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Affirms That Rights Are Based in Human Nature
Peace cannot be had without respect for the rights and dignity of the person, the Holy See affirmed, noting that man’s rights are based in human nature, and not determined merely by a decision-making body.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, affirmed […]

Benedict XVI invited the faithful to take advantage of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day to reflect on life in the light of eternity.
The Pope made this invitation today when he greeted the sick, newlyweds and the young at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Square. The Church celebrates the feast […]

“The Intimate and Vital Union of the Bishop With His City”
Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on St. Maximus, bishop of Turin.
* * *
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Between the end of the fourth century and the beginning of the fifth, another Father of […]

Gospel Commentary for the Feast of All Saints’ Day
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM CapFor some time now, scientists have been sending signals into the cosmos, hoping for a response from some intelligent being on some lost planet. The Church has always maintained a dialogue with the inhabitants of another world — the saints. That is […]

Many thanks to our Biloxi Volunteers, what a difference we made! Our focus this last trip was on one family, rebuilding tasks for a porch, outside insulation, siding, and kitchen cabinets. Stop by the hall after morning masses for recent pictures, slide show, and feedback from some of those on site. For more information and […]

Ascension Catholic Church
Dates for Reception of Sacraments -
The following dates are provided for parents of students
who will be receiving Sacraments during 2007 and 2008: 
First Reconciliation - Monday evening, November 26,
2007. Sacramental Prep classes for First Reconciliation
will be held on Monday evenings, October 29, November
5, and November 12, from 6:15 p.m. - 8:15
p.m. beginning in Church […]

HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
MASS SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 1st.
7:00 AM
School Mass 8:30 AM
11:00 AM
7:00 PM
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Benedict XVI appointed Conventual Franciscan Father William Callahan, a spiritual director at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The appointment of the 57-year-old priest was announced today by the Vatican press office. William Callahan was born in 1950 in Chicago, and ordained a priest in 1977. […]

My Sweet Jesus, as You rested among the lilies in your celestial garden, You turned Your eyes from Eternity to the most fragrant Lily of Quito. From the moment of her creation, you provided her with all of the sweet blessings that you bestow upon souls which are to be placed before Your throne; I […]

Faith-Based Groups Publish Service Opportunities on Web
United Kingdom students looking for a year of break from their studies can now find just the spot — and grow in their faith while they’re at it.
This week, a Web site was launched to encourage young Catholics to consider spending their gap-year — the year of break before […]

Contends That “Environmental Crisis” Is a Moral Challenge
Protecting the environment implies an alliance with man, meaning that the latter should not be automatically considered a threat to the former, says the Holy See.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, affirmed this during an address delivered Monday to the 62nd […]

  During his general audience, held this morning in a rainy St. Peter’s Square in the presence of 30,000 faithful, Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis to the figure of St. Maximus of Turin.
  Maximus became bishop of that Italian city in the year 398 just as it was being threatened by various barbarian tribes which […]

Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for November is: “That those dedicated to medical research and all those engaged in legislative activity may always have deep respect for human life, from its beginning to its natural conclusion.”
His mission intention is: “That in the Korean peninsula the spirit of reconciliation and peace may grow.”

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Says Composer’s Suffering Heightened His Perceptivity
Beethoven’s period of isolation and difficulty taught him to listen with a perceptivity akin to an interior or exterior liberation given by God, says Benedict XVI.
Saturday evening in Paul VI Hall, the Pope attended a concert held in his honor, during which the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir played […]

Mother of God Archdiocese Welcomes Its Leader
A name change has been given to 47-year-old Italian-born Archbishop Paolo Pezzi as he begins his ministry as the leader of the Mother of God Archdiocese in Moscow.
Father Igor Kovalevski, secretary-general of Russia’s bishops’ conference, told Archbishop Pezzi that he would no longer be known by his Italian name, […]

Pontifical Institute for Islamic Studies Responds to Open Letter
A letter sent this month by scholars of Islam to Christian leaders shows that a new attitude is emerging in Muslim-Christian relations, according to an institute for Islamic studies in Rome.
The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies made this affirmation Thursday in a statement that responds […]

Christians Obliged to Approve Homosexuality
By Father John Flynn, LC
State laws on homosexuality are increasingly creating conflicts for Christians who wish to follow their conscience. In recent days, news came from England of a Christian couple who face being forced to give up their role as foster parents because they were not prepared to promote homosexuality, […]

“A Certain Interior Dimension of the Person Comes to Light”
Here is the text of John Crosby’s address at an Oct. 12 conference on Christian philosophy held at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.Crosby is the founder of the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project, which co-hosted the conference.
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A Development in Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Understanding of […]

