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Today's Lenten Meditation from Cardinal Van Thuan

Image of Meditation taken from " title="Meditation taken from "The Road of Hope," by Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan (Pauline Books & Media, 2000). Archbishop Van Thuan spent 13 years in a Viet Cong prison, nine of these in solitary confinement. He wrote more than 1,000 meditations on scraps of paper that were smuggled out to his people during his imprisonment. "The Road of Hope" is the collection of these messages. The archbishop was released in 1988 but remained under "house arrest" for three more years. Expelled from Vietnam, he served in the Vatican and was named a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. He died in 2002.
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Friday, February 22, 2008: When you are faced with the ingratitude of people who have betrayed and falsely accused you, what hurts most ... continue reading

Seven things employees need to be happy

Image of WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK? - Career specialist: Lynne Sarikas of Northeastern University in Boston says that happiness at work is highly individual, but she finds most employees want to be appreciated.

Ask bosses what makes employees happy at work, and many are likely to think in terms of tangible rewards: a good salary, a pleasant office, ... continue reading

Top 10 Catholic Super Bowl Coaches

As Super Bowl Sunday is just days away, weÂ’ve put together our own list of the Top Ten Catholics ever to make it to the Super Bowl as a ... continue reading

Top 10 Catholic Heroes of the Super Bowl

Image of TOP TEN - Brett Favre, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, exits the field with the team chaplain, Norbertine Father James T. Baraniak, after the Packers' 41-7 victory over the Raiders in Oakland, Calif., Dec. 22. Favre is one of Catholic Online's Top Ten Catholic Heroes of the Super Bowl. (CNS photo by Jim Biever, Green Bay Packers)

Professional football was long considered a “Catholic” sport, drawing rugged players from the working class blue-collar immigrant ... continue reading

An autumn surprise

(The Christian Science Monitor) -- I don't go walking in late autumn expecting to see flowers. Aside from an unobtrusive clump of asters, ... continue reading

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Praise of God booms forth from music fest’s gospel stage

Image of GOSPEL RHYTHMS – Members of Val and Love Alive Fellowship and the Dimensions of Faith choirs, keep time with the music in the Gospel Tent on April 29 at the 38th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, La. (Photo/Mary Carty)

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Catholic Online) – The words of scripture, the spirit of faith proclaimed and the booming strains of choirs all combined ... continue reading

Building homes together

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WASHINGTON (CNS) – “A home provides basic security for parents and children. It gives them their own space, maybe for the first time in ... continue reading

In wake of tragedy of loss, support can comfort those left with grief

Image of STUDENT GRIEVES AT MEMORIAL TO SHOOTING VICTIMS – A student grieves at a campus memorial for the Virginia Tech shooting victims in Blacksburg, Va., April 19. Student Cho Seung-Hui, 23, killed 32 people and then took his own life April 16 at the university. (CNS/Reuters)

COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – News of the horrible mass murder at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 16 sent a sense of ... continue reading

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