#Prayers Of St. Brendan

[ponderingrandomthings]

This is such an amazing, peaceful, Celtic piece - Oceanus (the first song in the album - if the post shows song #2, please go back to song #1). I find the drums quite noteworthy...

I will listen to the remaining album someday (starting now...)

Album Write up (from Bandcamp):

The Celtic navigator's great journey inspires this recording featuring material reworked and remixed from "Navigatio" combined with brand new material. Introduction by Stephen Lawhead – The great saints of the early Celtic church - Patrick, Columba, Samson, Aidan, And Brendan - were great travelers as well. In an age when most men rarely journeyed more than a few miles from hearth and home, they roamed the world ' often with little more than the cloaks on their backs, and the sandals on their feet. For the Celtic saints, each outward journey was also a journey inward. They wandered as pilgrims for the good of their souls, and each new discovery was seen as a discovery of the hidden territory of their own inner hearts. But, as much as they liked to travel, they loved returning even more. It was been said the Celts often left home just so they could enjoy the home-coming. Indeed, a man like St. Brendan would have relished one of the Celtic world's rare and special pleasures; to see one's homeland again, and know if for the first time. Much has been written about "The Voyage of St. Brendan (Navigatio Sancti Abbatis)". The story of the intrepid Navigator's fantastic voyage with a handful of monks to the Land of Promise is one of the great tales in the Celtic literary cannon. Like we often do with stories about people from the past, I initially viewed Brendan from afar. Much like one viewing a passing ship from the shoreline with a pair of binoculars, I saw Brendan but I did not know him. But here, in this music, I have attempted to sit with him inside his boat upon the great open sea – Oceanus. While drifting along the world's edge, the Brendan that I met wrestles with many of the same things with which I struggle. His eyes seek and long for something good, beautiful and true yet seldom does he get more than a glimpse of these. His mind dreams and hopes but his heart more often fears and despairs. He often finds himself alone - not because he does not have friends - but because he pursues the path of faith which ultimately one must follow on their own. He wonders if he has enough faith to continue down the path which he follows ... He does not. Yet, always he prays and the King of Love's good grace sustains him. This is what makes Brendan a true saint and, for me, is the inspiration for this music. – Jeff Johnson

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Album Artists:

Jeff Johnson: Keys & voice

Janet Chvatal: Voice

Brian Dunning: Flute & whistles

Tim Ellis: Electric & acoustic guitars

Gregg Williams: Drums

Phil Baker: Bass

Roger Hadley: Percussion

Adele O'Dwyer: Cello

John Lehmkuhl: Drum loops

Jami Sieber: Electric cello

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Just in case, here is the Spotify playlist for the Inspirational Moments Volume 1, 2, 3: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KY8LFwNz3xW1bpprU1NH0 (that's where I first heard this, and other, songs)

YouTube Playlist (for Inspirational Moments Vol 3): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRVvLrB1aWvjU8gLXRA06gFxI0MsDA29D

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[capseycartwright]

oh what a terrible honor it's been (to learn that my blessings are things you call sins)

Hey God, it's me, Eddie. I hope you don’t mind that I’m sitting in your house thinking gay thoughts.

Eddie couldn’t help but giggle to himself as he thought the words. If he couldn’t be a bit silly while having a sexuality crisis in a Catholic church – when could he? 

Christopher leaves for Texas, Eddie goes back to therapy, unearths an emotional lockbox he had been fourteen years old when he buried, and has a lot of thoughts about how Buck is sunshine incarnate. In hindsight, it probably should have been obvious he wasn't straight.

ao3 link

t’s been a long time since Eddie Diaz had set foot in a church – of his own accord, at least. He’d been to the christenings and communions and confirmations of all of his various nieces, nephews, and cousins, he’d sat stiff in the pew as he’d watched friends, and family get married, trying his best not to remember how own wedding day, the way Shannon’s hands had shaken in his grip as they promised to love each other until death do them part, both of them young, too young to understand the covenant they were signing up to. Eddie had been there, for all those occasions, but he hadn’t gone to mass, or even sat in a church, just because he wanted to in a very long time. 

He wasn’t even really sure if he wanted to be there today, but it was a Thursday, and Christopher was in Texas, and Eddie wasn’t working, and he’d been having an extended mental breakdown for the last few weeks, and before he knew it, he was sitting in the pew of St Brendan’s Catholic Church, listening to a softly spoken priest with an Irish lilt to his accent – faded, after years in America, Eddie presumed, but still there, noticeable in the inflection of certain words – recite the Our Father. 

Eddie had never been to St Brendan’s before, but it felt like every other church he’d been to in his life. They didn’t all look the same, necessarily, though they followed the same format, rows of uncomfortable wooden pews and an altar decorated in gold, as opulent as it was suffocating. Eddie had thought it beautiful, before, the way Catholic churches were decorated in gold and jewels, believing for so much of his life that the wealth honoured God – but living life had made him learn the grandeur and displays of wealth were nothing more than indicative of the wealth the Catholic church had hoarded while their devout followers starved, all in the name of faith and of God. True faith didn’t need to be gilded in gold to be sincere, he’d decided.

Eddie had never been to St Brendan’s before, but mass was the same. It didn’t change – though the wording of some of the prayers did. He’d sort of been checked out of being a regular churchgoer by time they had changed some of the prayers, only discovering the difference when he confidently started to recite it wrong at his youngest niece’s communion, his mother fixing him with a glare so icy hell might have frozen over under the power of Helena Diaz’s gaze alone. He’d never learned the new ones, not really, and so Eddie just recited the one’s he’d learned for his own confirmation, the words falling from his lips, muscle memory more than it was faith now. 

Our father, who art in heaven – hallowed be thy name . 

Eddie couldn’t help but laugh, a little, as he murmured the prayer. Hallowed be thy name. He knew the prayer talked about God, their holy father, but the prayer had always made him think of his own father, of the way Ramon Diaz was a hallowed man in his own right, how he parented with an iron fist and expected to be obeyed. 

Things were getting better now, with his dad. Maybe – maybe that was part of the fear. Eddie had always been afraid of letting people down, but more than anyone, he was afraid of letting his father down – of seeing that look of disappointment set into every crease of his father’s face, an expression he’d been on the receiving end of for more of his childhood than he’d like to admit. Eddie had tried so hard to make sure he was never on the receiving end of that look again, but nothing he had ever done was good enough – not marrying Shannon, not the way he had tried to take responsibility for his young family, not the army, not the man he had been when he’d come home from Afghanistan. 

Distance had lessened the number of disappointed looks, but Eddie knew that was because he was simply not seeing them anymore; he was sure his father sometimes frowned at the phone when they’d finally call, silted conversation about Christopher and life at the firehouse the best either of them could muster. 

It wasn’t perfect, but it was getting better. 

At least it had been, until his parents had taken Christopher with them to Texas. It hadn’t helped their relationship – but it hadn’t hindered it as much as Eddie had expected either. He was never going to thank them, for the way they had swooped in, ready to take Christopher at a moment’s notice, but he could thank them for giving his son the space that he needed to process. Eddie couldn’t give him that space, right now, but he was grateful someone could. Still – he would be ready to drive to Texas at the drop of a hat when Christopher decided he was ready to come home.

Things were getting better, that was the thing. His dad called, every night, to update Eddie on Christopher’s day. Eddie could hear the familiar sounds of the Diaz backyard as his dad softly spoke, telling Eddie about how Christopher had been to the lake, with his cousins, and how he’d finished another book, and how he was helping Helena to make dinner, right then. It had filled the gap until Christopher had started to call Eddie himself, his voice tinny as he mumbled over the phone, things not quite back to normal, Christopher not willing to talk to him about anything except Marvel and Minecraft and how abuela’s tamales were better than Eddie’s, but better than they were, at least. 

Every time they were on the phone, Eddie reassured his parents that he was working on himself. He was back seeing Frank, every week, and at Frank’s encouragement, he’d joined a veteran’s support group. Eddie wasn’t exactly the picture-perfect military veteran he assumed he needed to be, to join a veteran support group, but the rag-tag group that met at his community hall every month weren’t exactly the flag-wearing, gun-toting veterans he’d expected them to be. James was a 63-year-old man from Massachusetts who ran the group – he had moved out to LA to live with his daughter after he retired and referred to himself delightedly as a stay-at-home grandfather. Luisa was a vet around Eddie’s own age, and she’d gone back to university after she got out of the army and got a fine arts degree. She liked to paint, and talked about her wife with a reverence and openness that Eddie could only admire. 

