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Catholic Standard & Times Issue of December 21, 2006 In this issue: Prayer:
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Parenting: 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. |
This Week's Issue The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Sending
Christmas peace to U.S. soldiers and Iraqi children A minister encounters Mary In October, Rev. Neil Babcox, pastor of Disston Memorial Presbyterian Church in the Tacony section of Philadelphia had to perform one of the most difficult tasks of his life. Of all of the congregations he’d led this was the flock that touched him most; he didn’t want to hurt them. He had to tell them he was resigning his pulpit because he was becoming a Catholic. Our Lady of Fatima: Celebrating 25 years of continuous prayer At every hour of the day and night for the last 25 years, someone has been at prayer before the Blessed Sacrament at Our Lady of Fatima church in Bensalem. Undercover at Planned Parenthood Abortifacent free-for-all Confusion reigned in local Planned Parenthood clinics during “Free EC Day,” the Dec. 6 nationwide campaign to distribute free emergency contraception. Pro-life protestors scattered throughout the area reported some clinic workers did not seem to know how to dispense the drug, and allegedly gave it to a one minor without a prescription. On air: Lives for sale Human trafficking and immigration are linked because the source of the problem is the same: desperate poverty, says Larry Rich, the Maryknoll executive producer of “Lives for Sale.” Christmas in the Korean Catholic Community: Celebrating faith and family Christmas and the New Year in the Korean Catholic community are a time to refresh and strengthen ties with God and family. Msgr. James McBride: Have stole — will travel It’s not surprising that Msgr. James P. McBride, the retired pastor of St. Katherine Parish in Northeast Philadelphia, celebrates weekend ministries for another congregation. |
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