In this issue: Prayer: The Prayer life of Pope John Paul II: According to papal biographer George Weigel, the Pope’s entire daily routine was “punctuated by prayer.” The following excerpts from his book, “Witness to Hope,” detail the frequency of his prayer in the course of his day.
Black Catholic: Black wax museum brings kids together: The assignment began routinely enough. Students at St. Martin de Porres in Philadelphia, a predominantly black school, were asked to read a biography of a person they wanted to know more about and write a one-and-a-half page, first person narrative explaining the person's early life, success, career and life after initial successes.
Education: The importance of Catholic Education: Talk of Cardinal Justin Rigali, Neumann College, Aston, Pa., Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws and Founder’s Day
March 16, 2005
In the Parishes: The St. Andrew, Newtown, Home and School Association is anything but a Mickey Mouse operation — even though many of its members will be on two chartered flights to Disneyland next week.
Vocation Series: Celebrating and honoring Sister Carmen Torres: After more than four years serving as director of the Catholic Institure for Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Sister Carmen is leaving to become provincial vocation director of her community, the society of the Holy Child Jesus in Drexel Hill. | The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Justin Rigali's weekly column. Read it here!
Mercy Pope dies on eve of Divine Mercy
Precisely 37 minutes after the celebration of the Vigil Mass of Divine Mercy, just as the floodgates of mercy were opening upon mankind, Pope John Paul II looked toward the crowd outside his window, made the sign of the cross with his right hand, and breathed his last word, “Amen.”
Cardinal: What the Pope taught us
Cardinal Justin Rigali has probably spent more time with Pope John Paul II than almost anyone in the world. He was there from the moment the Pope was elected — and he traveled with him to almost every country in the world.
Final farewell to a leader and friend
Just before Cardinal Justin Rigali boarded an airplane for Rome to pay his respects to the late Pope John Paul II, and to participate in the election of the Pope’s successor, he consoled his flock of Philadelphia Catholics and asked them to continue to remain close to him in prayer.
Pope embodied profound, unshakable faith in face of suffering
It is finished.
Pope John Paul II had said time and time again whenever his health was called into question that he would continue in his God-given mission to the Church until Christ said it was finished.
St. Charles Seminary
mourns Pope’s death
After the Vatican announced the death of Pope John Paul II on Saturday, April 2, the bells pealed at the Chapel of St. Martin of Tours at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, and the U.S. and Papal flags were lowered to half-staff, where they will remain for the Church’s nine days of mourning. | The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of April 7, 2005
I took the 'Urban Challenge' at the Romero Center: Over spring break from my college, I was challenged to sleep in a room with four other girls, eat peanut butter and jelly every day for lunch — and listen to 30 people reflect each night on what they did that day. Story
Pope John Paul II: His legacy to youth
“John Paul II, we love you!” One million young people from around the globe chanted those words at World Youth Day in 2002 in Toronto, Canada, greeting their spiritual father.Story
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