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Knock Novena to take place from 14 – 22 August on the theme 'Merciful like the Father' ... Workshops at the novena will focus on 'Mercy and Healing for People with Addictions', 'Forgiveness', 'Feed the hungry, shelter the homeless – challenge for today', 'God's love in family life – finding God in the messiness'.
It was located in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula linking Yemen (which had major trading ports) and the Levant. It was also a pilgrimage site so there were always people there for worship which encouraged trade as well.
The growing of corn enabled the native Americans to have a much more reliable food source that was produced in large quantities and they also had reserves for bad times. This allowed the populations to grow significantly, and also larger cities to be built and developed. It also contributed that the people in this part of the world to have more time to focus on other things, like sciences, astronomy, architecture, instead of just living day by day and be in a constant search of food.
