By Nancy Frazier
O’Brien Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic organizations have joined with a variety of medical, civic, labor and other religious groups in calling on Congress to increase funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, despite a threatened veto by President George W. Bush.
Representatives of nearly three dozen organizations participated in a July [...]
Entries from July 2007
July 26, 2007
Catholics, others urge increased funding for children’s health care
July 26, 2007
Today (07.26.07)
In the Diocese
Men’s Catholic Cursillo (thru Sunday) at Christ the King Retreat Center
Necrology
Deacon Jose Rosales (2000)
Deacon Abel Campos (2002)
Today’s Readings
Sirach 44:1, 10-15
Psalm 132:11, 13-14, 17-18
Matthew 13:16-17
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
Catholics, others urge increased funding for children’s health care
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic organizations have joined with a variety of medical, civic, labor and other religious [...]
July 25, 2007
Pope meets privately with priests, discusses wide range of topics
AURONZO, Italy (CNS) — Faith and reason, mercy and the defense of the truth, dialogue and evangelization were just some of the topics Pope Benedict XVI touched on when he responded to questions posed by the priests of two northern Italian dioceses.
After meeting privately with about 400 priests July 24, Pope Benedict told the crowd [...]
July 25, 2007
In WYD message, pope calls on youths to evangelize, be missionaries
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When adults have so much difficulty bringing young people to faith, it probably is a sign that God is calling youths to evangelize their peers, Pope Benedict XVI said in his message for World Youth Day 2008.
The struggle adults have in making the faith convincing “could be [...]
July 25, 2007
Today (07.25.07)
No diocesan events today
Today’s Readings
2 Corinthians 4:7-15
Psalm 126:1-6
Matthew 20:20-28
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
U.S.
Sisters of Mercy gather at Buffalo assembly to unite as new community
BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS) — Festive singing, cheering, the raising of joined hands, the ringing of bells and sisters swaying to music greeted the emotional proclamation July 20 of the newest community [...]
July 24, 2007
Pope calls for end to ‘useless slaughter’ of war
By Catholic News Service
LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the “useless slaughter” of war and asked that “the rule of law” replace the recourse to weapons.
When people succumb “to the temptations of evil” and launch violent conflicts and wars, “this stupendous garden that is the world” is [...]
July 24, 2007
Today (07.24.07)
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King Retreat Center, San Angelo
Today’s Readings
Exodus 14:21 — 15:1
Exodus 15:8-10, 12, 17
Matthew 12:46-50
Today’s Catholic News Service Headlines
U.S.
Sponsorship talks end between Boston Archdiocese, Ascension Health
BOSTON (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Boston and Ascension Health, a national Catholic health care system, have ended discussions about a change in sponsorship of [...]
July 23, 2007
Army officer killed in Iraq remembered for his bravery, selflessness
By Joseph Kenny
Catholic News Service
ST. LOUIS (CNS) — Dan Riordan was brave and selfless.
He took risks in reaching out to classmates who weren’t included by others. He stopped to rescue a woman being beaten by a man outside a bar.
His bravery and selflessness extended to his desire to serve his country. He was a first [...]
July 23, 2007
Document on nature of church aimed at Catholics, U.S. cardinal says
By Dan Morris-Young
Catholic News Service
SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — The recent Vatican document emphasizing that only the Catholic Church possesses the fullness of the means for salvation was created primarily as an instructional tool for Catholics and should not be read as a diminishing of other faith communities, according to the churchman who signed it.
On the [...]
July 23, 2007
Today (07.23.07)
Heart of Mercy Prayer Group, Christ the King Retreat Center, San Angelo
Necrology
22nd — Bishop Thomas J. Drury (1992)
Today’s Readings
Exodus 14:5-18
Exodus 15:1-6
Matthew 12:38-42
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
U.S.
IRS issues guidelines to help nonprofits avoid campaign complications
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The calendar might say that the next national elections are more than 15 months away but the Internal [...]
