Faith & Family

Parishes plan Lenten happenings
February 21, 2012: The following parishes have informed the Catholic Courier of their upcoming Lenten activities:
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Regulations for Lenten sacrifice
February 2, 2012: The following regulations for Lenten sacrifice are based on the 1983 Code of Canon Law:
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Schools slate events to celebrate Catholic Schools Week 2012
January 31, 2012: Students at Catholic schools around the Diocese of Rochester have planned a wide range of activities for the annual observance of Catholic Schools Week, which is sponsored by the National Catholic Education Association and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and runs from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5 this year.
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Life as a prophet, king, priest
December 8, 2011: By Amy Kotlarz/Catholic Courier; During Advent, we hear from Isaiah and other Old Testament prophets a message of hope for the arrival of a Messiah. But prophecy didn’t end in ancient Israel.
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Local authors, musicians produce works

December 8, 2011

The following individuals from the Diocese of Rochester have recently produced books and music CDs:

* Greece Athena High School varsity basketball coach Jim Johnson, a parishioner of Greece's Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, and Catholic Courier Staff Writer Mike Latona cowrote A Coach and a Miracle: Life Lessons from a Man who Believed in an Autistic Boy. The book retells the story of the night of Feb. 15, 2006, when

TV Mass enjoys long tenure
December 7, 2011: By Mike Latona/Catholic Courier; ROCHESTER -- A regal church edifice it was not.
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