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What’s going on this weekend
Is the weekend looking pretty boring? We’ll here’s a list of things to do from our sunbeams section. Sunbeams, or The Catholic Sun events calendar, is a feature of every issue of the newspaper. You can find a range of things at the end of each issue — from meetings and classes to entertainment to [...]
Portraits
On Tuesday, I went to Sacred Heart Parish to meet with Crosier Brother Jim Lewandowski about immigration services his order is offering the community. We spoke for a long time, and afterward I took this portrait photo of him. I wanted to capture the smallness of his working area, but I think that might be [...]
Thank you, principals
Remember that old trick of learning to spell “principal” by thinking that “the principal of my school is my pal”? Well, today, see if you can’t find a way to really make the principal of your school or your child’s school feel special — like your pal — as it is National Catholic School Principal [...]
A successful race
Some 500 runners and walkers took part in the first Race for Maggie’s Place Nov. 16 After reaching at least double, if not triple the number of targeted runners/walkers in the first Race for Maggie’s Place, staff members are calling the fundraising venture a success. I haven’t heard official numbers yet, but one organizer [...]
Catholics support immigration reform, poll finds
WASHINGTON — A recent Zogby poll of Catholics nationwide showed overwhelming support for reform of the nation’s immigration laws, with Catholics supporting a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million people in the country illegally. The poll conducted Oct. 17-20, included a sample of 1,000 people who self-identified as Roman Catholics and was commissioned [...]