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Three ordained as transitional deacons
Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley kneels while ordinands Daniel P. Moloney, Guy F. Sciacca and Gregory G. Vozzo lie prostrate during the singing of the Litany of the Saints. The three men were ordained transitional deacons Jan. 30, the last major step before their ordination to the priesthood in May. Pilot photo/Gregory L. Tracy
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Cardinal Newman
As I do every year, I went down to Washington, D.C. last week for the March for Life.
After arriving in Washington on Thursday (Jan. 21) afternoon, I visited with Father Richard Duffield from the Birmingham Oratory in England and Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society.
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US bishops call for a long-term strategy in Haiti to reduce poverty
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The United States needs "a long-term coherent strategy for recovery, development and poverty reduction in Haiti," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace in a Jan. 26 letter to officials in the Obama administration.
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Boston priest visits Haitians, urges strength in face of uncertainty
By Dennis Sadowski
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) -- Father Gabriel Michel had heard plenty of stories about life at the mammoth tent camp that has grown on the Petionville Club golf course since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake.
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Head of apostolic visitation expresses ’sadness’ over slow response
By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The nun who is overseeing the Vatican-mandated apostolic visitation of U.S. communities of women religious has expressed "sadness and disappointment" over congregations that have resisted completing the questionnaire that is part of the process.
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Language lessons: New media test Vatican’s digital fluency
By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI recently urged the world's priests to make better use of new media, but in his own backyard the digital revolution is still seen as a mixed blessing.
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Villanova wraps up filming for virtual tour of St. Peter’s Basilica
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the enormous interior of Christianity's largest church, a tiny black camera perched on a tall tripod was quietly whirring, mapping bit by bit almost every detail inside St. Peter's Basilica.
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Church has right to bring Gospel values to public debate, pope says
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic teaching and the truths of the Gospel have a right to be heard in public debate, especially in a country where so many people claim to be Christian, Pope Benedict XVI told the bishops of England and Wales.
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Vatican making final review of English liturgical translations
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments is pulling together the final version of the English translation of the complete Roman Missal, the book of prayers used at Mass.
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Pope honors religious; Vatican preparing documents on prayer, brothers
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholics enter religious orders or consecrate themselves as virgins because the love of God is so great that it is worth giving everything for, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Healing marriages of control and trust issues
By Genevieve Pollock
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania (Zenit.org) -- More marriages and families these days are affected by control and trust issues, says Richard Fitzgibbons, but through the sacraments and practice of virtue these problems can be overcome.
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Obituary: Father William Anderson, second pastor at St. Camillus in Arlington
By Father Robert M. O’Grady
When he died in Newport, Vermont of natural causes on Jan. 25, Father William R. Anderson was the second longest ordained priest of the archdiocese; only Father Paul Francis at Regina Cleri is more senior. He was also the third oldest priest; only Msgr. Stanislaus Sypek of St. Adalbert (Polish) Parish, Hyde Park and Father Francis are older.
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Obituary: Father Joseph Manning, former Air Force chaplain and Brockton pastor
By Father Robert M. O’Grady
Father Joseph H. Manning, for more than 20 years a chaplain in the United States Air Force and pastor at Brockton’s Our Lady of Lourdes parish from 1991-2005, died in Barnstable on Jan. 24. He had celebrated his 75th birthday on Jan. 11.
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‘The Light Is On For You’
By Jim Lockwood
BRAINTREE -- Recognizing the need for God’s grace and forgiveness in the lives of Catholics, the Archdiocese of Boston is launching The Light Is On For You, an initiative to make the Sacrament of Reconciliation more available this Lent.
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Test phase of new financial relationship with parishes to begin
By Jim Lockwood
BRAINTREE -- A sufficient number of volunteer parishes have stepped forward to begin the test phase of a new model of the financial relationship between parishes and the archdiocese.
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Lawrence, Methuen parochial schools merge to form new academy
By Jim Lockwood
LAWRENCE -- Echoing the trend of consolidating struggling Catholic schools that face declining enrollment and resulting financial pressures, the Archdiocese of Boston announced on Feb. 3 that St. Patrick School in Lawrence and Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Methuen will consolidate to form Lawrence Catholic Academy.
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Cristo Rey students get education in and out of classroom
By Jim Lockwood
BRAINTREE -- Students enrolled in Cristo Rey High Schools learn how to earn. At the same time, they earn to learn.
In the archdiocese, North Cambridge Catholic High School (NCCHS) and Notre Dame High School schools follow the Cristo Rey model of education, a nationwide network of inner-city schools that serve students who live around the poverty line. For five days a month, one day per week and one additional day during the normal school year, students commute to an entry-level job at a local corporation, jobs in which they experience firsthand the discipline and work ethic necessary to be productive and valuable employees in the world of work. The money they earn from these jobs goes directly to the school to offset the cost of tuition.
Opinion
The vocation of a chicken
Michael Pakaluk
Chesterton has an essay, “On Running after One’s Hat,” where he says that if the wind blows your cap off, make a game out of running to get it back, or if there’s a flood in your town, get into a boat, pop open a bottle of wine, and pretend that you’re vacationing in Venice. He’s not recommending that we make light of tragedy, but that we lighten it -- along the line of “whistle while you work” or “make a virtue of a necessity.”
Opinion
I can do all things
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
I love the cathedral, and I love the Boston Catholic Women’s Conference. So, from my perspective, it would be hard to find a better way to spend a Lenten Saturday than at the cathedral attending this year’s Catholic Women’s Conference. On the last Saturday in February, the conference comes just as Lent hits full-swing. Perhaps that is why the theme of the event is particularly appropriate, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Phil. 4:13)
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What can we do about Haiti?
Dale O’Leary
Everyone knows that before the earthquake, before the hurricanes, Haiti was a mess. What can we really do to help Haiti? Of course, immediate relief aid is needed and the American people have been tremendously generous. The people of Haiti have nothing and no resources to draw on. They need the basics -- food, water, tents, -- and they need them immediately, but the world cannot go on supporting an entire nation on charity forever. Now is the time to think about what to do in the future.
Opinion
Johnny, you hardly know them...
Clark Booth
Somehow the Yankees arrange one of these sly tricks every winter. Usually, they need a foil; a role often gleefully played by your pets, the Red Sox. But this year they managed it all by themselves.
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