  “The new frontiers of pharmaceutical activity” is the theme of the 25th international congress of Catholic pharmacists, currently being held in Rome. The participants in the meeting were received today by Benedict XVI.
  In his brief remarks to them the Pope first considered current developments in drugs and medicine and the therapeutic possibilities they […]

  At midday today, Benedict XVI appeared at the window of his private study overlooking St. Peter’s Square in order to pray the Angelus with thousands of faithful gathered below. Most of those present were Spaniards who had just attended a ceremony for the beatification of 498 Spanish martyrs of the 20th century, presided in […]

  This evening in the Paul VI Hall, Benedict XVI attended a concert held in his honor, during which the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir played Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The event was organized to thank the Pope for his visit to Bavaria of September 2006.
  At the end of the concert the Holy Father […]

Says Internet Youth Forums Need Real Christian Message
Benedict XVI’s vicar for the Diocese of Rome expressed his hopes that religious men and women increase their use of information technology, and thus take advantage of what he called a new form of apostolate.
Cardianl Camillo Ruini spoke to the religious at the Pontifical Urbanian University during the […]

But Affirms Sacredness of All Human Life
As British Parliament considers lowering the age limit for abortions, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor weighed in, supporting any vote that ushers in what he called incremental improvements to an unjust law.
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, archbishop of Westminster, noted his support for a lowering of the age limit in a statement published today […]

The Iraqi prime minister congratulated Patriarch Emmanuel Delly III, head of the Chaldean Church in Iraq and in the world, one of those named to be a cardinal by Benedict XVI on Oct. 17. A government communiqué published Thursday quoted the prime minister, Nuri Al-Maliki, saying that Emmanuel Delly’s nomination “honors all Iraqis and represents […]

Hear me, you who know justice, you people who have my teaching at heart:
Fear not the reproach of men, be not dismayed at their revilings.
They shall be like a garment eaten by moths,
like wool consumed by grubs;
But my justice shall remain forever
and my salvation, for all generations.                                 Isaiah 51:7-8

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These two apostles of Jesus are honored on the same day. St. Simon was called “the zealous one” because he had so much devotion to the Jewish law. Once he had been called by the Lord to be an apostle, he gave his heart and his energy to preaching the Gospel. With the other apostles, […]

“A Certain Interior Dimension of the Person Comes to Light”
Here is the text of John Crosby’s address at an Oct. 12 conference on Christian philosophy held at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.Crosby is the founder of the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project, which co-hosted the conference.
* * *
A Development in Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Understanding of […]

Contardo was born in 1859. His father was a teacher of mathematics and physics. Mr. Ferrini began very early to teach his little son his own love for study. As a young man, Contardo could speak many languages besides Italian. He did very well in every school and college he went to. His great love […]

Film’s Lead Actor Considered Catholic Role Model
The film “Bella” is destined to have an extraordinary impact on people’s lives, said the chairman of the U.S bishops’ conference committee on pro-life activities.
Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, said the film, released today in the United States, “has a message that is so connected to life: to […]

Gospel Commentary for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
This Sunday’s Gospel is the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. Those who attend Mass this Sunday will hear a commentary more or less of this type.
The Pharisee represents the conservative who feels himself in line with God and man, and […]

Parish Collection Funds Grants
Donations from an annual national collection taken up in parishes before Thanksgiving, and totaling some $9.5 million this year will be helping more than 300 poverty-fighting organizations.
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development distributed the money to 314 projects in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico in 2007.
The average award […]

Greeting Marks Beginning of Academic Year in Rome
Benedict XVI says the Gospel message needs to affect the way people think, judge and act, and thus, the world needs masters of faith and well-trained heralds.
The Pope affirmed this when he greeted students of the Roman pontifical universities gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday.
The students’ meeting […]

Film Hailed as “Extremely Moving”
The U.S. bishops’ video promoting priestly vocations — called by one viewer “the best look at the priesthood I have ever seen on film” — was named winner of the Gabriel Award.
“Fishers of Men,” an 18-minute DVD that is part of a vocational recruitment project launched last year by the U.S. […]

  Today in the Vatican, the Holy Father received prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Gabon, who have just completed their five-yearly “ad limina” visit to Rome.
  At the beginning of his address to them, the Pope noted how the people of Gabon “sometimes let themselves be attracted by the consumerist permissive society, paying less […]

  Yesterday evening, following a Eucharistic concelebration presided by Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, to mark the beginning of the academic year at Roman Pontifical Universities, the Holy Father entered St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the students gathered there.
  “Seek to create,” the Pope told them, “a climate in which […]

