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Parishes use variety of approaches to serve new members
Welcoming newcomers into a church community can be a big undertaking for a parish any time of the year. But summertime seems to be even more hectic as families move before school starts in the fall.
Benedictine sister makes final vows after mid-life calling
JONESBORO — It was a long journey toward religious life for Sister Maria Christi Cavanaugh, OSB, of Holy Angels Convent in Jonesboro, who took her final vows Aug. 15.
Majority of Americans support right to have guns, but not in church
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A poll analyzing views about gun control in the context of people’s faith groups found that a majority of Americans believe gun rights are as important as other constitutional rights, but they draw the line at guns being permitted in churches and government buildings.
Practice of faith weakening, bishops and statisticians agree
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The percentage of Catholics practicing their faith is declining almost everywhere around the globe. Almost all bishops report it, but it’s difficult to prove statistically.
Runners across the country display their pro-life message at marathons
WASHINGTON (CNS) — How far would you go to defend life? Life Runners would go about 26.2 miles a race.
Holy water has a rich, sacred history behind its use
Why do Catholic churches have fonts and stoups? What prayer can be said when blessing oneself with holy water? There are varieties of holy water? (Understanding our Church, Seeds of Faith)
Why is it important to pray every day?
“You should pray every day because of all the souls in purgatory. They can’t pray for themselves, so they have to rely on us …” (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)
Real-life and fictional nuns get time in big screen movies
NEW YORK (CNS) — With the Vatican’s doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and its calls for reform of the organization — and the ongoing debate surrounding the assessment — nuns are in the news.
Society seems to have forgotten that men have a role to protect women
Two things happened to me in the past few weeks — I read Clint Hill’s “Mrs. Kennedy and Me,” and I was struck in the face by a stranger while sitting at an intersection. (Columns)
Blasphemy is wrong; so is extreme penalty
Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing irreverence to a person’s deity or religious object. (Editorial)
