Elephant Nature Park: Sangduen
"Lek" Chailert is bringing her message of conservation and the humane
treatment of Asian elephants to the world. Featured on National
Geographic, Animal Planet and in TIME Magazine,
Christianity Today, and The Nation, and recipient of
numerous awards recognizing her conservation efforts, Lek is a
remarkable woman! Be amazed and inspired as you visit Elephant Nature Park!
Introducing a New Addition to Our Website
Weekly Inspiration by Sister Marie Rene, SSJ
Mary
After the most Sacred name of Jesus the name of Mary is so rich in
blessings that there is no name in heaven or on earth which brings such
grace and hope.
The month of May is dedicated to Mary, our Holy Mother and our
mothers, living or deceased.
Our Blessed Lady, in a vision to Saint Bridget, said " I am the
Queen of heaven and Mother of Mercy. I am the joy of the just and the
door through sinners return to God."
In closing, let us honor and love Our Blessed Mother and our Mothers.
Father Ron's Column
Happy Mother's Day, Notre Dame
(Our Lady)
Back from a blessed trip to France where
he visited the beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral, Father Ron shares the
inspiration of it all as he speaks of his love for the Blessed Mother
and his own mother, Margaret.
Mother's Day is full of family moments.
Our mothers are indeed a gift from God, placed into the hearts of their
children. We walk in their love and teachings, working to become the
citizens for heaven that our mothers wanted us to be. May Mary, our
Blessed Mother, bless all mothers everywhere and may their homes be
sanctuaries of peace and love!
Gazing out into the universe is a radio
telescope called the CSIRO Parkes, which is located in
Australia and is manned by an international team of researchers. It is
sensitive to radio energy not light. Astronomers have known for years
that cosmic radio energy is created, as naturally as heat and light, by
such things as quasars, galaxies, molecular clouds, supernovae and
pulsars. But, what makes this instrument so important is what it is
capable of delivering in astonishing new information. It has located a
very powerful quasar PKS 2000-330 at a record distance of 20,000 million
light years and detected the least luminous pulsar known only 150 light
years away. Today, the telescope has caught an enormous cloud of cosmic
gas and dust in the process of collapsing in on itself - a discovery
which could help researchers learn how massive stars like our Sun form?
It is in the results of these scientific discoveries that one truly can
marvel at the incredible presence and creative work of the Creator!
In the United States, pollinators, which
include the bumble bees, provide essential services (i.e. crop
pollinating) estimated at $3 billion yearly.
MAY'S HOLY DAYS
13-Ascension of the Lord (Holy Day of
Obligation)
23-Pentecost Sunday
30-Most Holy Trinity
31-The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
BUD'S BARKS!
There are days that I own the world! If I find an unattended cat
toy...it's mine. If I can pull the story book out of the baby's hand...it's
mine! If the other dog has the squeaky toy that I played with
yesterday...it's still mine. If any of the above are broken...they belong to
Susi.
