDT

Second Day is Wed. Oct. 30 from 9 - 11 a.m.

Main Building, Administration -- Indiana University South Bend, IN (Fireside Rooms adjacent to Student Union Grill/Cafeteria)

The Edmund Fitzgerald (wrecked ship in Great Lakes) - October 29, 2019 6 p.m. presentation

Author and historian Mike Fornes

a story-telling, musical program about the loss of a Great Lakes ship, its crew

the song that told its haunting tale

Sponsor: Edwardsburg Library (Cass County, MI)
26745 Church St., Edwardsburg, MI 49112

Trump booed at Game 5, MLB World Series / / Washington Nationals Owner did not invite White House contingent in owner's box

Sunday Oct. 27, 2019

Details at Sports Illustrated online

President Donald Trump was greeted with loud boos from the crowd at Game 5 of the World Series between the Nationals and Astros on Sunday.

Trump was shown on the big screen at Nationals Park during the team's  salute to veterans after the third inning. Fans in attendance loudly yelled "lock him up," a chant Trump supporters began in 2016 directed at his opponent and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Trump did not sit with the Lerner family, the principal owners of the Nationals. According to WUSA, a representative for the Lerner family requested that MLB not put the family in a position to turn down a request from the White House to sit with Trump.

Except Trump, every president since William Taft in 1910 has thrown out a ceremonial first pitch, either for Opening Day, the All-Star Game or the World Series. In 2010, President Obama threw out the first pitch on Opening Day at Nationals Park to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Presidential Opening Day first pitches.

According to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, Trump decided not to throw out the ceremonial first pitch "in order to make the fan experience as positive as possible."

Sunday marked Trump's first major league game since he took office in 2017.

POTUS 45 declines to throw out MLB World Series "first pitch" -- October 27, 2019 at Washington, D.C.

from AP News online article by Jonathan Lemire

https://apnews.com/bc21e0abbad641df9f5891467f96dc8f

Trump is, so far, the only president since William Howard Taft in 1910 not to have thrown a first pitch at a major league game. (The first president known to attend a game was Benjamin Harrison in 1892). Calvin Coolidge, nearly a decade before Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was the only other president to attend a World Series game in Washington, D.C.

Trump will sit with league officials and likely watch from a luxury box, behind security and away from much of the crowd. That would be very different from some of his predecessors, including John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, who sat by the field for their ceremonial duties.

“In the old days, they would throw from the presidential box,” said baseball historian Fred Frommer, who has written several baseball books, including a pair of histories about Washington baseball. “Players from both teams would line up on the first base line and would fight for it, like a mosh bit. And whoever emerged with it would take it to the president for a signature.”

1 p.m. October 26, 2019 - Petco

The annual Petco Halloween pet costume contest is Back!

Bring your pet dressed to impress for a chance to place first!

Wed. Oct. 30, 2019 lecture - U.S. Farming's Future - IUSB

Lecture: "The Only Constant in U.S. Farming (And Your Food) is Change"

Time: Wed Oct 30, 2019, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location: Education Arts 1011, Indiana University South Bend

Alan Guebert is the nationally syndicated columnist of the Farm & Food File and author of “The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey: Memories from the Farm of My Youth”. He grew up on a Dairy Farm in Southeastern Illinois and has been writing his syndicated column, “The Farm and Food File” since 1993. He will be speaking at IUSB about agriculture, policy, and how it’s changing in the age of climate change. A book signing and light refreshments will follow his talk. This event is free and open to the public.

www.iusb.edu/

"Seeking Faith and Understanding" -- Blog Traffic 2019 -- faithfor2008.blogspot.com

Page Views on Wednesday Oct. 23, 2019 = 220

October 24, 2019 = 197

Nov. 2, 2019 = 239

Nov. 5, 2019 (Election Day Tuesday)

Pageviews today 366

Page Views and Traffic for this Google Blog http://faithfor2008.blogspot.com/

Niles (MI) Main Street - Halloween 4 - 5 p.m. activity (Saturday Oct. 26, 2019)

Trick or treating for children in the Downtown Niles, MI

Main Street businesses and organizations (Downtown blocks and vicinity)

Limited to children 12 and younger

South Bend Police / Fire Departments and South Bend Cubs Baseball Team co-sponsorship October 28 evening Halloween events

Monday October 28, 2019

5 - 7:30 p.m. at Four Winds Field, downtown South Bend, IN

Candy will be handed out and Cub mascots "Stu" and "Swoop" will meet and take selfies with kids.

