Faithful Magazine - September 09

September 09 A Catholic Magazine For Girls

Contents

A message from Anna

Princess Academy

Stopping Abortion

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Page 5

Pages 6-8

Wordsearch

What Is Love?

Saint Space

Page 9

Pages 10-11

Pages 12-13

Thunderstorms

Books

Baptism

Page 14

Page 15

Pages 16-17

Fun Stuff

Quiz

Blessed Jeanne Jugan

Page 18

Page 19

Pages 20-23

A Prayer in “Red”

Music

Quiz Answers

Page 24

Page 25

Page 26

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A message from Anna

Hiya! Thanks for reading the magazine :) Now summer is pretty much over and for many of us school is starting again, or has started already, after the wonderful summer break.

I know that readers of this magazine are from all over the world and come from a variety of family backgrounds. However we have one thing that unites us - Our Faith.

This issue includes an article on Abortion from Chanel, What is Love? by Sarah, Book and music recommendations, Saint Space: St. Philomena, plus much more!

I pray that you all feel encouraged in your faith and learn something new as you read this issue of Faithful.

Remember - I need help producing this magazine please send in your stories via the website or to: faithfulmagazine@googlemail.com

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PRINCESS ACADEMY

By Shannon Hale

Reviewed By:

Rosalie Chan

SHANNON HALE HAS WRITTEN 5 GREAT BOOKS...

But in my opinion Princess Academy is the best. Not only was it a New York Times bestseller, it was also a Rebecca Caudill Award-nominated and Newberry Honor book.

Set in Mount Eskel outside of

Despite her small size, she

the fantasy country Danland, the residents (or highlanders) who mine the Linder stone for a living are considered inferior to Danlanders (or as they are

is courageous and clever.

She wants to help Mt. Eskel out in the best way possible. Will she be the next princess?

called, lowlanders).

I couldn’t put this book down!

When the priests of Danland prophesy that the prince’s wife Shannon Hale specializes will come from Mount Eskel, in writing original fantasies an academy is set up there for with fascinating all eligible girls to train to characters, magically become princesses. perplexing elements, and Many of the girls hope to be suspenseful plots with the lucky one. Miri is a unexpected but pleasing mountain girl attending the endings. This is princess academy.

unquestionably no exception.

Read a great book you want to share?

Write a review or just recommend it to me.

Just send it to: faithfulmagazine@googlemail.com

What matters to You? Stopping Abortion.

If I told you that a child in your neighbourhood was going to be killed today, what would you do? Today in New South Wales, Australia (NSW), 114 babies will be ripped from their mothers womb. This is a legal procedure throughout most countries in the world today and seems to be a common practice. Abortion is a multi million dollar industry subsidised by the Australian taxpayer. The top 5 abortionists earn $1.5 million per year from Medicare alone in NSW. When is a baby actually a human? A scientific textbook called "Basics of Biology� (CL Stone, 2004) gives 5 characteristics of living things.

1) Living things are highly organised.

2) All living things have an ability to acquire materials and energy.

3) All living things have an ability to respond to their environment.

4) All living things have an ability to reproduce.

5) All living things have an ability to adapt.

Corresponding to these definitions of life, life begins at fertilization.

The being is highly organised, can acquire materials and energy, can respond to the environment, has the ability to adapt and can reproduce (the cells divide, and divide again). Human beings are member of the species homo sapiens. They are products of conception. Genetically, a new human being comes into existence from the earliest moment of conception.

There are three types of abortions used depending on the age. For babies under 12 weeks doctors commonly use suction aspiration. Midtrimester abortions need preparation of the cervix which takes about two hours and the abortion is usually performed two days later. And then comes partial birth abortion, a procedure which I found too horrific and graphic to describe.

Did you know that the Contraceptive pill is an abortifacient? An abortifacient is a drug or other chemical agent that causes abortion.

The first contraceptive pill received FDA approval in 1960. It contained only synthetic estrogen and it worked by making a woman’s body think she's already pregnant. The high levels of synthetic estrogen in the pill from the 1960's and 70's caused dangerous side effects such as blood clots, heart attacks and strokes.

