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Remembering Our Remote Outposts of Faith
Posted: 7/1/2008
Catholic Extension helps make it possible for missioners to serve our brother and sister Catholics living in America's poor and remote Catholic Missions. This Mission America rosary represents the different areas of the country in which they serve, doing God's work and helping to grow and sustain the Faith.
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A Seminarian Blog on Pope Benedict XVI's U.S. Visit
Posted: 6/1/2008
Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States in April held special meaning for all Catholics, but it was the experience of a lifetime for those fortunate enough to see the Pontiff in person. Seminarians from around the country were invited to an outdoor rally and prayer service during the visit, and a limited number from mission dioceses were able to make the trip. Christopher Gray, a pre-theology student at Mt. Angel Seminary in Oregon, was one of two students from the school selected at random to make the journey. He is studying for the Diocese of Salt Lake City with Catholic Extension's support, has a journalism background, having worked for six years as associate editor of the diocese's newspaper, The Intermountain Catholic.
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Seminarians Need Your Support
Posted: 5/5/2008
When Dan Dreher was four years old, he collected candles at his Texas church to take them home to be cleaned. Now he is a seminarian nearing the end of his formation as a Catholic priest, and he and many others need your help...
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The Power of One
Posted: 4/8/2008
Sometimes God uses just one person to bring hope to an entire community and change lives. One person, one act, one word can change everything. This is especially true in America's missions, where many missionaries carry out their work alone, in places where there are few job opportunities and people struggle for their daily bread.
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Mission Seminarians Need Your Help
Posted: 3/1/2008
The word "sacrifice" crops up in almost any conversation with seminarians. They're grateful for the generosity of all those who helped in their formation along the way. Especially in rural areas, young men studying for the priesthood are humbled by the sacrifice of others who have made their studies possible. Catholic Extension provides assistance to 40 mission dioceses to help train their future priests...
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Displaced Elderly New Orleans Sisters In Need of Residental Care Facility
Posted: 1/30/2008
Right now, six Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille are in need of your prayers and support. They are elderly, some are in poor health ... and they're all far from home. They need your help today. Each of these sisters has selflessly given her life to God in service: teaching young children the catechism and the staples of our Catholic Faith ... feeding the hungry and homeless in soup kitchens ... and providing comfort and solace to the elderly and homebound. By constantly sacrificing and giving, they live the spirit of Lent daily. The sisters also continue to pray for you and all of our Catholic Extension mission partners. On August 28, 2005, these sisters were ordered to evacuate their New Orleans home. . . .
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Newman Center Destroyed By Fire
Posted: 1/1/2008
When a bolt of lightning reduced the Newman Center at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri to a heap of charred rubble, it was something of a miracle that no one was injured. Mass had ended at a little before 10:00 p.m., and within a couple of hours, Director Bettie Lesczynski received a phone call telling her the center was ablaze. She could scarcely believe it.
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The Town Too Tough To Die
Posted: 10/1/2007
Rugged, desperate miners once sought salvation at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Tombstone, Arizona -- but with young people moving out the oldest wooden mission church in Arizona struggles to pay its bills...
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Seminarians Need Your Support
Posted: 9/1/2007
Fine men wish to continue their priestly formation in the seminary this Fall -- Can you help them?
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Creaky Altar, Shabby Linens
Posted: 8/21/2007
It's a simple "wish list," really. But it would make a world of difference for the struggling St. Matthew's storefront mission in Ripley, Mississippi, to obtain some much-needed church goods to help furnish their new church building, hopefully in time for Christmas Mass...
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Tornado Devastation to Kansas Church
Posted: 6/1/2007
St. Joseph Church in the mission town of Greensburg, Kansas, was completely demolished when the early May tornado cut a 1.5-mile-wide swath through town. The church that Catholics would have turned to in this time of disaster was itself destroyed...
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What Nearly Brought Father Cortes To Tears?
Posted: 5/1/2007
In the dusty northeastern Texas town of Pittsburg, 200 parishioners are forced to stand outside the jam-packed Holy Cross Church at Mass, even in the coldest winter rains, in order to listen to Father Cortes on crackling loudspeakers mounted on the side of the building...
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Mission Seminarians Need Your Support
Posted: 4/2/2007
Today's seminarians who hope to answer God's call to the priesthood face a long uphill climb. A rigorous application process ensures that they are willing and able to undertake the difficult preparatory work involved and that they are well-suited to live the often solitary life of a priest today...
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Texas Mission Church Collapses
Posted: 3/1/2007
For Cooky Prado, who grew up next door to San Lorenzo Church in Clint, Texas, it is the silence now that breaks her heart. There are no longer any church bells ringing, since the great bell tower, which has called folks to Mass here since 1914, collapsed in a heap of rubble...
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They Dream of a Church of Their Own
Posted: 2/1/2007
The storm that ripped through Muse, Florida, two years ago left devastation. Homes were ripped to splinters, and possessions scattered to the wind...
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