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Seniors shortchanged by recession: Catholic social services lend hand to financially hard-hit elderly
OAKDALE, MINN. -- Jill Manthe takes her notebook from her top desk drawer. "I budget," she said, listing the checks she writes each month from her...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/12/09 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
GreenFaith fellows work for the world's future
As a Girl Scout intent on earning her "Tree" badge, Helen Cornell memorized the names of all the trees she saw, preserved samples of their leaves...
National Catholic Reporter, 04/17/09 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
Center teaches entire families in Ecuador
QUITO, ECUADOR. Can education alleviate poverty? One man who has lived with the poor of this South American capital believes that it can. QUITO,...
National Catholic Reporter, 04/03/09 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
The faith of Tony Blair: former prime minister talks about the place of religion in a new world
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- His hair grayer and a bit thinner than one remembers from his decade in I0 Downing Street (1997-2007), former British Prime...
National Catholic Reporter, 03/06/09 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
Cautious hope, transparency concerns: some ask: why try to solve a problem that doesn't exist?
American nuns say they are cautiously optimistic that the two-year study of their life ordered by the Vatican late last month will give a truthful...
National Catholic Reporter, 02/20/09 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
Summit affirms lay stake in future church: lifetime formation, financial support dominate lay ministers' concerns
Catholic laywomen and men turned a corner in this city of fantasy and family fun April 20-23. They stepped out of the shadow of their church's sex...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/13/08 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
Churches and saints of Lower Manhattan
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Can't afford the airfare to Goa, St. Francis Xavier's burial grounds in offshore Western India?...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/13/08 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
The imprint of the Irish
By the end of the Revolutionary War, some 300,000 to 500,000 Irish had come to the New World at a time when it took 70 or more days to cross the...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/13/08 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
The wonder of the world's most precious resource
Ask any 10 people what is the most essential element of life and chances are a majority of them will say "water." Yet few if any of them may know...
National Catholic Reporter, 04/18/08 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication -
Water tapping a strained supply
Water--why worry? New Jersey is blessed with 40 inches of rain on average each year. Water is everywhere. Yet the state's magnificent shoreline is...
National Catholic Reporter, 04/18/08 by Patricia Lefevere · More from publication
