No place like home:Some Catholic families feel the ‘call’ of homeschooling
The Dialog
11/6/2006, by Joseph Ryan
WILMINGTON, Del. (The Dialog) – This September two Girone children left Christ the Teacher School in Glasgow to start classes in their own home in Bear, where their mom is the teacher.
After considering taking her children out of Catholic school for a few years, Allison Girone has joined a ...
New Christmas stamp 'exemplifies family, charity'
Catholic News Service
11/2/2006, by John Gleason
DENVER (CNS) – Art lovers, stamp collectors and representatives of the U.S. Postal Service gathered at the Denver Art Museum Oct. 17 to witness the unveiling of the 2006 religious Christmas stamp. The stamp, which depicts "Madonna and Child With Bird," is a replica of an oil-on-canvas painting by ...
Canadian Catholic News: Catholic schools locking doors, tightening security
Canadian Catholic News
11/1/2006, by Frank Flegel
REGINA, Canada (CCN/Prairie Messenger) – School invasions are a new reality, particularly in the United States and more recently in Central Canada. In Regina, St. Angela Merici elementary school is the latest of several schools, both Roman Catholic and public, that have initiated tighter security ...
Surviving `Finances After Separation'
Canadian Catholic News
10/26/2006, by Laureen McMahon
VANCOUVER, Canada (CCN/B.C. Catholic) –
”Til Debt Do Us Part,” a television program available on the Life Network, says it all: money troubles are the most common cause of marriage breakdown.
Few things are more stressful than separation and divorce, says Douglas Welbanks, a Vancouver debt ...
The Catholic Register: More fathers ‘mother,’ author-prof says
Catholic Online
10/26/2006, by Sara Loftson
TORONTO, Canada (The Catholic Register) – Increasingly, more married and single fathers decide to stay home with their children rather than work full-time, according to the author of a new book on the subject. Andrea Doucet, an associate professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at ...
Avoid cheating, remember God’s word, bishop urges Catholic students preparing for exams
Catholic Information Service for Africa
10/25/2006
EMBU, Kenya (CISA) – Bishop Anthony Muheria of Embu Catholic Diocese has called on candidates taking national exams starting today to do honest work and avoid cheating. More than 240,000 candidates nationwide began sitting for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination Oct. 23. ...
Sports training cards for kids, coaches and parents
Catholic Online
10/23/2006, by Mary Carty
(Catholic Online) – Soccer and football seasons are here, with basketball and hockey looming in the not too distant future. Kids today have many opportunities to plays a wide variety of sports in school and in community run programs. Providing kids with information to learn game rules, strategies ...
‘A great blessing’ – Student with Down syndrome inspires school
The Catholic Review
10/13/2006, by George P. Matysek Jr.
BALTIMORE, Md. (The Catholic Review) – Standing at his locker in a hallway at Mount St. Joseph High School here, Ben Stevick attracted the kind of attention that might otherwise be reserved for a quarterback on game day. Just about every guy who passed through the bustling corridor seemed to call ...
Rapping priest releases new CD, speaks to youth
Catholic News Service
9/26/2006, by Nadia Pozo
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (CNS) – He's at it again. Father Stan Fortuna, the Franciscan Friar of the Renewal who is known as the "rapping priest," has released his latest CD in the genre. Eighteen songs, ranging from old-school rap to world beats, make up the new release, which completes the series of rap ...
Heroic kindergartners – Catholic students spot smoke, report fire
Catholic Herald
9/26/2006, by Cheri Perkins Mantz
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Catholic Herald) – After many days of rain, Mrs. Dudzik’s K-4 class at Blessed Sacrament was excited to finally be allowed outside for recess. Shortly after the kids came outside on Sept. 13, three 4-year-olds rushed to their teacher to report black smoke billowing out of a house ...
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