Good Harbor was a lumbering village in the late nineteenth century on the shore of Lake Michigan in Leelanau County Michigan. This book has original news items as they appeared in the Leelanau Enterprise from 1880 to 1931. Descriptive entries about Good Harbor from the Michigan State Gazeteer and Business Directory from 1875 to 1931 are also included.. The news are typical of local weekly newspapers of that era. They tell who visited whom, who was sick, and who the local teacher was. There are also serious news accounts about the Vernon disaster which took the life of pioneer Charles Kropp,...
Good Harbor was a lumbering village in the late nineteenth century on the shore of Lake Michigan in Leelanau County Michigan. This book has original n...
The Nicene Creed was written nearly 1700 years ago under the direction and authority of the Roman Emperor Constantine at the first Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. It was originally written in Greek and was quickly translated into Latin, the two main languages of the Roman Empire at that time. To properly appreciate the Creed we must also be aware that its recitation constitutes a (blessed) oath (Latin: sacramentum) in allegiance to an empire/kingdom and a culture. It used to be "legally binding" and for more than 1000 years (527 to 1612 CE) could not be contradicted without fear of execution. As...
The Nicene Creed was written nearly 1700 years ago under the direction and authority of the Roman Emperor Constantine at the first Council of Nicaea i...
This Second Edition of the Bufka family history includes 30 more pictures and more information about the Dechow Kilway, and Nemeskal cousins. It also has corrections found since the first edition was published in 2011. As before it includes a detailed account of life on the farm in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, "Memoirs" of Joseph and Agnes Bufka, "Grandma's Memories" by Agnes Bufka about her life as a child in southern Indiana 1901-1915, charts of descendants. Great companion books by Norbert Bufka are "Good Harbor Michigan: The Story and the people 1850-1931" and "News...
This Second Edition of the Bufka family history includes 30 more pictures and more information about the Dechow Kilway, and Nemeskal cousins. It also ...
Cardinal Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was chosen to lead the Roman Catholic Church in March 2013. He has been capturing the attention of billions of people worldwide because of his clear and consistent concern for people, especially the poor. His leadership style contrasts sharply with his two predecessors. On May 24, 2015 Pope Francis issued his first encyclical letter. "Laudato Si" (The Care of Our Common Home) addresses the environmental degradation of our earth. Humans are clearly responsible for most of this degradation including global warming, he says. Pope Francis earned a master's degree...
Cardinal Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was chosen to lead the Roman Catholic Church in March 2013. He has been capturing the attention of billions of peopl...
Saint Joseph's Seminary was a minor seminary owned and operated by the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Boys typically enrolled in night grade and completed six years of study at this boarding school before moving on to the major seminary with six more years of study and preparation to be a Catholic priest. Norbert Bufka graduated from St. Joe's in 1961. This book is the story of that seminary from 1909 through its heyday in the 1950's and its transformation and final sale in 2008. .It includes the history woven with personal accounts of the author and others who attended the seminary as...
Saint Joseph's Seminary was a minor seminary owned and operated by the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Boys typically enrolled in night grade and c...
Pope Francis inspires us with his amazing gift of writing about doctrinal issues with a pastor's love for the people of God. He combines the two with honesty and tenderness and asks the bishops and pastors of the Church to do the same. Without giving new rules or even changing the old ones he asks us to make decisions based on local situations and mitigating factors through a discernment process which includes the internal forum, a concept long held in the church but jealously guarded by those in authority, that is, the hierarchy. This book includes the full text and notes in the first part...
Pope Francis inspires us with his amazing gift of writing about doctrinal issues with a pastor's love for the people of God. He combines the two with ...