Community garden gives older refugees a 'place to call their own'
Catholic News Service
5/14/2006, by Theresa Laurence
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On a sunny morning, refugees of all ages from Somalia, Cuba, Liberia and Sudan gathered in front of the Holy Name Parish Life Center in Nashville to plant a garden.
While digging up the earth to plant vegetables, herbs and flowers, the refugees were also establishing a ...
Woman helps neighborhood, kids through street corner garden
The Catholic Key
5/13/2006, by Marty Denzer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (The Catholic Key)- Every spring and summer for the past four years the vacant lot at the corner of 52nd Street and The Paseo has teemed with vegetables and neighborhood children. A young woman zips around the lot on a motorized scooter, calling instructions and comments to the 10 ...
Hospice caregiver gives care, laughter, focuses on life
The Catholic Key
5/9/2006, by Marty Denzer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (The Catholic Key) - Jane Hayes sits in her wheelchair near a home oxygen system, taking a breathing treatment and Waiting for Catholic Commuity Hospice caregiver Julie Horton to arrive. "She takes my blood pressure, checks my heart rate and makes sure I have my important ...
Explaining the Labels: Fatima's Story
Catholic Relief Services
5/1/2006, by Adriane Seibert
BALTIMORE, Md. (CRS) - Refugees. Returnees. IDPs. These labels are often used to describe the people affected by war and conflict, but understanding the terms can be difficult. For a sense of what they mean, follow Fatima, a 15-year-old girl from West Darfur, whose story provides an explanation.
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Nun practices peacemaking in Uganda
Catholic Relief Services
4/28/2006, by Krista Threefoot
Every aspect of Sister Pauline Acayo's life has been affected by violence. She has lost friends and loved ones. She has witnessed the disintegration of families, communities and the very society in which she lives. And she has received numerous threats to her own life. Yet living amidst the chaos ...
Is anger a sin?
Catholic Digest
4/27/2006, by William J. Byron, S.J.
(Catholic Digest) Father William J. Byron, a columnist for Catholic Digest, answers a reader’s question about anger relating to sin.
How sinful is anger? Isn't there such a thing as righteous anger? Didn't Jesus himself get angry when he drove the buyers and sellers out of the Temple? I'm not ...
Hockey accident brings more faith to teen
Catholic News Service
4/26/2006, by Christie L. Chicoine
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – What began as a routine tryout for a hockey team last September ended up being anything but routine for 16-year-old defenseman Mike Martinelli, a junior at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor.
A player who had been tripped by the goalie went up in the air and crashed ...
New complex planned for anti-gang program
Catholic News Service
4/19/2006, by Ellie Hidalgo
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The mayor of Los Angeles said that a new, long-awaited facility to be built for an anti-gang program could be called "Destination Hope."
"We want to instill in you the idea that anything is possible, that you could turn your life around to do something productive to give ...
Tax duty and Easter duty: Prepare for deadline by taking inventory
Catholic Online
4/13/2006, by Mary Carty
(Catholic Online)- April 15, 2006 is the annual Internal Revenue Service’s written deadline for filing a tax return, and this year, Holy Saturday, April 15 is also the deadline for Catholics who are planning to go to confession before making their Easter duty on Easter Sunday. Easter duty is the ...
Child with Down syndrome brings blessings to family and friends
Catholic News Service
4/12/2006, by Tanya Watterud
FARGO, N.D. – When there's a Minnesota Vikings football game on TV, there's no interrupting 8-year-old Colten Schneider while he is watching it.
"He hoots, hollers, claps and 'whoo-whoos' through the entire game," said his mother, Marcia. "He'll reiterate the plays in a game to me through ...
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