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By Katie Scott
Yohanser Contreras grew up in Pedro Santana, a small village in the Dominican Republic, with no running water, spotty electricity and no telephone service. Limited opportunities for employment in the village often led to pervasive poverty and alcoholism. But Pedro Santana also was where Contreras grew strong in his Catholic faith and felt the life-changing […]
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By Katie Scott
DAR Constitution Hall in Washington momentarily sounded like an African forest last Friday night. Jane Goodall – the famed English primatologist, anthropologist, conservationist and humanitarian – preceded her April 17 lecture with a loud chimpanzee call, a greeting she’d mastered during her years observing wild chimps. The audience responded in delight with a round of […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Rome’s retired chief rabbi, who played a key role in fostering closer ties between Jews and Catholics, died April 19 at the age of 99. Rabbi Elio Toaff, who would have turned 100 at the end of April, also helped create a historic moment when he invited then-Pope John Paul II to […]
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By Elliot Williams
VATICAN CITY – On a movie set in Hollywood, Scott Borgman was hooking a camera to the bottom of a vintage car when he told a fellow key-grip about his decision to go to France and enter the seminary. “He stopped what he was doing, put the tools down, and said, ‘Scott, I think that […]
Global
By Gregory A. Shemitz
CARLE PLACE, N.Y. – Paul Cartier, an organist at Our Lady of Hope Church in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, finds himself in sports heaven at this time of the year. In addition to his parish duties, Cartier plays the organ for Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and the National Hockey League’s New York […]
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The Tidal Basin isn’t the only spot in the Washington area in full bloom. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the Franciscan Monastery and St. Anthony of Padua Church in Falls Church are perfect spots to enjoy spring in all its splendor.
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By Dave Borowski
Terry McCarthy doesn’t look his age. At 80, he has a full head of hair with just a few traces of gray, and he has the slim physique of a runner – which he is. While most men of his age are reflecting on a life well lived, McCarthy is running, writing, teaching and ministering […]
National
By Tom Tracy
ORLANDO, Fla. – The head of Catholic Relief Services made the case for Catholic education and Christian beliefs and values by retracing her own roots as a student of American missionaries in Asia through her higher education experiences as an international student in the U.S. Speaking April 7 to some 5,000 Catholic educators in Orlando […]
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By Tom Tracy
ORLANDO, Fla. – Young parents with financial struggles coupled with underdeveloped endowment, fundraising and alumni infrastructure at Catholic elementary schools may help explain why the primary schools are not faring as well as Catholic secondary schools nationwide. That was the opinion of a panel of Catholic education experts convened recently by the National Catholic Educational […]
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
As I write this, the church is observing Good Friday. Which means that, by the time you read this, Jesus will have risen, and we will be well into the Easter season. Apparently, after 25 years, I haven’t yet mastered the art of meditating on the liturgical year several weeks in advance, so as to […]
