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  • The religious life beckons to the chosen few (Catholic Caucus)

    04/14/2007 9:52:43 PM PDT · by Coleus · 2 replies · 521+ views
    NorthJersey.com ^ | 04.12.07 | PAUL BRUBAKER
     At 30 years old, Sister Danielle Gonzalez is the youngest of 19 nuns at the community of Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon. No lightning-bolt moment brought Danielle Gonzalez to the convent at St. Joseph's Provincial Center, just a gentle and consistent call that only she could hear.  Gonzalez, 30, who grew up in Pequannock, was a senior at the College of New Jersey who enjoyed wearing Jones New York suits by day and dancing at clubs with friends by night. She earned a black belt in karate before the idea of becoming a nun ever entered...
  • Cardinal George Pell's Sermons on Our Lady Help of Christians

    05/21/2006 11:32:58 AM PDT · by warriorforourlady · 7 replies · 178+ views
    The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney ^ | 22/5/2006 | warriorforourlady
    Mary, Help of Christians St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney By + Cardinal George Pell Archbishop of Sydney 24 May 2005 Welcome to St. Mary’s, the first Catholic Church in Australia and therefore the mother church of the entire continent.Governor Macquarie, not a Catholic but an enlightened man who transformed the colony of New South Wales, laid the foundation stone in 1821. It is good that senior students from all our Catholic secondary schools come together today for Mass as we pray for the protection of Mary Help of Christians.It reminds us that we belong to a larger community than our school...