The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of June 15, 2006

In this issue:

Prayer:
Silence is Golden:
Reflections on Joseph of Nazareth

Father’s Day is that special date on which we honor our earthly fathers, but we can also commemorate Father’s Day by focusing our minds and hearts on a father none of us has ever seen in the flesh.


Profile:
Filling Hispanic needs as God leads
With each career step in her life, Miriam Espadas has found herself
advancing the special mission of her heart — expanding the spiritual help of the Church in her much-loved Hispanic community.

Vocations:
‘God or Girl’ series is ‘good tool’ for discerning vocations
A&E’s recent reality miniseries, “God or the Girl,” took a look at four Catholic men who felt they might have a call to the priesthood, but were uncertain whether they had what it takes to become a priest.

Sports:
Neumann College honors five archdiocesan coaches

Richard Papirio, head baseball coach at Conwell-Egan Catholic High School, has received a lifetime achievement award from Neumann College’s Center for Sport, Spirituality and Character Development and its Sport Management program.
In all, five coaches from the the Archdiocese of Philadelphia were honored by the college at its second annual awards program.

 

This Week's Issue


The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here.

Cardinal announces two appointments

Our new Auxilary Bishop

Raleigh’s new bishop


Next step critical for Pa. marriage amendment
Pennsylvanians have good reason to celebrate the 137-60 vote victory of the Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Amendment — but that was only the first step in what will be a long road to actual marriage-protection in the state.

Forming hearts for tomorrow
They’ve reached out to the homeless, consoled the grieving, warmed the tiny bodies of at-risk babies, and brought love and laughter to people who hadn’t seen a smiling face for much too long.
Grace works its wonders on one of hockey’s much-loved bad boys
It’s not every day that a former Philadelphia Flyer is asked to head up a men’s faith-sharing group, but that’s what Don Saleski was asked to do by his pastor.
The science of fatherhood
From the first moments of life, a baby can tell the difference between Mom and Dad...
The coming geriatric age: How we care
Baby boomers have very definite ideas about how and where they want their parents — and eventually themselves — to age. And it’s not within the typical nursing home paradigm.

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