In this issue: Prayer: Private Sorrows: When we feel we have no one to turn to: Sometimes we feel unbearably sad and burdened. We all experience such periods in our lives, some of us more often than others. If one is human, one will weep, worry, and hurt. That’s life, isn’t it?
Black Catholic: Patricia Shelton to retire from Office of Black Catholics, Father Stephen D. Thorne appointed new director: Cardinal Justin Rigali has appointed St. John Neumann High School faculty member Father Stephen D. Thorne as the new director of the Office of Black Catholics.
Education: Pro-active teens are happy to be SADD Ermias Tessema, a sophomore at West Philadelphia Catholic High School, was one of approximately 135 students from 11 Catholic schools across the Archdiocese who were recently happy to be SADD.
In the Parishes: This week, focus on Bucks County's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Doylestown and hear about what special devotions are observed, new ministries and parish history.
Vocation Series: God is certainly smiling down on this vocation of marriage: If you’re called to married life, when you get right down to it, the principal point of dating is to find a spouse. | The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Justin Rigali's weekly column. Read it here!
Cardinal announces administrative reorganizational plan
With the recent appointment of two new auxiliary bishops, Cardinal Rigali announced changes in the role and responsibilities of the Archdiocese’s four auxiliary bishops as well as a reorganization in the administrative structure of the Archdiocese.
Adoption: A selfless expression of love
To some, giving a child up for adoption is the irresponsible solution to an unwanted pregnancy. But many women involved in such adoptions say that it is an extreme sacrifice, an act of love in which a woman places the child’s best interests before her own.
Faith of Our Fathers
Science can measure a child’s emotional and psychological development, but when it comes to the effect of a father’s faith on children, the only laboratory we have is the family home.
Rare opportunity to purchase churchs' stained glass
For the last 13 years, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been leading the way in the preservation of sacred art through the Ecclesiastical Exchange Program. In that time, thousands of religious artworks and objects — including stained-glass windows — have been saved from being destroyed or sold to antique shops.
Father Groeschel makes a comeback
After what some would say is a miraculous recovery, the beloved Franciscan Friar of the Renewal — Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. — chose the Feast of Corpus Christi for his first homily since being struck by a car and critically injured five months ago.
Homosexuality: The untold story
The Catholic Standard and Times is publishing a six-part series that focuses exclusively on the untold side of what is known to the medical, social, scientific and religious communities about homosexuality. This week, "Gay Marriage: Who's Minding the Children?"
| The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of June 17, 2004Jason Evert is helping teens choose chastity: The secular culture wants youth and young adults to believe that sex is merely a physical union meant for pleasure and that a life of chastity is really impossible. Twenty-eight-year-old Jason Evert, a well-known author and apologist for Catholic Answers, disagrees. Story
Coming to America: Columbian teen credits God for his success: For some teens, “13” means the beginning of adolescence — growth spurts and first crushes — but for Jayson Garcia, it meant enrolling in a new high school halfway through freshman year in a different country. Story
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