Not quite from the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department, but pretty close.Electronic tracking devices are being used in a new way this holiday season. They are being used to protect some old traditions. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.
Pranksters should beware: big brother may just be guarding those nativity scenes and Menorahs on lawns across the country.
Every year, churches around the world put out nativity scenes and every year without fail the baby Jesus disappears from a display or two.
Sometimes, it's not just the baby Jesus. In fact at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, two wise men and a cow have also gone on holiday hiatuses.
"Ten years ago two of the wise men disappeared from the scene and they reappeared on a ski slope in Lisle," said Father George Smith.
The wise men were recovered, but the cow is still missing. That is why St. Mark's is joining a growing number of churches and synagogues turning to GPS devices and hidden cameras to help them track their holiday displays.
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/GPS.Protects.Jesus.2.888074.html
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It is with joy I send my prayers for this new time that the Diocese is living. I read encouraging news about the reorganization and be sure that The Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil is in full solidarity with the brothers and sisters in Pittisburgh. We also lived schisma in the diocese of Recife. Now, as time of reconstruction, we have evidences that the all the pain is becoming joy!
Blessed Christmas to you all!
The Revd. Canon Francisco de Assis da Silva
Provincial Secretary
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