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MIS Newsletter - Fall 2012
Message From the Area Coordinator
I am pleased to present the Fall 2012 MIS Newsletter of the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas. The semester has been an exciting one for the area. We saw record student enrollments in management information systems programs. The number of students in the MS Information and Technology Management program increased to 333 from 279, while the BS Management Information Systems program enrollment grew to 263 from 206. There has been a strong interest in MIS courses from students in other areas too.
The MIS Academic Leadership Conference, which was launched by the Jindal School of Management in 2011, was hosted by Temple University this year. More than 60 MIS department chairpersons and program directors participated in the conference. Our faculty members continue to be highly productive in research, as evidenced by the number of new acceptances for journal publications and presentations at premier conferences. Several of their papers also have received Best Paper awards and nominations.
On the curriculum front, we launched the graduate certificate program in Healthcare IT this fall. We welcomed Dr. Kelly Slaughter, who joined the MIS area as a clinical professor and as the new director of the Center of Information Technology and Management. He will lead our already strong corporate outreach activities.
I welcome you to visit the Information Systems Overview page of the JSOM website to learn more about the MIS area at the Jindal School of Management. We wish everyone a joyful holiday season and happy 2013.
Srinivasan Raghunathan
Area Coordinator, Information Systems
Investiture Ceremonies Pay Tribute to Endowment Holders and Benefactors
Four faculty members of the Information Systems area in Jindal School were honored and invested in their endowments at an October 30 ceremony in the JSOM Davidson Auditorium. In all, 20 JSOM faculty members were named to chairs and other endowed posts. Included were Dr. Hasan Pirkul, dean of the Jindal School and Caruth Chair of Management; Dr. Varghese Jacob, senior associate dean and Lars Magnus Ericsson Distinguished Professor; Dr. Sumit Sarkar, PhD program director, and Dr. Vijay Mookerjee, PhD program coordinator, both Charles and Nancy Davidson Chairs in Information Systems. For a complete account, read the UT Dallas News Center investiture story.
Dean Pirkul Named INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow
At the recent meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Dean Hasan Pirkul was named a Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Society. The primary aim of the ISS Distinguished Fellow Award is to recognize individuals who have made outstanding intellectual contributions to the information systems discipline. Professor Vijay Mookerjee was named a fellow last year.
Graduate Healthcare Management Certificate Launched This Fall
In response to rising demand for professionals with healthcare information technology (IT) knowledge, the Information Systems area launched a graduate certificate program in healthcare IT this fall. The certificate program emphasizes practical concepts in healthcare IT and hands-on experience in electronic medical record (EMR) software, such as EPIC. Certificate earners will:
- Be able to identify and understand the key information requirements for managing and working with healthcare information systems.
- Understand and demonstrate the use of analytics and software tools related to healthcare information to develop sound healthcare decisions.
- Understand the core functionalities of a leading EMR software platform, including how it supports clinical information workflows in a paperless environment and its interconnectivity with other clinical and business systems.
The Healthcare IT and other graduate certificate programs are available not only to current UT Dallas graduate students but also to non-degree-seeking students who are interested in careers in healthcare IT. Please visit MIS Certificate Programs for more information.
The Second Annual MIS Academic Leadership Conference
The MIS Academic Leadership Conference, which the Jindal School of Management launched and hosted last year, was hosted this year in early November by Temple University. More than 60 department chairpersons and program directors attended the conference, which was very interactive and included lively discussions among attendees. Panel sessions were devoted to various challenges that MIS program managers face. Some of the topics covered were student recruitment, curriculum development, industry advisory boards and the future of MIS curricula. The conference was sponsored by the University of Arizona, Indiana University, the University of Minnesota, Temple University and The University of Texas at Dallas. Contact Mark Thouin for more information about the conference.
FORTHCOMING EVENT: Strategic Use of Information Technology (SUIT) Case Competition
The fourth annual Strategic Use of Information Technology (SUIT) case competition for graduate MIS students will be hosted by the Jindal School of Management April 5, 2013. This annual competition is sponsored by University of Arizona, Indiana University, Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Dallas. If your school is interested in participating, contact Mark Thouin.
Great Turnout for Fall Student and Faculty Mixers
The Information Systems and Operations Management area held a successful and well-received MS ITM Student and Faculty Mixer September 7 in the atrium of the Jindal School of Management. Lively conversation between students and faculty took place at the mixer, which also featured plenty of food. The following Friday, new and returning undergraduates were welcomed and introduced to new and returning faculty in a more casual atmosphere outside the classroom setting. This gave students a great chance to network and socialize with their professors. We look forward to having more events like these each fall.
Best Paper Award and Nominations at INFORMS
Dr.Mehmet Ayvaci, who recently joined the JSOM Information Systems faculty, presented a paper at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Conference in Phoenix in October. His paper, "The Effect of Budgetary Restrictions on Breast Cancer Diagnostic Decisions," was a finalist for the Doing Good with Good O.R. Prize, which each year honors outstanding student projects in operations research that have a significant societal impact. The Decision Analysis Society awarded the same Ayvaci work its Best Student Paper Award. Ayvaci recently earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin. The DAS award is accompanied by a plaque and a $500 honorarium.
Dr. Indranil Bardhan has presented his research findings at several research forums this fall. His paper, "Quicker but Sicker? Length of Stay, Readmission Risk, and the Role of Health Information Technology," was nominated for the Best Paper Award at the recent 17th INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, held in Phoenix in mid-October.
Bardhan also presented this paper at the Third Annual Workshop on Health Information Technology and Economics, in October in Washington, D.C. This work was coauthored with Dr. Eric Zheng of the Jindal School, Dr. Cath Oh of Georgia State University and Kirk Kirksey of UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Dr. Bardhan served as a panelist at the Institute for Health Technology Transformation's (iHT2) Health IT Summit held December 5 and December 6. He spoke on "Healthcare Intelligence: Quality, Safety and Performance Analysis," an area he focuses on with his current research on the role of heath IT in improving the quality of patient care.
The paper "Online Security and Privacy — Managing Hot-Lists in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems," co-authored by Information Systems faculty member Dr. Radha Mookerjee, Dr. Subodha Kumar, a JSOM alumnus who now teaches at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Vijay Mookerjee, Charles and Nancy Davidson Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at the Jindal School, was nominated for the best paper award at the 2012 Conference on Information Systems and Technology.
Michael Savoie Receives JSOM Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award
Dr. Michael Savoie received the JSOM Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award in a September 9 ceremony. The award recognizes the outstanding undergraduate professor during the previous academic year. The criteria for selection include student ratings, nominations from the area coordinator and student comments. Savoie teaches courses on Introductory MIS, Social Network Technologies, and Information Systems Management.
He recently published a book, Building Successful Information Systems: Five Best Practices to Ensure Organizational Effectiveness and Profitability (Business Expert Press, 2012). For the past 11 years, until recently, Savoie served as founding director of the JSOM-based Center for Information Technology Management. He will be leaving UT Dallas at the end of this semester to pursue interests in private industry.
Kelly Slaughter joins JSOM
Dr. Kelly T. Slaughter joined the JSOM faculty as the new director of the Center for Information Technology and Management. With more than 15 years of experience in industry, he spent half of that time with the Dallas office of PricewaterhouseCoopers' management consulting practice (now with IBM) and the other half split between a small Dallas-based entrepreneurial consulting company (acquired by Grant Thornton) and Addison-based Humana subsidiary Concentra. His work experience includes projects in the consumer packaged goods, entertainment, retail and healthcare industries. Academically, Slaughter majored in MIS and earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from the University of Chicago — with concentrations in economics and strategy — and a PhD in information and decision sciences from the University of Minnesota. He has presented his research at the International Conference on Information Systems and at INFORMS conferences. His research interests include IT/business alignment and knowledge-worker productivity.
Project Management in a Risky World
Dr. Hans-Joachim Adler presented a paper, "Cloud Computing Impact on Business Education," at the Sixth Annual University of Texas at Dallas Project Management Symposium in August. The conference was sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management at UT Dallas, in cooperation with the PMI Dallas Chapter and PM World Today. The two-day Project Management Symposium focused on topics relevant to organizations, industries and the economy in North Texas.
We have added a new feature to the newsletter that many of our readers will find of interest. Listed below are publications and conference-accepted presentations from some of our IS faculty for fall 2012:
Ayvaci, Mehmet U.S., Jinghua Shi,Oguzhan Alagoz and Sam Lubner. "Cost-effectiveness of adjuvant FOLFOX and LV5FU2 chemotherapy for patients with stage II colon cancer," forthcoming issue of Medical Decision Making.
Bardhan, Indranil, Sezgin Ayabakan, Eric Zheng. "The Impact of IT-enabled Manufacturing Capabilities on Plant Profitability: New Models and Evidence," 33rd International Conference on Information Systems, Orlando, December 2012.
Bardhan, Indranil R., Mark F.Thouin. "Health information technology and its impact on the quality and cost of healthcare delivery," Decision Support Systems (2012).
Cavusoglu, Huseyin, Young Kwark, Bin Mai, Srinivasan Raghunathan. "Passenger Profiling and Screening for Aviation Security in the Presence of Strategic Attackers," INFORMS Decision Analysis.
