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• News Highlights for January 11
• CSS campaign reaches goal for 15th straight year
• More stories on the restructuring of parishes
• Riechers' video shows the spiritual way
• Alta. Knights launch scholarships
• Calgary St. Mary's School demolition delayed
• Archbishop MacNeil encourages ecumenism
• Licence plates prepare for 2000
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Debt crisis should be of concern to all
• Editorial: A brutal exercise of power

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• News Highlights for January 18
• Prayer brings Christians together
• The fundraising struggle: Catholic school districts seek to respond to bishop's challenge
• Francophones upset by gov't school edict
• Book Review: Letters To Marc About Jesus by Henri Nouwen
• Book Review: Becoming Human by Jean Vanier
• Charles Moore: A national character crisis
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why don't we prolong Christmas?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Blow the dust off of Paul VI's eye-opening social encyclica
• Editorial: Priests who come from 'away'

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• News Highlights for January 25
• Opening service for Prayer for Christian Unity
• Debt campaign feedback positive
• Youth grow through contact with the poor
• Local couple says daily prayer for your spouse 'really works'
• Long involved in marriage preparation, Mona-Lee Feehan decided to discover what works best
• A magazine for families: Christian perspective shapes Our Family's outlook
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Is physical labour inherently unjust?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: More than slogans needed to reform world's economy
• Editorial: Laity: Don't abandon the world

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• News Highlights for February 1
• Teacher's kindness campaign strikes a chord
• Basilica offers candies for kindness
• Commission happy as gov't backs down on AISH reform
• Changing of the guard at St. Mary's College
• Archbishop answers your questions on parish restructuring
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Celebrate jubilee by solidarity with world's poor
• Editorial: Populism and social teaching

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• News Highlights for February 8
• CSS boosts outreach to child prostitutes
• Chastity counsellor warns youth of dangers of premarital sex
• Deacon offers family counselling
• A parish reacts to restructuring
• Hank Zyp: Developing world doomed to debt
• Editorial: Pop that trial balloon

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• News Highlights for February 15
• Anglicans, Roman Catholics dialogue over ecumenism
• Knights challenge apathy over pro-life
• Irene Turgeon played the organ, helped the poor
• Wainwright youth plan to host rally
• Religious life: A radical call
• Vocation director optimistic
• Tito Ranola: Happy to be ordained
• Fr. Bob Colburn: A Vocation of Hope
• Sr. Marion Garneau: Blessed by religious life
• Collins seeks transformation: St. Paul bishop out to find 50 priests, 50 sisters
• Alberta Vocation Directors Executive
• Allan Ammerlaan: Prison to the priesthood
• Celine Danis: Life as a lay missionary
• Clement Dery: Laity who run parishes
• A boom in Ukrainian Basilians
• Vocations News in Brief
• Book Reviews: Everyday Epiphanies, Traits of a Healthy Spirituality
• Book Review: Northerners Say 'Thanks Sisters'
• Bishop Fred Henry: Value system out of whack
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: When is it okay to use holy water?
• Hank Zyp: Foreign aid slashed as exploitation grows
• Editorial: Gov't abdicates responsibility

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• News Highlights for February 22
• Bishop Thomas Collins: Our new shepherd
• Collins put priority on education, youth
• Edmonton Catholic Schools: Plan calls for school closures
• Fr. Jozsef Hamor: Hungarian pastor gave himself to his parish
• U of A prof finishes dictionary begun by aboriginal nun from Hobbema
• Francophone school gets a home
• Calgary group promotes coats for the homeless
• World Day of Prayer set for March 5
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: How poorer nations become indebted to the wealthy
• Editorial: Time to respond to God's love

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• News Highlights for March 1
• RCIA Rite of Election: 299 candidates say they're ready to become Catholic at Easter
• St. Paul laments Collins' leaving
• Edmonton eager to welcome new archbishop
• New shepherd enjoys being a bishop
• Parents fight for their schools
• Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mary gets credit for pilgrimage
• Newman College ready for the future
• Fr. Juniper Kuefler: Kuefler was enthusiastic preacher
• Sr. Mary Jackson: Jackson an innovator in religious education
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: How to destroy a developing nation's economy
• Editorial: A bishop's modern adventure

