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


Parenting:
Two Christmas stories:

The Christmas tree: A family story

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 :

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This Week's Issue


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

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.


Silver bells, silver screen
St. Cornelius Church goes to the movies

“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.

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.

 

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