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Forty two pilgrims traveled from the Watertown area to St. Anne's Shrine in Isle La Motte to attend Mass with Bishop LaValley, share in a picnic and participate in benediction and the rosary at the annual Knights of Columbus pilgrimage to the Vermont shrine. The bus load was led by Bill and Joan Boulio. Also pictured is Edmundite Father Brian Cummings, SSE, Shrine Spiritual Director. (Photo by Colleen Miner)
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Smartphone applications integrate prayer life with daily technology ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) -- Praying is now so 21st century. Instead of a paperback missalette, there's iMissal. Instead of prayer cards, there's a touch-screen Saint A Day. Instead of randomly jotting down prayer requests, there's a digitally organized list in PrayerSteward. These three applications -- better known as apps -- only scratch the surface of faith-related digital materials available in Apple's App Store and, to a lesser extent, in the Android Market and Palm Pre App Catalog. With these digital Catholic resources comes the undeniable convenience of modern-day prayer. "I know people who before they even get out of bed they have their iPod Touch or their iPhone in their hand," said Sister Kathryn James Hermes, a Daughter of St. Paul and director of digital publishing for Pauline Books and Media, in an interview with the Arlington Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Arlington Diocese. "You could be looking at the psalms or the morning meditation," she added. In March, Parks Associates, a market research and consulting company specializing in digital technologies, reported that smartphone (i.e. iPhone, Android, Palm Pre) users are expected to quadruple by 2014, resulting in 1 billion users worldwide. That's a market that everyone, even the Vatican, can get behind.
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Watch the Ordination and Installation of Most Reverend Terry R. LaValley as 14th Bishop of Ogdensburg
Year for Priests

This week we are featuring:
Father Pierre Aubin
Past Weeks:
Father C.J. McAvoy
Father Christopher Carrara
Father Peter Berg
Father Patrick Ratigan
Msgr Lawrence Deno
Father Andrew J. Amyot
Father J. Michael Gaffney
Msgr. Paul Whitmore
Father Douglas Lucia
Father Bryan D. Stitt
Father James Seymour
Father Raymond Moreau
Father Ted Crosby
Father Timothy G. Canaan
Father Douglas & Robert Decker
Msgr. Dennis Joseph Duprey
Msgr. Robert J. McCarthy
Father Alan Shnob
Msgr. Anthony A. Milia
Father Martin Cline
Msgr. Peter R. Riani addresses priests of the Diocese of Ogdensburg at Priest Appreciation Dinner
Father Francis J. Flynn
Father Terry LaValley
Father Joseph Elliott
Father Leo Wiley
Father John Yonkovig
Father Andrew Mulvaney Father Bernard Menard
Father William Muench
Father Scott D. Fobare
Msgr. Robert H. Aucoin
Father John J. Looby
Watch Bishop Cunningham's Installation. There are 14 parts to this.
Some Previous Stories on the site:
Bishop says goodbye to the Diocese of Ogdensburg
Happy 137th Birthday to the Diocese of Ogdensburg
Our hearts are heavy, our tears are many
Honoring Priests and the Priesthood
Our Cherished Right, Our Solemn Duty
A Week in the Life of Bishop Cunningham
The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church
Bishop Cunningham joins Cardinal Egan and other bishops of New York State in issuing a statement on same-sex marriage
We are Called to Change the World
Father Douglas Lucia reflects on the current state of vocations in the diocese
Graces of a Papal Visit
Bishop Reflects on the 'State of the Diocese'
The Changing Face of the Diocesan Church |