Catholic Engaged Encounter: MARION WECHSLER DIES
TEACHER AT MADEIRA
Marion Daughaday Wechsler, 77, a former Madeira School history teacher who later founded Washington Editorial Consultants with her husband, Irving R. Wechsler, died of pneumonia Dec. 31 at the Collington retirement community in Mitchellville Mrs. Wechsler, a former resident of Chevy Chase, was born in Chicago. She graduated from Radcliffe College, where she also received a master's degree in history. She did additional study at Bryn Mawr College, then from 1940 to 1942 taught school...
Catholic Engaged Encounter: BEFORE YOU SAY I DO...'
BELLEVILLE Ann and Gerry Bach specialize in marriage counseling, but the couples they counsel aren't married. Not yet, anyway. For the past 20 years, the Bachs have been leading weekend retreats for engaged couples as part of an international church-based program called Catholic Engaged Encounter.The idea is to help couples strengthen their relationships and understand their commitments before they say, "I do." The Bachs talk about decision-making,...
Catholic Engaged Encounter: LETTERS
Clear out I consider myself a liberal and a ``yellow dog'' Democrat. I've always enjoyed and respected Molly Ivins and her opinions. But enough. These aggressive winos on and about the Drag are too much -- they've gone way past what is acceptable in a civilized society.Ivins and Steve Fromholz should have to go down to the businesses in the UT area at least three times a week and clean away the excrement and urine that is deposited daily --...
Catholic Engaged Encounter: Mount St. Joseph picnic Sunday
Information night for marriage programs set
Baptist women's groups plan prayer retreat
2 Owensboro women take part in seminar
**Mount St. Joseph picnic Sunday *** The Ursuline Nuns at Mount St. Joseph will have their 25th annual fund-raising picnic Sunday.The picnic, usually the last event of the parish picnic season, raises money to help care for 80 retired Ursulines, many of them without pensions or other retirement income.Attractions at this year's picnic will include quilts and craft items made by the nuns, a yard sale, homemade candy, a fruit stand, games and a raffle that will be giving...
Catholic Engaged Encounter: NO HEADLINE
Surrounded by his collection of Snoopy paraphernalia from the Peanuts comic strip, the Rev. Peter Horton presents a humorous, down-to-earth persona in his office on the La Roche College campus in McCandless. His license plate reads I-Snoopy and he decorates his Christmas tree with Snoopy ornaments.Horton, director of Campus Ministry and Community Service at La Roche, believes his love for the Charles Schulz character is a holdover from the time his late father read him the comics when he...