Zhuolun, Li, Ke-Wei Huang, Huseyin Cavusoglu. "Quantifying the Impact of Badges on User Engagement in Online Q&A Communities," International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, Florida, December 2012.
Sitoh, Mun K., Huseyin Cavusoglu. "The Effect of Customers' Emotion on Service Recovery Strategy in IT Service Failures," International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, Florida, December 2012.
Kankanhalli, Atreyi, Mahdieh Taer, Huseyin Cavusoglu, Seung Hyun Kim. "Gamification: A New Paradigm for Online User Engagement," International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, Florida, December 2012.
Zhuolun, Li, Ke-Wei Huanh, Huseyin Cavusoglu. "Can We Gamify Voluntary Contributions to Online Q&A Communities? Quantifying the Impact of Badges on User Engagement," Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Orlando, Florida, December 2012.
Cavusoglu, Huseyin, Tuan Phan, Hasan Cavusoglu, Edoardo Airoldi. "Do Privacy Controls Increase the Openness of Online Social Network Users: Analysis of Information Disclosure Behavior through a Natural Experiment," Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Orlando, Florida, December 2012.
Young Kwark, Jianqing Chen, Srinivasan Raghunathan. "Platform or Wholesale: Different Effects on Retailers of Online Product Reviews," Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, Florida, December 2012.
Chen, Jianqing, Ming Fan, Mingzhi Li. "Advertising versus Brokerage Model for Online Trading Platforms," INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Phoenix, October 2012.
Kwark, Young, Jianqing Chen, Srinivasan Raghunathan. "Online Product Reviews: Implications for Retailers and Competing Manufacturers," INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Phoenix, October 2012.
Lee, Chul Ho, Xianjun Geng, Srinivasan Raghunathan. "Mandatory Standards and Organizational Information Security, "Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Orlando, Florida, December 2012.
Geng, Xianjun, Young Jin Lee. "Competing with Piracy: A Multi-Channel Sequential Search Approach," Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-46), January 2013.
Chen, Min; Varghese Jacob, Suresh Radhakrishnan, Young Ryu. "The Effect of Third Party Investigation on Pay-Per-Click Advertising," International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, Florida, 2012.
Jiang, Zhengrui, Sumit Sarkar, Varghese S. Jacob. "Postrelease Testing and Software Release Policy for Enterprise-Level Systems," Information Systems Research, Volume 23, September 2012, Part 1 of 2, pp. 635-657.
Asdemir, Kursad, Nanda Kumar, Varghese S. Jacob. "Pricing Models for Online Advertising: CPM vs. CPC," Information Systems Research, Volume 23, September 2012, Part 1 of 2, pp. 804-822.
Raghunathan, Srinivasan, M. Ganesh, C. Rajendran. "The Value of Information Sharing in a Multi-Product, Multi-Level Supply Chain: Impact of Product Substitution, Demand Correlation, and Partial Information Sharing," forthcoming Decision Support Systems Journal.
X. Li, Sumit Sarkar. "Data Clustering and Micro-Perturbation with Confidential Class Restriction," forthcoming in Management Science.
Singh, Harpreet, Aggarwal, R., "Differential influence of blogs across different stages of decision making: the case of venture capitalists," forthcoming, Management Information Systems Quarterly.
"An Afternoon With…" Guest Speakers for Fall
The Center for Information Technology Management, directed by UT Dallas IS faculty member Dr. Michael Savoie, hosted two engagements of the "An Afternoon With…" speaker series at the UT Dallas Jindal School of Management's Davidson Auditorium. Approximately 100 people attended the September 14 event featuring Brian Wrozek, IT security and privacy director, Texas Instruments. Wrozek spoke with Savoie at length about cyber security and what Texas Instruments is doing to deal with cyber threats, both within and outside the company.
Sixty industry professionals joined UT Dallas faculty and students for An Afternoon With Jeff Katz, chief technology officer, Energy and Utilities Industry, IBM. Guests were treated to an in-depth discussion on the IBM Smarter Planet initiative, including discussions on the smart grid and cyber security. Katz then took questions from the audience for 45 minutes. Questions ran the gamut from technical inquiries about smart-grid technologies to general questions on the safety of wireless smart meters.
SAP Users' Group Kicks Off Fall Semester with Information Sessions
The SAP Users' Group (SUG) kicked off the fall semester on September 26 with an information session at UT Dallas. The guest speaker was Susan Guess, senior director of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Solutions Management at SAP Labs in Irving, Texas. The session topic, entitled "SAP BusinessObjects BI—Unique Offerings for the SAP BW Customer", was on business intelligence and analytics. Forty-seven people attended and 45 signed up as new members.
On October 24, the guest speaker was Maria Wei, a graduate of UT Dallas and partner at ATCG Solutions in Richardson, Texas. Wei gave an information session on SAP ASAP methodology entitled "SAP Projects—Are You Ready?" Her company has hired several UT Dallas TERP10 graduates.
The group met November 28 for a presentation given by Claudine Lagerholm, director of analytics, Global Ecosystems and Channels at SAP. The presentation, entitled "Analytics Trends and the SAP Ecosystem" contained links to SAP's career opportunities and product-related demos.
The SAP Users Group is a student organization that meets the fourth Wednesday of each month. Dr. Lou Thompson, a member of the information systems faculty, is the advisor.
Students Tour Fossil and TI
Dr. Lou Thompson and 15 Jindal School of Management students took a tour of Fossil, Inc. in Plano, Texas, in mid-October. Fossil's management team met the group along with several recent UT Dallas graduates — Lisa Dully (BS MIS 2012), Sravya Potluri (MS ITM 2011) and Narasimha Kumar Kode (MS ITM 2011). The Fossil team gave a presentation on operations and structure of the company and how SAP is used by Fossil both domestically and globally. Then the guests toured all the areas in the Fossil facility that use SAP software. The students also were told what Fossil looks for in job candidates. The tour ended with lunch at a local restaurant.
Another tour took place at Texas Instruments November 30. Twenty students attended with Dr. Thompson. The focus of the tour was Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology. The tour began with a brief history of DLP, which was followed by a demonstration of entertainment, educational and business uses of DLP technology. Students became familiar with technologies related to DLP, such as networking, cameras, hospital devices, cell phones and whiteboards used in schools. The students also enjoyed a 3-D movie that used DLP technology and visited the backroom of the movie theater that showcased the technology behind the scenes. The students had an opportunity to network with Texas Instruments professionals during the lunch on the premises that followed the tour.


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Be sure you don't miss any of the peeks we share this month! You can find them all here.
And all of that fun will be followed by our New Release Party over in our member company forums on Splitcoaststampers, beginning at 8:00 PM EST. We'll have challenges, fellowship and chit-chat, full reveals of all the stamp sets...and of course we'll wrap it up by making the stamps available for purchase in the store! Mark your calendars, and make plans to join us!
See you back here tomorrow for another great Sweet Peek!


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Sunday, October 14, 2007
A Muse Blog Candy!!
Courtesy of A Muse and in honor of their new upcoming clear stamp release, here is some fabulous blog candy!! Included are new (not yet released: 4 bar, Kitchen Blue) notecards, Creative Candy circle stickers, and the darling purse stamp. Just leave a comment telling me what your favorite Halloween memory is, I'll draw a winner using Random.org on Monday, October 22nd!!
66 comments:
- Julie Campbell said...
Ooooh! I don't have anything by A Muse yet, but I would LOVE to! :)
My favorite memory was probably the year we had no costume ready and it was the night of our school costume party. My mom wrapped me in tin foil from head to toe, made a sword out of cardboard, and gave me a round pizza pan to hold. She said I was Joan of Ark. I won most creative costume that year! I can't believe I let my mom do that to me! LOL!
- October 14, 2007 at 4:57 PM
- HilLesha O'Nan said...
Going trick or treating with my little one for the first time is a special memory for me. :)
- October 14, 2007 at 7:41 PM
- InspiredByInk said...
Thanks for offering blogcandy! I've never owned an amuse item... at least not that I remember! lol
LOVE your blog!
Bobbie :)
- October 14, 2007 at 7:46 PM
- Ericka said...
Hey Kristina! I love your blog for free, but blog candy always makes (stamping) life sweeter!
My favorite Halloween memory would be when we dressed up my then 11 month old as a monkey! All night long I kept calling him 'Chunky Monkey'.
- October 14, 2007 at 8:02 PM
- Wanda said...
My favorite Halloween memory was when our son started 1st grade and each day he left for school I took out the Dragon costume I was making for him. The tail was probably as long as he was tall!!! The scales took the longet to make, there were about 40 of them going down each side of the spine and two had to match up with each other all the way down. And the inside of them was this silky material that liked to slip when you sewed it. I got it done in time for Halloween and when the time came I brought it out and he was SO thrilled!! He just loved it! I still smile when I remember the look on his face. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
- October 14, 2007 at 8:07 PM
- kerianne said...
I think my fave Halloween memory is me dressed up in the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup costume my mom made...I felt so cool that my mom made it for me!!
- October 14, 2007 at 8:25 PM
- Brenda H. said...
