Spirituality

Fr. Glenn: How Can I Help?

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Those who have been part of a church, charity or just about any community organization know that the organizers and leaders are always looking for help for various projects, leadership roles, etc. Frequently people say to pastors: “I know I should help, but I just don’t feel called to do such and such particular role.” And that’s fine; few are skilled in, or have the aptitude/personality for, every role. The introvert may not be good at contacting people, or the extrovert fit for sitting quietly to work patiently on a tedious but necessary project. But almost always there’s some Read More

United Church Thrift Shop Closing For Two Weeks

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United Church Thrift Shop will not be open for the next two Wednesdays, Jan. 12 and Jan. 19. Courtesy/UCLA

By GEORGIA STRICKFADEN
United Church of Los Alamos

Due to the sharp rise in reported COVID-19 cases in Los Alamos County, and the extremely high transmissibility of Omicron, the Thrift Shop of the United Church of Los Alamos will not be open for sales the next two Wednesdays, Jan. 12 and Jan. 19.

The situation will be reassessed continually, and we apologize for this hopefully brief closure.

For more information about The United Church of Los Alamos and the Thrift Shop, visit unitedchurchla.org Read More

Fr. Glenn: Cause To Endure

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, here we are in the new year and we’re still stuck with the same problem—that ol’ COVID just keeps on lingering. Many are exasperated and cry out: “I’m tired of this!” Well, yes … but like gravity, it doesn’t care whether you’re tired or not; it just keeps acting according to its nature. And, as with adverse weather, we have to deal with it, like it or not.

As with many natural tragedies—or even with notable events like unusual eclipses and celestial events—the doomsayers come out of the woodwork, and we certainly have no shortage of them in our present challenges. As tragic and Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: First Baptist Church Blood Drive

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On the job in Los Alamos is Donor Care Specialist II Zoe Meyers at the Vitalant Blood Drive Thursday at First Baptist Church, 2200 Diamond Dr. There is a critical need for blood donation and walk-ins are welcome. The blood drive continues until 4 p.m. today. #worklosalamos, #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

On the job in Los Alamos is Donor Care Specialist Aspyn Vigil at the Vitalant Blood Drive Thursday at First Baptist Church, 2200 Diamond Dr. There is a critical need for blood donation and walk-ins are welcome. The blood drive continues until 4 p.m. today. #worklosalamos, Read More

Memorial Service For Allen Medendorp Saturday Jan. 15

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Allen Medendorp April 16, 1943 – Nov. 21, 2021
Memorial Service:
A Memorial Service for Allen Medendorp will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at White Rock Presbyterian Church, 310 Rover Blvd. in White Rock.
Allen lost his fight with pancreatic cancer in the early morning of Nov. 21, 2021 in Los Alamos.
Read Allen Medendorp’s obituary here.
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LDS Family History Center Reopening On Limited Basis

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LDS News:

The Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in White Rock is going to reopen on a limited basis.

Family History Center Hours:

…10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays;

…7-9 p.m. Wednesdays; and

…10 a.m. to noon and 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

Equipment will be sanitized, and masks will be required until further notice.

The Family History Center also will open at other times upon request – call Orval Hart at 505.699.2673 to make arrangements. Read More

Fr. Glenn: ‘But As For You…’

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

So, we come to yet another new year—a “turning of the page” (we often hope) to a new chapter for ourselves, our families, our nation and the world; may they all be blessed, safe and peaceful. To further these goals, we traditionally gin up some new year’s resolutions: how can I become a better version of myself that I just KNOW is in there. Somewhere!

But few good things come to us without effort, and the benefits we receive are proportional to the efforts we put in. It’s not unlike the second law of thermodynamics: that there is a natural tendency of any isolated system to degenerate Read More

Father Theophan Of Los Alamos Presents $3,000 Donation From Local Cookie Sale Proceeds To Archbishop Daniel

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Father Theophan of Los Alamos presents a $3,000 check from local cookie sales to his eminence Archbishop Daniel, hierarch of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, during a visit Dec. 18 to South Bound Brook, N.J. Courtesy/Father Theophan

Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church News:

Saturday, Dec. 18, while in South Bound Brook, N.J., Father Theophan of Los Alamos presented a check for $3,000 to his eminence Archbishop Daniel, hierarch of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA.

The funds were raised by Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church in Los Read More

TGIF Concert Series: Pianist Michael Tortorella Jan. 28

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First Presbyterian Church at 208 Grant Ave. in Santa Fe. Courtesy/FPC 

CONCERT News:

What: Michael Tortorella, piano

Music: TBA

Date: Jan. 28, 2022

Time: 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:15)

Where: First Presbyterian Church; 208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501

Admission: Freewill offering and open to all

For More Information call 982.8544 

Program: 

  • The Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan – Charles Griffes (1884-1920) 
  • Two Etudes-Tableaux – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
    Opus 33 no. 3
    Opus 33 no. 5
  • Polka de WR – Sergei Rachmaninoff

Michael Tortorella moved to Santa Fe in 2019 after retiring from Bell Read More

Fr. Glenn: Called To Be Extraordinary

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

I do hope you had a good and blessed Christmas, dear reader.  Another tough year gone by with this COVID still raging, and thoughts and prayers go out especially to those families missing friends and family from their tables and hearths this year. We in the Catholic Church of northeastern New Mexico lost many ministers, brothers and sisters—our faith family—with COVID even if some may not have been due to COVID. May God grant us the blessing of a universal morally-acceptable-to-all COVID vaccine this year. I hear the Army may have one in the works (LINK); let’s pray for its successful Read More