Don't retire! We need you!
Catholic News Service
4/30/2007, by Chris Scaperlanda
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Columnist Paul Briand writes that when he first heard the term “brain drain” associated with retirement, he immediately feared new scientific evidence suggesting that “my brain would turn to mush when I stop working.” In fact, what he found was the opposite: Rather than ...
And God said, “Lighten up!”
Catholic News Service
4/30/2007, by Brian T. Olszewski
WASHINGTON (CNS) - “Humor is in fact an essential element in the mirth of creation. We can see how in many matters in our lives that God wants to prod us into taking things a bit more lightly; to see the funny side of it; to get down off our pedestal and not to forget our sense of fun.” -- Cardinal ...
Returning Iraq veterans, Catholic families challenged to rebuild lives
The Catholic Spirit
4/12/2007, by Maria Wiering
ST. PAUL, Minn. (The Catholic Spirit) - When Heidi Sellars was preparing for her husband, Army National Guard Capt. Steven Sellars, to come home from Iraq in 2005, people often said things to her like, "Aren't you just thrilled?" and "It's going to be so great." However, she wasn't looking forward ...
Young adults’ lack of participation problem for U.S. Catholic Church, study says
Catholic News Service
4/5/2007, by Jerry Filteau
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. Catholic Church's relationship with younger adults is problematic, says a newly published study by four leading sociologists of religion. In one recent survey "just over half of American Catholics said that young adults' lack of participation in the church is a serious ...
Search for God’s face with innocent hands, pope urges young people
Catholic Online
4/2/2007
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – Search for the face of God with a pure heart and innocent hands, Pope Benedict XVI said in a Palm Sunday message directed to young people that opened the Catholic Church’s observance of Holy Week. In his homily for the April 1 Palm Sunday Mass, Pope Benedict said ...
Experts say digital age provides new threats for child exploitation
Catholic News Service
3/30/2007, by Agostino Bono
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Computers, video iPods and personal live Web pages have reconfigured the way sexual predators reach minors, especially teenagers, said experts at a government-sponsored panel on child abuse. Techniques range from sending minors pornographic e-mails to live Internet conversations ...
Guam archbishop calls visit of World Youth Day cross, icon a blessing
Catholic News Service
3/23/2007, by Tony C. Diaz
TUMON, Guam (CNS) – Thousands of Catholic youths and young adults opened their arms to welcome the World Youth Day cross and a Marian icon to Guam March 8-11.
Guam was the first stop in the Mariana Islands for the symbols of the world's largest youth event which have traveled tens of thousands ...
Prayers, faith sustain Indiana family through infant's fight for life
Catholic News Service
3/15/2007, by Mary Ann Wyand
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (CNS) –- At first glance, Anne Therese Felts looks like any thriving 10-week-old baby.
"Annie" -- as her older brother and sisters call her -- has a sweet little face and a beautiful smile. And she is healthy now.
Every baby is a miracle, but the story of her rare medical ...
What we see, is what we get
Top 20 Press
3/13/2007
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Top 20 Press) - "The Frame: What We See Is What We Get" is the second excerpt from Top 20 Teens this chapter offers some tools to change perspective and actions.
Before we get into a new concept, "The Frame," let’s do a quick review of a few major points:
1. We have an ...
'Oprah' talk show sparks Catholic students to help others
Catholic News Service
3/6/2007, by Andy Telli
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) – Oprah Winfrey recently gave each member of her television talk show audience $1,000, a digital video camera and a mission to use the money to help others. The project has had ripple effect that has reached Nashville.
Meghann Robinson, a sixth-grade teacher at St. Ann ...
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