This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXVI No 5

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXVI No 4

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXVI No 3

Making sense of the slaughter in Paris

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The U.S. Administration’s response to the Moslem terrorists’ atrocity in Paris, France, has been as bizarre as the ‘guidelines’ it imposed on official speakers at gatherings marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001.

On that occasion, the White House instructed speakers to . . . → Read More: Making sense of the slaughter in Paris

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXVI No 2

This week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXVI No 1

Time off for good behaviour

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As has been our custom, this will be the last issue of Saint Stephen’s News until January 13th. It’s also a fitting time to say thank you to the stalwart gang which gathers every Thursday morning to prepare our newsletter for posting: Donna Szper, Joyce Perlberg, Mar Bobst, Jim Halbert, and Annie Hawkins. Special . . . → Read More: Time off for good behaviour

Cookie Walk 2014 was
 our very best sale ever

Cookie Walk Servers

Saint Stephen’s Annual Cookie Walk is no longer solely a neighbourhood affair. Over the past 25 years, it has evolved into a community institution. Our customers are drawn not merely from Timonium and Cockeysville, but from all over Baltimore.

It has become so popular, in fact, that phone calls from people enquiring about the . . . → Read More: Cookie Walk 2014 was
 our very best sale ever

Merry Christmas – and thanks for a vintage year

Every parish has its own character—an ethos or atmosphere which reflects the nature of its members. People who visit various parishes undergo a form of winnowing process. Either they are attracted by the character of the parish or repelled by it.

Saint Stephen’s is no exception, of course. Undoubtedly, we are just a tad . . . → Read More: Merry Christmas – and thanks for a vintage year

Victimhood vs clouds with silver linings

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Once upon a time (not so very long ago, as a matter of fact) accidents were just that—accidents. Today, it seems, there is no such thing as an accident. There is always a guilty party to whom blame can be assigned and from whom financial compensation can be extracted.

Indeed, there are some . . . → Read More: Victimhood vs clouds with silver linings