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CPA Award 2009

North Country Catholic is
honored by Catholic Press
Association of US & Canada

North Country Catholic is the recipient of the Catholic Press Association 2009 award for First Place in the "Newspaper- Best Regular Special Supplement" category for "Faith and Fort Drum," published March 5, 2008. The judges said: "This thoughtful and well-executed special section provides a comprehensive look at Catholicism's role on a military base. From practical nuts-and-bolts topics to profiles to commentary, it offers interesting and smartly planned coverage."

 

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Outstanding Teacher 2009

Jean Doell, a teacher at Immaculate Heart Central Elementary School in Watertown was honored June 23 as the 2009 Outstanding Catholic School Teacher for the Diocese of Ogdensburg. She is shown, third from left, with Gail Graham, principal of the school; St. Joseph Sister Ellen Rose Coughlin, superintendent of schools; Father Terry LaValley, diocesan administrator; St. Joseph Sister Shirley Anne Brown, assistant superintendent; Annette Connelly, vice-principal; and Msgr. Robert Aucoin, vicar for education.

 

Year of Priest Opens June 19

Diocesan Letter to Open Year of the Priest

Prayer for a New Bishop
Almighty Father,
for one hundred thirty-seven years you have sent
to the Church of Ogdensburg shepherds after your own heart.
Send forth the Holy Spirit upon Pope Benedict,
that he might choose for us a new Bishop,
full of courage in preaching the Gospel,
wisdom in governing the Church,
and zeal in leading us in the paths of holiness.
Grant to the man you will send to us
the protection of our Lady of the Immaculate Conception,
our Mother and our Patroness.
We make this prayer through her Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

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At end of jubilee year, figure of St. Paul stands in clearer focus
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After 12 months of special liturgies, conferences, Bible reflections, indulgences, concerts and pilgrimages, the Year of St. Paul has left the Apostle a more clearly defined figure on the Catholic landscape. Even before Pope Benedict XVI led final closing ceremonies in Rome June 29, Vatican officials declared the jubilee year a success. "The result has been positive, even beyond the most optimistic predictions," Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, said at a Vatican press conference June 26. At the Pauline basilica, which had often been overlooked by pilgrims to Rome, overflow crowds came to visit and pray at the tomb of the Apostle, the cardinal said. Thanks to some architectural finessing, a portion of the tomb, a rough-hewn marble sarcophagus buried beneath the main altar, was for the first time made visible to visitors. It was Pope Benedict who almost single-handedly gave the jubilee its content. In weekly talks, homilies and liturgical celebrations, he sketched a detailed portrait of the man considered the model of Christian conversion and the archetypal missionary. St. Paul was the most prolific of the early Apostles, the man who took the Gospel of Christ into the world of non-Jews and helped set the church on a more universal path. The pope's main point was that this evangelizing spirit based on personal conversion needs to be rekindled among today's 1.1 billion Catholics.

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Bishop to lead September pilgrimage to Catholic Ireland.

 

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Watch Bishop Cunningham's Installation.
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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

 

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