Author: Joe

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Threat to Religion Classes at the European School

A number of religion classes are under threat at the European School.  The reason is that the number of children required by the school in order to ‘justify’ a religion class has been raised from 5 to 7.The 6th year class for the 2011 – 2012 school year has already been cancelled.   When the second European School opens in Mamer in 2012 further classes will be threatened with closure, as there will be  fewer students in each class.  We ask you to click on the links below and sign the petition that applies to you.  One petition, as you see, is for parishioners in general, the other is for parents who have children at the European school.

Many thanks for your cooperation.

       
        Online version of the Petition for Parishioners

        http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ParishEU/petition.html
       
       
        Online version of the Petition for Parents

        http://www.petitiononline.com/EParents/petition.html

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The Scripture Cake recipe

Several parisioners have asked whether they could have the recipe to the Scripture Cake that Cheryl Kouba made for the Coffee after Mass last Sunday…..so here it is!

The recipe comes from Sarah Ban Breathnach’s book, Mrs. Sharp’s Traditions.  She states, “When the family has friends over for Sunday afternoon tea, one Victorian teatime favorite is Scripture cake, a delicious confection made only from ingredients mentioned in the Bible.  Victorian homemakers, who were expected to know their Bible as well as their cookbooks, had to decipher the mysterious ingredients…”

Ingredients:

1 cup Psalms 55:21

1 cup Jeremiah 6:20

3 Jeremiah 17:11

1 tablespoon I Samuel 14:25

½ cup Judges 4:19

2 ¼ cups Leviticus 6:15

1 tablespoon Amos 4:5

2 teaspoons II Chronicles 9:9

A pinch Leviticus 2:13

1½ cups I Samuel 30:12

1 cup Numbers 13:23

½ cup Numbers 17:8”

“…but Mrs. Sharp will help you out!”

Key:

1 cup (or 2 sticks) butter

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 tablespoon honey

½ cup milk

2¼ cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

2 teaspoons spice mixture:  1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg

A pinch of salt

1½ cups raisins

1 cup chopped figs

½ cup chopped almonds

Instructions:

“Preheat oven to 350°F.  Butter and flour a loaf pan.

Many Victorian versions of Scripture cake end by advising cooks to blend together and follow King Solomon’s  advice for rearing a well-behaved child, found in Proverbs 23:14 – or, to translate, ‘beat well’.

In a large bowl, cream the butter (an electric beater works well) until light, beating in the sugar a tablespoon at a time until fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.  Stir in honey and milk.  Sift together the dry ingredients:  flour, salt, baking powder, and spices.  Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, blending until thoroughly mixed.  Stir in the raisins, figs, and almonds.

Turn mixture in baking pan.  Bake for 50 minutes.”

Enjoy!

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Young Christian Adults Group

A couple of years ago I was approached by the Anglican Community who have regular meetings of young Christians in their 20’s and 30’s to discuss questions of faith and  share experiences.  The meetings are informal and there’s usually a glass of wine and a pizza.  They would dearly like to have some young people from other Christian communities – like ours.  One of our parishioners, Jenny McDevitt, attends regularly and was wondering if there were any others who would like to come along. 

If you’re interested – and I imagine it’s a very enriching experience –  please contact me at 470039 or better,  contact Jenny McDevitt at 691 977521, or email: jmcdevi@franklintempleton.com