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For Benedictine, football coaching about passing on mission, values too
Sister Lisa Maurer is a Benedictine nun who lives at the St. Scholastica Monastery on the campus of the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. She works at the Benedictine Health Center next to the monastery, serving senior members of the community. She prays, studies and ministers at local parishes.
Police investigating vandalism at cathedral in downtown Anchorage
Police continued to investigate vandalism that occurred Dec. 2 at Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Anchorage.
‘Waiting with Mary’ is theme of Advent talk for women
St. Anastasia Parish in Newtown Square is hosting an event for women titled “Advent by Candlelight” on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m.
Vigil remembers Sandy Hook shooting victims
All are welcome to join the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in a Candle Light Prayer Vigil on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. to honor the victims of gun violence and to stand together in friendship, community, prayer and hope for a better world.
Support meeting slated for care givers of the mentally ill
St. Ignatius of Loyola Church in West Philadelphia will host a support group meeting of the National Alliance for Mental Illness on Saturday, Dec. 20.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
N.Y. religious leaders ask for progress through peace
The day after a grand jury did not indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, a mostly-Catholic religious commission asked that protests arising from the matter remain peaceful.
Couples learn joys of marriage before tying the knot
About 1,100 engaged couples in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are learning Catholic teaching on marriage this year through the Joy-Filled Marriage program, almost double the number from 2012. CatholicPhilly.com’s Lou Baldwin sits down with coordinator Katie Greene from Ascension Press, which developed and runs the program.
Investigation of U.S. women religious wraps up, report due soon
The final report of a five-year, Vatican-ordered study of religious communities covering nearly all of the roughly 60,000 sisters in the United States will be released by the Vatican Dec. 16.
Filipinos batten down hatches as typhoon takes aim on islands
Catholic agencies prepared for another potentially devastating storm in the Philippines as Typhoon Hagupit continued to gain strength and approached the same region devastated 13 months ago.