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🌱 Are sacraments at a Black Forest-area church actually valid?
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- Are sacraments at a Black Forest-area church actually valid?
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- Wednesday: Very windy in the afternoon, with a high of 64 and low of 28 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 46, low: 32.
- Friday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Factious Colorado Springs leader excommunicated from Catholic church but refuses to relinquish renegade role (gazette.com) — Catholic officials are warning that sacraments offered by the Servants of the Holy Family in the Black Forest area of Colorado Springs are considered invalid by the Diocese, following the excommunication of leader Anthony Ward. Local Catholics, especially holiday visitors, are urged to avoid attending Mass or receiving sacraments there and instead use diocesan-approved parishes for traditional Latin services. 
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Wednesday December 17
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Toddler Time
Monument Branch Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. , Monument
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Third Friday Friends of PPLD Book Group
Monument Branch Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. , Monument
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Idea Lab: Andy Warhol’s Recycled Tray Prints
Monument Branch Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. , Monument
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Decorated Sugar Cookie Workshop - Santa and Friends
Pikes Peak Library District - Monument Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr , Monument
1:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
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🗞 Nearby News
Monument
- Monument approves 150-home subdivision (gazette.com)
- El Paso County Sheriff's Office Investigates Non-Specific Threat, Closes Monument, Colorado Schools in Precautionary Measure (hoodline.com)
- These Colorado stores have sold winning tickets as Powerball surpasses $1 billion (kdvr.com)
Peyton
- Military Funding Bill Still Allows Promoting Soldiers By Race, Sex (thefederalist.com)
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