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Vol. 46 No. 23
August 29, 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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Rosary Walk for Life
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Rosary Walk for Life — A statue of the Blessed Mother
is carried by Frank D’Amico, Charles Dawson with Pat
Piccininni and Fran Ferraro, while members of the Padre Pio
Assembly provided an honor guard for the annual Human Life
Committee Rosary Walk for Life on Aug. 22.
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St. Mary’s class finally meets their Peace
Corps pen pal
By Mary Gorry
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Manhasset — They were meeting for the first time, but
they were already old friends. The fourth-grade class at St.
Mary’s Elementary School and Peace Corps volunteer and
Manhasset resident Michael Breslin spent almost a year as
pen pals, corresponding between Manhasset and Guatemala, and
on Aug. 23, the pen pals finally met in person.
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Students get to fine tune their skills
Telecare interns get real TV experience
By Mary Gorry
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Uniondale — They sit in the master control room. They
help write scripts. They work on the production crew. The
interns at Telecare here do all of this and more, learning
the skills necessary to work at a television station as well
as what makes working at a diocesan television station
special.
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WAIT Training
By Mary Gorry
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Deer Park — The theme of the night at SS. Cyril and
Methodius Church here was not just abstinence education, but
relationship education. Along with introducing programs for
teens in local schools, the Life Center of Long Island wants
to teach parents how to reinforce those values at home.
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Our Parishes:
St. James Church, Setauket
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The seeds of St. James Parish were planted more than a
century ago when an affluent French Catholic family built a
small church on Main Street in Setauket in 1888. The mission
was served by the Montfort Fathers and priests from
neighboring churches until 1949, when St. James was elevated
to parish status by the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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Peruvian earthquake victims join Vatican
official in prayer near epicenter
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Pisco, Peru (CNS) — A subdued crowd of several
hundred residents and rescue workers gathered in the main
plaza of Pisco to pray with a top Vatican official who had
come to remember victims of the mid-August earthquake.
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On their
way
Father Anthony Trapani, new pastor of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Church in Lindenhurst, blesses this
year’s Life Teen graduates as they prepare to attend
college. Other members of the parish Life Teen group
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Vatican officials say book shows Mother
Teresa’s strength
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Vatican City (CNS) — Vatican officials said a new
book detailing Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s long
“crisis of faith” illustrates her spiritual strength in the
face of doubt.
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Religious life discernment begins with
long 650-mile bike ride
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St. Paul, Minn. (CNS) — This August, Stephanie Hart
was on the road to discerning whether she has a calling to
the religious life — both literally and figuratively.
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Late summer reading ...
Reviewed by Sister Mona Castelazo, CSJ
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“Just One Year,” edited by Dominican Father
Timothy Radcliffe, is a collection of reflective
readings and prayers; and “Ten Prayers God Always
Says Yes To,” by Anthony DeStefano, offers
suggestions concerning petitionary prayers.
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