USCCB elections present clear choices
Faith and Justice: The upcoming USCCB committee chairs election will present American bishops with clear choices that will indicate the conference's direction for the next few years.
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Reader's Retrospective: Mary Ann Hain
Reader's Retrospective: If Mary Ann Hain skipped an issue or two, she would find herself missing NCR because "you couldn't get the same information anywhere else."
Reader's Retrospective: James C. Webster
Reader's Retrospective: James C. Webster, self-described "inveterate pack rat," saved copies of the National Catholic Reporter for years -- storing them in the basement of his home in Madison, S.D.
Bible wisdom comes to life in dialogue
Book Review: Do not be put off by its didactic title. How to Read the Bible is an engaging, inspirational and accessible book
Reader's Retrospective: Sr. Imelda Maurer
Reader's Retrospective: As a "breakfast reader" during silent meals, Providence Sr. Imelda Maurer would comb through the National Catholic Reporter for articles to share with her community.
Pope Francis holds a double-secret meeting with Bishop Morrie
Soul Seeing: Bishop Morrie has a story about meeting the pontiff during his U.S. trip.
Reader's Retrospective: John Garrity
Reader's Retrospective: John Garrity first encountered the National Catholic Reporter as a Norbertine novice at St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, Wis.
A communion of saints
This year, Nov. 1, the Solemnity of All Saints, falls on a Sunday. The solemnity supersedes the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time and offers Lectionary readings unique to its themes. All the readings focus on our status as "children of God" (second reading) called into loving and eternal relationship with God and with all those who belong to God.
Preview: A saint and a promise kept (eventually)
Preview: In 1917, an Army sergeant major made a deal with God, with St. Colman as the intercessor.
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Preview: The joys of Mychal Judge, fallen 9/11 chaplain
Preview: Some see sainthood in the larger-than-life spirit of Franciscan Fr. Mychal Judge, who died giving last rites to a firefighter in the north tower of the World Trade Center.
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In This Issue
June 16-29, 2017
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