In
this issue:
Prayer:
A
brief visit with the sorrowful mysteries
The rosary is a devotion that we are encouraged to practice throughout
the Church year. During the season of Lent, however, the Sorrowful
Mysteries take on added meaning, as we meditate on the different forms
of pain that the passion and death of Jesus encompassed.
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 we focus on St. Hugh of Cluny parish in North Philadelphia,
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!
A
'profitable' attack on purity
As
surprising as it might sound, not everyone is pleased with a growing
trend toward chastity among the nation's teens. They're especially unhappy
with how that trend is affecting federal funding.
Top
10 myths in stem cell debate
Is
the Catholic Church against stem cell research? Are therapeutic cloning
and reproductive cloning different things? Is every body cell an embryo
and thus human life?.
LaSalle
teacher thrives after heart transplant
Spring
had not quite arrived in Philadelphia on March 9, 1987, when two LaSalle
College High School teachers went out for an afternoon jog. Joe Radvansky
and Tony Viggiano had jogged many times together, and today was nothing
new — until two miles into the jog.
Allegations
of abuse continue in Terri Schiavo case
Florida's
Sixth Circuit Court Judge George Greer had a busy week hearing a variety
of legal motions in the controversial case of Terri Schindler-Schiavo.
Living
will and proxy for health care decisions
In
response to inquiries resulting from its Managed Death series, The
Catholic Standard & Times is publishing the following examples
of a living will and a durable power of attorney.
Pro-life
and pro-marriage are interconnected
Times
are changing. In the past, Democratic presidential hopefuls such as
Jesse Jackson, Al Gore and Dennis Kucinich had to renounce their pro-life
pasts in order to receive party support. Now, their party is actually
funding pro-life candidates, according to Helen Alvaré, a law
professor at The Catholic University of America, whose specialty is
marriage and family issues. |
The
Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of March 10, 2005
Feeding
young adults' hunger for the faith: "I just want to
let anyone who reads this to know that young people do care about
the Church. We have a hunger for Jesus — to know him, to receive
him in the Eucharist, and to love him. Basically, He ROCKS!"
Story
Holy
Trinity students act locally, think globally: What are the
blessings of a Catholic education? The students, faculty and staff
of Holy Trinity Catholic School in Bridgeport have a better understanding
of those questions thanks to a visit from Bishop Michael F. Burbidge.
Story
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