He hadn’t said a word the first time he went, and Buck had sat in the Jeep in the carpark, a ready-made escape plan for Eddie in case he decided it was all too much. Eddie had sat quietly as the group had chatted, drinking tea and coffee out of flimsy paper cups, and eating homemade biscuits – made by James, who, as it turned out, was quite the prolific baker – and he’d watched. He’d watched as the group had talked about their bad days, and their good days, and how they were coping with life after the military, and not a single glorious war-story was exchanged. 

That was when Eddie knew it was safe to keep going. He was never going to be a man who was proud of his service, and he didn’t want to have to attend a support group of people who’d talk about their time in the military like it was the good old days. He had spoken a little more, the second time he went – Buck doing his groceries, two streets away, rather than sitting in the carpark – and he’d introduced himself, his voice gruff as he tried to figure out what version of Eddie he wanted to present to the world. 

Eddie was still figuring that part out – the version of himself he wanted to be, that is. 

He was figuring himself out. That was the point. He was trying, he was really trying – and people could see that, Eddie was sure. His parents said they could, at least.

Which was why he was here – in a church not dissimilar to the one he’d attended every Sunday in El Paso growing up – on his knees, praying to a God he wasn’t sure he actually believed in for guidance. 

read the rest on ao3

[orthodoxydaily]

Saints&Reading: Monday, May 26, 2023

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ST. BRENDAN THE VOYAGER, ABBOT OF CLONFERT (577)

St. Brendan (Brandan, Brandon), called the “Navigator” or also the “Voyager”, is one of the greatest ascetics who lived in Ireland. Unfortunately, his earliest and most reliable hagiographies are lost, and what remains are later twelfth-century Latin and Irish manuscripts, annals, genealogies, traditions, and legends; he is also mentioned in the Lives of some other Irish saints. But, most importantly, he has been loved and venerated by the Irish as one of the nation’s most important Church figures throughout the centuries. According to various traditions, he was born in 484 or 486 and reposed in 575, 577, or 583 at nearly 100. The names of his parents were Finnlug and Cara. The future saint’s birthplace was most probably tiny Fenit Island, situated northwest of the fishing village of Fenit in County Kerry, six miles from the town of Tralee, in the very southwest of Ireland. In the 2000s, a massive statue of St. Brendan was erected on neighboring Great Samphire Island at the entrance to Fenit Harbor to commemorate him.

Fenit, St. Brendan's birthplace, with the harbor and island (taken from Wikipedia)    

St. Brendan was baptized as an infant by the holy Bishop Erc of Slane; the night Brendan was born, Bishop Erc saw a great light and a multitude of angels in glowing robes descending from heaven over his parents’ home. Tobar na Molt holy well not far from Tralee and Ardfert, where St. Erc baptized St. Brendan, still exists and is visited by pilgrims seeking physical and mental healing and consolation. There is a chapel near this well with an altar and the figures of three saints (Sts. Brendan, Erc, and Ita). St. Erc may later have ordained St. Brendan as a priest.

Tobar na Molt holy well, in which St. Brendan was baptized, Kerry (photo by Bernard, Geograph.ie)  

According to tradition, at the age of two, little Brendan was given by St. Erc to the care of the illustrious holy Abbess Ita († c. 570; feast: January 15) of Killeedy in Limerick, known as “the Foster-mother of the Irish Saints.” Under St. Ita Brendan studied the rudiments of Christianity for five years, and he retained the love and respect for the abbess who nurtured and taught him always. After Killeedy, St. Brendan is believed to have gone to Tuam in Galway, to the famous monastery and school founded by St. Jarlath († c. 540; feast: June 6). Besides, St. Brendan was a disciple of St. Enda of Inishmore (+ c. 530; feast: March 21), one of the earliest monastic founders in Ireland.

Our saint also went to the famous Clonard Monastery in County Meath with the great St. Finnian († 549; feast: December 12), “the Teacher of the Irish Saints”, or one of his successors. Notably, St. Brendan the Navigator (like his saintly namesake, St. Brendan of Birr in Offaly, who reposed in c. 573 and is feasted on November 29) is ranked among “the Twelve Apostles of Ireland,” all of whom were in Clonard. Lastly, tradition says that the young saint traveled to Wales, where he spent some time with St. Gildas (or St. Cadoc) at Llancarfan in Glamorgan, in the monastery famous for its learning. Irish and Welsh monasticism of the age were closely interconnected.

Having been instructed by such celebrated monastic saints, St. Brendan has tonsured a monk, ordained, and then journeyed to the west of his native Ireland to found churches, do extensive missionary work, and shepherd his fellow countrymen. All his biographers wrote that St. Brendan led an austere ascetic life and gained fame as a wonderworker. He excelled in extraordinary zeal for prayer, extreme abstinence, profound humility, and great mercy and love for everyone. In Ireland and Scotland (which he visited many times) St. Brendan established many monasteries. The most famous of them, founded in about 559, was Clonfert, on the west bank of the River Shannon in County Galway. Clonfert, set up by St. Brendan, was renowned all over Ireland. At one time, it is said that it had some 3,000 monks, and future missionaries who later traveled all over Europe to preach the Gospel. One of the most illustrious disciples of Clonfert, who in his youth may have been instructed by St. Brendan, was St. Fursey († c. 648; feast: January 16), who later founded monasteries in Eastern England and France.

Another significant establishment of St. Brendan was the monastery and diocese of Ardfert, which became a large ecclesiastical and monastic center of Kerry close to the saint’s birthplace. Then he established a community at Inis-da-druim, now Coney Island (Innisdadrom) in County Clare. After that he built a monastery at Annaghdown in Galway, by the Bay of Annaghdown near Lough Corrib.

Numerous traditions tell that St. Brendan was also active in the historic Irish province of Leinster, where a host of places are associated with him. Let us mention the parish of Disart in County Kilkenny, Killeney (which still has a church in honor of St. Brendan) and Brandon Hill in Kilkenny. About 1700 feet tall, Brandon Hill, named for St. Brendan, is the highest mountain in County Kilkenny; St. Brendan built a monastic community or church beside it.

   Later establishments of St. Brendan worth mentioning are a monastery on the island of Inchiquin, also called Innisquin, in the parish of Killursa in Galway, along with a monastic community on Inishglora off the Mullet Peninsula in County Mayo. For the past 100 years, this island has been uninhabited. Inishglora is noted for its ancient relics related to our saint. Two monastic communities—one for monks and one for nuns—may have existed here simultaneously. Today you can find the ruins of the early St. Brendan’s Church, a “church for men”, and a “church for women” there and drink water from St. Brendan’s holy well, used by local monks in the first millennium! Very ancient cross shafts and other artifacts are situated near the remains of three early beehive cells, one of which belonged to St. Brendan.

Legends associated with Inishglora abound. The historian Gerald of Wales in the late twelfth century testified that as long as monks inhabited this island, human corpses were neither buried nor decayed on it—many bodies were deposited in the open so that people could see their ancestors absolutely uncorrupt for generations (this phenomenon must have ceased when the monks left). The same historian also wrote that vermin, such as mice and rats, never inhabited Inishglora as long as prayer was performed. Though thousands swarmed on other Irish islands, none was found there. Whenever someone brought a rodent to Inishglora, it would instantly run away and leap into the sea or die if it was stopped. Formerly all ships sailing past Inishglora would lower their topsails to pay homage to St. Brendan, whose wonderworking wooden statue stood inside St. Brendan’s Church. Garlic that grows on Inishglora to this day is said to have been planted by monks 1500 years ago!

The more significant part of St. Brendan’s life was spent in travels and voyages (typical for Irish monks and ascetics), which is why he was later nicknamed the “Navigator”. In the eighth and ninth centuries, the famous saga, Navigatio Sancti Brendani (The Voyage of St. Brendan), was composed by an Irish monk, and later other authors wrote more elaborate versions of it. Though famous throughout the Middle Ages, this saga transformed the authentic seafaring ascetic and abbot into a semi-mythical adventurer with supernatural abilities who accomplished unbelievable exploits. According to it, when Brendan was abbot of Clonfert, a monk Barrindus1 once visited him. The monk told him that he had traveled through a thick fog and reached the “heavenly Jerusalem”, full of precious stones, in which the sun never set; there were many mountains, birds sang sweetly, a river flowed from the east to the west, and all the plants were always in bloom. Barrindus had spent a year there...Continue reading orthodoxchristian

ACTS 21:8-14

8 On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. 9 This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. 10 And as we stayed many days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11 When he had come to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.' " 12 When we heard these things, we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." 14 So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."

