The Catholic Voice - an online publication of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland

August 7, 2006VOL. 44, NO. 14Oakland, CA

Women risk excommunication for ‘ordination’

Franciscan priest arrested during
White House vigil against Iraq war

Volunteers offer Caring Hands to seniors in need

Physician extols the healing power of prayer

Asian, Pacific Island Catholics in U.S. celebrate faith, diversity during first national gathering

Oakland parish makes quilts for Katrina survivors

Volunteers still
needed to help
in New Orleans

Nigerian Catholics celebrate pastoral visit

Celebrating jubilee years for Brothers, Sisters

Sister Barbara Flannery honored
with diocesan Medal of Merit

GRIP’s Souper Center reopens in Richmond
to feed, house the hungry and homeless

Catholics invited
to join confraternity
for the Eucharist

Bishops publish new catechism for adults

Seminar to examine religious pluralism and democracy

Cathedral progress

EWTN special celebrates 25 years

OBITUARIES
Brother Christopher Bassen, FSC

Sister Diane Grassilli, RSM

COMMENTARY
Why the Church is opposed to embryonic stem cell research

EWTN special celebrates 25 years

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, and Mother Angelica, founder of Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), are scheduled to participate in the grand finale of EWTN’s 25th Anniversary Celebration that will be televised live on Aug. 12 and 13 from Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

Mother Angelica will be the special guest at the 25th Anniversary Live Show on Aug. 12 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. The Poor Clare nun is 83 and has suffered speech impairment because of a series of strokes.

Cardinal Trujillo will be the celebrant and homilist at a solemn Mass of Thanksgiving on Aug. 13 at 9 a.m.

EWTN is carried on Comcast Digital channel 229; DISH Satellite channel 261; and Direct TV channel 422; in Alameda on Comcast channel 30 and Alameda Power channel 26. For more information visit: www.ewtn.com.

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