Well, my birthday is on Halloween, and I don't have a lot of great memories of Halloween from when I was a kid, because all my friends could hardly wait to leave my birthday party to go trick or treating instead! But, when I had my own children, I had a lot of fun taking them trick or treating. When my daughter was 8 months old I dressed her up in the Raggedy Anne clothes from my doll...she was adorable! Thanks for this chance to win sweet candy!
~Brenda H.
- October 14, 2007 at 8:55 PM
- jodene said...
We never celebrated Halloween much growing up. My favorite Halloween was last year when we carved pumpkins for the first time. Way too fun!! Thanks for the chance.
- October 14, 2007 at 9:15 PM
- Cathy M said...
Pick me! Pick me! I don't have a A Muse products yet. I just love all the cards that I have seen and maybe one day I will be able to make one. I have some on my wishlist, but it is long and the money runs out.
My favorite halloween memories is when my dad would play the scary music and dress up and hide by the side of the house. When the kids would come ring the door bell he would run out and scare them. Sometimes we would have to chase them to give them their candy. They must of like it, cuz they kept coming back each year.
Thanks for a chance at your sweet sweet candy.
- October 14, 2007 at 9:45 PM
My favorite memory for halloween was when we had a huge snowstorm and we all had to go trick or treating in the blizzard! It was so fun and so very strange! Thanks for the giveaway!
- October 14, 2007 at 10:11 PM
- 2 Worlds said...
I want to participate on yours too ;)
- October 14, 2007 at 10:36 PM
- Betty said...
Favorite memory is dressing up and trick and treating.
- October 14, 2007 at 10:38 PM
- Unknown said...
My favorite memories of Hallowe'en are trick or treating with both my parents. It ALWAYS rained on Hallowe'en where I grew up. Of course it was the good old pillow case to collect the candy and those silly plastic costumes with the plastic faces with the elastic string and barely an airhole to breathe and small eyeholes so you could barely see where you were going. Mom always made me wear my big boots because I would always walk in the puddles along the curb. The funniest is the condensation build up in the mask of my costume. If I remember correctly, it was bugs bunny. LOL. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.....and the chance to win some awesome candy!
- October 15, 2007 at 12:35 AM
- Jan Scholl said...
I dont like scary stuff but I grew up in a scary city. so just surviving the night in Flint MI was amazing.
- October 15, 2007 at 12:43 AM
- Jules said...
I didn't think about it at the time, but I saw this cute lady bug costume. My son was still young, like 4 or 5 years old, so I don't think it did too much damage. I made my son wear a lady bug costume. He didn't complain, but probably would now that he is 21. I haven't applied for some blog candy, because I will be out of town. However, I get back just in time for the ending of yours! Thanks for the chance! I have given away blog candy, but have never won, yet!
- October 15, 2007 at 2:27 AM
- Angel said...
I lvoe the year we dressed my daughter as a bunch of grapes in all purple balloons and then when trick or treating was over we popped them all. TOO fun!
- October 15, 2007 at 6:43 AM
- Unknown said...
Hi Kristina, My favorite Halloween would have to have been last year. It was my son's first year trick-or-treating. Granted, we only went to families houses but it was fun none the less.. :)
I was wondering if you had any AMuse Halloween stamps? If so do you think you could stamp me a few images?!?! I would really appreciate it.. I am WAY behind on my Halloween cards. i do not own any Halloween stamps.. :)
I wrote you back but did not hear back from you. I hope all is well!! HUGS!
- October 15, 2007 at 7:04 AM
- Suzy said...
My favorite Halloween memory is standing in front of our old olive tree and getting pictures taken and fawned over by the grown ups. I just loved dress up!
- October 15, 2007 at 7:20 AM
- sandyh50 said...
Taking my 3 kids trick or treating on a cold Halloween night. We made costumes out of boxes with aluminum foil and called them robots so we could put them over the heavy winter coats. We only made it a block and half and came home!
- October 15, 2007 at 8:16 AM
Thanks for the chance at some awesome blog candy!! My favorite memory of Halloween has to come from being a kid and going to the haunted houses. We would scare each other before we even got into the haunted house and then scream all the way through and laugh our heads off when we got out! Ah...being young again! :) I think I would probably just roll my eyes if I went through one today. I still love Halloween though!
- October 15, 2007 at 8:26 AM
- Cheryl KVD said...
Awesome goodies!! My fav. Halloween was when I was 5 years old and my dad (he's an inventor) made my costume. I was a 1970's TV! It was so heavy and bulky that I could barely walk and I couldn't sit down in it. Though I was mad at the time it sure makes for great memories now!
Cheryl KVD
- October 15, 2007 at 8:27 AM
- Scott Franson Photography said...
My favorite Halloween memories are the smells. The leaves, the candy, the pumpkins with candles in them.
- October 15, 2007 at 10:19 AM
- Sharon in NE said...
Trick-or-treating as a princess with a plastic princess mask. (Those things make you sweaty!). My friend and I each filled a HUGE bucket with all the candy we got, but she had to go home early. My older brother was still out and about so I grabbed an old sheet, cut some eye holes and hit the streets and got twice the loot.
- October 15, 2007 at 10:55 AM
- Debbie Fisher (debbiedee) said...
I would love a chance at this. I was just reading about this mist on another blog last week.
My favorite memories are of the boys carving their pumpkins. They took this task very seriously. And then the look of wonder on their faces as we lit them with a candle at night.
- October 15, 2007 at 11:07 AM
- Kelly said...
Great blog candy offering!
One of my favorite Halloween memories is from just a few years ago....my dad covered a birdhouse on a pole with a white sheet to make it look like a ghost. He then put a CB radio receiver in and and watched from inside his house for kids coming. He had another CB in the house and made ghost noises and did his evil laugh whenever kids came up the sidewalk. Some of them got the funniest looks on their faces and couldn't decide whether or not to chance going up to the door. He got such a kick out of it. My kids thought it was great!
- October 15, 2007 at 12:26 PM
- Diane said...
My favorite memory is Trick or Treating with my niece one year...we went to this house that had all the decorations imaginable.
It was so scarry,as I walked her up the driveway there was a body sitting in a chair which i thought it was just a dummy cause it looked fake...well as i walked by he screamed and grabbed my arm...OMG!!! I yelled so loud I think the whole block heard me. And my niece started crying and she no longer wanted to trick or treat...poor girl,I scared the crap in her!!Thnks at the chance of your treat!!
- October 15, 2007 at 12:52 PM
- Denise said...
I love watching my kids go trick or treating...they are so polite, it's scary! TFS!
- October 15, 2007 at 1:13 PM
- Cindy Vernon said...
I just remember the fun times trick or treating as kids. We almost always made our costumes, nothing fancy for us, except for maybe purchasing accessories. I think that's what made Halloween so fun -there weren't Halloween stores, everyone made their own costumes!
- October 15, 2007 at 2:22 PM
- Reality Show Reject said...
My favorite Halloween was in 2003. I just moved back to my hometown, and spent a day around halloween with some of my friends and their family. We spent the day decorating with pumpkins and inflatables and eating chili. I felt like I was part of a family again, which was unusual, as my husband was still 5 hours away, trying to sell our home so he could move to my hometown. Thanks for the chance to win!
- October 15, 2007 at 4:58 PM
Hi Kristina!
Thank you for offering a chance to win that beautiful prize!
My favorite Halloween memory is from many years ago, when I helped out at a church Halloween party. A friend of mine had the perfect costumes, that had been made for a previous party...she went as mustard and I went as ketchup. We had a ball playing with all the kids that showed up.
- October 15, 2007 at 5:22 PM
My favorite Halloween was when my Mom (who was born on Halloween) went trick or treating with us. She put pantyhose over her head and went as a robber.
- October 15, 2007 at 5:24 PM
My Fav. Halloween memory...My Great Aunt Joy dressed up, in a plastic ensemble and long golden wig, as Lady Godiva at the RV club Halloween bash in Florida. She paraded around for hours and was constantly laughing and proclaiming "I have nothing to hide, but seek what you'd like"! That was one spooky history and anatomy lesson i'll never forget!
- October 15, 2007 at 7:19 PM
- Selina said...
I have lots of Halloween memories, especially since I have children now too. But I think my most memorable from my childhood would be the year my siblings and cousins and I all went trick-or-treating. The only costumes I remember were my cousins because they were the Smurfs and mine because I was Pink Panther. The costume was great and nice and warm (we were living in Colorado at that time) but it was itchy.
- October 15, 2007 at 10:01 PM
- AdriansCrazyLife said...
Fun blog candy!
My favorite Halloween memory will probably be this year. I finally came up with a great costume idea for my son. He will go as a "Cereal Killer". We'll take little mini boxes of cereal and stab them with plastic knives and then attach them to his clothes.
- October 15, 2007 at 10:01 PM
- Elaine said...
Hi Kristina,
Thanks for the chance on this great A Muse candy! My fave Halloween memory is when my kids were little and dressed up as MIckey and Minnie mouse. We lived in Santa Barbara at the time and it was a warm evening to be out trick or treating. My son (older) took his little sister's hand and sat her down on the steps at someone's house and asked her what candy she wanted to eat first and started to find it and open it for her....they were sooooo cute!!
