In this issue: Prayer: The communion of saints and souls: The blessed ties that bind us: The autumn leaves, in cascading streams of burgundy, ginger, and golden-yellow, are a guaranteed kid-pleaser. Free-spirited children want nothing more than to gleefully jump into the inviting multi-hued heaps. Falling leaves are an inescapable reminder that nature is indeed cyclical; that living things must eventually die.
Black Catholic: Abortion: An African-American holocaust: Almost half of all African-American babies in Philadelphia are aborted.
Education: Sacred Heart opens $2.4 million community center: The young athletes at Sacred Heart Parish and School in Royersford are set to jump, dribble, score. A new gymnasium is part of a $2.4 million community center recently completed on the parish grounds.
In the Parishes: This week, focus on Philadelphia North's St. Bernard Church, and hear about what special devotions are observed, new ministries and parish history.
Vocation Series: Marriage Vocation: Answering the call to lifelong companionship and fatherhood: It was the feast of St. Joseph when William J. Guy Jr. first called Caroline Parker to ask her out. What Bill didn’t know was that she had recently prayed a novena to St. Jude asking that her future husband enter her life. | The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Justin Rigali's weekly column. Read it here!
Eucharistic Congress draws millions to Mexico
More than 3.9 million people from 87 countries gathered in Guadalajara, Mexico this past week for the 48th International Congress, according to Mural Expreción de Jalisco, a daily newspaper headquartered in Zapopan.
Reigniting the missionary spirit There are six billion people in the world today and two-thirds do not believe in Jesus Christ. Only 15 percent of Asian people are Christian and even the most Christianized continents, such as Europe, are experiencing a substantial influx of unbaptized, irreligious, or non-Christian immigrants.
Living the Gospel of Life
How important is the issue of life in the current debate over national priorities? In November 1998, long before the issues raised in the 2004 elections were being impressed by the candidates on the minds of voters, the then-National Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted a statement that answers this and other critical questions.
U.S. shrine to Gianna Molla, pro-life Saint
The first known shrine to the newly canonized St. Gianna Beretta Molla was blessed Tuesday, Oct. 9 by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph P. McFadden at Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Warminster.
Businessman of the Month: Chuck Piola: The cross that made him a success
Ten-year-old Chuck Piola was mad at God. He was smart. In fact, he was so smart that his mind usually went faster than he could speak – and so he stuttered. The stutter affected him academically, socially and emotionally.
Colombia: 'Long history of extreme inequality'
She’s only 20 years old — and already a widow. “I’m six months pregnant, yet I feel none of the joy of a newlywed woman and expectant mum,” the unidentified woman told a worker for the International Committee of the Red Cross. “I haven’t smiled since the day a group of men came to the house asking for my husband ...” | The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of October 21, 2004 Responding to the challenge: There are countless times in
the Bible where God com-
mands his people not to fear. As Catholics, especially on a secular campus, it is imperative that we embrace our faith and demonstrate our trust in God in real and tangible ways. Story
Another view from inside the university campus: There was an article in the April 22,
2004 issue of The Catholic Standard & Times which painted a fairly dismal view of the university campus. It described that many ‘Catholics drift away from the faith’ while at college. While reading this, I was disappointed by the way college students were portrayed within the Church and on the campus. Story
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