Father John Atkinson celebrates Mass in the chapel at Villa Vianney. (Photo by Pam Flynn)

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• Bishop Steib Responds to Pope's Encyclical

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• A New Form of Evangelization? By Father John Geaney, C.S.P.

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• Diocesan Choir Open to All By Barbara Goldsmith, Diocesan Director of Liturgical Music

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• Summit Meetings on Parish Teen Catechesis Held in Diocese By Sister Cathy Galaskiewicz, O.P. Director of the Office of Catechesis and Catherine Mensi, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries

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• How To Avoid Seasonal Hazards Of Advent By Bishop Paul S. Loverde

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• Free of all Sin By Father George M. Franko

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• Pope Releases Encyclical

Pope Benedict XVI signs his encyclical, "Spe Salvi" (on Christian hope), at the Vatican Nov. 30. Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Vatican assistant secretary of state, is at right. (CNS photo by L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

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