- October 16, 2007 at 12:00 AM
- Nancy said...
A fond Halloween memory for me would just be the time & energy my mother put in to making my costumes. She is quite the seamstress & would not settle for just going & buying a costume. She always took great care in making a very cute & quality costume for me. I may not of realized the effort she put in to it then, but I can really appreciate it as an adult. Unfortunately, I do not have that same gift of being a great seamstress as she does :( Thanks for the chance Kristina! A MUSE ROCKS!!
-NW Nancy
- October 16, 2007 at 12:04 AM
carving out pumpkins and eating a lot of candy.
- October 16, 2007 at 12:13 AM
OHHHH AAHHH that purse is ADORABLE!
My most favorite Halloween story....
My BFF & I were 10-12 years old. Trick-or-treating by ourselves. It was very dark & cold & we were walking down a non-lite sidewalk (I'm sure my mom would be proud of that -wink-). Anyway, my friend tripped on a peice of cracked sidewalk and her candy bag went flying out of her hands and up in the air as her body plunged forward. But as she was slowly falling to the ground she was also reaching for the bag of candy 'cause she did not want 1 peice to fall out. I think she turned into Inspector Gadget 'cause her arms were reaching out a lot further than they normaly should. And I swear that girl did a belly flop right on the sidewalk. Low-an-behold, she caught that bag of candy in mid-air before hitting the ground! Woohoo! And be damned...not one peice of candy fell out of that bag.
Let's just say she was bruised and sore for many many days, but to this day she say's it was "worth it".
- October 16, 2007 at 12:19 AM
Hi Kristina,
My favorite Halloween memory is the birth of my baby brother, 40 years ago!!! He was the cutest lil' pumpkin then, and now he's a venerable "Great Pumpkin!"
Thanks for sharing!
- October 16, 2007 at 1:41 AM
- Fiona said...
Hi, my favourite Halloween memory has to be the first Halloween we spent when we lived in Texas. Having heard all about how you do Halloween in the US it was great to be finally experiencing it as the UK is nothing like it. Texas was still in the 80's in October and the kids had great fun walking around the neighbourhood in their costumes. The house that stood out vividly in our minds was one which had a coffin by the door and when the kids went up to ring the bell, a monster jumped out at them and frightened them to death. For us newbies to Halloween, it was terrifying and brilliant all at the same time. I miss Halloween in the US and envy you all the time you will have!
- October 16, 2007 at 6:03 AM
Hi Kristina!
Thank you for offering a chance to win that beautiful prize!
My favorite Halloween memory is from a few years ago, when I dressed up as Wednesday Addams. Little black dress, buttons down the front, black yarn braids, and a white tam to top it off...so fun!
- October 16, 2007 at 8:40 AM
The Halloween I remember is when we were invited to a costume party and I was pregnant and could not think of a costume so went as an expentant mother with my husband carrying a doctor's bag--not very creative, I'll admit. Minnetonka Sandy
- October 16, 2007 at 1:36 PM
- dawnmercedes said...
Here is a funny memory...when I was growing up, my mom made home made soft taco shells on Halloween night. We always ate them. So a couple of years ago, we were at hear house on Halloween night and I asked her to make them. And they did NOT taste as good as I remembered. My mom said that they weren't good back then either! haha. I had made them taste good in my memory! haha.
- October 16, 2007 at 7:07 PM
- Linda SS said...
Every Halloween I looked forward to trick or treating at a man's house who worked for Wonderbread. He would give us these small 6 inch minature loaves of bread that were wrapped in the identical packaging of the large sized Wonderbreads. I used to think that was really exciting:) I LOVE AMuse - thanks for a chance to win some.
- October 16, 2007 at 8:47 PM
A halloween I remember is dressing up with my friend in a huge pair of striped overalls. We each had our legs in each leg of the pants they were so big and we each had a strap over our shoulder holding them up. We walked around like that all night. It was fun. I wish I knew where those overall's were now. They were huge!!!
- October 16, 2007 at 11:11 PM
My favorite Halloween memory is when my mom made me the cutest grey mouse costume with big pink ears. I loved having her paint my nose black with her eyeliner and giving me wiskers. The costume was adorable, i was probably about 6 years old. The tail was fun to spin around and play with. I won the costume contest at school that year. That same year she made my brothers costumes too- one of them was the Jolly Green Giant- it was so stinking cute and I made fun of him for wearing girls green tights. I remember that was also the first year I started using a pillow case to collect my candy in.
- October 17, 2007 at 1:51 AM
My favorite Halloween memory is when my children were all little and would dress up and go see my husband's grandparents. They so enjoyed the visits and the kids had so much fun. Special memories.
- October 17, 2007 at 5:24 AM
Hi Kristina!
Thank you for offering a chance to win that beautiful prize!
The neatest costume I have seen is one that was created by a friend of mine. He went as the Headless Horseman. Had a coat fastened so it was over his head. The neat thing was, he somehow carried dry ice in his pockets, so there was a cloud around him as he walked...so cool :)
- October 17, 2007 at 8:45 AM
- Risa said...
Hi Kristina!
My favorite Halloween memory is this. This particular Halloween Day was really cold (coat weather), and the kids could not show off their costumes as planned. Well in spite of bitter cold, we had a blast! After we were finished, we stopped at the coffee shop and had warm hot chocolate. The kids want to make stopping at the coffee shop part of the Halloween tradition.
- October 17, 2007 at 8:50 AM
- imteresa said...
Scooping the goop out of my pumpkin always freaked me out as a kid. What a goofy memory!
- October 17, 2007 at 12:23 PM
- Pegi Taylor said...
Okay . . . I got a good one. About 10 years ago I wanted to take my sweet little neighbor boy on his first trick-or-treat outing . . . he was about three years old . . . quiet as a little church mouse . . . and sweet as can be. His mother said yes and went out and bought him the most darling little Eeyore costume at the Disney store complete with tail hanging off the back end so he would be ready for his first Halloween outing ever. I decided to drive him to the rich neighborhood of Edina hoping for better treats for him . . . and a safer environment . . . since it was his first year and all . . . and he was only three years old. So we are trick-or-treating in the rich neighborhood of Edina going up and down the beautiful tree lined streets with all the families that have their children with them just having a grand 'ol time. He is just having the time of his life running up to the door with the other children and saying trick-or-treat in his cute little baby voice as people at the door are ooooohing and aaaaaahing over this sweet little boy with his darling little Eeyore costume on and throwing all this great candy in his little plastic pumpkin. Well . . . my sweet little neighbor boy gets so excited about whatever little treat he was just given and comes running down the driveway to proudly show me and takes a tumble head first down the driveway spilling candy out of his little plastic pumpkin all over the place. I expected the little boy to be hurt or start crying and was getting ready to run over to him and help him up, but instead he instantly says "oh shit" in a very loud voice and jumps up to his feet and scrambles all over the driveway to hurridly pick up all his candy that he had just dropped. The entire crowd that had gathered around bust out laughing and I just stood there and said "out of the mouths of babes". We finished our first Halloween trick-or-treating outing together in grand style and I still tell him the story to this day.
- October 17, 2007 at 1:47 PM
- Lilian said...
one halloween i opened the door to see a couple of cute little kids on my door step. they yelled "trick or treat!" and i calmly looked down and said "trick". they just looked at me with confused faces and said "trick or treat?"... it was so cute!! but also sad that they don't even know what they are saying!! i did end up giving them little treats... :)
- October 17, 2007 at 5:50 PM
What a great question and even better candy! =) My favorite Halloween memory is definately beingable to go trick or treating for hours where I grew up with a bunch of the neighborhood kids and literally fill up a standard size pillow case with candy. It was always such a neat thing to get that many kids and parents together!
- October 17, 2007 at 9:37 PM
- Heather's Haven said...
Mine would have to be the memories we've been creating since our kids are old enough to trick or treat. We all meet up at my folk's house. All the nieces and nephews go trick or treating together. Lots of group pics and dinner all together. :-) Usually take out pizza or home cooked chili. Depending on how cold it gets. It's all good!
- October 17, 2007 at 10:25 PM
- Julie S. said...
I have a few -- once, I went as a belly dancer -- it was New England and there was SNOW on the ground, and I was barely clothed! I don't know HOW my folks let me go out like that!
One of the sweetest memories is coming home with the loot and sorting through it with my little sister in our pajamas... she lives far away now, and I miss her!
- October 17, 2007 at 11:14 PM
When my daughter was in 8th grade, Halloween fell on a Friday night so her class decided to have an overnight in the gym. The kids set up decorations and brought tents and sleeping bags. My husband & I chaperoned and helped with food. It was fun to see that things haven't changed all that much from when we were young. The boys were all afraid to ask the girls to dance and stood together on one side of the gym. The girls were on the other side giggling and daring one another to ask a boy to dance. It was a couple hours before they were dancing, but we had such a ball dancing the Monster Mash with those young teens. My daughter was dressed as a black crow and it was one of the best Halloweens we ever had with her.
- October 18, 2007 at 12:18 AM
Thanks for the chance of the great blog candy, Kristina! My favorite hallowe'en memoriy (and still is!) is having fun on that day with my little girls....kids make it so much fun!!
