Saturday, January 24, 2015

Janury 31st meeting

There is an introductory meeting :
Saturday January 31st, at 2pm  .  e.
Regular meeting is at 3pm

The VIVA CENTER1555 Connecticut Ave. NW, 3rd Floor
Washington DC, 20036
Nearest Metro:
Dupont Circle (Red line) -- 1/2 block from the north exit on Q Street
Directions:
The Viva Center is located on the corner of Connecticut Avenue & Q Street NW,  on the 3rd floor of the Anchorage building. 
The building entrance is on Q Street next to Raku and across from Firehook Bakery. On the call box, dial Call-03 to reach us.
If you would like to invite someone new, please ask them to come at 2:00pm for an Introduction. We will meet on the 
3rd floor.

Please rsvp to:
Elizabeth

Monday, January 5, 2015

January Meeting

We will have Community Hours next Saturday, January 10th from 3:00 - 5:00pm at a new location:

The VIVA CENTER1555 Connecticut Ave. NW, 3rd Floor
Washington DC, 20036
Nearest Metro:
Dupont Circle (Red line) -- 1/2 block from the north exit on Q Street
Directions:
The Viva Center is located on the corner of Connecticut Avenue & Q Street NW,  on the 3rd floor of the Anchorage building. 
The building entrance is on Q Street next to Raku and across from Firehook Bakery. On the call box, dial Call-03 to reach us.
If you would like to invite someone new, please ask them to come at 2:00pm for an Introduction. We will meet on the 
3rd floor.

Wishing you a happy and healthy new year,
Elizabeth

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Who is Bruno Groening

Bruno Groening (1906 - 1959)
Bruno Groening - an extraordinary person

In 1949 the name Bruno Groening became a household word in Germany overnight. Reports about him appeared in the press, in newsreels and on the radio. Events surrounding the "Miracle Doctor" as he soon came to be called, kept the whole country in suspense. A film was made about him, scientific investigation committees were set up and government authorities at the highest level gave the case of Bruno Groening their attention. The Minister for Social Affairs in North-Rhine-Westphalia had him prosecuted for violating the law for non-medical practitioners, while the Minister President of Bavaria declared that one could not let such an "exceptional occurrence" as Groening founder because of a few paragraphs on paper. The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior labelled his work "a labour of love, free of charge".
The case was violently and controversially debated by everyone at all levels of society. Emotions ran high. Clergymen, physicians, journalists, politicians and psychologists: everyone spoke about Groening. Some considered his miraculous healings a gift of grace from a Higher Power, others, charlatanism. But the reality of the healings was confirmed by medical examinations.

Bruno Groening, born in 1906 in Danzig, was a simple workman who moved to Western Germany as a refugee after World War II. Before the war he had various occupations: carpenter, factory and dock labourer, Post Office worker and electrician. Then, suddenly he was the centre of public attention. The news of his miraculous healings spread all over the world. From every country came sick people, petitions and proposals. Tens of thousands made the pilgrimage to the places where he worked. A revolution in medicine was impending.