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Select a news topic from the list below, then select a news article to read.‘Dog Day’ at Cathedral creates community
Thursday, 20 June 2013 02:52
The fifth annual Downtown Dog Day Afternoon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels would have distracted Snoopy from chasing the Red Baron long enough to land his Sopwith Camel biplane in the Cathedral’s “plaza of the people” — if the intrepid Beagle could have only found room. This year’s bowwow benefit drew a record 794 dogs and 1,359 people, who carpeted the popular sacred gathering place. The July 26 6-to-9 p.m. happening, in fact, resembled a canine’s outdoor Noah’s ark with a distinct SoCal twist.
30-plus Lay Carmelites profess vows at St. Raphael’s
Thursday, 20 June 2013 02:52
“This is just the beginning. I keep on telling people, ‘We’re going to have a hundred in a year-and-a-half who are going to be Carmelites.’ This is just the beginning. And what is it that they’re trying to do? What they are trying to do is what all of us are trying to do. We’re seeking God. That’s what the Carmelite vocation is — seek the face of God and to be open and free to say: ‘I want to walk to Jesus.’ That’s what they’re doing.CARA: Fewer priests celebrate more Masses at fewer parishes
Thursday, 20 June 2013 02:52
More U.S. Catholics are attending Masses at fewer parishes staffed by a rapidly declining corps of priests, according to a new report on "The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes."Produced by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate for the Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership project of five national Catholic ministerial organizations, the report documents what it calls the "supersizing" of U.S. Catholic parish life.
Pain relief: Familiar priority for Catholic palliative care teams
Thursday, 20 June 2013 02:52
A new report from the Institute of Medicine declares that transforming the way pain relief is provided for Americans must become a national priority.But for Maria Gatto and others like her in Catholic health care, providing relief from pain — whether it is physical or mental, emotional or spiritual — has been a priority for years.
CRS seeks to aid Cambodia in economic recovery efforts
Thursday, 20 June 2013 02:52
Cambodia is slowly working on its economic recovery, promoting tourism and investing in education and agriculture. But the formerly communist country is still struggling with a high percentage of poverty, especially in rural areas, where education and health care are scarce.To support the local community, Catholic Relief Services — which reopened its office in Cambodia in 1992 — is developing a five-year strategy focusing on family healthcare and education, according to Kellie Hynes, CRS’ Cambodia office director, who visited Los Angeles in late June on her way to meeting in the agency’s Baltimore headquarters.
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