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Catholic Standard & Times Issue of December 7, 2006 In this issue: Priest
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Leisure: ‘Picturing Mary’ documentary ready for debut on public television Rosemary Plum can catch her breath and give her well-thumbed-through passport a rest for the time being. Plum recently returned to her London home from Mexico City, the last of 22 cities in 13 countries where she and her crew shot footage for the documentary “Picturing Mary,” which was funded in part by the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Communication Campaign. Sports: Profile: Extra: REMEMBERING FR. MARIAN ZALECKI— Read a collection of articles written by Fr. Marian for The CS&T : |
This Week's Issue The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. ‘Pope
Benedict the Brave’ Day of Sanctification for Priests: ‘Show us your face, Lord’ “How do we prepare ourselves to see the face of Christ?” Archbishop Edwin O’Brien asked the 450 priests gathered at St. Charles Seminary for their annual day of sanctification. Adult faith formation Ignited in the faith A parish marquee reminds thousands of motorists on Roosevelt Boulevard: “Children need a stable beginning.” Parish council members begin each meeting by reading the Sunday Gospel and discussing it for a few minutes. Seniors take a bus trip to a city shrine and then go to lunch together. Those activities have one thing in common: They’re all a type of adult faith formation. The taxpayer’s right to choose If you had a choice, would you want your tax dollars to pay for promoting partial birth abortion and programs that encourage teen promiscuity and undermine parental authority? Would you support the marketing of items that mock Christianity, such as “Choice on Earth” Christmas cards, and key chains that depict God handing Adam a condom? Vietnamese community celebrates 30 years in Philadelphia Religion plays an important role in the life of the Vietnamese — the Catholic faith is one of many religions that the communist government at Hanoi restricted in practice after the French withdrew and Vietnam was partitioned by the Geneva Accords of 1954. Preaching life on death’s doorstep While the culture of death thrives inside the Planned Parenthood Clinic of Central New Jersey, the clinic now shares a wall with a crisis pregnancy center and New Jersey’s first 24-hour Catholic radio station. Rediscovering Mexican and Catholic heritage Coming full-circle with the help of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 12 marks the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It commemorates the apparition of the Virgin Mary in December 1531 to a humble Indian peasant named Juan Diego near what is now Mexico City. |
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