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The Catholic Standard & Times
Issue of February 22, 2007


In this issue:

Prayer:
St. Katharine Drexel Novena
February 22 to March 2
The following is a brand new Novena — the very first — to St. Katharine Drexel, prepared by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.


Profile:
Inspiring love of God through music

Her whole life can be summed up in just three words — God and music. “My life is like a melody given to me by God that He wants me to play,” said Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Saint Elizabeth, directress of music at St. Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr.


This Week's Issue


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

Confession: Not only is God on your side, He’s rooting for you
Don’t stay away from confession out of fear. On any given day, a priest hears just about everything in the confessional — from the child who admits he pulled the dog’s tail to an adult who engaged in Internet pornography.

Contraception is not the answer — it’s the problem
The current cover article in Time Magazine takes note that crisis centers to help women through unexpected pregnancies in hopes of avoiding abortions are growing by leaps and bounds across the country. But the Time article finds a problem with that: The centers, you see, don’t provide contraception.

A Work of Mercy
Five white burial caskets rested in a solemn row before the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church in Philadelphia on Feb. 16.
The center casket held the remains of Cornellry Laura “Candy” Robinson, 25. In smaller caskets on either side rested her children, Jassiah Joseph, 1, and Mikal Enrico, 3. Flanking them were the caskets of Kristian Xavier, 4, and Alyssa Cierra, 6.

Is your future in the stars
Horoscopes. They all sound alike, could apply to anyone, and are published in more than 2,500  newspapers across the United States. A 2003 Harris Poll of 2,201 adults found that 31 percent of Americans believe in astrology and are willing to spend up to $200 million a year on personal horoscope material.

 

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