Connection between school dropouts, gangs motivates L.A. youths to lobby in state capitol
Catholic Online
3/18/2008, by R.W. Dellinger
LOS ANGELES, CA (The Tidings) - Two South Los Angeles youths who belong to the grassroots group LA Voice journeyed to Sacramento last month along with 128 other youths and 120 adults from 17 California affiliate organizations of the national community organizing network PICO. Fernando Torres, 15, ...
Use the media well to teach the faith, cardinal encourages Catholic leaders
Today's Catholic
3/18/2008, by Jordan McMurrough
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Today’s Catholic) - It seemed only fitting that a fundraising luncheon for the archdiocese’s television station would serve up a little drama. The seventh annual Catholic Television of San Antonio (CTSA) leadership luncheon, which honored program hosts Deacon Tom and Mary Jane ...
‘Men Can Cook’ for parish fund-raiser
Catholic Herald
3/14/2008, by Karen Mahoney
RACINE, Wis. (Catholic Herald) - Fr. Ron Gramza knows how to feed his flock. Since he began as pastor of St. Richard Parish, he has been busy sowing and reaping, and seems to have cooked up a winner with his latest venture.
Last Sunday, chef Fr. Gramza brought his cooking prowess - and his ...
Exonerated after 22 years on death row, wrongly convicted man tells his story
Catholic Explorer
3/13/2008
OMAHA, Neb. (The Catholic Voice) - Curtis McCarty spent half of his life in prison - most of that time on death row - for a murder he did not commit. On Feb. 21, McCarty talked about being wrongfully convicted and spending 22 years in prison to a crowded room of College of Saint Mary students. ...
Deacon preaching NFP finds most couples don’t know teaching on contraception
Catholic Anchor
3/13/2008, by James DeCrane
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Catholic Anchor) - The homilist at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Anchorage broached a sensitive topic last fall — one which is rarely heard from the pulpit. Speaking that day, Deacon Ken Donahue felt obliged to encourage parishioners to embrace natural family planning (or ...
Relics of ‘radio priest’ and ‘labor priest’ presented to Pittsburgh diocese by relatives
Pittsburgh Catholic
3/12/2008, by Patricia Bartos
PITTSBURGH, PA (Pittsburgh Catholic) - St. Patrick Church in Pittsburgh’s Strip District has just received the perfect gift in time for its 200th anniversary year. The historic church — the first established in the city of Pittsburgh — has received a treasure trove of material on its most famous ...
Priest strengthens Latin Mass community
Today's Catholic
3/12/2008
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Today’s Catholic) - Father George Gabet discovered his love for the old Latin Mass years before his ordination while attending it at Sacred Heart Parish in Fort Wayne. Now he will be serving Sacred Heart, as well as Catholics in South Bend, through his new assignment as a chaplain ...
Historic Baltimore basilica gets 23rd rector
The Catholic Review
3/11/2008, by Chaz Muth
BALTIMORE, Md. (The Catholic Review) - The 23rd rector of the nation’s first Catholic cathedral was installed March 9 before a cheering crowd. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien officially installed Father Jeffery S. Dauses during the 10:45 a.m. Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the ...
Catholic radio to expand broadcast reach
The Catholic Voice
3/11/2008
OMAHA, Neb. (The Catholic Voice) - Spirit 88.9 FM - KVSS, Omaha’s Catholic radio station, announced plans to increase the broadcast reach from 662,000 to nearly 1.2 million people. “We’re elated about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity which will provide in-home reception not only throughout ...
Claretian cloister loses sense of isolation
Catholic Times
3/10/2008, by Tim Puet
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Catholic Times) - It’s hard to live the life of a contemplative nun when you’re dodging foul balls, trying to tune out rock music, surrounded by neighbors regularly waving at you, and hearing traffic go by all day long. That’s the dilemma facing the Poor Clares of Perpetual ...
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