JOHN 14:27-15:7

27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 You have heard Me say, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is more significant than I. 29 And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

1 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me bears much fruit, and I in him; without Me, you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; they gather them, throw them into the fire, and are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

[realyoungdarius]

pols 650 - public/nonprofit sector organizational review

Talk to people at Saint Francis of Assisi about:

Introduction  

Mission & History 

The Muncie Catholic Pastorate are the people of God uniting in the heart of Jesus Christ. We join the whole Church in proclaiming the Gospel in Word, Sacrament, and Charity for the salvation of all people. We live our mission by celebrating God’s presence in the Sacraments, fellowship, and prayer; welcoming all into our community; growing as Holy Disciplines in formation; and being a witness to the Gospel to all we meet. All of this is the foundation o the Bishop’s Uniting in Heart Pastoral Plan.

Organizational Structure 

Programs & Services 

Adults

Adult Confirmation

Adult Faith & Family Life

Comunidad Hispana

Friday Bible Study

Men's Conference

Men's Ministry

RCIA

The Search

Women's Conference

Campus Ministry

Cardinal Catholic

Cardinal Awakening

Cardinal Catholic Alumni

Learn About Us

Newman Apostolate Internship

Get Connected

Get Involved

Parking Pass

Young Adults

Young Adults

Youth

Child Care Ministry

NCYC

Religious Education K-8

1st Reconciliation & 1st Communion

Confirmation for Teens

St. Michael Catholic School

VBS

Youth Ministry

Resources

Catholic Links

Formed

The Search Leaders

St. Joseph Retreat Center

Human Resources/Staffing 

Number of and positions for paid staff  

Use of volunteers 

Budget  

Revenue including sources  

Expenses 

Current Trends in the Subsector/Field 

Challenges and Opportunities 

POLS 650 - Public/Nonprofit Sector Organization Review 

Due: 09/26/24 @ 6:30 p.m. - 50 Points

Select a public or nonprofit sector organization/agency to conduct a review and write an analysis of the following key components, applying at least one organizational theory covered in class, in readings, or identified on your own: 

Introduction  

Mission & History 

The Muncie Catholic Pastorate are the people of God uniting in the heart of Jesus Christ. We join the whole Church in proclaiming the Gospel in Word, Sacrament, and Charity for the salvation of all people. We live our mission by celebrating God’s presence in the Sacraments, fellowship, and prayer; welcoming all into our community; growing as Holy Disciplines in formation; and being a witness to the Gospel to all we meet. All of this is the foundation o the Bishop’s Uniting in Heart Pastoral Plan.

Organizational Structure 

 

Departments, etc. 

Leadership 

Clergy, Evangelization, FOCUS Missionaries, Operations

Clergy

Fr. Eric Underwood

Pastor

(765) 288-5308

fr.eunderwooddol-in.org

Fr. Dennis O’Keeffe

Senior Parochial Vicar

(765) 288-5308 x 103

fr.dokeeffedol-in.org

Fr. Andrew Thornton

Parochial Vicar

(765) 288-5308 x 104

fr.athorntondol-in.org

Evangelization

Jason Hart

Director of Evangelization, Family Life, and Pastoral Ministries Music, St. Lawrence

(765) 288-6180 x 110

jhartparish.dol-in.org

Susan Coleman

Music, St. Francis

(765) 288-6180 x 112

scolemanparish.dol-in.org

Kaitlin Conaway

Coordinator of Outreach

(765) 289-3779

kconawayparish.dol-in.org

Clare Feldpausch

Campus Minister

(765) 288-6180 x 109

cfeldpauschparish.dol-in.org

Daniel Joven

Youth Minister

(765) 288-6180 x114

djovenparish.dol-in.org

Sadam Rabadan

Music, St. Mary

(765) 288-5308 x 116

srabadanparish.dol-in.org

Esmeralda Sánchez

Coordinator of Religious Education

(765) 288-6180 x 113

esanchezparish.dol-in.org

Andrew Wood

Coordinator of Adult Formation & Family Life

(765) 288-6180 x 111

awoodparish.dol-in.org

FOCUS Missionaries

Brendan Dewan

FOCUS Team Director

(765) 288-6180

Connor Helsen

FOCUS Missionary

Erin Johlie

FOCUS Missionary

Tori Soria

FOCUS Missionary

Operations

Tara Edmondson

Director of Operations

(765) 288-5308 x 105

tedmondsonparish.dol-in.org

BJ Delk

Queen of Angels

(765) 381-4887

Monica Ellington

Administrative Assistant

(765) 288-5308 x 100

mellingtonparish.dol-in.org

Jeanette Hoover

Bookkeeper

(765) 288-5308 x 107

jhooverparish.dol-in.org

Ingrid Sides

Administrative Assistant

(765) 288-9223 x 101

isidesparish.dol-in.org

Ed O'Korn

Controller

(765) 288-5308 x 106

eokornparish.dol-in.org

JoAnn Rahe

Bookkeeper

(765) 288-5308 x 108

jraheparish.dol-in.org

Joe Beatrice

Maintenance

Shawn Brenner

Maintenance

Board of Directors, Commission, etc. 

There are multiple matches for St. Francis board of directors, including: 

Saint Francis Foundation

The board includes: 

John A. Green: Chairman 

Victor J. Dowling: Vice Chairman 

Karl J. Badey, CPA, MST: Treasurer 

Barbara C. Gordon: Secretary 

Saint Francis Healthcare System

The board includes: 

Steven K. Dirnberger: Chairman 

Laura Younghouse: Vice Chair 

Dennis Vollink: Secretary / Treasurer 

Saint Francis — Manchester

The board includes: 

Most Rev. Barry C. Knestout: Chairman of the Board 

Christopher M. Malone, Esq. President 

Christopher A. Lewis: Vice President 

Edward T. Blair: Treasurer 

Laura O'Connor: Secretary 

St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care

The board includes: 

Christopher McAlpine: Director 

Jerry Allender, Esq. Director 

Bill Pickens: Director 

Franciscan Health Foundation

The board includes: 

Sister Jane Marie Klein, OSF: Chairwoman & President 

Kevin D. Leahy: Board member 

Sister Lethia Marie Leveille, OSF: Secretary 

Sister M. Ann Kathleen Magiera, OSF: Board member 

Sister Madonna Rougeau, OSF: Board member 

Programs & Services 

Adults

Adult Confirmation

Adult Faith & Family Life

Comunidad Hispana

Friday Bible Study

Men's Conference

Men's Ministry

RCIA

The Search

Women's Conference

Campus Ministry

Cardinal Catholic

Cardinal Awakening

Cardinal Catholic Alumni

Learn About Us

Newman Apostolate Internship

Get Connected

Get Involved

Parking Pass

Young Adults

Young Adults

Youth

Child Care Ministry

NCYC

Religious Education K-8

1st Reconciliation & 1st Communion

Confirmation for Teens

St. Michael Catholic School

VBS

Youth Ministry

Resources

Catholic Links

Formed

The Search Leaders

St. Joseph Retreat Center

Human Resources/Staffing 

 

Number of and positions for paid staff 

 

Use of volunteers 

Budget 

 

Revenue including sources 

 

Expenses 

Current Trends in the Subsector/Field 

Challenges and Opportunities 

Conclusion 

Use a variety of sources including document review (i.e. website, public documents, strategic plan, IRS 990, annual reports, etc,) as well as professional literature, etc. 

Expectations: 

7-10 pages (excluding reference pages), double spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 pt font 

501(c)(3): Charitable, Religious or Educational Organizations

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Interested in starting a 501(c)(3)? Check out the step-by-step instructions on how to start a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

[riverdamien]

Shavuot!

Shavuot: Bring Out the Big Bread!

"Out of the good treasure of your heart the good person brings forth good, and out of evil the evil person brings forth evil. For from the overflow of the heart comes the choice of good or evil" Luke 6:45)

As an adolescent, I was blessed with a Jewish nanny, and from her came my best friend, and the understanding of compassion and meaning of life.

