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Prayer: Silence
in liturgy and life
Winter
time has descended on us. Beneath the earth, all has become
silent and hidden. And, yet, the botanists would tell us that
within the seeming darkness, a power is being harnessed —
one that is subtle, ecologically wise, a spawning of beauty
to come.
Profile: New
Director of Development for Archdiocese: A faith life changed
forever by Catholic school Had
it not been for the baseball team at Bishop Kenrick High School
in Norristown, John Kelemen, the new director of the Archdiocese’s
Office for Development, may not have become a Catholic as quickly
as he did.
This
Week's Issue
The
Word Became Flesh Cardinal
Rigali's weekly column. Read it here.
Cardinal
hires Victims’ Advocate for Archdiocese Cardinal
Rigali has hired the nationally
known Mary Achilles, as Victims’ Advocate for the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia. Achilles, who has served for the past 10 years
as the first-ever Victim Advocate for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
will assist the Archdiocese in enhancing existing services and
in finding new ways to reach out to the victims of clergy sexual
abuse.
Cardinal:
‘Roe v Wade cannot stand’
Five thousand Philadelphia Catholics March
for Life “Today,
we are prepared to march!” So said Cardinal Justin Rigali
Jan. 23, in a homily at the pro-life Mass in the Basilica of
the National Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Washington,
D.C.
Philadelphia
identified as hub for human trafficking Human
trafficking is not only a “foreign” problem but
a problem here in the United States, and specifically in Philadelphia,
making it increasingly important that U.S. residents, especially
Philadelphians, become informed about today’s world of
slavery.
Fra
Angelico:
Prayer cloaked in color
Pope John Paul II so believed in the holiness
of the Dominican painter-friar known to the world as Fra Angelico
— whose glorious art he described as prayer cloaked in
color — that, in 1982, the pope named him a blessed person
of the Church.
And
the blue ribbon goes to … RSHC Rosemont
School of the Holy Child (RSHC) has just been inducted into
a fairly exclusive club. It is one of only 298 elementary and
high schools nationally to receive the U.S. Department of Education’s
Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence for 2005.
So
much more than a soccer coach
St. Helena’s tribute to a ‘life
coach’ Four
months have passed since John Burke lost his battle with cancer.
But, for four days, at St. Helena School in Blue Bell, Burke’s
presence could be felt as strongly as ever.
‘A
greater faith commitment’
Corpus Christi breaks ground on $4.9 million
addition As
third-grader Connor Sinn watched the groundbreaking of a $4.9
million addition to the school building and parish office complex
at Corpus Christi in Lansdale, one feeling stood out: “It
made me feel really proud.”
Kelsey
MacAllister: Loss taught young woman the meaning of love Thirteen-year-old
Kelsey MacAllister, a seventh-grader at Our Lady Help of Christians
School in Philadelphia, gets embarrassed when her principal
compliments her.
Faithful
to the end:
Ancillae-Assumpta Academy celebrates 60 years Did
you know that the literary luminaries James Whitcomb Riley,
Booth Tarkington, Damon Runyon, Irwin S. Cobb and Agatha Christie
all went to Wyncote’s Ancillae-Assumpta Academy —
where they may have rubbed elbows with Herbert Hoover, N.C.
Wyeth and Norman Rockwell?
The
Catholic Standard & Times Issue of January 26, 2006
Leisure: Movie
Review:
GLORY ROAD
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins changed the face of
collegiate sports by starting five black players against an
all-white squad from top-ranked Kentucky. Christ
Connection: Deadly
sins, living virtue: Do you know what it all means?
There’s no need to feel guilty if your memory is foggy
when it comes to the seven deadly sins and their corresponding
virtues. You’re not alone. Fresh
Faith: Bishop
Shanahan students: ‘Kids with noble hearts’
Because the motto of Bishop Shanahan High School is “People
of God, People for Others,” Teri Lahey, moderator for
the school’s Community Service Corps activities club,
recently decided to demonstrate that prayer is an important
form of service for people of God. Print
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