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Rebuilding Lives In A Former Cloister
In A Former Cloister, Men Rebuild Their Lives A Germantown program leads the way to overcoming addictions and other demons.Philadelphia Inquirer Editorials and Comments by Kristin E. Holmes Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer November 6, 2005 The narrow rooms that 16...
Former Chairman of Scripps Howards Newspapers on Church and Media
CINCINNATI, Ohio, DEC. 14, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Modern Catholics have an obligation to be well informed, says the chairman of one of the largest newspaper firms in the United States. William Burleigh, chairman of E.W. Scripps Company, retired from active management in...
How Do You Discover the Holy?
Brother David Steindl-Rast of the Gratefulness site that "It's a good time to ask: When and where did you last discover the holy?" If our 13,077 friends who receive this newsletter each offered a response to that question, we would surely receive 13,077 different...
Benedict XVI Urges Rediscovery of Christmas Traditions (light and star)
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 21, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Noting the rise of yuletide consumerism, Benedict XVI invited the faithful to rediscover the spiritual traditions of Christmas (especially light and the star) in order to transmit them to future generations. The Pope dedicated...
Sister of Charity of Leavenworth Monitors Death Penalty Challenges
Sister Therese Bangert, SCL, a chaplain for the Kansas City Kan., police and fire departments, has fought against the death penalty for years. This week, she drove to Washington D.C., to sit in on the U.S. Supreme Court as justices heard arguments on two death penalty...
Courageous Srs. of Charity (Nazareth) Risk Lives to Educate Children
Jamshedpur, Dec. 14: The year is 1980. Two young nuns (Sisters of Charity), from two different parts of India, travel five kilometres everyday ignoring all dangers through dense forests to reach Birsanagar, where a handful of students wait for them in a makeshift...
Vincentian Family Task Force – Make The Poor Visible
The Vincentian Family Coordinating Group commissioned a Task Force to explore the tempting offer of Dennis Holtschneider, CM to establish a National Center for the Visibility of the Poor at DePaul University in Chicago. The group is composed of 15 members from various...
Vinnies (Australia) Outreach to Young Adults
SYDNEY, December 14, 2005 (onlinecatholics.com.au): Young Vinnies gets a mention in OnlineCatholics today as one of those groups providing scope for faith committed young people - " ........ Sydney Archdiocesan Youth Ministry Coordinator, Lyndon Cox, says although the...
Daughters of Charity Hospitals Go Wireless
December 14, 2005 - Daughters of Charity Health System will install wireless network technology from Holtsville, N.Y.-based Symbol Technologies Inc. across its five hospitals in Los Altos Hills, California. Hospital executives say the technology will be used for...
Vatican Releases Benedict XVI’s First World Day of Peace Message
For the World Day of Peace (Jan. 1, 2006), Pope Benedict XVI has written a message called "In Truth, Peace" which focuses on issues such as human rights, untruths that lead to war, arms proliferation, and many other issues....The theme chosen for this year's...
