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Bella Star shares how God changed his live

OTTAWA, Canada (CCN) – If the story of the rich young man from the Gospel of Matthew had a sequel updated for modern times, it might ... continue reading

Prayer sustained me during genocide nightmare, Rwandan woman says

Image of RWANDAN GENOCIDE SURVIVOR SPEAKS - Rwandan genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza gestures while sharing her story of survival and forgiveness at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., in 2006. During another speaking engagement, Ilibagiza stood before 600 people April 18 o n the stage of the Caldwell College student center auditorium in Caldwell, N.J., and discussed how the power of prayer saved her life 13 years ago. (CNS)

CALDWELL, N.J. (CNS) – Immaculee Ilibagiza knows what it is like to rely on the power of prayer. With nothing other than rosary beads ... continue reading

Covering need – Boy’s blankets wrap dying patients, babies in love

Image of THIRD-GRADER POSES WITH BLANKETS FOR CHARITIES PROGRAM – Connor McClain, who enlisted the third-graders at Good Shepherd School in Shawnee, Kan., to make baby blankets for a hospice program and for Catholic Charities' mother-baby program, poses with some of the blankets in mid-April. (CNS/The Leaven)

SHAWNEE, Kan. (CNS) – "Everybody deserves a blanket," insisted Connor McClain, a third-grader at Good Shepherd School in Shawnee. And ... continue reading

RCIA impact felt in Arkansas and beyond

Image of DOCTOR SHARES MEDICAL SKILLS - Deacon Dr. Don Greenway holds a 3-year-old Honduran patient in the village of Guadalupe Carney during the March 2004 Christ the King medical mission. (Photo Arkansas Catholic)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Arkansas Catholic) - The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults has made an indelible mark on the Catholic Church in ... continue reading

New members say family, friends helped them enter Church

Image of PARISH WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS –Four high school coaches have recently joined the Church at Sacred Heart Parish in Charleston. They are Greg Kendrick, Greenwood High School, football and baseball; B.J. Ross, Charleston High School, girls' basketball; Randy Terry, Charleston High School, boys' basketball and golf; and Craig Jones, Greenwood High School, baseball. (Photo Arkansas Catholic/Maryanne Meyerriecks)

CHARLESTON, Ark. (Arkansas Catholic) – Sacred Heart Church has a winning game plan for evangelization. The parish of 230 families ... continue reading

St. Margaret’s parishioner provides job training to the incarcerated

Image of SHARING VALUABLE SKILLS - Bob, Mattucci, a parishioner at St. Margaret’s Church in Mattydale, N.Y., sites faith as his foundation for creating the job training program he teaches at Monroe County Penitentiary in Rochester and Suffolk County Correctional in Long Island.

SYRACUSE, N. Y. (The Catholic SUN) – “It was divine intervention,” said Bob Mattucci, parishioner at St. Margaret’s ... continue reading

Faith helps California Catholic rebuild life after disfiguring cancer

Image of MAN OVERCAME DISFIGURING CANCER THAT ATTACKED HIS FACE – Terry Healey overcame a disfiguring cancer that attacked his face and called his identity into question. He underwent extensive surgery to have the cancer removed and 30 additional operations. Healey is seen in this undated photo after his recovery. (CNS)

DANVILLE, Calif. (CNS) – Ask Terry Healey what his life was like before cancer and he will sum it up with three words: "pretty easy ... continue reading

Mississippi church a 'dream deferred' for African-American Catholics

Image of LITURGICAL DANCER LEADS GROUP DURING DEDICATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHURCH – Linn Byrd, a member of the Sacred Heart Praise Dancers, leads youths in a liturgical dance during the dedication of the new Sacred Heart Church and Parish Center in Camden, Miss., in late March. The African-American Catholic community in Camden had been hoping for a new church since an earlier mission church closed in the 1970s. (CNS photo/Fabvienen Taylor, Mississippi Catholic)

CAMDEN, Miss. (CNS) – "It's been almost like a 'dream deferred' for this community," said Trinitarian Father Mike Barth, quoting the ... continue reading

Hospice offers care for Christians, Muslims, Jews

Image of PATIENT WRITES OUT PRAYERS AT JERUSALEM HOSPICE FACILITY – Sister Constancia Francis, 82, writes out prayers as therapist Tammy Einstein, center, consults with another staff member at Saint-Louis Hospital in Jerusalem March 22. The facility, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition, provides hospice and geriatric care to Jerusalem residents of any race, religion or nationality. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)

JERUSALEM (CNS) – When Sister Monika Dullmann first came as a volunteer to Saint-Louis Hospital as a young theologian, the most ... continue reading

Holy Week Passover Seder connects Catholics to the Last Supper, Jews

Image of WOMAN PARTICIPATES IN SEDER MEAL – Sandra Steele lifts a cup of grape juice, symbolizing wine, during a Seder meal at St. Thomas More Church in Munster, Ind., March 24. The Seder is a special ritual during the Jewish festival of Passover, a holiday commemorating Jewish deliverance from Egyptian bondage and the time of the barley season. Many Catholics participate in a Seder during the season of Lent. (CNS/Northwest Indiana Catholic)

ROGERS, Ark. (Arkansas Catholic) - In the past two decades, there has been a growing interest for Catholics in the significance and ... continue reading

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