In wake of tragedy of loss, support can comfort those left with grief
Catholic Online
4/19/2007, by Mary Carty
COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – News of the horrible mass murder at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 16 sent a sense of shock and grief that extends from those that were closest to the victims to strangers throughout the world.
During these first days after the horrific event, there ...
For U.S. Catholics, time is ticking for tax filing and Easter duty deadlines
Catholic Online
4/16/2007, by Mary Carty
COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – Once again the annual deadlines of tax season and Easter duty are here. The bad news for taxpayers is that the deadline for filing is today, April 17. The good news for Catholics, who may not have made their Easter duty yet, is that they still have more that a ...
Let Easter light shine on new ways
Catholic Online
4/9/2007, by Mary Carty
COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) - The message of Easter is about new life and a way to incorporate new individual life changes is to consider carrying on Lenten ways into daily living after Easter Sunday.
Listed below are 40 ways to care and share during the season of Lent and/or anytime at ...
Make ready way for faith-full Holy Week
Catholic Online
3/30/2007, by Mary Carty
COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – While an ideal way to walk through Holy Week would be to go to a quiet, peaceful retreat and reflect on the meaning of Easter and the days leading up to it, Catholics can create "mini-retreats" within the confines of our overbooked, fast-paced, stressed, ...
Surviving Indian community restarts annual tradition
The Catholic Sun
3/21/2007, by Ambria Hammel
LAVEEN, Ariz. (The Catholic Sun) — Sheltered from the open desert and blowing dust, a dozen dancers made their own unique sound by stomping on the hardwood floor inside.
Performers, ranging in age from 2 to 40, demonstrated their fancy footwork while decked out in colorful costumes often full of ...
Blind skiers guided down slopes by Catholic priest 's trusted voice
Catholic Herald
3/6/2007, by Cheri Perkins Mantz
KEWASKUM, Wis. (Catholic Herald) - Imagine zipping down a ski hill, the crunch of the snow beneath your skis, and the wind blowing into your face. Imagine being that skier, but without your eyesight. How would you safely make it down the hill?
That is the job of Father Bill Key, pastor at St. ...
How to find the right health club
Catholic News Service
3/5/2007, by Cori Fugere Urban
BURLINGTON, Vt. (CNS) - Who would purchase a home without looking at it first or buy a car without a test drive? Similarly, it is important to know what you're buying when you purchase a health club membership.
Holy Cross Father Vincent J. Coppola of Sacred Heart-St. Francis de Sales Parish in ...
Kansas monks record compact disc as fundraiser for Benedictine abbey
Catholic News Service
3/2/2007, by Tammy Dodderidge
ATCHISON, Kan. (CNS) – Benedictine Abbot Barnabas Senecal –known as "the singing abbot" – is renowned throughout the Kansas City Archdiocese for his rich tenor and his a cappella renditions at Masses, weddings, confirmations and other liturgies.
To the delight of his longtime fans, his singing ...
Repetitive prayer can reset your stress thermostat
Catholic News Service
2/26/2007, by Agostino Bono
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Are you all stressed out? Try a few prayers and some meditation. How about reciting a few decades of the rosary?
If you are a believer, your faith may well contain the tools to combat stress and in the process improve your chances of living longer.
Stress, a scourge to ...
Spiritual exercise: Pope clears calendar for annual Lenten retreat
Catholic News Service
2/23/2007, by John Thavis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Continuing an 80-year-old papal tradition, Pope Benedict XVI is canceling regular audiences and clearing his calendar to make a weeklong Lenten retreat. The spiritual exercises not only shut down the normal business of his pontificate, but also place the pope in the unusual ...
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