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Making a change
Elizabeth Shackelford, principal (fourth from right) of St. John School in Hot Springs, presents a check for $503 to Change Point Pregnancy Care and Parenting Resource Center executive director JoAnn Carter. (News photo)
Illinois repeals the death penalty, advances ‘culture of life’
SPRINGIELD, Ill. (CNS) — The repeal of the death penalty “advances the development of a culture of life in our state,” the Catholic Conference of Illinois said March 9. (News)
Damage keeps Church officials in Japan from assessing local needs
TOKYO (CNS) — Damage from a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and ensuing tsunamis were preventing Church officials in Japan from assessing needs as tsunami warnings were issued for 50 other countries and territories. (News)
Chaplet fashioned of string, cross is a constant symbol during Lent
WASHINGTON (CNS) — For the past 10 years, Father James Statz has been inspiring Lenten devotions with his missionary-style chaplet. (News)
Basketball
The Little Rock Parochial League wrapped up its basketball tournament in February. For the girls’ teams, the winners were (Sports briefs)
New Orleans school parents, alumni want paddling resumed
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — For the past 60 years, teachers and administrators at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans have wielded an 18-inch-long wooden paddle — euphemistically called “the board of education” — to administer corporal punishment to students for tardiness, sloppy uniform dress or other minor rules infractions. (News)
Love is made in the image of God for us and for the Church
On Christmas Day 2005, the first encyclical letter of our current Pope Benedict XVI was given to all of us. (Understanding our Church, Seeds of Faith)
What is your favorite thing to do in the springtime?
I ride my mountain bike in a place where there is a lot of dirt and rocks. But I love going there even more after it rains because it’s all muddy. (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)
Reflecting Jesus when we work, shop and socialize
Recently I overheard a woman vehemently talking into her cell phone to someone encouraging the party on the other end of the line to “trust in Jesus,” to remember, “You belong to Jesus!” The injunction was repeated several times along with other reminders about being a special person, a child of God. (Columns)
Pope’s Holy Week book presents ‘real’ Jesus as reconciler
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his new volume on “Jesus of Nazareth,” Pope Benedict XVI presents the passion and resurrection of Christ as history-changing events that answer humanity’s unceasing need to be reconciled with God. (News)
