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 28, 2008
In
this issue:
SECTIONS
Editorial: Make
another attempt
at immigration reform Five years ago, the Catholic Bishops of the United
States made a proposal based on Catholic teaching applied to
today’s social realities. They called for pathways for
the legalization of approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants
living in this country. Five years later, their thoughtful solution
borne of pastoral reflection seems a distant hope.
Guest
Columnist Justice
and peace: On not losing the heart By Msgr. Francis X. Meehan
Homily
Cardinal to teachers: Congratulations on vital role Homily
of
Cardinal Justin Rigali
Mass for Catholic
Educator Jubiliarians
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
February 24, 2008
Business
News His
business is bulletins
“The weekly bulletin is one of the most important communication
tools a parish has to reach the parishioners.”
Hispanic
Catholics Obispos
responden
a medidas
anti-inmigrantes El Obispo John Wester de Salt Lake City, presidente
del Comité sobre Migración de la Conferencia de
Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB) y el
Obispo Jaime Soto, obispo coadjutor de Sacramento y presidente
del consejo directivo de Catholic Legal Immigration Network
(CLINIC), enviaron el 11 de febrero una carta al secretario
de Seguridad Interna (Homeland Security), Michael Chertoff y
a la subsecretaria, Julie Myers, expresando la preocupación
de lo obispos por la creciente actividad de redadas migratorias
por parte de la oficina de Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) y los protocolos que se siguen durante tales acciones.
U.S.
Bishops respond to
anti-immigrant measures
Bishop John
Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, and
Bishop Jaime Soto, coadjutor bishop of Sacramento and chairman
of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) sent a letter
Feb. 11 to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff,
and undersecretary, Julie Myers, expressing concern regarding
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) intensified
enforcement activities and the protocols followed for such actions
Sports Father Judge dashes to win Catholic League track championship
Sometimes it’s what happens off the playing field that says
more about a program than what happens on it. Profile:
Whether in Haiti or Philadelphia, her home is in the Church
Maria Vidala Moise came from Haiti to the United States more than
two decades ago, so she knows how important the Church is to a
Catholic migrant.
Vandals
deface Levittown churches
Recent
incidents at Catholic churches in the Levittown area have their
communities on edge. Our
Catholic police commissioner Philadelphia’s
new police commissioner, Charles H. Ramsey, is a Catholic.
Little
Flower senior’s death last year prompts legislative bill
April 2007 began on a high note for Lacey Gallagher. A bright,
popular senior at Little Flower High School and a member of the
school’s soccer team, she had already been accepted by Chestnut
Hill College for the fall term.
Our
four-part series on political responsibilityPart
IV
Clergy’s
role in ‘Faithful Citizenship’
The
U.S. Bishops’ document, “Forming Consciences for Faithful
Citizenship,” is primarily directed to the laity, but it
does have implications for the clergy.