A fire department education "Smoke House" will teach kids about fire safety.

Children can participate in a costume contest, with prizes awarded.

Fernwood Botanical Garden, Niles, Michigan - October 26 (Halloween Activity) from 6 - 8 p.m.

Trick-or-treating for kids,
creepy crafts,
spooky creatures,
stories

The cost is $5 cash per car

Pay in advance online at
http://fernwoodbotanical.org/events/halloween-happening

You must bring your printed receipt for entry.

October 31, 2019 Trick-or-Treating Hours Niles, MI 49120

Thursday 10/31/2019

6 - 7:30 p.m.

October 26, 2019 Symphonic Concert "Creation" - 8 p.m. Andrews University Howard Performing Arts

On Saturday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. at the Howard Performing Arts Center, the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra will present “Creation,” its first full-length concert of the year. The Symphony Orchestra will perform four compositions, one of which will be conducted by graduate student Kristii Rasmussen, the Symphony Orchestra’s new manager and assistant conductor. Chris Wild, conductor of the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the other three compositions.

The concert will begin with Franz Joseph Haydn’s orchestral introduction to his 1798 oratorio “The Creation.” The first movement of this Classical work is titled “The Representation of Chaos.” Following this piece, the Symphony Orchestra will perform “Adagietto,” written by Gustav Mahler during the late Romantic era. “Adagietto,” for harp and string orchestra, is a part of Mahler’s work “Symphony No. 5.” Preceding intermission, the Symphony Orchestra will play Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor,” orchestrated for full orchestra by Leopold Stokowski, a former music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The piece will be conducted by Rasmussen. After the intermission, the Symphony Orchestra will perform “Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes” by Benjamin Britten.

In Haydn’s “The Representation of Chaos,” a vast and bleak canvas is depicted. In a full performance of Haydn’s “The Creation” this first movement serves as an orchestral introduction which precedes the arrival of an archangel, who declares that God created heaven and earth in the beginning.

Mahler composed “Adagietto” between 1901 and 1902, coinciding with his courtship and marriage to his wife Alma. The work is said to reflect a love song he wrote for her. They welcomed the birth of their first daughter in late 1902, a few months after he completed “Symphony No. 5.”

In his work “Toccata and Fugue in D minor,” Bach incorporates technical advancements in writing for multiple voices into his complex fugue forms. While the piece was originally intended for solo organ, Stokowski’s adaptation for full orchestra is performed often.

Benjamin Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes” originated from his 1945 opera “Peter Grimes,” a work featuring singers. The orchestral interludes are located at the beginning of each act of the opera, providing an atmospheric setting for the unfolding drama.

Tickets for this event can be purchased at howard.andrews.edu and are $6 for general seating and $4 for students and seniors. There is a two-ticket limit if purchasing with a student ID.

For additional information, contact the Howard box office at 269-471-3560.

www.andrews.edu/

Full Hunter's Moon - October 13, 2019

information from almanac.com/ (Old Farmer's Almanac) :

While the Full Hunter’s Moon will reach peak fullness on Sunday, October 13, 2019, the Moon will appear full for roughly three days, from Saturday morning to Tuesday morning.

It’s the only night in the month when the Moon is in the sky all night long—visible in the sky at sunset and setting around sunrise the next day!

Because the Hunter’s Moon rises from the horizon around sunset, it may appear bigger and more orange—how perfect for the fall season!

Oct. 13 only -- Fellowship for the Performing Arts: "The Screwtape Letters" performance 4 - 5:15 p.m. at the Morris Center, S. Bend IN

from http://morriscenter.org/event/the-screwtape-letters/         website
C.S. Lewis' acclaimed book (1940)
Performance begins 4 p.m. Sunday Oct. 13, 2019

Director is Max McLean
Actors include Shiloh Goodin and Brent Harris

This acclaimed and faithful stage adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ satiric masterpiece follows Screwtape, a senior tempter in Hell, as he schemes to capture the soul of an unsuspecting human on earth and reveals spiritual warfare in vivid, humorous and powerful ways.

Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 13 and older.

Tickets $49 - $69

211 N. Michigan St., South Bend, IN
call 574-235-9190

Franz Jaegerstaetter : Quotation from a Letter (in biography IN SOLITARY WITNESS)

from IN SOLITARY WITNESS: the life and death of Franz Jaegerstaetter
by Gordon C. Zahn (Templegate Publishers, 1986 revised edition)

"Consider two things: from where, to where

Then your life will have its true meaning"

"Who goes on a journey without a goal
Will wander till he is tired and poor
Who lives his life without a goal
He has matured in vain"

from original German Language

Zwei Dinge dedenke, woher, whoin
Dan hat dein Leben den rechten Sinn.

Wer ohne Ziel auf Reisen geht
Der wanderst sich arm und mued
Wer ohne Ziel sein Leben lebt
Der hat umsonst geblueht.

President's Message on event for Oct. 15, 2019 -- Lake Michigan College Day, Benton Harbor, MI

Greetings LMC Family,  
 
I am sure by now you have LMC Day, Oct. 15 (Tuesday) marked on your calendar and that you’re looking forward to it as much as I am.  Our day begins with a full breakfast at 8 a.m. at the Mendel Center Grand Upton Hall. It’s important to wear/bring your red LMC identification badge. If you don’t have one, please contact Human Resources by the end of this week.
 
The day’s activities support our theme, “Meeting Students Where They Are.” It’s an important topic and we’re looking forward to a day full of helpful presentations and breakout sessions that offer something for everybody.  
 
Agenda for the day:

• Full Breakfast/Social Time
• Welcome
• Introduction of Board of Trustees
• New Employee Introductions and Service Awards
• United Way Campaign 2019 Kickoff
• President’s Address
• Keynote Speaker
• Lunch Buffet Provided
• Breakout Sessions
• Wrap Up 

See you next week at our 2019 Fall LMC Day.
 

– Dr. Trevor A. Kubatzke, President

Attorney General Barr (Trump - Pence DOJ head) to speak to De Nicola Center event at Notre Dame - Oct. 11, 2019

U.S. Attorney General William Barr will deliver a closed lecture to the Notre Dame Law School and de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at 4 p.m. Friday in the McCartan Courtroom. 

Barr will discuss “religious freedom,” University spokesperson Dennis Brown told the South Bend Tribune. The U.S. Department of Justice has yet to give the University further information about the talk, Brown said.

The ticketed event is reserved for students, staff and faculty of the law school. Brown told the Tribune the talk was not publicized because it is private.

Barr’s visit was first announced to the law school community via email Monday.

“Please do not circulate this invitation outside of the law school community, as space is extremely limited,” the University said in the email.

University vice president for public affairs and communication Paul Browne said tickets were extended to law and de Nicola students and faculty.

“It was open to Law School and de Nicola Center students and faculty, who will fill the courtroom where it is taking place, and adjoining spaces for overflow invitees,” Browne said in an email. “There’s a waiting list in the event original ticket holders cancel.”

Browne said the invitation to Barr was extended in June.

“This event is co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School and the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. Invitations from either or both carry considerable weight,” he said. “Both the school and center invite a wide variety of speakers to campus each year. In this case, the attorney general was invited and accepted in June to speak on the subject of religious liberty.”

Barr has recently become a central figure in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry. A Sept. 25 report from the New York Times found Trump offered to have Barr assist Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in investigating a Ukrainian company involved in the FBI’s inquiry of Russian interference in the 2016 election. According to the Department of Justice, Barr never discussed the investigation with Ukrainian officials and didn’t learn until months afterward that Trump offered his help to Zelensky.

Barr asked foreign officials for assistance in a Department of Justice investigation intended to “discredit” U.S. intelligence agencies’ findings on Russia’s election interference, the Washington Post also reported on Sept. 30.

