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Learning About Forgiveness and Vocations
Our church had its second youth ministry meeting of the new school year on Wednesday, November 12. We were very lucky to have two guest speakers, Father Thomas Doyle and Father Marty Goetz. During this meeting, they told us about how they have experienced God throughout their lives, and ...
Don't Let Faith Get Lost in School Year
School time brings together a host of activities: sports, friends, after-school activities such as clubs, and especially homework. With so many activities going on in a young person’s life it is easy to lose track of other important activities that should be a no-brainer. In my experience over ...
Oxford Area Parishioners Restore Houses for Poor
Earlier this month a group of eight youth and four adults returned to the hollows near the David, Ky., area of Appalachia to work on restoring housing for the poor. Many in the group had worked in the recent floods that affected eastern Iowa. Some people asked why we were going all the way to ...
Cardinal, bishops emphasize: Senate health bill extends abortion coverage, could harm immigrants
Writing for the online edition of The Washington Post, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Bishop William Murphy, and Bishop John Wester have explained why the United States bishops oppose the health care legislation that was passed by the US Senate in December and will soon be considered by the ...
German bishop: Lengthen statute of limitations on abuse cases
Surprised by the number of abuse allegations in Bavaria, where over 100 have alleged being physical or sexual abused as youths, Archbishop Ludwig Schick of Bamberg has called for an increase in the canonical statute of limitations for clerical sex abuse.
The scandal “is bitter and ...
California Catholic Lobby Day
Each year California Catholics gather in Sacramento to speak with their elected officials
about issues of concern to the Church. This effort is ...
What Have You Done for Your Marriage Today?
That’s the question the Catholic Church asks in a series of TV and radio spots launched June 27 by the