Today student loan debt seems as abundant as back-to-school supplies

By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a seemingly more innocent age, the back-to-school supply rush meant getting new pencils, pens, paper, construction paper, binders, folders, a Duo-Tang binder or two, plus a compass and the ever-popular protractor.
Then came the calculator. And the bulkier textbooks. And the laptops. And the backpacks to cram [...]

Today (08.20.07)

Necrology
August 19 – Rev. Msgr. Arnold Boeding (1989)
Today’s Readings
Judges 2:11-19
Psalm 106:34-37, 39-40, 43-44
Matthew 19:16-22
Today’s Headlines from Catholic News Service
Families of trapped miners continue to pray; rescue efforts suspended
HUNTINGTON, Utah (CNS) — The Catholic pastor of a mission church near the mine where six miners remained trapped said their families were “coping as well as they [...]