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How to help Catholics come back to church
Posted on April 13th, 2012Why do Catholics leave the Church? It’s a fair question that occupies the minds of Church scholars and leaders. It also occupies the hearts of people sitting around kitchen tables because almost every Catholic knows another Catholic who does not practice his or her faith.
A son or daughter, sister or brother, parent, loved one, friend [...]
What are you going to give up this Lent?
Posted on March 1st, 2012The Lenten rules about fasting from food and abstaining from meat have been considerably reduced in the last forty years, but reminders of them remain in the fast days on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and in the abstinence from meat on all the Fridays of Lent. Beyond these common sacrifices that unite us spiritually [...]
Chance for school choice might not come again
Posted on January 25th, 2012The Catholic community across Pennsylvania rose up to demand that their state legislators support school choice. Catholics with school-age children and those without sent letters, made phone calls and personal visits in the thousands with one message: we’re your constituents, and we want you to pass school choice legislation, especially in the form of vouchers.
Despite [...]
Get ready for necessary changes of 2012
Posted on January 4th, 2012In a week’s time, Jan. 6, the Blue Ribbon Commission on Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will issue its long-awaited report. A year in the making, the report is expected to recommend significant and possibly large numbers of closures and consolidations of parish elementary and high schools in the region.
The numbers are likely [...]
Amid plenty, hunger
Posted on December 2nd, 2011Christmas is all about the spiritual: Christians recall the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and welcome him into our hearts. Of course there is the other side, which advertising won’t let you forget.
Once a year, Christmas (and Hanukkah) opens a flood of gift-buying for loved ones. The National Retail Federation projects Americans will spend [...]
School choice offers fairness, justice
Posted on October 14th, 2011“I’m failing in school. I try, but I’m not making it. I just don’t want to take another test and see another bad grade. A lot of kids in my class don’t try at all. A friend and a cousin go to a Catholic school, but my family can’t afford that. My mom tells me [...]
Life to the full
Posted on September 28th, 2011Every year since 1972 the Catholic Church in the United States has chosen October as Respect Life Month. As recent events have shown, the need to proclaim the sanctity of life at all stages remains the preeminent challenge of our time.
Prayer: A fitting way to welcome our Archbishop
Posted on August 31st, 2011By this time next week the Archdiocese will have welcomed its new shepherd. Archbishop Charles Chaput already is the Archbishop of Philadelphia, which he became upon the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI’s appointment July 19.
