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Vol. 46 No. 19
August 1, 2007 |
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National/World News
from Catholic News Service |
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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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Boot camp for believers offers spiritual
boost
By Pete Sheehan
Senior Reporter |
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Central Islip — St. John of God Church here last
month ran a boot camp for blossoming believers — 30 hours of
religious instruction, activities, and prayer jammed into
two weeks.
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Catholic education called cornerstone to
parish life
By Mary Gorry
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Southampton — As Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Church here celebrates its 100th anniversary, the parish
continues a tradition of opening its doors to immigrants
and those in need, and promoting the importance of a
good Catholic education in all forms.
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No business like show business for keeping
parish together during summer
By Mary Gorry
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Brookville — CenterStage productions tend to be
family affairs. The basement of St. Paul the Apostle
Church here on a recent weeknight resounded with the
chatter and laughter of mothers and daughters, fathers
and sons, brothers and sisters. As soon as rehearsal
started, the cast members took to the stage and it was
“show” business as usual.
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Young people share their views on being
Catholic and being proud
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In a continuing feature, Catholic young people who attended
the diocesan youthfest on May 19 share with our readers why
they are Proud 2B Catholic.
“I am proud to be Catholic because I know that Jesus is my
only Lord and Savior and my faith is the most important
thing to me. I love the Eucharist and confession and all the
other sacraments my faith gives me. I am very proud to be
Catholic!”
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Advocates share one goal: calling forth
gifts of those with disabilities
By Mary Gorry
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Wantagh — They were members of parish social
ministry, members of parish welcoming committees, people
with disabilities, and relatives of people with
disabilities. All the people in the room at St. Frances de
Chantal Church here July 24 had assembled to share ideas on
how better to include people with disabilities in the Church
community.
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Married couples share ‘life experience of
faith’ with engaged couples
By Pete Sheehan
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West Islip — In parishes throughout the diocese,
married couples meet with engaged couples as they prepare
for marriage in the Catholic Church, helping the younger
couples understand what it means to live the sacrament of
matrimony.
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Sister Ronald joins leadership council of
Holy Family Sisters
By Mary Gorry
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Sister M. Ronald Wlodarczyk of Riverhead, who has served
Long Island Catholics for 25 years in education, religious
formation, and through her work in the diocesan tribunal,
was recently installed as a member of the leadership council
of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in the United
States.
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‘Patients First’ bill promotes ethical
stem-cell research
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Washington (CNS) — As the U.S. Senate considers
whether to try to override the presidential veto of a bill
permitting federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research,
a new bill in the House of Representatives would promote
stem-cell research and clinical trials that do not involve
the destruction of human embryos.
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Books focus on where God fits in
Reviewed by Allan F. Wright
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Early on in Susan K. Rowland’s book, “Make Room for God:
Clearing Out the Clutter,” she points to a fact that almost
every person living in our society can affirm: Our culture
places some unfair demands on us.
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U.S. must do more to aid Iraqi refugees,
prelates tell Rice
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Washington (CNS) — Just back from a trip to the
Middle East, a U.S. cardinal and a bishop are pressing
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to do more to help Iraqi
refugees.
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of
Washington, and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, N.Y.,
urged Rice in a July 26 letter to do more to resettle Iraqi
refugees in the United States and to provide additional
financial, medical and other types of support for refugees
in other countries.
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Personalities, faith of Catholic Channel
hosts attract listeners
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New York (CNS) — Tune in to “The Catholic Guy” on
Sirius satellite radio any afternoon, and you might hear
radio host Lino Rulli doing a round of speed dating, looking
for a date.
Or, you might hear him interviewing a cast member of “The
Sopranos” about growing up Italian-American, parodying a
hip-hop song on “mock and roll Fridays” or extolling the
benefits of going to confession.
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‘Christopher Closeup’ ending 55-year run
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New York (CNS) — “Christopher Closeup,” the
television show sponsored by the organization that says it’s
better to light one candle than to curse the darkness, will
no longer be broadcast after the end of the summer.
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Joy, holiness called keys to attracting
African-American vocations
By Peter Finney Jr.
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New Orleans (CNS) — Manifesting joy and living a life
of holiness are fundamental ways to attract young
African-American men to consider a vocation to the
priesthood, Redemptorist Father Maurice Nutt of Memphis,
Tenn., told the joint convention of the National Black
Catholic Clergy Caucus and the National Black Sisters’
Conference July 25.
The conference, attended by more than 200 black priests,
deacons, sisters and seminarians, focused on vocations and
enriching the spiritual, theological, educational and
ministerial lives of the participants.
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