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.
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.