The Catholic
Standard & Times
Issue of May 22, 2008


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Editorial:
Tragedies in Asia show unity of human family
It’s hard to find a silver lining in a tragedy such as the devastating earthquake in China last week.


Homily
Homily of
Cardinal Justin Rigali

Ordination to the Priesthood
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
May 17, 2008

Profile:
His work is labor of love

Stanley Faison is the business manager for St. Martin de Porres Parish and the development director for the parish school.

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


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‘A great day for the Church’
“It’s a great day for the Church — the Church today receives three priests,” said newly ordained Father Martin J. Ivanovich.

Old school takes on new lives
Outside Anna Mae Gilmore’s new apartment at St. John Neumann Place in South Philadelphia, there once stood the locker her grandson was issued when he was a student at St. John Neumann High School for Boys.


New priests give thanks for mentors, encouragement
Monday, May 19, would be the second full day of priesthood for the three young men ordained for Philadelphia by Cardinal Rigali the previous Saturday, Msgr. Timothy Senior noted at the beginning of a Serra Clubs of Philadelphia Mass for the ordinandi at St. John the Evangelist Church.
CSS honors 15 of its own for ‘exemplary’ service
In honor of the 200th anniversary of the Church in Philadelphia, Catholic Social Services celebrated by recalling its own history of service and remembering all the men and women who make that service possible.

St. Philip Neri opens $5 million parish center, gym
“It’s nice that now, when we shoot a basketball, it’s probably not going to hit the ceiling.”
Insurance Office helps parish recover from flood
Last year at this time, the Church of St. Michael the Archangel was in trouble, even if, on the surface the edifice looked as beautiful as ever.
Two families,
an ocean apart, reunited by
St. Gaetano

Not many people can say they have a cousin for a saint. But Justin Catanoso can, and he writes about it in his first book, “My Cousin the Saint: A Search for Faith, Family and Miracles.”

FEATURES


Patriarch visits region’s
Maronite Catholics

The Arabic hymn was “Ya Om Allah.” It isn’t Islamic. It’s a favorite of Maronite Catholics and it means, “O Mother of God.”


Bicentennial Reflections
For more bicentennial reflections, and other articles commemorating the Archdiocesan bicentennical celebration, please pick up the April 10 edition of the CS&T at your parish or contact Cecelia Watkins at 215-587-3667 or e-mail cwatkins@adphila.org


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