Catholic deacon, former evangelical preacher: Bible study led me on path to the Church
Catholic Anchor
5/7/2008, by Joel Davidson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Catholic Anchor) - Alex Jones had no intention of becoming a Catholic. When everything started to change in the winter of 1998, the African-American preacher was at the height of his pastoral ministry, leading the vibrant Maranatha Christian Church in Detroit, a predominantly ...
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero stresses importance of raising awareness of world’s injustices
Catholic Explorer
4/24/2008, by Kim Lovejoy-Voss
LISLE, Il (Catholic Explorer) - Paul Rusesbagina, who protected over 1,200 people threatened by atrocities and etnic genocide in Rwanda 14 years ago, visited Benedictine University in Lisle earlier this month to raise awareness of the need to stand up against injustices. “The only thing we were ...
Benedictine monks’ calligraphy brings
beauty to the written Word of God
The Catholic Voice
4/7/2008, by Elizabeth Ann Wells
ELKHORN, Neb. (The Catholic Voice) - To hear Abbot Theodore Wolff talk about calligraphy is similar to listening to a sommelier talk about fine wine. He points out the varying thicknesses of the letters such as h, a, g and b. “The art comes from the thick and thin, but the hand doesn’t always want ...
Sister heeded call heard in eighth grade
The Catholic Review
4/2/2008, by Nancy Menefee Jackson
BALTIMORE, Md. (The Catholic Review) - He might not text with a cell phone, but God still calls young people to vocations. Sister Annuntiata Cornelio, a 32-year-old member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus, who wears a black habit and a ready smile, is proof.
Sister Annuntiata, ...
Retired Colorado St. coach Sonny Lubick finds faith and football all part of his life
Denver Catholic Register
3/24/2008, by Linda L. Osmundson
DENVER, CO (Denver Catholic Register) - “Perhaps I’m a habitual Catholic,” said Sonny Lubick, 71, the winningest football coach in Colorado State University history. “My religion was engrained in me by my parents and my grandmother.”
Sonny grew up in a small suburb of Butte, Mont., which ...
NCAA Basketball: Xavier, Villanova only of 11 Catholic colleges to advance to Sweet 16
Catholic Online
3/24/2008, by Gerald Korson
(Catholic Online) – And then there were two. That’s how many Catholic college teams are still standing after the first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The biggest surprise is that one of them is not Georgetown, which began their bracket at #2 before being knocked off in the round ...
‘A Woman’s Passion’: Modeling after Mary
Denver Catholic Register
3/19/2008, by Jeanette R. DeMelo
(Editor's note: Here is the complete transcript of Jeanette DeMelo’s address at a March 13 luncheon of the Catholic professional women’s group Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Woman [ENDOW]. See related article in the Diocese section of Catholic Online).
DENVER, Colo. (Denver Catholic ...
Polish priest awarded Templeton Prize for work in dialogue between science, religion
The Christian Science Monitor
3/18/2008, by Moises Velasquez-Manoff
NEW YORK, N.Y. (The Christian Science Monitor) - Polish theologian, cosmologist, and philosopher Father Michael Heller, who lived through both Nazi and communist rule and has long sought to reconcile science and religion, has won the 2008 Templeton Prize. The £820,000 prize (more than $1.6 million) ...
2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: How will the 11 Catholic college teams fare?
Catholic Online
3/17/2008, by Gerald Korson
(Catholic Online) - Fans of Catholic college basketball have much to cheer about this month as 11 Catholic school teams earned bids to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The 11 Catholic college teams include several already familiar with the “March Madness” tournament along with a few that are ...
CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien extends traditional Catholic values to her children
Catholic Herald
3/12/2008, by Amy Guckeen
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Catholic Herald) - Soledad O’Brien is smiling. Tapping away at her phone in the Henke Lounge of the Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union, O’Brien is seemingly unaware of her VIP status, focused on the task at hand — scheduling a play date for her daughter.
Between ear ...
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