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	<title>St. Peter&#039;s Roman Catholic Church &#124; Carencro, LA &#187; Pastor&#8217;s Message</title>
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		<title>Year of the Priest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning with the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on 19 June 2009 the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world will observe the Year of the Priest. Pope Benedict XVI set this year aside as a chance for renewal for priests. In this year priests will be encouraged to rekindle their fervor, to increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentecost</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Fifty days after the celebration of the Resurrection on Easter, we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. This event is often proclaimed as the &#34;birth&#34; of the Church. It may be better to understand this event as the enabling and empowerment of the disciples of Christ to perform their mission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOCA&#8212;Freedom of Choice Act</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Many have heard about the pending legislation known as FOCA. It is a threat to one&#8217;s right to life. The government would no longer limit abortions. Abortion would become an &#8220;entitlement.&#8221; This may not seem controversial, but it would take tax-payer dollars to pay for abortion, would deregulate clinics who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ordinary Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this time in the Church&#8217;s liturgical calendar we get a glimpse of Jesus&#8217; early ministry. He gathers His disciples. He performs His first miracles. These weeks before the Lenten Season show us Jesus&#8217; work in spreading the Good News of God&#8217;s love and the salvation which is offered to everyone. Some people accept the call, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advent 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advent is a time of anticipation. Advent is a time of preparation. Not as somber as Lent, Advent has similar characteristics. The fervor of reflection, prayer, penance, spiritual reading, Scripture reading, and works of mercy are renewed and reinvigorated. The Christ Child whose conception by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christ, the King</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming to the end of the liturgical year of the Church, consideration needs to be given to this past year and to look forward to the new liturgical year. The liturgical year moves us through the events in the life of Christ and thereby deepening the life of Christ within each of us. To be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evangelization</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the task put forth to all who follow Christ is to &#8220;spread the Good News&#8221; to the ends of the earth. That task is usually termed evangelization. Through prayer and witness to faith we are called to share our lives with others. Christianity is not an individual endeavor, but a social one. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feasting on Purple</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As she serves her divine mission, the pilgrim Church remains a most real, sensate, even sensuous, creature.&#160; Few times of the year reveal this more clearly than the season of Lent.
For the next several weeks, the Church, despite her penance, will wrap herself and her prayer in the most ostentatiously imperial of colors &#8211; purple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Christmas Season</title>
		<link>http://sprcc.org/2007/12/23/the-christmas-season-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas! The Christmas season begins after Evening Prayer on Christmas Eve. The season continues until the celebration of the &#34;Baptism of the Lord.&#34; Christmas day is the beginning of the season and not the end. The period after Christmas is the time for home celebrations. We can still send out Christmas cards and share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christ the King &#8212; 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The celebration of Christ the King on the last Sunday of Ordinary Time, brings to a conclusion the liturgical year of the Catholic Church. Throughout the year we celebrate the life of Christ, the life of the Blessed Virgin, the saints, important dedications of churches, and we keep the days holy by celebrating liturgical seasons. [...]]]></description>
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