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 For
love of the game: Emphasizing justice in youth sports
We shouldn't
just be in it to win it. Sometimes that means parents need to be
sidelined so kids can just play.
When his daughter was
playing youth basketball, Clark Power found himself serving as both
parent and coach. He wanted his daughter, who was a good dribbler but shy
and nervous in front of crowds, to be more aggressive and animated. He
remembers running up and down the sidelines during one game, trying to
engage her. "Toward the end of the first half, she walked over to me
and said, 'Hey, Dad, do you want me to play in the second half?'"
Power recalls. Yes, of course, he responded. "She said, 'Go sit on
the bench.' I went to the bench, and that was a game changer for
me." Read
more.
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 What do Catholics believe about the
devil?
The snake in the garden? The master of mischief? Who
is this sneaky devil? We're glad you asked.
The most popular
explanation of Satan maintains that he is a fallen angel tempted by
pride. He is said to be a seducer originally created as good and whose
rebellion against the divine will is reflected in the temptation that he
offered to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Read
more.
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 Should girls
be allowed to serve at the altar?
When girls
are barred from being altar servers, they miss out on an important part
of faith formation--and the church does, too.
I recently went back to my
home parish for Mass for the first time after returning from college. My
eyes snapped to the altar servers, and I watched closely throughout Mass
as they seamlessly executed their tasks--processed up the aisle, held
candles during the readings, led the priest to the ambo for the gospel,
and washed his hands. I was proud. I had served from fourth grade all the
way through high school, and I had personally trained all of the servers
who were on the altar that day. Read
more.
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the end of the essay.
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 Marriott's
reminder to tip your hotel maids
Sure, we tip
our waiters, valets, and bellhops. But what about those whose jobs are
done anonymously without that personal connection and charm?
The hotel brand Marriott,
with the help of journalist Maria Shriver, has decided to leave a
friendly reminder in each room for us. Their new campaign, "The
Envelope Please," will place envelopes--complete with the name of
the room's attendant and a short message--in 160,000 hotel rooms across
the United States and Canada. The envelopes will encourage guests to
leave a suggested $1 to $5 tip a night. Read
more.
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Chicago meets its new
archbishop as the 'Pope Francis effect' sets in
When Spokane
Bishop Blase Cupich got a call 10 days ago with the news that Pope
Francis had chosen him to be the next archbishop of Chicago--the
pontiff's most important U.S. appointment to date-he was so taken
aback that he couldn't speak for a few moments.
A lot of other
Catholics are trying to absorb the news as well, just as surprised that
Francis picked the 65-year-old Cupich, who had been considered a long
shot by many Vatican handicappers. They were also pleased, or concerned,
that the pope had evidently chosen a bishop who shared his own
emphasis on listening to the flock and caring for the
poor. "I think that he"--Francis--"sent a pastor, not
a message," Cupich told reporters. Read
more.
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 Read:
What They Wished For
By Lawrence J. McAndrews (University of Georgia,
2014)
The election of John F.
Kennedy in 1960 has long been described as the apogee of Catholic political
life in the history of the United States. Largely eschewing his Irish
Catholic identity, Kennedy convinced the electorate that he was an
American who happened to be Catholic and not merely a pawn of the Roman
pontiff. Read
more.
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