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heart Cluster Chatter - Summer 2010

Welcome New Parishoners!

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We welcome you to our Cluster web site! We serve the catholic parish communities of St Mary's in Vinton, Sacred Heart in Walker, and St Mary's in Urbana, IA.

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If you are new to the area and would like to join one of our parishes, please take time after a Mass or any activity to introduce yourself to Fr. Ardel Barta, our sacramental priest,  Sr. Mary Hargrafen, our pastoral administrator or our business managers, Linda Burke or Jeannie Springer.  We want to welcome you and get to know you personally.

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'Under God' Remains in Pledge!

Saturday, April 03 2010 23:02
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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of 'under God’ in Pledge

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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled March 11th that the words “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance “do not violate the Establishment Clause” of the First Amendment to the Constitution.

The Knights of Columbus led the campaign to add the words “under God” to the Pledge in the early 1950s, and the trial court agreed to allow the Knights of Columbus to join the present case as defendants when it was originally filed in 2005.

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