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Beagle Brigade
People are probably shocked when they're busted by such a little cutie!!
candy47, on 08/04/2016
Beagle Brigade
Excellent. And they are cute dogs.
blackspanielgallery, on 08/04/2016
Yes to deaconesses
I do recall the "almost" part. It was from the secular news who are not up on Church matters, so I thought you might clarify this point, and you did. Thanks. There was a time when both the Anglicans and the Lutherans were close to rejoining ...
blackspanielgallery, on 08/04/2016
Dark Gold: Garden Compost
There are different kinds of worms, but they are great soil builders. Worm casts [manure] are an important constituent of soil: and worms aerate soil making in healthy for plants, which take in oxygen in their roots.
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2016
Yes to deaconesses
John Paul II. But he did not and could not declare ex cathedra [infallibly] , as to make an infallible statement he would need to be speaking the mind of the whole church, and there is no agreement in the church on this matter. The conservatives ...
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2016
Hugel Culture: raised beds German style
Well observed, but you might place bushes or tall plants on the less sunny side, for they will reach upwards to take the light.
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2016
How To Pray The Rosary
When I was a child the Luminous Mysteries were not there, they were added later. One thing I do not think of an proper is praying the rosary during Mass. It was very common when the Mass was in Latin, since people did not understand Latin. ...
blackspanielgallery, on 08/04/2016
Yes to deaconesses
I thought a past pope, and I cannot remember which one, made it doctrine that women not be priests, or came close to doing so.
As for women decons would they be allowed to marry? Once a man is a permanent or transitional deacon he can no ...
blackspanielgallery, on 08/04/2016
Hugel Culture: raised beds German style
I see how they increase the square footage, but the side away from the sun is not so great for vegetable growing. Is that side vertical? That would indeed enhance garden size.
blackspanielgallery, on 08/04/2016
Dark Gold: Garden Compost
Frank, here our local government once gave away plastic compost bins. They had to be picked up, or people not wanting them would have tossed them away. The reason was t keep landfills from taking on too much waste. So composting also helps ...
blackspanielgallery, on 08/04/2016
Dark Gold: Garden Compost
I had not heard of worms being significant, but it makes sense.
blackspanielgallery, on 08/04/2016
Yes to deaconesses
Your observation highlights the urgency of the reform. Of course, deacons cannot say mass, but their services will still be valuable.
That there are still those who object to women ministers is shown by the fact that my son, who is marrying an ...
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2016
Yes to deaconesses
There are people at my church who oppose women priests .... no wonder we do not have a parish priest of our own and have visiting ones every week or a neighbouring parish priest. I would sooner have a woman Catholic priest than none.
Veronica, on 08/04/2016
Yes to deaconesses
Good! I think that the problem in the church has several roots. One is the conservative principle of "Never been done,therefore can't be done." This is linked to the idea that change is bad, and also to the idea that one sex [males] needs to ...
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2016
Yes to deaconesses
I have no problem with women priests. Men in large institutions have tried to do women down for hundreds of years out of fear of being seen as weaker than women. ( Even the English Football Assoc banned women at one time as women's football was ...
Veronica, on 08/04/2016