MASS CELEBRATED IN THE ANNA CHAPEL
On the feast of St Joachim & St Anne,Mass was celebrated by Monsignor Karlheinz Knebel in Füssen's oldest chapel.The Anna Chapel was built around 900A.D.It is much older than St Mang.
38 people attended the Mass and the hymn to St Anne,mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was sung at the beggining of Mass.
CHILDREN GIVE PRESENTS TO JUBILEE PRIESTS AFTER THEIR LITURGY
The Children held their own liturgy in Seelos House on Sunday 22nd July.It was similar to the Liturgy at Weisensee on 15th July 2007,except that the children made little Flags to put their fish on.The photos below were taken during the liturgy.
We were delighted to listen to our talented musicians who accompanied the liturgy.They were Barbara Guggemos from Weisensee on guitar.Playing the Flute were Elisabeth Kaindl,Alexanda Clemm,Paula Müller & Franz Keller.
After their liturgy all went to St Mang to present 50 golden roses to Father Rudolph Böhm and a Sunflower to Monsignor Karlheinz Knebel for being Parish Priest of Füssen for 20 years.
Click golden type to go to the presentation..
PARENT & TODDLER GROUP SAY GOODBYE TO KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN
The Parent & Toddler Group(crabblegrope),which meets each Wednesday,either in the Seelos House or in the playground by the railway station,held a party on 18th July.
It was to say goodbye to those children who would now be going to Kindergarten from September.
The parents also gave E5 each so that Brigitte Böck,Pastoral Helper for children could be given some roses and other presents for her help in running the group.The children who were leeaving were given a present whiist the parents who were theri drank coffee and chatted with each other.All who have children aged 6 months to 3 years old are welcome to come on a Wednesday morning between 0930hrs-1100hrs.
EBERSBACH CONFIRMATION CHILDREN VISIT FÜSSEN
Confirmation children from Ebersbach visited Füssen with their Parish Priest on Saturday 14th July 2007.
Mass was Celebrated in the Spitalkirche and was the Mass for the feast of St Mang.The photo above shows the children after Mass with their Parish Priest,
3 CHILDREN FROM OUR PARISH BOYCOTT SCHOOL FUNDRAISER FOR UNICEF.
Whilst all the rest of the 580 pupils of the "Volkesschule
Füssen-Schwangau Gründschule" school based in "Catholic Bavaria"took part in a sponsored run for UNICEF,three young children refused to partake due to UNICEF's support for abortion.
Miriam(10),Gisela(8) & Andreas Rosenthal-English(7) all boycotted the run for UNICEF'S "Kinder laufen für Kinder"
"Children helping Children"programme.It involves getting the whole school to run so many kilometres and raise money for UNICEF.
The 3 children refused to partake and have suffered much agression and victimization from their schoolmates as they refused to support an organisation that support killing babies.They even explained to friends and teachers
their reason. The fact that UNICEF officials tried to force Nicaragua not to ban abortion in October 2006 shows just how Pro-Abortion they really are!(See News Story from LIFESITE NEWS DATED 6th July Below)
It shows how far the pro-life cause has to go when the teachers and children refused to believe them DISPITE THE FACT THE CHILDREN AND TEACHERS WERE SHOWN DOCUMENTARY
PROOF THAT UNICEF DOES AGREE WITH ABORTION AND ARTIFICIAL CONTRACEPTION.
They were even shown that the Vatican itself had spoken out against UNICEF's support of abortion.
Even the local Paper the "Allgäur Zeitung"in its "Füssener Blatt" section wrongly claimed every pupil had taken part in the event.When told today about the 3 children,they didnt want to know!
The children's parents Myke & Miriam Rosenthal-English both members of UK LIFE League are proud of their children for taking this stand to protect for babies in the womb.One of the reasons the 3 children have so much respect for babies in the womb is because their parents lost 3 children because of miscarriage.The loss of the children lead Myke & Miriam Rosenthal-English to start the "Miscarriage & infant Loss Memorial Book.They had only limited spiritual and medical support following the loss of their babies.Since then thousands worldwide have been helped through their sufferings by the Memorial Book and two online Catholic support groups they run.
