2nd WEEK OF ADVENT!!!

Daniel the Beagle

Daniel the Beagle and his family appear with Anderson Cooper

Catholic Stewards of Creation continues to follow the journey of Daniel the Beagle, the little dog that was gassed in an animal control gas chamber in Alabama and LIVED.

His story continues to be one written from the BEST NEWS department of the world.

Daniel the Beagle, like Daniel of the Bible, emerged unscathed from the gas, greeting his persecutors with love. It was Linda Schiller of the ELEVENTH HOUR RESCUE that jumped for joy and requested that Daniel be spared and brought to her organization.

Daniel was flown from Alabama to New Jersey, compliments of PILOTS AND PAWS where he was given a second chance at life. He wasfostered by the Eleventh Hour Rescue organization until a perfect home could be found.

Daniel's perfect home was found and it was with the Dwyer Family, who also live in New Jersey. JOE DWYER, a friend of Catholic Stewards of Creation, is an author who wrote a book about a pit-bulldog he rescued and named Shelby. He chronicles not only her journey into love and trust of humans again, but, the miraculous healing she had over his interior life in the process. The book is titled SHELBY'S GRACE.

Today, Daniel and Shelby are the best of dog friends and more importantly family members in a loving and vibrant household. DANIEL and SHELBY both have their own Facebook pages.

Daniel has gone from "almost destroyed pound puppy" to Talk Show Star, having just appeared on the Anderson Cooper segment on CNN. Word has it that Daniel is being invited to visit from around the globe.

Right now, Daniel is busy helping to support Pennsylvania Senator Andy Dinniman's introduction of Senate Bill 1329, known as DANIEL'S LAW into Pennsylvania legislation. If passed, this billwould once and for all ban the practice of gassing pet animals in gas chambers as a form of euthanasia. The bill, which currently has 34 co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle, would ensure that when the euthanization of a pet animal is necessary, only the most humane methods are used.

Such GOOD NEWS!

We just thought this story to be such an" inspiration" to grace the Advent season. There is great power in loving hearts when that power is loosed with abandon in service to a great good. The power of God in the moment cannot be denied.

December's Recommended Read: Animals in Heaven? Catholics Want to Know!

~by Michele Gregoire

It's the season to rejoice with all creation! Michele's book review this month features a book for "all" seasons one that recognizes divine providence at work in creation. Providence IS God Himself considered in that act by which in His wisdom He so orders all events within the universe that the end for which it was created may be realized. The author of the book presents an intriguing and thorough theological premise!

Proclaim to all the world and universe, God is with us! Father Ron shares a personal journey into proclaiming this truth...walking through the desert of a penitent soul.

I Want to be a Shepherd for Christmas 

~by Susi Pittman

Birth of The King (by Michael Dudas)

Put yourself in the sandals of a shepherd who witnessed the Angels announcement of Jesus' birth...and decide to live this Advent like a shepherd.

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A Birthday Tribute 

~by Sister Marie Rene, S.S.J.

True love is always unconditional...and anyone who knows Sister Marie Rene knows that she brings God's love to them in such a profound way. She walks and works in true beauty as she embraces the dear neighbor unconditionally, never seeing the multitude of flaws.

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"Mountain Getaway" 

~by Frank Gromling

Our Marine & Ocean Advocate, Frank has gone "rogue" in the mountains of New Hampshire. Out of the water and visiting the high country he shares the beauty of the White Mountains.

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The feast of the Immaculate Conception is December 8th and Mary is singing to Our Blessed Mother. What more recognizable and beautiful Catholic song is there, than the Ave Maria!

Amos: A Major Minor Prophet 

~by Joseph Kaiser

Are you a "comfort zone" pursuer? What if God personally called you to serve Him out of that zone somewhere else? Steward Joe shares AMOS with us, a guy like you and I who certainly had made other plans for himself.

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Ira Thomas  

Born into an artistic and devout Catholic family, Ira Thomas grew up on the Mediterranean island of Malta. It was a nun in Catholic school, Sr. Mary Dukes who gave Ira her foundation in art. Later, she was tutored by the prominent Maltese artist, Esprit Barthet. While working in Malta as a certified, architectural draftsman she met her American husband. She came to the USA as a newly-wed at age 22. She considers her greatest work of art the raising of her children to embrace their Catholic faith.

Ira Thomas is privileged to be related to St Ġorġ Preca, her grandmother's first cousin, canonized on June 3, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.

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TV Guardian: Watch TV without foul language 

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Home Again-The BEST chance for a happy homecoming 

MERRY CATHOLIC CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!

Catholic Art Work-family owned 

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Give your family one of the BEST gifts of the Christmas season, THE TEACHING CRECHE 

Can young people REALLY make a difference?  

A remarkable video made back in 1992. A Canadian girl spoke to the United Nations and left them completely silent and speechless for five minutes. Her name is Severn Cullis-Suzuki, and her speech was given at a U.N. assembly in Brazil when she was twelve years old. She had raised all the money to travel to the delegation, five thousand miles from her home, herself.

The Holidays and Horticulture Go Hand In Hand  

4 Natural Antibiotics  

THE CHRISTMAS STAR: Astronomers still wonder 

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Another take on the Star of Bethlehem 

The 2010 GRISWOLD Christmas Lights WINNER  

70,000 lights dancing to Jingle Bells