Holiday Preview: La Roche Festival of Lights is Tonight
Admission is free to all events.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Friday, November 30, 2012
Holiday Preview: La Roche Festival of Lights
Admission is free to all events.
La Roche College and the Sisters of Divine Providence host their much-anticipated Festival of Lights tonight, Dec. 7. Equitable Gas sponsors the community wide event, open to everyone. Families have been coming from all around the North Hills for the past 16 years to celebrate this annual transition into winter and the holiday season. The festival begins at 3 p.m. with a craft show, featuring a variety of vendors and artists, in the Zappala College Center. There are activities for children, including crafts, games, and a visit from Santa in the Kerr Fitness & Sports Center. Other activities include carriage rides around campus, ice sculpting, games and the night concludes with a fireworks display. Admission is free to all the events…
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Pittsburgh North People for Peace to Present Forum on Separation of Church and State
Attorney Mary Traupman, who is a Sister of Divine Providence, will lead the presentation and discussion.
The Pittsburgh North People for Peace will sponsor a forum at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Kearns Spirituality Center, 9000 Babcock Blvd. The forum is titled “Voting Our Consciences: Separation of Church and State.” Attorney Mary Traupman, who is a Sister of Divine Providence, will lead the presentation and discussion. In this election year, the subject of religion and politics has raised questions of primary importance: What are the Constitutional issues? All are invited to come, learn and discuss. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 412-367-0383 or email pnpp@verizon.net.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
As Iraq War Ends, So Does Years-Long Local Vigil to Protest It
Monday night marks the final vigil along Babcock Boulevard in McCandless in which North Hills residents have displayed their opposition to the Iraq War.
Every Monday for the last eight years, North Hills residents have held a peace vigil to protest the war in Iraq along Babcock Boulevard on the grounds of Divine Providence in McCandless. With the war ending, Monday night marked the last time that Pittsburgh North People for Peace and the Sisters of Divine Providence would come together to sponsor the vigils. North Hills Patch was on hand to speak with some of those who have held vigil to show their opposition throughout the Iraq war. Among the thoughts shared with us:
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Local Activists End Eight Years of Vigil, Protest Against Iraq War
The groups have conducted weekly vigils along Babcock Boulevard in McCandless at the grounds of Divine Providence.
Pittsburgh North People for Peace and the Sisters of Divine Providence today will conclude eight years of weekly peace vigils along Babcock Boulevard on the grounds of Divine Providence in McCandless to protest the war in Iraq. When the two groups came together during the first year of the war to sponsor the vigils, the commitment they made was, “We will continue as long as the war continues.” Because President Barack Obama announced that all combat troops will be home by the end of the year and the last troops left Iraq Sunday, the activists conducting the vigils decided that their last gathering would be from 4:30 to 5 p.m. today Each week people—ranging from as few as two to as many as 40—have trudged to the edge of the road …
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12:15 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
"It is truly a shame that the trillions spent on war (as well as the banking industry under Bush's watch) have left all our young people scrambling for jobs and money for schooling."...You are entitled to your opinion of Bush, but the fact is he did almost nothing without the advice and consent of Congress which was pretty much split between the Republicans and Democrats during his administration. more ›