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Congress To Present Splendid Array Of Speakers
April 27, 2006When the Eucharistic Congress is held this year on Saturday, June 17, this popular event will provide the usual stellar opportunity for Catholics to come together in community and hear the inspirational words of renowned speakers. The Congress, held each year on the weekend of the feast of Corpus Christi, has been attended in recent […]
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Outstanding Catechetical Ministries, Educators Honored
April 27, 2006On the Deck ministries, Our Lady of Mercy High School, St. Philip Benizi’s religious education program, the archdiocesan children and youth ministry director, and a Roswell Catholic family were honored at the National Catholic Educational Association convention April 19. At a breakfast sponsored by the Catholic publishing firm William H. Sadlier, Inc., during the 103rd […]
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Faith, Science Complement One Another, Speaker Says
April 27, 2006Religion teacher William Raddell called upon educators during the National Catholic Educational Association convention to address the relationship between science and religion effectively by presenting the two fields as complementary. Both reveal the glory of God and the dignity of mankind, he said. After all, he told those gathered, the world needs more Catholic scientists […]
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Proactive Program Helps Students Stay Chemical Free
April 27, 2006At a National Catholic Educational Association workshop, Jeff Ferguson challenged educators to acknowledge that every teenager faces pressure to consume alcohol and drugs, and to be proactive in supporting youth to make the right choice for their personal and physical growth and be completely “chemical free” throughout high school. Ferguson, the associate dean of students […]
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Author Helps Educators Help Others With Grief
April 27, 2006Sometimes it’s hard to remember to breathe, especially when one is grieving. It is during those times that Lorene Hanley Duquin finds the “breathing prayer” especially helpful. Duquin, the author of several books about grieving, taught the breathing prayer to those who attended her workshop, “What To Do When Bad Things Happen,” at the National […]
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Session Promotes Service Opportunities ‘At Home’
April 27, 2006Though the poverty outside of the United States can be staggering, organizers of Joseph’s Apprentices, a service opportunity at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth, Mass., believe there’s no place like home. At a workshop during the National Catholic Educational Association convention held at the Georgia World Congress Center, Bishop Stang director of guidance […]
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Pope Teaches How Church’s Truths Educate The Heart
April 27, 2006At the National Catholic Educational Association convention, Father Bevil Bramwell, OMI, Ph.D., affirmed Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching that the most profound, authentic education leads the student to both knowledge and reverence for God through which one becomes more fully human and integrated in the truth. One must have an openness to God who enlightens one […]
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Catholic Educators Encouraged To Face Challenges Ahead
April 27, 2006Catholic schools have a precedent from which they can learn how to break through when things look rough, according to Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta. “The church of Jesus Christ was born in challenging times!” he said, echoing the theme of the National Catholic Educational Association’s 103rd annual convention, “Charting the Future in Challenging […]
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Candlelight Procession Will Mark Feast Of Immaculate Conception
April 27, 2006The second annual candlelight Marian procession in honor of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be held Thursday, Dec. 8, beginning with Mass at Sacred Heart Church at 7 p.m. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate the Mass, which will be immediately followed by a candlelight procession to the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (April 20, 2006)
April 20, 2006“Am I a Catholic now?’ The question was so honest and stark that I must have appeared a bit incoherent in my response—“Yes, you’re a Catholic now!” As the lady left the cathedra on the Easter Vigil at Christ the King, with the Chrism still glistening on her face, she was indeed a Catholic—professed and […]