Marian apparition has Alaska connection as statue's history remains a bit of a mystery
Catholic Anchor
4/25/2008, by James DeCrane
TALKEETNA, Alaska (Catholic Anchor) - An unusual figure of Mary stands outside St. Bernard Church in Talkeetna. Brought to Alaska in 1980s by Father Thomas Powers, the slender statue with outstretched arms remains a mystery to local parishioners.
“For twenty-five years, we didn’t know anything ...
Poverty is 'off radar screen' in this year's presidential election, says CCHD head
The Tidings
4/24/2008, by R.W. Dellinger
LOS ANGELES, CA (The Tidings) - he new director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development told representatives of U.S. Catholic foundations last week that four things kept him awake at night: the increasing polarization of American society, the release of some 600,000 men and women from prison ...
Lessons I learned from Mother Teresa: Humility, joy, and service, says author
The Catholic Observer
4/24/2008, by Lynne Conner
ST. CHARLES, Il (The Catholic Observer) - “We give most when we give with joy,” was just one of Mother Teresa’s lessons shared by missionary, author, artist and television hostess Susan Conroy. Conroy was the featured speaker at the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s (DCCW) biennial convention, ...
Golden jubilee priests ‘would do it all again for the sake of the Kingdom’
The Tidings
4/23/2008, by R.W. Dellinger
LOS ANGELES, CA (The Tidings) - The year 1958 was a wonderful year to be a new priest in Los Angeles — especially for Msgr. Patrick Reilly, who like so many professional baseball-starved Angelenos fell immediately in love with the Dodgers. “I tell people the greatest thing besides my ordination was ...
Bishops’ National Pastoral Marriage Initiative: What is it, and how will it help?
The Catholic Voice
4/21/2008, by Deacon Randy A. Grosse
OMAHA, Neb. (The Catholic Voice) - Even though it’s been more than three years since the U.S. Bishops’ National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage was approved, the initiative is hardly a household word. That could begin to change over the next several months, as the bishops prepare to release a ...
Natural family planning gets revamped to include new technology, theology of the body
The Catholic Voice
4/21/2008, by Lisa Maxson
OMAHA, Neb. (Catholic Voice) – The Couple to Couple League, a leading provider of training in natural family planning, hopes its updated outreach materials and methods will help attract couples looking for a natural way to regulate pregnancy, said Andy Alderson, executive director of Couple to ...
Mercy Sisters’ communities to merge
Catholic San Francisco
4/21/2008, by Rick DelVecchio
BURLINGAME, CA (Catholic San Francisco) - The Sisters of Mercy’s Burlingame community and five other regional Mercy communities will merge into a new organization serving 861 Sisters and 525 associates in ministries from San Francisco to Detroit under a restructuring approved March 24-30 by Mercy ...
Is ‘waterboarding’ interrogation immoral?
Catholic San Francisco
4/16/2008, by Father Gerald Coleman, S.S.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Catholic San Francisco) - Certain words cause a shudder in most people. They conjure up an aura of horror. Examples include “the final solution” and “ethnic cleansing.” I would add to the list, waterboarding. Is waterboarding a form of torture that deserves moral condemnation? ...
‘Adopt-a-Student’ scholar program recognizes success in its recipients
The Catholic Free Press
4/16/2008, by Margaret M. Russell
WORCESTER, MA (The Catholic Free Press) - Adopt a student. Change a life. The 400 people at the first annual Adopt-A-Student Recognition Dinner last Thursday, saw plenty of evidence of lives that have been changed by the program.
Adopt-A-Student scholars and their families were honored guests at ...
Pittsburgh bishop on Pope Benedict’s visit: We will be ‘witnesses’ to papal history
Pittsburgh Catholic
4/16/2008, by William Cone
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Pittsburgh Catholic) – COL Editor’s Note: Pittsburgh Catholic editor William Cone recently interviewed Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik regarding his impressions on Pope Benedict XVI and his April visit to the United States. Pittsburgh Catholic: You have had the opportunity to meet ...
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