Take care; Tinla Woo
- October 18, 2007 at 11:22 PM
- Angela Spangela said...
When I was 14 I went trick or treating with friends and we walked to my mom's neighborhood and I found out that my aunt had given birth to my cousin Katie. It was an awesome surprise.
- October 19, 2007 at 5:10 AM
- Melissa said...
Woo-hoo! I only have one tiny little A Muse stamp and I would love more!
My favorite Halloween memory would have to be putting up the decorations when I was a kid. We had little cardboard and velvet cut outs that hung on windows and such and I drove my mother nuts because come school time, I wanted those babies up!
Many Blessings,
- October 19, 2007 at 10:52 AM
Hi Kristina!
Thank you for offering a chance to win that beautiful prize!
One of my favorite Halloween memories was the year my little cousin started Trick-or-Treating. She was just 1 yr. old! Her mom carried her, just to friends and family to show her off.
Her costume was a little pink mouse, complete with big pink ears and whiskers...too cute :)
- October 19, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Oh, mine will come across as sounding pretty mean but it is really my best and fondest memory - when my daughter was 3 we did our garage up like a haunted science lab. My dh had a little "show" for the older kids and was trying it out on some parents, not realizing our daughter was watching. She screamed so loud and ran into the house and was NOT going to go trick or treating.
She decided that everyone should just bring treats to her so I had to call all the neighbours to come to our door with her candy or she'd have had NONE!
- October 19, 2007 at 11:28 AM
- CreativeMish said...
I grew up in the country so we had to drive from house to house to trick or treat. I remember one year we were so excited because we were going to drive into town and go with our cousins. Back then we wore the icky plastic masks. I got to be Cinderella! It ended up being a snowy year but we still had fun! We were all bundled up and wearing our snow boots and came home with a pillow case full of loot!!
- October 20, 2007 at 8:57 AM
Having our Mom drive us to heavily populated neighborhoods so we could get a big bag of candy! My Mother always made our costumes and we got to tell her what we wanted to be each year. Thank you. Very nice blog candy.
- October 20, 2007 at 11:49 PM
- Lori said...
My favorite Halloween memory is the great homemade costumes my mom came up with. I'll never forget the year I was a Rubik's Cube and my sister was the "Missing Link" game. Her costume was a long, tall box that was painted and decorated and every time she walked up the steps in someone's front yard, she toppled over. Our father just laughed and laughed--I don't think my sister has forgiven him yet . . .
Thanks for the chance to win some fun blog candy!
- October 21, 2007 at 12:48 PM
Hi Kristina!
Thank you for offering a chance to win that beautiful prize!
My favorite Halloween memory was just a couple of years ago. I was visiting at my mom's house that night, and got to listen to her handing out candy to the kids...she was a cute as they were :)
- October 21, 2007 at 5:07 PM
Thanks for the chance to win! My favorite Halloween memory is when my sister and I were dressed up as hobo's! We had our flannels and walking sticks with a bandana tied at the end.
- October 21, 2007 at 7:33 PM


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Last week I traveled to Lourdes with Boston members of the Order of Malta. Every year the international order organizes a pilgrimage to Lourdes in the springtime that brings 30,000 pilgrims from all over the world. The pilgrims are both members of the order as well as the sick � �malades� in French.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes
Lourdes is a very special place for Catholics. At a time when the Church was poised to define the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Bernadette with the words, �I am the Immaculate Conception.� It has always been a place of very special care and love for the sick. There are baths there where the sick people are immersed in the waters from the spring that began miraculously in the grotto at the time of the apparitions.
Our Lady told St. Bernadette:�I am the Immaculate Conception.�
A side view of the basilica
Part of our pilgrimage consisted in having a Mass for English-speakers at the grotto, outside on Saturday morning. There were many people from Ireland, Scotland, England and Canada. I was the main celebrant at the Mass and Bishop Bill Curlin, the retired bishop of Charlotte, was the preacher and gave a wonderful homily.
Celebrating Mass at the grotto
That night there was the candlelight procession. It was very, very beautiful. Thousands of people prayed the rosary and sang hymns while walking in front of the basilica.
Sunday morning was the main Mass in the underground church. It was mostly in Latin with some prayers in other languages. Many, many priests and bishops concelebrated. I was asked to be the main celebrant and preach at that Mass. I found out the night before that I needed to prepare a homily, and they did not tell me whether I could preach in English. I actually prepared a homily in French, which I had to write out because I cannot preach spontaneously French. The next day, I found out they were happy to have the homily in English because they never have English. I put the French homily away and thought, �So much the better!�
At the Mass, it was a very moving experience to see all the sick people gathered in the front, close to the altar. Many of the people who are there are very sick, particularly the ones who are brought from Europe where it is a little bit easier to transport them. In our particular group there were many children who were sick. Of course, it reminds us that right from the Gospel, Jesus� ministry of healing, compassion and love for the sick has been an integral part of His mission. He has entrusted this mission to us, to have the same love and regard for the sick and the suffering. Lourdes is certainly a place where this is manifested in a marvelous way.
All the group from the United States
Pope John Paul II, the summer before his death � he was already very sick � went to Lourdes to be associated with the sick and the pilgrims who go there.
Pope John Paul II visited Lourdes a few months before his death
Many people go, I am sure, with the hope of cures, but we know there are many more spiritual cures than physical cures. One of the great ministries of Lourdes is the sacrament of reconciliation. There are many confessors hearing confessions all the time in every language imaginable. It is a wonderful opportunity for people to deepen their faith and renew their commitment to the Lord in an atmosphere of prayer and adoration that characterizes all of Lourdes.
Lourdes is in an interesting geographic area, the Basque Country. It is near the Spanish border and the Pyrenees Mountains. It was beautiful because although the temperature was rather warm, you could look up and seek the snow-covered mountains. The Basque people live in Spain and in France. They have always been a very Catholic people and very independent.
This is the third time in my life that I have been to Lourdes. The Order of Malta invites me to go every year, but I am not always able to. I went once before with them, and when I was a seminarian I went with a group of seminarians. I was studying German in Germany, and we went down by train.
Among the pilgrims we had Deb O'Hara-Rusckowski, our director of the respect life education office in the archdiocese. She sent me the following reflection on the trip that I want to share with you:
For the past seven years I have participated in the Order of Malta�s annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France as a nurse on their medical team. The first week in May is when all the orders from around the world join together and bring people with serious illnesses, called �malades,� so they can experience the peace, beauty and healing that Lourdes offers. Typically, 50 people are selected according to their illnesses, and the severity, to be guests of the Order of Malta and participate in the pilgrimage to Lourdes. These malades vary in illnesses from cancers to cerebral palsy to autism to wheel chair bound traumas. Each malade gets assigned several Malta members who attend to their every need � this is the mission of Malta: to serve the sick and the poor.
This year, I had the added honor and privilege to have Cardinal Se�n O�Malley and Father Brian Bachand participate in this pilgrimage. What a �special bonus� it was to have our very own shepherd present to those of us from the Boston area Malta group, offering an extra spiritual dimension to our already edifying trip!
One of the most special gifts of this trip is getting to know the malades and their families, in particular the children. This year was unique where there were more children than in years past. Typically, children only make up 5-10 percent of the approximately 50-55 malades brought on the trip. This year we had 15 children, which created a special dynamic for everyone.
One of those children was William, a very active nine-year-old boy with autism. His mother is a widow raising him, his twin sister and an older sister alone. William was so excited when he heard Cardinal Se�n was going to be in Lourdes because he had recently met the cardinal at a blessing of a new building in his parish in Andover. William could hardly contain himself when he saw the cardinal. �Do you remember me Cardinal Se�n?� William asked. �Yes, of course I do� answered Cardinal Se�n back smiling. That began, or continued, their new friendship.
William and I are now friends for ever!
William is now a high-functioning autistic child. But just three years ago, he did not speak and continuously pulled at his hair on his head and arms. Thanks to his mother�s love and dedication, William has been enrolled in as many services as his mother could possibly fit him in � and it has paid off. William is now an extremely pleasant, talkative and inquisitive child. Due to his autism, questions must be answered promptly to his satisfaction, an art his mother has mastered. Cardinal Se�n was about to experience just a small bit of what his mother, Bernadette, experiences daily. He did so with grace.
At dinner, William could not contain his excitement and ran to Cardinal Se�n�s table several times, only to be pulled away by adults supervising him. At one point he told some of us that the cardinal told him he would walk with him in the evening candlelight procession. His mother was nervous that he might be disappointed explaining that Cardinal Se�n is �a very busy man� and may not be able to accompany him. Well, Cardinal Se�n did not disappoint. The cardinal even presented William with a special rosary before departing � a gift William proudly showed everyone on the plane � at least twice. Then, in true autistic fashion, changed the subject of how proud he was to go into the baths at Lourdes and that it was not as cold as everyone told him.
Many miracles and blessings occur in Lourdes � either physical, emotional and/or spiritual. For example, one particular project that has been a dream of mine, as others, is starting up a home for women in crisis within the Archdiocese of Boston, Well, after a meeting with a few people, Cardinal Se�n gave his blessing to begin the process in an area that desperately needs such services in the south shore of Boston. No doubt, Our Lady of Lourdes was instrumental in that blessing!
