From Lawmakers give governor power to order feeding tube for Schiavo:
" Lawmakers voted Tuesday to give Gov. Jeb Bush the power to order a feeding tube be reinserted into a brain-damaged woman in defiance of courts and her husband.
Bush said he will immediately sign the bill and order the tube to be reinserted into Terri Schiavo, the subject of one of the nation's longest and most bitter legal battles over care for a disabled person.
Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, want her to live. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, says she would rather die.
With a living will form on every desk, the Senate voted 23-15 for the legislation (HB 35E). The House, which had passed a similar version Monday night, passed the final version 73-24 minutes later. "
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Not Here!!!
But unfortunately because everyone else does, suddenly we'll be back in the Eastern Time Zone.
Breaking News
Florida's full senate won't consider the bill until this evening. Isn't time running out? Why all the delays? Keep praying for Terri!
From WFTV.com - News - Senate Panel Approves Bill To Let Bush Intervene In Schiavo Case:
"A state Senate panel approved legislation Tuesday that would allow Gov. Jeb Bush to order a feeding tube be reinserted in a brain-damaged woman in defiance of a court order that allowed her husband to remove the tube. "
From WFTV.com - News - Senate Panel Approves Bill To Let Bush Intervene In Schiavo Case:
"A state Senate panel approved legislation Tuesday that would allow Gov. Jeb Bush to order a feeding tube be reinserted in a brain-damaged woman in defiance of a court order that allowed her husband to remove the tube. "
New Cardinals Installed
From ABCNEWS.com : Pope John Paul II Installs 30 Cardinals:
"John Paul himself didn't read out the names of the new cardinals, leaving it to an aide. In the few prayers he did deliver, the pontiff slurred his words, symptoms of the Parkinson's disease which has made it difficult for him to speak.
Tuesday's ceremony brought to 194 the active members of the College of Cardinals, although only 135 of them are under age 80 and thus eligible to vote in a conclave. Of those 135, John Paul has named all but five.
Yet picking the next pope from among them is anyone's guess, since the group is still large and geographically diverse.
'It's funny, nobody is whispering `he'll be the next man,'' said Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Ukraine. 'Nobody has arisen as a personality.'
In fact, the college has gotten so large that cardinals wore tags with their names and home dioceses during meetings at the Vatican last week."
"John Paul himself didn't read out the names of the new cardinals, leaving it to an aide. In the few prayers he did deliver, the pontiff slurred his words, symptoms of the Parkinson's disease which has made it difficult for him to speak.
Tuesday's ceremony brought to 194 the active members of the College of Cardinals, although only 135 of them are under age 80 and thus eligible to vote in a conclave. Of those 135, John Paul has named all but five.
Yet picking the next pope from among them is anyone's guess, since the group is still large and geographically diverse.
'It's funny, nobody is whispering `he'll be the next man,'' said Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Ukraine. 'Nobody has arisen as a personality.'
In fact, the college has gotten so large that cardinals wore tags with their names and home dioceses during meetings at the Vatican last week."
Monday, October 20, 2003
Dwight Longenecker Recounts His Meeting with Blessed Teresa
Over at Envoy Encore:
"One of our stops was the mother house of the Missionaries of Charity. We had taken up a collection for Mother Teresa's work and thought we would stop by to see the mother house and give the nuns our check. When we went to the door we saw a little sign that said, 'Mother is in'. The nun at reception asked if we wanted to meet Mother Teresa.
So we waited for a few minutes until she was finished with her meeting and she came out into the hall to shake our hands. What a dynamo! That little lady was 'full of grace' inasmuch as she was overflowing with a kind of spiritual power that you could almost touch."
I've worked with Dwight on two excellent books. If you are looking for some great spiritual reading check out one or both:
"One of our stops was the mother house of the Missionaries of Charity. We had taken up a collection for Mother Teresa's work and thought we would stop by to see the mother house and give the nuns our check. When we went to the door we saw a little sign that said, 'Mother is in'. The nun at reception asked if we wanted to meet Mother Teresa.
So we waited for a few minutes until she was finished with her meeting and she came out into the hall to shake our hands. What a dynamo! That little lady was 'full of grace' inasmuch as she was overflowing with a kind of spiritual power that you could almost touch."
I've worked with Dwight on two excellent books. If you are looking for some great spiritual reading check out one or both:
Bishop of Buffalo Named New Archbishop of Hartford, CT
Unnusual for this to come out on a Monday, usually happens on Tuesday. Not sure if this is official or just someone's scoop?
Keep Praying...Governor Bush Calls Special Session
From LifeNews.com - The news source for the pro-life community.:
"Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) may have found a way to help Terri Schiavo. He has called a special session of the Florida legislature on Monday afternoon that would hopefully put an immediate moratorium in place on all dehydration and starvation deaths currently pending in Florida.
Speaker of the House Johnnie Byrd (R) has worked with Bush to put a piece of legislation together called 'Terri's Bill' that halts the deaths.
By law, two-thirds of legislators must agree to place a topic up for vote in a special session of the legislature.
Unfortunately, Byrd's bill may have opposition from the leading man responsible for the state Senate's agenda.
'Volunteers with the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation have learned that Senate
President Jim King (R) is against this bill,' Pamela Hennessy said in a statement.
Meanwhile, according to Suzanne Carr, Terri's sister, Circuit Court Judge John Moore plans to hear an emergency petition filed by attorneys on behalf of the Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities."
"Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) may have found a way to help Terri Schiavo. He has called a special session of the Florida legislature on Monday afternoon that would hopefully put an immediate moratorium in place on all dehydration and starvation deaths currently pending in Florida.
Speaker of the House Johnnie Byrd (R) has worked with Bush to put a piece of legislation together called 'Terri's Bill' that halts the deaths.
By law, two-thirds of legislators must agree to place a topic up for vote in a special session of the legislature.
Unfortunately, Byrd's bill may have opposition from the leading man responsible for the state Senate's agenda.
'Volunteers with the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation have learned that Senate
President Jim King (R) is against this bill,' Pamela Hennessy said in a statement.
Meanwhile, according to Suzanne Carr, Terri's sister, Circuit Court Judge John Moore plans to hear an emergency petition filed by attorneys on behalf of the Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities."
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