OUR LADY OF FATIMA
FILIPINO PRAYER GROUP TO CROWN MOTHER OF YEAR IN HONOR OF VIRGIN MARY
Members of Modesto's Our Lady of Fatima Filipino American Prayer group believe strongly that the Virgin Mary helps those who have faith. They've seen the sick healed, estranged relationships repaired and financial situations improved as a result of their prayers. "We believe she intercedes for us through her son," said the group's vice president, Fred Abordo. Next month, he and other members will show their...
Hungarian News Agency (MTI): Parliament Prayer Group to give Sri Lanka aid concert
Budapest, February 28 (MTI) - Parliament's Prayer Group will give an aid concert in Budapest this week to contribute to the costs of building an orphanage in Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit region, director Dezso Baricz told MTI on Monday.Proceeds from the Friday concert will be sent to the region where the Hungarian Baptist Charity is constructing a facility for about 100 children. Padma Gannoruwa, acting honorary consul of Sri Lanka, will be the patron of the event to be...
Western High prayer group gets OK to use classrooms
Under a school board policy on clubs adopted last week, a Western High School prayer group will be allowed to use classrooms and announce meetings.But unlike other clubs in the 16-school district, the unnamed group will not be allowed to have an adult adviser. The ruling came in a policy approved 5-0 by Anaheim Union High School District trustees March 14. The district has students in Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, La Palma and Stanton.The district reviewed its clubs policy in light of...
Prayer Group: Accident leads man to outreach ministry
Although a 1986 wreck on the Paris Road bridge and tonight's meeting of the Spirit Filled Prayer Group at Prince of Peace Catholic Church will have occurred many years apart, they are directly linked, for Pete Giacona of Chalmette. Giacona, 52, who was thrown from his vehicle during that accident years ago, said he had a life-altering experience that day which led him to a spiritual rebirth, bringing him closer to God."I didn't need a physical church, he...
Zoning ruling ousts prayer group in S.C.; others are up in arms
Greenville, S.C. - A certain frustrated sadness fills Orie Wenger now. His prayer group hasn't met in weeks."My group is made up of people from hurting backgrounds," he said of the folks who gathered at his suburban home weekly since August. "We've all been upset."Busy schedules aren't to blame. The Greenville County Zoning Board is. In a ruling that sent a fierce rumble through the religious community...