Warning: Obesity can cause serious health risks
Catholic News Service
2/20/2007, by Teresa G. Odle
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (CNS) If you don’t believe Americans have been growing larger, just ask manufacturers of airline, ferry and theater seats, MRI equipment, even coffins.
Nearly two of every three Americans are overweight or obese. Canada recently reported an adult obesity rate of 23 percent. ...
UCAN: Non-stop dancing helps Indian Catholics take new steps in faith
UCANews
2/16/2007, by Francis Maria Britto
RAIGARH, India (UCAN) – Hailing Jesus' name, local Catholics sang and danced non-stop for two nights and days, their celebration reverberating through the sleepy Banhar mission. Several of them told UCA News the Feb. 2-4 akhand keertan, a program of non-stop devotional chants, helped revive their ...
Two books offer Catholics contrasting spiritual guidelines
Catholic News Service
2/2/2007, by Sister Mona Castelazo
'Wise Choices: A Spiritual Guide to Making Life's Decisions' by Margaret Silf and 'Spiritual Progress: Becoming the Christian You Want to Be' by Father Thomas D. Williams both delineate practices leading to spiritual development. The first title emphasizes the inner work of discernment and the ...
Priest models creativity as Toronto's poet laureate
Catholic News Service
1/31/2007, by Mike Mastromatteo
TORONTO (CNS) – The second person ever to serve as poet laureate for Toronto is also the first Catholic priest to hold the title.
It's an opportune pulpit for Father Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, 57, a priest-poet-philosopher who is now spreading ideas about how individuals, government officials and ...
Missouri blacksmith turns task into tribute to Mary
Catholic News Service
1/11/2007, by Joseph Kenny
ST. LOUIS (CNS) – Even with his experience, Robert Ruwwe, who has done blacksmithing since he was a teen, didn't think he was good enough to make an intricate design for the Legion of Mary.
The legion – the largest apostolic organization of laypeople in the Catholic Church – asked him to make a ...
Catholic centenarian stays on the move with parish duties
Catholic News Service
12/28/2006, by Mary Chalupsky
HAMDEN, Conn. (CNS) – Mike Mele, a dapper, diminutive and downright engaging centenarian who works out three times a week at a local health club and just gave up riding his horse, Coco, celebrated his 100th birthday Dec. 16.
"I can't believe it myself," he said in an interview with The Catholic ...
A recovery plan for families of addicts and alcoholics
Catholic News Service
12/26/2006, by Maureen E. Daly
WASHINGTON (CNS) – When someone with a drug or alcohol problem decides to get treatment, that's good news. But it is not the end of the story. What can families, friends and coworkers expect during and after treatment for substance abuse? "The biggest issue for all significant others is that they ...
Find day's peace, joy by preparing for the ‘top 10 Christmas crashers’
Catholic Online
12/22/2006, by Mary Carty
COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – While everyone celebrating Christmas is hoping for a day filled with peace, joy and love, there may be events that can “crash” the day, causing great frustrations. Considering that there is so much to fit into the day, a variety of places to be, an increased ...
Holiday gift riddle – How to have Christmas you always dreamed of
Catholic Online
12/21/2006, by Mary Carty
COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – What present is the most valuable gift in the world, costs nothing and cannot be purchased with plastic or pure gold? A clue: The answer is in the question. The answer: Be in the present moment with others.
For weeks and even months people has been rushing ...
Bend it like Al Bandak: Palestinian women face challenges in soccer
Catholic News Service
12/19/2006, by Judith Sudilovsky
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) – Every week as 17-year-old Marian Al Bandak takes off for soccer practice, she hears her grandmother's criticism ringing in her ears: She is wasting her time playing a man's sport; the boys won't be interested in her; she should fix herself up.
But Al Bandak, a tall, ...
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