The
Catholic Standard & Times Issue of December 14, 2006 In
this issue:
Priest
Heroes: Reader
testimonials:
Priest Heroes
Readers
tell us why their priests are their heroes
Prayer: Finding
meaning at the crib: Pope Benedict XVI on Christmas
In spite of the hustle and bustle of Christmas, deep
down inside, most of us really want to make a special connection with
God during this holy season. If only we could rise above the clamor,
and grasp the spiritual meaning of this great season of peace.
Leisure: Movie
Reviews Some
USCCB reviews of recently released movies
This
special Christmas gift keeps giving year-round
Profile: Treasured
memories of Bishop McDevitt H.S.
Spending one’s entire teaching career at one school is a rarity
today, but it is exactly what Cecelia Coyne did.
Extra:
REMEMBERING
FR. MARIAN ZALECKI—
Read a collection of articles written by Fr. Marian for The CS&T
:
Catholic
high schools to join PIAA Remember
the old championship rivalries between the Philadelphia Catholic League
and the Philadelphia Public League? They are coming back, as well
as a new addition — participation by the archdiocesan high schools
in state-wide championship tournaments in all athletics for boys and
girls.
St.
Agnes’ clinic:
Loving Christ in the poor It’s
been open only eight years, but the St. Agnes Clinic, where the uninsured
and underinsured receive treatment, has transformed the lives of the
poorest of the poor in West Chester.
Lives
for sale How
can it be possible that in this — the 21st — century, there
are still human beings who turn a profit by selling other human beings
into slavery?
Philadelphia’s
Haas named to Pontifical Academy for Life Pope Benedict XVI has named John Haas, president
of the Philadelphia-based National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC)
and a former John Cardinal Krol Professor of Moral Theology at St. Charles
Borromeo Seminary, as a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Sacred
Heart, Swedesburg:
A century of tradition Maybe George Washington never slept exactly
at the site of Sacred Heart Church, Swedesburg, but during some of the
darkest days of the Revolutionary War, his army bivouacked on the property
where it stands.