The pill manufacturers lowered the levels of estrogen from 150mcg to 30-20mcg. While this reduced the rates of side effects it increased the level of unintended breakthrough ovulations. In response, pill manufacturers added synthetic progesterone to the synthetic estrogen. The progesterone has two effects. One, it thickens the woman’s cervical mucus and two, it dries up blood vessels along the uterine wall. So when the sperm still reaches the egg and fertilises it the embryo has nowhere to implant and is lost in a woman's menses.

For this reason, the contraceptive pill also works as an abortifacient.

Does an unborn baby have human rights? Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. The right to life is the most basic of all human rights. Everyone wants to live, so does the unborn baby. The unborn baby is separate from his or her mother and therefore is unmistakably a human being. Dugongs and turtles are protected wildlife and a maximum penalty of $50,000 or 5 years imprisonment is enforced, when disturbing the eggs. How is it that society has allowed human beings to be killed and animal eggs protected?

I once read a website that said, "Abortion is a safe surgical procedure, some estimates suggesting that it is ten times safer than childbirth."

Abortion is not without risk or after effects. There are immediate physical effects such as reaction to anesthetic, infection, loss of or damage to other organs, vomiting, intense pain or cramping, fever and passing blood clots.

The long term effects are miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, infertility and even Breast Cancer. Emotional side effects can include guilt, shame, regret, remorse, obsession with the date of abortion, anger, weeping or sighing, depression, flashbacks, anorexia or bulimia, relationship problems, frustration and even suicidal tendencies. These are just a few of the effects and there are a lot more.

You know what matters to me? Approximately 115,000 unborn babies will die from abortion per day, world wide. Approximately 42 million unborn babies will die from abortion, world wide, per year. So what are you going to do about that child, today?

By Chanel De Bono

Chanel, who wrote the above article, has a website:

http://www.faithfullteens.webs.com And also a blog:

http://www.faithfullteens.blogspot.com

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E V O L S I T A H W Love can be a hard thing to know as a teenager or young adult. Feelings can be mistaken for love.

Remember love is not an emotion rather it is an act of the will. What does that mean? An act of the will means you choose to love and it doesn't depend on how you are feeling that day. Love must not be an 'I need you' but rather an 'I'm going to be there for you because you need me' See how love is giving to the other rather than receiving?

Talk is cheap, true love wants what's best for you and does what's best for you.

'Love is patient, love is kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not illmannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs, love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and it's faith, hope and patience never fail.' 1 Corinthians 13 4-7.

This passage from the Bible clearly shows that love is not a self-centered thing but rather a sacrifice for the other persons well-being.

“Man can not live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it.

This is why Christ the Redeemer fully reveals man to himself." Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul makes a beautiful statement here giving us Jesus as an example for true love as it says in Ephesians 5:25 ‘Husbands love your wives just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for her.’ Ask yourself this: What did Jesus do for us, the Church? Jesus gave His life for us in order that we might live. This then is a true witness of love.

Okay, so maybe that does not literally mean that we have to die in order to prove our love for someone, but it certainly does mean that we have to make some sacrifices and in order for a relationship to really work you must put the other person before yourself.

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By Sarah Age 15

11 So what does ‘put to the then the people in the test’ mean? It means that relationship will find after the 'romance' after themselves in a vacuum: the 'She's so sweet, he's just being sucked in, so cute' feelings have falling down deeper and passed and after the deeper but not knowing sensual and how to stop. emotional However if tendencies the love was "We must never grow weaker, a true gift of forget that only young people self, so that when love between find they belong human beings is put themselves to each to the test can it's faced with other, not true value be seen" reality, only will the Pope John Paul II because after relationship this nothing survive, but more grow stronger and sink remains except the value deeper roots. of that person and the inner truth about the love Do these messages sound of those connected comes a bit different to the ones to life. that we hear in the media This moment in a persons or friends? life will prove one of two things.

In todays world the idea of love has been twisted so If it was nothing more than badly, is it hard to see why teenagers and young a synchronisation of adults are finding sensual and emotional themselves mixed up in experiences the bad and harmful relationship will loose it's purpose for existence and relationships?

Is it hard to see then that those same teenagers fall for the false idea of love and marry only to find that after a while the feeling is gone and then divorce?

A few things to keep in mind: Love always brings you up... lust always brings you down.

In order to know love and another, you must first know yourself.

Look in the right places for the right person.

Surround yourself with friends that share the same values as you.

The essential reason for choosing a person must be personal not merely sexual.