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• News Highlights for March 8
• Catholic press under attack: Gov't ruling could spell end of Canadian news service
• Newer city areas wait for schools
• School mural shows Christian spirit
• Hondurans appeal for relief
• Fr. Lucien Kemble: He sought God among the stars
• Rev. Basil Butts: Butts was dedicated preacher
• WCR board member dedicated to his parish
• A voice for voiceless seniors: Maria Labrecque Centre provides training for compassionate care for seniors
• Charles Moore: Was Jesus a vegetarian?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Jubilee a chance to resist growing economic apartheid
• Editorial: 'Out-of-date' commandments

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• News Highlights for March 15
• Overthrow the debt: Vigil raises awareness of major cause of poverty
• Grouard-McLennan awaits new bishop
• Western bishops oppose postal ruling
• Northern dioceses may get more resources from South
• Local priest faces abuse charges
• Questions about gambling: Calgary bishop says health care groups face 'tough choices'
• MacNeil blesses new Newman College facilities
• Jordan lecturer urges balance of theology and spirituality
• Bishop Fred Henry: Political correctness replaces moral correctness
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: End of gold standard creates speculation
• Editorial: Alberta's spirit of openness

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• News Highlights for March 22
• The cry of the poor: CCODP visitor says Peru's poverty grows due to foreign debt
• Superintendent Terry Fortin steps down
• Heritage dep't takes a second look at Church press
• Bring back the deacons: Calgary Diocese to reinstate permanent diaconate
• Campus ministry coordinator testifies to students' thirst for Catholic faith
• St. Michael's School: New library blows out cobwebs
• Parishes urged to promote vocations
• Share Lent 1999: CCODP helps kids see how kids are the same the world over
• Share Lent 1999: $10.5M fund for Mitch victims aids rebuilding of Central America
• Share Lent 1999: Working for justice in Peru
• Charles Moore: Society astonished by celibacy
• Hank Zyp: IMF is colonialism ruled by new oligarchy
• Editorial: Valuing stay-at-home parents

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• News Highlights for March 29
• People of all faiths unite to challenge racial discrimination
• RCIA: The road to the Father
• Hooked on psyanky
• One date for Easter
• St. James Parish and School: Losing a Catholic presence
• Parents campaign against child porn
• Fourth degree knights honoured
• Book Review -- Joey: The story of a boy's bond with Jesus
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Who can expose the Blessed Sacrament?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Deck stacked against poor nations
• Editorial: Forgiveness from the cross

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• News Highlights for April 5
• Two archbishops: MacNeil introduces Collins at Chrism Mass
• St. Paul says farewell to Collins
• Woman relied on God's grace to make escape from Iran
• E-mail porn messages lead to teachers' resignations
• Way of the Cross: Walking in Christ's footsteps
• School takes Annunciation seriously
• Parish restructuring committee responds
• Student lives in Latvia, but she hasn't missed a class at Newman College
• Woman overcomes the nervousness of RCIA
• Bishop Fred Henry: Say 'No' to the madness
• Charles Moore: A tragic collision of belief systems
• Book review: Even Greater Things: Hope and Challenge after Vatican II
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Excluding the poor from the banquet
• Editorial: Avoiding the evil of racism

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• News Highlights for April 19
• Stop the bombing, say Church leaders
• Students experience 'simple life' in Haiti
• Gov't priorities askew, says Alta. CWL head
• St. Mary's College undeterred by Lacombe Centre fire
• WCR named Canada's top regional Church newspaper
• Annunciation Parish seeks out inactive Catholics
• St. Anthony's parish nurse builds community
• St. Cecilia School: Trip to Italy renews students
• Citizens from across Edmonton organizing to change community life
• Father Gerard Gauthier: Tapestries of Faith
• Ephphatha House: Crowd prays for Divince Mercy
• Book Review: The Hidden Way: The Life and Influence of Almire Pichon
• Book review: The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland
• Reviews of books on family prayer
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: What do we do at the Consecration?
• Hank Zyp: The blood stained trigger finger of NATO
• Editorial: Kosovo's spiral of violence

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• News Highlights for April 26
• APC urged to promote priestly vocations
• Happy birthday, dear archbishop
• Sigmund Sobolewski: Auschwitz survivor tells his story
• Summer camps and retreats: Get away from it all
• Pilgrimage promotes family prayer
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: IMF ensures workers at lowest possible rate
• Editorial: A catechism of social teaching

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• News Highlights for May 3
• Schools face new role in spreading faith
• CWL demands end to bombing
• CWL promotes parish nursing
• New CWL president wants to preserve local councils
• Parents push special needs program
• Common-law leads to divorce
• Counsellors fear violence could break out in Edmonton
• Srs. of Charity of Immaculate Conception mark 75 years in Alberta
• Halifax Srs. of Charity celebrate 150th anniversary
• Mothers' Day: The quiet power of mothers
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why would God lead us into temptation?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: IMF's contribution to Yugoslavia's ethnic striff
• Editorial: Priesthood and transformation

