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Posted on 01/21/2007 12:19:45 AM PST by Swordmaker
Welcome to the 11th Anniversary of the Shroud of Turin Website. I always wait and write the introduction to these updates last, since I am never quite sure just how much of my backlogged material I will actually be able to include. This update is certainly another example of that, as I have worked on it nonstop for the past two weeks, and it is now past 9:00 p.m. on the evening of January 20, 2007, as I write this. And once again, I have run out of time before running out of new materials to include.
As many of you know, 2006 was a busy year in the Shroud world and both a sad and eventful year for me. While in Italy to speak at conferences in Terracina and Perugia, I received the heartbreaking news that my dear friend and colleague, The Reverend Albert "Kim" Dreisbach, Jr., who was on his way to meet me in Rome, died suddenly while enroute. After returning home to Los Angeles, I flew to Atlanta to speak at the memorial held for Kim. I then returned to begin building Kim's website memorial and the tribute that I published on this site in May 2006. It was during the production of that memorial to Kim that I received surprising and traumatic news from the landlord of the building in which I had lived and worked for the past 14 years: the building was going to be sold (and at a price far beyond anything I could ever afford).
Over the next three months, I had to find and purchase a new home for myself and my business, and then pack and move everything I had accumulated over the last 35 years, including all of my Shroud materials, to a new location. In the end, I found a beautiful home in Colorado near my son and his family and moved everything I own the 1000 miles to my new house. I spent the remaining months of 2006 unpacking, setting up my equipment and putting everything away. (Well, almost everything). Amazingly, I accomplished all of this and managed to survive, although I must admit that I actually felt my age for the first time in my life!
Of course, with everything happening as it did last year, I was unable to do a proper update to the website, and consequently, I accumulated a massive amount of backlogged materials that needed to get online. In fact, this is the first serious content update since last year's 10th Anniversay update on January 21, 2006. And because of this backlog, it is once again necessary for me to apologize to a number of worthwhile contributors who have waited patiently (some for as long as a year) for me to review their submissions and include them on this site. I just did not have enough time to review them properly and give them the careful attention they deserve. However, they are at the top of the list for the next update, hopefully in about 6 to 8 weeks, so I ask that you be patient with me just a little longer. I am hoping to get completely caught up this year (unless the unexpected happens again).
And that brings me to the contents of today's update. As you know, I always try to make the anniversary update a large one, and this time is no exception. For example, more than 100 books have been added to the Shroud of Turin Booklist page and the entire text of the last two BSTS Newsletter issues have been added to the British Society for the Turin Shroud page. Also, a new speaker has been added to the Shroud Speakers Directory page of the site.
In addition, this update includes news of several upcoming Shroud conferences, a report on a number of upcoming Shroud films and documentaries and reviews of a number of recent Shroud books. I have also updated the Videos and DVD's section of the Website Store page with several new titles and even included a link where you can now download a classic Shroud film online. There is much more I could tell you about, but I would rather let you scroll down and start seeing the new content for yourself. So let me thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your continued patronage and support. You have made the past eleven years a truly amazing experience for me and it is deeply appreciated.
Barrie Schwortz, Editor and Publisher
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