Up the Ladder

 

This is an interesting pic from the Kodak website

Friends of Recovery – Vermont

Friends of Recovery – Vermont is a grassroots advocacy organization that helps spread the word about the value of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and the effects of addictions.

FOR-VT LINK: http://www.friendsofrecoveryvt.org/regions.php

In 1998 an effort began build a statewide coalition of people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and its effects. The Vermont Association for Mental Health was selected as the host agency for this effort, and the organization of Friends of Recovery – Vermont was born. FOR-VT and VAMH are both key players in a broad and ever-growing coalition effort.

Support Those Most Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

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https://www.catholicfs.org/catholic/oneconec.php

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

Labor Movement History – Jim Moran and PhilaPOSH

I was a VISTA community organizer in 1979 at the Philadelphia Council of Neighborhood Organizations (PCNO), a coalition of over 200 neighborhood groups founded by a Jesuit priest, Father Joseph Kakalec. I was assigned to the Bridesburg section of the city where there were concerns that the cancer rate was much higher than the rest of the city. The first week of my assignment at PCNO, I was a bit unsure about where to go to get started (besides of course the Bridesburg neighborhood). Someone and I don’t remember who suggested that I go over and visit the Philadelphia Area Project for Occupational Safety and Health.I appreciated the suggestion and went over to the organization’s office on Market Street. PhilaPOSH is the second oldest COSH group in the US. For workers who do not belong to unions (and for many who do), COSH groups are their only available resource for health and safety issues. I remember going in the elevator and going up to the third floor (I think). That is where I met Jim Moran.

Jim Moran

Yesterday I was doing some research for writing a Labor Day article for this blog and I discovered that Jim retired from PhilaPOSH a year ago and it brought back memories of my VISTA days. Jim was born in Philadelphia in 1939 and he was a member of ACTWU, IUE, USWA, UAW, IBT, TNG and CWA. For many years, he was an Executive Board Member of TNG/CWA 38010. He attended the first PhilaPOSH training program in 1975 and after volunteering for 2 years on the PhilaPOSH Board as its first Chair, he was hired as a full time staffer in May 1977. Jim later became the Director of PhilaPOSH.

A Beautiful Place – Tortola in the British Virgin Islands

Tortola is the largest of the British Virgin Islands

Roadtown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands.

Geography

Tortola is a mountainous island 12 miles (19 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide which was formed by volcanic activity; its highest peak is Mount Sage at 1750 feet (530 m). Tortola lies near an earthquake fault, and minor earthquakes are common.

A Short History of the Mass

In nomine Patris, et Filii, + et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

Introibo ad altare Dei.

Following the Council of Trent, Pope St Pius V, concerned with some innovations and improper additions in the Mass in some areas, reviewed the Roman Missal. When he was finished, he declared that all priests of the Latin Church throughout the World must use the Roman Missal he prepared when they said Mass. They could not add a single word to it, or choose to leave a single word out, without his authority. Only those rites which had already been established for more than two centuries before the date he promulgated the new Missal were allowed to say Mass differently (eg, the Milanese Rite, the Dominican Rite).

And so the Mass changed very little for over 400 years. (Parts of it, such as the Kyrie and the Eucharistic Prayer have remained unchanged for well over 1,000 years!) A few Popes made minor changes to the Missal over time. The Holy Week liturgies were changed in the 1940s. And then, many thought it was sacrilege, Pope John XXIII added the name of St Joseph to the Canon of the Mass (the Eucharistic Prayer). For over 1,000 years, since it had been settled by Pope Gregory the Great, the Canon of the Mass had not been changed. It was considered the untouchable core of the Mass.

Washington Journal

Washington Journal is a political call-in and interview television program running daily on C-SPAN. It usually runs live 7-10 AM Eastern Standard Time with no commercial interruption (as C-SPAN does not sell advertising or tabulate viewer ratings), with exceptions when special events preempt all or part of the program. The show is usually hosted from a studio in Washington, D.C., overlooking the Capitol Building.

The program is moderated by one of a rotating set of hosts. All are also C-SPAN employees in other capacities. In particular, C-SPAN founder and CEO Brian Lamb typically hosts on Fridays.

Hunger in America

America’s Second Harvest—The Nation’s Food Bank Network is the nation’s largest charitable hunger-relief organization:

• A Network of more than 200 Member food banks and food-rescue organizations
• Serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

The America’s Second Harvest Network secures and distributes nearly 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually. 

The America’s Second Harvest Network supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 94,000 programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs, Kids Cafes and BackPack Programs .

Last year, the America’s Second Harvest Network provided food assistance to more than 25 million low-income hungry people in the United States, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.

Learn more about your local America’s Second Harvest Network Member food bank or food-rescue organization.  Food Bank Locator…

Flower of the Month – Aster

 

Asters are the birth flower for September. The genus Aster includes some 600 species of flowering plants. Aster comes from the Greek word for star and refers to the shape of the flower head. Many species and a variety of hybrids are popular as garden plants.