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Eclipse thrills, inspires viewers to admire the precision of creation
… News Service … Science teacher Jane Irwin isn't often left without words, but the total solar eclipse left her in a quiet reflective mood. "Awesome. God's amazing" was the best she …
Aug 22, 2017
Morning Briefing
… oppose Bolivian law stripping protection for native lands … NCR reflects on, celebrates solar eclipse … Global Sisters Report: … Disabled youth find a home and visibility with Chinese …
Aug 22, 2017
NCR reflects on, celebrates solar eclipse
… City, Missouri, where NCR headquarters are located, was very near the path of totality for the solar eclipse Aug. 21. To mark this historic (and really cool) event, we had a staff party with …
Aug 21, 2017
Eclipse a way to appreciate creation, Vatican astronomer tells audience
… Dennis Sadowski … Catholic News Service … A total solar eclipse is a rare event, something to appreciate and enjoy in the mind of Jesuit Br. Guy … the Creator by seeing the things of his creation." He said the by understanding the cycle of solar eclipses -- occurring about every 18 months and 11 days -- people can see the rhythms of … only planet around the only star whose moon is at the right distance and size to give a total solar eclipse," the priest said. He introduced Consolmagno by reading from Psalm 19: "The heavens …
Aug 21, 2017
Morning Briefing
… Beijing, … abandoned babies with severe disabilities started showing up on the doorstep … . Solar Eclipse Day. Kansas City, Missouri, world HQ for NCR, is on the edge of the line of … thunderstorms. Hoping it ain't so: … US Catholic parishes, schools happy to be in path of solar eclipse … Is the eclipse a sign of end times? Hardly so, Wisconsin priest says … Back to …
Aug 21, 2017
US Catholic parishes, schools happy to be in path of solar eclipse
… Service … U.S. Catholic parishes and schools located in the 70-mile-wide path of the total solar eclipse Aug. 21 plan to take part in this rare event with everything from providing parking … beginning at 1:18 p.m. CDT. Crowds already will be across the street during the weekend for solar eclipse festivities including food and games at a picnic area owned by St. Vincent de Paul … the total eclipse, but will take guests to and from the airport and to a town an hour away for solar viewing at 1:03 CDT. The retreat center also is providing box lunches for viewers and will …
Aug 18, 2017
Morning Briefing, International
… Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei for the First Time Photographers gear up for August solar eclipse … From Italy with love: … Italy Has a Controversial New Plan to Stop Migrants …
Aug 4, 2017
Upcoming eclipse a sign of end times? Hardly so, Wisconsin priest says
… Dennis Sadowski … Catholic News Service … The word from some quarters is that the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse is a harbinger of the end times, but one Wisconsin priest hardly thinks so. Fr. … creation and build stronger bonds with God while enjoying a rare astronomical event. The total solar eclipse is the first to be seen from coast to coast since 1918. The 70-mile-wide eclipse …
Aug 1, 2017
In world awash with weapons, there's a better way
… kits, water pumps and filtering kits, modern latrines, farm tools, wind turbines, solar panels, mass transit trains, affordable electric cars and mobile hospitals. For those who …
Jul 31, 2017
Morning Briefing
… has eyes on becoming one of the first homeless centers in the country to run solely on solar power . … Elsewhere on the newsstands: … In the early hours Friday, the Senate failed …
Jul 28, 2017