In this issue:

Prayer: Humility of heart: The right stuff: Humility has an image problem. According to the maxims of the world, this virtue is presented as
the stuff of the weak and the wimpy, while pride is heralded as the domain of the courageous and the strong. But from a practical point of view, how does this assessment hold up? Read parts 1, 2, 3 & 4.


Black Catholic: From the outside looking in: Twenty-four years have past. What will I see? How will it be, back in Africa? Hot, hot, hot. I was visiting Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 10 through Dec. 31, for the first time, as a tourist. I also had the opportunity to visit relatives and friends in Zimbabwe and in Zambia. I must tell you, it was great.
Education: Catholic schools: Learning through the lens of faith: Find out what the Archdiocesan Catholic schools are doing to celebrate Catholic Schools Week.  
In the Parishes: This week, focus on St. Gabriel the Sorrowful Mother in Avondale, and hear about what special devotions are observed, new ministries and parish history.

Vocation Series:  Meet Father Carey, director of the Office for Worship: The tinkling bells at Mass during the consecration once prompted 3-year-old Jerry Carey to research — in his family’s pew at St. Barnabas Church — the reason behind those intriguing, musical rings.

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


Former Protestant's remarkable invitation to the Faith
Msgr. Herbert Bevard has had some great friends throughout his priesthood, friends who have helped him excel in one of the Church’s most needed apostolates: that of bringing non-Catholics into the Faith. 
A life without the sacraments No one noticed the anxious young woman who got off the train at Suburban Station in the middle of a spring morning in Philadelphia. She was supposed to meet a man in town, even though somewhere, deep down inside, she knew this relationship was all wrong. He wasn’t an evil man, but he was bad enough and had issues with the law.
Embryonic stem cell research needs bail-out
Several Pennsylvania legislators are promising to sponsor a bill that will launch Pennsylvania into what is becoming a national race to bail out the struggling embryonic stem cell research industry.
Managed Death: New five-part series on Catholic end-of-life ethics
Lance McMahon was only 45 years old when he suffered sudden acute respiratory failure. By the time his sister Pam got the phone call, he was on a respirator in an intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital several hours away. Read parts 1, 2, 3 & 4.
God's roadmap: From Lourdes to stem cells
Embryonic stem cells might be capturing all the press these days, but behind the scenes, adult stem cells are making the real news.
Terri Schiavo granted one more day
A Florida court issued yet another brief reprieve for Terri Shindler-Schiavo on Tuesday, preventing the removal of her feeding tube for at least one more day.
The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of February 24, 2005

"Back to Start:" The Devil's game of temptation: Coldplay is, by far, one of my favorite bands. Every time I listen to its hit song, “The Scientist,” I can’t help but think about the science of my own life. Story


Girl Power: These Catholic athletes have it: It’s more than a game to the five Catholic student athletes who were recognized for their excellence by The Women’s Sports Foundation of Philadelphia at its 12th annual award ceremony, held Feb. 10 at St. Joseph’s University. Story

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