Tuesday September 16, 2003
The people in a remote Italian village walled up their local Priest in the parish church to prevent him from leaving. Fr. Emilio Succhiella became a 'prisoner of love' after Capuchin Franciscans decided to withdraw from Trasacco, in the mountainous Abruzzo region near Rome, after 428 years of service.
Protesting villagers took the unusual step after they had unsuccessfully appealed to the Order ...
Saturday February 25, 2017
A good news newspaper called Good News was founded because its American proprietors believed people were tired of reading bad news. The bi-weekly paper refused to publish any bad news and only printed the good news.
After just 16 months in operation the paper closed down. But it stuck to its guns of publishing only good news to the bitter end and refused to announce its own failure - this would ...
Monday September 15, 2003
After eating an English missionary in 1867, contrite villagers in Fiji are now eating humble pie and want to say they are sorry. Reverend Thomas Baker, from Playden, East Sussex, was cooked and eaten by the people of the remote mountain village of Navatusila.
The only thing left of Mr. Baker, a clergyman with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, were his leather boots, and they even attempted to chew ...
Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and the deterioration of some of the older ones.
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Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."
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Monday February 6, 1815
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Wednesday February 8, 1837
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Friday February 6, 1778
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Monday September 4, 2006
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Saturday February 18, 2017
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Thursday February 23, 2017
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Wednesday February 6, 1861
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Thursday February 7, 1991
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Tuesday February 8, 1887
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