FI News #41 – The Siege of the Tower? ( 04min) >>> Play

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Well, you saw the preparations on the last video, here is the video of the event. Starting with Mass, then the saints contests under the big top and then the Siege of the Tower with water balloon battle and bonfire. No, we did not use the catapult ( the water balloons kept breaking and mini pumpkins were a bit too hard ) But every one had a good time nonetheless.

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BAGHDAD (AP) — The toll from the bloody siege of a Baghdad church rose Monday to 52 dead with dozens more injured, Iraqi officials said.

The standoff began at dusk Sunday when militants wearing suicide vests and armed with grenades attacked the nearby Iraqi stock exchange and then entered the nearby Our Lady of Deliverance church — one of Baghdad’s main Catholic places of worship — taking about 120 Christians hostage.

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Homily #140912b ( 11min) Play – Fr Angelo explains how the name of Mary is full of grace and immaculate and he gives the background on the feast of the Holy Name of Mary which was instituted to commemorate the victory of Christian forces against overwhelmingly lager forces of Muslims at the siege of Vienna. Father relates this to our current situations where the practice of our faith is endangered by both secular and fundamentalist forces.
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Mass: The Holy Name of the BVM – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: sir 24:17-21
Resp: luk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54
Gsp: luk 1:26-38

Audio (MP3)

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