Archive - 2007

Priest from Binalbagan appointed Prefect Apostolic in Marshall Islands
Vatican Information Service

VATICAN CITY, DEC 21, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Raymundo Sabio M.S.C., formerly a missionary in Korea, as apostolic prefect of the Marshall Islands (area 181, population 50,874, Catholics 4,601, priests 7, permanent deacons 1, religious 14). He succeeds Fr. James C. Gould S.J., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same apostolic prefecture the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

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Who is Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo ?

I would suggest adding a section in the forums for saints and holy people. Thank you.

Iggy

The past days, we have been receiving feedback from readers of our
November-December 2007 issue. The article entitled 'Death' was one
article which brought forth several stories from readers. I have
emailed them asking for permission to post portions of their sharing
here. While waiting for that, I'd like to share my own two cents'
worth. . . Death is something that I personally feared -- most
especially when I try to imagine how it would be being 6 feet below the
ground in total darkness, no one with you and then feeling the maggots

Hi friends!
We've received several responses to an article we have featured for
our November - December 2007 issue. You may read the full article at
the following links:
http://www.misyonmagazine.com/content.php?contentID=20071107-215403 or at http://www.misyononline.com/life_story.html

http://www.oblateyouth.com/index.php?page=1 is the web address of Oblate Youth Australia. It has items related to World Youth Day and shows how some young Australians are trying to live their Catholic faith.

http://www.omiphil.org/index.asp will take you to the website of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in the [b]Philippines.

Broken Bay Diocese, New South Wales, Australia, is just north of the Archdiocese of Sydney, the host of WYD 08. Here is the link to Broken Bay's special website for the festival: http://www.wydbrokenbay.org.au/

John Paul II Named Patron for Youth Day '08 www.zenit.org

SYDNEY, Australia, NOV. 5, 2007 (Zenit.org).- World Youth Day organizers say that Servant of God Pope John Paul II was a natural choice as one of the event's 10 patrons, since the Polish Pontiff invented the gatherings.

L'Osservatore Romano published the list of patrons chosen for WYD '08, to be held in Sydney in July.

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a student and athlete who worked with Catholic Action of Italy, also made the list. Blessed Pier died at age 24 in 1925.