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• News Highlights for May 10
• Priest shortage spurs more parish mergers
• Magazine barred from reporting on Calgary abortions
• Taber shootings too close to home
• Fort Saskatchewan mission brought parish together
• Candice Court: She found a merciful God
• A helping hand for refugees
• Manifesto for Catholic Education: Schools build Catholic identity
• Trustees reject plan for shared school facility
• Communism affected Becs deeply
• Hanson heads St. Paul CWL
• Book review: Catholic Education: The Future is Now
• Book review: The Virtues of Aging
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Unequal terms of trade create 'underdevolopment'
• Editorial: Signs of an empty society

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• News Highlights for May 17
• 30 years of abortion: Pro-lifers see long road ahead before Canada protects the unborn
• ACSTA opposes sharing schools
• Knights of Columbus ready for annual convention
• Sisters urged to defuse polarization stirred by feminism
• Holy Childhood Association: Children helping children
• Our Lady of Fatima celebration
• St. Albert school wins major award
• Project Rachel: Healing the wounds of abortion
• Project Rachel: Eight steps to healing
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: IMF 'neutrality' clokes political agenda
• Editorial: An ongoing struggle for life

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• News Highlights for May 24
• Religion teacher scales 'sacred mountain': Everest climber studying sacred spaces for Newman College degree
• Leduc pastor volunteers to serve in North
• Together in Ministry: Parish restructuring leads diocese to revise parish council formation
• Knights give facelift to papal dove
• Miller wins Catholic health care award
• Pair of Grey Nuns still active after three-quarters of a century of religious life
• Billings natural family planning: The natural way
• Nathanson defends life: Former abortionist now seeks to protect human life from myriad of threats
• Priest spells out pro-life guerrilla tactics
• CCCB's Pastoral Message to the Native Peoples of Canada
• St. Joe's High School builds a theatre
• Bishop Fred Henry: Euphemisms hide hospital reality
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why do bishops wear skullcaps?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Refugees and victims we don't hear about
• Editorial: The manufacture of babies

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• News Highlights for June 7
• Reyes to head Alta. Knights
• Prepare for jubilee, say archbishops
• March for Jesus draws 10,000 dedicated to Christ
• Province backs down on francophone school board mergers
• Caritas finds new CEO
• Riechers named national trustee group's chaplain
• Calgary school board wary of limits to fundraising
• Aspiring traveller hones skills in geography
• Priest to help men discern God's call
• A day of compassion for the elderly
• Edmund Bojanowski: Polish innovator close to sainthood
• Handyman follows Jesus
• Schools offer prayers for peace
• Interfaith peace prayer service draws tiny crowd
• Book review: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Bible
• Charles Moore: A calculated agenda of moral subversion
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: What is Christ's real presence in the Eucharist?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Western 'peace efforts' boost Iraqui bodycount
• Editorial: The expansion of 'marriage'

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• News Highlights for June 14
• Archbishop Collins: Pope accepts MacNeil's resignation, Collins new leader
• Greetings from new archbishop
• Restructuring plan backed by Collins
• WCR special issue
• CWL wants to retain 'God'
• New CWL president puts faith into action
• Prepare for the Great Jubilee: Local churches working to make jubilee celebrations an ecumenical affair
• Three school superintendents retire
• Native students beat the odds
• Sr. Mary Catherine Nicol: She's a sister since 1929
• Cellular phone tower reflects church design
• Health walk raised funds for brain injury victims
• A society for Christian artists
• John Paul II Bible School: Grads found more than faith
• St. Paul Diocese moves priests
• Canadian Catholics can find pilgrimage destinations in their own backyard
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Outside the market, there is no salvation
• Editorial: Saved by the Sacred Heart

