Jan. 23, 2001 Le Repos' Featured Site of the Day! St. Anthony's Monastery This particular site is very close to my heart - and to my home. If you are planning a trip this summer, consider St. Anthony's in Kennebunkport, ME. The monastery grounds are like a piece of Heaven, and it's practically on the beach. A "visitor's center" is maintained on the grounds. The best of all though - is the Franciscans! This is a center of faithfulness and love for the Holy Father! Kennebunk is also the summer home of former President George Bush. The quaint Maine seacoast town is a favorite for vactioners. Thought of the Day     "Through Divine Grace we are at the beginning of a new year. God alone knows whether we shall reach the end of it, so we should spend it in reparation for the past and in preparing for the future with good resolutions. Good works go hand in hand with good intentions." (Epist. IV, p966)   Padre Pio Bush to Block Funds to Overseas Abortion Providers CLICK HERE for the entire article at Fox News. Prominent Democrat Takes Stand Against Abortion CLICK HERE to read the original at NewsMax. Medjugorje waits for another shoe to drop CLICK HERE for the full story at Spirit Daily. The Beginning of the End of Our Privacy? - ARCHIVED CLICK HERE for the rest of the story.     First came rumors of tiny biochips to help us keep track of our belongings ... then came the "wonderful" uses it would have when applied to people ... then came the "Digital Angel" ... and now - we work our way up to making such things seem to be a necessary part of our everyday life ... JOHN PAUL II BLESSES LAMBS ON FEAST OF ST. AGNES VATICAN CITY, JAN 20, 2001 (VIS) - Pope John Paul, continuing an ancient tradition, this morning blessed several baby lambs whose wool will be used to make the palliums given every year to new metropolitan archbishops as symbols of their office. The ceremony took place in a room adjacent to the Paul VI Hall. The blessing of the lambs, who are under one year of age, takes place on or near the January 21 feast of St. Agnes for whom the traditional symbol is a lamb. This virgin-martyr died about 350 and is buried in the basilica named after her on Rome's Via Nomentana. Traditionally the lambs are raised by the Trappist fathers of the Abbey of the Three Fountains and, when shorn, their wool is made into the palliums by the sisters of St. Cecilia. In a 1978 document, "Inter Eximina Episcopalis," Pope Paul VI restricted use of the pallium to the Pope and metropolitan archbishops, In 1984 Pope John Paul decreed that it would be conferred on the metropolitans by the Pope on the June 29 solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. Back to the top