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From
the Pope Benedict XVI Supplement: Letters
from the Pope Just
three months before he died of cancer last year, Msgr. Thomas J. Herron,
the former pastor of St. Laurence Parish in Upper Darby, received a
personal letter from his former boss, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger,
now Pope Benedict XVI.
Prayer:
Living in soul-time What is life like on the other
side of death? Is there really a heaven? If so, where is it, and what
are we going to do there for all eternity
The
Word Became Flesh Cardinal
Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Cardinal
on Synod:
‘The Eucharist is supremely relevant’ Less
than 24 hours after returning from Rome, Cardinal Justin Rigali reflected
on the theme of the three-week-long Synod of the Eucharist as only a
Synod Father can. Kate’s
Place: Affordable housing near Rittenhouse Square Project
H.O.M.E. and PNC Bank, along with many other sponsors and supporters,
have opened Kate’s Place just off Rittenhouse Square, providing
affordable housing in an area known for its multimillion-dollar apartments.
The
heart of service: Children helping children Laura
Pontari believed that Catholic charity should be part of her 12th birthday
party. Pope
Benedict on life after death
There are only two things in life we can count on —
death and taxes. Remembering
my brother We
were very close growing up, my brother and I. Just 13 months apart in
age, we played countless games of Monopoly, fought, raised bunnies,
survived puberty’s onslaught, and annoyed each other as only siblings
can. Tom and I were best friends. Saturday
morning Mass in memory of deceased Catholics of Archdiocese The
beloved deceased buried in Catholic cemeteries across the Archdiocese
are respectfully remembered every Saturday morning at a 10 a.m. Mass
at the chapel of SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Springfield.
Eradicating
world poverty, one country’s debt at a time Imagine
that you are a mom living in Zambia and you have two very sick children
who require medicine. Do you go to the pharmacy and fill the prescriptions?
Witchcraft
and occultism goes mainstream Six
years ago, when the popular witchcraft Website known as witchvox.com
began operating, it registered 1.25 million hits in its first year.
By October, 2003, the number was nearly 96 million hits, with two million
hits in one month alone. Gateway
to the occult:
“Harmless” fiction She
describes herself as “a woman who brushed up against the occult
and jumped away burned.” BLOCS:
Turning contributions into scholarships BLOCS
(Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools) recently received
word that it has been approved as a pre-kindergarten Educational Improvement
Tax Credit (EITC) scholarship organization.
The
Catholic Standard & Times Issue of October 27, 2005
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(click here) Parenting: Choosing
the right after-school activities One
sure sign school has started
up again is the telltale mountain of paperwork spilling out of our children’s
backpacks: Health history forms, emergency phone numbers, and school
codes of conduct all demand a our attention. ‘I
mist you’
My six-year-old nephew
has been honing his reading and writing skills over the summer. Both
Parenting StoriesChrist
Connection A
pillar of Faith: Have you ever stopped to think about how we come to believe
in ourselves? How we can stand firm in the face of opposition? StorySports: Andy
Dougherty, St. Joe’s much-loved athletic historian, dies at 79
Talk about a life well lived. Andy Dougherty’s resume took more
than two pages to condense. He was a fixture in the Philadelphia sports
scene for close to six decades. He was as respected a human being as
one could imagine.