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"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats."
~American Colonial Proverb
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The Good News
Alley Cat Allies
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www.alleycat.org
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Have you ever seen a cat or cats about your home or workplace that you knew were either stray or feral? Were you one of those people who felt sorry for the creature and left some food outside for them to eat? Or were you one of those people who basically dealt with the cat's presence as an opportunity to intimidate it into immediate exit action by a "scram" or physical threat?
That is the black and white on the issue of these cats. They are either tolerated or they are not. There is no in-between.
This is where the United States only national advocacy organization for stray and feral cats, ALLEY CAT ALLIES found its mission. It was founded in 1990 and has led the progressive movement for the protection of stray and feral cats for over twenty years, educating and informing the public about humane treatment of and co-existence with these animals. They realized that well-meaning citizens who relocated cats to local pounds or shelters were not aware that over 70% of all cats and closer to 100% of all feral cats are killed. ALLEY CAT ALLIES pioneered and advocates the TRAP-NEUTER/SPAY-RETURN process that helps insure a continued life for feral cats, which are very content to live their lives in their outdoor environment.
We here at CSC have experienced firsthand the fruits of following their teachings and in recent years have helped to socialize twelve feral and stray cats and continue to help another six. Spaying and neutering of the cats is an important part of our success in keeping our cat colony limited and cared for.
The Mission Statement for ALLEY CAT ALLIES says: " To transform and develop communities to protect and improve the lives of cats."
It is a huge task that they are making sure progress on every day and we invite you to visit their website to learn so much more about the "beauty" of caring for some of the Creator's most forgotten creatures.
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Artfully Speaking
As We Approach
~by Rick Cannizzaro
Rick gives thanks and says it through the "voice" of an artist which is usually "by brush stroke!"
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In the Key of "G"
An All Saint's Day Remembrance
~by Mary Galvano-Bajohr
Mary shares a beautifully poignant All Saints Day remembrance of her father.
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Father Ron's Column
Give BLOOD!
~ by Father Ron Camarda
Father exhorts his love of the Eucharist! Take an analogous journey on giving and receiving blood.
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Inspiration Blooms
Awake or Asleep?
~by Sister Marie Rene, S.S.J.
Was she awake or asleep? Sister Marie Rene has a very spiritual night to remember!
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Susi's Commentary
Nothing Good is Lost Before God
~by Susi Pittman
Animals in Heaven? Creation in Heaven? If you attended Mass this past weekend, you heard an answer to that question. But, just in case you did not, we will give you a refresher!
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Invite Susi to Speak
Susi Pittman, author and founder of CatholicStewardsofCreation.com is available to speak to your school, club or organization. *
She loves sharing her passion and love for the creatures of this world with her audience! Susi is about saying "yes" to God when it would be easier to say no! She is about teaching others how to see the created world through the eyes of a dedicated steward, as God's "stand-in." She is about believing that you can do anything you want to do and enjoy getting there, heartbreak and all! If it is the challenge of change, Susi helps people rise to the occasion with all the vigor and enthusiasm that serving God as caretakers demands in this wonderful life.
For booking information, please call (904) 735-5979 or email susi@catholicstewardsofcreation.com
Currently scheduled to speak at Incarnation Church, Sarasota Florida, January 25, 2011, 7:00PM
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Steward Alerts
Vigil for all Nascent Human Life - Saturday, November 27th
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Author Michael Brown's Cleveland Retreat, November 6th
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Steward Activities
Thanksgiving Fun for Kids
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Organic Gardening
We recommend Organic Gardening Farming Magazine published by Liam McDonald. Sign up for their beautiful OGFM digital magazine at www.organicgardeningfarming.com
Catch Susi's articles in Issues 5, 6 & 7.
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Wellness & Nutrition
Green People
www.greenpeople.org
Have you ever wondered where to find a local natural food store, health food store or food co-op? We have just the answer...GREEN PEOPLE.
On their website and listed by state and alphabetized is this link www.greenpeople.org/healthfood that offers 3,450 listings of these type of stores.
Sure to please at GreenPeople.org are other links from holistic health to eco-travel. You can even find books for vegetarians, books on animals and animal farm books.
The diversity of information on this site will have you returning again and again!
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Stargazing
"Feline Stargaze"
This week's featured "feline" star gaze is the Constellation of Leo the Lion. It is impressive and easy to see in the northern hemisphere in the spring of the year. We won't see it now as it has moved into the southern hemisphere. Its brightest star is Regulus which is 3X the size of our own Sun and which lies just to the south of the pointer stars in the Big Dipper.
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Share a Link
Could You Save This Cat?
CLICK HERE to learn the sad truth about feral cats and what you can do to help save them.
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