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Parish News
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December 9We have three Communal Penance Services in preparation for Christmas: Sunday, December 15 @ 2:30 pm - St Francis of Assisi Parish/St Anthony of Padua Church; Tuesday, December 17 @ 7:00 pm - Christ the Good Shepherd Parish/St Helen Church; Thursday, December 19 @ 7:00 pm - Holy Spirit ChurchRead More
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Joel Mason-Gaines, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Suzanne Brown-Fleming was on a track to the kind of career she wanted. After having...
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IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- There always will be martyrs among Christians in the world, Pope Francis said. Martyrdom "is the sign that we are on Jesus' path; it's...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Spirit Juice, courtesy Knights of Columbus By Andrew Fowler Jim Murray became the youngest general manager in NFL history without a family connection when he was hired at age 36 by...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 9 declined to take up a challenge to a Kentucky ultrasound law that requires a physician or qualified technician to...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) -- As the bishops of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana began celebrating an early morning Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, the church was...
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Life Teen Blog
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Reflecting on this reality, as the season of Advent approaches (and, of course, the season of Christmas to follow), you might perhaps consider what gifts you might give to those you love and how best...
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You wake up at 8 am on a Sunday to go to Mass with your family. You’re doing great during the readings, listening attentively, noticing connections between them. You even stay awake for the whole...
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When God made the first humans, He didn’t say, “Well, Adam would be better if he had a six-pack.” or “If only I hadn’t made Eve’s nose so big.” NO! He looked at Adam and Eve and found them “very good”
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Bp. Barron's Advent Reflections
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Friends, today’s Gospel declares the significance of Mary’s fiat. When Mary says, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word,” she exhibits such faith and thereby...
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Zec 2:14-17Or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10abResponsorial Psalm Judith 13:18bcde, 19Gospel Lk 1:26-38Or Lk 1:39-47
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Calendar
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Saturday, December 14, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMRegular Individual Rite of Reconciliation (Confessions).Read More
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Sunday, December 15, 2:30 PMCommunal Penance Service for Advent at St Francis of Assisi Parish, St Anthony of Padua Church at 2:30 pmRead More
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Tuesday, December 17, 7:00 PMCommunal Penance Service for Advent at 7:00 pm at Christ the Good Shepherd Parish, St Helen ChurchRead More
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Thursday, December 19, 7:00 PMThe last Communal Penance Service for Advent at Holy Spirit Church @ 7:00 pmRead More
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Saturday, December 28, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMRegular Individual Rite of Reconciliation (Confessions)Read More
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News from the Vatican
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In an annual message for the World Day of Peace, which is celebrated on Jan. 1, the pope implied that violence toward humanity and violence toward the planet go hand in hand.
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"The Two Popes," the latest attempt to tell the story of Pope Francis’s relationship with his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI, is as much an imaginary conversation as an honest attempt to...
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The clerical sexual abuse scandal "may be the greatest moral crisis in the history of the Church," said Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Illinois.
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There always will be martyrs among Christians in the world, Pope Francis said.
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The bishops of Ohio and Michigan spent two hours conversing with Pope Francis about their dioceses, about the sexual abuse crisis, the crisis's impact on priests and, especially, about ways to ensure...
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