The Intermountain Catholic in Salt Lake City has posted the third podcast of Bishop John C. Wester, this time focusing on the Eucharist. Questions covered: Why is the Sunday Eucharist important? What does it mean to say “the Mass never changes”? What if I feel connected to God in my garden or in the mountains?
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Efforts to fight pornography have been getting increased attention in recent months. The latest: Churches in the Kansas City area are petitioning six county governments in the region to convene grand jury investigations into sales of pornography. They also are seeking enforcement of Missouri and Kansas obscenity statutes. Stories are in both The Catholic Key in Kansas [...]
Earlier this month we posted a link here to a story about a pilot program in the Pittsburgh Diocese for parish life collaborators where a pastor is not able to serve. Now comes word in the Pittsburgh Catholic that the first one has been named. There’s also an interview with the newly named coordinator, Holy [...]
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A good overview of how church leaders and others are using the latest audio and video tools on the Internet, such as YouTube, for evangelization and other purposes is provided in the National Catholic Register.
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Memorial Day has passed, but it’s not to late to read this feature in the Catholic Explorer of the Diocese of Joliet, Ill., about a local family whose observance of the holiday changed this year after the death last December of Capt. Travis Patriquin.
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A variety of interesting texts in the latest edition of Origins: CNS Documentary Service:
Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles explains why the church considers the U.S. immigration system unjust and in need of reform. (Subscribers: click here)
St. Augustine might feel right at home with the contemporary emphasis on individuals finding their own way to [...]
Differences of opinion between ministers, people in the pews studied — The Michigan Catholic, Detroit
Kentucky parishes cautioned on partisan political activity — The Record, Louisville, Ky.
Teen turns graduation project into her cause — The Catholic Northwest Progress, Seattle
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By Catholic News Service
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) — Catholic News Service Rome bureau chief John Thavis was named May 25 as the winner of the 2007 St. Francis de Sales Award by the Catholic Press Association.
The award is considered the highest honor in the Catholic press. Thavis, 56, is one of a handful of reporters to [...]
The Catholic Sentinel in the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., says adult Catholics who receive the sacrament of confirmation — either because they missed it as a child or for other reasons — discover that they’ve been awakened to some unexpected feelings about their faith.
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A podcast aimed at men on the upcoming Sunday Scripture readings is being unveiled in Pittsburgh this month before going national on Father’s Day. The Pittsburgh Catholic provides the details.
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