Catholic Engaged Encounter: NO HEADLINE
Surrounded by his collection of Snoopy paraphernalia from the Peanuts comic strip, the Rev. Peter Horton presents a humorous, down-to-earth persona in his office on the La Roche College campus in McCandless. His license plate reads I-Snoopy and he decorates his Christmas tree with Snoopy ornaments.Horton, director of Campus Ministry and Community Service at La Roche, believes his love for the Charles Schulz character is a holdover from the time his late father read him the comics when he...
Catholic Engaged Encounter: Redmond City Council
The seven members serve four-year terms. The council positions are part-time and pay $800 a month. Pos. 1 Christine Discoe Age: 34 Residence: Redmond Occupation: Former English-as-a-second-language college teacher and English composition instructor. Raising two children and working part-time at Redmond Town Center Education: B.A., French literature, University of California; M.A., linguistics, University of South Carolina Related political or community...
Catholic Engaged Encounter: Could 'Marriage Policy' cut Utah's divorce rate?,
Before "I do": The program unites community clergy in requiring preparation, education and support of couples; Policies on marriage may lower divorce
Michael J. McManus has crisscrossed the country championing the idea that a lot of bad marriages -- and eventual divorces -- could be avoided if clergy required engaged couples to get premarital education. Now McManus is bringing that message to Utah, and he is making the point with what may be a precedent-setting study by The Institute for Research and Evaluation of Salt Lake City.The study found the divorce rate in U.S. counties that adopt a "Community Marriage...
Catholic Engaged Encounter: NO HEADLINE
Kimberly Tillotson Fleming of Allison Park has been elected to the La Roche College board of regents.Fleming is president of Hefren Tillotson Inc. and serves as a Magee-Womens Health Foundation board member. * Alycia Bittner of Gibsonia received The Charles C. Ellis Endowed Memorial Scholarship during Juniata College's Spring Awards Convocation May 2. The award is given to students who demonstrate unusual scholarly competence and citizenship. Bittner, who is studying...
Catholic Engaged Encounter: BEFORE TYING THE KNOT . . . PRE-WEDDING COUNSELING CAN HELP YOU SETTLE YOUR DIFFERENCES
You've found the person you're going to live with the rest of your life. But if you're like most other engaged couples, you'll spend more time planning your wedding than planning your life together."It's so easy when you're in the gauzy, romantic stage to try not to notice your differences," said Trudie Loubet, a counselor for Presbyterian Counseling Service. "We assume they...