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Incorrupt Heart Stolen in Argentina

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A spokesman of the Franciscan Province of the Assumption in Argentina reported that — for the second time — the incorrupt heart of Servant of God Bishop Mamerto Esquiú has been stolen from the church where it’s kept.
“The whole of the Catamarcan society is disturbed by this sacrilegious robbery that has brought so much damage […]

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Church’s “Greatest Beggar” Remembered

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Aid to the Church in Need Founder Recognized at University
The founder of Aid to the Church in Need is being memorialized five years after his death with a lecture hall named after him at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
Father Werenfried van Straaten (1913-2003) founded the charity organization under the authority of the Holy […]

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Congress for Twentieth Anniversary “Mulieris Dignitatem”

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  For the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter on the dignity and vocation of women “Mulieris dignitatem”, the Pontifical Council for the Laity has organised an international congress, to be held in Rome from 7 to 9 February, on the theme: “Woman and man, the ‘humanum’ in its entirety”.
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Bishop: Mexican Farmers Ill-Prepared for NAFTA

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Calls for Campaign in Favor of Education to Combat Inequality
By Jaime Septién
Mexican farmers took to the streets in the nation’s capital today, protesting the implementation of the last step of the North American Free-Trade Agreement. A Mexican bishop said too little has been done to prepare farmers for the treaty.
Bishop José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda […]

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Colombian Bishops Seek Promotion of Women

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Note Abortion-Pressure and Poverty as Obstacles
The Colombian bishops’ conference wants to promote the dignity of the woman, and two obstacles they see are the “feminization of poverty” and the promotion of abortion.
In his inaugural address at their 84th general assembly, under way in Bogota, Archbishop Luis Castro Quiroga of Tunja, president of the episcopal conference, […]

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Papal Address on Synod Preparation

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Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI’s Jan. 21 message to participants in the sixth meeting of the 11th Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.The next General Ordinary Assembly of the synod is scheduled for Oct. 5-26 in the Vatican and will focus on “The Word of God in […]

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Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for February

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  Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for February is: “That the mentally handicapped may not be marginalised, but respected and lovingly helped to live in a way worthy of their physical and social condition”.
  His mission intention is: “That the institutes of consecrated life, which are so flourishing in mission countries, may rediscover the missionary […]

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Immaculata, please intercede …

February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

That your words to Bernadette, “I am the Immaculate Conception,” remind us that our Christian vocation is to live in charity and to be holy and chaste in our state in life.

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Greek-Catholic Ukrainians, First Ad Limina Visit in 70 Years

February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  Today in the Vatican Benedict XVI received bishops of the Greek-Catholic Church of Ukraine, at the end of their first “ad limina” visit in 70 years.
  The Pope expressed his joy at having the opportunity to welcome the bishops, who had thus far been prevented by “serious and objective reasons” from making this joint […]

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Ascension School Calendar

February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Feb 1 ……… CSW Field Day - Noon Dismissal
Feb 4 - 7 … ACRE Testing Grades 5th and 8th
Feb 8 …….. No School - Professional Development
Feb 20 ….. Interims

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