Naughty and nice.Merry Christmas to Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Katharine Jefferts Schori, D.D., Ph.D. (born March 26, 1954 in Pensacola, Florida) is the Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Church in the United States of America. She is the first woman elected primate in the Anglican Communion. , presiding bishop The Presiding Bishop is an ecclesiastical position in some denominations of Christianity. Anglican Anglican Church of New Zealand For a short period the style Presiding Bishop was used by the Anglican Church in New Zealand. of the Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization of the U.S.A Teach us your ways, O Lord. To the creators of Sudoku puzzles, and all who figure them out, merry Christmas. We have your number. Merry Christmas to all the nuns who taught us how to read, write, think, and communicate, and to Kenneth Briggs, whose book, Double Crossed: Uncovering the Catholic Church's Betrayal of American Nuns (Doubleday), tells a sad but true story. To the Chinese bishops of the Catholic churches, merry Christmas. To Barry Bonds and all baseball fans who bonded with Barry, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Bob Woodward and all who wrote about this nation's dark political night of the soul. To all who filled their tanks with cash, and to all who got richer as gas prices scraped the sky, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Andre Agassi, recently retired. Your racket was impressive. To Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was considered a strict constructionist. , also retired, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Bill and Melinda Gates. You are Santa Claus to Africa now and for future generations. To the Dixie Chicks, who call it like it is, merry Christmas. To Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and winner--but not without controversy, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Mel Gibson and Pope Benedict XVI  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . Watch what you say about other people's religions. To Pluto, recently demoted from planethood, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to those who have died, especially Mary Luke Tobin, much more and Rose Thering, who reverenced other people's religions and taught others to do likewise. Merry Christmas to this year's new cardinals, especially William L. Levada and Sean O'Malley. You look good in red. But do dioceses? Merry Christmas to Maria Sung, wife of now-excommunicated Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo. To the prisoners in Guantanamo and in secret prisons around the world, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to the people of North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. To Hillary Clinton, Bill Frist, John Kerry, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, John McCain, and all others who get mentioned as our next president, merry Christmas. To Arnold Schwarzenegger, who can't be president, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, new nuncio NUNCIO. The name given to the Pope's ambassador. Nuncios are ordinary or extraordinary; the former are sent upon usual missions, the latter upon special occasions. to Egypt. Both Muslims and Catholics miss you in the Vatican. Lastly, merry Christmas to the political cartoonists whose work made big news this past year. PETER GILMOUR (Pgilmou@wpo.it.luc.edu) teaches at the Institute of Pastoral Studies of Loyola University Chicago Beginnings and expansions Founded in 1870 as the St Ignatius College on Chicago's West Side. In 1908 the School of Law was established as the first of the professional programs. . |
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