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Longtime deacon aspires for ministry to be with the faithful
November 21, 2018DECATUR—Deacon Alfred Mitchell gets up daily at 5:30 a.m., whether he has somewhere to go or not. As deacon for 31 years, he starts before sunrise reciting morning prayer from the church’s Liturgy of the Hours. “I can get up and say, ‘Good morning, God,’ instead of ‘Good God, it’s morning,’” said the deacon. “That’s […]
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Grateful for friends shining like the sun
November 21, 2018My cat, Fuzzy, was hiding under the couch, and as I tried to coax him out, he vamoosed across the room and secured himself beneath a chair. After my friend Cathy and I chased him around for a while, we finally captured him and attempted to pour him into the carrier, but he struggled mightily, […]
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Keep others close in prayer this Thanksgiving
November 21, 2018Our annual celebration of Thanksgiving Day in the United States is a mixture of history and folklore. We date it to 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts when the first settlers were joined by Native Americans to celebrate with a bountiful meal a successful harvest after a harsh earlier year. That first celebration has been identified annually […]
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Bishops overwhelmingly approve pastoral letter against racism
November 20, 2018BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a pastoral letter against racism Nov. 14 during their fall general meeting at Baltimore. The document, “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love—A Pastoral Letter Against Racism,” passed 241-3 with one abstention. It required a two-thirds vote by all bishops, or 183 votes, for passage. “Despite many […]
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St. Michael the Archangel Church builds new food pantry in service to the poor in Cherokee County
November 20, 2018WOODSTOCK—Sam Nappi was part of the team at St. Michael the Archangel Church that drove boxes of food to half a dozen families a week. Volunteers with the parish food pantry now help about 320 families monthly in this Cherokee County community. As more demands were put on the ministry, the deliveries stopped and pantry […]
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Helping the poor is not a papal fad, but a duty, pope says
November 19, 2018VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the rich get richer, the increasing misery and cries of the poor are ignored every day, Pope Francis said. “We Christians cannot stand with arms folded in indifference” or thrown up in the air in helpless resignation, the pope said in his homily Nov. 18, the World Day of the […]
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California university helps former foster youth, homeless find a new beginning
November 16, 2018SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The University of San Diego has a message for students who were once in the foster care system, homeless or at risk for homelessness. “We recognize that things have happened to you in your past,” said Cynthia Avery, the Catholic university’s assistant vice president for student life, “but this is a […]
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Psychologist addresses American bishops on helping abuse victims to heal
November 15, 2018BALTIMORE (CNS) — Heather Banis, victim assistance coordinator for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, told bishops gathered Nov. 13 for their annual fall meeting in Baltimore that helping victims and survivors of child sex abuse heal is a journey and one that involves showing them repeated trustworthiness. It begins with listening, understanding, offering responses showing […]
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Bishops’ abuse response must trump all other issues, advisers say
November 14, 2018BALTIMORE (CNS) — A group that has been advising the U.S. bishops for 50 years on multiple issues chose to speak to the bishops in Baltimore Nov. 13 on just one issue: the clergy sexual abuse crisis itself and ways to move forward from it. “We are facing painful times as a church,” Father David […]
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National Review Board expects to push bishops on abuse accountability
November 13, 2018BALTIMORE (CNS) — Members of the National Review Board see their work as one way to continue challenging the U.S. bishops “not to back down” from efforts to improve accountability in responding to clergy sexual abuse, said board chairman Francesco Cesareo. “This is a moment of opportunity and it is not a moment to be […]