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'Joy of service' the lesson as 707 parishioners volunteer for a day 48 Cleveland locations

By • Catholic Universe Bulletin • 1/9/2008

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Catholic Universe Bulletin) - Jack Martanovic, a sophomore at St. Ignatius High School, had no idea the mammoth men�s shelter run by Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries near downtown even existed prior to Gesu Parish�s second annual Service Day on December 1. Yet, there he stood on a ...

Interest in the priesthood is on the upswing, says Baltimore archdiocesan vocations director

By • The Catholic Review • 1/7/2008

BALTIMORE, Md. (The Catholic Review) - When Father Gerard Francik recently interviewed a 19-year-old man who was thinking about becoming a priest, the archdiocesan vocations director asked him to talk about his prayer life. The former high school football player told Father Francik how he ...

Top 10 ways to fight the �cultural war all around us� offered by Serra International past president

By • The Catholic Moment • 1/7/2008

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (The Catholic Moment) � Christians are in the middle of a spiritual battle of �gigantic proportions,� says George Maley, former president of Serra International. �There is a cultural war all around us. ... The battle of mankind is alive and well and we are losing,� he said in a ...

WINNER IN ARTISTIC FASHION - Luke Koehler, 7, models the award-winning silk tie with the pattern he designed at a Miracle Tie fashion show sponsored by Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital in Baltimore, Md. (Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital)

Catholic school second grader wins Miracle Tie art contest, becomes an instant �celebrity�

By • The Catholic Review • 1/7/2008

COCKEYVILLE, Md. (The Catholic Review) - Every book 7-year-old Luke Koehler has checked out from the library has been on how to draw something � dinosaurs, pyramids, people, you name it. �He draws all the time,� said Jill Koehler of her second-grader, the young artist who was approached to ...

Civilly disobedient Dominican sisters seek to �rouse the nation� for peace, disarmament

By • The Catholic Virginian • 1/7/2008

NORFOLK, Va. (The Catholic Virginian) - Some regard Dominican Sisters Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert as prophets. Others have called them �domestic terrorists.� The two women were recently in Norfolk as part of the Light in the Darkness Festival sponsored by the Tidewater Peace ...

Memory of Bishop Walsh, late persecuted missionary to China, kept alive by home parish

By • The Catholic Review • 1/4/2008

CUMBERLAND, Md. (The Catholic Review) � Early in his ministry as one of the first Maryknoll missioners to China nine decades ago, an idealistic young priest from Cumberland came across a Chinese farm boy working in a rice field near Jiangmen. As the weary boy leaned on his hoe and peered at the ...

Iraq vet, former post-traumatic stress sufferer helps returning soldiers deal with �the screamers�

By • Catholic Herald • 1/4/2008

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Catholic Herald) - John Zemler had nightmares. For 23 years, suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, he awoke every night from the �screamers.� Then one morning in January 2007, he realized, the screamers were gone. �A lot of my anger and fear, God just took it away from ...

Wed 45 years, Utah Catholic couple shares story as spouses, best friends and business partners

By • Intermountain Catholic • 1/2/2008

BOUNTIFUL, Utah (Intermountain Catholic) - �People try to get me to join different things all the time, but the truth is I like spending time with Phil,� said Shirley Hopkins. Phil and Shirley have been married 45 years, and they are members of St. Olaf Parish, Bountiful. �Shirley is my best ...

�Burned church ministry� earns Illinois parish national acclaim for rebuilding outreach

By • Catholic Explorer • 1/2/2008

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (Catholic Explorer) - One man�s initiative at St. Isidore Parish in Bloomingdale has turned into a thriving ministry that has helped thousands of people across the country. Andy Lareau recruited his fellow parishioners in the year 2000 and ignited a firestorm of assistance to ...

First person: Monthly mission trips across the border gives food, toys to poor �colonia� families

Today's Catholic • 1/2/2008

Editor�s note: Deacon Jerry and Mary Campa of St. Mary Magdalen Church in San Antonio are founders of Feed My Sheep Ministry, who assist the poor living in colonias in Piedras Negras, Mexico, through monthly visits and donations of food and materials. The following is an account of the group�s most ...