Week
One: Our Church and
our world Catholic theology often addresses the relation between
the Church and the world. In his letters, St. Paul calls that relationship
the struggle between the spirit and the flesh.
Cuaresma
2008 Conferencia
de Obispos ofrece recursos multimedia para Cuaresma accesibles en
la red La
Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB)
está ofreciendo una variedad de recursos multimedia para ayudar
a los católicos a reflexionar durante el tiempo de Cuaresma
2008 que comienza el Miércoles de Ceniza, 6 de febrero.
The
Catholic
Standard & Times Issue of February 14, 2008
In
this issue:
SECTIONS
Editorial:
True happiness lies
in lifelong marriage As sure as the sun rises on St. Valentine’s
Day, you can be certain that some couples will become engaged
this weekend.
Homily
Cardinal Rigali thanks Boy Scouts for commitment to works
of service Homily of
Cardinal Justin Rigali
Scout Sunday Mass
Cathedral Basilica
of Saints Peter and Paul
February 3, 2008 Homily
Rite of Election begins journey toward full communion Homily of
Cardinal Justin Rigali
Rite of Election
First Sunday of Lent
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
February 9-10, 2008
Business
News Business as an opportunity to help
Normally, when homeowners talk about their mortgage holders,
they don’t say those companies are an answer to their
prayers. But Walter Gephart hears that sort of praise regularly.
Sports North Catholic clinches wrestling championship
Eric French never met a wrestling match that he didn’t like.
Profile:
Couple shares marriage experiences through pre-Cana program
A quarter-century of marriage — and counting.
Closing
the door to the future?
When
the Beacon schools were established in the Philadelphia Archdiocese
in September 2006, in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia,
they served as “beacons of light” — places where
positive social activities for youngsters took place after school
hours. But even more than those activities, the Beacon schools
afforded the city’s children the most precious of commodities
— safety in a dangerous world. At
St. Joseph School, Holocaust survivor recounts its horrors Marion
Blumenthal Lazan won’t forget the winter day when, as a
child, she watched from her freezing barracks at the infamous
Bergen-Belsen death camp while a cart rumbled by loaded with what
looked to her like firewood. Then she realized the sticks were
human corpses. Cardinal
Foley talks with high school students
Bishop McDevitt High School’s annual Papal Colloquium has
clearly set a mark as one of the premier events for Catholic Schools
Week in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Vietnamese
Catholics celebrate new year
Out with the pig and in with the rat. Members of the Vietnamese
community at Visitation B.V.M. Parish, along with their
countrymen throughout the Archdiocese, celebrated Tet, the
Vietnamese New Year, this past week.
‘Living
in love’
Can couples really remain in the honeymoon phase of
their marriage for the rest of their lives?
“In
order to understand the deepest meaning of human suffering
and need, we have to look at the crucifix,” Cardinal
Justin Rigali said at the Mass he celebrated for World Day
of the Sick at Immaculate Mary Home.
FEATURE
Our
four-part series on political responsibility
Part
III
‘Faithful Citizenship:’
Seven key themes Of
the seven key themes of social teaching explored by the Catholic
Bishops of the United States in their document “Forming
Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” the right to life
is at head of the list for the obvious reason — without
life there can be no other rights. Part
II
