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Text Box: CONTENTS TOPIC/TITLE Page ~ LIVING WAGE ~ From Metropolitan Archbishop Paul, S.S.B. To the flock entrusted into my care: When attempts are made to raise the minimum wage, to make the minimum wage a living wage, and to make a living wage the basis for all employment, opponents chant an old song which states: “minimum wage is for entry level positions and for part time employment, and summer time employment of students, and therefore should not be increased.” 1 THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED EVER VIRGIN MARY THEOTOKOS MOTHER OF GOD Before Roman Catholic Pope Pius XII declared as dogma, "Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory," there were discussions amongst Orthodox and amongst Romans as to whether or not the Ever Virgin Mary was assumed body and soul (and spirit) into heaven. But with that Roman declaration, those Orthodox who

Text Box: believe in the Assumption are often called nasty names by other Orthodox. A consideration of the history of a situation often resolves all doubts. 1 HOW ONE SIN LEADS TO ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER . . . AND ONE GOODNESS ALSO TO ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER . . . Very often one sin leads to another, and another, and continues. Herod married the wife of his own brother, and that 1 IN PRAISE OF THE MOTHER OF GOD The Ever Virgin Mary chose the best part, and the fruits of her choice were not taken away from her. 1 HOW TO HANDLE ADVERSITY We all experience adversity, whether it 1 PUBLICATION NOTICE 2 LETTERS (none) 2 WORLD WIDE WEB: (SSB and OCCA facilities) 2

Text Box: THE BASILIAN FATHERS 4 Pictures: St. Sebastian Orthodox Catholic Church 4 Pictures: CONSECRATION OF BISHOP FERNANDO CASTELLANOS, S.S.B. 4 YOUR AGENDA VERSUS GOD’S AGENDA People attempt to justify sexual promiscuity, homosexual and lesbian relationships, corporate greed, manipulation of others, and a seemingly uncountable number of other evils, but they can never justify these evils. It simply is impossible. Every so-called Christian religion which has broken away from the True Church has also denied one or more of the major teachings of Our Saviour. 8 THE DIVINE LITURGY IS THE SOURCE God has already provided for us all we need: all we need to know, all we need to attain salvation, all we need to be happy, all we need to avoid evil - not just sin but also eternal evil in hell; all we need 9 The Orthodox - Basilian Catechism Q

Text Box: It is IMPOSSIBLE for you who have not experienced it, for you to know the personal devastation we have experienced, in loss of personal relations, in this year of Katrina. Lost things are nothing in comparison to lost people.

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