st edward catholic church

in our local paper, there has been an article about a priest who managed to offend all the Chinese residents of our town over his unfair comments about Chinese New Year, apparently, father Christopher Harrison, of St Edwards catholic church, said that the Chinese New Year celebrations was "spreading blasphemous and evil teachings, and blocking the teachings that is catholicism"

As you can imagine, the Chinese community here are very upset, they have demanded an apology for his actions, but he refuses to do this, Why wont he apologise for offending an entire community?

Apparently he was raised under a bridge by trolls.

2010-04-04 05:19:05 by Motörhead Fan

Catholic churches are always St. edward, st. mary, st joseph where as Protestant and Lutheran have names like Immanuel Lutheran, New Hope Baptist, Prince of peace... can someone explain this to me?

Catholic churches tend to be named after saints because inside the altar there is supposed to be the relic of some saint. The church is then named after the saint whose relics are there. My Church is named St. Irene's for that reason. Admittedly, I'm sure a lot of those relics aren't really from the saints, but were only sold as such. Some churches, however, are really just dedicated to a specific saint, put under their patronage. This is why there are so many St. Mary's.

Protestant denominations, by and large, shy away from the saints. I believe they feel that naming a church after a saint would be dedicating it to their worship - in other words, blasphemy. Thus you come up with a lot of churches named for Jesus - Immanuel, Christ is with Us, Prince of Peace, etc. - as well as some that are named for virtues or gifts of the Holy Spirit - Faith, Hope, Grace, and so on.

2006-08-15 15:01:32 by MuñecaBarbie

Growth of Latino
population changing many aspects of life in southern Idaho
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2009 /07/19/news/top_story/166638.txt
How do you say "famous potatoes" in Spanish? It might not be long before Idaho's notoriously bland license plate motto will need a makeover. Idaho's Latino population increased three times faster than the general population in 2008, and as a group, Latinos are getting younger while the average age of other Idaho residents is rising, according to new statistics from the state Department of Labor and U.S. Census Bureau.

From 2007 to 2008, Idaho's Latino population increased by more than five percent, compared to 1.5 percent for non-Latinos. That brings the number of Latinos in Idaho to 156,000 - more than 10 percent of the state's general population.

The state counts only native-born Latinos and legal immigrants. Estimates vary, but in April the Pew Hispanic Center, a think-tank based in Washington, D.C., estimated that about 76 percent of the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States are Latino. That same study set Idaho's illegal immigrant population - presumably mostly Latinos - at less than 40,000.

That means Idaho's Latino population has likely topped 200,000.

In south-central Idaho, the growing Latino community is concentrated in four counties: Cassia, Minidoka, Jerome and Blaine, and each have seen a significant rise in numbers. Leading the list was Blaine County, with a Latino population increase of 86.8 percent from 2000 to 2008. Jerome County saw a 77.4 percent increase. Cassia County posted a 24.4 percent increase, as Minidoka County's Latino numbers jumped by 9.8 percent.

While other parts of the state have larger Latino communities, those four counties have the state's largest number of Latinos younger than 15. In Minidoka County, for example, Latinos younger than 15 comprise 44.8 percent of the total Latino population; in Cassia County, it's 32.2 percent.

While still one of the whitest states, Idaho is becoming more ethnically diverse - with more to come as young Latinos mature and start families of their own.

In ways subtle and profound, the demographic changes are altering the region's�-

�-CULTURE

When populations change, the prevailing religious beliefs often follow suit. While the Latino population may mean more Catholics in Idaho, it won't necessarily mean that religion will supplant The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the region's largest religion.

More than two-thirds of Latinos in the U.S. identify themselves as Roman Catholic, but U.S. born children of Latino immigrants are increasingly becoming born-again or evangelical Protestants, or identifying with no religion at all, the Pew Center reports.

Oscar Sanchez, the Hispanic Outreach coordinator for St. Edward's Catholic Church in Twin Falls, said his church is particularly sensitive to recruiting youth.

"We try to reach out to the Spanish community and offer classes for the children," Sanchez said. "We have a choir class right now, so we can teach them to sing �- A lot of the youth are going to college, but some youth don't have the desire. We're trying to help them become religious and go to college."

While catechisms and academics aren't necessarily linked, Sanchez said church keeps kids on the right track.

"We want to show the white people that we're not a danger to the community," he said. "We're trying to do good things and help the kids give back to the community by being good citizens."

In Idaho, the shifting trend of Latino religiosity is also changing the face of the Mormon church - members of which comprise over half of the population in some south-central Idaho cities.