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• News Highlights for June 21
• Religious orders gave a century to parishes
• Formation for Pastoral Service: Laity trained to lead
• Thelma Chalifoux: From single mom to senator
• Debt petition goes to Cologne
• Sylvan Lake school Red Deer Catholic board shares with public
• Grey Nuns step further back from Caritas Health Group
• Pastoral Centre welcomes Collins
• Lucien Lorieau: Half a century is enough
• Everest climber: Life on the top of the world
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Did Mary predict the end of the world in 1999?
• Hank Zyp: Unjust debt burden is unsustainable
• Editorial: Defend global common good
  • Special Section on Archbishops MacNeil and Collins
    • Collins overcame hardships
    • The many hats of Joseph MacNeil
    • Collins a friend of youth
    • Collins to seek taste of vocations
    • New archbishop ready to take on new challenges
    • MacNeil grateful for life's blessings
    • The children's archbishop
    • Francis de Sales inspires Collins
    • Who is Francis de Sales?
    • Collins involved in his home parish
    • Pallium a sign of archbishop's ministry

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• News Highlights for June 28
• Bells ring to wake up G-7 leaders
• Musician now on God's path
• Choral group offers opportunities for children
• Local group aids Tanzanian school
• Knights eager to boost membership
• Legal celebrates its past with murals
• Native people say 'farewell' to MacNeil
• U.S. report details gambling damage
• Bishop Fred Henry: Province squeezes disabled majority
• Charles Moore: The importance of functional fatherhood
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: We're still waiting for a 99-year peace
• Editorial: From rights to solidarity

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• News Highlights for July 12
• Collins among 37 archbishops to receive pallium
• Archbishop Collins' reflections on the pallium
• Sr. Hazel Dalton: Slowly drawn to religious life
• Pope to visit holy lands
• Court upholds injunction on abortion news
• 'Peaceful corner' honours long-time parish organist
• Bosco Homes realize a dream: School to serve needs of emotionally disturbed youth
• Newman makes room for teens: Provocative questions served up in new program
• Skaro Pilgrimage: Ancestors' generosity bore fruit
• Workshop challenges native stereotypes
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Gospel challenges established disorder
• Editorial: We need prophets of unity

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• News Highlights for July 19
• Vatican orders halt to gay-lesbian ministry
• World Youth Day 2000: Youth prepare to go to Rome
• Parishes open arms to Kosovo refugees
• Sisters say farewell to Trochu
• It took 3 abortions before Denise Mountenay realized abortion was murder
• Janet Klasson: Too attached to the comforts of Egypt
• Book review: Charles de Foucauld, Writings Selected With an Introduction
• Book review: Teenage Boys!: Surviving and Enjoying These Extraordinary Years
• Mac High grad heads to Nigeria
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Faith only blooms on edge of dispair
• Editorial: A centennial we cannot forget

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• News Highlights for August 23
• Skaro Pilgrimage: Marian pilgrimage led woman to Jesus
• New superintendentRipley believes in Catholic schools
• Collins' installation to draw dignitaries from far and wide
• Faithful Companions of Jesus: Sister has surprise for brother
• University chaplains met in Ottawa
• Parish honours centenarian
• Local Knight has boosted membership
• Family Life conference: From prankster to preacher
• Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage: Renewed at Lac Ste. Anne
• Bishop Fred Henry: What am I working for?
• WCR Letters to the Editor on Parish Restructuring
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Learn the lingo to become a jingo
• Editorial: Faith is basis for democracy

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• News Highlights for August 30
• Hungarians recruit a priest
• Mount St. Francis marks 50 years
• Seminarian learns love for the poor
• The unique church of southwestern India
• Seminary grads reunited
• Student evades snakes, bugs on three-nation study tour
• Christian International Blind Mission: Development agency says 80 per cent of loss of sight is preventable
• Redemptorists open door to young adults
• Charles Moore: Boys lost in fatherless homes
• Pope points to the afterlife
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Scaling linguistic walls of military efficiency
• Editorial: Mercy and damnation

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• News Highlights for September 6
• Archbishop Helder Camara: 'Red bishop' dies at 90
• Mary Jo Cassidy promoted contemplative life
• Farewell celebration for MacNeil is set
• Sr. Jovita Tobias: Providence sister makes her first vows
• Fr. William O'Farrell: 'Fr. Willie' was a friend to all
• Cree Nation hosts annual pilgrimage
• Church library a forgotten ministry
• Fr. Tom Bilodeau: An ear for people's troubles
• Edmonton Catholic Schools: Staff celebrate start of new school year
• St. Mary's College: Anonymous donor gives college $1M
• U.S. bishops: Cohabiting couples need care
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Engagement to Sam needs close study
• Editorial: A Catholic celebration of work

