Prayer: Wanted: Shock Troops Imagine what the world would be like if doctors and nurses, soldiers and scientists, athletes and lawyers, housewives and office-workers, all professed the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their respective walks of life.
Black Catholic: Relying on Providence: Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange She lived in a world where blacks were enslaved, women had no rights and Catholics were hated. Unidos en Dios: Cardenal a los jóvenes hispanos: ‘Comuniquen a Jesús’ Homilía del Cardenal Justin Rigali Misa durante el Encuentro Diocesano de Jóvenes Hispanos Iglesia San Guillermo 11 de febrero del 2,006 Profile: Surrendering to God, finding love Michael Harris and Cynthia Thompson say that when they surrendered their lives to God, He led them into each other’s lives.
This Week's Issue
The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Cardinal urges opposition to harsh immigration proposals The time is now, and it’s critical. In March, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Arlen Specter, will consider comprehensive immigration reform legislation. Encuentro for Hispanic youth: ‘A sign of hope for our Church’ More than 100 Hispanic youth from across the Archdiocese came together this past weekend to develop a pastoral plan designed to help the Church minister especially to them. New parish formed Because of burgeoning membership, St. Peter Parish in Pottstown and St. Clare Parish in Linfield will consolidate July 1 and form a new parish, which will eventually be based at a new site in Limerick. Helping parents of special children experience special graces When Renee Bumb and her husband, Kevin Smith, went to their doctor for an ultrasound, to see whether they were going to have twins, they were not prepared for what they discovered. There would be no twins — and their growing baby might have Down Syndrome. Culture of life goes prime time It’s time for a commercial break on MTV and a bright yellow school bus suddenly flashes across the screen. A group of youngsters hurtle off the bus while a voice in the background says: “If you were born after 1973, about 30 percent of your friends, neighbors, and relatives are missing.” Birth control patch ‘a devastatingly silent injury’ It was a typical Wednesday in October 2004, when 27-year-old Suzanne Heaton and a coworker headed out for lunch in downtown Princeton. St. Helena parishioner’s amazing story highlights ‘quiet threat’ of heart disease Timing, they say, is everything. That certainly seems true for what happened to Kathleen Burke on the cold, bright morning of Jan. 16, as a series of events fell rapidly into place to weave a life-saving web around her, just as her walk-and-run exercise in the park was carrying her to the brink of death.
The Catholic Standard & Times Issue of February 16, 2006
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