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Letters from the Pope
Just three months before he died of cancer last year, Msgr. Thomas J. Herron, the former pastor of St. Laurence Parish in Upper Darby, received a personal letter from his former boss, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.
In this issue: Prayer: St. Rose-Philippine Duchesne: “Woman-who-prays-always”: It was the mid-19th century, and St. Rose-Philippine Duchesne was 78 years old, when her dream to work with Native Americans came true.
Black Catholic: Black Catholic youth headed to Cologne: The Martin de Porres Foundation is sponsoring six black Catholic youths for this year’s World Youth Day, to be held August 16-21 in Cologne, Germany.
In the Parishes: Focus on Bucks County’s
Immaculate Conception Parish, Levittown
Vocations: From the Brook: A Weekly Profile of Members of the Ordination Class of 2005 from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood
| This Week's Issue The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here.
Tiny soldiers
Part 1 of 2
The rebels filed out of the bush surrounding the city of Makeni in northern Sierra Leone in early June, 1997. Ten years of civil war had ended a month earlier in a tentative agreement between rebel and government forces, and no one was sure how long the peace would last.
Is Title X putting girls at risk?
Imagine the horror you would feel if you learned that your 12-year-old daughter was involved in a sexual relationship with her 37-year-old gym teacher. Now imagine how much worse you would feel if you learned that he had been secretly escorting her to a local clinic where she was being repeatedly injected with the controversial, long-acting contraceptive known as Depo-Provera.
Serious questions raised by Schiavo autopsy
The June 15 release of the autopsy of Terri Schindler-Schiavo is raising more questions than it answers.
It’s a wonderful life
She’s 83 years young and is spending her “retirement” assisting in the care of 160 pre-school children in Nairobi, Kenya. Although she calls it a “semi-retirement,” Philadelphia native and Maryknoll Sister Ruth Greble is doing more in her golden years than most of us do in a lifetime.
Archdiocesan high school grads top $190 million in scholarships
The 2004-’05 academic year has recessed, report cards have been issued, and the statistics on the successes of the Class of 2005 from the 21 archdiocesan Catholic high schools are in.
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FROM ROME
Father Joe Roesch, who used to write The CS&T’s popular column “Ask Father Joe,” is now Second General Councilor of the Rome Congregation of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, which promotes the message of Divine Mercy around the world. He has agreed to write a column for us about what it’s like to be in Rome during the opening days of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, and about his own Divine Mercy apostolate. | The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of June 23, 2005
Top scorer honors Coach Diletto: If Samantha Thompson were only a great basketball player, she would still be remembered forever at St. Basil Academy. After all, no basketball player in the history of the school had ever scored 1,000 career points — a milestone that Thompson reached in February during a game against Nazareth Academy. Story
Bishop Shanahan singer got his start in church: For 17-year-old William Monahan, faith and music are interwoven.
Local student one of 13 first-place winners in Family Rosary contest: Dallas S. Scott III prays the rosary daily. His 13-year-old son, Dallas S. Scott IV, a seventh-grader at St. Madeline-St. Rose School in Ridley Park, has followed in his father’s footsteps by setting up his own rosary recitation schedule.
CS&T presents journalism awards
to high school students: The Catholic Standard & Times held its 22nd annual High School Journalism Colloquium and Scholastic Journalism awards ceremony on Thursday, May 12 at the archdiocesan office center.
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