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"Zacchaeus stood there and said
to the Lord, "Look,
half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I
have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as
much." Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this
house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man
came to seek out and to save the lost."
- Luke
19:8-10
Week
of 1 - 5 May, 2007
01 May 07
AGC elders attend the Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference in Montreal, Canada 1-4 May. See CFP2007.
03 May 07
"Praying for Perfection" seminars draw good numbers in USA
04 May 07
AGC expresses continued hope for secularism in Turkey
Week
of 6 - 12 May, 2007
06 May 07
AGC send wishes to incoming French president Nicolas Sarkozy
07 May 07
Moderator offers condolences to Kenya on plane crash victims.
Catholic League ok with Albigensian genocide (again)
PBS will
show May 9 and 16, PBS a four-part series called “The Secret Files of
the Inquisition.” The head of the extremist Catholic League "Wild Bill"
Donohue opined today
in favor of the Spanish Inquisition while ignoring all references to
his past comments lauding the French Inquisition and the death of good
Christians.
"The Inquisition,'' Pope John
Paul II
noted at the time, "belongs to a tormented phase in the history
of the church'' that should be examined "in a spirit of
sincerity and open-mindedness.''
External commentaries (1)
See the production website.
The AGC Office of
the Faithful declined to comment on Donohue.
09
May 07
Good Christians in Goa work against political corruption
Goa, a former Portuguese colony
on India's western coast, will elect the members of its 40-seat
legislative assembly on June 2 and good Christians have been active in
promoting a more transparent selection process for political candidates
and have joined with the local RCC's Council for Social Justice and
Peace (CSJP) to encourage the nomination of candidates by consensus, a
practice used by the AGC.
Anti-war TV ads start today across the USA
Financed by VoteVets.org, (endorsed
by the AGC) the
$500,000 in ads will feature retired Maj.
Gen. John Batiste and Paul Eaton, both of whom have publicly criticized
the Pentagon's civilian leadership in the past. Batiste commanded the
First U.S. Infantry Division in Iraq. Eaton oversaw training of the
Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004.
The media markets chosen by VoteVets are designed to pressure
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, John Sununu of New Hampshire,
John Warner of Virginia and Norm Coleman of Minnesota, all of whom are
up for re-election next year.
The ads also will run in the
congressional districts of Republican
Reps. Mary Bono of California, Phil English of Pennsylvania, Randy Kuhl
and James Walsh of New York, Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri, Timothy
Johnson of Illinois, Fred Upton of Michigan and Michael Castle of
Delaware.
VoteVets.org is
endorsed and supported by the AGC through the 7DM ministry
outreach. The Seven Days in May program attempts to raise the
spiritual and constitutional awareness of current and past USA service
members in relation to the current occupants of the White House. One
day a week in the month of May is prayerfully dedicated to a GODly
resolution.
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continue these TV ads nationally
New USA sanctuary movement for
illegal immigrants
Those seeking a change in federal
policies will announce Wednesday
the launch of a new sanctuary movement designed to protect illegal
immigrants from deportation and spur immigration reform.
Announcements will be made in
Seattle as
well as in Los Angeles, New York and other cities. The movement is
billed as a revival of a church-sponsored one in the 1980s that helped
Central Americans fleeing civil wars.
Houses of worship will
participate in the interfaith movement by
offering housing, legal help, financial assistance and advocacy.
The AGC has a clear
policy on Sanctuary but has not
determined if it will formally endorse or support this new group.
10 May 07 ABC's Diane
Sawyer amazed at the good Christian way of life
Could You Live Without Toilet
Paper? which aired today showcases one man and his family who are
living a no impact environmental experiment for one year. Yet
this is how the majority of AGC members live. Read the article and see
the video here.
 Hack
alert on the site today. The website facing several hack attacks
and some disruption is possible. Please be patient.
Moderator on podcast 3pm USA
eastern about PSB Inquisition series.
11 May 07
Two hack attacks handled well by
new system.
13 May 07
The real Mother's Day. Not
commercial, anti-war. Circa 1870. Read here.
Week
of 13 - 19 May, 2007
Offices are closed Friday 18
until Friday 25
The real Mother's Day. Not commercial, anti-war. Circa 1870. Read here.
14 May 07 Elder's endorse win by Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh elections
The elections in Uttar Pradesh,
the largest state in India and
traditionally a bellwether of national politics, delivered victory on
Friday to a party that champions the interests of low-caste Dalits, led
by a schoolteacher-turned-politician who goes by one name: Mayawati.
With 113 million voters, the Uttar Pradesh electorate is nearly twice
the size of the population of France. Voter turnout was 48 percent.
The ascendance of caste-based parties has transformed Indian politics
in recent decades, but Mayawati's victory is the first time a Dalit-led
party has won a state election single-handedly. It is also the first
time a Dalit party has so deliberately embraced Brahmins. Visit indianelections.com
The
AGC in India endorsed the Bahujan Samaj
Party. Indian Elder Pradeep Singh speaking of behalf of the AGC Council
of Elders stated:
"This is a result of
great historical consequence for it marks the first time a party in
India gained power by rising above caste, rising above religion to
embrace all people of good will working to solve common problems.