So many blessings in Lourdes � one cannot help come home edified and rejuvenated. It�s amazing how much you get from giving of yourself. It is a humbling experience while realizing how fortunate we are. It truly puts life in perspective.
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After I returned from Lourdes, I attended a holy hour and dinner honoring Father John Farren, rector of St. John�s Seminary, on Tuesday. It was very well attended.
Greeting some guests before the Holy Hour
Among the guests were many members of Father Farren�s family, some Dominicans and former ambassador to the Vatican Ray Flynn and his wife.
Ambassador Flynn and his wife
We all had the opportunity to thank Father Farren for his years of service and to say farewell.
At the reception after vespers, there were two speakers who were both very good. They were very supportive and showed a great affection for father and everything that he has accomplished. One was Deacon Paul Boudreau � who will be ordained a priest for the Manchester Diocese in the coming weeks � and the other was Father Chris O�Connor, the dean at St. John�s, who was very funny. He mentioned how many times Father Farren�s name has appeared in the minutes of the priests� council. That got quite a reaction from everybody! Let me share both addresses with you:
Father Chris O�Connor�s address:
When Father John Farren was assigned here to St. John�s Seminary, I was still in Washington D.C. and so I inquired among the Dominicans about John Farren. The response came back immediately: You will love Bulldog Farren. Apparently bulldog was his nickname in the community. I have never really seen a bulldog, and I know Father Farren�s demand for precision, so I went to the Merriam Webster Dictionary. The definition offered: �A stocky breed with a compact body and short sturdy limbs. Its shape results in a waddle-like gait. Bulldogs are known for their short hair, wide jaw, and the saggy skin on their faces creating an apparent frown that has become the trademark of the breed.� I am left scratching my head wondering how your community gave you such a nickname. I just don�t see it!
When I arrived back at the seminary, it was discovered that the seminarians also had a name for you: �alba magna,� �the great white.� Hearing this name, I was again confused knowing that the name can mean two things. �Do you mean when you say the great white of his goodness and grandeur or the great white shark?� I asked. The response came back: �Both!�
Father Farren, you will be missed! No longer will there be a magister offering Latin elocution lessons to Father Romanus at the faculty dinner table. Your constant lessons on the appropriate usage of the verb lay and lie will be sorely missed. The halls will be a little quieter without your �Right on!� Or your ubiquitous �Whoa!�
The faculty was just beginning to understand �FarrenSpeak.� Often when at the faculty meeting, one of us would make a passionate plea for something or other and your response would be, �I will take it under advisement.� It took us awhile, but in FarrenSpeak �I will take it under advisement� translates: �That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard and that proposal will never see the light of another day.�
Tartufo�s restaurant called to let us know that your departure means one chef, four waiters and two dishwashers are being laid off!
Your time as the rector brought you both commendation and critique. I counted how many times your name was mentioned in the Presbyteral Council minutes: 8,217 times and that was only for the month of November. By comparison, the Good Lord was mentioned only twice.
Your love for the liturgy often had you waiting not too unlike a bulldog outside the chapel for a seminarian who had violated some liturgical rubric or failed to proclaim the Word of God well. With red face you would invite the seminarian to stop by your office to discuss the matter further. I often wanted to advise the seminarian: �Tell Father Farren you will take his invitation under advisement.�
Father Farren, we thank you for the many accomplishments you have achieved for our seminary. One of your major accomplishments has to been to make St. John�s Seminary more of a regional seminary with all sending dioceses viewed as equal and necessary partners.
You have skillfully begun and near finished the process of St. John�s Seminary�s affiliation with the Lateran University of Rome.
You led us through an apostolic visitation with the Holy See.
While other seminaries rehearsed what they would say to the apostolic visitors, your advice to this seminary community was be brutally honest with the visitors � that is the only way this seminary can grow and become better!
That visitation report was very favorable in large part due to the man steering the ship.
Upon the recommendation of the seminarian community, you instituted the Holy Hour, which is the very lifeline of this house.
The greatest gift you have given to this seminary community is your character. The other night Father Steve Salocks, the dean of the seminary faculty, said publicly that his priesthood was strengthened and renewed by working with you. Father Salocks was speaking for many of us. Your love for the priesthood is inspiring. Your love for the priesthood is a means for us to ponder the great mystery to which we dedicate ourselves.
Tenacious, loving, strong, fatherly, humble, generous, prayerful, dedicated, humorous are just a few of the words we would use to describe our rector.
Your example as rector and priest has demonstrated to even the casual observer what spiritual fatherhood is all about. You are a man who knows Christ deeply and is not afraid to tell others about him.
Your love for the Virgin Mary makes us aware that strong priestly vocations are rooted in devotion to Mary. Your reverence for the Eucharist and Mass taught us to love more the abiding presence of the Lord. The respect and obedience you have for bishops has shown the proper relationship, the communion that must exist between a diocesan priest and his Ordinary.
The sage advice of your rector�s conferences we will carry with us. Advice like:
�Love the People of God.�
�In your homilies, if you do not give the congregation hope, than you have not done your job proclaiming the Gospel.�
�The priest of today cannot be content with the status quo. We are called to the new evangelization. We must find new models and ways to bring the same Faith to a different culture.�
�Preach Christ!�
From the bottom of hearts, we thank you for the sacrifice, the love and the example you have been to us. In you this seminary community has found a shepherd modeled after the Lord�s own heart.
The vocation of the Dominican is to hand onto others the fruit of his own contemplation. We are grateful to St. Dominic for sending us such a faithful son. John Farren, you have contemplated the mysteries of Christ and preached them with magnificence and our lives are all the better for it.
As one of the saints wrote about the priesthood: �Listen my brothers, if the Blessed Virgin Mary is so honored, as it is right, since she carried Him in her most holy womb, if the blessed baptist trembled and did not dare touch the holy head of God, if the tomb in which he lay is so venerated, how holy, just, and, worthy must be the person who touches Him with his hands, receives him in his heart and mouth, and offers him to others to be received.�
Father John Farren, thank you for preparing men to be configured to the holy priesthood of Jesus Christ. May God bless you and in His providence strengthen the good work you have begun in this holy place!
for his kind — and humorous — words
Deacon Paul Boudreau�s address:
It is my honor tonight Father Farren to be chosen on behalf of the student body to briefly express for all of us our thanks and appreciation for all that you have done for us in these past four years. I belong to the class of 2007, this year�s priestly ordination class. Within weeks and months of entering St. John�s Seminary, we faced two major historical events: the tragedy of 9/11 and the explosion of the clergy sex abuse scandal. The opening experience of seminary for the class of 2007 was going to our classes with the sound of fighter jets flying overhead, there to protect us in case of a terrorist attack against the city of Boston. It would not be long after 9/11 that we would face another unprecedented experience, coming onto seminary grounds through crowds of protesters, police, and media in the wake of the sex abuse scandal. It was, without question, a surreal experience to enter formation at a time when our nation was searching for its soul, and when the people of the Church in Boston and beyond were in what seemed to be complete confusion. Everyone sought stability.
You Father Farren, also entered this seminary as a rector in the midst of the immediate aftermath of these unprecedented circumstances, asked by our former rector and apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Boston, Bishop Richard Lennon, to take up the pastoral care of a seminary, which was under tremendous pressures and scrutiny both from within and without. I, along with all my brother seminarians, thank you Father Farren, for providing for us the stability of an environment where the Faith could flourish, even in the face of such a powerful firestorm. Many things could probably be said about your leadership abilities, your intellectual savvy, and your administrative talent. As impressive as these characteristics are, I believe that the one virtue that you brought, in your headship here at the seminary, which surpassed everything else was and is, your absolute and uncompromising love for the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Your unique answer to the scandal was not to hide in fear but to form men who would love the people entrusted to their care with the heart of the Good Shepherd, a love sealed with the Body and Blood of the Lamb.
One of the moments that I will remember most about you was in a homily that you gave several years ago, and in this homily you spoke at length about the beauty of what Christ suffered for us on Calvary. You preached about our Lord, exulted on His cross, lifted up, His Body and Blood poured out, sacrificed for the world. And at the risk of embarrassing you father, which I do not intend to do, I remember distinctly that at different moments in your homily, you had to stop, because you were so overcome with emotion, that in all of time and eternity the Son of God became man to save us from the power of death. You taught me and every seminarian there on that day, that even in the midst of the struggles and the turmoil of all the scandal and terrorism, what surpassed it all was the power of the incarnate and victorious Lord suffering on His cross, that same Lord who was calling men here at St. John�s Seminary to follow Him. You have instilled in us, father, a sensitivity to all that the Incarnation has meant for human history and for us as men aspiring to the priesthood of Jesus Christ. You gave us this deep love for the Body and Blood of Christ in so many ways � in your love for the Mass, in your love for the Word, in your love for Mary, the mother of the Incarnate Word and for your love of prayer before the Eucharist. It is from this point of departure that you lead this seminary, not merely as an academic or administrator, but also as a man personally moved by His Savior to be pastor and father to other men as they themselves became pastors of souls, other christs.
