
CATHOLIC world NEWS: SAT. OCT. 9, 2010: HEADLINES-
VATICAN: POPE: MESSAGE FOR EASTERN CHURCHES-
VATICAN: POPE: MESSAGE FOR EASTERN CHURCHES-
VATICAN: POPE: MESSAGE FOR EASTERN CHURCHES
(Vatican Channel)The Code of Eastern Canon Law is a valuable tool for promoting and preserving the ancient rites and ways of living the faith. This was Benedict XVI message today to participants at the conference sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, on the occasion of the 20 years since the promulgation of the Code, which took place in 1990. The full union of the Eastern Catholic Churches with the Church of Rome - the Pope said - must not lead to a decrease in their awareness of their authenticity and originality. Therefore, the duty of all Eastern Catholic Churches is to preserve their common disciplinary heritage and nourish their traditions, a source of wealth for the whole Church. http://www.youtube.com/vatican#p/a/u/1/XO7O857gsnEimage source Radio Vaticana
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
EUROPE: IRELAND: NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR CHILDREN
IND. Cath News report: The Irish National Day of Prayer for Children 2010 takes place this Friday, 8 October. The celebration encourages Irish children to strengthen their spiritual bond with children just like them but who live in mission countries.First launched in 2007, school involvement with the day has grown year on year. The celebration, which is warmly supported by the Bishops of Ireland, teaches children the value of prayer during Mission Month with child friendly resources.Resources available to assist schools in the celebration include a special Mass and Prayer Service.There is also Children's Mission Rosary Beads, Mission Rosary Candles, a little prayer book for children called 'Prayers In My Pocket', an Information Poster for schools/parish notice board and a Teacher's Mission Rosary Kit with Activity Sheet for children.To download resources and for more information, see: www.wmi.ie/go/resources/national_day_of_prayer http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=16869
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ASIA: CHINA: CAMPAIGN FOR RELEASE OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE
UCAN REPORT: Human rights gr

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AFRICA/SUDAN - CALL TO PRAY FOR PEACE IN SUDAN BY BISHOP
Agenzia Fides REPORT – Church's concern for fate of Sudanese from south living in north, in case of southern secessionA call to pray for peace in Sudan was launched by Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, Bishop of Rumbek, in southern Sudan, on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.Bishop Mazzolari led the prayer at the Cathedral of the Holy Family. The prayer is part of the "101 Days of Prayer" (see Fides 22/9/2010) to promote the peaceful conduct of the referendum of January 9, 2011 on the independence of southern Sudan.As Sudan approaches the date of the referendum vote, more and more politicians and figures in society are expressing their opinion on the issue, saying whether they are for or against the secession of the south from the rest of the country. However, there is also an increase in situations of tension. On October 7, the central government in Khartoum accused the Southern Sudanese Army (based on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005, southern Sudan has an autonomous regional government and its own armed forces, although respecting the integrity of the one state) of having occupied a region disputed between north and south Sudan. According to a military spokesman in Khartoum, "the referendum could be rendered impossible if these violations continue."The President of Southern Sudan, Salva Kiir, told a UN Security Council delegation visiting the country, that he may independently organize the referendum in the region administered by him, if the central government should continue to hinder voting.The tension between north and south Sudan has aroused the concern of Catholic Bishops. According to reports from the agency in Nairobi, CISA, Fr. Santino Maurino Morokomomo, Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Sudan, in an interview with Good News Radio in Rumbek, has expressed fears for the fate of southern Sudanese who live in the north. "The lives of southern Sudanese in the north is under threat," said Morokomomo, because most of them are inclined towards the separation of the south from the rest of the country. Fr. Morokomomo added that the southern Sudanese who want to return to their areas of origin cannot do so, as they have no financial resources.The Secretary of the Bishops' Conference has appealed to the Government of Southern Sudan to help these people to return to the south. Fr. Morokomomo finally expressed his fear that in the case of separation between north and south, the Church in the north of Sudan could be subject to persecution in the form of confiscation of property and personal threats. http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=27567&lan=eng
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AMERICA: USA: MONKS RECEIVE APPROVAL FOR NEW MONASTERY
Catholic Online report:At an open public


