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		<title>History of the Annual Bishop’s Appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bishop John M. D'Arcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades kindly asked me to write an article on the history of the Annual Bishop’s Appeal and its importance for the mission of the Church in our diocese. I welcome the opportunity. As I recall how the appeal unfolded, I am struck at how quickly this initiative became not only a fundraiser, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May God bless our children and their teachers this school year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back to school
As I write this column, our children and young people have already been in school a week or more. The academic year begins much earlier here than back home in Pennsylvania. On Friday, Aug. 20, after a meeting with diocesan and parish workers in Hispanic ministry at St. John the Evangelist Parish in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heirs of Christ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monsignor Owen F. Campion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:1, 7-14
The first reading for this weekend’s liturgy is from the Book of Sirach. This book is from that class of biblical writings called the Wisdom Literature, in general, a class of writings representing an effort to combine traditional Jewish belief with the highest of human wisdom.
The purpose is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello college, goodbye Church? We hope not &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sister Margie Lavonis, CSC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For some students, going away to college is often viewed as a chance to be liberated from their parents and the restrictions of family life. One such parental rule that is exercised in many Catholic homes is the one about Mass attendance. I can still hear my own father and mother saying to us when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attalia is a seaport in southern Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What did the seaport of Attalia look like from where St. Paul sailed?
In the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, we see that St. Paul went to Attalia, a seaport in southern Turkey, and sailed from there to Antioch in Syria where he explained to the Christian community how well the Gentiles have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Paul follows call to preach Gospel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where is the town of Troas, where St. Paul had a vision?
The Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament says St. Paul had been traveling through ancient Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and he came to the town of Troas. Here he had a vision of a man from Macedonia who said, “Come over to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eternal life awaits those who love the Lord</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monsignor Owen F. Campion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:39-56
The Book of Revelation is the source of the first reading on this feast of the Assumption of Mary.
Catholics remember Revelation by its more historic name, at least in Catholic biblical translations, of Apocalypse. Protestant editions long ago began to entitle this book Revelation, and this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decisions, decisions</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/08/decisions-decisions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kay Cozad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The shock of losing a loved one, be it sudden or following an extended illness, can paralyze the best of us. A cloud of anesthetic numbness envelops our hearts that may not only disrupt the state of our bodies but our minds and souls as well. There is an insidious fog that sets in and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Paul sacrifices to preach the Gospel</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/07/st-paul-sacrifices-to-preach-the-gospel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where is Lystra, where they thought St. Paul was a god?
The town of Lystra lies in central Turkey. This is where St. Paul and St. Barnabas fled to from Iconium where the Gentiles and Jews were trying to kill them. At Lystra there was a man lame from birth who never walked. St. Paul called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to make things happen</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/07/learning-to-make-things-happen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theresa A. Thomas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I really, really want a set of encyclopedias! I thought this over and over as we were about to embark on homeschooling. It was the beginning of summer and we’d start homeschooling in the fall. I was trying to pull everything together. This was in the mid-1990s, before Internet, and I desperately and specifically wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are in the hands of God</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/07/we-are-in-the-hands-of-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fhogan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monsignor Owen F. Campion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:13-21
The first reading this weekend is from the Book of Ecclesiastes. The first verse states that the book is the work of Qoheleth, a son of King David, although no proper name is used. The book’s origins, despite this tradition, are puzzling.
The name of this book comes from the Greek, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in vocations is a great blessing, offers hope</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/07/increase-in-vocations-is-a-great-blessing-offers-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are at the end of the July. The summer is passing quickly. I hope that you have been having a good and refreshing summer. We have had some hot and humid days, not unlike what I experienced during the summer in Pennsylvania. Still, I enjoy the warmth of summer and especially the opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eucharist helps us to be an evangelizing community</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/07/eucharist-helps-us-to-be-an-evangelizing-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fhogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holy Cross Sisters
Two weeks ago, I was honored to visit and celebrate Holy Mass for the Sisters of the Holy Cross at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto in South Bend. I had already visited the communities of the Holy Cross Brothers and Priests in recent months. I have enjoyed getting to know the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing is impossible for God </title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/07/nothing-is-impossible-for-god%c2%a0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monsignor Owen F. Campion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 10:38-42
The Book of Genesis, unfortunately, bears the burden of being remembered, and usually discussed, only in terms of its Creation Narratives. While the creation of all things and beings in existence by Almighty God is a major revelation, Genesis has much more to say than just about how long it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring our needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kay Cozad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The seasons have changed and summer is finally in full swing. There are concerts in the park, fairs and festivals, weekend barbecues, special holidays celebrations with fireworks and picnics, and maybe even a family reunion or two. So many traditional social events with which to make fond memories.
But for those who have experienced the loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop Rhoades celebrates first priestly ordination in diocese</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings in the grace and peace of Christ! I hope you are enjoying a good and refreshing beginning of the summer season. 
USCCB Assembly
I recently attended the spring assembly of the United States Bishops in St. Petersburg, Fla. On the way to Florida, I stopped home in Pennsylvania for the high school graduation of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The secret of silence</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/06/the-secret-of-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theresa A. Thomas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to reduce the amount of times you lose your temper with your kids? Do you want to create more satisfying, relaxed and lighthearted conversations with your spouse? Do you want to be able to hear and thus follow God’s personal direction for your life? Do you want to be happier, more peaceful? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We find God in Jesus </title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/06/we-find-god-in-jesus%c2%a0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 10:1-2, 17-20
This Sunday, July 4, 1776, is the greatest of American holidays, recalling the day in Philadelphia when the founders declared the independence from Britain of what was to be the United States of America. It is more than a memorial about the structure of government. It celebrates personal freedom, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being a dad is not for chickens</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/06/being-a-dad-is-not-for-chickens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I joined a Dads’ group at my parish, St. Aloysius. After attending three meetings, I have to say it’s been a good thing.
At the first meeting, we listened to a recording of a speaker who instantly caught my attention when he mentioned, every family needs a workshop. Just as Joseph had a workshop where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Paul escapes stoning at Iconium</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where is Iconium where St. Paul and St. Barnabas were almost killed?
The city of Iconium is in central Turkey or ancient Asia Minor. Today it is called Konya and it is a large, heavily Muslim city with 2 million people, making it the fourth largest city in Turkey.  When I was in Konya, there was a riot [...]]]></description>
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