Life Style >>
Maintaining Our Joy Throughout Broken Hopes & Shattered Dreams
- Joy is a great and healthy state to be in but not too many of us Christians
seem to have it and after we get it the state doesn't seem to stay for many of
us. We know it 's good for us and our Savior talks about us having it. The Jan.
17, 2005 Time Magazine devoted a complete issue to this subject and one of the
things their researchers found out is that religious people are less stressed
and happier than nonbelievers. Are some of us Christians missing something?
Maybe there is more in scriptures about joy than we have gleaned at first
glance.
Youth & Young Adults
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 It's Time to Walk the Walk -
Many times we talk about the importance of having young people involved in our
parishes, but many of us don't know what to do when we get them there. For many
of our parishes (not all of them) our youth ministries are just having young
people come to mass and set up and clean up after events. Many of our parishes
youth ministers have had little to no training on what youth ministry really is,
thus it just becomes "glorified babysitting."
 Young Adult Ministry is an act of Social Justice
Many of our African American Young Adults who are in there twenties and thirties
want us to know that they are "Young but not forgotten." After Confirmation and
graduation from High School many of them have a greater sense of independence,
yet quite often they find very little offered to them in the structure of parish
life. They are hungry for God.
NBCC Spotlight
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 Presentation of CREC Center - What do
we do in Benin? In short, we have a library we are trying to furnish. With the
help of some schools in Canada and in the US, we have collected so far 2000
books in sciences; I name math, physics and chemistry, Life and earth sciences,
psychology and anthropology. Why a library? We are located in an area where
there are more than 18 high schools and the state university in rayon of 5 miles
with no library. Around the library, we will love to provide computer training
to girls and women of poor conditions. As a counselor, I'm striving to give
training to trainers in order to survive. I'm so overwhelmed since I'm the only
one trained counselor priest in Benin and Togo.
NBCC Special Report
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SPECIAL REPORT: Plan of Action: Progress & New Resources
- For the National Black Catholic Congress, January 2010 means we are midway
between Congress X and Congress XI. How is the Black Catholic community doing on
the current Plan of Action? What help can we offer each other to move forward on
some of the ambitious goals set forth in 2007 by commissions on HIV-AIDS,
Spirituality, Social Justice and other core principles?
Upcoming Events
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Blood of the Martyrs Blood Drive
January 18, 2010
National Prayer Vigil for Life Information
January 21-22, 2010
Symposium on the Vocation to the Priesthood
May 3-5, 2010
Arusi Marriage Retreat
May 21-23, 2010
2010 Oracle National Summer Institute for Youth
June 26, 2010 - July 13, 2010
For full details on upcoming events visit The
NBCC Events or the
Calendar page.
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Spirituality >>
 The Evangelizing Power of the Rosary
- It is this fullness of grace that Mary shares with us, her children, each time
we pray the Rosary, for she is the mother of all believers. To enable us receive
this grace entirely, she imparted the Rosary to Saint Dominic in 1214. He had
prayed to Mary, asking her to intercede in the fight against heresy and sin
during his time. So, about 800 years ago he began to promote the Rosary. The
Rosary is an old tradition, but it is still ever fresh as testified by Pope John
Paul II in his writings. Hence, the Rosary is a weapon against evil and sin.
 The Spiritual Offering of Prayer
- We are true worshipers and true priests. We pray in spirit, and so offer in
spirit the sacrifice of prayer. Prayer is an offering that belongs to God and is
acceptable to him: it is the offering he has asked for, the offering he planned
as his own. We must dedicate this offering with our whole heart, we must fatten
it on faith, tend it by truth, keep it unblemished through innocence and clean
through chastity, and crown it with love. We must escort it to the altar of God
in a procession of good works to the sound of psalms and hymns. Then it will
gain for us all that we ask of God.
Health & Wellness >>
Colorectal Cancer Awareness: Take Action -
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for men and women
in the United States. In fact, 1 in 19 men and women born today will be
diagnosed with colorectal cancer in their lifetime, according to the National
Cancer Institute. It does not have to be that way. Colorectal cancer is a highly
preventable form of cancer. This means that actions you take can make a real
difference in lowering your risk of colorectal cancer. Do you know what actions
to take? If not, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is the perfect time
to change that. Here is some advice to get you started.
Book of the Month >>
 Habits of a Priestly Heart
- Habits of a Priestly Heart is designed to help today's priests better
understand, accept, and live with the new and sometimes overwhelming challenges
of the third millennium. Insights are given through Fr. Hemrick's experiences
with the priests he has encountered throughout his own spiritual journey. These
priests display a "priestly heart" that is alive and well, while demonstrating
habits that have brought them to a healthy and joy-filled life centered in
Christ.
Author of the Month >>
 Randall Bailey - Dr.
Randall C. Bailey is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Hebrew Bible at
Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Bailey is a native of
Malden, MA. He received the BA from Brandeis University, the MA in Social
Service Administration from the University of Chicago, the MDiv from Candler
School of Theology and the Ph.D. in Old Testament from Emory University.
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