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U.S. Catholic: May 2007

Not just lip service:
Why the Creed matters
Admit it: When you recite the Creed at Mass, you tune out at about "seen and unseen" and re-enter consciousness at "the life of the world to come." It's OK—we all do. But Father Robert Barron offers some good reasons why our profession of faith needs our complete attention.

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How quickly we forget
Immigration in our church and our country is nothing new, Brett Hoover points out. Indeed, we do a disservice to our ancestors and new immigrants in faith when we allow their memories to fade.

The Examined Life:
Anglican idol
Is the world big enough for "normal" Mass and the U2charist?

Margin Notes:
Be our guest?
The U.S. should be a thoughtful host of our sojournering guest workers.

Between the lines
Being a “Catholic writer” isn’t so much about the religious affiliation of your fictional characters, says Alice McDermott in this Expert Witness interview. It can be as simple as allowing grace to filter through.

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Sharon Daly receives 2006 U.S. Catholic Award for Furthering the Cause of Women in the Church

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Guy Consolmagno Siteseeing with astronomer Guy Consolmagno

cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/mpc.html
The astronomical sites I visit are not flashy but useful. For more detailed information about comets, astroids, and trans-Neptunian objects, which make up the heart of my research, I contact the Minor Planet Center at Harvard. The Vatican Observatory’s site is: vaticanobservatory.org.

comedycentral.com
When I am abroad, to keep in touch with what’s really going on back in America, I connect to the source that most people trust for their news: The Daily Show.

girlgeniusonline.com
Comic book sites like this are fun and remind me that what I do is only slightly removed from magic. The artists are a husband-and-wife team, whom I first met at a science fiction convention.

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