Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers January 2, 2008
By Doug Carroll
Paul Martinez came all way from Orange, Calif., for a baby’s baptism.
He got one, too — in the dirty, icy waters of Lake Michigan.
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”I scream like […]
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) ―When Elisabeth Anne Huls was baptized over the weekend, she wore a white cotton gown that’s been in her family for 124 years.The gown and accompanying petticoat cost $10 for a seamstress to make back in 1883. Agnes Munz, Elisabeth’s great-great-great-grandmother, paid to have the dress made for the first […]
By Katya Cengel, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal
RHODA, KY - Ten minutes from the tiny town of Smiths Grove, Ky., past the fields and the Jet Stop convenience store, is a little community called Rhoda.
Not a lot goes on here, but on warm Sundays between noon and 3 p.m., one of its otherwise empty roads is […]
Here’s an outline of the process for making the proper arrangements at Old Mission San Juan Baustista in San Juan Baustista, CA. Again — this is specific to just this specific church — but, is provided as a guide to help educate you as to other practices and requirements that you might want to be […]
Baptism was performed by totally immersing the convert, in water — typically in a stream, river or lake. Baptism of a new Christian was a major watershed in their life. Many individuals are described in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) who heard the Gospel, were immediately converted and quickly baptized.
There are dozens of passages in […]
TRADITIONS & FAMILY HEIRLOOMS CONTINUE TO REMAIN IMPORTANT
By Stephen White 08/09/2007
Baby Jessica Power will be wrapped in 143 years of history when she becomes the 32nd relative to wear the same christening gown.
The seven-month-old will be baptised in the dress made by cotton mill worker Eleanor Thornber in 1864 for her first child Isabel.
It’s […]
CUSTOM FOCUSES ON COMPANIONSHIP
Sunday, September 9, 2007
By Vivi Hoang
The Tennessean
What started out more than 1,500 years ago as a simple task — presenting a child for baptism — has become a revered but blurry mix of religious and secular duty.
What does a godparent do? In most cases, whatever they, and their godchild’s parents, think best. […]
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Rena A. Koontz and Jesse Tinsley
Plain Dealer Reporters
Three-month-old David J. Telban Jr. was baptized in old clothes.
The hand-me-down baptismal gown is a right of passage in his family. It was made 100 years ago in Yugoslavia by his great-grandmother, Mary Telban, when she was 16. Her first two children didn’t live to […]
by: Michelle McVaney
BellaOnline’s Scrapbooking Editor
Share the STORY OF YOUR BAPTISM. If you have never been baptized, then create a layout about another “spiritual high”.
Many of us have photos of our baptism. If you do not have photos of this special event then consider using a photo of you at that same age.
Below are some baptism […]
Deciding on a child’s spiritual direction
by Kim Gray
For The Calgary Herald
So I’m sitting in a Kensington coffee shop doing something I’ve never done before. I’m talking religion with a man of the cloth who happens to be the minister of our local church — the same church my family and several neighbours have begun to […]