I have recently received news about the Cooper House from Beyond Shelter’s Lisa Rotvold. Since so many people have asked about how things are going there, I thought I would share her entire letter: Thanks for checking in. I think overall things are going pretty well at Cooper. We have learned a lot from...
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There will be a NET retreat held in the Nativity gym Sept. 25, from 4 to 9pm, open to Jr. High(6th-8th grade).  A meal will be served during… and what is the cost of this AWESOME experience… nada, zip, zero, nothing. The theme, Why Faith? Will be presented to youth in a exciting way!...
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Does watching Mass on TV fulfill my Sunday obligation? In the age of instant communication, e-mail, voice mail and teleconferencing, many people wonder if these media of communication can be used for sacraments. Many priests, I am sure, have had people ask about going to confession on the phone. While it may seem like...
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Are there right and wrong ways to pray? Think of all the ways that people communicate with one another: Post-its, cell phones, fax machines, letters, e-mail, voice mail, movies, videos and of course, the old reliable telephone. All are ways in which we enhance the most basic form of communication-talking. At times, some are...
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How can we respond to the needs of the people of Haiti? The massive earthquake that struck near the capital of Port-au-Prince has caused enormous destruction and suffering to the nation considered the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti was still recovering from a series of deadly hurricanes when the quake struck this week....
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