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A sneak peek

To the left you see the cover for our inaugural edition of Phaith - to be sent to the home of every registered Catholic in the Archdiocese.

We're also giving you a sneak peek at the Table of Contents:

• Archbishop-designate Charles Chaput's first column written for Church of Philadelphia
• Ask Cardinal Foley
  
• Cover story: Meet a 21-year-old whose love of God and music go hand-in-hand
• Feature: Her own child's suicide prompted her to help families affected by suicide
• Why so gaga about Lady Gaga? The first entry in Catholic Connections, our culture column, written by Bill Donaghy
  
• Prayer takes practice. The first of our Spiritual Fitness columns, written by Michelle Francl-Donnay
• What's up with that? Local teens find the Catholic way to address issues -- big and small -- that they face day to day
• Marriage Matters - Pre-Cana instructors Lori and John Odum give advice to a couple in conflict
• Parenting columnist Dan Cellucci realizes praying nightly with his daughter has brought unexpected rewards

And much more....

Phaith stories keep simmering

Preparations for the new Phaith magazine continue ahead of its September launch. With the cover story already in development -- sorry, no hints as to what the feature will be -- columns on aspects of modern living are being organized by editors.

The topics include married life, parenting, work life, movies and media, spirituality and others. They are all part of life, and Phaith will bring Catholic insights into them all.

Since the magazine will be distributed to every Catholic home in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, much of the content and Phaith's fresh, appealing approach will be a pleasant eye-opener to the many Catholics who do not receive The Catholic Standard and Times (which is publishing the magazine) or even attend Mass at a local church regularly.

And that's the big deal about Phaith. Its mission is to reach out to Catholics who have perhaps little connection to the Catholic Church and reenergizer their faith in Jesus Christ, lived through the family of faith that is the Church.

Phaith will evangelize Catholics to help them live again the faith in Christ which they received at baptism. And it comes at no cost to them -- yes, it's free to every household registered at a Catholic parish in the archdiocese.

Watch this blog for more updates as the staff approaches Phaith's early summer deadline.

In the meantime, ponder this: do you know of a local Catholic person (young or older) who has a fascinating story of a life lived faithfully in Christ through the Church?

Help us tell it far and wide. Let us know who the person is and which parish, and we'll take it from there.

Here we go!

Follow us as we work to launch a Catholic magazine that will speak to Catholics of the Philadelphia Archdiocese as no other publication has before.