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June 13, 2019
by Diane Clay, the Sooner Catholic
Jerome Krug was a teenager confused about what God was calling him to do. He wanted to become a lawyer and work to make people’s lives better through political or community advocacy, but something was telling him to follow a different path.
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June 13, 2019
by Charles Albert, the Sooner Catholic
Almost every parent will be confronted by a child with the question “Why should I attend Mass?”
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June 13, 2019
by Pedro A. Moreno, O.P. Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi are the famous 12 minor prophets. They are referred to as minor because they are less extensive than the major prophets, not less important.
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June 13, 2019
by Anamaria Scaperlanda Biddick, the Sooner Catholic
Recently, I read a variety of responses to the question, “For those who used to be pro-choice and are now pro-life, what made you change your mind?”
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June 13, 2019
by Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B., the Sooner Catholic
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) was an Italian nobleman who lived during the Catholic Counter Reformation. His parents Ferrante Gonzaga, the Marquis of Castiglione, Italy, and Marta, the Countess of Jana di Santena, Italy, were connected to very important noble families of the Holy Roman Empire and several high-ranking churchmen.
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June 13, 2019
by Richard Rouillard, the Sooner Catholic
“The Prayer List: and Other True Stories of How Families Pray” by Jane Knuth is a book of stories that examines how people of all faiths use prayer in a family setting.
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June 13, 2019
by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- During the June 11-13 spring assembly of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore, it was clear the bishops had to respond to the sexual abuse crisis in the church -- and on the last day of their gathering they approved a series of procedures to begin this process.
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June 13, 2019
by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Although the U.S. bishops' spring assembly in Baltimore was mostly devoted to responding to the sexual abuse crisis in the church, the bishops also considered something described as the second-most important issue currently facing U.S. church leaders: How to get religiously unaffiliated, or "nones," particularly young people, back to the Catholic Church.
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June 7, 2019
by Elizabeth Bachmann, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In remembering the estimated 4,400 Allied troops who died storming the beaches of Normandy, France, 75 years ago on D-Day, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said that "Jesus Christ reminds us there is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends."
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June 7, 2019
WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2019 Spring General Assembly in Baltimore, June 11-14.
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