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Preaching to the choirmaster.


METEGHAN, Nova Scotia Meteghan is an unincorporated Canadian fishing community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.

Meteghan, which draws its name from the Indian term "Mitihikan" meaning blue rocks, was founded in 1785 by Prudent Robichaud, Joseph LeBlanc, and other Acadian families.
 -- Archbishop Terrence Prendergast Terrence Thomas Prendergast (born 19 February 1944) is a Canadian Archbishop and Chancellor of Saint Mary's University, Halifax.

A native of Montreal, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1961 and was ordained a priest in 1972.
 of Halifax has denied Communion to 69-year-aids Daniel Poirier, the director of the parish choir, and Jack Murphy The name Jack Murphy can refer to:
  • Jack Roland Murphy (born 1938), a convicted robber and murderer
  • Jack Murphy (sportswriter) (1923-1980), a former San Diego sportswriter and brother of Bob Murphy
  • Jack M. Murphy, a Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
 of Stella Maris Stella Maris (Latin for Star of the Sea) is a title of the Virgin Mary.

Stella Maris may also refer to:
  • Stella Maris Monastery in Haifa, Israel
  • Stella Maris (band), Heavy metal band from Haifa, Israel
 Church because they entered a civil marriage.

"Your state of life--after having celebrated a same-sex civil marriage and spoken about it publicly on radio and television--has established your relationship as a public scandal," the archbishop wrote to the couple, who has since left the parish.

"It really was a blow," Poirier told the Halifax Chronicle-Herald. "When everybody got up to receive, we had to sit down."
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Title Annotation:signs of the times
Author:Cones, Bryan
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:Feb 1, 2007
Words:93
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