In this issue: Prayer: Eternally at odds: the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the world: Is it status or vanity? Ambition or greed? A “choice” or murder? Freedom or license? Reputation or pride? Ever notice how the world and the Christian never seem to see eye-to-eye? What one calls white, the other swears is black. It’s like living in a permanent state of irreconcilable differences.
Black Catholic: Newly-ordained permanent deacon Reverend Mr. James Mahoney: The African American Catholic community has been blessed by the ordination of a new permanent deacon. Rev. Mr. James Mahoney, a parishioner at Saint Benedict Church in Cluster 18, was ordained by Cardinal Justin Rigali on June 6, 2004.
Education: Cardinal praises future Catholic educators: Today, we gather at a moment when the Church sends you out to share in a teaching mission that is her own but that comes from the Lord. How grateful we are that this Alliance exists and benefits so many in Catholic education, both the leaders and the students themselves.
In the Parishes: This week, focus on Philadelphia North's Our Lady of Consolation Parish, and hear about what special devotions are observed, new ministries and parish history.
Vocation Series: Near-drowning inspires Philadelphia-native's contemporary religious artwork A near-drowning experience is the inspiration for a lively work of religious art, by a Philadelphia-born artist and religious brother, now on exhibit at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. | The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Justin Rigali's weekly column. Read it here!
Remembering the genocide of Rwanda
Sister Maria Laetitia Byukusenge was swept up in the genocide happening before her eyes when civil unrest broke out in Rwanda on April 6, 1994. At the time, she admits that she, along with many others, prayed that “God would come down and burn all those people who were killing other people.”
Three more vocations from St. Monica's parish Flashy advertising and catchy slogans might be needed in some places to promote vocations, but when it comes to St. Monica’s Parish in south Philadelphia, the good old-fashioned way is working just fine.
Election Day 2004: Catholics called to unite in prayer
As election day nears, Catholics are being called to unite in a global 54-day rosary novena campaign, to ask for an election outcome that will be pleasing to God.
Life after divorce
Divorce can be a tremendous challenge to one’s faith — an experience that may prompt such questions as, “Why did God let this happen to me?” But it is not something that any Catholic should have to go through alone.
Eugenic abortions on the rise
A sharp increase in the number of babies being aborted in the U.K. for non-life-threatening conditions, such as deformed feet or cleft palates, is sounding alarms in the U.S. and other countries with advanced prenatal testing.
Italy's largest Marian shrine: The Basilica of St. Mary Major
Minutes away from Rome’s Termini train station, and up the road from the Basilica of St. John Latern, stands a beautiful white edifice dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows — the Basilica of St. Mary Major. | The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of August 12, 2004 Just do it! Walking the talk of social justice: Over 100 young adults gathered at Finnigan’s Wake Pub, 3rd and Spring Garden Streets, Aug. 5 to hear from two men who chose to “walk the walk of social justice,” during the fourth installment of the Theology on Tap series sponsored by the Office for Youth and Young Adults. Story
Working together to build faith, companionship and communities? If you are here to help, you have wasted your time. But if you are here because your liberation is bound up with mine, let us work together. — Lila Watson. Story
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