We are presently nearing the end of Shavuot, the Festival of the Week of Pentecost, and "Bringing Out the Big Bread!

Living in a rural community I understand "Shavuot". For each "Shavuot," Lucy commissioned two huge loaves, weighing ten pounds a piece to be baked. These huge loaves of "Challah" are a special kind of bread, braided and eaten on ceremonial occasions. Shavuot is the day of celebrating the new grain harvest. On this day you honor and seek to follow the example of the Creator who instilled that goodness within us.

When I eat a meal crafted with love and care I can taste the sincerity within it, each act of creation displays our innermost being. Which is why I believe that God asks us to create.

Each time I lift the Bread and Wine in Holy Communion, I can see and taste the gift of creation, and our call to goodness and care for others in our innermost being.  . ." For from the overflow of the heart comes the choice of good or evil".

When each of us come together in a new social awareness we find the work of God giving meaning to history. We see each person as a child of God.

For every person on the street,  to whom I give food, socks, and harm-reduction supplies have infinite worth and meaning.

What lacks purpose is an attitude of failure, and not showing care and love.

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Prayer of St. Brendan!

"Help me to journey beyond the familiar

and into the unknown.

Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You. Christ of the mysteries I trust in You to be stronger than each storm within me.

I will trust in the darkness and know that my times, even now, are in Your hands.

Tune my spirit to the music of heaven,

and somehow, make my obedience count for You"

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SAINTS NOVEMBER 29

St. Paramon and Companions, Three hundred and seventy five Roman Catholic Martyrs, who are reported to have been put to death on the same day during the persecutions of the Church under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Feastday Nov 29

Sts. Saturninus & Sisinius Roman Catholic Martyrs of Rome. Saturninus was a priest from Carthage who went to Rome and was arrested with a deacon, Sisinius, during the persecutions of Emperor Maximian. They were sentenced to hard labor and either died during their ordeal or were tortured and then beheaded. It is known with certainty that Saturninus lived, was martyred, and was buried on the Via Saleria, Rome, Feastday Nov 29

St. Cuthbert Mayne, 1577 A.D. An English martyr, born near Barnstable, in Devonshire, as a Protestant. He converted to Catholicism at St. John’s, Oxford. Cuthbert was ordained at Douai, France, and sent home to England about 1575. Working in Cornwall, he was captured after a year. Condemned for celebrating a Mass, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered on November 25. Cuthbert was a friend of Edmund Campion, and he was aided by Francis Tregian in Cornwall. He was the first Englishman trained for the priesthood at Douai and was the Protomartyr of English seminaries. Cuthbert was canonized by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

St. Egelwine, 7th century. Confessor and a prince of the house of Wessex. He lived at Athelney, in Somersetshire, England.

St. Sadwen, 6th century. Confessor, also known as Saturninus, brother of St. IIltyd. He was a disciple of St. Cadfan and had churches dedicated to him in parts of Wales.

St. Brendan of Birr, 573 A.D. Friend of St. Brendan the Voyager. Brendan was a monk at Clonard, Ireland. He became the abbot of Birr, near Offaly, and he also advised St. Columba. Columba had a vision of Brendan of Birr's soul being carried heavenward by angels.

St. Francis Fasani, Roman Catholic Franciscan Friar. he was known for prayer and for supernatural gifts. Feastday nov 29

[ltwilliammowett]

Sailor’s patron saints

Sailors and religion are a subject in themselves and many were not particularly religious, even if they had been brought up religiously. And yet there were masses and the Bible was also consulted at funerals, but the priest was to be avoided like the devil avoids holy water. After all, the priest was associated with morality and death, which no one wanted to be near. But if things got dicey and danger was very close, there were some patron saints who were called upon and asked for protection. But there were also some who simply wore the symbol of their patron saint as general protection. Here are a few of them.

Saint Brendan

One of the most popular patron saints is Saint Brendan (Irish Gaelic Brénaind), a Celtic saint and hero of legendary voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. He is best known for his legendary voyage to the Isle of the Blessed, later immortalised in the mythical Christian tale Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis Voyage of St Brendan the Abbot. This Irish epic depicts an incredible Atlantic voyage with other monks that culminated in their arrival in the "Promised Land of the Saints". Because of his great navigational skills in finding this Promised Land, he is the patron saint of navigators.

Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas of Myra is probably the most famous saint in the world. Saint Nicholas was born in what is now Turkey. When he was young, he lost both his parents. He gave away the inheritance they left him to the poor and sick. Which is reflected today in his commemoration day of 6 December, which many celebrate. For the seafarers, however, he is more interesting because he is said to have managed to calm a storm by asking for help, which is why he is usually the one who is asked for help in a storm.

Saint Christopher

Saint Christopher is also one of the more popular saints, though his existence remains disputed. He is said to be the patron of travellers and to help cross waterways.

Saint Clement

Clement of Rome is said to be the third successor of Saint Peter and the first Apostolic Father of the Church. Not too much is known about the life of St Clement I, as few details have survived. Because of his evangelising efforts, he was drowned with an anchor around his neck. This anchor became his symbol, a symbol of hope. Although hope itself, by the way, is feminine and that is why she is usually depicted, especially in connection with seafarers. St. Clement, however, is a protector against storms and tempests, so he is also often asked for help in storms.

Saint Elmo

Erasmus of Formia, also known as Elmo, and was Bishop of Formia, Italy, at a time when Emperor Diocletian was persecuting Christians. The story of St Erasmus shows how he miraculously endured all kinds of torture. He suffered many excruciating punishments before finally meeting a supposedly cruel death. However, he himself became the patron saint of sailors, for he is said to have continued preaching even when lightning struck the ground next to him, which is incidentally where the weather phenomenon St. Elmo's fire gets its name. This prompted sailors who found themselves in danger from sudden storms and lightning to call on his prayers.

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Notes From Public School 2022-2023 - Day 3

If you know me well, you know I love whales.

As an elementary school teacher, I have to know a little about a lot of things.

“I want to know a lot about one thing,” I thought to myself several years ago.

So I chose to know about whales.

I dedicated myself to becoming a whale genius.

Have you seen the new show on Netflix, Extraordinary Attorney Woo?

The main character of the K Drama, Woo Young Woo, is, well, she’s extraordinary.

She has autism spectrum disorder.

She didn’t speak a single word to a single person until she was five years old.

But she memorized entire volumes of books on criminal and civil law.

And she memorized everything about whales.

She talks about them all the time, so much so her father has to remind her when it’s appropriate and inappropriate to talk about whales, “whale talk” as he calls it.

When she gets creative ideas (and she gets many because she’s an ingenius thinker) she envisions a humpback whale breaching the water and splashing colorful droplets all around it in the big, wide sea.

Oh how I love that show.

Oh how I love her.

Oh how I think like her.

In my classroom, I have a framed picture of Brendan the Navigator.

Have you heard of him?

He was a monk in the 6th century who sailed from Ireland to the east coast of North America is a hand made boat.

And he is the patron saint of whales.

Every morning on my way to school, I pray the prayer of St. Brendan.

Here it is.

“Help me to journey beyond the familiar

and into the unknown.

Give me the faith to leave old ways

and break fresh ground with You.

Christ of the mysteries, I trust You

to be stronger than each storm within me.

I will trust in the darkness and know

that my times, even now, are in Your hand.

Tune my spirit to the music of heaven,

and somehow, make my obedience count for You.”

It’s a good prayer for a teacher.

It’s a good prayer for a writer.

It’s a good prayer for a whale lover.

It’s a good prayer for me.

Amen.

[dramoor]

“Help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown. Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You.

Christ of the mysteries, I trust You to be stronger than each storm within me. I will trust in the darkness and know that my times, even now, are in Your hand. Tune my spirit to the music of heaven, and somehow, make my obedience count for You.”

~The Prayer of St. Brendan

(Image via Godspace)

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Prayer, Internal Storm

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tagged by @littlespoonevan and @doeeyeseddie in seven sentence sunday but alas i was on a plane so instead you’re getting. many sentence monday. yes i am already writing another catholic guilt eddie fic what about it

Eddie had never been to St Brendan’s before, but mass was the same. It didn’t change – though the wording of some of the prayers did. Eddie just recited the one’s he’d learned for his own confirmation, the words falling from him lips, muscle memory more than it was faith now.

Our father, who art in heaven – hallowed be thy name.

