Eason Horticultural Resources adds five to sales team
Eason Horticultural Resources has announced the addition of four new sales representatives, and one additional member to their sales support team. Included in the sales team additions are Don Blocker, Don Gamsjager, Keith Irlbacher and Steve Stier. Linda Ferrari also joins the organization as a sales support specialist.
As a Kentucky native, Don Blocker has spent most of his career in horticultural sales in Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana. With a BS in Ornamental Horticulture from Eastern Kentucky University, Blocker has held various positions in the green industry over the last 30 years. Before transitioning to EHR, he worked as a field sales representative with McHutchison.
Homelessness ministry ‘the very visible face of God,’ says archbishop
Archbishop Nelson Perez hands a bag of food and personal items to a guest at St. John s Hospice. For more than 55 years, the ministry part of archdiocesan Catholic Social Services has assisted thousands of men experiencing homelessness, while affirming their dignity. (Sarah Webb)
By Gina Christian • Posted May 5, 2021
Staff and volunteers at an archdiocesan homelessness outreach were recently hailed by Archbishop Nelson Pérez as “the very visible face of God for people who are down and out.”
On April 29, the archbishop toured St. John’s Hospice (SJH), a ministry of Catholic Social Services (CSS) that provides crucial support to men experiencing homelessness in downtown Philadelphia.
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New saint a ‘great blessing’ for persons with disabilities, say local advocates
A statue of St. Margaret of Castello at St. Patrick Church in Columbus, Ohio. (Nheyob via Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 4.0).
By Gina Christian • Posted May 4, 2021
Local disability advocates are hailing the recent canonization of a 14th-century lay Dominican as a “great blessing.”
On April 24, Pope Francis declared Margaret of Castello a saint through a process called “equipollent (equivalent) canonization,” which recognizes longstanding devotion to the individual, enduring virtues and a legacy of miraculous intercession. St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. Francois de Laval are among those who have been elevated through the procedure.
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Tickets Available at Pre-Championship Week Prices
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (May 3, 2021) 一 The PGA of America today announced that the 2021 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will be contested with approximately 8,000 spectators on-site, June 22-27, at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia.
This decision was made in coordination with the city of Johns Creek and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“We are excited by the continued upward trajectory and vast potential of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship,” said PGA President Jim Richerson. “We’re thrilled to return this Major Championship to the South for the first time in over 40 years and to introduce the best women players in the world to Atlanta Athletic Club’s historic Highlands Course. This is a special golf course with plenty of championship tradition and we’r