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Our five most recently featured articles:

Sexual Predators are Everyone’s Problem
Recent headlines remind us that the risk to our children from people we trust—or should be able to trust—is ever-present. The last week of February 2010, Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley was formally charged with 471 counts of abuse against 103 children. In an interview with CBS news, Dr. Eli Newberger a pediatrician at Harvard Medical School, compares child abuse by pediatricians to the priest abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic Church in 2002.

Good News
Uniting our efforts to protect children, to keep them from harm, and jointly to monitor our behavior and other's behavior around minors is paramount. The Universal Church has always been open to its universality, for at its core is the teaching of Christ's love for all women and men. It is our individual views, the way we look at the world and the lenses from which we peer out at each other that often clouds our ministerial call to love all as Christ loved His Church.

Emotional Boundaries
Within the realm of human interactions, the concept of setting boundaries is nothing new. But typically, the first thought that comes to mind tends to involve physical boundaries. And while topics such as "personal space" and "appropriate touch" are certainly relevant to safe environments, they might overshadow other important boundaries.

Ask, Seek, Knock!
The Lenten Season is upon us, and we embrace another opportunity to begin anew and start fresh. The ashes we receive on our foreheads are signs to a busy world of the seriousness of our intentions as Christians to mark the 40 days of Lent with prayer, almsgiving, and fasting. The ashes are a sign of repentance and penance, but also remind us of our mortality—that our life on this earth is limited, but our eternal life with God is forever.

Getting Ready For Winter Fun
As this article is being written, the thermometer on the other side of the window stubbornly refuses to rise above twenty degrees even though the sun is shining brightly and the sky is a crystal blue. Frankly, it looks a whole lot nicer than it feels...

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