Article below used with permission of LIFESITE NEWS showing UNICEF involvement with those promoting abortion.
By Samantha Singson
NEW YORK, July 5, 2007 (C-FAM) - Bert Koenders, Dutch Minister of Development, has told the government of Nicaragua that his country may withdraw much needed development assistance unless Nicaragua liberalizes its abortion laws.
Last October, the national Parliament of Nicaragua unanimously modified its penal code to ban all abortions. Prior to the vote, a coalition of UN officials and country representatives, including UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) tried to stop the Parliament from changing the law.
Since the legislation passed, the Nicaraguan government has been the subject of increasing pressure from the pro-abortion radicals from around the world. Last January the UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women told Nicaragua to review "laws relating to abortion with a view to removing punitive provisions." Human Rights Watch mounted a legal challenge to the Nicaragua's abortion law claiming that Nicaragua's ban on abortion is contrary to international documents. The nation's high court is expected to deliver a decision in the case in the coming months.
Nicaragua has repeatedly spoken out at the UN in defense of its pro-life constitution and laws. At both the Cairo and Beijing conference, as well as at other UN meetings such as the Disabilities Convention negotiations, the Nicaraguan delegation defended the right to life from the moment of conception and stated that abortion or the termination of pregnancy cannot in any way be considered a method of regulating fertility or birth control. Nicaragua has also stated that "The domestic laws governing [abortion] are within the sovereign purview of the Nicaraguan nation."
This is not the first time that Nicaraguan aid has been threatened because of the government's conservative position regarding life and family. In 2000, Scandinavian representatives threatened to withdraw much needed financial assistance from hurricane-ravaged Nicaragua. Several Scandinavian ambassadors chastised Nicaraguan representative Max Padilla for representing the conservative views of his government which included resisting any attempts to: expand access to abortion, redefine the family to include homosexual couples and redefine gender to mean a "social construct" instead of a biological distinction. Padilla's refusal to change the definition of gender resulted in his dismissal.
"Even if an abortion is medically necessary, it still remains illegal in Nicaragua, which results in the death of women. We should emphasize that this is completely unacceptable," Koenders told the Dutch Platform of Millennium Goals. He continued, "I do not want to immediately cancel our aid to Nicaragua, but we will certainly weigh the matter."
British MEP Nirj Deva told the Friday Fax, "This latest threat by the Netherlands to withdraw financial assistance to Nicaragua because of the abortion ban is not an EU initiative but an instance of one EU member state speaking unilaterally on this subject." Mr. Deva added, "This certainly is not reflective of a unified EU position on the matter."
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FEAST OF 1ST CANONISED SAINT FROM OUTSIDE ROME CELEBRATED IN THE FELDKIRCHE!
Wednesday 4th July may be important to Americans,but its also an important date in Germany.St Udalric, Bishop of Augsburg,was the first saint outside of Rome to be canonised in 993 by Pope John XV.He is also known as Ulrich,Uodalric or Odalrici.He was born in Zurich in 890.He lived in simplicity and poverty dispite having a Count for his father.At an early age he wanted to become a priest.He helped to lift the low moral and social conditions of clergy in the Diocese after he was made Bishop.He also rigidly enforced adherance to Church laws.He made frequent visitations throughout the Diocese and built many churches to enable all to be able to worship God.
He was canonised on 4th July 993 and hence the reason why many in Füssen awoke early to be at 0700hrs Mass in the Feldkirche.
The Feldkirche is named after St Ulrich.At 0700hrs Monsignor Karlheinz Knebel,started to celebrate Mass.Albert Frey ,Musical Director of Füssens Catholic Church played the St Ulrich hymnn,which the congregation sang lustily.Monsignor during his sermon told about St Ulrich and his importance especially to all of us who live in the Diocese of Augsburg.Mass finished with a hymn to Our Lady;Patroness of Bavaria.
