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9 Days to Merciful Reign
special prayer guide
March 16-22, 2008 Issue 
Pope John Paul II canonized St. Faustina Kowalska and
formally created Divine Mercy Sunday, which is the Second Sunday of Easter.
Pope Benedict XVI is also a great apostle of Divine Mercy. St. Faustina (1905-1938)
promoted a novena that begins on Good Friday and ends on the Vigil of Divine
Mercy... READ MORE
College Students More Likely to Shun Secularism
Facts of Life
March 16-22, 2008 Issue
Here’s a shocker: Higher education gets a bum rap as one of
the most strongly secularizing forces in our society. In fact, young adults who
go to college are more likely to hold onto their religious faith than their
peers whose education ends with a high-school diploma. The finding,... READ MORE
Plastic Vanity?
BY Tom & Caroline McDonald Family Matters
March 16-22, 2008 Issue
My wife is seriously considering cosmetic surgery, and we’re
not sure about where the Church stands on this issue.
Of course, any reconstructive surgery is morally acceptable:
correcting a cleft palate, for example, or restoring facial features after an
accident.
But these days, there are... READ MORE
Palm Sunday Is a Mini-Holy Week
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
March 16 is Palm Sunday and the first day of Holy Week. This
is the most important week of the liturgical year, leading up to the most
important day of the year. Rome and Jerusalem are two focal points of Holy Week
activities.
Rome
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events... READ MORE
My Parent, My Friend
Facts of Life
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
A Purdue professor of family studies has found that, as the
elderly get on in years, they enjoy their relationships with their offspring
more than ever — and the feeling is mutual. Karen Fingerman, whose previous
work showed a correlation between physical activity by the elderly and... READ MORE
House of Life on a Hill of Hope
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Prolife Profile
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
In the Federal Hill section of Providence, R.I., a
neighborhood once known as the smallest state’s “Little Italy,” stands a new
stucco house that fits right in with the old-world ambience around it.
The Mother of Life Center is “a comforting sign for women
because it’s a home, not an... READ MORE
Put Your Money Where Your Faith Is
BY TOM MCFEELY Save, Share, Invest — and Trust in God
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
Catholic investment adviser Phil Lenahan says Catholic
parents have a biblical calling to be wise stewards of the material wealth that
God bestows on their families.
But what does that calling mean in practical terms? What
principles should guide Catholic dads and moms as they seek to provide... READ MORE
Control vs. Influence
BY Dave Durand Family Matters
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
I am in middle management and I have aspirations to advance.
Recently my boss told me I would become a better leader if I were to use
influence as my primary tool for getting results instead of relying on control.
Explain?
Your superior has provided you with a great insight. Many a
mid-level... READ MORE
What It’s Like to Be Friends of Jesus
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
March 2-8, 2008 Issue
Sunday, March 9, is the Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A, Cycle
II). Today at 10 a.m., Pope Benedict XVI
will say Mass at the Church of St. Lawrence in Piscibus in Rome. The
International Youth Center, which the Knights of Columbus helped fund, is
there.
Pope2008.com
The Pope is a little more than a... READ MORE
Wherefore Art Thou, Romeos?
Facts of Life
March 2-8, 2008 Issue
Once upon a time, young men and young women went to college
not only to earn a degree but also to find a spouse. Times have changed.
“College life has become so competitive, and students so focused on careers, that
many aren’t looking for spouses anymore,” writes Sue Shellenbarger in the... READ MORE
Spot-On ‘Spots’ Save Lives
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Prolife Profile
March 2-8, 2008 Issue
The point of most TV commercials is to get people to buy
stuff they don’t need. But broadcast “spots” — not to mention campaigns put
forth in print, online and in other media — can also get people to do the right
thing. Such as, for example, spare a baby’s life.
That, in a nutshell,... READ MORE
Households of the Holy
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN How to Make the Family Home a School of Sanctity
March 2-8, 2008 Issue
Call it the familial-holiness disconnect. Catholic parents
know they ought to imitate Mary and Joseph, guiding their children toward
sanctity and salvation as they work out their own with fear and trembling.
But we don’t live in first-century Palestine. There are
planes to catch and bills to... READ MORE
If This, Then That
BY Dr. Ray Guarendi Family Matters
March 2-8, 2008 Issue
pWhen it comes to discipline, my kids tune me out. Any ideas for making myself heard?
Talk — it sounds like discipline, it feels like discipline,
it may at times work like discipline. But talk alone is a fraud. It’s the grand
illusion of discipline. And kids know it. They realize it somewhere... READ MORE
Easter Is Near on ‘Rejoice’ Sunday
BY Tom & April Hoopes User's Guide to Sunday
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
March 2 is the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year A, Cycle II) —
Laetare Sunday. On March 1, Pope Benedict XVI will announce news on causes of
canonization at 11 am at the Apostolic Palace.
Parish
This Sunday, parishes will collect donations for Catholic
Relief Services, which is now headed by... READ MORE
They’ve Got The Cure
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Prolife Profile
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
When obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Angela Flippin-Trainer
and her husband John-William Trainer III were deciding on a name for the
pro-life medical practice they were going to open, she asked him how to say
love in Latin. “Caritas,” he replied.
“Two days later Pope Benedict came out with his... READ MORE
Poor but Prepared
Facts of Life
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
The children of financially struggling but faithful parents
— faithful in the sense of practicing a religion — are less vulnerable to the
psychological and physical effects of child poverty. They’re also more likely
to do well in school and, thus, to eventually prosper. That’s one set... READ MORE
‘Work Out Your Salvation’
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
Not every Catholic can name a precise moment when he or she
decided to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. But most any Catholic who’s in love
with the Lord can describe a “conversion experience” somewhere along their
proverbial “Road to Damascus.”
That term, of course, refers to Acts 9:1-5,... READ MORE
Lenten Finances
BY Phil Lenahan Family Matters - Financial Life
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
Since your area of expertise is stewardship and personal
finance, could you offer any suggestions on how we can grow closer to God in
these areas during Lent?
It’s not uncommon for us to reduce the Lenten season to the
“little sacrifices” the Church encourages us to make. It’s easy for us... READ MORE
Words Aren’t All We Have
BY TOM & APRIL HOOPES Sunday Guide
February 17-23, 2008 Issue
Sunday, Feb. 24, is the Third Sunday of Lent (Year A, Cycle
II)
On Ash Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI renewed a tradition
stretching back more than 1,500 years when he dispersed ashes on pilgrims
gathered in the “station” Church of Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill. His
Lenten visits to the... READ MORE
Hubby’s Helping Hand
Facts of Life
February 17-23, 2008 Issue
Time magazine’s recent special issue on “The Science of
Romance” cited a 2006 study led by James Coan, a neuroscientist at the
University of Virginia, showing the dramatically therapeutic effects of spousal
hand-holding. The article describes how researchers told women study subjects
they... READ MORE
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