On Oct. 2, Barr participated in a panel at Wichita State University where he “hailed Kansas and Wichita-area law enforcement … but would not answer questions about President Trump and impeachment inquiries on Capitol Hill,” according to the Wichita Eagle. Approximately 30 people protested outside the building where he spoke, the Eagle reported.

Browne said protests of Barr’s visit would not be unusual, as other high profile political visitors to campus have been protested in the past.

“Protests are not uncommon when a public figure speaks on a college campus,” he said. “There were protests when President Obama and Vice President Pence were Notre Dame commencement speakers.”

www.ndsmcobserver.com/ article

Author Taras Lyssenko -- presentations on Nov. 11 and October 16, 2019

Story and further details at www.leaderpub.com/

Lake Michigan College (Berrien County Michigan) will host a noontime Veterans Day presentation by author, historian and adventurer, Taras Lyssenko, of Cassopolis at their main campus building. He will discuss his recent book, “The Great Navy Birds of Lake Michigan: The True Story of the Privateers of Lake Michigan and the Aircraft They Rescued.”

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The presentation will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 in the Blue Lecture Hall located in LMC’s Benton Harbor campus Main Building. The 40-minute presentation is free, open to the public and will be followed by an interactive discussion with the author. No RSVP is required.

Lyssenko will also present at the Niles-Buchanan YMCA, 905 N. Front St., Niles, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The presentation is free and will take place in the lobby.

Change in starting time - Niles, Michigan Oct. 4, 2019

High School Football Game -- will start at 5:30 p.m. instead of evening regular time

Portage Northern High School versus Niles High School Vikings (boys Football)
at High School athletic field

October 15, 2019 - 4 p.m. talk on Syrian and Iraq refugee crises - Hesburgh Center,for International Studies, Univ. of Notre Dame

The Heart is a Country: Lessons on Hope, Compassion, and Our Common Humanity from Syrian and Iraqi Refugees

Time: Tuesday October 15, 2019, 4:00 PM - 5:30PM

Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies, campus of Notre Dame

Photo: Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USC

Stephanie Saldaña

Journalist fellow at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Stephanie Saldaña will share her experiences meeting and listening to refugees from Iraq and Syria while writing for Mosaic Stories, a storytelling project that has brought her to ten countries to map the disappearing cultural heritage of Iraq and Syria. In following tailors, painters, musicians, gardeners, and chefs displaced by war

https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/events/2019/10/15/stephanie-saldana-lecture/

The Eucharist as a Sacrament of Charity - Prof. Joseph Wawrykow - St. Thomas Aquinas

Time: Saturday October 12, 2019, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Location: Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall , campus of Notre Dame

Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P.
“The Eucharist as ‘Sacrament of Charity.’”
Presented by Joseph Wawrykow, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.

Saturdays with the Saints is a Notre Dame football gameday lecture series that combines the university’s rich traditions of Catholic faith and spirited game days. The event is free and open to the public

https://events.nd.edu/events/2019/10/12/saturdays-with-the-saints/

Blessing of the animals - October 5, 2019 at 2 p.m.

In celebration of God's creation and our gratitude for God's gift to us of pets

"Blessings of all types of animals" event -- held at the James E. Snow Building Lawn

Address: 302 S. Front Street
Dowagiac, Michigan

Sponsor is St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Dowagiac, Michigan (Cass County)

Please feel welcome to bring your Companion Animal/s (even for little ones

bring your "stuffed toy kinds")

Enjoy treats and water for you and your "Fur Babies"

Gandhi's Relevance Today (Notre Dame panel) October 2, Noon

Wed October 2, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Location: Hesburgh Center for International Studies, Campus, parking nearby

 

Join experts from the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies’ South Asia Group and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies for a panel discussion about pacifist leader Mahatma Gandhi’s global legacy.

PANELISTS

• Amitava Dutt, Professor of Economics and Political Science: Gandhi’s ethics and economics
• Nikhil Menon, Assistant Professor of History: Views and controversies about Gandhi in India
• Jason Springs, Associate Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies: Gandhi, peace, and nonviolence

MODERATOR

Susan Ostermann, Assistant Professor of Global Affairs

Events information at www.nd.edu/