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The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of February 8, 2007


In this issue:

Prayer:
The high cost of perfection

I had just finished presenting my two-day marriage workshop, “Overcoming ‘Buffaloes’ in Marriage: How to Build a Strong God-Centered Marriage,” when one of the participants approached me and said, “Vincent, would you please send a copy of the workbook to my brother-in-law?”


Profile:
A passion for black Catholic history

Sylvia Royster can trace her passion for African-American history back to the day her pastor suggested she take a course at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

This Week's Issue


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

Pa. now has ‘Choose Life’ plates
Pennsylvania has become the 14th state to approve the use of a “Choose Life” specialty license plate.

Explore the power of prayer with Mother Nadine Brown
Have you ever wondered why it sometimes seems so hard to “connect” with the Lord in prayer? Why is prayer sometimes so dull and at other times so alive and energizing? What is the mysterious force behind “the power of prayer?”

‘All of a sudden, the impossible was possible’
Making Catholic education affordable

Stephen Dubenko, a senior at Roman Catholic High School for Boys, reports to his school in Center City Philadelphia every morning at the end of his commute by bus, the El and subway from the Holmesburg section of the city. It is worth that to him because he loves his school.

EWTN’s CEO talks about holiness in life and in the workplace
“Your work is not first. The Lord is first.” If anything sums up the philosophy of the Chief Executive Officer of Mother Angelica’s Eternal Word Television Network, it’s that sentence.

A call to excellence on and off the field
The call to be athletes for Christ was loud and clear for the 1,500 Catholic athletes who gathered for a Catholic School’s Week Mass last week.

 

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