Two years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita displaced thousands and destroyed countless homes and churches, a program of the Catholic Church Extension Society has been making steady progress to revitalize parish life and restore hope to the devastated Gulf Coast. Read more...
It's not unusual for people to feel close to the Lord, but God and Monsignor R. Scott Friend are on a first-name basis. The native-born Arkansas priest tells the story of an afternoon when he was bone-weary from appointments. If he could just lie down for 15 minutes, he thought, he'd be OK. Read more...
When school opens at Red Lake High School in northern Minnesota this month, there will be few reminders of a 2005 shooting spree that killed five students, a teacher and a security guard. The emotional scars are still there, says Father Pat Sullivan, pastor of St. Mary Mission, which ministers to the Catholics on the Ojibwe reservation. Read more...
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