Life will determine the value of a choice and the value and true magnitude of love.

Saint Space

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Saint Philomena Saint Philomena was martyred at about age 14 in the early days of the church.

Because it was a popular custom of the early martyrs to leave symbols and signs such as these, it was easily determined that St. Philomena was a virgin and a martyr.

In 1805 Canon Francis de Lucia of Mugnano, Italy was in the Treasury of the Rare Collection of Christian Antiquity (Treasury of Relics) in the Vatican.

In 1802 the remains of a young woman were found in a catacomb.

An inscription near her tomb read "Peace be with thee, Philomena", along with drawings of two anchors, three arrows and a palm. Near her bones a small glass vial was discovered, which contained the remains of blood.

When he reached the remains of Saint Philomena he was struck with sudden spiritual joy and asked that he be allowed to take the relics and enshrine them in a chapel in Mugnano.

After some disagreements, which were settled after Canon Francis was cured following his prayers to Saint Philomena, he was allowed to take the relics to Mugnano.

Miracles began to be reported at the shrine including cures of cancer, healing of wounds, and the Miracle of Mugnano where Venerable Pauline Jaricot was cured of a severe heart ailment overnight.

Pope Leo XII granted permission for the erection of altars and churches in her honor and Pope Gregory XVI authorized her public veneration, as well as naming her patroness of the Living Rosary.

The cure of Pope Pius IX, while he was archbishop of Imola, was attributed to Philomena and in 1849, he named her patroness of the Children of Mary.

She soon became very popular and many people including St. John Vianney were particularly devoted to her.

Got a saint you’d like me to focus on?

Email me at faithfulmagazine@googlemail.com and tell me!

13 What do we know about St. Philomena’s life?

All that we know about St. Philomena’s life came from revelations received

by Sister Maria Luisa di Gesù from Saint Philomena herself.

rope and raised her to the river bank.

Next she was shot with arrows, on the first occasion her wounds were healed, on the second the arrows turned aside, and on the third, they returned and killed six of the archers, and several of the others became Christians.

Saint Philomena told her she was the daughter of a King in Greece who, with his wife, had converted to Christianity. At the age of about 13 she took a vow of consecrated virginity.

Finally the Emperor had her decapitated, which occurred on a Friday at three in the afternoon, the same time as Jesus’ death.

When the Emperor Diocletian threatened to make war on her father, he went with his family to Rome to ask for peace.

The Emperor fell in love with the young Philomena and, when she refused to be his wife, he subjected her to a series of torments.

Firstly she suffered from scourging (whipping), but two angels cured her.

Secondly the Emperor tried to drown her with an anchor attached to her, but two angels cut the

In these visions St. Philomena also revealed that her birthday was on the 10th January, that her martyrdom occurred on the 10th August (this was also the date of the arrival of her relics in Mugnano), and that her name "Philomena" meant "daughter of light".

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Thanks to http:// t iheartministry.blogspo .com/ for this story!

A little girl walked to and from school daily.

Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with lightning.

The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school and she feared the electrical storm might harm her child.

Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school.

A Child’s View of Thunderstorms As she did, she saw her little girl walking along. At each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up, and smile.

Another and another flash of lighting followed quickly and with each, the little girl would look at the streak of light and smile.

When the mother's car drew up beside the child, she lowered the window and called to her 'What are you doing?'

The child answered, 'I am trying to look pretty because God keeps taking my picture.'

May God bless you today and everyday as you face the storms that come your way.

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Books

The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth is an easy to understand, downto-earth guide to all things Catholic.

You can learn all about God the father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit and explore the mission and structure of the Catholic Church.

Also you can learn more about the sacraments, Catholic morality and prayer.

I really recommend this book as it is easy to read and understand and I’ve already learnt a lot from it.

It’s great to have on your shelf to quickly flip through when you need an answer.

It’s published by Saint Mary’s Press: www.smp.org

The Book of Secrets

Gone

By Kathy Lee

By Michael Grant

Far in the future, the sea has Suddenly there are no taken over, turning huge adults, no answers. What mountains into islands and would you do? swallowing cities whole.

In the blink of an eye, the Many people were wiped world changes. The adults out, but some humans still vanish without a trace, and struggle on: fishing, hunting, those left must do all they keeping away from things can to survive. left over from the Old Times.

