The
Catholic
Standard & Times Issue of November 22, 2007
In
this issue:
SECTIONS
Editorial: Must
we not act? As Church addresses violence, citizens cry for help in law
Guest Columnist Vietnamese
martyrs: Models of faith
Father
Stephen Perzan
Guest Columnist Church
of the future shaped by youth Msgr.
Francis X. Meehan
Hispanic
Catholics La
tradición de las quinceañeras Una
de las prácticas religiosas tradicionales de las comunidades
hispanas en los Estados Unidos es la de la quinceañera - la celebración
de los 15 años de las jóvenes hispanas.
The quinceañera
tradition:
Where formation and celebration meet One
of the traditional religious practices of the Hispanic community in
the United States is that of the Quinceañera — the celebration
of a Hispanic girl’s 15th birthday. It is, traditionally, both
a social and religious event.
Leisure: Hollywood
marriage made in heaven
Hollywood produces many wonderful films but very few wonderful marriages.
Ann Blyth’s marriage was one of the exceptions. Sports Tribute to Tex Flannery, coach and ‘Catholic
gentleman’ Profile:
A witness and worker of changes in Church, society
Everybody knows what
happened on 9/11/2001. Very few remember what happened on 10/11/1962.
Cecelia Johnson is someone who does remember that.
A
climate of change Local Catholics
grapple with challenges of global warming
Pennsylvania’s
greenhouse gas emissions record is the third worst in the United States.
Young adult gathering brings 300 to Our Lady The
largest conference of youth and young adults in the history of
the Archdiocese of Philadelphia took place on Sat., Nov. 17 at
the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa when more than
300 people gathered to unlock the mysteries of human love.
Pro-life
movement celebrated Pennsylvania’s pro-life movement is alive and
well — if the fervor at the Stand Up for Life dinner
on Nov. 18 was any indication.
J.
Eustace Wolfington wins Barry Award The house was packed when J. Eustace
Wolfington was given the American Catholic Historical
Society’s annual Barry Award at a Nov. 16
banquet in the Union League of Philadelphia’s
venerable Lincoln Room.