In this issue: Prayer: Finishing the race: dealing with obstacles and setbacks Whenever we make changes in our life or embark on a new venture, we meet resistance from outside sources and from within ourselves. Confidence fails; doubt and discouragement replace our initial feelings of hope and excitement.
Black Catholic: Calendar Listings from the Office of Black Catholics: Here is your advance notice so you can mark your calendar's on what is happening in the Black Catholic community.
Education: EITC winners – students and businesses He’s in the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, belongs to the pro-life group, plays on the soccer team, acts in plays, belongs to the astronomy club, and he’s a Track 1 student.
In the Parishes: This week, focus on Bucks County's St. Bede the Venerable Parish, Holland and hear about what special devotions are observed, new ministries and parish history.
Vocation Series: Lay Vocations: Courtroom to the ghetto: lawyer turns missionary Why would a young, successful lawyer with a seemingly perfect life give it all up for a life of poverty and service?
To some Karen Pushaw’s decision seemed pure insanity. To her it meant answering her call from God. | The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Justin Rigali's weekly column. Read it here!
Generosity gives Oxford parish hope
An anonymous donor’s gift of $750,000 to Sacred Heart Parish in Oxford will help its parish school meet the needs of a burgeoning enrollment.
Holy Family gets $2.5 million grant
Financing for Holy Family University’s planned educational and technology center on their Northeast Philadelphia campus took a giant step forward recently, with a $2.5 million state grant.
Doctor chooses God over money
It was becoming a vicious cycle for Dr. Brigida de Guzman-Cam, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Delaware County Memorial Hospital. Her practice put her in direct confrontation with Church teaching on the sanctity of human life and sexuality. Instead of professing the good news that, with Christ, true love is really possible, Guzman-Cam found herself caught up in the culture of death.
Cardinal invites Manayunk faithful to unite
In an effort to bring healing, Cardinal Justin Rigali promoted unity at a recent prayer hour to hundreds of Manayunk parishioners, parents and students of five parish schools involved in a restructuring study.
Capturing students' hearts for Christ
Margot and Madeline Capocci are witnesses to the impact the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, or FOCUS, has had on the lives of thousands of university students on campuses around the country.
| The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of March 11, 2004 College Discernment: Have you picked your college yet?: My overnight stay at De Sales University was the deciding factor in my choosing a college. After a frustrating year of looking at schools, researching and visiting, my mom and I were both going insane. Story
A public college can challenge faith and values: You could probably say I was raised in a “Catholic bubble.” I grew up in a traditional Catholic home, barely exposed to other religions or differing world views. We attend church on Sundays and my sisters and I all attended Catholic grade school and high school. When it came time to choose a college I chose Temple University. Story
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