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AUSTRALIA: BURN VICTIM SOPHIE DELEZIO TRAVELS TO ROME
Cath News report: Sophie Delezio, the little girl whose burn injuries moved the nation, has joined thousands of pilgrims heading to Rome for Mary MacKillop's canonisation.The Mosman Daily said Sophie's family, which lives at Balgowlah, credits Mother Mary with speeding the brave youngster’s recovery from the life-threatening injuries she sustained in two separate car accidents. They recently left for Rome to attend the historic ceremony.Sophie, now aged nine, suffered burns to 85 per cent of her body in a serious car accident at a Fairlight day-care centre in 2003, from which she was initially not expected to recover.The family’s life was again shattered in 2006 when she was hit by a car while being pushed across a Seaforth pedestrian crossing in a stroller.The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the order founded by Mary MacKillop, prayed for Sophie throughout her rehabilitation and before each of her numerous operations. Her parents, Ron Delezio and Carolyn Martin, believe Mary MacKillop intervened in their daughter’s survival.
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Cath News report: Sophie Delezio, the little girl whose burn injuries moved the nation, has joined thousands of pilgrims heading to Rome for Mary MacKillop's canonisation.The Mosman Daily said Sophie's family, which lives at Balgowlah, credits Mother Mary with speeding the brave youngster’s recovery from the life-threatening injuries she sustained in two separate car accidents. They recently left for Rome to attend the historic ceremony.Sophie, now aged nine, suffered burns to 85 per cent of her body in a serious car accident at a Fairlight day-care centre in 2003, from which she was initially not expected to recover.The family’s life was again shattered in 2006 when she was hit by a car while being pushed across a Seaforth pedestrian crossing in a stroller.The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the order founded by Mary MacKillop, prayed for Sophie throughout her rehabilitation and before each of her numerous operations. Her parents, Ron Delezio and Carolyn Martin, believe Mary MacKillop intervened in their daughter’s survival.
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TODAY'S SAINT: ST. DENIS: DIED 258
St. DenisBISHOPFeast: October 9Information:Feast Day:October 9Born:Third century, ItalyDied:258 at MontmarteMajor Shrine:Abbey of Saint-Denis, Saint Denis BasilicaPatron of:France; Paris; against frenzy; against strife; headaches; hydrophobia; possessed people; rabiesBishop of Paris, an
d martyr. Born in Italy, nothing is definitely known of the time or place, or of his early life. His feast is kept on 9 October. He is usually represented with his head in his hands because, according to the legend, after his execution the corpse rose again and carried the head for some distance. That, however, while still very young he was distinguished for hisvirtuous life, knowledge of sacred things, and firm faith, is proved by the fact that Pope Fabian (236-250) sent him with some other missionary bishops to Gaul on a difficult mission. The Church of Gaul had suffered terribly under the persecution of the Emperor Decius and the new messengers of Faith were to endeavour to restore it to its former flourishing condition. Denis with his inseparable companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, arrived in the neighbourhood of the present city of Paris and settled on the island in the Seine. The earliest document giving an account of his labours and of his martyrdom (Passio SS. Dionsyii, Rustici et Eleutherii), dating from the end of the sixth or the beginning of the seventh century and wrongly attributed to the poet Venantius Fortunatus, is interwoven with much legend, from which, however, the following facts can be gleaned.On the island in the Seine Denis built a church and provided for a regular solemnization of the Divine service. His fearless and indefatigable preaching of the Gospel led to countless conversions. This aroused the envy, anger and hatred of the heathen priests. They incited the populace against the strangers and importuned the governor Fescenninus Sisinnius to put a stop by force to the new teaching. Denis with his two companions were seized and as they persevered in their faith were beheaded (about 275) after many tortures. Later accounts give a detailed description of the confessors' sufferings. They were scourged, imprisoned, racked, thrown to wild beasts, burnt at the stake, and finally beheaded. Gregory of Tours simply states: "Beatus Dionysius Parisiorum episcopus diversis pro Christi nomine adfectus poenis praesentem vitam gladio immente finivit" (Hist. Franc. I, 30). The bodies of the three holy martyrs received an honourable burial through the efforts of a pious matron named Catulla and a small shrine was erected over their graves. This was later on replaced by a beautiful basilica (egregium templum) which Venantius celebrated in verse (Carm. I, ii).From the reign of King Dagobert (622-638) the church and the Benedictine monastery attached to it were more and more beautifully adorned; the veneration of St. Denis became by degrees a national devotion, rulers and princes vying with one another to promote it. This development is due in no small degree to an error prevailing throughout the Middle Ages, which identified St. Denis of Paris with St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and with the Pseudo-Dionysius, the composer of the Areopagitic writings. The combining of these three persons in one was doubtless effected as early as the eighth or perhaps the seventh century, but it was only through the "Areopagitica" written in 836 byHilduin, Abbot of Saint-Denis, at the request of Louis the Pious, that this serious error took deep root. The investigations of Launoy first threw doubt on the story and the Bollandist de Bye entirely rejected it. Hilduin was probably deceived by the same apocryphal Latin and Greek fictions. The possession of the Areopagitic writings (since 827 in Saint-Denis) strengthened his conviction of this truth. Historiographers of the present day do not dispute this point. All attempts of Darras, Vidieu, C. Schneider, and others to throw some light on the subject have proved fruitless.
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St. DenisBISHOPFeast: October 9Information:Feast Day:October 9Born:Third century, ItalyDied:258 at MontmarteMajor Shrine:Abbey of Saint-Denis, Saint Denis BasilicaPatron of:France; Paris; against frenzy; against strife; headaches; hydrophobia; possessed people; rabiesBishop of Paris, an

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TODAY'S GOSPEL: OCT. 9: Luke 11: 27 - 28
Luke 11: 27 - 2827As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!"28But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
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Luke 11: 27 - 2827As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!"28But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
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You couldn't be more factual!!
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