In this issue:

Prayer: The Loving Colloquy: Methods of Mental Prayer Most of us come to prayer from busy lives, with concerns and complexities humming in our heads – the job, the house, the family, the car. How do we make the transition from dealing with creatures of the natural world to communicating on such a personal level with a supernatural Being?


Black Catholic: St Martin de Porres Interparochial School: Creating Well-Rounded and Academically Prepared Students This year, for the first time, the sixth-grade students have been separated into boy and girl classes at the St. Martin de Porres Interparochial School.
Education: Hispanic High School Seniors Receive Honors Four Hispanic high school students from the Archdiocese have been honored by the College Board for their outstanding academic achievements. 
In the Parishes: This week, focus on Delaware County's St. John Neumann Parish, Bryn Mawr and hear about what special devotions are observed, new ministries and parish history.

Vocation Series: Walking in the Footsteps of St. John Neumann This week, learn about the "Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) " and how they are preaching the Gospel, especially the poor and abandoned.

Our Lady of Hope: The Apparitions at Pontmain
An unusual movement about 70 feet away, above the roof of the Guidecoq's home, caught his eye. The stars seemed to move apart, then melt away entirely as the figure of a tall and exceptionally beautiful woman appeared in the sky above the house.


Uncle Sam Wants You, Father
Help wanted. Help desperately needed. The United States military has about 400 Catholic priests serving as active-duty chaplains, less than half of those who served 15 years ago.
Forming Authentic Catholic Women
With the same badge-earning and handicraft emphasis as the secular girls clubs, the Little Flowers includes the Catholic faith along with firsthand instruction in the fine art of Christian womanhood.
Finding God's Gifts Through Suffering
Not many people see their life-threatening illness as a gift from God, but that's exactly how Carol Lickfield feels about her non-Hotchkin's Lymphoma, as stage four cancer that was discovered in her bone marrow two years ago.

Connecting Faith and Culture: The International Institute for Culture
Inside the walls of this splended century-old mansion at 6331 Lancaster Ave inn the Overbrook Farms section of Philadelphia, the vital connection between faith and culture is explored in all of its most glorious forms – music, art, the law, journalism, science.


The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of January 8, 2004

Restoring the Culture of Love at the International Institute for Culture: Who would think that an engagement would come from a five-week class taught by Dr. John M. Haas, on "Human Sexuality and Marriage" offered at the International Institute for Culture (IIC) this past fall? Story


True Confession Requires True Repentance Doesn't confession give people the idea that it is all right to sin as long as you are sorry later? Read the answer. Story

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