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• News Highlights for September 20
• Collins takes his chair: New archbishop formally installed in packed basilica
• Collins impresses a crowd: Crowd of 1,500 likes what it sees in new archbishop
• New archbishop has roads to travel, many parishes, groups to visit
• The text of Archbishop Collins' Sept. 13 homily
• Casavant sees personal touch as key to boosting religious vocations
• Eugene Miller: Superintendent wants to bring hope
• Paulette Hanna: New superintendent expanding programs
• Catholic Charities: Laporte has big shoes to fill
• Ephphatha House launches prayer assault
• Youth 2000: Jesus is in the building
• East Central Catholic Schools: Educators urged to trust God
• Chris Dodd: Local businessman hears call to help Burmese refugees
• Nun makes final vows in Franciscan order
• Youth leaders learn new skills
• Winnipeg training program benefits archdiocesan youth ministers
• Book Review: The Holy Longing by Fr. Ron Rolheiser
• Book review: Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
• TV documentary on pope limited by secularism
• Charles Moore: The high cost of 'outgrowing' God
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Please explain the Immaculate Conception
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Helder Camara was pilgrim in the desert
• Editorial: Canada's cure for irritability

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• News Highlights for September 27
• Thank you Archbishop MacNeil
• Shared school facilities: The struggle for Catholic integrity
• Renewal Services gets new look
• Vocations weekend: God makes his will clear
• Students write the Gospels
• Francis de Sales ministered through printed word
• WCR records second straight surplus
• Charles Moore: Eugenics sneaking in the back door
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: What is Church's view of cremation
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Being human different than achievinf success
• Editorial: Y2K outpolls Jesus in survey

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• News Highlights for October 4
• Fr. Mark McGee: A long road to the altar
• Calgary Catholic school lockout draws criticism
• Medicine Hat schools unite for huge liturgy
• Gabrielle Lachance: Globalization calls for more regulation
• Families, schools parish come together in Ardrossan
• Students run to support breast cancer research
• Red Mass: Lawyers stick up for Abella
• Archbishop provides introduction to St. Thomas More
• Apocalypse provides moral guidance - Collins
• Bishop Fred Henry: A failure to deal with controversy
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Where was the Garden of Eden?
• Charles Moore: Are we all going to die?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Dutch city remembers end of foreign rule
• Editorial: Maintain Catholic school identity

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• News Highlights for October 11
• City's oldest church celebrates centennial
• Collins cool to Communion services
• Permanent deacons may lie in archdiocese's future
• CHAAA hears defence of medicare
• Just society based on being present to one another, says Collins
• Life chain keeps abortion alive in public mind
• Youth urged to make a difference
• Eucharistic Adoration focus of Collins' letter
• RPCs relate woes due to lack of interest
• Millwoods school travels to Mass
• St. Mary's College receives $1M donation
• Sisters of Social Service choose new leaders
• Charles Moore: Post-Christian West full of darkness
• Hank Zyp: NATO has little to learn about 'dirty wars'
• Editorial: Deacons and new evangelization

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• News Highlights for October 18
• Basilica holds food bank drive
• St. Theresa's 'one big family' celebrates its 25th anniversary
• St. Paul diocesan youth minister
• Charles Moore: Reserve system is apartheid lite
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Million of refugees live a tenuous life
• Editorial: On the frailty of our pope

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• News Highlights for October 25
• World Youth Day 2002 slated for Canada
• Music, talks on sin, sacraments fire up youth rally
• Pianist gets his chance
• Sister honoured for health care work
• Foley proclaims dynamic Eucharist
• Newman College graduate sees her questioning as key to a renewed faith
• Book Review: She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martrydom of Cassie Bernall
• Bishop Fred Henry: 'Let the children come to me'
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Why do Christians use symbols?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Development plan turns earth to salt
• Editorial: Adoring Christ's real presence

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• News Highlights for November 1
• A sense of loss: Rural Catholics seek a new homes after parish merger
• Sign of Hope helps the elderly
• Behold the Lamb: Youth spread God's word
• Priests' retirement fund faces shaky future
• Strankowski loved serving as a priest
• Local seminarian ordained deacon in St. Peter's Basilica
• Parents, be proud of your son's priestly vocation
• Portuguese parish celebrates former pastor's anniversary
• Scott Klusendorf: Abortion kills a human being
• Pro-Life 101: How to refute common pro-choice arguments
• Dan Schutte: Music reflects images of God
• The death of a parent
• Charles Moore: Come, Sweet Death
• Four books for spiritual reading
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Ecuador kidnapping a sign of oppression
• Editorial: America's new view of itself

