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Vol. 46 No. 41 January 2, 2008 |
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National/World News
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NEW! Click on the logo to access Faith Alive, a
weekly catechetical feature from Catholic News Service. |
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50 Years as a Diocese
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Please click here for articles & slideshows
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Award
winner
profiles |
| This week TLIC continues profiling those honored with the
first annual St. Agnes Medal of Service, awarded by Bishop
Murphy to representatives from each parish, as well as four
diocesan representatives, during a ceremony at St. Agnes
Cathedral, Rockville Centre on Friday, Sept. 14.
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Profile
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winners can be accessed via the link below. Names
printed in blue on the list are linked to profiles
that have already been published. Click on the link
to view that individual’s profile. We will continue
adding new profiles as they are published each week.
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SURVIVORS PRAY ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF TSUNAMI IN INDONESIA
Tsunami survivors pray at Marina Beach to commemorate the third anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in the southern Indian city of Chennai Dec. 26. More than 31,000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami. (See related story) |
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Telecare produces video; Msgr. Maniscalco warns
of Gov. Spitzer’s proposed ‘radical’ abortion bill
By Pete Sheehan Senior Reporter |
Uniondale — The state Catholic Conference, the diocesan Respect Life Office, and Telecare are producing a DVD to educate Catholics statewide against Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s proposed Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act.
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Gospel Champions:
Video game puts action into faith
By Mary Gorry Staff Reporter |
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Farmingdale — Catholic schools, parish religious education programs, and families have a new, somewhat unlikely tool to teach the faith to children: a video game.
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| Parish "saddened" that thief didn't simply ask for help |
Coram — Someone broke into St. Frances Cabrini Church here early Christmas morning and stole the money from the poor and the candle offering boxes.
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Senate confirms Mary Ann Glendon as U.S. ambassador to Vatican
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Washington (CNS) — The U.S. Senate confirmed Mary Ann Glendon, a U.S. law professor and president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, as the new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican Dec. 19.
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Vatican official cites "truth battle," urges Catholic press to defend Church's vision
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Vatican City (Zenit) — “We are faced with a truth battle” a Vatican official told a Dec. 19 meeting of Italian Catholic newspaper directors who report on issues of family and life.
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"Juno": a new comedy-drama with a strong pro-life message
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New York (CNS) — “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) is a smart, funny and ultimately moving comedy-drama with a strong pro-life message, although viewers are warned that it contains crude language and at least one profanity, as well as a non-explicit teen sexual encounter with partial nudity.
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Team pitches in to help a woman who helps others
By Eddie Crean |
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In the spring of my freshman year, Kellenberg Memorial High School was looking for volunteers to help fix up and refurbish a house in Hempstead. The woman who lives there had taken a couple of kids into her household and took care of them. The only problem was that the house was becoming run down, and both the outside and inside needed a lot of work to be done.
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"Christ Our Hope" is theme of logo for papal trip
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Washington, D.C. (Zenit) — The message “Christ Our Hope” over an image of Benedict XVI before the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica is the logo for the pope’s visit to the U.S. April 15-20.
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Philanthopist Frank J. Hanna III:
"Catholic schools are in a better position to teach about virtue"
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Atlanta (CNS) — Catholic education is the best vehicle for reinvigorating American culture, according to Frank J. Hanna III, an Atlanta businessman whose formula for effective charitable giving recently earned him the 2007 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership.
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Vatican calls U.N. vote against death penalty "sign of hope"
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Vatican City (CNS) — The Vatican said it was a “sign of hope” that the United Nations had voted for a moratorium on the death penalty.
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Msgr. Maniscalco to author Question and
Answer column
Beginning after the new year, Msgr.
Francis Maniscalco will offer a monthly Question and Answer
column in TLIC designed to respond to inquiries from readers
about Church teachings, practices and various aspects of the
Catholic faith. Currently director of the diocesan Respect
Life Office, Msgr. Maniscalco is a former editor of The Long
Island Catholic and former director of communications for
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
We invite readers to submit your questions to Msgr.
Maniscalco c/o The Long Island Catholic, P.O. Box 9000,
Roosevelt, NY 11575. You may also fax them to us at
516-594-1092. Or you may e-mail your questions to
editor@licatholic.org.
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