Catholic university reaches out to students with chronic illnesses
Catholic Online
12/15/2006, by Mary Carty
CHICAGO, Ill. (Catholic Online) – For most college students, getting out of bed and going to class is a routine. Only an occasional bout with the flu or too much partying the night before keeps them from attending class.
But for people with chronic illness, attending class on a regular basis ...
Religious people live longer, researcher says at Catholic college
Canadian Catholic News
12/5/2006, by Kiply Lukan Yaworski
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (CCN/ Prairie Messenger) – Separating faith from medical care can no longer be justified in the face of studies showing that religious belief has an impact on health, Dr. Harold Koenig asserted during the 19th annual Michael Keenan Memorial Lecture. Speaking at St. Thomas ...
World AIDS day: A time to remember the harsh reality of this disease
Catholic Relief Services
11/27/2006
BALTIMORE, Md. (CRS) – On December 1, 2006, Catholic Relief Services commemorated the lives of people living with HIV around the world, the suffering of those who have died from AIDS and the work of countless organizations dedicated to battling the pandemic.
CRS is at the forefront of the global ...
Barbados native, worldwide volunteer
Catholic Online
11/22/2006
COLCHESTER, Vt. (St. Michael’s College) – Jamila Headley, a Saint Michael's College senior political science major and global studies minor, now studying abroad in Jordan, has been named a 2006 Rhodes Scholar, following a day-long interview session in her home country of Barbados yesterday. ...
Islands of loneliness – Technology, work make Americans more isolated
Our Sunday Visitor
11/1/2006, by Mary DeTurris Poust
HUNTINGTON, Ind. (Our Sunday Visitor) – An ever-expanding inventory of high-tech gadgets has turned our world into a "global village," making friends out of strangers – whether they live across the continent or around the world – through e-mail and instant messaging, online chatrooms and blogs. ...
Saints connected to health
Catholic News Service
10/31/2006, by Nancy Hartnagel
(CNS) – Catholics know that Luke, the doctor-cum-evangelist, is the patron saint of physicians and that a prayer to St. Blaise might soothe a sore throat. They may not know that Catholic patron saints cover the health spectrum from AIDS and drug addiction to sleepwalking and toothaches.
The ...
Bishop urges West Virginians to promote healing of body, mind, spirit
Catholic News Service
10/26/2006, by Colleen Rowan
WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS) – In the first pastoral letter of his episcopacy, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston called for an intense, in-depth focus on health and well-being in West Virginia and challenged communities across the state to heed God's mission of healing body, mind, heart ...
Chicago auxiliary bishop calls for more common bonds among Africans
Catholic News Service
9/13/2006, by Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON, D.C.(CNS) – In calling for more common bonds among Africans during the first African National Eucharistic Congress in the United States, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry of Chicago reminded his audience, "We eat the same food. We share the same life that food sustains."
Recalling some ...
Creative ways to pray at work
Catholic Press Association
8/22/2006, by Woodeene Koenig-Bricker
(Catholic Press Association) Most people aren’t going to argue the Law of Gravity even though none of us have ever actually seen “gravity.” We know it exists because we see the results. No one has ever flown off the planet into outer space because the law of gravity failed to operate.
There ...
Catholic Daughters Camp = Friends, faith and fun
Catholic Online
8/18/2006, by Mary Carty
COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – Youth from across the state of Vermont came together to carry on the tradition of the Catholic Daughters of America Camp (CDA) at Camp Holy Cross/Camp Tara from August 13-19.
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