Markets - March 19th to 25th

SATURDAY 24TH MARCH
Ballarat Lakeside
Casey-Berwick
Churchill Island
Lancefield
Mansfield
Monty
Myrtleford
Newtown
Preston
Slow Food
Taste of Gold - Monash
Torquay Central
Traralgon
Yarraville

SUNDAY 25TH MARCH
Flemington
Kinglake
Manningham
Mt Eliza
Mulgrave
Yarrawonga

#311 - Honest

There is no ulterior motive for this... honest!

Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III

Shenouda III
3 August 1923 – 17 March 2012.

Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III

died today, Saturday 17 March
aged 88 years.
He was the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church for 40 years.

Week #199 - 17th March - Sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Good morning everyone.
Before we go on to this weeks challenge, will you please join us in wishing our lovely Saturday Girl Terry a very Happy Birthday for today, March 17th
Many Happy Returns Terry!
Love, The Girls xx

Yep, it's that time again, a new sketch challenge for you all :)

This week we are sponsored by the lovely Nikki from
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Thanks go to Nikki for her kind sponsorship and generous prize :)

Here's this weeks sketch...

Cor* (Our GDT) 

Here is her super fun card

and here's more beautiful cards made by The Saturdays...

Jilli

Jo

Susie

Donna

Jen

Lizy

Steph

Tracey

Paula

Cazza

Bente

Terry

Over to you crafty lot ... To be in with a chance of winning this weeks fab £10.00 gift certificate from Bunny Zoe's Crafts,  please leave a DIRECT LINK to your creation with Mr. Linky below .....x

Winner of challenge #198

The winner of last weeks challenge who wins a fabulous $25 shopping spree at  Simon Says Stamp is...

Sally H (Sallys World)  prize claimed

and here is her adorable winning card...

Congratulations Sally! :)
Please leave a comment here, then EMAIL ME before 6pm on Thursday so that I can let you know how you can claim your prize. Thank you.
Happy Shopping!

Jo xx

SSPX and the Holy See

Vatican City, 16 March 2012 (VIS) - Given below is the text of a communique relating to the Society of St. Pius X, released this morning by the Holy See Press Office.

"During the meeting of 14 September 2011 between Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and president of the Pontifical Commission 'Ecclesia Dei', and Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X, the latter was presented with a Doctrinal Preamble, accompanied by a Preliminary Note, as a fundamental basis for achieving full reconciliation with the Apostolic See. This defined certain doctrinal principles and criteria for the interpretation Catholic doctrine, which are necessary to ensure faithfulness to the Church Magisterium and 'sentire cum Ecclesia' [means: thinking with the Church].
"The response of the Society of St. Pius X to the aforesaid Doctrinal Preamble, which arrived in January 2012, was examined by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith before being submitted to the Holy Father for his judgement. Pursuant to the decision made by Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Fellay was, in a letter delivered today, informed of the evaluation of his response. The letter states that the position he expressed is not sufficient to overcome the doctrinal problems which lie at the foundation of the rift between the Holy See and the Society of St. Pius X.
"At the end of today's meeting, moved by concern to avoid an ecclesial rupture of painful and incalculable consequences, the superior general of the Society of St. Pius X was invited to clarify his position in order to be able to heal the existing rift, as is the desire of Pope Benedict XVI".

From the Website of the Holy See

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Update:
(Radio Vaticana):

"Bp. Fellay is invited to clarify his position, in order to be able to heal the existing rift, as is the desire of Pope Benedict XVI, from now until April 15."


[UPDATE - 1500 GMT]
In an article on today's events, Salvatore Izzo reports the following for Italian news agency AGI:

The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal William Joseph Levada, delivered [the content of the communiqué] to the Superior General of the Society, Bishop Bernard Fellay, in a conversation that lasted for over two hours ... . During today's meeting in the Palace of the Holy Office - in which the Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Abp. Luis Francisco Ladaria, and the Secretary of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, Mgr. Guido Pozzo, also took part, while Bp. Fellay was joined by his assistant Fr. Nelly - a complete rupture was avoided by the Holy See, making it clear that Benedict XVI still expects a recomposition.
From the blog: Rorate Caeli

WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY

So glad the number of followers of this blog keeps increasing. I want as many people as possible to be blessed by what all of you share each week.

So ― Saturday is St. Patrick's Day.  Even though I've seen many many St. Patrick Days come and go in my lifetime I still didn't know much about St. Patrick. So this week I am preparing a post on my Charlotte's Weblog blog about him. He really was a