For Sam and Astrid, it is a On the island of Insh More, race against time as they try Jamie leads a simple life, to solve the questions that but his friend Rob dreams of now dominate their lives... more.

I really enjoyed this book. It was fast-paced and also rather chilling to see what Dangers that threaten to kill. could happen when no adults are left.

Can the book in the sealskin bag save them?

I also liked the way religion This book is a great is incorporated well into the adventure story and I really story and not cast aside enjoyed it. although the author is not religious himself.

It’s a very short book, with only 144 pages.

However, between Rob and his dream lies danger.

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BAPTISM Baptism is one of the Seven Sacraments. It is often called the ‘first sacrament’ because it is the first sacrament we receive, and one cannot receive the other sacraments without being baptised.

It is the first of three sacraments which we call the Sacraments of Initiation (the other two are Sacrament of Confirmation and the Sacrament of Holy Communion. Once you have been baptised you are a member of the church.

In the Catholic Church many people are baptised as infants. However some other Christian denominations object to infant baptism as they think that the person being baptised should be able to choose for themselves. There is evidence that infant baptism has been practiced since the early days of the church and if baptism is withheld until a child is older then their salvation is put in danger if they die unbaptised.

Adults who convert to Catholicism are baptised unless they have already been baptised in another Christian church. A person can only be baptised once as a Christian. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the process through which adults become members of the Catholic Church The grace we receive from Baptism has several important effects. Through Baptism we are welcomed into the Christian community by Christ himself.

All our sins are forgiven, including Original Sin, and we are given the grace to fight future temptations. We are born into a new life, this is not a physical rebirth, but a spiritual birth as a child of God. We first receive the Holy Spirit into our lives in Baptism.

Baptism is necessary for our salvation. Baptism unites us with God and makes us one family in the Church.

So, does this mean that an unbaptised person cannot receive salvation? No. We believe that salvation is possible for those who, through no fault of their own, have never heard of Christ, but follow the call that God has placed within their hearts. In rare cases when a person wants to join the church, but is killed before they are able to that person is said to have had a Baptism of Blood and will be saved. Also we trust in God’s mercy and pray for any child who has died before receiving the Sacrament of Baptism.

17 Baptism of a child or infant usually begins with a formal welcome into the church community. Then the child who is to be baptised, or their parents and godparents, is asked to reject satan and all his works and proclaim their belief in the Holy Trinity and the Church.

The water that is going to be used for baptism is then blessed. It is poured over the child (or the child is immersed in the water) while the priest says “I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”.

Next, the child is anointed with sacred Chrism (a scented oil that is blessed by the Bishop) as a sign of the gift of the Holy Spirit. Finally a baptismal candle, lit from the Easter candle, is given to the child or the godparents.

The Easter candle is a symbol of Christ and the baptismal candle is a sign that the person has received the light of Christ to share with the world.

Usually baptism is administered by a priest, deacon or bishop. However if is necessary any ordinary person, even an unbaptised person, may baptise.

All they have to do is pour water over the person’s head while saying “I baptise you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”.

Usually this happens when someone is very near to death and wishes to be baptised, but a priest or deacon is not available.

Traditionally white is worn for Baptism as it symbolises purity and also represents ‘putting on Christ’. Some traditions include: making the baptismal robes out of the same cloth that was used to create the mother's wedding gown or giving the godparents the honor of providing the gown.

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HELP THE BOY FIND HIS ROSARY!

Recipe: Chocolate Brownies!

Ingredients: • 115g (4 oz) butter, diced • 115g (4 oz) plain chocolate, broken into pieces • 1 tablespoon golden syrup • 150g (5 oz) dark muscovado sugar • 150 g (5 oz) caster sugar • 4 eggs, beaten • 225g (8 oz) self-raising flour • 40g (1 1/2 oz) cocoa powder • 50g (2 oz) white chocolate, cut into small pieces • 50g (2 oz) walnut pieces (optional)

1. Line the base and sides of a swiss roll tin (measuring about 30 cm x 22 cm) with baking parchment or greased greaseproof paper.

2. Preheat the oven to Gas mark 4/electric oven 180°C/fan oven 160°C. 3. Place the butter, chocolate and syrup in a large saucepan and melt together over a gentle heat. Add all the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and spread evenly into the corners.

