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A Bear, a Shell, a King
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
April 13-19, 2008 Issue
April 20 is the Fifth Sunday in Easter (Year A, Cycle II).
Pope Benedict will visit Ground Zero, site of the World Trade Center terrorist
attacks, at 9:30 a.m. At 2:30 p.m., he’ll say Mass at Yankee Stadium. At 8 in
the evening, after taking a helicopter from a heliport on Wall Street, he... READ MORE
Facts of Life
Is Your Boy the Next Benedict?
April 13-19, 2008 Issue 
Catholic parents, encourage your sons to become priests — or
at least don’t discourage them — and one of them just might grow up to become
pope. It’s a long shot for sure, but consider that the idea probably would also
have gotten a warm Bavarian chuckle from Joseph Ratzinger Sr. and his... READ MORE
Bringing Up Baby Fears
BY Tom & Caroline McDonald Family Matters - Married Life
April 13-19, 2008 Issue
We’re about to have our first baby, and my husband wants me
to quit working to stay at home for the first few years. I am anxious about the
prospect; I just don’t know if I’m capable. Is it terrible to be frightened by
the whole idea?
Tom: It doesn’t sound terrible at all. It sounds... READ MORE
The Pope loves Life
Benedict's notably quotable pro-life moments
April 13-19, 2008 Issue
‘Respected, Protected and Promoted’
“Each according to his or her possibilities, profession and
responsibilities, should feel in themselves an obligation to love and serve
life, from its beginning to its natural end. It is, in fact, everyone’s duty to
welcome human life as a gift to be... READ MORE
The Good Shepherd and the Pope
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
April 6-12, 2008 Issue
Sunday, April 13, is the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A,
Cycle II); it’s Good Shepherd Sunday.
Parish
Epriest.com shares “Best Practices” submitted by parishes.
Good Shepherd Sunday is also a day of prayer for vocations.
Father Greg Paffel, pastor of the Church of St. John in the Diocese... READ MORE
Two Hearts Are Better Than One
Facts of Life
April 6-12, 2008 Issue
If you’re in a happy marriage, the odds are in your heart’s
favor. That’s according to a new study at Brigham Young University, published
in the March 20 issue of the journal Annals of Behavioral
Medicine, which specifically found that happily married people have lower blood
pressure than... READ MORE
The Collar and the Kitchen
BY MONTA HERNON Pro-Family Profile
April 6-12, 2008 Issue
He has been called a cross between talk-show host Rachael
Ray and Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes,” but at the heart of the matter Father
Leo Patalinghug is looking to bring families closer together and closer to God
using the simplest of recipes: Stir things up and have dinner together. ... READ MORE
Springing New Readers Forward
BY Patricia A. Crawford and Kerry Crawford Children’s Book Picks
April 6-12, 2008 Issue
In many ways, springtime is a tease: What appears also
conceals. Green buds pop into view, but it’s the full flower they hide within
that we’re really waiting for. And those, of course, won’t be in full bloom
till summer.
The good news is that getting there is half the joy.
And, just as... READ MORE
Lead by Character
BY Dave Durand Family Matters: Working Life
April 6-12, 2008 Issue
I have read practically every leadership book on the market.
Many of them teach various techniques while others seem more centered on
self-improvement. When it comes to leadership, how much weight do you give to
methods vs. character development?
This is a great question and it will resurface... READ MORE
Emmaus Walks and Looking to Peter
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue
Sunday, April 6, is the Third Sunday of Easter (Year A,
Cycle II). In St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, April 2, Pope Benedict XVI
will celebrate a Mass to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Pope John
Paul II.
Parish
EPriest.com offers best practices for parishes on... READ MORE
Holiday Road Leads to Harmony Highway
Facts of Life
March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue
A new survey of mothers in the United Kingdom shows that,
when it comes to taking a vacation, “mums” not only want the kids along — they
wouldn’t want to leave home without them. More than 70% of the poll’s 7,000
respondents said they value the uninterrupted family time that... READ MORE
Speaking Youth to Power
BY STEPHEN VINCENT Pro-life Profile
March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue
Anna Halpine is 30 years old and out of a job — by her own
design. In 1999, she founded the New York City-based World Youth Alliance and
led the non-governmental organization as president through a decade of growth,
lobbying on pro-life and pro-family issues at the United Nations and the
European... READ MORE
The Faustina You Never Knew
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Meet the Sainted Nun Behind a Special Sunday
March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue
At the same time Pope John Paul II canonized Sister Faustina
Kowalska the first saint of the new millennium on Apr. 30, 2000, he proclaimed
the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday for the entire Church,
forever linking the feast and the saint.
By doing so, the late Holy Father signaled... READ MORE
Food Fight
BY Dr. Ray Guarendi Family Matters
March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue
My 4-year-old daughter is a ridiculously picky eater.
Mealtime is not pleasant at our home.
Meal ordeals: They rank in the big three of everyday
preschool problems, right up there with bedtime badtimes and temper tempests. Meal
ordeals may be the easiest to resolve, though, as nature is on... READ MORE
Dawn of Divine Mercy Sunday
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
March 23-29, 2008 Issue
Sunday, March 30, is the Second Sunday of Easter (Year A,
Cycle II), Divine Mercy Sunday.
In Rome, the first Apostolic Congress on Mercy will take
place April 2-6, under the direction of Pope Benedict XVI.
Parish
This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Easter. Every day
starting Easter Sunday, for... READ MORE
Shanghai Surprise
Facts of Life
March 23-29, 2008 Issue
What will China do next? That’s a question over which many
Westerners are losing a lot of sleep, especially with the approach of the 2008
Summer Olympics in Beijing — which some China watchers expect to be the most
consequential Summer Games since Germany hosted in 1936. One thing the... READ MORE
Sacramental Matrimony’s Tried and True Friend
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Pro-Family Profile
March 23-29, 2008 Issue
“Marriage Encounter,
yes! You are doing such important work in our Church, especially in this world
we live in.”
So said Pope Benedict XVI while meeting
with the coordinators of Worldwide Marriage Encounter International in January.
Enjoying the papal audience from the United States were the... READ MORE
Easter Baskets Filled With Faith
BY BRIDGET SEYER How to Say ‘Christ Is Risen’ in Kid Language
March 23-29, 2008 Issue
When I was young, the two best things about Easter morning
were the Easter-basket hunt, with all six of us kids scurrying in every
direction, and, of course, the candy in our Easter baskets.
The usual candy classics overflowed — chocolate eggs and
bunnies swimming in a jellybean sea. I... READ MORE
Expecting ‘Rain’
BY Phil Lenahan Family Matters - Financial Life
March 23-29, 2008 Issue
I seem to enter every year planning to spend less and save
more, but I never seem to get ahead of my expenses. Any suggestions?
Wouldn’t it be nice if our income and expenses coincided
evenly throughout the year? That would make the managing of our finances a
whole lot easier.
Unfortunately,... READ MORE
From Stabat Mater to Regina Coeli
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
March 16-22, 2008 Issue
Sunday, March 23, is Easter Sunday. Pope Benedict XVI will
celebrate the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night in St. Peter’s Basilica at 9 p.m.
He will celebrate Holy Mass of the Day with the Resurrexit
Rite at 10:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square.
The Holy Father will also give his message and... READ MORE
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