Eddie couldn’t help but laugh, a little, as he murmured the prayer. Hallowed be thy name. He knew the prayer talked about God, their holy father, but the prayer had always made him think of his own father, of the way Ramon Diaz was a hallowed man in his own right, how he parented with an iron fist and expected to be obeyed.

Things were getting better now, with his dad. Maybe – maybe that was part of the fear. Eddie had always been afraid of letting people down, but more than anyone, he was afraid of letting his father down – of seeing that look of disappointment set into every crease of his father’s face, an expression he’d been on the receiving end of for more of his childhood than he’d like to admit. Eddie had tried so hard to make sure he was never on the receiving end of that look again, but nothing he had ever done was good enough – not marrying Shannon, not the way he had tried to take responsibility for his young family, not the army, not the man he had been when he’d come home from Afghanistan.

Distance had lessened the number of disappointed looks, but Eddie knew that was because he was simply not seeing them anymore; he was sure his father sometimes frowned at the phone when they’d finally call, silted conversation about Christopher, and life at the firehouse, the best either of them could muster.

It wasn’t perfect, but it was getting better.

Eddie wasn’t sure if he was ready to blow all that progress up. It was selfish, to want to maintain the status quo at the cost of his own happiness, but he couldn’t help it. Eddie, despite what the circumstances of his life would imply, didn’t like conflict – not the fundamental, existential kind of conflict this would result in, the kind of conflict where his character and worth as a father would be called into question.

Maybe -

Maybe Eddie was someone who just wasn’t supposed to be happy.

tagging @hattalove @thatbuddie @clusterbuck @bibuddie @mellaithwen @sibylsleaves and anyone else who’d like an excuse to share some fic on a monday morning

[tikkisaram]

Poetic Patriarchy in Ireland — Part I: Poetry Against Women

It is no secret that poetry offers a plethora of positive effects, be they as extreme as bringing someone out of depression or as simple as putting a smile on their face. Poetry has done a world of good for me and I would not be devoting so much of my spare time to it if it did not. However, we must acknowledge the fact that on multiple occasions in the past, poetry has shaped our world in a decidedly negative way. This can be seen clearly in the history of Ireland and the rights of women there. This blessay will cover how poetry led to the oppression of Irish women and will additionally give an overview of the female poets in Irish history. It will thus answer the oft-asked question, namely — why is the vast majority of Ireland’s internationally-renowned poets male? In my research I have not been able to find an essay exploring this question; I am thus honored to be the first.

During Celtic times, Irish women had more or less equal rights with men. There were many famous female role models for young girls and boys to look up to; these included the legendary queen Méabh and pagan goddesses such as Mórrígan. Unfortunately, the poems that would have been told during this time period were never written down, so we do not know how women were portrayed in them. It is probable that they would have been portrayed positively, considering the equality of gender roles present in that society.

Literacy reached Ireland in the fifth century and came alongside Christianity. While Christianity is often critiqued for its portrayal of women, Christian women in Ireland then were just as strong as their male counterparts. St. Brigid of Kildare is one of the most important women in Irish history; she was a nun — a profession usually associated with conservative tradition. Yet the teachings of the bible didn’t restrict her from being strong and independent. In fact, St. Brigid was close friends with one of Ireland’s first poets - Dubthach maccu Lugair. Dubthach and the other poets of the time were overwhelmingly not sexist. One of the most notable works of early Irish poetry is the prosimetrum by Táin Bó Cuailnge. The first recensions in this beautifully written collection are in celebration of Queen Méabh; she is treated as an equal — if not a superior — to her husband. Other strong female characters follow her, including the sovereignty goddess Macha, the villainous Morrígan, and Gráinne, who shows great power in her taking control of her own sexuality. These are only some of the most notable women to feature in these poems; were I to list them all, it would take all day!

In those days, composing poetry was one of the most lucrative professions in Ireland. This was due to the many kings across Ireland employing personal poets, known as ollams. These ollams were required to have hundreds of original poetic stories ready upon request for the king. What a shame that so many of these doubtlessly great pieces of work have been lost forever! These poems celebrated Irish royals, Biblical figures and figures from Celtic Mythology, including the strong women from each of these sources. My favourite piece is the poetic narrative An Banshenchas, written in 1147 by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside. This is the ultimate piece of feminist writing from the bardic period of poetry; it celebrates many notable women, from what the author considered to be the beginning of time with God’s Eve up to 1030 with Gormlaith ingen Murchada, a queen who stood as a symbol between the relationship of the native people of Ireland and the Viking settlers. This is not a celebration of one type of woman — we see so many different personalities and characterisations, from the somewhat passive Miriam to the perseverant and powerful Étaín. There is truly a woman in this collection for anyone to relate to, which is a testament to the feminist nature of a poem written 990 years ago in supposedly sexist times!

The most prestigious position a poet could get in this period of time would be Ollamh Érenn, or the Chief Ollam of Ireland. They would sit next to the high king of the country and be commended by all. Out of all of the documented ones, a single woman held the title — Uallach ingen Muinecháin. Since she was the first famous Irish female poet, one would think that her work would be taught to all, yet none of it survives. Were it not for her obituary in the Annals of Innisfallen, this trailblazer would have been forgotten entirely.

But ollams were not the only type of poets around; they were in fact only one subset of the poetry grouping known as filid. The type of filid that is best known today is a bard. Bards were actually the lowest position a poet could take, but the word has become synonymous with poet in the context of Ancient Ireland. Ancient Irish poetry is commonly referred to as bardic poetry, even by many scholars, despite the term's inaccuracy. It is often stated that it is unknown if any of these bards were female (Walker, 1786). However, the previously mentioned Muinech and Sadhbh Ó Mailchonaire are two factual exceptions. As with Muinech, Ó Mailchonaire’s works has been lost and the most famous record of her is her obituary. (Unknown, 1447) There are also some other potential candidates as ancient Irish poets, although once again these women’s works do not survive to this day. Agnes Carkill was a poet who performed for King James IV of Scotland in 1512 and there is speculation that she hailed from the Antrim family, Mac Fhergail, which would have been her maiden name (Bourke, 2002). Walker who spent years researching bards, speculates that the Caoine was written by a woman; most scholars agree with this opinion. The Caoine is a weeping lament, which was performed by women at funerals; its practice has spread from Ireland as far as Libya and Egypt. It is best known today for being the origin of the banshee myth. Women were also associated with the poetic form amhráin, which is a poem that’s sung, a practice which became prominent in the 16th century. It is also possible that many of the anonymous poems were written by women, especially since many of these poems feature distict feminist undertones, such as the spectacular St. Brigid’s Prayer which has since been translated by Brendan Kennelly.

It is also worth mentioning fictional female poets who appeared in ancient Irish stories. One of the characters who appears in Acallam na Senórach, the longest surviving work of medieval Irish literature, is Créide. She is described as a fine poet who invites males to a hostel in order to judge their poems. Créide is one of the first fictional poetry critics, but unfortunately she is not celebrated to the extent that she deserves to be. The Daughter of úa Dulsaine appears in a story by Cormac mac Cuilennáin (who died in 908), where she is one of the most popular poets in Ireland and travels around the country and abroad to show off her poetic prowess. Some suggest that this account is based off a true story and mac Cuilennáin just added the fantasy elements (Nicholson, 2016).

Another feminist fact about Ancient Irish poetry is that what we know today was as alliteration was named after women. It was referred to as “brichtu ban, brechtaib ban”, which roughly translates as “charms of women”. (Stifter, 2016) This technique is found in almost all surviving bardic poetry from its inception to its end. I do find it odd that such a prevalent term was named after women’s ability to speak in an enchanting manner, and yet that this very same society supposedly would not let these women write their hypnotic words down.

Compared to other countries Ireland has quite a lot of surviving poetry, but it’s only a small selection of what was written at the time. Many recorded works of poetry were destroyed in 686 AD after the Saxons raided Ireland, and again in 798 AD when the Vikings settled. Their cultures were more sexist than that of the Celts and their prejudice might be another reason why there are so few works that are credited to a woman from this period. The Saxons and Vikings were not completely able to destroy Celtic culture and bardic poetry, however, despite their best efforts; the bardic tradition managed to continue for hundreds of years after their arrival.

