By Pete Sheehan
Catholic News Service
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (CNS) — Seven Long Island parishes are giving themselves a spiritual checkup — conducting surveys to find out how actively engaged their parishioners are.
“It’s like going to a doctor,” said Marie Guido, stewardship coordinator at St. Gerard Majella Church in Port Jefferson Station. “You get your vital signs [...]
August 2, 2007
Parish checkups measure ‘how Holy Spirit is guiding us’
August 2, 2007
Priests in Mexican state of Oaxaca denounce excessive force by police
By Jonathan Roeder
Catholic News Service
MEXICO CITY (CNS) — A group of priests from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca denounced what they say was excessive force by police to keep protesters away from an annual culture fair.
“That battle and its outcome leave a taste of personal vengeance with the aim of intimidating people, teaching them [...]
August 2, 2007
Today (08.02.07)
No diocesan-wide events
Today’s Readings
Sirach 24:1-4, 16, 22-24 (Vulgate)
Psalm 34:5, 7, 9-10, 18-19
Galatians 4:3-7
Luke 1:26-33
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
U.S.
World must come together to address poverty, ex-U.N. official says
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Some 850 million people in the world — half of them children — are hungry every day. A sixth of the world’s population is hungry, [...]