St. Evaristus lived in the second century. He was from a Jewish family in Bethlehem. They were living in Greece at the time of their son’s birth. Evaristus was brought up in the Jewish religion. His father was so pleased with the boy’s virtue and knowledge that he sent him to the best teachers.
Evaristus became […]

  At 11.30 a.m. this morning in the Vatican’s Old Synod Hall, the presentation took place of the book “Processus Contra Templarios,” the third volume of the Vatican Secret Archives’ “Exemplaria Praetiosa” series, which is being issued in collaboration with the Scrinium publishing house.
  The book contains facsimile copies of the original acts of the […]

“Catechesis Is Inseparable From the Testimony of Life”
Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on St. Ambrose of Milan.* * *
Dear brothers and sisters:
The saintly Bishop Ambrose, of whom I will speak to you today, died during the night in Milan between April […]

Spaniards Recognized for Witness to Faith
The beatification of 498 martyrs, victims of religious persecution in the 1930s, is a testament of their virtue and faith, not a political statement, according to the Spanish bishops’ conference.
Father Juan Antonio Martínez Camino, secretary-general of the Spanish bishops’ conference and director of the conference’s office for saints’ causes, made […]

The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:
  “This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Zeljko Komsic, president of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The president subsequently went on to meet Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., and Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, […]

Richard was a Welshman who lived in the sixteenth century. Queen Elizabeth I ruled England and Wales. Because most people in Wales were still Catholic, the queen and her officials tried to crush the faith by cruel laws. Priests or people who were loyal to the Holy Father were put in prison. They were often […]

  During today’s general audience, Benedict XVI continued his series of catecheses dedicated to Fathers of the Church, turning his attention to the figure of St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan. The audience, held in St. Peter’s Square, was attended by more than 30,000 people.
  It was from Origen that Ambrose (ca. 340-397), considered to be […]

The “spiritual father of Cuba” was a missionary, religious founder, social reformer, queen’s chaplain, writer and publisher, archbishop and refugee. He was a Spaniard whose work took him to the Canary Islands, Cuba, Madrid, Paris and to the First Vatican Council.In his spare time as weaver and designer in the textile mills of Barcelona, he […]

Father Afas Concerned for Friendship With Muslims
One of the Syrian-Catholic priests kidnapped in Iraq for a week said Benedict XVI’s public plea for their release gave them courage in the midst of their situation.
Father Mazen Ishoa, 35, and Father Pius Afas, 60, were kidnapped Oct. 13 on their way to celebrate a funeral Mass. The […]

Calls Religiously-Motivated Violence a Profanation
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran told leaders representing world religions that the rejection of violence and the promotion of peace is the road map for interreligious dialogue.The president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue explained his proposal Monday in Naples at the round-table discussion “Religions in Dialogue for a World Without Violence.” […]

Religious education is a fundamental element for the full development of the human person, the Holy See said in an address to a meeting of UNESCO. Monsignor Francesco Follo, the permanent observer of the Holy See to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, said this at the opening of the agency’s 34th general conference […]

Here is a letter by Cardinal Keith O’Brien, president of the bishops’ conference of Scotland, and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, president of the bishops’ conference of England and Wales. The message, released Monday, marks the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act.
* * *
The 40th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act is an important moment for […]

 Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, has issued a call for the elimination of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in countries that have been involved in armed conflicts.
  According to a communique issued by the pontifical council, on October 18 Cardinal Martino met with Heidi Kuhn, founder of the international Roots […]

Urge China to Release Imprisoned Catholics
In the wake of the death of an imprisoned underground bishop in China, the Hong Kong bishops’ justice and peace commission urged authorities to release all Catholics who are detained without good cause.
In Sunday’s edition of Hong Kong’s diocesan weekly Kung Kao Po, the commission questioned the way the local […]

British Parliament Launches Inquiry on Age Limit
By Father John Flynn, LCA long-running debate over age limits for abortions was renewed last week in England. Current law allows abortions up to the 24th week of pregnancy, but improvements in survival rates for babies born prematurely have led to pressure for the limit to be lowered.
The Abortion […]

Joseph Giaccardo was born on June 13, 1896, in Narzole, Italy. His parents were hard-working farmers. Joseph acquired good habits from them. They loved their Catholic faith, which he learned from them. Joseph prayed to Jesus in the Eucharist and to Mary. He had a little statue of Mary on a ledge in his room.
Joseph […]

Canadian Study Calls for Greater Responsibility in Use
By Father John Flynn, LC
An explosion in media technology means both parents and society need to be more alert to the dangers children face. This was the warning contained in the Oct. 15 report entitled “Good Servant, Bad Master: Electronic Media and the Family,” published by the Ottawa-based […]

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