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Sacred Heart Family Camp unites families in fun, faith
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:53 pm Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org
At first glance, it looked like any other campground. A group of teens was playing volleyball in the courtyard. Several adults sat...
A high for the Eucharist
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:53 pm This is the time of year in which Catholics experience a special "high" for the Eucharist. From priesthood ordinations to the feast of Corpus Christi, the source and summit of our...
Organ concerts to be held at cathedral basilica during summer
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:51 pm Barbara Watkins | bwatkins@archstl.org
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis will host a series of free organ concerts in July and August.
The International Organ Concert...
Annual Mass supports those affected by breast cancer
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:51 pm Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org
The archdiocesan Respect Life Apostolate is hosting its annual Mass to honor those who have been affected by breast cancer.
Father...
20 Texas Lawmakers Demand Probe of Douglas Karpen, Killed Babies Born Alive
LifeNews.com - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:34 pm Twenty Texas legislators have signed on to a letter demanding an investigation of Douglas Karpen, a Houston abortion practitioner who is being considered the second Kermit Gosnell...
West Virginia priest sides with miners in coal company's bankruptcy
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:20 pm Son of miner himself, he knows labor issues firsthand
WASHINGTON — Until May 21, Fr. Andrew Switzer had a clean record. Then he got himself arrested.
It happened in St. Louis...
14 ways to celebrate the Fortnight for Freedom
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:19 pm
1. Celebrate a memorial Mass for SS. Thomas More and John Fisher on June 21 (vigil) or June 22 (their feast day) to open the Fortnight for Freedom.
2. Present a Catholic movie...
Archbishop Chaput prays for building collapse victims
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:18 pm Philadelphia, Pa., Jun 5, 2013 / 03:18 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia offered his prayers to those affected by a building collapse on the morning of June...
Hard times a-Komen: Race for the Cure canceled in seven cities after Planned Parenthood controversy
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:15 pm by Ben Johnson DALLAS, June 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has announced it is cutting half of its three-day races due to poor response, a...
Judge Intervenes to Help Dying Girl Have Transplant After Sebelius Balks
LifeNews.com - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:09 pm A federal judge has intervened to give hope to a young girl who needs a lung transplant as doctors have only given her weeks to live. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius received...
Criminal charges dismissed in Worcester bishop's drunk-driving case
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:08 pm In late May, license suspended for six months.
WORCESTER, Mass. — Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester said he continues "to ask forgiveness" from the family, friends and "all...
Vietnam's repression of human rights raised in Hill visits, hearing
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:04 pm Government takeovers of land owned by faith groups reported
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Vietnamese-Americans, as well as Vietnamese immigrants and visitors, spread out across Capitol...
Local Catholics thanked for supporting retired religious
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:02 pm The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis contributed $419,717 to the annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection for 2012.
The Retirement Fund for Religious is the annual...
Going Underwater with Jesus
CatholicMom.com - Jun 5, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Whenever I am at a crossroads, I try to turn to Jesus. There is a certain peace that comes from visiting Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament that...
Judge orders some morning-after pills sold to girls of any age over-the-counter
LifeSiteNews - Jun 5, 2013 at 3:59 pm by Ben Johnson NEW YORK, June 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal judge has ordered two generic forms of abortifacient emergency “contraception” to be sold over the counter,...
Is the Church discriminatory?
OSV Daily Take - Jun 5, 2013 at 3:56 pm A federal jury recently ruled that the Archdiocese of Cincinnati discriminated against Catholic school teacher Christa Dias by firing her in October 2010 when she used artificial...
Ordination Update: 9 New Deacons in Omaha
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 5, 2013 at 3:51 pm I got an e-mail this afternoon from George Butterfield at Creighton University: Deacon Greg, these nine men were ordained on May 4, 2013, in St. Cecilia’s Cathedral, Omaha,...
Families at closed St. Paul school receive help for transition
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 5, 2013 at 3:48 pm Other Catholic schools, Aim Higher Foundation provide support
While students and staff at St. Francis-St. James United School in the West Seventh neighborhood of St. Paul faced...
Boy Scouts vote to allow youths with same-sex attraction as members
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 5, 2013 at 3:33 pm John Stemberger, an Eagle Scout and founder of OnMyHonor.Net, a coalition opposed to allowing open homosexuality in the Boy Scouts of America, addresses the media May 23 in...
Priesthood continues family tradition for Fr. Amadi
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jun 5, 2013 at 3:22 pm Newly ordained priest looks forward to celebrating Mass at his home parish in Nigeria
GREEN BAY — Admiration fills Fr. Alvan Amadi's words as he speaks of his grandfather, Simon...
