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1 month ago | 
gilroydispatch.com | Joan Lewis
I am writing to address troubling misinformation recently shared by Gilroy City Council member Zach Hilton regarding the status of South County Fire Engine 69 and the future of our city’s fire services. Councilmember Hilton has claimed that Engine 69 has been shut down for the day—an assertion that is categorically false. Engine 69 has never been fully shut down.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
POPE FRANCIS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: MAY GOD GRANT YOU WISDOM, STRENGTH AND PROTECTIONThe Honorable Donald J. TrumpPresident of the United States of AmericaThe White HouseWashingtonOn the occasion of your inauguration as the forty-seventh President of the United States of America, I offer cordial greetings and the assurance of my prayers that Almighty God will grant you wisdom, strength and protection in the exercise of your high duties.
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May 16, 2024 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
My laptop says this did not post yesterday, Wednesday – do not know why!Two great stories today – one about a coffee mug from Uganda and the other about a bell for the unborn. A SERENDIPITOUS ENCOUNTER IN ROME AND A COFFEE MUGNot too long ago I got a Facebook message from one Johnson Tumwine who wrote, “I’m coming to Rome with a group of pilgrims from our diocese in Uganda.
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May 10, 2024 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
VATICAN INSIDER: JACOB STEIN, CRUX STATIONALIS (PART II)Welcome to Vatican Insider on what was a busy week in the Vatican with the swearing in of new Swiss Guards on May 6 and, on Thursday, May 9, the reading of the Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee Year 2025 during a ceremony in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica.
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May 7, 2024 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
34 NEW SWISS GUARDS SWORN IN ON HISTORIC DAYIn case you missed it, 34 new Swiss Guards were sworn in at the Vatican yesterday, May 6.
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May 3, 2024 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
VATICAN INSIDER GETS TO KNOW CRUX STATIONALISThis week in the interview segment of Vatican Insider, I welcome Jacob Stein, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, who is working on his licentiate in dogmatic theology at the Angelicum in Rome. He has a fascinating story and passion and apostolate which he shares with us. That passion is called CRUX STATIONALIS and I am guessing many of you have seen his work on his website dedicated to that as well as what he has done for EWTN projects, ChurchPOP, etc.
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May 2, 2024 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
IN BRIEFPope to parish priests: ‘The Church couldn’t go on without your dedication’ –Pope Francis sends a letter to parish priests taking part in the International Meeting “Parish Priests for the Synod” and underscores, regardless of how obvious it may seem, that the Church couldn’t go on without their love, faith and dedication.
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May 1, 2024 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
MAY, CELEBRATING ST. JOSEPH, OUR BLESSED MOTHER AND ALL MOTHERSToday is May 1st and one of my favorite days of the year, a day that starts one of my favorite months of the year! May 1 is, as you know, the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker as well as a month dedicated to Mary and very often, in addition to October. is a second month in which we celebrate the rosary. Mary, of course was the mother par excellence and we honor motherhood and Mother’s Day in May.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
POPE’S MAY PRAYER INTENTION: FOR THE FORMATION OF MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUSPope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of May: For the formation of men and women religious and for seminarians. In his video message, the Pope emphasises the ongoing development of their vocations through grace, prayer, community, and witness to the Gospel.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
joansrome.wordpress.com | Joan Lewis
POPE FRANCIS’ 2024 TRAVEL AGENDAAfter an exhausting five-hour trip by Pope Francis to Venice on Sunday as the lagoon city hosts the 60th edition of the Venice Art Biennale, we learn that the Holy Father has another one-day trip within Italy on his schedule for May 18– Verona. The Holy See Press Office today released the itinerary for Pope Francis’ pastoral visit to Verona on May 18, the eve of Pentecost, featuring meetings with the local Church, children, and prisoners.
