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Number 44
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Serving Catholics
Meet JoeBlick
By
First Catholic
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Turkey urge
...Page
8-9
day
to begin a
new life, and the Refugee Resettlement Office of Catholic Social Seris one organization of these people with food, housing, clothing, and medical care. One of the first smiling faces
vices in Charlotte
that
prayers, aid for quake victims
— Refugees come
to this country every
that helps
officials
the Diocese of Charlotte
Staff Writer
eastern N.C. bench
Pope, U.S. church
in
ALESHA M. PRICE
CHARLOTTE
appointed to
in
Western North Carolina
Modern-Day Florence Nightingale volunteers time and talents
Insid
Earthquake
in
many
many
see
is
Lynda
Stokes, a vol-
unteer with the Refugee Office. In her six years as a volunteer. Stokes has helped in almost every capacity from assisting with medical exams to driving clients to appointments or stores to helping them fill out immigration forms and other applications. Cira Ponce, Director of the Refiigee Resetdement Office, said, "We are blessed to ha\"(,' L3'nda as one of our d^iic^iLal volunteers to help our refligee community." Stokes began working with the Montagnards, a group of people from the highlands of Vietnam. Although much of her work has been with them, she has worked witli people from Somalia, Russia, Bosnia, and many other countries. Sonia Hayden, Coordinator of Volunteer Services of the Refugee Resettlement Office, said that Stokes volunteered many hours with Dr. Lawrence Galea who heads the International Health and Community Services division of his clinic, staffed mainly by volunteers. She continues to volunteer part-time at the clinic. Dr. Galea and the Refugee Resettlement Office have been in partnership
—
Parish gatherings highlight
Hispanics' faith, struggles ...Page
Local
12
News Living
the Faith: Parish honors past, celebrates
future
...Page
16
S.C. religious leaders express
concerns for video poker ...Page
Photo by Alesha M. Price
Lynda Stokes, volunteer
Refugee Resettlement Office in Charlotte, types notes for the new case managers' manual from Barbara Douglas, Administrative Assistant for the Refugee Office. for the
since the start of the clinic in 1992.
tal
"She established a rapport with
calmed their explained medical procedures, and learned the basics of various languages," said Hayden. Stokes became a tremendous asset during medical exams because she is a registered nurse who went back to school to obtain her bachelor's of nursing degree from UNCC. Prior to that, however, she was a practicing nurse in several area hospitals after completing three years of training at Mercy Hospi-
clients and patients, fears,
School of Nursing in the early 70s. During 1993, while she was still
attending UNCC and after suffering with serious medical problems, an instructor asked if she would like to help with the refugees in CSS. Stokes thougiit that it would be a good idea because she was on crutches at the time and won-
dered
how
she could
still
be a nurse to
the fullest capacity while recovering.
What
is
even more remarkable
See stokes, page
15
14
fvery Week Editorials
& Columns ...Pages
4-5
Entertainment ..Pages
My food
10-11
to do the will of sent me and to finish his work ... The reaper is already receiving his pajnnent and gathering crops for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper can rejoice together. For here the saying is verified that ...
the one
is
who
'One sows and another reaps.' John 4: 34, 36-37
—
Photo by Joann S. Keane
50th Anniversary of Sacred Heart Church
in
is
that Stokes, while in considerable pain.
Brevard
Carved formations of the four evangelists are depicted in Sacred Heart parish in Brevard. The wood panels were specially commissioned. Local artist and professor of art at Brevard College Tim Murray completed the artwork, which was unveiled on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mountain parish. See story, page 16.