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Unidos en Dios: La primera Comunión Como es costumbre, mi nieta, Sara, de 8 años, pasó el sábado con nosotros, todavía radiando su reciente primera Comunión. Sports: Entertaining games part of CYO Region 5 tournament play For now, at least, none of the names are exactly of the household variety. In the future, who knows? Fresh Faith: Young people clear calendars for Sunday night adoration Builds confidence. Calming. Awesome. Amazing. Awakening. A chance to be in constant communication with Jesus. That’s how four teenagers describe what it’s like for them to be in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. Profile: Sixth-grader at Mother of Divine Providence wins state essay contest She was only 5 months old when she was adopted from mainland China by her parents, but 11-year-old Taylor Caton understands enough about her native country to know how blessed she is to be an American citizen. |
This Week's Issue The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Practical tips from the Vatican about encountering New Age fads We may live in an age of spiritual weirdness, but our Church has not left us stranded. Do you believe in ‘majick’? Even though it all sounds like fun and games, believe it or not, magic works. The problem is that many of the people who use it have no clue about how it works. A good guide for examining our conscience "A Contemporary Adult Guide to Conscience for the Sacrament of Confession,” by Father Richard J. Rego Eucharistic healing in the school of life By March 1999, Shannon Haggerty had spent two decades addicted to alcohol and pain-killers — despite trips to more than 18 rehabilitation and detoxification centers — and her parents were at the end of their rope. Catholic Underground Philadelphia draws 500 Would you believe that 500 young adults would gather at a church on a Saturday night to pray, go to confession and rock to the music of Franciscan friars in gray robes?
Celebrating
a year of adoration
Had it not been for the perpetual adoration chapel that opened at St. Francis de Sales Church in Southwest Philadelphia last year, 25-year-old Addisalem Mekonnen might not be applying to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood this year. |
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