Articles from U.S. Catholic (December 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Tis the season for giving.	Sweas, Megan	Brief article	165
A hand up.	Bleem, Jerry	Brief article	244
A reading from the prophet Bonnie: God's messengers are often just as surprising as the words they bear.	Raab, Ronald		1165
All they are saying.	Clarke, Kevin	Brief article	70
America's amazing $hrinking paycheck.	Clarke, Kevin	Brief article	95
Away from the manger: as pieces of Teresa's nativity set traverse afar, her niece catches unexpected glimpses of the Incarnation.	Leap, Frances M.		1118
Bad news.	Clarke, Kevin	Brief article	88
Birth announcements: we shouldn't get hung up on the details, surrounding Jesus' birth, says this Bible scholar. As with any scripture story, there's more here than meets the eye.			3599
Bread Body Spirit: Finding the Sacred in Food.	Scobey, Annemarie	Book review	362
Briefly noted.		Recommended readings	154
Can a non-Catholic receive Communion?	Field, James		469
Come to your senses this Advent: here are five ways to show your kids how Advent is about more than waiting for Santa.	Scobey, Annemarie		665
Correction.		Correction notice	140
Feedback.			1245
First responder: Anthony Mary Claret led his church and his order, the Claretians, courageously, but it is his personal struggles that make him a role model today.	Kenny, Greg		1009
From uscatholic.org.		Brief article	276
God out of government.	Groshong, Micheal G.	Letter to the editor	179
Good news.	Clarke, Kevin	Brief article	96
Learning to Bend.	Collum, Danny Duncan	Brief article	320
Let my people sing: it's time for the congregation to share the Sunday stage with the choir, argues a priest who wants the Mass to be sung by all. Here are a number of suggestions to help them clear their throats.	Phillips, Alan		1762
Monster in the mirror: modern twists on classic horror stories might not be the right tales for our times.	McCormick, Patrick	Television program review	1022
Morality check: the global fight against HIV and AIDS requires all the means at our disposal.	Cones, Bryan		696
Mother Mary comes to me: seeing is believing, at least for those who have first-hand experience with Marian apparitions.	Camille, Alice		1200
Non-negotiable.	Fields, Tom	Letter to the editor	260
Ox, ass--and giraffe.	Sweas, Megan		471
Quotable.	Vanier, Jean	Quotation	87
Serious talk about casual sex.	Ferder, Fran	Letter to the editor	288
Standing room only: when admittance to the nativity scene is free and open to the public, Bethlehem can get a little crowded--but the creche is enriched because of it.	Cortes-Sjoberg, Santiago		1033
T-shirts to change the world.	Sweas, Megan	Brief article	169
The word made digital: 7 steps to a church worth connecting to.	Malloy, Richard G.		3479
The world now has the means to end extreme poverty.		Quotation	28
Then She Found Me.	McCormick, Patrick	Movie review	320
Three wise men in a tub.	Sweas, Megan	Brief article	50
Thrift Shoppers.	Weitzman, Sarah Brown	Poem	88
Verbatim.	Clarke, Kevin	Quotation	131
We should still give unto others: after the Wall Street wipeout, in a world full of hurt, we're still our brothers' keepers.	Clarke, Kevin		719
When bad things happen to good parishes: parishes can't always anticipate impending disaster, but there's plenty they can do to prepare and protect themselves from the worst.	Boudreau, Paul		2566
With the collapse of the housing market.	Sweas, Megan		25
Yes to church democracy.	Warren, Richard	Letter to the editor	131