4. Bake in the oven for approximately 30 minutes until it has risen, is firm to the touch and is coming away from the sides.

5. When cold, cut into squares and store in an airtight container until ready to serve.

Quiz 1) What is the colour worn by the Priest during ordinary time?

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Red Green Purple Gold

2) What is the position a man may hold while training to be a Priest which allows him to read the Gospel at Mass and assist the Priest?

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Deacon Altar Server Acolyte Paritioner

3) What is the proper way to address a Cardinal?

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'Your Excellency' 'Your Grace' 'Your Eminence' 'Your Beatitude'

4) What is the sacred compartment in a Church where unused consecrated hosts are placed for storage to be used in the next mass?

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Tabernacle Chalice Ciborium Paten

5) The house in which parish priests live is usually called what?

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Chancery Rectory Office Church

6) Who generally serves as the head of a Diocese?

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Deacon Cardinal Bishop Priest

7) What does 'Catholic' mean?

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Christ-like Universal Powerful Peter

Answers on Page 26

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BLESSED JEANNE JUGAN Feast Day: 30th August

By Rosalie Chan

Jeanne Jugan was born on October 25, 1792 in Brittany, France. Her father, Joseph Jugan was lost at sea when she was three. Marie Jugan, her mother, had to raise Jeanne and her seven siblings herself. This was during the French Revolution when the government suppressed religion. Despite that, Jeanne was raised a faithful Catholic.

When she was young, she volunteered to help the Third Order of the Admirable Mother, which taught catechism and performed corporal acts of mercy. They had to do it secretly because of the suppression of the government. At 16, Jeanne started to work as the maid for the Viscountess de la Choue, a wealthy Christian woman. She was a very good example to Jeanne. The Viscountess had refined manners, and she often visited the poor and sick living near her.

During this time, Jeanne was proposed to by a sailor, but she had decided to give her life to God. When she was 25, she started working at a hospital in Saint Servan. After six years, she left to work for a kind old Christian woman named Mlle. Lecoq. They prayed, taught catechism to children, and cared for the poor until Mlle. Lecoq died. Then Jeanne, along with an old woman named Francoise Aubert and a teenager named Virginie Tredaniel, formed a community of prayer in a small cottage. They taught catechism and helped the poor, giving whatever extra money they had to them.

21 One day Jeanne met Anne Chavin, a poor blind old widow.

Jeanne and her two companions decided to let her live in their home and to take care of her. Soon, Jeanne took in another elderly woman.

Jeanne’s friends nominated her for the Montyon Award, which was given to a poor French man or woman who accomplished outstanding public service. Jeanne won first prize, which was 3000 francs. She also won a gold medal from the Masonic Lodge.

She used the money to pay for a new roof and some furniture and melted down the gold into a chalice. Her award advertised her work to the civil authorities.

Her order, the Little Sisters of the Poor, was founded in 1842.

Their mission was to care for the elderly. To support her community, Jeanne had to beg for food and money, even though she hated to. To this day, the Little Sisters of the Poor still beg for food and money.

Unfortunately, two weeks after the Order of the Little Sisters of the Poor was established, the parish priest Fr. le Pailleur had Jeanne Jugan step down from her position as Mother Superior.

Then he told her to retire and that she could no longer beg. He cut off all her associations with her friends and benefactors. All she could do now was pray and oversee manual work. Soon, Fr. le Pailleur even claimed he was the founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor! Once, Jeanne groaned, “They have stolen my work from me!” Then she said to Fr. le Pailleur, “But I willingly give it to you.”

Here, Jeanne Jugan demonstrates humble obedience.

Jeanne Jugan was devoted to Mary, our Mother. In 1879 she passed away. She was 86 years old. Her last words were, “O Mary, my dear Mother, come to me. You know I love you and how I long to see you!” By this time, there were 2400 Little Sisters in 10 countries.

22 After Jeanne’s death, an investigation was conducted to find out who the true founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor was, and it was indeed Jeanne Jugan. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 3, 1982.

Veneration to Bl. Jeanne Jugan was the cause of many miracles.

Sister Marguerite McCarthy, superior of the Little Sisters of the Poor home in San Pedro, was called up in 2002 by a woman from Nebraska who she never met. The woman’s husband was healed after she prayed a novena to Jeanne Jugan for his benefit. Another miracle was witnessed by Dr. Edward Gatz. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer, but after praying to Bl. Jeanne Jugan for a few months, he was cancer-free!

