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A Laois pensioner is preparing to fast for 24 hours, to raise money for the millions who are facing death from climate induced famine in the Horn of Africa. Ret. ....
Celebrating the Knight s Centennial in Cuba This article appeared in the July 2009 issue of Columbia and is reprinted here with permission of the Knights of Columbus, New Haven, Conn and of Maria de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda, author. by María de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda The year was 1909. Plastic was invented. Censorship of motion pictures began. And 53-year-old American explorer Robert E. Peary became the first to reach the North Pole. It was also the year that the Order founded chapters in both Cuba and Panama. Between the 1899 census and 1908 the population of the island of Cuba, celebrated as “The Pearl of the Antilles,” increased by 30 %, reaching over two million. Roughly the size of England and smaller than Virginia, the Caribbean island struggled to come into its own, politically, economically, culturally, after a fierce battle for independence from Spain. The Catholic Church in Cuba was no exception. ....
Laois woman honoured by Concern for helping humanitarian work around the world Mountmellick native pays tribute to local people who have played a vital role in fundraising Reporter: ); A former aid worker from Mountmellick who has helped raise thousands of euro for Concern Worldwide through local church gate and street collections has been honoured by the Irish humanitarian organisation. Alice Culliton (73) was presented with the individual fundraiser award at Concern’s annual volunteer awards, which were hosted virtually on Saturday, December 5. “I collected the award on behalf of the wonderful team of volunteers in Mountmellick, Portlaoise and beyond who work so hard to raise funds to help some of the world’s poorest people,” Alice said. ....