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Chicago archdiocese creates new violence prevention program

June 11, 2018

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CWN Editor's Note: The effort, called Violence Prevention Initiatives, will be led by Phil Andrew, a Catholic layman who was a shooting victim and FBI agent. Over 1,000 people have been victims of shootings in Chicago this year.

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Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs

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The Church commemorates the Optional Memorial of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong (1746-1815). He was a Chinese diocesan priest who was martyred with his 119 other Chinese Catholics. Among their number was an eighteen-year-old boy, Chi Zhuzi, who cried out to those who had just cut off his right arm and were…

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