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• News Highlights for November 8
• RCs, Lutherans take step on road to unity
• Harold MacNeil dies at 82
• Youth, seniors meet for dialogue
• Liturgist cool to 'exaggerated devotions'
• Ecumenical mission: Lutheran stresses 'Wow!' of creation
• O'Neill moves on now that guarantees protect Church's health care ministry
• Coughlin served Calgary bishops
• Schools focus on social teaching
• Alberta Catholic Bishops: Catholic Education Sunday 1999
• The uniqueness of Catholic schools
• Schools in Haiti: Where education is a luxury
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Are there set fees for funerals?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Casino lucre latest in line of dirty money
• Editorial: Church unity in a secular age

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• News Highlights for November 15
• Guidelines approved for merged parishes
• Minor changes made in restructuring plan
• St. Joe's remembers WWII veterans
• Ukrainian church gets a scrubbing
• Basilians find room for new students
• Grade 3 class helps the poor
• Matthew Kelly The path of following Jesus
• Movie review: A flawed portrayal of Joan of Arc
• Bishop Fred Henry: When brothers dwell in unity
• Douglas Roche: Nuclear weapons an affront to God
• Hurricane Mitch: Inner healing in Nicaragua
• Hank Zyp: Rising tide sinks the smallest boats
• Editorial: A culture far from the Gospel

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• News Highlights for November 22
• How to build a church: Guidelines suggest ways to involve community, arrange worship area
• Archbishop Collins' ad limina visit: An experience of communion
• Funerals must take place in church
• Holiest house party in town
• Marian Centre founder dies at 85
• Justice commission pushes city council to fund social housing
• Catholic Social Services' Reception House: A warm reception
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Nuclear age just won't go away
• Editorial: Future of civilization in peril

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• News Highlights for November 29
• Rally against child poverty
• Knights ensure Christ not forgotten
• Trustees reluctantly agree to help fund new districts
• Klein's surgery plan worries health officials
• Camrose hospital marks 75 years
• High school students ponder puzzles of bioethics
• Meeting God in the midst of suffering
• Local Christians ready to welcome millennium
• While many see millennium as time of gloom, Church is preparing to encounter Jesus
• A new evangelization for a new millennium
• Charles Moore: Prayer in Penetanguishine
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Can my granddaughter go to church?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: History filled with bloddy 'messiahs'
• Editorial: A shift to private hospitals

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• News Highlights for December 6
• Riot shows anxiety over trade - bishop Vatican issues 'reflection pamphlet for WTO meeting
• A history of heroic Grey Nuns
• Jr. high students dance day away
• Redemptorists reach out through young adult mission
• Catholic Social Services: A close shave for principal
• Sister reflects on women
• St. John the Evangelist Parish: Parish produces colourful history
• Walk through the holy door: Parish ministers urged to reclaim Sabbath as a day set aside for God
• Parishes called to house homeless: Group urges them to donate Christmas Eve collection to housing society
• Charles Moore: Whose millennium is this?
• Book Review: A Time to Live by Robert Raines
• Book Review: Healing through Prayer
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Is it OK to follow my conscience?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: The unwinnable war in Sierra Leone
• Editorial: Tapping the 'wild ox's strength'

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• News Highlights for December 13
• High school fuses basketball and faith
• Faith development day: Educators draw inspiration
• Sisters expand their daycare
• Mayerthorpe Christians hold 2000 celebration
• Dentist meets Philippines poverty
• Rural reaction to parish restructuring
• Restructuring architect addresses APC
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: Christianity must be put into action
• Editorial: Denying the existence of evil

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• Spiritus: New group looks at public policy
• Collins' call to action: Faith must move from faith into action, archbishop tells charismatics
• School prepares jubilee doors
• Priest sentenced to 2 years
• 'Miracle baby' overcame the odds against life itself
• Catholics discuss how they avoid going crazy at Christmas
• Fort McMurray students rally to help the poor
• Students reflect on Christmas
• God answers our prayers
• Sr. Louise Zdunich: Is Christianity rooted in paganism?
• Charles Moore: Who put the 'Christ' in Christmas?
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Hank Zyp: An uneasy gathering of rich and poor
• Editorial: Marriage of earth and heaven

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• Provincial Museum introduces millennium exhibit to the world
• No issue next week
• Sign of Hope draws closer to objective
• Louis Stoeckle: Bible school founder dies
• Junior high students share with inner city
• Mark Mallett: God's word spreads through music
• World Parliament of Religions offers lots of colour
• Bishop Fred Henry: Solving the year 2000 problem
• WCR Letters to the Editor
• Editorial: the year of the Lord's favour

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