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Vol. 46 No. 22
August 22, 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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CHS food service is sailing into
five-star territory
By Pete Sheehan
Senior Reporter
West Islip — When Catholic Health Services of
Long Island president James Harden sailed on the Queen
Mary 2 ocean liner, he asked to meet Chef Jean-Marie
Zimmermann, hoping to get a recipe.
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New statue replaces one that was
vandalized
TLIC photos Gregory A. Shemitz |
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At the right a girl tosses more rose petals into the hole;
while at the top right, Msgr. Francis Caldwell, pastor of
St. Martha Church, Uniondale, and parishioners stand in
front of a new statue of Mary.
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Quake hit Mexico; Peru relief continues
(Compiled from wire services)
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Hurricane Dean — upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane — moved
across Mexico’s Caribbean coast on Tuesday.
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Diocesan missions unscathed
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“We have dodged another bullet!” Sister of St. Joseph
Babs Barry reported in an e-mail from one of the
diocesan missions in the Dominican Republic, summing up
the situation there after hurricane Dean passed to the
south of the island.
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Closer to home, Charities USA is preparing
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Alexandria, VA — To deal with the effects of
Hurricane Dean expected in southern Texas, Catholic
Charities USA has strategically positioned a Disaster
Assessment Response Team in San Juan, TX, to assist the
Diocese of Brownsville and its local Catholic Charities
agency with possible relief efforts.
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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 being Catholic allows me
to be who I am wherever I am, not just at church. I get to
be with Jesus, not with just a ‘representation’ of Him. It’s
just truly amazing to be Catholic, to know that this is the
truth and that His truth will lead me home.”
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Priest: All in central Utah want to aid
miners’ families, rescuers
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Huntington, Utah (CNS) — Father Donald E. Hope,
pastor of a mission church near the mine where six miners
remained trapped, said that wherever he goes, people ask,
“What can we do for the families of the trapped miners?”
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Bill aims to make motherhood easier for
college students
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Washington (CNS) — As the debate rages on about
whether abortion should be restricted or made more
available, Feminists for Life sees clearly that abortion is
a choice that no woman wants to make.
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In honor of Mary
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A statue of Mary, at right, was carried through the streets
after Mass Aug. 15 at St. Brigid’s Church, Westbury, opening
a five-day festival in honor of the Feast of the Assumption.
The Maria SS. Dell Assunta Society, a religious society
incorporated in 1911 by a group of Italian immigrants,
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Three women profess first vows as Sisters
of the Poor
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Queen’s Village — Bishop William Murphy presided
at the first temporary profession of three Little
Sisters of the Poor July 21 at St. Ann’s Novitiate in
Queens Village. Sister Grace Leask, of Crystal Lake,
Ill., Sister Michele Mucher, of Las Lunas, N.M., and
Sister Maria Cecilia Salunga, of the Philippines
professed vows.
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