Bl. Jeanne Jugan will be canonized by Pope Benedict XVI this year on October 11. Sr. McCarthy, Dr. Gatz, his wife, and Little Sisters from around the world representing their homes plan to attend the event. “The Little Sisters hope that the canonization of their founderess will inspire more and more sick and elderly persons to look to her as a friend and loving intercessor,” said Sr. McCarthy.

Bl. Jeanne Jugan is an excellent role model. She was loving, humble, obedient, a hard worker, and more. As a Little Sister said, she was very pro-life. Instead of letting a poor elderly woman starve and die without a home, Jeanne took care of her. This prolife decision was what inspired Jeanne to found the Little Sisters of the Poor. Today the Little Sisters are against methods of termination of life such as euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Instead, their works are an admirable example of the Scripture passage Matthew 25:34-40, where Jesus says, “As long as you did these things for one of my brothers an sisters, you did it for me.”

23 Bl. Jeanne Jugan said, “We must spoil the poor all we can,” and that whatever we do, we are to do it for Jesus. Today there are almost 3,000 Little Sisters taking care of about 13,000 needy elderly people in 202 nursing homes around the world. They are very excited about Bl. Jeanne Jugan’s upcoming canonization.

And so am I. I’ve visited the Little Sisters of the Poor home near where I live many times since I was very young. We often went there for Mass.

Last year I started volunteering there. The Little Sisters are so kind, and the residents are usually happy to have someone to talk to. They all have different stories and backgrounds. Some can’t see, hear, or speak, but are just content to have someone to be with them. The elderly has taught me a lot. I highly encourage you to take some time to visit the elderly. You will gain something good from the experience, and at the same time, you may be making a small difference in their lives. As Bl. Jeanne Jugan said, “Making the elderly happy, that is what counts!”

24 A Prayer in "Red" A Pro-life Poem

Today we pray, For those who want their way, To make abortion legal, Lord, let them do no part, of the evil in their hearts.

Today, we send these envelopes, With a message, With a plea, To save those innocent children, From a death, they have been, Unable to defend.

Life given - from the Lord, Given for a reason.

Life taken - from the world, Taken for no reason.

Lord, let these red envelopes, Change the hearts, Of those who want the world, To tear apart, Innocent hearts. by: Svetlana Dunlap Age 13

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Quiz Answers 1) What is the colour worn by the Priest during ordinary time?

Green - Green is used for most of the year. Red is used for special days (i.e. Good Friday). Purple is used during Lent and gold is worn on Solemnities and special feast days of Saints (i.e. Patron Saint of the country or parish).

2) What is the position a man may hold while training to be a Priest which allows him to read the Gospel at Mass and assist the Priest?

Deacon - There are two ways of becoming a deacon. The first way is you begin training to become a Priest at a Seminary, then you are ordained a deacon as part of your training and then eventually be ordained a Priest. The second way is you train only to become a deacon and remain one for the rest of your life.

3) What is the proper way to address a Cardinal?

'Your Eminence' - ‘Your Eminence’ is the proper way to address a Cardinal. A Bishop would be addressed as ‘Your Excellency’, an Archbishop as ‘Your Grace’, a Patriarch as ‘Your Beatitude’ and the Pope as ‘Your Holiness’ or ‘Holy Father’.

4) What is the sacred compartment in a Church where unused consecrated hosts are placed for storage to be used in the next mass?

Tabernacle - The tabernacle is usually located at the back of the Altar so that is easy for the Priest to access it. The unused hosts are placed in a ciborium, which is then placed inside the tabernacle. Either a ciborium or a paten may be used to hold the hosts during the consecration and the giving out of Communion. The paten can also just be used for the large host. The chalice is a cup in which the water and wine are placed in to be consecrated and distributed.

5) The house in which parish priests live is usually called what?

Rectory - You may notice a house connected to or very close to the church.

That is usually the rectory.

6) Who generally serves as the head of a Diocese?

Bishop - The Bishops can trace their consecration all the way back to the Apostles. The Bishops are the successors of the Apostles while the Pope is the successor of St. Peter.

7) What does 'Catholic' mean?

Universal