Thank you Father Farren for all that you have done to help us seminarians, and those of us ordained as priests and deacons under your care, to conform our lives to Christ and for instilling within us a deep and lasting priestly identity. Thank you for showing us courage in the face of difficulty and for your witness of a life lived in and for Christ. We pray that God will protect you and bless you as you begin your new life in New York City and we ask for your prayers as well.
Deacon Paul Boudreau at the podium
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On Wednesday, the New England Region of the Anti-Defamation League honored John Fish, president and CEO of Suffolk Construction with its Torch of Liberty Award. The award is a tribute to those who inspire by their leadership and recognition of corporate executives who utilize their influence to affect positive change in their community.
John Fish
John is a lay Catholic who is very, very committed to the Church. He has done so much to help Catholic education with the Catholic Schools Foundation and attended their scholarship dinner. Now with the Brockton project of the 2010 initiative, he has donated so much of his personal time, his resources and his expertise. He is very, very committed to improving our Catholic schools and making them more available to low-income families. The event was beautiful and brought together many Catholics and Jews to honor a man whose service to the community has made such a difference in so many people�s lives.
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Thursday afternoon I celebrated Mass at St. John�s Chapel with a number of the priests celebrating their 25th anniversary of ordination.
It was good to be able to celebrate the Mass at the seminary where most of the priests present received their formation. The seminarians who are currently in formation at St. John�s were present and joined in the acknowledgment of their years of service. They could witness the joy and the good works of these priests and, please God, we are sure they will have the same experience.
The seminarians at St. John's participated in the Mass
Preaching the homily
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Last evening we had our fundraiser for Catholic Charities. For many years this had been named the garden party because it took place at the residence of the archbishop. But since my residence does not have a garden anymore, for the last few of years it has been in different venues. For the last two years we had it at the John F. Kennedy Library, which is a wonderful venue. It is a lovely setting right on the waterfront.
Greeting guests
This year Father Bryan Hehir, Jack Connors and all the members of the board have worked very hard along with board president Jeff Kaneb. They actually raised the most money that has ever been raised at these spring events, which is a great sign of encouragement to Catholic Charities.
Jack Connors
Father Hehir
Jesuit Father J. Donald Monan, the chancellor of Boston College, was named the recipient of the first Justice and Compassion Award. He received the award for his multiple contributions to civic life in the Boston community and his 24 years as president of BC.
When people arrived at the JFK Library they found at their place an appetizer that typified a meal that would be given in the shelters. The appetizer included a bean salad, tortilla and gazpacho served in a bowl made out of a milk carton. It was served on part of a brown paper bag and was an important educational tool for part of the evening.
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This morning I celebrated Mass with the consecrated virgins. We have eleven consecrated virgins in the archdiocese, but a few of them are currently sick. There are also three women in discernment. Sister Marian Batho is the contact person for them. We also have a hermit. These women are involved in various apostolates in the life of the Church. Like with the permanent diaconate, the charism of consecrated virgins goes back to the early Church. For a long time fell under disuse, but after the Second Vatican Council, these vocations have been reaffirmed by the Church.
In the United States, vocations to consecrated life are growing slowly but in France, Argentina and other countries there are quite a number. This is an important vocation for us, particularly in a culture in which chastity and virginity are not understood or appreciated. So, we are very pleased that here in the archdiocese we have this tradition that goes back to Cardinal Medeiros and that there is growing interest in that vocation.
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I recently sent a letter of support to those state legislators who voted during the 2006 legislative session in support of the marriage amendment that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the constitution. The amendment must receive a quarter of a second vote of the Constitutional Convention in order to appear on the ballot in 2008.
Media reports of undue pressure to legislators to change their vote on the marriage amendment are troublesome. We are very aware that the legislators who voted in favor of allowing the people to vote are under incredible pressure to cave in, that many people are very determined not to allow this issue to go to a vote, and we feel that it is important that the people of Massachusetts have an opportunity to discuss and to vote on this issue.
Right now people are not talking about what is at stake. There is a lot of name calling, instead of dealing with the importance of marriage in society. Some people are trying to use this as a political issue and reducing a very important human issue to political slogans and coercion. In light of that, the bishops of Massachusetts have written to all the legislators, asking them to vote in favor of this amendment and allow the citizens of the state to have a referendum that would allow a discussion airing of the issues so people would see what is at stake
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For my photo of the week, I have chosen this picture from the Mass with the consecrated virgins which shows the beautiful stained glass windows of our chancery chapel.


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How to we read the Bible with integrity whilst studying at university? This Bible study will help us to engage the text deeply in the tertiary context by exploring the historical, sociological and political context of the Bible.
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The Old Bridge School District provides special education and related services to disabled children/students ages three to twenty-one that are in need of special education. If you reside within the district or have a child attending a non-public school in Old Bridge and suspect your child may be disabled due to physical, sensory, emotional, communication, cognitive or social difficulties, please call the Office of Special Services.
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bê-næl, bay-nêl • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Trite, commonplace, drearily pedestrian, boringly ordinary.
Notes: Today's word is one that many English-speaking folk avoid using because we are not sure how to pronounce it. In addition to the two pronunciations given above, the British tend to prefer [bê-nahl]. Do use this very Good Word with whichever pronunciation fits the flow of your sentence; they are all correct. The noun is banality and the verb, meaning "to make banal", is banalize [bay-nêl-aiz].
In Play: Banal combines the senses of commonplace and boring: "Reality television has helped those of us who think their lives banal understand the banality of the lives of others." If it is boring, it is likely to be banal: "Francis, what could be more banal than dinner and a movie? Take me bungee-jumping or white-water rafting, for heaven's sake!"
Word History: Today's Good Word comes from Old French banal "related to compulsory feudal service", based on ban "summons to military service". The meaning of our word today then comes from the French sense related to the lives of serfs, which were very ordinary and uninteresting to the keepers of the language in those days. In Old English bannan meant "to proclaim, speak publicly", reflecting the original meaning of the root (bha- "to speak"). This root emerged in Latin as fari "to speak". The present participle of fari is fan(t)s "speaking", so "not speaking" would be infan(t)s—a word which also meant "infant", a non-speaking human being. (Today we thank Kathleen of Norway for suggesting a Good Word that is itself anything but banal.)
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Matt Damon is in early talks to make his directorial debut with "A Murder Foretold," and has joined the star-studded cast of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" for a small role, people close to the respective projects have told TheWrap.
Written by Oscar-winning "Argo" scribe Chris Terrio, "A Murder Foretold" tells the true story of a man who's gunned down in Guatemala, and leaves behind video evidence implicating the South American nation's president, his wife, and other close aides.
Set up at Paramount and Indian Paintbrush under Steve Zaillan's Film Ritesproduction banner, the project is another shot at the director's chair for Damon, who was supposed to direct "Promised Land" — before "Elysium" reshoots got in the way.
Also read: Christopher Nolan Casts 'Game of Thrones' Actor in 'Interstellar' (Exclusive)
Damon's "Interstellar" role was not disclosed, but ThePlaylist, which broke the news of both his casting and "A Murder Foretold" talks, said he'll shoot for two weeks in Iceland, a small fraction of the four-month production. Damon adds another marquee name to the jaw-dropping cast led by Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain.
The epic sci-fi movie also features Topher Grace, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck and Mackenzie Foy, as well as David Oyelowo, John Lithgow, Ellen Burstyn, Bill Irwin, David Gyasi and Timothee Chalamet, whose castings were first reported by TheWrap.
The hush-hush plot follows a group of explorers who travel through a wormhole and into another dimension. Nolan is producing with Emma Thomas and Lynda Obst.


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Ball Bounces Off Minor Leaguer's Head to Start Amazing Triple Play [VIDEO]
This triple play, turned by minor league team the Nashville Sounds, is about the strangest instant inning-ender we've ever seen.
Sounds center fielder Logan Schafer misjudged a line drive off the bat of the Omaha Storm Chasers' Clint Robinson and when Schafer thrust his glove over his head to make the out, he ended up deflecting the ball off the top of his noggin instead. After bouncing off his head, the ball neatly fell into his hand and the Sounds turned in two more outs.
Schafer looked like he was in a daze as he headed for the dugout — was it amazement over the play … or was he seeing stars after taking a ball to the head?
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Greenland Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Ste. Anne, Manitoba, Canada)
The Greenland Church of God in Christ Mennonite Church is located five miles (eight km) southwest of Ste. Anne, Manitoba. The first members moved into the district in 1880, assembling in homes for worship services. The first meetinghouse was built in 1896, and later enlarged; the second was built in 1920, and the third in 1947, which seated 1,100. Martin Penner was the first minister, serving from 1891 until his death in 1928. In 1905 Isaac Penner was ordained as minister, but he with a number of members moved to British Columbia in 1912. Jacob T. Wiebe, a deacon, was chosen for the ministry in 1910 and was the presiding minister 1917-1943. John M. Penner, ordained in 1931, was the leading minister after 1943. The services, formerly held in the German, by the 1950s were conducted in both the German and English languages. The church had a membership of 285 in 1953. The sewing circle was started in 1935. Young people's meetings were held twice weekly during the winter season. Ministers from this congregation also held services at Ste. Anne, Prairie Rose, and Winnipeg for several years.
