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January Gracelines

January 7, 2008  "With the help and blessing of God, we shall do all in our power that our new family may be a little cenacle where Jesus may reign over all affections, desires and actions." St. Gianna Beretta Molla For Reflection: To what extent would my home be described as a "little cenacle?" What one practical step can I take today to make it more so?

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Justice Department Anti-Bullying Program Supports LGBT Youth

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In response to the recent spate of suicides by homosexual students, a new anti-bullying program by the U. S. Department of Justice tells lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth to "call on the federal government for help" if their schools don't stop the bullying.

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Troubled DC Agency Turns to Yoga

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) in Washington DC, whose rehab programs have mostly failed to help the city's most dangerous youth, is now looking to yoga and possibly tai-chi to help their troubled inmates.

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JP II Beatification Could Come This Year

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Reports are surfacing in the Italian media that medical advisers for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints have ruled favorably on a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II's intercession, which could open the door to beatification as early as this year.

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January Gracelines

"I want to be completely transformed into Your mercy and to be Your living reflection, O Lord. May the greatest of all divine attributes, that of Your unfathomable mercy, pass through my heart and soul to my neighbor." St. Faustina Kowalska For Reflection: In whose life would the Lord ask me today to be a conduit of His love and mercy? (Hint: From whom would I most like to withhold love and mercy?) In what practical way can I respond?

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