"I can tell you that the LDS Hispanic population is growing," said LDS Elder Brent Nielson of Twin Falls. "We have branches in Rupert, Burley, Murtaugh, Jerome, Carey, Twin Falls, Buhl, and Wendell for people who hold services in Spanish. It started to evolve in the past few years. We had a lot of Hispanics moving here who spoke Spanish, and we had given them headphones with a translator, but as more came, we created the Spanish-language branches."

When a branch reaches 300 members, it becomes a ward. Nielson said several cities in Idaho, such as Caldwell, now have Latino wards.

Language issues are fading, Neilson said, because younger Latinos don't need Spanish-language services.

"We've found that most of the children speak English, and that's a growing trend," Neilson said.

That tracks with another Pew Center finding that "for most immigrants, English is not the primary language they use in either (home or work) setting. But for their grown children, it is.

�-EDUCATION

Hispanics now make up 22 percent of all children under the age of 18 in the United States - up from 9 percent in 1980 - and as their numbers have grown, their demographic profile has changed, according to the Pew Center.

Part of the reason Latino

Well it is the people of Idaho's fault for not having more children and voting for corrupt politicians that do not want the border protected.

On the other hand if the Latinos are Mormons, then I wouldnt worry about it since Mormons are probably the best people I ever met and usualy work hard to learn English and fit in unlike most other Latinos.

2009-07-24 08:29:55 by new name

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like the Catholics?

Of course we believe in the saints and we acknowledge them. We even celebrate saints days. Many of them have given their lives for their faith or have made great sacrifices for their faith. However, we do not ask them for intercessions.

2009-11-04 00:31:07 by sandy sue

I doubt it very much, but what do you think?
Here is a very interesting story I got from Reuters.

Found this interesting. Will the WTS do the same? NOT!!!

"A Catholic priest in Nashville, Tennessee, couldn't wait for the U.S. government's promised stimulus plan to help his struggling parishioners, so he started his own. Rev. Joseph Breen of St. Edward church handed out more than $100,000 from reserve funds and donations he had received for benevolent purposes. He gave the money to families of children attending the local school, at $250 per child. "I told them it's their money -- use it as they like," Breen told Reuters."

Full Story is here: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle Molt/idUSTRE50D1B120090114

They have never given any indication that they will ever do anything like this because they never have. They always say that their way of helping people is to bring the "truth" to their doorsteps. Ironically, the people who need help the most are the ones who don't have a doorstep!

All they do is try to recruit more people who might be able to contribute more money into their publishing company and its staff. At the most, I have seen individual JWs do things for one of their own, but the organization never contributes! They could care less about the homeless and the needy. THAT is a fact!

As far as I'm concerned, this Catholic priest is putting into practice Mark 9:41 and Luke 10:33. God bless him!

Edit- Desert Rose, thank you for admitting that the organization had to pay for their protection of pedophiles! You are the first JW I have seen admit to this!

Chris S- I have volunteered for relief work while I was a JW. They are only there to rebuild Kingdom Halls or JWs' houses, not just anyone's! They are even selective about which JWs they help (see my above comments). The only time any non- JWs benefit from the JWs is when the JWs have leftover materials and give them away so that it makes their organization look charitable. If there's one thing I learned while I was a JW, it's that the organization is all about money and members and "keeping up appearances"! By the way- did YOU go work for the tsunami victims? Did you see how much money was spent and where it came from? Do you KNOW how much actually came from the organization and how much came from individuals' pockets? I bet you'd be surprised!

Edit #2- Desert Rose, your Daily Text actually supports what I said. First of all, if it was common practice for JWs to help others on a regular basis, why did they have to write this article? It's obvious that the common practice is to ignore the needs of non- JWs, but this tarnishes the image they want to project as "God's organization". Secondly, it says that "...we do not hesitate to provide whatever help we can... Of course, circumstances would dictate what we can do and how much." Like I said- they take care of themselves first, and if there's any materials or supplies left over, THEN they help others with it. It's cheaper than trying to store it or ship it back or sell it, plus that helps project the image that they want people to have of them! Maybe you should compare what you read with what they actually do in such situations! I did, so I know what is meant by "Of course, circumstances would dictate what we can do and how much"! "Circumstances" means whatever is left over, if anything! Since when does the organization ever hand out cash to people who need it?

Guitarman- I guess JWs are getting their reward in full, too, since they don't hesitate one bit to appear in newspaper articles every time a Kingdom Hall is built in a community! It's funny how, if someone else does something like this, JWs call it "boasting", but when JWs do it, they call it "giving a witness". Yeah, right...

2009-01-28 05:37:49 by Olins Stauros Is Biggern Urs