The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of November 23, 2006

In this issue:

Prayer:
ADVENT: ‘Lord, show us your love and grant us your salvation’

What does Advent mean, and why is the season so significant?
Adventus Domini is a Latin phrase meaning the “coming of the Lord.” Advent is a time of preparation, a time of holy desire and longing for the promised Messiah.


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:
‘When you feed people, you give them hope’

Mary’s Cupboard has been following the Gospel mandate to feed the hungry for the past 30 years.


Extra:

REMEMBERING FR. MARIAN ZALECKI—
Read a collection of articles written by Fr. Marian for The CS&T :

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This Week's Issue


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

Thanksgiving at 'Father John's
Thanksgiving comes early at St. John’s Hospice on Race Street.


Abortion lobby may derail Kansas child-abuse probe
After a protracted court battle to secure abortion records in order to identify suspected child abuse and late-term abortions, Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline lost his bid for reelection to opponent Paul Morrison, who says he may not pursue the case.

Singing from the heart, singing for life
Mark Forrest was Broadway-bound. Gifted with a booming Irish tenor voice and an ability to hold notes as long as Pavarotti, he had dreams of becoming a household name. But God had other plans.

Water, water everywhere
A bottle of water beats a bottle of soda. Just ask the eighth-graders at St. Denis School in Havertown.

‘THE NATIVITY STORY’ gives birth to new standard in religious filmmaking
New Line Cinema’s “The Nativity Story,” set to be released nationwide on Dec. 1, not only successfully brings home the true message of Christmas, but also delivers the standard of quality set by the 2004 blockbuster, “The Passion of the Christ.”


 

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