Recommended Web site to bookmark

The Word Among Us
A Catholic Devotional Magazine
based on the Daily Mass Readings
http://wau.org/ and other sites are listed under Blogroll to the right

An interesting Catholic blog …

with links to a lot of other Catholic sites:
http://blog.catholicmaniacs.com/?p=221

Is it just for Catholics?

There is some controversy going on over Boston College’s decision to put crucifixes and other Christian artwork in each of its 151 classrooms. BC is a Catholic institution that, like DePaul, has a strong presence in the secular community. What do I mean by that? I mean that the schools are affiliated with the Catholic [...]

Members of local Society of St. Vincent de Paul reach out to the community

By Bonnie Clark, Features Writer
bclark@jg-tc.com
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me — Matthew 25:35
A group of dedicated volunteers from St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Charleston and the Newman Catholic Center are putting their faith in action through their [...]

This week’s Vincentian Reflection …

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
January 11, 2009
Gospel: (Mark 1: 7-11)
This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.  I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” It happened in those [...]

Catholic group provides food, gifts to more than 500 families

By HEATHER ROTH Staff Writer
Published December 23, 2008
Brown paper bags stuffed with groceries lined the sidewalk behind St. Mary’s Catholic Church Saturday morning. Black garbage bags bursting with presents were mounded in the grass; and hundreds of turkeys were piled on the asphalt.
As drivers started arriving before 8:30 a.m., high school volunteers grabbed the bags [...]