Poetry in Ireland began to shift during its Tudor conquest between 1529 and 1603. Queen Elizabeth brought the first English poets over to Ireland as she was claiming land, one of the most famous examples being Sir Walter Raleigh. This sexist poet’s writings did not have much influence on the Emerald Isle; in fact, in Éirinn he is most notable for the assumption that he planted the first potato in Ireland, even though this is pure speculation and it is far more likely this was done by a Spanish man or woman. (McNeill, 1949)

After England conquered the country in 1601 and Hugh O’Neill surrendered, bardic schools began to shut down. One of Ireland’s most infamous literary controversies — the Contention of the Bards — occurred during this time period. The bards attacked each other through verse, and it brought the end to their influence on the country. Bards were now just known as poets and it was becoming rare for poetry to be one's full-time occupation. Since there were no more kings, poets had to adapt and find patronage from the English settlers. Most of these settlers wanted their poems in English, not Irish, and thus a shift in language began to occur. Many refused to take part in it as it interfered with their Catholic beliefs; those wealthy enough migrated to Catholic countries in continental Europe to study poetry in college. Unfortunately, no one would fund these poor Catholic writers, so almost all of their work has been lost. As Protestant England was an extremely sexist society (even when it was ruled by a queen, ironically), women were discouraged from becoming poets as well.

The harsh Penal Laws put in place in Ireland by England forbade the teaching of the Irish language and poetry to Catholics. To circumvent this people pretended (often unsuccessfully) to be Protestant, or else taught children in secret 'hedge schools'. Hedge schools kept the tradition of Irish poetry alive, but if people were caught teaching in them or being secret poets they were arrested and punished. In Cork in 1584, 71 men an 1 woman were arrested. She was named Mary-ny-Dononoghue and dubbed by the presentation to the jury as “she-barde” and “rhymer”.

Before we get into the bleak sexism, I’d like to bring up two notable female poets who existed in the 17th and 18th centuries: Mary Monck and Charlotte Brooke. Both women come from wealthy backgrounds and married rich men, so they were able to avoid punishment as a result. Monck was multilingual and spoke English, Latin, Italian and Spanish. Many of her works can be found in the 1775 collection Poems by Eminent Ladies, which is definitely worth a read. Unfortunately for some reason in this collection Monck is miscredited as Mrs. Monk! Brooke was homeschooled by her father, who was also a writer. She was interested in the Irish language and became bilingual through hours of study. She not only wrote poems, but translated them too; yet despite being just as talented as her male counterparts, if not more, she was never accorded the same respect as them. Her poetry is rich in storytelling and employs a multitude of techniques, including an effective application of the most obvious ones: rhyme, repetition and rhythm. Monck is also very skilled in her writing; we will discuss possible reasons for why they have been forgotten by history later.

We see the first signs of widespread sexist poems in Ireland during this time frame. Epithalamia made their way to Eirinn in the writings of Dáibhí Ó Bruadair. While epithalamia in theory do not have to be sexist, almost all of the ones written during these times treated the women as inferior to men. There is also the establishment of poetry circles that would only allow male members; the most notable of these was Seán Ó Tuama’s and Andrias MacRait’s Maigue Poets. (Joyce, 1961)

Aodhagán Ó Rathaille’s aisling was invented in this time period and it constitutes one of the most uncomfortable forms of poetry I have ever witnessed. Aislings are set in dreams where women appear to the poet; often the woman appearing in such a dream is an anthropomorphic depiction of Ireland. This poetic brought the Mother Ireland concept into popular culture. Filmmaker Pat Murphy summed up it best when describing Mother Ireland in an excellent 1991 documentary about that subject: “[Mother Ireland] is not a positive image, the associations I have with it are not positive ones, I actually think it’s a wrong thing to do – to call a country after a woman – because it gets into those kind of areas where a country is to be won, or penetrated, or ploughed. And it means that women aren’t seen for themselves”. (Crilly, 1991)

Unfortunately, the concept of Mother Ireland did not stop at one poem; it was featured in several of Ó Rathaille’s aislings, as well as aislings written by other men. The concept transcends the aisling form and poets such as Thomas Moore began writing poems about Mother Ireland. The most notable of his poems about this oppressive concept is The Origin of the Harp, which inspired an equally sexist painting by Daniel Maclise in the 19th century. Even Roisin Dubh, which was an innocent poem about a man being in love with a woman, was weaponised by Owen Roe Mac Ward and turned into a poem about Mother Ireland. It has been widely sung by masses since the 18th century, unknowingly (or not) oppressing millions of women.

Well Tikki Troops, that was a lot to take in for part one, was it not? I decided split this blessay into parts because I did not want to overwhelm you all! The next blessay will cover 19th century poetry up today; despite covering a much shorter period, there are more poems that exist in its time frame. How will Irishwomen combat this Mother Ireland archetype — or will they at all? How will the most famous Irish poets, including Becket, Joyce, Heaney, Wilde and Yeats fit into this narrative? You’ll find out next time! But be patient with me as I try to perfect part two. :^)

