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eMatrimony News Flash - December 10, 2006

Jack & Karen Baker and Ralph & Jane Becker
Marco & Irma Saldaña and Benny & Vicky Castro

eMatrimony News Flash
December 10, 2006

Thank you to all who have been visiting eMatrimony.org. We are sending this email to you because either you, or someone who loves you, asked us to send you updates about eMatrimony. If you have not yet visited eMatrimony.org, please do so. If you are bilingual in Spanish, be sure to click on the link Versión en Español at the top of the home page to see the wonderful work the Spanish-speaking sections are doing with eMatrimony.org/Spanish.

Dear Lovers,

Happy Advent and Merry Christmas! We pray that during the next few weeks of Advent you and your loved ones will find time to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Seeing Christmas decorations in stores, sometimes before Thanksgiving is over, puts us in secular overload and can numb us to the true importance of Jesus’ Birthday. Included in this News Flash under Family/Seasonal Activities are two articles the first Celebrating Christmas includes efforts to help children be a part of Jesus’ birthday. The second, Barn Mass Brings Home Advent for Central Florida, tells of a growing annual event to begin Advent.

Also highlighted in this News Flash are the following articles:

Under Resources/Miscellaneous
A Tribute to Staff Sergeant Joseph M. Kane, US Army is a poem offered by a cousin in remembrance of a hero who will never again be physically home for Christmas. Happy Birthday to You’s asks the question what kind of gifts we might receive if we considered our wedding anniversary as the birthday of us as a couple.

Under News/Section/Local
We get to share the local excitement in The Holy Spirit is Alive in the San Bernardino, CA. Community.

Under Family/Weekend Effect
An Open Letter invites us to consider what is involved in keeping the Weekend alive in our relationship.

Under Resources/History
This Year’s (1981) Convention is #10 takes us on a journey through the first nine Marriage Encounter conventions.

When you visit eMatrimony, please remember to check our Prayer Intentions page. Our family relies on your prayers when they ask us to include their special intentions.

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In Christ's Love,

Managing Editors:
Jack & Karen Baker
Bellevue, WA

English Editors:
Jack & Karen Baker
Bellevue, WA

Español Editores:
Marco & Irma Saldaña
San Diego, CA

English Webmasters:
Ralph & Jane Becker
Milford, MA

Español Soporte:
Benny & Vicky Castro
Chandler, AZ

eMatrimony Mission Statement:
As an online publication of Worldwide Marriage Encounter, eMatrimony serves as a resource to support, encourage, and challenge couples, priests, and religious to live the values of the WWME experience and grow stronger in their efforts to renew the church and change the world.

This News Flash can be found at:
www.eMatrimony.org/news/ematrimonynewsflash_20061210.htm

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