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The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of February 15, 2007

In this issue:

Prayer:
Lent is coming — how can we prepare?
As the earthly seasons change, so do the liturgical seasons of the Church. We, too, as followers of Christ, are called to transformation throughout the year. Lent is the season of preparation for the passion and death of Our Lord. A time of repentance. A time to become closer to God. The solemnity of Lent culminates in hope and rejoicing as we enter the Easter season and celebrate Christ’s Resurrection and power over death.

Black Catholic:
Four congregations commit to fight racism
The year 2007 is the seventh year since the millennium year. By biblical tradition, a seventh year is a Sabbath year — a time of forgiving debts, forgiving wrongs, letting the land rest, and listening to the law of the Lord.

Knights of St. Peter Claver celebrate anniversary
It was in broad daylight on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, early on a Sunday afternoon. Almost 1,000 uniformed, black Catholics — men dressed in black, and women in white — extended the entire block of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, in a line a half-mile long.

Parenting:
Kid’s Lenten resolutions can make a mom’s head spin
Last February, just a week after Ash Wednesday, I found my head spinning. While some may conclude that an austere Lenten fast had left me dizzy and weak, I have to admit to a far less noble explanation: My middle-aged brain was attempting to track each family member’s resolutions.
Profile:
Celebrating a century of life
The year Sonia (Wilk) Szymkowski was born, Theodore Roosevelt was president. The latest inventions included the helicopter and the electric vacuum cleaner. A loaf of bread cost four cents, and the average annual income was $1,090. The annual life expectancy for Americans was 48.

 

This Week's Issue

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

An exclusive interview with Marvin Harrison
in the Feb. 15th issue of The Catholic Standard & Times.

The magic touch? Reiki and healing touch
Everyone wants to be healed. Anyone who has ever attended a healing Mass can attest to the crowds that flock to the altar of the Lord to receive His healing touch. Unfortunately, there are plenty of imitations available in the so-called “New Age” movement.

Cold cash from warm hearts:
St. Alphonsus students help Bosnian orphans
The search went on for days — under chairs, between couch cushions, on the floor of the car, in the pockets of old coats, wherever a few loose coins might be found.
Who, me? An evangelist?
If you want to welcome potential Catholics to the Church, or fallen-away Catholics back to the Church, you can start simply by giving up your favorite pew in church.
NFL Hall-of-Famer’s tips for a spiritual workout
Why not work for things that last, asks Danny Abramowicz, a former NFL football player and coach, in his book, “Spiritual Workout of a Former Saint.”

 

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