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Play Ball! Priests and seminarians put on a show for huge crowd - The Catholic Key

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 12:49 PM PDT

The Catholic Key

Play Ball! Priests and seminarians put on a show for huge crowd The Catholic Key But the Dirty Uniform Award went to Kansas City-St. Joseph seminarian Jonathan Davis who collided at full speed with KCK catcher Father Anthony Oulette, still with the presence of mind to slap the plate and score an important run, before he laid back ...

OUR NEIGHBOURS: Who's been making the news round your way? - Islington Tribune newspaper website

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 07:13 AM PDT

Islington Tribune newspaper website

OUR NEIGHBOURS: Who's been making the news round your way? Islington Tribune newspaper website The anniversary also saw a jazz evening, bell ringing, fête, hog roast and dog show. Some readers may remember that their oldest parishioner Betty Walton wasn't able to attend her special 100th birthday service earlier this year but Ordinand, or ...

Summer success for town festival - Daventry Express

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 05:48 AM PDT

Summer success for town festival Daventry Express But festival goers also had the chance to try new hobbies and learn new skills with many local societies and groups holding workshops in dancing, crocheting and bell- ringing. Craft workshops were held at Daventry Community Centre and Northampton ...

Annie's Ride on horseback for Taunton's St Mary Magdalene bell appeal - Somerset County Gazette

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 05:10 AM PDT

Somerset County Gazette

Annie's Ride on horseback for Taunton's St Mary Magdalene bell appeal Somerset County Gazette A BELLRINGER is riding horseback around Somerset to raise money to repair and replace some ageing church bells. Annie Suddaby is setting out on Gypsy on a 150-mile marathon to visit 50 churches over 24 days after the morning service at St Mary ... and more »

Going for baroque in Vilnius - The Australian

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 05:07 AM PDT

Going for baroque in Vilnius The Australian ... the King Mindaugas's conversion to Christianity in 1251. The 57m belfry beside it is a landmark. ... There are scores of opulent churches, including the Church of Saint Anne and Saint Francis of Assisi, a soaring masterpiece of late-Gothic ...

News from Balsham/West Wratting/West Wickham/Weston Colville - Cambridge News

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 05:01 AM PDT

News from Balsham/West Wratting/West Wickham/Weston Colville Cambridge News CONCERT IN HOLY TRINITY CHURCH at 7.30pm on Saturday 26 July. Balsham Singers, with the Quest Singers, Magog Singers and Cantus Singers, under the direction of John Clenaghan, will present a choral music extravaganza Viva La Musica – The ...

15 things to do today, July 25, in Boulder County - Boulder Daily Camera

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:57 AM PDT

15 things to do today, July 25, in Boulder County Boulder Daily Camera ... Acro-Cats Boogie in Boulder The Amazing Acro-Cats delight and astound audiences of all ages as they perform their remarkable feats of agility, pushing carts, riding skateboards, rolling barrels, ringing bells, turning on lights, walking tight ropes ...

Barrow bells to ring first full peal of century - NW Evening Mail

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:47 AM PDT

Barrow bells to ring first full peal of century NW Evening Mail BELLS will ring for about three hours for the first full peal this century at a Barrow church. The sound from St James' Church in Blake Street, Barrow, will be heard from 2pm today, thanks to an invited bell-ringing team. A full peal on eight bells is ...

In perpetuity at Père Lachaise - Delta-Optimist

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:40 AM PDT

In perpetuity at Père Lachaise Delta-Optimist I hear a bell. Its persistent peal floats over the trees and echoes off the stones. "Does that ringing mean something?" I ask. My friend starts walking, saying over her shoulder, "It's time to go. We don't want to get locked in!" "Definitely not," I ...

Toll bells on 4 August to number the Fallen - Church Times

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:38 AM PDT

Toll bells on 4 August to number the Fallen Church Times Sir, - I am a church bell-ringer, and, as one might imagine, there has been a certain amount of discussion, both locally and nationally in The Ringing World (the weekly newspaper for bell-ringers) about how bell-ringers might mark the centenary of the ...

Caption Competition - Church Times

Posted: 24 Jul 2014 04:24 PM PDT

Caption Competition Church Times THE photo in our last caption competition was not, perhaps, of the best quality, but it prompted some great replies. "It wasn't only the bellringers who were dismayed when they found that the Worship Committee really did want less elaborate services ...

Friskney, Lincs

Posted: 24 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT

Five things to do this week in Hingham - Wicked Local Hingham

Posted: 24 Jul 2014 11:29 AM PDT

Five things to do this week in Hingham Wicked Local Hingham Cohasset Carillon: Sunday July 27, at 6 p.m. with Vera W. Brink (Salt Lake City, Utah). Cohasset ... After each recital, a brief tour of the tower is offered for those interested in seeing the instrument in the playing cabinet and the bells in the ...

Farewell services for Keighley minister Rev Peter Mott - Keighley News

Posted: 24 Jul 2014 10:17 AM PDT

Keighley News

Farewell services for Keighley minister Rev Peter Mott Keighley News On Sunday the church bells were rung in Mr Mott's honour before the morning service, and again in the afternoon as a 'quarter peal', ringing six bells in a different order 1,260 times over more than 40 minutes. Two visitors were Mr Mott's former curate ...

Huntsham Court fair supports Musgrove's League of Friends in Taunton - Somerset County Gazette

Posted: 23 Jul 2014 01:15 PM PDT

Somerset County Gazette

Huntsham Court fair supports Musgrove's League of Friends in Taunton Somerset County Gazette All Saints Church in Huntsham was open all day welcoming visitors and the Troyte bell ringers volunteered and rang a full peel from the bell tower 2.30-3pm to support the event. The fun included music, with Shaun Newman playing classical guitar in the ... and more »

BELL RINGER TRIBUTE: Marion Art Center dedicates bell tower to retired former ... - Wicked Local Marion

Posted: 23 Jul 2014 07:38 AM PDT

BELL RINGER TRIBUTE: Marion Art Center dedicates bell tower to retired former ... Wicked Local Marion After that, Bidstrup went on to direct nine adult plays and six young people's productions, including “Gold in the Hill,” “Veronica's Room,” “Dirty Road at the Crossroads,” “The Nerd,” and “Moon over Buffalo.” She directed “Miss Civilization,” by ... and more »