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  Candelaria church massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Candelaria church massacre was a criminal act that took place in the Roman Catholic "Candelaria church", in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 23, 1993.
The Candelaria church holds Sunday mass and other typical services of the Catholic religion.
As children from the Candelaria church were usually given warnings such as these by policemen, the young perpetrators left without worrying too much about the threat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Candelaria_church_massacre   (351 words)

  
 Archives: Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Candelaria was a native of Grants, N.M., and had lived in Modesto since 1985.
She leaves behind two children, Roger Candelaria of San Jose and Ebon Kent of Brentwood; her brother, Juan Lopez of Hayward; two sisters, Frances Dominguez of Hayward and Rosalia Lopez of Modesto; and one grandchild.
A funeral was held Monday at the Assyrian Church of the East, St. Zaia Parish, for Isaac William Yohannan, 70, of Modesto.
mantecabulletin.com /articles/2004/12/08/ceres/obituaries/obit03.txt   (608 words)

  
 RIO DE JANEIRO VIRTUAL CITY TOUR - PRACA QUINZE / PRAÇA XV - insider's guide by www.ipanema.com
With the advent of the Republic in 1889, the church was renamed Metropolitan Cathedral.
The church was consecrated in 1811, in a ceremony attended by Prince Regent Dom João VI.
The project of a new church was commissioned to Francisco João Roscio in 1775, and consecrated in 1811 with the presence of Dom João VI.
www.ipanema.com /downtown/pracaxv.htm   (2748 words)

  
 Visions of Jesus Christ.com - Sacred Heart picture of Jesus weeping blood, India
Church spokesman Father Olavo Pereira told the Deccan Chronicle: "The church cannot simply exploit the situation, we have to be careful and verify it before we take a decision.
This morning, the portrait was kept for veneration in the Church premises as streams of devotees began to pour in the village.
Goa is a place which is dotted with numerous churches, having quite a good number of Catholics, as compared to the rest of India.
www.visionsofjesuschrist.com /weeping120.htm   (1087 words)

  
 Candelaria church massacre -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Candelaria church holds Sunday (The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field) mass and other typical services of the Catholic religion.
It is famous around Rio de Janeiro for being a makeshift home to perhaps hundreds of (Someone with no housing) homeless (A young person of either sex) children, many of whom are involved in (A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic) drugs, (Offering sexual intercourse for pay) prostitution and other crimes.
The children tried to cover up, but eight of them were shot to (The event of dying or departure from life) death, with several others wounded.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ca/Candelaria_church_massacre.htm   (365 words)

  
 Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Doña Ana - Cornerstones Project
Built sometime between 1845 and 1852, Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria is the oldest church in the Mesilla Valley.
For more than 125 years, the old church was the focal point of the village until a new one was constructed in the 1970’s.
They saw the demolition of the old church as unthinkable and staved off the forces of chance by holding on to their deteriorating church.
cstones.org /projects/Archives/Dona_Ana   (338 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: CHURCH ARCHITECTURE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Whether on a large or small scale, their chapels and churches were designed functionally to accommodate their practices in worship and aesthetically to satisfy certain values, within the economic means of the builders.
A church was often a simple box of logs, frame, or stone, with three or four openings per side and a gabled roof, above which rose a simple cross or belfry that identified the function of the building.
Among the churches with painted interiors is the Praha Catholic Church (1891) in rural Fayette County.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/cgc2.html   (1058 words)

  
 ABQjournal: Holy Week Schedule Of Events And Services
Church of the Incarnation, 2309 Monterrey in Rio Rancho.
Shepherd of the Valley Presbyterian Church, 1801 Montaño NW.
Bethel Methodist Church, 2700 N.M. Remembrance of the Passion at 7 p.m.
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 I L O I L O   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This neo-classical church was built in the early 1880's and every side of the church is a facade in itself.
In front of the church was the Jaro Belfry, one of the remaining belfries in the country today that stands apart from the church.
Belfry of the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora dela Candelaria (Jaro)
holyweek.50megs.com /iloilo   (1216 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Work at it was begun and the church and convent were ready in 1625.
Since the construction was not very strong, a second temple was built in 1674 which was destroyed by a fire in the middle of the XVIII th century.
The construction began, under the direction of Brother Vicente Muñóz, architect of the church of San Francisco in Buenos Aires and of the magnificent dome of the Cathedral of Córdoba.
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 Riotur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The origin of the first rustic church built at the end of XVI century or at the beginning of XVII century is credited to a worshipper’s vow to Nossa Senhora da Candelária.
The church that dates from the 18th century was built between 1700 and 1725.
This church is particularly important to the people of Rio, as the hill on which it is set was the strategic point taken from the French by the city’s founder, Estácio de Sá.
www.rio.rj.gov.br /riotur/en/guia?Canal=33   (3433 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
After police arrived, officers said Candelaria jumped into his own vehicle and led police on a chase to I-40 near 98th, where he ditched his truck and fled on foot.
Candelaria sought refuge at a nearby Christian academy he's a member of called "The Church," which is where he was finally arrested at 8 a.m.
When the search for Candelaria was in full force, parents were dropping their children off at the neighborhood schools.
www.officer.com /news/IBS/koat/news-2581148.html   (359 words)

