Prayer: Roses in the winter: Celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything. — Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dispatches from Rome: The Pope, Our Lady and religious sisters I will soon experience my first Christmas in Rome. And recently, on Dec. 8, the patronal feast day of my community, the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, I renewed my vows in Italian for the first time. Unidos en Dios: Rosas en el invierno: Celebrando Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Que nada turbe tu corazón. No temas esa enfermedad, ni ninguna otra enfermedad o angustia. ¿No estoy yo aquí, quién es tu Madre? ¿No estás tú bajo mi protección? ¿No soy yo tu salud? ¿No te encuentras feliz en mis brazos? ¿Qué más deseas? No te angusties o preocupes por nada. Profile: ‘More coffee with Nonna’ Local author pays tribute to his Italian grandmother’s faith and wisdom “God smiles two times a day. Every morning He smiles knowing that we will love Him during the day and every night He smiles because He is so pleased with the love we have given Him.” — Domenica Maria D’Amore (“Nonna”)
This Week's Issue
The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Day of Sanctification: Renewing the soul “Like shoemakers, sometimes we take care of everybody else’s shoes, but we don’t take care of our own,” said 62-year-old Msgr. Thomas J. Duane, pastor of Annunciation B.V.M. Parish in Havertown. In time for Christmas — the 2006 Catholic Directory Want to send Father John D. Reardon a Christmas card, but don’t remember what parish he was named pastor of this past June? New magazine for Catholic teens Catholic girls will soon be seeing their beautiful faces gracing the covers of a new magazine created exclusively for them. St. Hilary’s wins award for Peace Program “God, our Father, You call us to spread peace and love in the world. As we begin our day, help us to live in peace with You and one another. Bless each of our hearts with Your peace and love.” St. Lucy’s Day School celebrates 50 years America in the 1950s was entering an era of rapid population growth and brilliant leaps in science. Albert Einstein was the hero of the age, along with the scientists involved in the space program. The invention of the transistor was making radios and televisions smaller and more reliable. By the middle of the decade, Jonas Salk’s vaccine would begin to eradicate the threat of polio in Western countries. Catholic Relief Services opens northeast regional office in Radnor Catholic Relief Services (CRS) recently opened its Northeast Regional Office in Radnor, Delaware County, and a native of the Archdiocese has been named its regional director. Shining a light on a dark children’s game Take a closer look at your children’s game cards and you may be disturbed at what you discover.
The Catholic Standard & Times Issue of December 15, 2005
Leisure: PTC calls ‘family tiers’ a red herring, not a solution LOS ANGELES — Responding to comments made at the U.S. Senate indecency forum on Dec. 12 in Washington, D.C., the Parents Television Council described a suggestion to offer cable packages of family-friendly stations a “red herring” rather than a genuine solution to the problem of obscenity on cable TV.
Sports: ‘Total team effort’ wins Prep another Red Division title To a player, St. Joseph’s Prep’s team members insist there was very little concern after they drove to the one-yard line on the first drive of the game but didn’t score. They also insist they weren’t taxed when they fumbled a punt and fell behind, 7-0.