Vietnamese Americans Make Pilgrimage to Missouri (Religion News)
Posted by Jose on 04 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Hindu artifacts
This weekend, tens of thousands of Vietnamese American Catholics have converged on the small town of Carthage, Mo., at the campus of a religious order called the Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix. The event that draws them is called the Marian Days, a time for devotion to the Virgin Mary, whom many credit with helping them escape from communist Vietnam.
This weekend, tens of thousands of Vietnamese American Catholics have converged on the small town of Carthage, Mo., at the campus of a religious order called the Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix. The event that draws them is called the Marian Days, a time for devotion to the Virgin Mary, whom many credit with helping them escape from communist Vietnam.
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Sheikh Rashid Lamptey, the new imam at the Dar Al Noor mosque in Virginia, plays a dual role: He’s the face of Islam to his congregation and to Americans who might be wary of Muslims.
Sheikh Rashid Lamptey, the new imam at the Dar Al Noor mosque in Virginia, plays a dual role: He’s the face of Islam to his congregation and to Americans who might be wary of Muslims.
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It was recently revealed that Mother Teresa had a decades-long struggle with darkness and despair and that she chronicled her spiritual troubles in journal entries. Father James Martin says the news reminded him of his own spiritual toils at a retreat a few weeks ago.
It was recently revealed that Mother Teresa had a decades-long struggle with darkness and despair and that she chronicled her spiritual troubles in journal entries. Father James Martin says the news reminded him of his own spiritual toils at a retreat a few weeks ago.
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While audiences at the Edingburgh Arts Festival praise the politically incorrect plot and lyrics of ‘Jihad: The Musical,’ some Muslims fear that the play undermines their attempts to disconnect from the terrorist stereotype.
While audiences at the Edingburgh Arts Festival praise the politically incorrect plot and lyrics of ‘Jihad: The Musical,’ some Muslims fear that the play undermines their attempts to disconnect from the terrorist stereotype.
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Salt Lake City’s parochial profile – an increasingly non-Mormon city that hosts the world headquarters of the LDS Church in a predominantly Mormon state – presents a unique cultural quarrel: read more…
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