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Latest Video from Fr. Gregory Gay’s Travels
In this installment of the reports on activities of the Superior General he describes six events from the end of May to early June. Can't see the video? Perhaps you need to download and install the Windows Media player for your computer. You can get Windows Media...
Religious Leaders Speak Out On London Bombings
July 8, 2005 - Pope Condemns Bombings in London; Pope, Catholic and Anglican Bishops, Muslim Leaders, Express Solidarity with Victims - Reflection Questions and Prayer On July 7, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI sent a message of solidarity to the victims of the transit...
LA Times OpEditorial Says Daughters Know How to Serve the Poor and Survive.
Editorial draws comparison very favorable to the way the Duaghters fo Charity run hospitals and serve the poor.July 10, 2005 It's easy to see why the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors would be tempted to turn the long-troubled Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical...
Initiative of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers
VATICAN CITY, JULY 11, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is the final document of the first International Meeting of Pastoral Care for the Liberation of Women of the Street, held in Rome on June 20-21, at the initiative of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers....
Working Document for Synod On Eucharist Available Online
VATICAN CITY, July 8, 2005 (zenit.org): The Instrumentum Laboris or Working Document for the 11th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops "The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church" is available online. Working Document Its...
New Director of the Miraculous Medal Association
Would you believe that I have been Director and President of the Association of the Miraculous Medal for more than 22 years? What a privilege it has been to work so many years for the Blessed Mother and for you! Frs. Shelby and Grodecki In fact, it has been much...
Sterotypes of Male Hispanic Undocumented Persons
Pew Hispanic Center Offers Portrait of Unauthorized Migrants - Contrary to the stereotype of undocumented migrants as single males with very little education who perform manual labor in agriculture or construction, a new Pew Hispanic Center report shows that most of...
Vinnies Receive $2 Million Software Donation from Microsoft
SYDNEY, July 7, 2005 (cathnews.com) CathNews reports this morning - The St Vincent de Paul Society yesterday received a $2 million software donation from Microsoft Australia in a handover event at Vinnies' Sydney headquarters at Lewisham . A statement released earlier...
Letters from International Secretariat of Vincentian Marian Youth
Information about the upcoming General Assembly in Paris and the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne from Pedro Castillo and Pamela MantuhacJuly 2, 2005 To the International Presidents, Secretaries and Members of the International Vincentian Family Dear friends: May the...
Vincentian Family Hospital Files for Bakruptcy Protection
St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, the largest Catholic hospital system in New York State, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday morning, citing years of mounting debts and falling revenues. St. Vincent officials said that services at the center's seven...
