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Catholic Standard & Times Issue of May 25, 2006 In this issue: Prayer:
Profile: From the Brook: A Weekly Profile of Members of the Ordination Class of 2006 from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood Deacon Christopher R. Cooke Black Catholic : Commencement speaker even inspires his teachers He may not be your typical commencement speaker, but Benjamin Rosehart, the La Salle senior who will be addressing his fellow graduates on May 14, will not be any less inspirational, or any less able to impart words of wisdom that will resonate with his classmates. Unidos en Dios: Las reliquias de los Mártires Mexicanos vienen a Filadelfia La Oficina del Vicario para Católicos Hispanos se complace en anunciar la visita de las Reliquias de los Caballeros de Colón Sacerdotes Mártires de México; estarán en la Arquidiócesis de Filadelfia el sábado 3 y el domingo 4 de junio del 2006. Fresh Faith: More than 3,000 teens attend chastity day programs Generation Life’s 18th annual Chastity Days program reached more than 3,000 eighth-grade students with the message of chastity in three separate, jam-packed events that included national chastity speakers, a modesty fashion show, pro-life video presentations and music provided by the DJ Jazzy Frank.
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This Week's Issue The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Faith
sealed in blood: Defending Christ at local theaters Amidst mostly jeers, a few cheers, and plenty of uncomfortable stares, Catholic and other Christian protesters gathered outside local theaters on the opening night of Sony Picture’s “The Da Vinci Code” to pray and profess their love for Jesus Christ. St. Francis de Sales: Preserving a sacred heritage For almost 100 years, the spectacular Guastavino tiled dome of St. Francis de Sales Church has been the crowning glory of its West Philadelphia neighborhood. For nearly the same100 years, that great tiled dome of St. Francis Church has been the crowning headache of almost every pastor of the parish. It leaks. Presidential Scholar Heads to Big Apple Nazareth Academy’s valedictorian, Amelia Pedlow, literally fell in love with acting at age 6 when she fell off a darkened stage just before a curtain call. “I was in my yellow ‘Annie’-like dress, and I just toppled right off the stage,” said the now -18-year-old student who is headed to New York’s Juilliard in August to study drama. “I got back up and thought, ‘This is what I want to do.’ Mercy Vocational students bring special skills to Katrina relief effort For nine days this spring, 16 high school students from the Philadelphia Archdiocese carried their school’s mission — and the vocational skills they learned at the school — to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, to help restore the hurricane-ravaged area. Forklift operator thanks God — and Catholic Social Services — for job There’s isn’t a day that passes by that 37-year-old Omar Mendez, a forklift operator for Kraft Foods in Northeast Philadelphia, doesn’t say, “God, thank You for this job — I’m happy.” Catholic Youth Organization honors teen leaders At a time when the lure of violence, drugs and unbridled immorality is an everyday reality for teenagers, there are plenty of young people who are proving to be beacons of hope and witnesses for their Catholic faith. |
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