  
 'All are welcomed' in Lancaster | The-Tidings.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Indeed, parishioners who have been watching for the past year and a half the construction of their new church facility were eager to begin the dedication ceremonies.
Vose explained that the church will serve a wide variety of parishioners, from retired people to young families, from white-collar managers to laborers.
Father Candelaria added that the church is really a wonderful Christmas present, "given by the parishioners to each other.
www.the-tidings.com /2002/1220/serra.htm   (704 words)

  
 Prayercamp.org - Sariaya Baptist Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sariaya Conservative Baptist Church was born in 1969 when a group of believers started to congregate in one of the member's living room.
As the church grows the mission works grow, resulting into the birth of another church in Candelaria and opening of mission outreaches in different villages.
The church had a vision a few years back, to purchase the lot across the street to build a building that would accommodate the expansion of the Church and the school.
www.prayercamp.org /sbc.htm   (263 words)

  
 Christian Iconography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Blessed Virgin at Candlemas (Identified as La Candelaria by the Presidente of Santa Ana del Valle, Sr.
The Candelaria is named for the feast of Candlemas, celebrating the Purification of the Virgin Mary.
As in the other church, the cloth has been painted to resemble polychrome.
www.aug.edu /augusta/iconography/oaxaca/santaAnaValle/candelaria.html   (339 words)

  
 Bond Family: Global Outreach Missionaries to Ecuador
Candelaria Baptist Church is 25 years old, and a fairly mature church body of 150 mainly indigenous people.
"Candelaria" Baptist Church is in CalderÛn, a smaller community north of Quito (about 30 minutes) in a desert-like environment.
Church services are two hours long, with a fascinating mixture of indigenous people, some wearing traditional Quichua dress, and a dog or two.
www.rodbond.com /candelaria.html   (371 words)

  
 cars - Candelaria church massacre
The Candelaria church massacre was a criminal act that took place in the "Candelaria church", located at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Candelaria church is a Catholic church that holds mass on Sundays and other, typical services of the Catholic religion.
The church's personnel provides food, shelter, education and religious advice to as many of these children as they can.
www.carluvers.com /cars/Candelaria_church_massacre   (329 words)

  
 Fear for safety / Possible extrajudicial execution
She had survived the 1993 massacre outside Candelaria church, in which military police killed eight street children.
Elizabeth Cristina de Oliveira Maia's courage in testifying against police officers involved in the Candelaria massacre was a symbol of defiance in the face of this constant threat.
Despite campaigns by human rights and other organizations, the children who witnessed the Candelaria killings were never given adequate protection, and one adult witness had to leave the country for his own safety.
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/42/177.html   (542 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | LIFE & TIMES > Relaxing at the foot  of Sierra Madre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
After breakfast, we were taken on the tour to discover the rich heritage of this remote town, starting with the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria Church.
The church’s date of construction is unrecorded, though it is known that Fr.
Antonio de la Fuente repaired the church after it was damaged by an earthquake in 1880.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/feb/04/yehey/life/20050204lif1.html   (1314 words)

  
 On June 12, 2000 a drugged-out, pistol-brandishing 22 year-old Afro-Brazilian named Sandro de Nascimiento hijacked a ...
When he was 14 years old, he survived a police massacre of a large group of homeless children in the Candelaria district of Rio.
With his gun pointed at the head of one of the captive women on the bus, he yelled out at the window, "I was at Candelaria.
A fifth was shot and killed as he ran from the front of the church, a gold-encrusted landmark that is a regular setting for lavish society weddings.
www.columbia.edu /~lnp3/mydocs/culture/Bus_174.htm   (645 words)

  
 Candelaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Candelaria has 78 members, six casas culto, four missions, and four missionaries.
Their project is to tear down the old existing wooden structure that serves as a church and a parsonage and rebuild the church, a parsonage, and classrooms for about $20,000.
In the photo, the pink wall on the right that does not go up to the roof, is the divider between parsonage and church.
www.laymanswalk.org /sisterchurches/pinar/candelaria/candelaria.html   (178 words)

