The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of November 16, 2006

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In this issue:

Prayer:
A walk with Jesus

Pope Benedict XVI has surprised everyone. Many had hoped that his papacy would be one of precise dogmatic pronouncements. Others feared that very thing. In his first encyclical, however, the scholarly guardian of doctrine disarmed all.


Black Catholics:
Following the Holy Spirit: A history of black priests in the Archdiocese
(Part 2 of 2)
During the 1960s, Saint Charles adapted some of its programs to accommodate its black seminarians. It opened up cultural activities to the black community, sent seminarians to work in inner-city parishes, instituted courses focusing on black concerns, and brought in black guest speakers and faculty to teach. All of that made the seminary environment more welcoming to black students, and increasing the number of applicants and guiding them through the completion of their studies to ordination.

Profile:
Annual Seminary Appeal: ‘I really feel a call to serve Him and His Church’

As a young boy, Danny Kredensor had a keen sense of curiosity about the Mass.

 


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

Historic Consecration
Bishops consecrate U.S.A. to Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary

In an historic event, the United States of America was consecrated to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary by the U.S. bishops on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.


Faith and pride at Roman Catholic
There is a certain irony to the fact that the latest addition to Roman Catholic High School, the school that refused to die, is a resurrected and completely renovated former city morgue.

Archdiocesan official: Catholic schools at the cutting-edge of education
The student of today is more advanced, knows how to multitask, and can grasp larger concepts because of advances in technology and globalization according to recent research.

Supreme Court hears gruesome partial birth abortion case
The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments from both sides of the partial-birth abortion issue on Wednesday, Nov. 8 in a proceeding that was at times graphic and gruesome.
Turn in a grinch
Christmas is back. Here come the lights, the trees, the greeting cards and — the grinches ….

Christmas Gift Guide
Part One of Two
Most Catholics want to give at least some Christmas gifts that encourage their friends and loved ones to live and love their faith better. But do you sometimes wish that you had a friend to guide you through the many available items? In this guide, The Catholic Standard & Times’ staff members share with you, our extended family in Christ, the gifts we are giving or have given to our own family and friends.


 


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