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January 19, 2012

Immigrant advocates praise California governor for action on DREAM Act

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles and immigrant advocate groups praised Gov. Jerry Brown for signing into law the rest of the California DREAM Act, allowing undocumented students who have graduated from a California high school to apply for state financial aid to attend college at a state school.
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January 19, 2012

Clarksville students take Oprah-esque approach to charity

Thanks to a lot of hard work, ingenuity and goodwill, fifth-graders at St. Louis School in Clarksville have transformed a $300 gift from their teacher into a $1,015 outreach campaign that is touching lives in their community, across the nation and around the world.
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January 19, 2012

Tilapia farm developed to bring nutrition, industry

VILLA FRANCIA, Dominican Republic – In regions of the Dominican Republic where food is scarce and farm work only nets $3 a day when it’s available, Food For The Poor is developing tilapia and agricultural centers to provide nourishment, industry and self-sufficiency.
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January 19, 2012

Funeral for Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai set for Oct. 8

WASHINGTON - A funeral Mass for Wangari Maathai, a Catholic environmentalist and political leader who became the first black African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was set for Oct. 8 in Holy Family Minor Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien leads pilgrimage to national shrine

Albert Vojik was awestruck as he stared at the gigantic mosaic of Christ in Majesty that looked down from the great dome of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
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January 19, 2012

Pope calls on Christians to turn to Mary for building peace

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI called on Christians to turn to Mary, the mother of God, for help in being true friends of Jesus and courageous builders of peace.
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January 19, 2012

Supreme Court justices attend Red Mass in Washington

WASHINGTON – Human beings are not fully alive until they live for something greater than themselves, said Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain at the 58th annual Red Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington Oct. 2.
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January 19, 2012

Northern Michigan Catholics plant 12,000 trees in honor of Earth Day

MARQUETTE, Mich. – Catholic parishes across northern Michigan planned to participate in an interfaith project sponsored by the Upper Peninsula EarthKeepers to plant 12,000 native trees across the state in honor of Earth Day 2009.
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January 19, 2012

Family members of artist visit her work at N.Y. seminary

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. – While multitudes of people see the art of muralist Hildreth Meiere at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, a limited audience also gets to see her work up close at St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset and at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington.
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January 19, 2012

Where’s Magliano?

Tony Magliano’s column seems to have disappeared from The Catholic Review. I cannot believe he doesn’t have something to write about. Although I didn’t always agree with his ideas, his writing did give one pause to think. His passion was clearly evident, especially his passion for life. Bearing in mind the tenth anniversary of 9/11...
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January 19, 2012

Catholic coalition seeks to influence outcome of climate-change bill

WASHINGTON – Led by a coalition of more than a dozen Catholic organizations, religious communities are ramping up efforts to ensure that the legislative debate on climate change beginning April 22 in Congress will not overlook the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
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January 19, 2012

Second-grader wins Miracle Tie contest

Every book 7-year-old Luke Koehler has checked out from the library has been on how to draw something – dinosaurs, pyramids, people, you name it.
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