  
 Ermitas and Barrio Chapels of Merida, Yucatan
Originally an ermita chapel marking the southern entry to the colonial city, the church was repeatedly enlarged during the colonial period and beyond.
This monumental church, located in a city ward of the same name, is the last and most sophisticated of Mérida's colonial churches.
The foundation stone was laid in 1757 and the church officially dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe the next year - marking papal recognition of the popular Virgin as the patron saint of Mexico.
www.west.net /~rperry/Yucatan/meridachapels.html   (1021 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: CANDELARIA, TX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Candelaria is a ranching community at the end of Farm Road 170, across the Rio Grande from San Antonio El Bravo, Chihuahua, Mexico, and forty-two miles southwest of Marfa in western Presidio County.
After the army camp at Candelaria closed, the community's population began to decline: it fell to 250 in 1925 and to seventy-five by 1940.
In the late 1980s Candelaria comprised a two-room elementary school, a store, a Catholic church, and a cluster of adobe houses.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/print/CC/hnc6.html   (348 words)

  
 ISU Extension to Families: Mexico Study Tour--Journal-Day 6
Candelaria is celebrated 40 days after Christmas, and signifies that Jesus is now old enough to go to the temple.
As we approach the church, there are baskets of flowers that outline the courtyard, and spell out “Viva Maria.” As we look down the street we see the celebration begins with a band (all men) proceeding through town and into the church.
The municipal building near the church is surrounded by well-manicured green grass, many beautiful flowerbeds, and topiaries in animal and basket shapes.
www.extension.iastate.edu /families/mexico/year_2/day6.html   (1262 words)

  
 Re: [Goanet] Protecting Our Heritage - St.Andrew's Church, Vasco.
However, plans are now afoot to refurbish the church interiors as well as to undertake a few structural changes so as to accommodate more people for the church service.
The St. Andrew's church caters to a large catholic population from in and around the Port City and during the Sunday morning Service the church overflows with people.
The Church cemetery also caters to the surrounding parishes of Our Lady of Candelaria Church Baina, Our Lady of Desterro Church, Desterro, and the St. Francis Church at the Harbour which are not equipped with cemetery.
www.mail-archive.com /goanet@goacom.com/msg02857.html   (529 words)

  
 Gurule Family Surname
Jose Rafael Gurule (son of Antonio Gurule and Maria Rita Quiteria Baca) and Maria Lorenza Velasquez (dau of Juan Manuel Velasquez and Margarita Griego) - married at Purisima Concepcion Church in Tome [Tome/Belen-2]
Juan Pablo Candelaria Gurule (son of Antonio Toribio Gurule and Maria Rita Mirabal) and Maria Jacinta Gutierrez (dau of Juan Gutierrez and Maria Antonia Chavez) - married at San Antonio de Sandia Church [Sandia-33 and Roots-790]
Maria Candelaria Gurule (dau of Juan Cristoval Gurule and Maria Juana Garcia) and Ramon Marquez (son of Joachim Marquez and Maria Ylaria Sandoval) - married at San Antonio de Sandia Church [Sandia-58]
www.gurulefamily.org /source/marriage_record_index.shtml   (15307 words)

  
 Disciples News Service 95b110   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Powell emphasized Church Extension's continuing commitment to its affirmative action policy.
Church Extension directors also approved $2.4 million in loan requests to finance expansion and improvements for Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregations and other organizations.
Two interest-free loans totaling $110,000 were approved for Covenant Christian Church in Cary, N.C., and Mision Hispana Cristiana del Oeste in Orlando, Fla. Four congregations now have commitments for $182,500 in interest-free loans.
www.disciples.org /dns/releases95/95b110.htm   (341 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Candelaria church massacre
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 Funerals, obituaries, deaths, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
She had been a lifelong resident of SInton and had been employed by the SInton I.S.D. as a teacher's aide and she was a housewife.
She was a longtime member of the Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, United Church Women, Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter No. 540, Par Avance Club, A.A.R.P., Young In Heart, Luncheon Club, Homemakers Club and Grandmothers Club.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Clayton and Anita Cates of Corpus Christi; one daughter and son-in-law, Zula M. and Dale Langley of Corpus Christi; five grandchildren, Clayton Cates, Jr.
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Covenant Presbyterian Church is a medium-sized church located in the northeast part of Albuquerque.
Covenant Presbyterian Church is a member of the Presbytery of Santa Fe and the Synod of the Southwest of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Covenant Presbyterian Church is located at 9315 Candelaria Road NE between the major cross streets of Eubank and Wyoming.
www.covenantpresnm.org   (523 words)

  
 5/13/96 INT/UNHOLY CONFESSION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A report from the state juvenile court said an average of three street children are killed every day in the city, many by police at the behest of merchants who consider the kids' begging, thieving and glue sniffing a major nuisance.
A homeless 21-year-old at the time of the killings and the oldest member of the Candelaria street kids pack, he was forced into a car along with two friends.
Both Emmanuel and Cunha insisted that Cortes, the only commissioned officer accused, and two other defendants were guiltless; they placed most of the blame for the rampage on a renegade ex-cop named Mauricio da Conceicao, who died in a shootout with detectives in 1994.
www.time.com /time/international/1996/960513/brazil.html   (804 words)

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