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El futuro de los Estados Unidos en juego: Latinos y educación
Por Mar Muñoz-Visoso Mi abuelo sacó a mi madre de la escuela cuando ella tenía catorce años. La razón: no pasó una prueba de geografía. De nada sirvió que la maestra fuese a casa del abuelo a explicarle que muchos estudiantes habían fallado ese examen, ni que ésta le rogara que no cometiera el peor […]
Latinos and education, U.S. future at stake
By Mar Muñoz-Visoso My grandfather pulled my mother out of school when she was 14. The reason: she flunked a geography test. The fact that the teacher went to my grandfather to explain many kids in her class had failed that test and to beg grandpa not to make the biggest mistake of his life […]
At St. Paul, a weekly Mass sung in Latin
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam. As of Oct. 25 worshippers at the noon Mass at St. Paul Church in South Philadelphia can say they go to the altar of God, Who gives joy to their youth (or in some cases their parents’ youth). The […]
Celebrating a year of televised Spanish Masses
By Msgr. Hugh J. Shields In our office we have been blessed to get feedback from many of our elderly and others on the Sunday TV Mass in Spanish. The overriding sentiment is one of gratitude. This Nov. 2 with Cardinal Justin Rigali celebrating the Mass, we commemorate one full year of collaboration with Telemundo […]
Celebrando un año de misas televisadas en español
Por Mons. Hugh J. Shields En nuestra oficina, tenemos la bendición de recibir comentarios de muchos de nuestros ancianos y otras personas acerca de la misa dominical televisada en español; el sentimiento predominante es uno de gratitud. Este dos de noviembre, en la misa celebrada por el cardenal Justin Rigali, estamos conmemorando un año completo […]
Sharing gifts in a time of solace
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The Oct. 14-16 retreat at Malvern Retreat House, St. Joseph in the Hills, was a special one for special people. It was the annual Our Lady of Confidence Retreat for people with physical or mental disabilities. That’s not the same as the disability that really matters – a crippled […]
Opening our hearts to God through Scripture
By Sister Ruth Bolarte, I.H.M. How can we love someone we do not know? God’s self-revelation has been given to us through Scriptures and Jesus, the Incarnate Word. It is necessary that we are formed in the reading and meditation of the Word so this living Word can become our nourishment and the core of […]
Lectura orante de la Biblia
Por Hna. Ruth Bolarte, I.H.M. ¿Cómo podemos amar a alguien a quien no conocemos? Nuestro Dios se ha revelado y dado a conocer a través de las Escrituras y su Palabra encarnada, Jesús. Es necesario que nos eduquemos en la lectura y meditación de la Palabra para que sea nuestro alimento y centro del compromiso […]
Helping people experience the mercy of God
A director of spiritual formation at St. Charles Seminary reflects on growth in holiness for seminarians, or anyone By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer In the first of a monthly series of questions-and-answers with priests reflecting on their ministries in this Year of the Priest, the CS&T caught up with Father Joseph F. Gleason at […]
Priest helps seniors carry their cross
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer During the Year of the Priest, the CS&T talks with priests in the varied ministries of the priesthood. Msgr. Thomas J. Duane, 66, is a chaplain with the status of senior priest at St. Mary Manor in Lansdale, Montgomery County. St. Mary Manor is a nursing and retirement residence […]