Ministry to the Sick Training is scheduled for August 3rd from 8:30am to 1:00pm at the Catholic Center, 5825 Shelby Oaks Drive. This training is designed to provide new ministers with the basic tools that will be helpful in their ministry. As a trained minister you bring compassion, communion and become sacramental presence of Christ …
Daily Archives: July 2, 2019
Catholic Charities School Supply Drive
Did you know the child poverty rate in Memphis is 39%? That is the second highest rate in the country for a city our size! Catholic Charities of West Tennessee (CCWTN) is inviting you to help these children start the school year off equipped to succeed by donating to our school supply drive. Order online …
Bishop helps migrant family at border cross into U.S. on asylum trek
Jun-28-2019 WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, was able June 27 to help a migrant family seeking asylum successfully cross an international bridge from Mexico into the United States. Under current policy, migrants seeking asylum must stay on the other side of the border while their claims are heard, a …
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Secrecy of confession must never be violated, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the light of “a worrying negative prejudice” against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered the publication of a document affirming the absolute secrecy of everything said in confession and calling on priests to defend it at all costs, even at the cost of their lives. The need for the absolute …
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New therapeutic riding program serves adults with disabilities
Jul-01-2019 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Educator and riding instructor Curt Stacy, wearing a silver and gold crucifix around his neck and a smile on his face, stands in the middle of a dusty horse ring and calls out instructions to two riders, affirming the young men as they carefully follow his directions. He’s exactly where …
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