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A Church of Second Chances and New Beginnings
Welcome to the Church of the
Beatitudes, where you are the arms and legs of Jesus Christ. We are a faith community of the Apostolic Catholic Church located
in Trainer,
Pennsylvania
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Rev. Bernard Callahan, Pastor
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We welcome all
as Christ. We are firmly rooted in Scripture as
we affirm the presence of
Christ in the poor, the needy and the oppressed.In the aposotlic catholic tradition, we find "communion" in community and relationship as well as in sacrament.
We
welcome all to share in Christ as we become His arms and legs in this world through apostolic service.
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From the Pastor,
The Church of the Beatitudes is
an Apostolic Catholic community dedicated to peace and social justice. It promotes that catholicity clearly demonstrated by
the early church in Acts, the Pauline Letters and the records of the Early Church Fathers. It competes with no other Christian
reflection and seeks cooperation with all in bringing about God's kingdom. In this we find Joy and Peace.
Becoming
a member is an acceptance that we are the arms and legs of Our Savior , Jesus Christ. As such we have faith journeys that
demand our extension well beyond a need for a comfortable Sunday Mass. As Christians we are and must be compassionate people
in a world of hate, greed and indifference.
We recognize that we have serious responsibilities and that we require
a level of MATURITY that refuses to recognize the willful forgetfulness of injustice and a blatant buy-in to a culture of
consuming at the expense of those who are poor and hungry. No, we are a real church, facing the realities of life around us.
As brothers and sisters we care for each other so that we have strength to care for
all. The spirit is willing yet the flesh is weak. That is true for all of us but we know that we are all strong in
Christ and can depend upon Him for guidance and support.
Come join
us in fulfilling the Lord's prayer and bringing about the reign of God on earth. Become a servant so that you may feel the
limitless power of the Spirit. Begin a journey that will end in your salvation and the salvation of those you touch. "Whatsoever
you do for the least of these, you do for me."
Father Bernie
We give our great grandchildren no chance of
existence on this planet because we allow corporations and capitalism to feed our own greed. The greatest generation is followed by the evil generation
that destroys it's own world and it's own children.
Let's not put up
tariff walls. Let's pass a law that we will import only from companies that provide a verifiable living wage and comprehensive healthcare to their employees. 80% of China's slave factories are owned by U.S. Companies. America would be instantly competitive.
Let's make Corporations pay income taxes especially since our "High" Court affirms that they are individuals. Imagine the revenues that we would have to heal our suffering society! Why do they pay no taxes ?Aren't there laws? We are to cut Social Security while they pay no taxes?
Capitalism demands profit at the expense of all other things.Is this the message of Jesus or is it the very opposite of the message of Jesus. Is it perhaps, anti-Christ?
FUN WITH YOUR MONEY 2010 Wall Street Bailout with NO ACCOUNTABILITY= $2,000,000,000.00+ Defense Spending with NO ACCOUNTABILITY= $10,000,000,000.00++Iraq War Spending with NO ACCOUNTABILITY= $2,000,000,000.00++Afghanistan War Spending with NO ACCOUNTABILITY= $3,000,000,000.00++Money for massive Job creation with major accountability=$0 Money for Education or relief for college students=$0 Money for Healthcare=$0 Money for unemployment or job training=$0Money for another Dick Cheney Heart=$ priceless WHY ARE WE NOT MARCHING
ON WASHINGTON?WALL STREET?
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Lisa is our Christian Education
Committee Chairperson
Chris is Assistant to
our Athletic Director
Dan is Our Athletic Director
Secretary and the Communication
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Social Sin 101
In the United States
the top 1 percent of wealth holders in 2001 together owned more than twice as much as the bottom 80 percent of the population.
If this were measured simply in terms of financial wealth, i.e., excluding equity in owner-occupied housing, the top 1 percent
owns more than four times the bottom 80 percent!
Mike Whitney
Counterpunch
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What is wanted now is not simply the Christian who takes an inner complacency in the words and example of Christ, but who
seeks to follow Christ perfectly, not only in his own personal life, not only in prayer and penance, but also in his political
commitments and in all social responsibilities.
We have certainly no need for a pseudo-contemplative spirituality that claims to ignore the world and its problems entirely,
and devotes itself supposedly to the things of God, without concern for human society. All true Christian spirituality, even
that of the Christian contemplative, is and must always be deeply concerned with man, since "God became man in order that
man might become God" (St. Irenaeus). The Christian spirit is one of compassion, of responsibility and of commitment. It
cannot be indifferent to suffering, to injustice, error, and untruth.
Thomas Merton. Peace in the Post-Christian Era. Edited by Patricia A. Burton (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004): 135.
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Feeding the Poor at a Sacrifice
In
the first centuries
of Christianity
the hungry were fed
at a personal sacrifice,
the naked were clothed
at
a personal sacrifice,
the homeless were sheltered
at personal sacrifice.
And because the poor
were fed,
clothed and sheltered
at a personal sacrifice,
the pagans used to say
about the Christians
"See how they love
each other."
In our own day
the poor are no longer
fed, clothed, sheltered
at a personal sacrifice,
but
at the expense
of the taxpayers.
And because the poor
are no longer
fed, clothed and sheltered
the
pagans say about the Christians
"See how they pass the buck."
Peter Maurin
Catholic Worker
Founder
Easy Essays
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Racism is America's sin of choice. It
has prevented our country from achieving greatness on the world stage and separated us from God. We have been punishing dark
skin in America since 1492.
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed
citizens
can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
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The Miracle of our Tabernacle
Our Wonderful New Home in Trainer!
Deo Gratias!
The Christmas Altar
A Christmas Welcome
Windows to the World
And you shall find him ...laying in a manger
The Apostolic Catholic Church
This is what we are about...
Isaiah 58 6-10
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to
set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the
poor wanderer with shelter;
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then
your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before
you,
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
you will
cry for help, and he will say: Here am I
"If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious
talk,
and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light
will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.
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The Apostolic Catholic Church is being blessed
with dynamic national growth. A well formed
clergy and laity is our continued strength.
Newly Ordained Deacon Rev. Dr. Pat Alexander (Florida)
Gives her first Blessing as Rev. Ms. Suzan Holderbaum (Michigan)looks on.
Rev. Trish Gaffney
(Maryland)
Rev. Suzan Holderbaum (Michigan)
Rev. Bernie Callahan, Pastor
Church of the Beatitudes (Pennsylvania)
Pat's Ordination
Church of the Beatitudes
Lansdowne, PA 10-14-07
Danielle and Fr. Bernie Provide music.
Breakfast at Lansdowne's famous
"Doyles" restaurant!
Father Bernie Leaves the Meeting
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth.......
What part don't you understand?
The Arms and Legs of Christ
Our Fifth Year
The Feast of the Assumption
Aug 15, 2007
Happy Anniversary!
In Loving Memory of Myra, Wife, Deacon
and an example to all of beatitude
One Million Iraqi Civilians (including 500,000 babies) killed by U.S. Sanctions after Gulf War I.
Over one million Iraqi civilians killed since post 9-11 U.S. invasion.
Matthew 10:37 - 11:1
"Whoever loves
father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
and
whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever
loses his life for my sake will find it.
"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one
who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward, and whoever receives a
righteous man, because he is righteous, will receive a righteous man's reward.
And whoever gives only a cup of cold water
to one of these little ones to drink, because he is a disciple, amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward."
They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the
prayers.
Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. All who believed were together and had
all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one's need.
Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their
meals with exultation and sincerity of heart,
praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
Acts 2: 44-47
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