Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 11:45 PM

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 53:10-11 Hebrews 4:14-16 Mark 10:35-45 Luminous Examples Earlier this week, when Pope Benedict declared five new saints of the Church, he praised their "luminous example" and said they were people who "did not put themselves at the center, but chose to go against the current and live according to the Gospel." We can certainly appreciate that in the life of arguably the most famous of these new saints, Fr. Damien of Molokai, who elected to live among the lepers of Hawaii, before contracting leprosy himself, and ultimately dying from it. There was a profound kind of martyrdom in the selfless way he sacrificed himself for the outcasts of Molokai. But less familiar is the story of another new saint... Read more Notices CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES RESPONDS TO FOUR EMERGENCIES Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is responding to four emergencies in the Asia Pacific region. The Philippines and Vietnam have been hit by typhoon Ketsana, while a tsunami struck Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, and an earthquake affected the island of Sumatra. CRS is working with Caritas Internationalis to plan for the long-term reconstruction vital to recovery efforts even while providing immediate emergency relief. For more information, and to learn how you can encourage parishioners to help, visit: http://crs.org/.

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