HIGHLIGHTS OF FEB 2003

Cover Story:  A CALL TO PRAYER

 

The Editorial Team of CANews wishes all its readers and benefactors a

Blessed Lunar New Year

EDITORIAL: Do Catholics Pray?

BY FR. O.C. LIM, sj

More often than not, contemplative prayer is shoved to the sideline and crowded out by prayers of petition – a wish-list of things we want the Almighty to deliver

 

A Call to Prayer

BY DAVID ANTHONY

As manifested by the major religions

The Serenity Prayer

Wisdom to change what I can…

BY ANEEL DAVID KANNABHIRAN

 

Focus:

Science Vs. The Creator

It appears Science is winning

BY ANTHONY KS LOH

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How, What and Where

should we pray?

Where Your Treasure Lies

BY RUDY FERNANDEZ, sj.

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NEW COLUMN!!

WONDERINGS

Merry Kiasu-mas!!

BY ANTHONY THANASAYAN

 

Beginning this month, we present this new column that features observations and sharings about the people, places and things we encounter in our daily lives. You, the reader, are also invited to share true stories of your interesting, frustrating, ironic, funny or uplifting episodes of life as you wander around and wonder about your respective communities.

 

 

Prayers Are Always Answered

BY FRED BONG

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A paraplegic shares how he was healed

FEATURE

 

 

Gathering the Voices of the Silenced

A Conference of Catholic Asian Women theologians called on women to step forward in Church and Society

BY GEMMA CRUZ & CHRISTINA BURKE

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The psychological power of prayer

Prayer and the Psyche

BY DR. XAVIER VINCENT PEREIRA

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ANALYSIS

The Coercive Vs. The Permissive

Conflicting impulses in the body politic point to a fundamental dissonance in the Malaysian polity

BY TERENCE NETTO

CAN PRAYER HEAL?

Scientists suggest recovery may be

the hand of God at work

from ABCNews.com

THE OVERDUE MANRESA

Wilson Henry shares his experiences at an

Ignatian Retreat

Frank Doyle SJ's Thought For The Month

DARK GIVING WAY TO LIGHT

Wouldn't it be a nice idea to combine the Lunar New Year celebration with the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd?

A NEW WAY OF BEING ME

By Anonymous

I told myself I did not need to make any New Year Resolutions. After all, I was already patient, helpful and intelligent

TRANSSEXUALS NEW GENDER NOT RECOGNISED

If a priest undergoes a "sex-change" operation, he can remain a priest, but if a woman undergoes the procedure, she cannot be ordained