Books have the power to take us far beyond our ordinary day to day experiences. Here are two recently released books that accomplish that goal with insight and sensitivity. Half the Sky, written by Pulitzer Prize winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, presents an idea that was shared by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus...
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Catholic Relief Service’s President Ken Hackett has sent us this news about their work in Haiti: While roads are starting to clear and food and aid are reaching hundreds of thousands of people, the needs are still enormous in Haiti. Toppled buildings, sprawling camps and tented homes set up on the roadside are sobering...
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We are pleased to welcome the 2010 North Dakota Heart Gallery to Nativity. Featuring the professional photographs of twenty-one beautiful children, the Gallery will be on display with us through the end of January. There are approximately 1000 children in foster care in North Dakota at any given time, with about 200 of them...
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How can we respond to the needs of the people of Haiti? The massive earthquake that struck near the capital of Port-au-Prince has caused enormous destruction and suffering to the nation considered the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti was still recovering from a series of deadly hurricanes when the quake struck this week....
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Bethlehem has a special place in the hearts of the people of Nativity Church. Although there is much conflict in the Middle East, the birthplace of Jesus continues to be a symbol of peace to the world. Since 2000, a special project has encouraged people of all faiths to send prayers and a message...
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For more information on Fair Trade Companies, please visit http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/30/fair-trade-christmas-lists-and-links/
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December 1st is World AIDS Day. Our parish focus this year – “Go…make disciples of all nations…” has challenged us to look beyond our own boundaries and confront some of the most difficult problems facing our world. Catholic Relief Services has been a leader in responding to the international AIDS/HIV crisis over the past...
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Be a pillow of the Church? This message might make you think of an old Saturday Night Live routine about a character who never quite correctly heard what was said. “What’s this I hear about a pillow of the Church? Oh, pillar of the Church. Never mind…” But this is intentional. We’ve all heard...
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October 16, is World Food Day. Saturday, October 17, is International Day for Eradication of Poverty, and Sunday, October 18, is both Mission Sunday and Bread for the World Sunday. All of these days fall within Fighting Poverty with Faith Week and during the historic Catholic Bishops’ Synod on Africa in Rome. Some might...
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Margaret Bitz and Dan Mahli have organized a neighborhood clean-up project for Nativity.  Margaret shares both her motivation for doing this and the details of the event in the following article: God was happy. In his burst of happiness He decorated his home, the universe. He hung the moon and stars in his bedroom...
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