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23:57 ROB TARDIK - Christmas Morning (feat. Warren Hill) 23:54 ATTILA ZAVODI - Beetle by the Road 23:49 PAUL BROWN - Wes' Coast Swing 23:45 NILS - Waiting on Hold 23:41 NAJEE - Face to Face 23:37 BRENDAN ROTHWELL - Meant to Be 23:33 VINCENT INGALA - When I'm With You 23:29 MARCUS ANDERSON - Let The Praise 23:23 EUGE GROOVE - God Bless You 23:19 JACKIEM JOYNER - Let Me Love You 23:14 NORMAN BROWN - Just Groovin' 23:09 GREGG KARUKAS - Believe in Me 23:05 PETER WHITE - Piece Of The City 23:00 RICHARD ELLIOT - Back to You 22:58 LUSTRAL - Someone (Original Mix) 22:53 351 LAKE SHORE DRIVE - Summernights 22:49 LOWLAND - Children (Orchestral Version) 22:45 KRONO, CIMO FRANKEL - Sweet Goodbye 22:39 GUENTER HAAS - Secret Diary 22:35 NADIA ALI - Is It Love 22:31 THE UNDERDOG PROJECT - Winter Jam (Acoustic Version) 22:27 JOHN O'CALLAGHAN, AUDREY GALLAGHER - Big Sky (Acoustic Mix) 22:23 YANNI - Can't Wait 22:16 EUPHONIC TRAVELLER - Pont Notre Name (original mix) 22:12 FABERLIQUE, SYNTHETICSAX, K.S.PROJECT - Fantasy 22:06 SYNTHETICSAX - Here Workin' (Dj Rostej Original Remix) 22:02 JOHN DAHLBACK - Shivers (Acoustic Version) 21:57 MANDALAY - It's Enough Now 21:54 MARCUS SCHOSSOW, ANDY DUGUID, EMMA HEWITT - Light (Acoustic Version) 21:48 MARGA SOL - Prayer For Love (Soul Avenue's Balearic Blues Mix) 21:44 PABLO NOUVELLE - Is It Ok 21:39 THE DO - Too Insistent (Trentemoller Remix) 21:31 VINTAGE, MORELLI - Tree Of Life (Magnetik Remix) 21:26 VELVET DREAMER - Sky is Falling (Mo'jardo Remix) 21:20 JENS BUCHERT - Bug in Mind (Vocal Mix) 21:16 LINKIN PARK - My December 21:11 MARTINIQUE LE SOUFFLEUR - Sound Of Panama 21:07 SUNLOUNGER, SEIS CUERDAS - A Balearic Dinner (Chill Mix) 21:02 SUNLOUNGER, ZARA TAYLOR - Crawling (Chill Version) 20:56 SUNLOUNGER, ZARA TAYLOR - Try To Be Love (Chill Out Mix) 20:52 ROGER SHAH, SUNLOUNGER - Trademark White (Omega 3 Bossachill Remix) 20:46 SUNLOUNGER, ZARA TAYLOR - Lost (Chill Version) 20:39 THE THRILLSEEKERS - Dreaming of You (Tranquilo's Ambient Mix) 20:36 SYLVERING - Strangelove 20:30 SUNLONGER - Change Your Mind (Chill Version) 20:24 SIMON LE GREC, DENISE GUTTENBACH - Touch Me (Original Mix) 20:20 SOUND BEHAVIOUR - Comfort Zone 20:14 SMOOTH DELUXE - Boulevard Rouge 20:08 ASHENI - Only Magic (Chris Wonderful Remix) 20:05 MARIUS NEDELCU, RED HEAD - Rain (Acoustic Version) 20:02 FARUK SABANCI, CAMI - Awaken (Zetandel Chill Out Mix) 19:58 PAROV STELAR - Milla's Dream 19:54 COLLIN MCLOUGHLIN - Stereo Hearts (DJ Lime El Project Chill Remixes) 19:50 EMMA HEWITT - These Days Are Ours (Zetandel Chill Out Mix) 19:45 REUNITED - Sing It Back (Shazz Man Chill Mix) 19:41 ATB & TILSEN - Faith (Original Mix) 19:36 ATB - With You! (Original Mix) 19:32 ATB, AMURAI - Love & Light (Downtempo Mix) 19:27 SIMMONDS, JONES - Home (Vox Mix) 19:21 HEADSTRONG, KIRSTY HAWKSHAW - Love Calls (Floris De Hann Chillout Mix) 19:18 LEO ROJAS - Chaski 19:15 KENNY G, LOUIS ARMSTRONG - What A Wonderful World 19:11 LEMONGRASS, JANE MAXIMOVA - Frozen Boy 19:05 MATT DAREY, KATE LOUISE SMITH - See The Sun (Original Mix) 19:01 ROBERT NICKSON - Spiral (Chillout Mix) 18:56 LA CAINA - Mona 18:52 CHRIS REECE - Overflow 18:47 ANDAIN - Beautiful Things (Andain Piano Version) 18:42 CONJURE ONE - Sleep 18:38 DEEPER SUBLIME - I've Got You (Original Mix) 18:34 PIANOCHOCOLATE - Forgotten Love 18:28 RUSLAN-SET, V.RAY - The Voice Of Star (Union Sense Remix) 18:25 ANDY MOOR, CARRIE SKIPPER - So Much More (Ambient Mix) 18:18 BRIAN CULBERTSON - The Look 18:14 SARAH MENESCAL - Don't Speak (Reggae Version) 18:09 SHAUN ESCOFFERY - Let it Go (4 Hero Mix featuring Jason Rebello) 18:05 SEVEN24 - Rescue Me (Original Mix) 18:00 SILENCE OF SEPTEMBER - Sleep Of Reason 17:56 METAHARMONIKS - Star 17:51 MICHAEL E - Promise 17:46 ALBERT ST. BARTH - Sabor Do Lounge 17:42 ALY & FILA - Rosaires (Chill Out Mix) 17:39 ALY & FILA, JWAYDAN - We Control the Sunlight (Chill Out Mix) 17:34 TIFF LACEY - Show Me The Way (Acoustic Mix) 17:29 PROJECT BLUE SUN - Angels 17:24 BLANK & JONES, CORALIE CLEMENT - Days Go By (Cantoma Mix) 17:19 BLANK & JONES - Counting Clouds 17:13 BLANK & JONES, STEVE KILBEY - Revealed (Bliss Mix) 17:09 BLANK & JONES, DELERIUM, RANI - Fallen (Chillout Mix) 17:05 BLANK & JONES, JASON CAESAR - Pura Vida (De-Phazz Mix) 17:00 CLAUDE CHAGALL - Sunset Buddha 16:57 PAUL BROWN - The City 16:52 NILS - You've Got a Friend 16:48 QUINTIN GERARD W. - Cruisin' On Taxi Way 16:43 NAJEE - Bella Vista 16:38 JOY RIDE - Joy Ride 16:35 KEITH ANDREW - It's A Party 16:31 VASSAL BENFORD - Melody Man 16:26 BRENDAN ROTHWELL - Diamond 16:22 JAZZ HOLDOUTS - April and May 16:17 VINCENT INGALA - K 16:13 DIRK K - It's On 16:08 FRANK PIOMBO - Luv Dat Smooth Latte (Nicos Theme) 16:04 BRAD ALEXANDER - Yearning for Your Love 16:00 BRIAN SIMPSON - So Many Ways 15:56 KIM WATERS - Hidden Treasure 15:53 PATRICK YANDALL - Let's Flow 15:48 THREESTYLE - Giant (feat. Magdalena Chovancova & Robert Fertl) 15:44 GREGORY GOODLOE - All the Way 15:40 GINO ROSARIA, MARCUS ANDERSON - Night Groove 15:36 DARREN MOTAMEDY - All About Love 15:29 EUGE GROOVE - Love, Passion, and Joy 15:26 JACKIEM JOYNER - Born to Fly 15:21 KIM SCOTT - Free To Be (Feat. Jazmin Ghent) 15:18 MARCUS ANDERSON - Your Cha' Cha' 15:13 NORMAN BROWN - The Feeling I Get 15:08 GREGG KARUKAS - Isabella 15:05 PETER WHITE - How Deep Is Your Love 15:00 JEFF KASHIWA - Back In The Day 14:59 RICHARD ELLIOT - Seven Sacred Pools 14:55 KEN NAVARRO - Pulse Point 14:50 PAUL BROWN - Ol' Skoolin' 14:46 NILS - Off to the Races 14:42 NAJEE - Speak Love! 14:38 ANDRE CAVOR - Heaven 14:34 KEITH ANDREW - Cielo (feat. Chris Standring) 14:29 ZOLBERT - Julia 14:25 TONY SAUNDERS - Summertime Love 14:21 BRENDAN ROTHWELL - My Time 14:17 VINCENT INGALA - Sunset On Marco 14:12 INCOGNITO - Selfishly 14:07 ISAAC BYRD JR. - Rebirth 14:03 J. WHITE - Spirit Walk 14:00 RICK HABANA - On My Way 14:00 K'JON - Live, Love & Laughter 13:55 R.L. WALKER - Off The Corner 13:51 RAGAN WHITESIDE - Meu Amigo, Meu Amante 13:47 SHARON RAE NORTH - Heart of Mine 13:43 WAYMAN TISDALE - Rebound (feat. Dave Koz) 13:39 VANN BURCHFIELD - Long Ago 13:35 ANDY SNITZER - On and On 13:31 LAWSON ROLLINS - Bossa Nova California 13:27 ROBERTO VAZQUEZ - Thinking of You 13:22 EUGE GROOVE - This Must Be For Real 13:17 JACKIEM JOYNER - Sweetness 13:13 MARCUS ANDERSON - With All My Heart 13:09 NORMAN BROWN - Ocean Breeze 13:04 GREGG KARUKAS - Speakeasy 13:00 PETER WHITE - My Prayer 12:57 RICHARD ELLIOT - Snapshot 12:54 DAN SIEGEL - Street Talk 12:50 KEN NAVARRO - Language Of Peace 12:45 PAUL BROWN - Feel The Love 12:42 NILS - Coast to Coast 12:37 NAJEE - Center of the Heart 12:33 