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Venice, Florida diocesan official says normal life at standstill after Irma
September 21, 2017IMMOKALEE, Fla. (CNS)—Peter Routsis-Arroyo, the CEO of the Diocese of Venice’s Catholic Charities, said Hurricane Irma has brought normal life to a standstill in the entire Southwest Florida region. While a large percentage of the population of towns from Marco Island to Naples to Sarasota and Venice had evacuated the state altogether, Routsis-Arroyo is putting […]
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Church facilities in Miami Archdiocese spared major damage during Irma
September 21, 2017MIAMI (CNS)—It could have been a lot worse. That was the initial assessment for Archdiocese of Miami parishes and schools after Hurricane Irma scoured South Florida. Even the initial reports from the hardest hit portion of the archdiocese—the lower Keys, where the Category 4 storm made landfall Sept. 10—were cautiously optimistic. Drone images showed the […] Full Story
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Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness
September 21, 2017This is the fifth column in a 10-part series “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.” Mt 5:6 Jesus knows what it means to hunger. After his baptism by John, he undertook a 40-day fast in the wilderness, where, it can be safely said, water would also have […]
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So I shall tell you a story: Catholic narrative and evangelism
September 21, 2017One day in early September of 1893, the celebrated artist and author Beatrix Potter wrote to the young and ill son of a family friend, “My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter […]
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Be brave in finding new ways to live, share faith, pope says
September 21, 2017MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNS)—In a city many think of as being synonymous with new directions for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis told Colombian Catholics faith is not measured by how well they follow rules, but by the depth of their prayer life and the degree to which it pushes them to share the Gospel. The pope’s […] Full Story
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Reminders of God’s love
September 21, 2017“How can I forget you when there is always something there to remind me? Always something there to remind me. I was born to love you and I will never be free. You’ll always be a part of me.” Those words are from the 1967 song, “Always Something There to Remind Me,” sung by Dionne […]
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Frozen chicken, instant coffee and other memories of Irma
September 21, 2017Sept. 11, 2:58 p.m. Tropical Storm Irma is stomping her way through my neighborhood in Decatur. The electricity is flickering on and off, sirens are screaming in the distance and the lumbering trees surrounding my house are swaying precipitously. Irma has been downgraded from hurricane status following her tirade in Florida, but she’s still packing […]
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The Senior Side: Life after retirement
September 21, 2017“Retirement planning is so focused on money that people don’t realize they need to plan for the more personal areas of life that are crucial to creating a happy, healthy, and connected retirement.” Robert Laura How are you adjusting to “life after retirement”? The initial few months and years of retirement can be either a […]
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Blue Mass honors generosity, heroism of first responders
September 21, 2017ATLANTA—As Georgians prepared for the arrival of Tropical Storm Irma, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the annual Blue Mass Sept. 8 at the Cathedral of Christ the King to pray for those who help others in emergencies. Before the Mass began at the Peachtree Road cathedral, the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department raised an American flag […]
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Parish builds warm community with Brookhaven police officers
September 21, 2017BROOKHAVEN—The Adopt-A-Cop ministry of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, launched in late February, is helping parishioners forge relationships with officers of the Brookhaven Police Department. The ministry has grown by leaps and bounds as 144 parish families have adopted 54 employees of the department, which has 65 sworn police officers. Anne Stephens, parish communications […] Full Story | En Español