David Christopher Ortega Sept. 1, 1946 – Sept. 30, 2025 (link)
COMMUNITY News:
A Funeral Mass will be held for David Christopher Ortega at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church at 3700 Canyon Road.
A Rosary will be said at 10 a.m., before the Mass.
A reception will follow the Mass in the parish hall.
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum News:
The Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church.
A light meal will be served at 6 p.m., to be followed at 6:30 p.m. by a presentation and elections of board members.
The presentation is entitled “The miracle of Life” and will draw upon new insights into presentations given this past summer.
The presentation will be recorded and streamed to the ZOOM site given at: https://losalamosfaithandscienceforum.org. Read More
Nativity scene from the 2023 Creche Show. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Nativity scene from the 2023 Creche Show. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Scene from the 2022 Creche Show, featuring nativities from around the world. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
TOTH News:
In a recent Facebook post, travel writer Rick Steves extolled the virtues of one of his “favorite British experiences” – choral evensong in an English cathedral. But evensong, and the wider English choral tradition, doesn’t just happen in cathedrals, but in thousands of parish churches throughout Britain and the Anglican Communion, including here in Los Alamos.
A significant part of this choral tradition is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. In the weeks following the end of World War I, the chaplain of King’s College, Cambridge, Eric Milner-White, introduced a new Read More
Casablanca sign at Mohammed V Square. Photo by Debbie Stone
Arab League Park. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and economic hub, boasting a major port, but many travelers bypass it, using it only as their entrance and exit point in the country. Perhaps this is because its modern appearance doesn’t fit their romanticized vision of Morocco, lacking the allure of beloved tourist hot spots like Marrakesh or Fes.
During my recent trip to this North African country, I decided to spend two days in Casablanca to check it out Read More
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Wow. The season of Advent begins today (Nov. 30 this year). Already. And yet Advent for Christians a time of watchful hope. In this special time we are invited to lift our eyes toward two horizons: the first, remembrance of the first coming of Jesus at Christmas; the second, His final coming in glory at the end of time. Because how we prepare for one reveals how we are preparing for the other.
In today’s Catholic Mass Gospel reading, Jesus says, “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come,” and to emphasize the point, He recalls the story of Noah, when people were Read More
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, and The Rev. Mary Ann Hill. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Amy Schmuck
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
As you read this, Christian communities have celebrated the beginning of a new liturgical church year with this Sunday, Nov. 30. Advent season is here! What I most appreciate is that the messages in our church lectionary readings, the rhythm of our worship, and the music we use is counter-cultural to the hype, consumerism, stress, rush, and pressures of our society in December. We begin a new Read More
Rabbi Jack Shlachter in front of a Sukkah (temporary booth). Courtesy/Beverly M. Post
By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Jewish Center
If you’re like me, you are probably still trying to work off some of the extra calories that you consumed over a Thanksgiving meal. Rather than exercise, however, I thought I’d address a question that came up recently regarding whether or not Thanksgiving is truly a secular holiday. As the sole rabbi in Los Alamos (I jokingly sometimes say that I’m the Chief Rabbi of Los Alamos), I therefore recently reexamined the origins of the holiday of Thanksgiving.
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
I saw a good inspirational video on social media the other day. It began with a driver’s angry tirade at a cab driver after a narrow miss almost fender bender, and the cabbie simply just smiled and waved back. The passenger asked him how he could be so calm and so friendly in such a situation. Mr. Cabbie quietly responded that people are like garbage trucks—they collect and carry so much frustration, disappointment and anger, and when the garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it—and sometimes it just happens to be on us. But, realizing this pent up emotion is not really targeted Read More
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By The Rev. Lynn Finnegan
Former Associate Rector
Church of the Holy Faith, Santa Fe
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” These words from the apostle Paul were intended to encourage the church in Thessalonica, which was getting a little anxious. Paul, and many Christians in the first century, believed the world would end and they would join Read More