#70 -- FOR OUR FAITH BASED READERS---AND HISTORY BUFFS TOO

One of our most popular series continues here at the blog:  #70-- FOR OUR FAITH BASED READERS---AND HSTORY BUFFS TOO

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Vie et Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ (1907)

Films on the Passion of Christ, starting with the Annunciation and ending with the Resurrection, were extremely popular in the early years of cinema. No doubt the impetus was given by the already popular stage versions, in particular, the Oberammergau Passion Play. This play is performed every decade in a small Bavarian town, for which many cards were made already from the late 19th century onwards. This inspired first the Americans to create their own Passion Play films in the late 1890s, immediately followed by the French companies Lumière and Gaumont. While Gaumont shot another version in 1906, Pathé produced four versions in 1900, 1902-1903, 1907, and 1913.

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LIBERAL MAINLINE UNITED METHODISTS SEE MORE THAN 5,000
CONGREGATIONS LEAVE AMID ARGUMENTS OVER SEX, GENDER

The number of congregations departing the United Methodist Church (UMC) exceeded 5,000 last week as the second-largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. continues to fracture over theological disagreements, mostly pertaining to human sexuality. The number of churches that have been given the green light by their annual conferences to disaffiliate increased from approximately 4,600 early last week to 5,321 as of Friday, according to UM News. The number of churches leaving the UMC has surged in recent years, with approximately 2,000 congregations being approved to disaffiliate in 2022 and more than 3,000 this year. MORE AT Liberal mainline United Methodists see more than 5,000 congregations leave amid arguments over sex, gender | Fox News

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--A resident is seeking affiliation with a MISSOURI SYNOD Lutheran church; to our knowledge the nearest Missouri Synod Lutheran Churches are The Ev. Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, LCMS (ourredeemerlcms.org) in Peekskill and

in Briarcliff: Faith Brethren Home (faithlbc.com)

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CATHOLIC SCHOOL REPORT CARD! THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: CATHOLIC SCHOOLS---WHAT THE NATION'S REPORT CARD SCORES REVEAL ABOUT CATHOLIC SCHOOL

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Video from Van Cortlandt Manor---4th of July Reenactment today-----courtesy of Erica Laudon---see the youtube video at (1334) July 4th 2023 - Independence Day Reenactment - YouTube

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