The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of January 25, 2007
In this issue:

Prayer:
Church declares St. John Bosco’s mother venerable
She was known among the abandoned boys of Turin, Italy, as “Mamma Margaret.” To her own son, St. John Bosco, she was both mother and colleague in the work that would become his life’s mission.

Leisure:
 Let there be humor
In an industry in which comedians range from profane to downright mean-spirited, Warner Bros. Television’s “Thou Shalt Laugh” is a breath of fresh air for those who like to laugh “with” not “at” other people.
Profile:
Love is the principle that guides this principal
“I just figured out why our school is called Our Lady Help of Christians. Sister Mary is the lady, and the children are the Christians, and Sister Mary helps us with everything.”

This Week's Issue

The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here.
Historic JPII school opens
In a former cornfield in Chester County, there now stands a stately $12 million school that was 15 years in the making — the first regional elementary school in archdiocesan history built to serve more than one parish.

Cardinal: ‘Most Americans do not support Roe v. Wade’
Homily of Cardinal Justin Rigali
Vigil Mass for Life
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Philadelphians witness for life
According to the Associated Press “several thousand” pro-life supporters marched Jan. 22 in Washington’s 34th Annual March for Life in protest of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. That’s sort of like saying the United States has a national debt of “several million dollars.”

During Christian Unity Week, Philadelphians of all faiths gather in defense of life
There is a direct link between the violence in the city of Philadelphia and abortion, Chris Pender, a father of four, said at a Stand Up for Life Rally outside City Hall. 
GenLife: Stand up for life
Women seeking abortions do it out of fear, not out of choice, a woman named Tracy told the crowd gathered at a pro-life rally in front of Philadelphia’s City Hall.
Surprise assembly at Archbishop Wood celebrates life-affirming choices
A remarkable confluence of people and events play into the story of little John Paul, a spirited baby boy born a year ago this month.
Extra! Extra!
Read all about the third-grade CS&T school subscription drive winner
By bike, by foot and by phone, 8-year-old Vincent J. “Vince” Finley Jr., a third-grader at St. Elizabeth School in Uwchlan, sold 25 subscriptions to The Catholic Standard & Times, winning the 2006-’07 school subscription drive contest.
Saving lives in Haiti
A “house jar” that students at Annunciation B.V.M. School in Havertown filled to the brim with coins and bills has helped to build and furnish a house in Haiti, and changed forever the lives of the Jean Louis family.
The house that love built
It’s the third house on a street called Cape May County Way in Cap Haitien, Haiti, and the people who built it go to school right here in Philadelphia.
CS&T lends helping
hand in Kenya project
Joseph, a Catholic school teacher and parishioner of St. Ignatius of Antioch in Yardley, went to Katolo Kenya over the summer with Harambee in Progress, a non-profit volunteer organization that helps the poverty-stricken people of Katolo.