KEITH ANDREW - Take It Slow 12:30 PHIL DENNY - Urban Troubadour 12:26 RANDY MULLER BOOM CHANG BANG - Sunnyside Up 12:22 MARCO ALBANI - Freedom (feat. Martino Onorato, Umberto Vitiello) 12:18 BRENDAN ROTHWELL - Foundation 12:13 VINCENT INGALA - Night Flight 12:09 MARIUS BILLGOBENSON - Joy 12:04 TERENCE YOUNG - Still Here 12:00 ROBERTO RESTUCCIA - 1985 11:58 RICK BRAUN - Notorius 11:54 ROBERT CHRISTA - Casa Romantica 11:49 PATRICK BRADLEY - Meant to Be (feat. Darren Rahn) 11:45 DREW DAVIDSEN - Alexander's Dream 11:40 JACOB WEBB - With You Tonight 11:36 JOEL THIBAULT - Last Dream 11:32 JAEE LOGAN - You Can't Love Her 11:27 NICK COLLIONNE - What You Do To Me 11:22 CHRISTOPHE GOZE - We'll Meet Again (2022 Version) 11:19 BEN TANKARD, NICHOLAS COLE - Every Praise 11:14 EUGE GROOVE - Romeo & Juliet 11:09 JACKIEM JOYNER - Double Bass 11:04 MARCUS ANDERSON - Your Will 11:00 NORMAN BROWN - My Window To Heaven 10:59 GREGG KARUKAS - Jamba Samba 10:55 PETER WHITE - If Only For You 10:50 RICHARD ELLIOT - Island Style 10:46 KEN NAVARRO - My Beautiful Girls 10:41 PAUL BROWN - The City (Instrumental) 10:37 NILS - Windsurfer 10:33 NAJEE - Better 10:29 KEITH ANDREW - East Peak 10:25 RICHARD SMITH - Groove Assets 10:21 BLAKE AARON - If You Were Mine 10:17 NICK COLIONNE - Uncle Nick 10:13 BRENDAN ROTHWELL - Solitude 10:09 VINCENT INGALA - What's Option B 10:04 THE SMOOTH JAZZ ALLEY - Morning Jog 10:00 JAMES LLOYD - Within Reach 09:57 JAWANZA KOBIE - Let Me Lead 09:53 DR. DAVE, THE HOUSECALL BAND - G.B. Style (Revisited Version) 09:48 JAZMIN GHENT - Great Is Thy Faithfulness 09:44 DARRON COOKIE - Back at It Again 09:40 FUNKTASTIC PLAYERS - Summer Winds 09:36 JEFF RYAN - Up and Up 09:31 RONNY SMITH - Laid Back (Remix) 09:27 PHIL CASAGRANDE - Love's Theme 09:23 EVERETT B WALTERS - Mom's Biscuits 09:17 JAZZ FUNK SOUL - Timmendorfer By The Sea 09:12 MEZZOFORTE - Sizzle 09:10 EUGE GROOVE - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 09:05 KIM SCOTT - People Make the World Go 'round 09:00 JACKIEM JOYNER - In Your Eyes 08:55 CHIELI MUNICCI - Kickin' It Hard 08:52 MARCUS ANDERSON - Style Meets Substance 08:47 GREGG KARUKAS - Blue Touch 08:43 NORMAN BROWN - Easy Livin' 08:39 PETER WHITE - Stormfront 08:34 RICHARD ELLIOT - Boogie 08:29 KEN NAVARRO - In The Sky Today 08:25 NILS - Don't Hold Back 08:20 NICHOLAS COLE - Sugar 08:17 PAUL BROWN - End Of The Day 08:13 NICK COLIONNE - Call Me Love 08:09 BRENDAN ROTHWELL - Destiny 08:05 VINCENT INGALA - Caught Me By Surprise 08:00 CINDY BRADLEY - Grey Area 08:00 PAT BELLIVEAU - Lakeview Drive 07:54 NELSON RANGELL - Far Away Day 07:50 MICHAEL HAGGINS - Gift To The World 07:46 MARION MEADOWS - Real Time 07:43 AL DEGREGORIS - After a Rain 07:39 MARK JAIMES - Evenin' (feat. OLI SILK) 07:33 CHRIS STANDRING - Out of the Blue 07:29 JIM ADKINS - Turning Point 07:25 MICHAEL MANSON, BEN TANKARD - Right Turn Ahead 07:21 GREG MANNING - Grateful (feat. Judah Sealy) 07:17 DANIEL DOMENGE - Always to Run 07:14 MIKE PHILLIPS - Cruisin' On Sunset 07:09 EUGE GROOVE - Hey Boo 07:05 BYRON MILLER - Just a Feeling 07:00 REZA KHAN - Painted Stories 06:56 KIM SCOTT - Treetops 06:51 JACKIEM JOYNER - Unforgiven 06:47 MARCUS ANDERSON - Cappuccino Strut 06:42 GREGG KARUKAS - Home To You 06:38 NORMAN BROWN - Brighter My Light Shines 06:33 PETER WHITE - The Closer I Get To You 06:29 RICHARD ELLIOT - Adia 06:25 KEN NAVARRO - By My Side 06:20 NILS - Pacific Coast Highway 06:16 PAUL BROWN - Side Steppin' 06:13 NICK COLIONNE - Romantic Nites 06:09 NICHOLAS COLE - It Ain't Over 06:04 BRENDAN ROTHWELL - Carmel 06:00 VINCENT INGALA - This Or That 05:55 BRIAN BROMBERG - The Anticipation 05:52 PHILLIP DOC MARTIN - It's U 05:47 TIM BOWMAN - Soul Dream 05:42 NAJEE - Bounce 05:38 MARION MEADOWS - Step to This 05:34 ALEXANDER ZONJIC - Night Crawler 05:30 DEE BROWN - Wake Up 05:26 DEON YATES - Love On Top 05:21 RHYTHM LOGIC - From the Hip 05:17 AL DEGREGORIS - Mauritius 05:12 JONATHAN FRITZEN - The Jungle 05:08 EUGE GROOVE - Hide And Seek 05:04 KAREN DEVROOP - Sunset in Koh Samui 05:00 KARLTON JONES - The Answer 04:56 496 WEST - Maputo 04:53 DAMIEN ESCOBAR - Night Drive 04:48 KIM SCOTT - Billie Jean 04:43 JACKIEM JOYNER - Lil' Man Soul 04:39 MARCUS ANDERSON - No Time To Waste 04:35 GREGG KARUKAS - Green Hills 04:31 NORMAN BROWN - Feeling The Way 04:26 PETER WHITE - No Woman No Cry 04:22 RICHARD ELLIOT - Panamera 04:18 KEN NAVARRO - Touch 04:14 NILS - We Got Love 04:10 PAUL BROWN - What About Bob 04:05 NICK COLIONNE - The Connection 04:00 NICHOLAS COLE - Endless Possibilities 03:59 BRENDAN ROTHWELL - Tell Me 03:55 REZA KHAN, DAVID MANN - Under the Moon 03:51 VINCENT INGALA - Turkey Strut 03:47 PHILLIP DOC MARTIN - Pardon Me 03:43 TIM BOWMAN - Wanda Patrice 03:38 KIM WATERS - Swept Away 03:34 MARION MEADOWS - Invisible 03:30 BLAIR BRYANT - That Girl 03:26 STEVE OLIVER - Slingshot 03:22 THE SAX PACK - The Sax Pack 03:17 KAYLA WATERS - Lil' Mustard Seed 03:13 AL DEGREGORIS - Into The Night, Al DeGregoris 03:07 EUGE GROOVE - Chillaxin 03:04 JOEL DEL ROSARIO - Delicious Vinyl Outro 03:00 DEE LUCAS - The Time Is Now 02:56 KEIKO MATSUI - Return To Eternity 02:52 ART RUPRECHT - Coast to Coast 02:48 RAINFOREST BAND - Gumbo Groove 02:44 3RD FORCE - Compassion Passion 02:39 KIM SCOTT - Landscapes 02:34 JACKIEM JOYNER - Back To Motown 02:29 MARCUS ANDERSON - From The Heart 02:24 GREGG KARUKAS - Mesa Moon 02:20 NORMAN BROWN - Down Here On The Ground 02:16 PETER WHITE - Don't Want To Be A Fool 02:12 RICHARD ELLIOT - Shotgun 02:08 KEN NAVARRO - Island Life 02:04 NILS - Night Flyer 02:00 PAUL BROWN - Midnight Kiss 01:58 NICK COLIONNE - The Journey 01:54 NICHOLAS COLE - Triple Threat (feat. Julian Vaughn & Marcus Anderson) 01:49 AL GOMEZ - Devotion 01:45 VINCENT INGALA - Kimi Trick 01:39 CHRIS GODBER - Sophisticated 01:36 PHILLIP DOC MARTIN - Groove Love 01:32 TIM BOWMAN - Let It Shine 01:28 MARION MEADOWS - Dreamin 01:24 STEVE OLIVER - Wings Of Spring 01:18 KIM WATERS - With Open Arms 01:13 DAVE KOZ - I Believe 01:09 AL DEGREGORIS - Sandbox 01:04 EUGE GROOVE - Truly Emotional 01:00 GIL - You & Me 00:59 ROD TATE - Back Together 00:55 DANCING FANTASY - Take The Night Train 00:51 JOYCE COOLING - Green Impala 00:47 KOOL&KLEAN - Cruise 00:43 JAY KING - Baby Lets Dance Tonight 00:39 ALAN, RITA BLAKE - Return of the Mack 00:36 BE'NE MUSIC - Just You Just Me 00:32 KIM SCOTT - I'm Every Woman (feat. Althea Rene & Ragan Whiteside) 00:27 JACKIEM JOYNER - Round The World 00:23 MARCUS ANDERSON - Hazelnut 00:19 GREGG KARUKAS - Floating in Bahia 00:14 PETER WHITE - Chasing The Dawn 00:10 NORMAN BROWN - I Won't Hurt You 00:05 RICHARD ELLIOT - Chill Factor 00:00 KEN NAVARRO - A World Of Our Own