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		<title>Weekend calendar May 6-8</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2011/05/06/weekend-calendar-may-6-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 23:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Mother&#8217;s Day to our Heavenly Mother, our earthly mothers and Maggie&#8217;s Place moms and alumnae. The house of hospitality for expectant women who are alone opened on Mother&#8217;s Day 2000. Don&#8217;t forget about the JPII exhibit, Poor Clares, Diversity Mass and more this weekend. For a look at how students at one school is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenten resources</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2011/03/09/lenten-resources-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some Lenten resources I&#8217;ve stumbled across over the last week or so&#8230; 40 More book — Life Teen invites Catholics to take 40 Days to spend more time in Scripture, reflection and prayer. Start during Lent, post-retreat or any time. Details and a 12-page preview. USCCB Lenten calendar — Daily suggestions for prayer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas from Catholic Relief Services</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/12/23/merry-christmas-from-catholic-relief-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got this video e-card from Catholic Relief Services and thought I&#8217;d share it. Ironically, as this world has become more global through the Internet and social media, it&#8217;s also become more individualized with people only following news of &#8220;local&#8221; relevance. As a universal Catholic Church, it&#8217;s all local. Like many things, you just need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti — Six months after the quake</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/07/12/haiti-%e2%80%94-six-months-after-the-quake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/07/12/haiti-%e2%80%94-six-months-after-the-quake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have paid any attention to media outlets lately, you should know that today marks the six month anniversary since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the Western Hemisphere&#8217;s poorest country. The Catholic Sun reported on initial relief efforts from local Catholics in our Feb. 3 issue. I had heard very little since then on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day gift ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/05/05/mothers-day-gift-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 10:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still looking for a way to honor your earthly mother this Sunday? Here are some Catholic/life-affirming ideas: Help feed struggling families in her name — The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is giving the local community a chance to honor their mom by giving her &#8220;Flowers that Feed.&#8221; Moms will get a custom-designed gift/note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Fast</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/04/02/food-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Catholics finished their fast yesterday since it was Good Friday. The Youth Ministry at St. Bridget Parish in Mesa are starting theirs. They&#8217;re joining in a 24-hour fast today in solidarity with youth around the world. It&#8217;s sponsored by Catholic Relief Services. I did a zip code search on the Food Fast&#8217;s Web site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Rice Bowl — U.S. speaker tour</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/03/12/operation-rice-bowl-%e2%80%94-u-s-speaker-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MESA — Students at St. Timothy School heard a firsthand account March 5 of how funds from their second annual Operation Rice Bowl collection transforms lives. The global hunger awareness initiative, which coincides with Lent, is a project of Catholic Relief Services. Thomas Awiapo and his three brothers ate from a single bowl as children. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Responding to the earthquake in Chile</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/02/28/responding-to-the-earthquake-in-chile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long after the 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday morning, Caritas flew out their emergency response team from Haiti. Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations operating in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. “It was an enormous earthquake, so you would expect major damage,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Rice Bowl starts on Ash Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/02/09/operation-rice-bowl-starts-on-ash-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catholic Relief Services will kick off their annual global hunger awareness program Feb. 17, the same day Catholics begin their spiritual journey during the season of Lent. Some 12,000 communities take part in Operation Rice Bowl, which gets its name from the symbolic rice bowl that’s utilized as the focal point. The program also calls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect Haitian Children</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/02/06/protect-haitian-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catholic agencies call for rigorous safeguards to protect Haitian children The heads of five major Catholic agencies outlined measures that should be taken to protect unaccompanied Haitian Children. These agencies, involved in the Haitian earthquake relief effort, detailed the steps in a Feb. 4 letter sent to three cabinet members, according to a press release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting the world&#8217;s poor from climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/09/23/helping-the-worlds-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catholic Relief Services wants supporters to urge key senators to increase funding of international adaptation programs in climate change legislation. &#8220;Contact your senator now and urge that any climate change legislation considered in the Senate allocate $3.5 billion of funding generated by the bill to international adaptation programs starting in 2012 and increase rapidly to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Café Justo</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/08/31/cafe-justo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this summer, I traveled to the border with a group from All Saints Catholic Newman Center. We went to Agua Prieta, Mexico to see some of the work being done for deported immigrants. But perhaps even more interesting was Café Justo coffee roaster located in that city. Café Justo is a coffee grower cooperative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting from the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/03/reporting-from-the-middle-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can&#8217;t find The Catholic Sun&#8217;s managing editor for the next couple of weeks, it&#8217;s because he&#8217;s in the Middle East, as evidenced in the video above. (Also here.) Last Spring, J.D. Long-García, was named a winner of the distinguished 2008 Egan Award for Journalistic Excellence. He is one of a handful of Catholic [...]]]></description>
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