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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
ALZ organization -- help by eating out at Bob Evans' Restaurants (Peoria area, Illinois) on February 6 and 7, 2016
from ALZ dot-org list serv and e-newsletter =
In 1952, momentous transition after W W II for United Kingdom (Great Britain, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland)
from NY TIMES dot-com list serv
On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died;
he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died;
he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Is April 16, 2016 the Last "Prairie Home Companion" broadcast with longtime host and main writer Garrison Keillor?
Tickets to be sold later in Feb. 2016 --
The Town Hall
http://prairiehome.org/tickets/#20160123
April 16, 2016 — with Garrison Keillor and Chris Thile
The Town Hall
New York City, NY, 5:45 p.m. ET
Special Guests: Chris Thile, John Fullbright
Ticket prices: $58, $64 (Includes $2 facility fee. Additional fees may apply. There is a limit of 4 tickets per order.)http://prairiehome.org/tickets/#20160123
Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory -- 6:45 p.m. Tuesday -- Shelby County, IL
* AT 6:37 P.M. CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SHELBYVILLE... WINDSOR... STEWARDSON... COWDEN...
THE ADVISORY Continues until 9:45 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 2, 2016
THE ADVISORY Continues until 9:45 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 2, 2016
Bishop Richard Allen of AME Denomination honored Feb. 2 at "Mother Bethel" Church, Philadelphia, PA
Richard Allen, the first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will be honored with a U.S. postage stamp commemorating his leadership of the historically black denomination founded 200 years ago.
The U.S. Postal Service called the preacher and activist “an inspiring figure whose life and work resonate profoundly in American history.”
The new stamp will be featured in a ceremony Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2016) at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. It becomes the 39th stamp in the Black Heritage series after more than 40,000 people petitioned the postal service for its creation.
The art for the stamp is a detail of Allen’s portrait from an 1876 print, “Bishops of the A.M.E. Church,” from the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia.
He founded the AME Church after worship of blacks was restricted.
Allen started Bethel AME Church after watching officials of St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church pull up his friend, clergyman Absalom Jones, who was praying on his knees.
“The unwillingness of the Methodists to accept the independent leadership of black preachers like Allen and the institution of segregated seating led Allen and Jones to found independent black churches,” said American religious historian Albert J. Raboteau. [from RNS article by Adelle Banks ]
http://www.religionnews.com/2016/02/01/ame-church-founder-honored-postage-stamp/
The U.S. Postal Service called the preacher and activist “an inspiring figure whose life and work resonate profoundly in American history.”
The new stamp will be featured in a ceremony Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2016) at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. It becomes the 39th stamp in the Black Heritage series after more than 40,000 people petitioned the postal service for its creation.
The art for the stamp is a detail of Allen’s portrait from an 1876 print, “Bishops of the A.M.E. Church,” from the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia.
He founded the AME Church after worship of blacks was restricted.
Allen started Bethel AME Church after watching officials of St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church pull up his friend, clergyman Absalom Jones, who was praying on his knees.
“The unwillingness of the Methodists to accept the independent leadership of black preachers like Allen and the institution of segregated seating led Allen and Jones to found independent black churches,” said American religious historian Albert J. Raboteau. [from RNS article by Adelle Banks ]
http://www.religionnews.com/2016/02/01/ame-church-founder-honored-postage-stamp/
Monday, February 1, 2016
Tragic day for Abraham and Mary (Todd) Lincoln
On this date 166 years ago (as noted at Abraham Lincoln Online dot-org):
February 1, 1850
Edward Baker Lincoln, second son of Abraham and Mary, dies at 3 years
and 11 months of age.
February 1, 1850
Edward Baker Lincoln, second son of Abraham and Mary, dies at 3 years
and 11 months of age.
Dante, Mercy, the Beauty of the Human Person
Events at Univ. of Notre Dame (Feb. - March 2016):
February 11, February 24, March 16, March 29, April 7
Comprising five evenings with two lectures featured back-to-back each time, this series convenes on February 11, February 24, March 16, March 29, and April 7. The series is designed to accompany the audience as they make their way through reading Dante's Divine Comedy during Lent and into Easter. Coinciding with the Year of Mercy, this series also responds to what Pope Francis said about Dante and his poem in relation to the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth: "[The Divine Comedy] is an invitation to rediscover the lost or obscured meaning of our human path and to hope to see again the glowing horizon on which the dignity of the human person shines in its fullness."
Dante, Mercy, and the Beauty of the Human Person
All lectures will take place in the auditorium of the Eck Visitors Center, Notre Dame, 6:00 - 8:30pmFebruary 11, February 24, March 16, March 29, April 7
Comprising five evenings with two lectures featured back-to-back each time, this series convenes on February 11, February 24, March 16, March 29, and April 7. The series is designed to accompany the audience as they make their way through reading Dante's Divine Comedy during Lent and into Easter. Coinciding with the Year of Mercy, this series also responds to what Pope Francis said about Dante and his poem in relation to the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth: "[The Divine Comedy] is an invitation to rediscover the lost or obscured meaning of our human path and to hope to see again the glowing horizon on which the dignity of the human person shines in its fullness."
February 11, 2016
6:00 pm: Encountering Mercy: Dante, Mary, and Us
- Prof. Vittorio Montemaggi, Departments of Romance Languages & Literatures and Theology, University of Notre Dame
7:15 pm: Encountering Mercy: Dante on Forgetting, Remembering, and Learning to Speak
- Fr. Kevin Grove, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame
February 24
6:00 pm: The Kingdom of Irony: Augustine, Sin, and Dante’s Inferno
- Prof. John C. Cavadini, Department of Theology and McGrath-Cavadini Director, Institute for Church Life, University of Notre Dame
7:15 pm: Dante: Knowing Oneself, Knowing God
- Prof. Christian Moevs, Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Notre Dame
March 16
6:00 pm: Beginning Midway: Reading Dante in the Midst of Life
- Prof. Matthew Treherne, Head of the School of Languages, Cultures and and Societies, University of Leeds; Co-director, Leeds Center for Dante Studies
7:15 pm: Hastening to Heal: Purgatorial Prayer and the Order of Grace
- Prof. Leonard DeLorenzo, Department of Theology; Director, Notre Dame Vision, University of Notre Dame
March 29
6:00 pm: Uniting the Eyes: From Fixation toward Fascination in the Easter Tuesday Cantos
- Fr. Chase Pepper, C.S.C., Campus Ministry and Department of Theology, King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
7:15 pm: Geographics of Stars, Metaphysics of Light: Theological Aesthetics and the Form of Human Life in Dante's Paradiso
- Prof. Jennifer Newsome Martin, Program of Liberal Studies and Theology, University of Notre Dame
April 7
6:00 pm: Love's Recollection: Paradiso and Healed Memory
- Jessica Keating, Director, Office of Human Dignity & Life Initiatives, Institute for Church Life, University of Notre Dame
7:15 pm: Heaven as the Sacrifice of Praise: The Paradiso and the Overcoming of Rivalry
- Prof. Cyril O'Regan, Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
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