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Rosary prayed in dozens of languages
to prepare for �Global Living Rosary�

By • The Catholic Key • 4/7/2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (The Catholic Key) - Dressed in a bright red costume, Aiwal Gon G spoke the first half of the �Hail Mary� in Denka, the language of her native Sudan. After the congregation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Redemptorist) Parish responded with the second half in English, she knelt ...

CHANGE THE CULTURE - In her address to the 'Treasuring Womanhood' conference in Indianapolis last month, Patricia Pitkus Bainbridge emphasized the importance of praying for God�s help to build a society dedicated to life.

Catholic vision of true feminism focus
of �Treasuring Womanhood� conference

By • The Catholic Moment • 4/7/2008

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (The Catholic Moment) - Erika Bachiochi focused on how true feminism requires self-sacrifice and the gift of love. Patricia Pitkus Bainbridge emphasized the importance of praying for God�s help to build a society dedicated to life. The two Catholic women made those points ...

Fight against pornography draws
upon power of fasting, prayer

The Catholic Moment • 4/4/2008

CARMEL, Ind. (The Catholic Moment) � Priests hear all sorts of things in the confessional. What Father Christopher Weldon heard repeatedly, from young and old, led him to fast and pray and ask others to do the same. Every third Tuesday of the month, people of the Carmel Deanery are fasting to ...

Catholic health clinic sees 1,000th patient

By • Pittsburgh Catholic • 4/4/2008

PITTSBURGH, PA (Pittsburgh Catholic) - The Catholic Charities Free Health Care Center in Downtown Pittsburgh is a godsend for Camille Scott-Ford of Churchill. A single mother of two, she is self-employed as a nanny and does not have health insurance. So when she needed treatment for a ...

Archbishop welcomes inmates into Church

By • Catholic News Service • 4/4/2008

CINCINNATI, OH (Catholic News Service) - Ten inmates at Lebanon Correctional Institution north of Cincinnati experienced the sense of hope and promise of new life that accompanies the Easter season when they were welcomed into the Catholic Church March 23. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of ...

CATHOLIC VBS - Laura Stanger, right, Children and Family Life Coordinator at St. John Vianney Parish in Kirkland, and volunteer Chris Lystad wanted to replicate the fun-filled learning experience children enjoyed during the parish�s one-week summer vacation Bible school. The result was the Catholic Kids Catechism Club, a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade faith formation experience that keeps participants active while exploring their faith, the Scriptures and moral principles for one hour each Sunday. Above, students �lift up� their prayer partner, whose �temptation� is attached to a balloon. Students were asked to lift up their partner in prayer throughout the Lenten season. (Peggy King Anderson)

Children�s catechism club provides
a fun and different kind of clubhouse

By • The Catholic Northwest Progress • 4/4/2008

KIRKLAND, Wash. (The Catholic Northwest Progress) - Sunday morning at 9:30 is clubhouse time at St. John Vianney Church in Kirkland. Music resounds from Room 6 as 65 kids excitedly enter the gymnasium-sized room ready for an hour of Scripture study, challenges and fun. It�s time for Catholic Kids ...

Stewardship of Hispanics, Latinos
a matter of giving from the heart

By • The Catholic Northwest Progress • 4/2/2008

SEATTLE, Wash. (The Catholic Northwest Progress) - As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace. (1 Pt 4:10) Archbishop Alex J. Brunett�s decision to call for a �Year of Discernment� on stewardship in the Archdiocese of Seattle (July 2007-June ...

Parish, community make house wheelchair accessible for boy with degenerative disorder

By • The Catholic Key • 4/2/2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (The Catholic Key) - Sixteen-year-old Austin Dearth was scheduled to undergo a lengthy spinal fusion operation in Dec. 2007. The O�Hara High School freshman, one of the three 2007 F.I.R.E. graduates, was born with Lowe Syndrome, a rare progressively degenerative disorder that ...

Ind. lawmakers OK cord-blood banks and anti-porn bill, but conscience clause loses

By • The Catholic Review • 4/1/2008

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (The Catholic Moment) - Property tax reform dominated the headlines during the 116th session of the Indiana General Assembly, but two proposals supported by the Indiana Catholic Conference � to encourage adult stem-cell research and limit pornography � soon will become law, too. ...

Baltimore archdiocese to mark bicentennial with Mass, exhibit, lectures, groundbreaking

By • The Catholic Review • 4/1/2008

BALTIMORE, Md. (The Catholic Review) - Baltimore Catholics have a lot to celebrate this spring. April 8 marks the 200th anniversary of the elevation of the Baltimore diocese to archdiocesan status by Pope Pius VII, and Catholic leaders have planned a host of special events to mark the historic ...