LIVE WEB CONFERENCE WITH THE HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF JAPAN FEATURING SURVIVIORS OF THE HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMBINGS. Paddy McLaughlin, President of the North Dakota Peace Coalition, has shared the following information about an exciting event taking place within the boundaries of our parish: The North Dakota Peace Coalition is sponsoring In the Spirit of Hiroshima,...
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Support Giving + Learning with Literacy CHARMM of the FM Area and Riverview Place by purchasing a book at the Fargo Barnes and Noble BookFair for CHARMM on Thursday, April 1st from 9:00 am to 11:00 pm. Download this certificate, present it along with your purchase, and a portion (varies depending on book) will...
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“Shelter the Homeless”, one of the Corporal Works of Mercy, is taken very seriously by the people of Nativity, as evidenced by the generous support given to the Dorothy Day House, Churches United for the Homeless, the Salvation Army and the YWCA Shelter. But the people of Nativity want to go beyond emergency shelter...
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“I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” Matt. 25:36 Did you know that our community has 16,000 new Americans from over 40 different countries? Is there a country that you would like to visit or learn more about? Perhaps there is someone who is new to our area from that country who needs to...
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We have received some very happy news from Habitat for Humanity via our Nativity KC’s: This is an invitation from Habitat for Humanity for the Nativity Community and the Nativity Knights of Columbus to help dedicate the 4-plex we helped create. This was a huge and very sucessful project which we began planning one year...
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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 and...
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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 reminders...
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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 becoming...
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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. The...
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This Wednesday, Jan. 20, 6:45-7:30 pm in the Nativity School library, Fr. Gary will speak to PARENTS on some of the fundamentals of personal safety for children. His focus will be on how to protect children and teens from exploitation, abduction, internet crime, drugs and school violence in an environment that emphasizes the dignity...
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