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Let the call be heard
… again in another — charism is like every living thing. It takes the shape of seed, branch, tree, flower and fruit of the spiritual life. It grows through one stage of life after another and then, through you and me, grows again. Here. Now. Always. Charism is the fig tree that blooms in every season. Separately and alone and together, we together must make it …
Church provides internet in northern Uganda, connects more than computers
… School administrators now share reports ahead of board meetings, students can publicize their tree-planting campaign and talk to students around the world about other environmental …
Morning Briefing
… Dennis Coday … When should you take your Christmas Tree down? … Epiphany eve, also known as Twelfth Night. … Two stories that ask what we will do …
Pope: Festivities become a facade when Christ is left out of Christmas
… pilgrims gathered in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall, which was decorated with a Christmas tree and a life-size Nativity scene. The creche, the liturgies and the seasonal songs all help …
Fourth Sunday of Advent
… that will conflict with the Advent liturgy. You could bring in major elements like Christmas trees (unlit) and the manger (without figures), signaling the nearness of the feast but still …
Conservative donors aim to shape Catholic narrative for the wider culture
… are deeply engaged in advancing a conservative political/religious agenda. A diagram, family-tree style, of the funders, their overlapping board memberships and the organizations that …
Why Christians should hate Christmas
… the happiness brought to some of our children this time of year. I would like Christmas trees and the decorations if they all went up a few days before Christmas and if they were truly …
The important thing is to keep planting and not give up
… had gone home to bed and my husband Jerry and I sat by the twinkle lights on the Christmas tree, I said, "Just think, something magical is happening right now, this very minute and we …
Sunday has lost its sense as day of rest, renewal in Christ, pope says
… talks on the Mass in the Vatican's Paul VI hall, which was decorated with a large Christmas tree and a life-sized Nativity scene. A number of people in the audience hall handed the pope -- …
Washington Archdiocese considers next step in lawsuit over transit ad
… aisles is verboten," the statement said. "In a society concerned more with what's under the tree and where the birth of Jesus is treated as an elusive element to the season, we simply want …
Georgetown denies unionizing effort of graduate student group
… aren't in stocks being pelted with fruit, as the Syracuse coach was in effigy tied to a tree trunk, but they feel disrespected by an institution that has baffled them with its recent …
In Puerto Rico, much work to do and much suffering remains, says cardinal
… lay coordinator who takes care of this mission. He and a band of volunteers cut down all the trees and debris that buffeted this small, inner-city chapel, which was built with funds from Catholic Extension. They have yet to remove the giant palm tree that fell on the adjacent parish hall, also built with Extension funds. The tree crushed the side of the building, destroying the place they stored food and clothing for the …
Nativity scene, Christmas tree are visible signs of God's compassion
… Junno Arocho Esteves … Catholic News Service … A Nativity scene and Christmas tree, like those displayed in St. Peter's Square, are visible reminders of God's benevolence and … in their difficulties," the pope said. "Every year, the Christmas Nativity scene and tree speak to us through their symbolic language. They make more visible what is captured in the … miles across central Europe. Thanking the members of the Polish delegation, the pope said the tree's soaring height "motivates us to reach out 'toward the highest gifts'" and to rise above …
First Sunday of Advent
… Friday.” Our cultural Christmas ends abruptly on the night of December 25 — leaving only the tree that nobody wants to take down. Ironically, there is nothing more distracting from the mood …
As Advent approaches, be alert to the signs of the times
… Friday." Our cultural Christmas ends abruptly on the night of Dec. 25 — leaving only the tree that nobody wants to take down. Ironically, there is nothing more distracting from the mood …
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
… describes the woman who is like the just man praised in Psalm 1. The just man is like a tree planted near running waters. The worthy woman is an image of the God who created her, and …
Nouwen and Merton left trails for spiritual seekers to follow
… Nov. 3-4. Several participants remembered how Nouwen "changed my life" or recalled the maple tree under which he gathered students or the space at the back of the common room where he daily …
Churches look to tighten security, even arm congregants, after Texas shooting
… memorial — a space for healing and reflection that includes a park bench and two spruce trees — when someone approached with the news from Texas. "We stopped and mourned and were so sad …
Salesian-run ministries in Uganda aid South Sudanese fleeing violence
… the rosary. Others fall to their knees and weep in prayer in the new chapels established under trees because shelter is scarce. Their pews are planks of wood or logs dug into the ground. "We …
Let the dead have November
… November. Let them have this somber, chilly month, with its purple-gray skies and bare, windy trees. Say a prayer for all the departed during this month, and if you can, visit the resting …