On Fire Baby back in Acorn - ESPN
25 May 2012, 4:40 pm
The 3-year-old daughter of Smoke Glacken is part of a six-horse field for the $300,000 Acorn that includes Eight Belles Stakes winner Contested and Grade 3 winner Sacristy. All starters carry 121 pounds. The one-mile Acorn, which for the last ...

Accused priest: 'I was helping priests and helping victims as best I could' - CNN
24 May 2012, 5:21 am
"It's not as black and white as you're making it." When asked if his efforts helped a former altar boy molested in a church sacristy by now-defrocked priest Edward Avery during the 1998-99 school year, Lynn said he did what he could. "I did my ...

Italy earthquake devastates area's historical heritage - The Vancouver Sun
22 May 2012, 8:51 am
Paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries used to adorn the sacristy. Another strong symbol of the quake’s destructive force was the 14th century clock tower in nearby Finale Emilia. The first quake at 4:04 a.m. (0204 GMT) on Sunday split the ...

Irish nun quits Catholic church after claiming abuse at hands of priests - Irish Central
22 May 2012, 6:06 am
“I personally suffered terrible physical and mental abuse at the hands of Catholic priests - I was sexually assaulted, thrown across the sacristy, I saw another sister struck - but when I complained to the Archbishop, I was told to ‘sit down ...

A question about preaching: What’s so funny? - patheos.com
21 May 2012, 1:43 am
Sunday, my pastor and I were sitting in the sacristy, listening to a visiting priest preaching on the 7th Sunday of Easter.  Evidently, he was keeping the congregation in stitches. This priest was a goldmine of winsome stories and wry observations — a ...

Glen Rock native named brigadier general - NorthJersey.com
18 May 2012, 12:13 am
Last Sunday morning, Carol Knapp was working in the sacristy at St. Catharine's Church where she serves as a eucharistic minister, when her cell phone buzzed. It was her daughter, now Brigadier General Kristin Knapp French, calling to wish her a Happy ...

Charge Dropped in Priest-Abuse Trial - NBC Philadelphia
17 May 2012, 1:15 pm
Former priest Edward Avery -- deemed “guilty” on Lynn's 1994 list, and defrocked in 2006 -- pleaded guilty before trial to sexually assaulting an altar boy in a church sacristy in 1999. He is serving a 2-1/2- to five-year prison term.

Toledo, Spain: a cultural city guide - Daily Telegraph
17 May 2012, 9:54 am
In the vast Gothic cathedral, I’m beguiled by carved pews adorned with supernatural beasts, along with rich displays in the sacristy, before heading for the “army museum” inside the oft-battered Alcázar fortress – rebuilt several times since 10th ...

The Myth About Marriage - nybooks.com
9 May 2012, 12:05 pm
My non-Catholic father went along with a church wedding (but in the sacristy, not the sanctuary) by promising to raise his children as Catholic. My mother thought she had received the sacrament, but had she? Since mutual consent is the essence ...

Piece of Jesus' cross stolen from Fresno church - Republic
8 May 2012, 2:01 pm
A two-foot-long metal cross that holds the relic in a crystal at its center was taken from the church’s sacristy on May 1 or early May 2. The thieves used what appeared to be a sledgehammer to smash through a one-inch-thick stained-glass window.