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By Nancy Wiechec
EL PASO, Texas – Move aside, pancake breakfast. La Tilma Mexican Grill has brought parish dining to a new level. Taking its name from the miraculous cloak of St. Juan Diego, La Tilma is a ministry of Sacred Heart Church in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio, one of the city’s oldest communities. “This is the best […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
It is 6:45 in the morning at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. Beneath the 60-foot high vaulted ceiling in St. Turibius Chapel more than 200 men gather for morning prayer and Mass. Regardless of what time their first class might start, all seminarians are obligated to start their day this way. It is […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Keeping a family growing in the faith can feel like an uphill battle for many. Even more so among military mothers and wives who have to deal with frequent moves and dangerous deployments. In these situations, faith is a vital ally, but it is not always an easy one to keep. For the past 60 […]
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By Dave Borowski
It took about 30 minutes for the two busloads of veterans to unload at the World War II Memorial in Washington April 24 – but no one complained. Most of the veterans who arrived from Puget Sound, Wash., were helped into wheelchairs by volunteers, but some walked unassisted to the event that would honor their […]
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By Katie Scott
Scripture does not mince words: Christians are called to help the poor. But what should that help look like? “Poverty, Inc.,” a documentary garnering more than 40 film festival awards and recently released on Amazon.com, examines the impact of the widely accepted international poverty-fighting model, depicting a multibillion-dollar “poverty industry” and arguing that in many […]
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By Katie Scott
When you think of a church organ, majestic pipes likely come to mind. But the sound that fills the sanctuary begins not with the pipes but at the hands of the organist at the console – an area that looks like a multitiered piano and contains keyboards, foot pedals and stops. After more than a […]
Schools
By Michael Reyes
Students from Seton School in Manassas made two trips to Washington last month. The first was to promote the pro-life cause; the second was to commit themselves to Our Lady. Twenty students made the trip March 2 to support the upholding of a Texas law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges to […]
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By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – One day after Planned Parenthood’s president, Cecile Richards, spoke at Georgetown University, Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl celebrated a University Mass for Life for college students at a nearby Catholic church, encouraging them to stand up for God’s gift of human life. A Georgetown student group’s invitation to Richards, the head of the […]
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By Dave Borowski
India covers more than 1 million square miles and has a population of 1.2 billion people. It’s a big country. It’s also the birthplace of many religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. According to the Census Bureau of India, the country has a Hindu population of about 80 percent, followed by Muslims with 14 […]
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