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Pastoral on evangelization to be issued Pentecost Sunday
Rising prices hurt agencies' ability to deliver social services
Loyola HS joins Catholic Lobby Day group in Sacramento
'The only thing that we have the power to do is speak out'
States take up immigration bills; Congress stays on sidelines
Priests' retirement fund collection set for May 17-18
George E. Saint-Laurent, noted local theologian dies
Lay Mission-Helpers, Mission Doctors accepting applications for 2009

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Objective moral discipleship in a world of pluralism
bullet Catholics in Political Life
bullet On child sexual abuse: Does the pope really get it? Yes
bullet A mother whose life embraces children --- and the world
bullet Hugging Mom, in person or in the heart
Liturgy
God wants us to understand
Spirituality
bullet The mystery of giving and receiving Spirit
Miracles: More than you might think
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CYO promotes PLC 'sports as ministry' program

 

 

 


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Pastoral on evangelization to be issued Pentecost Sunday
Cardinal Roger Mahony is issuing a new pastoral letter this weekend which seeks to re-energize the ministry of evangelization by emphasizing meaningful, personal encounters with Jesus Christ.

Rising prices hurt agencies' ability to deliver social services
Catholic Charities, food banks and other social service agencies hit hard by rising gas prices.

Loyola HS joins Catholic Lobby Day group in Sacramento
Among the 700 people from California's 12 dioceses attending Catholic Lobby Day 2008 in Sacramento April 22 was a group of students and faculty from Loyola High School. It was the first group participation for the venerable Los Angeles school --- but not the last, vowed its participants.

'The only thing that we have the power to do is speak out'
UCLA undocumented students chronicle their struggles and accomplishments in a new publication.

States take up immigration bills; Congress stays on sidelines
States have considered more than 1,100 bills that deal with aspects of immigration this year, while a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus April 23 called the Democratic leadership.

Priests' retirement fund collection set for May 17-18
The annual special collection benefiting the Retirement Fund for Archdiocesan Priests will take place at all parish Masses May 17-18. The fund helps support 149 retired archdiocesan priests during their twilight years after decades of parish ministry.

George E. Saint-Laurent, noted local theologian dies
Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Nicholas Church, Laguna Woods, for George E. Saint-Laurent, 75, an internationally known lecturer on spirituality and ethics and professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, who died April 24 after a massive stroke and a lengthy battle against cancer at a Lake Forest nursing home.

Lay Mission-Helpers, Mission Doctors accepting applications for 2009
The Lay Mission-Helpers Association and Mission Doctors Association are currently accepting applications for the 2009 formation program for lay men, lay women, couples, and families called to share their skills and live their faith for three years in a mission diocese.



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Pope Benedict moved in meeting with abuse victims, cardinal says
Meeting victims of clergy sexual abuse at the papal nunciature in the nation's capital during his U.S. visit was a moving experience for Pope Benedict XVI, said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston.




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