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Easter Vigil – Holy Saturday [C], April 7, 2007
Readings Genesis 1:1--2:2 Genesis 22:1-18 Exodus 14:15--15:1 Isaiah 54:5-14 Isaiah 55:1-11 Baruch 3:9-15, 32--4:4 Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28 Romans 6:3-11 Luke 24:1-12 Quotes It would be a contradiction to settle for a life of mediocrity, marked by a minimalist ethic...
Good Friday [C], April 6, 2007
Readings Isaiah 52:13--53:12 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1--19:42 Quotes From the beginning the Church has lived and understood the Death and Resurrection of Christ as a call by God to conversion in the faith of Christ and in love of one another, perfected in...
Pope Approves and Critiques Karl Marx
"Mirror of Justice", a blog devoted to discussion of Catholic legal theory, draws attention to a piece from the Guardian in England with the headline about a forthcoming book by Benedict ... "Pope's book accuses rich nations of robbery; Benedict hails Marx's analysis...
Holy Thursday [C], April 5, 2007
Readings Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15 Quotes "The washing of the feet and the sacrament of the Eucharist: two expressions of one and the same mystery of love entrusted to the disciples, so that, Jesus says, 'as I have done... so also must...
Justice For Immigrants Website
The Justice for Immigrants website is produced by a coalition of more that a dozen Catholic groups working on this issue. Why does the church care about immigration policies? The Catholic Church has historically held a strong interest in immigration and how public...
Despite bumper crop, 33 countries in food crisis: UN
ROME (AFP) - Despite projections of a bumper grain crop this year, 33 countries will not have enough food, with Iraq and Zimbabwe among the hardest hit, the UN food agency said Tuesday. Countries with "widespread lack of access to food" include Afghanistan, North...
Superior in the Solomon Islands Reports
Father Frank Vargas, the Superior of the International Mission in the Solomon Islands, wrote to Father Greg yesterday. This is what he said: You may have seen on TV that Solomon Islands was hit by a tsunami. Thank God, all the confreres in the Guadalcanal Island are...
ANISLAG SHELTER PROJECT: A PASSAGE
When typhoon REMING (international code name DURIAN) came upon the people at the foothills of the beautiful and majestic Mayon Volcano in the middle eastern part of the Philippines last November 29, 2006, life literally stopped and “darkness came upon the earth.â€...
2.3 Million Indians Trafficked in the Last 10 Years.
NEW DELHI, India, APRIL 1, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The Indian bishops' conference recalled Church teaching on human dignity, in the face of statistics revealing that 2.3 million Indians, mostly women, have been trafficked in the last 10 years. Statistics released by a...
Ways for Children and Families to Share Holy Week
When we pray, we “connect†with God; we become aware of God's presence within us. One spiritual writer comments that we can think of our own heart as God's “family room within usâ€. What a beautiful image of a place where we can just relax with God! The...
