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The president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said organizers of this year's assembly hope attendees would find it to be a contemplative experience because "it is imperative to view religious life within the context of our faith and in an evolving world."

The chatter echoed down the hall from where a dozen ladies sat clustered around a large table, knitting and crocheting. This was no ordinary sewing circle. The group, dubbed “St. Damien’s Helpers,” crafts bandages for victims of Hansen’s disease, better known as leprosy.

Nicole Boujikian, 20, will join the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist as a postulant Aug. 28. God willing, Cesar Ramirez, 29, will soon begin discerning with the Institute of the Incarnate Word. Ramirez said his experience in a secular career made him more aware of the “hidden tears” around him. He rediscovered Christ in those suffering from discrimination and extreme poverty.

Phoenix’s seminarians have a couple more weeks left for their summer ministry — whether that’s at a local parish, in a department of the Diocesan...

Deacon Dick Petersen, M.D., has been elected president of the Catholic Physicians Guild of Phoenix. Deacon Petersen, who was ordained in 1997, graduated from Creighton University Medical School in 1965. The father of three and grandfather of three has been a member of the Catholic Physicians Guild for the last 20 years.

Benedictine Sister Josine Krausnick, who spent 45 years teaching at St. Thomas the Apostle School before retiring June 7, required one last thing of...

A diverse group of young college women lounged on couches at the entrance of the George Mason University Student Union on a recent afternoon. Ninoska Moratin, a campus missionary with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, better known as FOCUS, entreated the students to review their week as she began the Bible study.

Many years ago, in Quezon City, the governing General Chapter of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, established four priorities with which the order would pursue preaching in the postmodern world.

Without getting into specifics, a panel of bishops said April 22 that a comprehensive immigration bill introduced the week before is on the right track, though they alluded to some aspects they would like changed.

NEW YORK (CNS) -- In the end, Roger Ebert's doubts about his Catholic faith may not have been what really mattered. Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral was, after all, the chosen venue for his April 8 funeral Mass, and it was packed to the rafters.