List of Memorial Day Field Masses
Issue of May 6 – May 19
Deacons: Balancing family, marriage and ministry
Combining diaconate formation and ministry and family life isn’t always easy, and it requires a lot of support from family.
Archdiocese to ordain nine men to diaconate
Deacon ministry includes caring for poor, performing baptisms and marriages, conducting funerals
Nine men will join the archdiocese’s diaconate community when Cardinal George ordains them permanent deacons May 25 at Holy Name Cathedral.
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Meet the new priests
The Archdiocese of Chicago was to welcome 14 new priests on May 12. Half are homegrown and the others come from Poland, Peru, Kenya and Tanzania. They range in age from 25 to 56. All of them are inspired by a desire to bring Christ to their parishioners.
Catholic Cemeteries buries indigent from county morgue
Eighteen simple wooden caskets containing indigent adults and unborn babies sat atop graves at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in the afternoon on April 25 awaiting burial. Beside them stood funeral directors dressed in black and holding single white carnations.
U.S. cardinals gather here for benefit
Six U.S. cardinals were in Chicago on April 27 to celebrate a national institution that is 125 years old — the Catholic University of America.
Intensive program created for liturgical musicians
Chicago-area parish music directors and other liturgical music professionals will have a new option for pursuing education in their field without having to go too far.
Getting women to ‘Think Like a Man’
When I read comedian Steve Harvey’s serious book: “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,” my first thought was: “Wow! He’s breaking the code of silence! Men must think he’s a traitor telling the ladies all their secrets!”
Making music in honor of John Paul
Sir Gilbert Levine conducts a special concert in honor of the one-year anniversary of the beatification of Pope John Paul II.
Our golden oldie — The children’s hymn, “Little White Guest” is seeing a revival. Maybe its renewed popularity is one of the effects of today’s eucharistic adoration. When Clips offered to send the hymn’s words and music to readers, there were many touching responses. more >>
I’ve been looking at a lot of old pictures lately.
Pictures of my husband’s family, both
when he was growing up and more recent
ones, as we unearth snapshots that my motherand
father-in-law had squirreled away in boxes
and drawers. Pictures of Caroline as she prepares
to graduate from eighth grade and head
to high school.
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He is: Missionary Society of St Paul of Nigeria Father Raphael Ezeh (pronounced EH-zeh). Ordained in Nigeria in 1996. Arrived in USA 1999. Installed as pastor at Corpus Christi Parish in Bronzeville by Bishop Joseph Perry April 29, 2007.
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