It is a momentous event that should encourage people around the world".
AGC bishop in Australia praises
PM John Howard on Zimbabwe
Bishop John Clement issued a rare
statement commending John Howard Australian Prime Minister for his
financial and moral support for the opposition campaign against Robert
Mugabe.
17 May 07 Ascension Day
19 May 07 World Debt Day
Events and acts of worship
nationwide to mark the achievements so far and to promote the campaign
against debt.
Week
of 20 - 26 May, 2007
Offices are closed until Friday
25 0900h ET USA for pastoral matters
25 May 07 "Praying for Perfection" seminars attendee results this week:
Columbus, OH USA 127
Dallas, TX USA 121
Manchester, UK 146
Palm Beach, FL USA
Toronto, ON CDA 282
Victoria, AUS 65
26 May 07 Email deluge slows replies and site updates
An
abnormally higher than average volume of emails has slowed response
time and webite updates. Since mid April the volume has been steadily
increasing and reached a three year record high with a weekly average
of 214 messages.
With
a volunteer staff of three people responsible for the site, there are
problems inserting fresh web content and we apologise for extended
delays in email replies.
Week
of 27 May - 2 June, 2007
An abnormally higher than average volume of emails has slowed response
time and webite updates. Since mid April the volume has been steadily
increasing and reached a three year record high with a weekly average
of 214 messages.
With a volunteer staff of three
people responsible for the site, there are problems inserting fresh web
content and we apologise for extended
delays in email replies.
28 May 07 Site Pulled Calling Anti-War Advocates Terrorists
The Alabama Department of
Homeland Security has taken
down a Web site it operated that included gay rights, anti-war and anti-abortion organizations
in a list of groups that could include terrorists.
The site included the groups
under a description of
what it called "single-issue extremists." The Web site says such groups
include people who feel they are trying to create a better world.
28 May 07 USA Elders earmark 500,000$ USD for military rehab services
Meeting in special session during the Memorial Day weekend, elders in the United States directed that $500,000 be placed in a special budget line for the 2007-2008 fiscal year exclusively marked for two AGC hospices on the condition is be used for assisting in the rehabilitation of returning American service people. The funds will go to the House of the Dove and Paraclete House. Details to be web posted.
This amount
supplements the $100,000 USD allocated for the service people from
several countries, principally the U.S. who have sought from the AGC Right
of Sanctuary.
An
additional $75,000 USD has been spent by the AGC, a peace
church, to assist in various promotional campaigns opposing
the war.
27 May 07 Aussie AGC to decide website fate in 2008
The bi-annual conference meeting in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
decided last week that if would defer a decision on re-opening its
affiliated domain website on www.cathar.net until after December, 2007
in the hopes of a more positive atmosphere in the country.
Since 2001, many AGC national sites withdrew their online presence at
the main site. While some have maintained individual national pages,
the Australian good Christians have had an "on again - off again"
feeling until the last weeks concensus was known.
It was decided however, to allow one Australian page on the main site
with basic contact information and details about some local actions
leading up to the World Parliament of Religion scheduled to be held in
Melbourne December 3rd to 9th, 2009.
27 May 07
Global Day of Prayer (Pentecost)
29 May 07
Moderator celebrates 64th birthday with quiet retreat in Oregon.
27
May 07
An abnormally
higher than average volume of emails has slowed response time and
webite updates. Since mid April the volume has been steadily increasing
and reached a three year record high with a daily average of 214
messages.
With a volunteer staff of three people responsible for the site, there
are problems inserting fresh web content and we apologise for extended
email replies.
 27/05/07
27/05/7 An abnormally
higher than average volume of emails has slowed response time and
webite updates. Since mid April the volume has been steadily increasing
and reached a three year record high with a daily average of 214
messages.
With a volunteer staff of three people responsible for the site, there
are problems inserting fresh web content and we apologise for extended
email replies.
In the
summer of 2007 we are migrating the public site to a Content
Management System (CMS) which
means that content will
now increasingly be entered by users locally. The site will be built
using
Drupal, an open source program. In the event of future hack
attacks it means a faster re-post time.
Upcoming News
June
2007
Can you believe...a Cathar car? See the automobile that good
Christians have waited 900 years for...now we need to find a driving
school!
Cathar condoms! Help a soul by not imprisoning it in a moral body. The
birth control devices good Christians endorse.
As the AGC
and affiliates continue to show sizable growth in parts of Europe and
the America's so too is an attempt to revise the history of the French
Inquisition and the Albigensian crusade in an effort to undercut
sympathy for the medieval Cathar movements and modern day successors.
We will examine this in depth with a commentary on what this means for
good Christians today, the dismal future of the Roman Church and an
official AGC statement on the Inquisition.
Annual
General Meeting detailed postings on AGM site as available.
In the
summer of 2007 we are migrating the public site to a Content
Management System (CMS) which
means that content will
now increasingly be entered by users locally. The site will be using
Drupal, an open source program. In the event of future hack
attacks it means a faster re-post time.
Archived materials:
Available
to paid subscribers or bona fide scholars only.
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