Ministers Melvin Penner, Edgar Wohlgemuth, Jesse Friesen and Elroy Penner served in 2001 as non-salaried congregational leaders. In 1950 there were 285 members; in 1985, 250; in 2000, 169. The congregation has been affiliated with the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. The language of worship is English.
The congregation operates Greenland School.
Histories of the Congregations of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. Ste. Anne, Man.: Gospel Publishers, 1975, 314 pp.
Additional Information
Address: Ste. Anne, MB. Located 3 miles southwest of Ste. Anne on Hwy. 12, 2 miles west
Phone: 204-355-4967
Denominational Affiliation:
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite
|John M. Penner
|Marlene Epp
|Date Published
|December 1986
Cite This Article
MLA style
Penner, John M. and Marlene Epp. "Greenland Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Ste. Anne, Manitoba, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 1986. Web. 8 Aug 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Greenland_Church_of_God_in_Christ,_Mennonite_(Ste._Anne,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=140107.
APA style
Penner, John M. and Marlene Epp. (December 1986). Greenland Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Ste. Anne, Manitoba, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 8 August 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Greenland_Church_of_God_in_Christ,_Mennonite_(Ste._Anne,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=140107.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 576. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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BandCamp: Music Under the Stars
November 3 | 4 PM
BandCamp, White Collar Hippie Camping Ground
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
BandCamp Season 5 is on! Now enjoy the camping experience every weekend until April' 19!
Music Under The Stars is BandCamp's own little way of taking you out of the city hustle on a Saturday night and making you experience great live music in the middle of nature. There is a naturally sculpted amphitheatre at the campsite that's perfect to lay back on and count stars, while listening to bands play your favourite tunes. The music ranges from indie, blues, funk, RnB, jazz to rock and pop!
There will also be bonfires, a sundown barbeque, a village sunset walk, and some great food! The campsite has large grounds and they've added hammocks, books, and games to ensure that there is something for everyone.
About the site
A stone's throw away from the city, BandCamp is located off Gorai Beach. Its layout lets you enjoy nature and also have your privacy even though it's a bustling campsite. Expect tents, sleeping bags and camping goodies, unwind in the main area, or walk around the fishing village down to the sea anytime. Since Uttan is a coastal town (home to the Koli community), meals are freshly made by locals.
BandCamp is best suited for groups, solo campers, families, corporates, couples and pets. Basically, everybody! You can even attend their Movie Nights on Fridays, or weekend workshops on capoiera, photography, fitness, poetry and so on.
Other Things
A shawl or a jacket to keep you warm (full sleeves to ward away the mosquitoes!)
A bed sheet if required
Any munchies or snacks you might want to nibble on
A camper attitude
You can drive down to the campsite and put the location on GPS : https://goo.gl/maps/AJb95AoQQC82
A cab from anywhere in Mumbai will typically cost you ₹ 400-1000 and will get you right to the campsite. Best options: Uber, Ola, Meru. Drop Location: U-Tan Sea Resort.
Take a train to Bhayander, get out on the west side and then a rickshaw (₹ 180) to U-Tan Sea Resort, Chowk, Uttan. Or stake a sharing rickshaw to Uttan Market (₹ 25 per seat) and then another rickshaw to U-Tan Sea Resort (₹ 10 per seat). The campsite is right behind the resort. You can take the Bus No. 1, which will be your cheapest option.
From Borivali, take a ferry from Gorai Creek which will get you to Gorai Village. Hire a rickshaw directly to the resort or take a bus to Uttan and thereafter, Bus No. 1 to the resort.
2 days prior - 50% of the ticket price to be refunded
Less than 2 days prior - NIL
Please write a mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com
BandCamp, White Collar Hippie Camping Ground
Dongri, Uttan, Mira Bhayandar, Maharashtra 401106GET DIRECTIONS


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I got a new camera today, so I finally got some pictures of the dogs at my new house.
This one just cracks me up. I caught her mid yawn/lip lick.
Renee in the yard with her toys. She likes to hoard them when she starts to get tired.
Renee posing with our new patio furniture.
Renee and Ozzy, waiting for me to throw the ball. Ozzy is visiting for the weekend. His parents are friends of my roommate. He stays here when they go away and they watch her dog when she's out of town.
Close up of Ozzy. He's such a goofy boy.
My roommate's dog, Emma, worried about whether or not I'm going to kick her ball for her.
Emma, happy that I played ball with her.


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In law, a situation in which the amount of land on a property increases or decreases due to a sudden (not a gradual) action of water. For example, a flood changing the course of a river may result in avulsion. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction in which it occurs, an avulsion may or may not change property lines or even government borders.
A sudden and perceptible loss or addition to property as a result of the action of water either taking soil from one property and leaving it on another,or by virtue of a river or other running water changing the course of its bed.The rule is that boundary lines described with reference to the midpoint of the stream will remain at the midpoint of the old stream, and not the midpoint of the new stream. This is because of the sudden nature of the change, so that people may reasonably notice and mark the location of the old stream bed as a matter of reference.


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Should you ever need a floor plan of your home, bringing in a professional to do the measurements might be expensive. And time consuming! So MagicPlan wants to replace human work, automatically creating a map of your humble abode.
Does it work? Sort of. The interface is a little wonky, and lining up the wall-measuring reticles with your camera is tricky. I managed to create a fairly accurate rendering of my kitchen, but my living room came out looking like it'd been sucked through a black hole. Still, the app is free, and allows you to (potentially) map out dozens of rooms in a multi-floored home, making things easier should you ever want to sell or renovate the place. One caveat: a creepy message about "anonymous data collection" pops up when you first start the app. With no explanation. Hm. [iTunes]


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Hello, gorgeous Buster Lex Keaton! What a gorgeously fluffy Maine Coon kitty you are! You have such pretty eyes and long whiskers, too. You chose your forever family at the shelter that day! You sit in the window and keep an eye on all that is happening ... I like that you are right beside the monitor as your person works on the computer! And you always play with the envelope from tea bags, which must be chased! Your people serve your prescribed diet to help keep you healthy for a long time to come.
I am sending you loads of gentle petting and scritchies for your special day! Happy Cat of the Day to you, beautiful Buster kitty!


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Somewhere in France
Dear Em,
Just a very few words to let you know Im alive and kicking. We are still in this little town in France and I expect we will stay here all winter. We have had just one day when the sun has shined, and even then it started to rain in the afternoon.
Im writing this in a Y.M.C.A. hut that is stuck up in one of the squares so called. I want you to understand that we are living right in the town, although not in houses but barns that ajoin all the houses.
It sure is some quaint old town. Gee I would like to get a word from home although, Im making myself as much at home as possible. That is going some for me what. About 3,000 miles from 297 B.H. St.
All it seems to do here is rain for it is now that rainy season we've heard so much about in France since this war started. We are not in tents though, and there is a stove in this Y.M.C.A. and it is very cosy believe me.
We are only allowed two letters a week and those to be short. I will write often though and let you know that Im keeping myself well and cheerful. I wish I could sit here now and write about a twelve page letter and I sure could find plenty to write about too but there is a reason.
How is every body? Here is hoping I hear from you soon.
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Hello Everyone!
For the last month weeks, I have been suffering with hemorrhoids. In Down There Susan recommends taking 2 dropperfuls of stoneroot tincture daily. It sounds like stone root might be an good ally against other types of varicose veins as well, which would be a plus! Is there any reason that stone root should not be taken during pregnancy?
Thanks! Becky
Is stone root safe during pregnancy?
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Re: Is stone root safe during pregnancy?
Hi RMC.....pregnacy requires care, so I pulled out Susun's book" Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year" and on pages 31-32 she writes for hemorrhoids she suggests BAKING SODA for itching, WITCH HAZEL or LEMON JUICE (will burn some), GRATED RAW POTATO to ease swelling and pain, COMFREY or YELLOWDOCK ROOT OINTMENT to reduce swelling, ease pain and swelling, Insert a peeled CLOVE OF GARLIC, wrapped in gauze and oiled then inserted in rectum overnight to reduce swelling, and PLANTAIN and Yarrow ointment to immediately relieve pain and shrink hemorrhoids in a matter of days.
HERBAL SITZ BATHS using WITCH HAZEL or PLANTAIN LEAVES or COMFREY ROOT or WHITE OAK BARK.
I hope you find relief!
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Eccles, J.S. and Harold, R.D. (1996) Family Involvement in Children's and Adolescents' Schooling. In Family-School Links: How Do They Affect Educational Outcomes? ed. A. Booth and J.F. Dunn, 3-34, Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
National Center for Education Statistics. (2001) The Nation's Report Card: Fourth-Grade Reading Highlights 2000. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education.
National Center for Education Statistics. (2000) NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress: Three Decades of Student Performance. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education.
National Reading Panel. (2000) Report of the National Reading Panel--Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Sanders, W.L. and Rivers, J.C. (1996) Cumulative and Residual Effects of Teachers on Future Student Academic Achievement. Knoxville, Tenn., University of Tennessee. Retrieved from www.mdk12.org/instruction/ensure/tva/tva_2.html.
Snow, C.E., Burns, S. M., & Griffin, P. (Eds.). (1998) Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.