The Catholic
Standard & Times
Issue of January 3, 2008

 

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Editorial:
Peace finds its roots in family
Hope is a virtue that Pope Benedict XVI has emphasized frequently in his pontificate. Our Holy Father did so again in his message for the World Day of Peace celebrated Jan. 1.


Homily
Homily of
Cardinal Justin Rigali
Christmas Vigil Mass
Cathedral Basilica
of Saints Peter and Paul
Christmas 2007

Homily
Homily of Cardinal
Justin Rigali
Midnight Mass
Cathedral Basilica
of Saints Peter and Paul
Christmas 2007

Business News
Travel exec stayed local,
and true to his faith

John J. Mullen has been in the travel business his entire working life. But Mullen, himself, has always cherished his roots.


Hispanic Catholics
Se dan a conocer tema y logotipo de la visita papal
El mensaje “Cristo, nuestra esperanza” sobre una imagen del Papa Benedicto XVI con los brazos abiertos ante la cúpula de la Basílica de San Pedro ha sido elegido como logotipo de la visita del Papa a los Estados Unidos los días 15 al 20 de abril de 2008.


  Sports
Among many fine coaches,
four who shine

A word about coaches: Some football coaches know the game. Some know their players. Some know how to motivate.

Profile:
Strutting to a Catholic tune

When the annual pre-New Year’s Mummer’s Parade Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on the evening of Dec. 31, Edward J. (Ed) McBride was reader.

The Word Became Flesh
Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here.


NEWS

Great model of holiness:
Saint John Neumann clad in new episcopal vestments before feast day

St. John Neumann, Philadelphia’s fourth bishop who is enshrined in a glass casket under an altar at St. Peter the Apostle Church, was clad in a new set of vestments on Dec. 27, just in time for his upcoming Jan. 5 feast day.

Former Archbishop Ryan president indicted on charges of theft, forgery
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office has indicted Franciscan Father Charles Newman, former president of Archbishop Ryan High School, on four felony charges of theft and forgery.

Investigation prompts changes
The Philadelphia Grand Jury’s report on Franciscan Father Charles Newman was the culmination of independent investigations by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.


Colleagues say farewell to local theologian ready for service in D.C.
Father J. Brian Bransfield — formerly a professor at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood — started working Dec. 17 as a specialist for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis in Washington, D.C.
With a song in her heart
When Katie Romano was in kindergarten she loved to sing into her toy microphone so much that her teacher predicted she’d be on television one day.

Cardinal to inmates:
‘It is all about hope’

The Bucks County Correctional Facility is located in what is considered one of the most desirable communities in the five counties of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Still, when Cardinal Justin Rigali made a pastoral visit there on Dec. 23, he was ministering to an often forgotten population — and one that would probably prefer to be somewhere else.

 


FEATURE

Archdiocesan students win pro-life art contest
The Art for Life contest sponsored by the Pro-Life Union of Southeastern Pa. is an innovative way to get young people involved in the pro-life movement, according to Joyce McLane, the art teacher at St. Bernard School in Philadelphia and a Pro-Life Union board member.

The 2007 Year
in Review

Immigration, Iraq War named top stories of 2007, Pope top newsmaker

A look back: 2007 in review

Web Exclusive
More significant events happened in 2007 than can fit on the printed pages of The Catholic Standard and Times, so this online exclusive recalls a few more notable events in the Archdiocese from last year.


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