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The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of March 15, 2007


In this issue:

Prayer:
Stations: Powerful healing experience
Praying the Stations of the Cross can be much more than just a routine Lenten exercise.


Black Catholics:
Rooted in faith
Who are we, and Whose are we? They were two questions explored by Msgr. David H. Benz, pastor of St. Philomena Parish in Lansdowne, during a seminar on Black Catholic spirituality at the St. Peter Claver Center for Evangelization in Center City on March 10.


Unidos en Dios:
‘La Santa Eucaristía nos presenta la oportunidad de una Transfiguración diaria’
Homilia del
Cardenal Justin Rigali
Visita a la Capilla
de La Milagrosa
4 de marzo, 2007


Profile:
Artist Robert McGovern:

The Gospel’s servant

“I want to make a work that will make people kneel down and pray.” Those words of 19th century French religious artist Georges Rouault, echo in the heart of Robert McGovern of Philadelphia, in his own artistic ministry.


 

This Week's Issue


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

Pope publishes
document on Eucharist

Catholics must believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, celebrate the liturgy with devotion and live in a way that demonstrates their faith, Pope Benedict XVI writes, in an apostolic exhortation released this month.


Lighthouse Catholic Media: Evangelization made easy
Catholics can’t keep the faith unless they know their faith. That was the experience of Michael J. Gormley, a parishioner at St. John Neumann parish in Bryn Mawr, who didn’t realize how little he knew about his faith until a “reconversion experience” several years ago.

La Milagrosa: Philadelphia's Hispanic mother church
The official name for the little chapel at 19th and Spring Garden Streets is Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Chapel — in Spanish, Capilla Católica Hispana de Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa.

‘CRS was God’s language of love to me’
Growing up an orphan in a poor village in Ghana, Thomas Awiapo never had an official date of birth.

Finding a new purpose: Leadership
As the founder and chairman of the Catholic Leadership Institute, I spend a lot of my time traveling around the country speaking about our mission, which is to empower people to discover and fulfill their God-given purpose.


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Sports:
$1 million parish athletic center already home to ‘champs’
The $1.1 million youth athletic and activities center at Assumption B.V.M. Parish in Feasterville will soon be draping a new banner honoring its CYO boys’ basketball team’s championship win.


Fresh Faith:
‘ … And my Son loves you’
In an “i- world,” where young adults are surrounded with iPods and iTunes, and are able to instant message at will, a big challenge is getting them to unplug and find peace with the great “I AM.”


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