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Father Jugis to shepherd flock Charlotte native appointedbishop ofdiocese By KEVIN
E.
MURRAY
Editor
CHARLOTTE
Peter's Basilica in
— Father
at St.
Ann Church
sits in front
of his office computer
Internet connects Catholics KAREN
A.
EVANS
Staff Writer
CHARLOTTE — As more people join the ranks of Internet
"Certainly
Jugis
pointed parochial vicar of
II.
ers for
more than checking
e-mail and playing solitaire. "It's
a
it
is
for religion in
Father Hoover
users, Catholics are finding they
can use their personal comput-
same
day.
have accepted our Holy
many
is
known
to
of his parishioners and
who
friends as a "cyber-priest" for his
knowledge and use of the
retired in
fluent in Spanish.
is
A
Gabriel
native of Charlotte, Fa-
ther Jugis
1957.
was born March
3,
He graduated South
Mecklenburg High School in 1975 and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
his
licentiate
he
in
was apSt.
Leo the Great Catholic Church in Winston-Salem while serving as temporary administrator of Holy Infant Catholic Church in Reidsville in
the
summer
of 1985. In was ap-
in
November
tion.
pointed as a tribunal judge and parochial vicar of St. John
1979 with a bachelor's degree in business administra-
He prepared for the priesthood at the North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome.
bishop of Charlotte, and I am very humbled by the confidence he has placed in me," said Father Jugis, following Msgr. West's remarks. Father Jugis, 46, succeeds Bishop William G. Curlin,
general and for Catholics."
Ann Church Rome to
John Paul
Father's appointment of me as
Father Conrad Hoover, pastor of St. Ann Church in Charlotte.
at St.
before returning to
canon law. In 1984,
"I
By
Our Lady
complete
tive staff the
to parish, world
vicar and pastor of
ther Jugis was briefly in resi-
dence
Monroe. The 700-family parish is half Hispanic; Father
Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced the appointment in Washington Aug. 1. Msgr. Mauricio W. West, administrator of the Diocese of Charlotte, made the announcement to the media and Pastoral Center administra-
in Charlotte.
Rome, Fa-
currently judicial
of Lourdes Catholic Church in
Archbishop
Father Conrad Hoover
is
Peter Joseph Jugis has been the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte by Pope
named
Photo by Karen A. Evans
ther Jugis
After his ordination, Fa-
Neumann
1985, he
Catholic Church in
Charlotte.
In
August 1987, Father
See FATHER JUGIS, page 8
September
2002. Church canon law re-
magnificent
quires bishops to turn in their
resource for everybody," said
See INTERNET, page 9
resignations
when they
reach
Bishop Curlin, bishop of Charlotte since 1994, turned 75 on Aug. 30, 2002. "I pray I will be a worthy successor to Bishop Curlin, and serve with just as much zeal for souls as he, and Archbishop John F. Donoghue, our 75.
YESS means saying no Catholic Social Services program offers values
toyouth By
COURTNEY GAILLARD
second bishop, and Bishop
Anderson Center on the campus of Winston-Salem State
Special to
& Herald WINSTON-SALEM —
The Catholic News
Smith, Kelvin McCaskill and Javielle Chamberlain were among more than 40 kids who pledged to remain Isaiah
Michael
J. Belgey, our founding bishop, did in their years as shepherd," said Father
University.
YESS,
a Catholic Social
Services program, promotes
Jugis.
sexual abstinence to preteen
Youth Empowerment Sup-
through Hand to Hand. Equipped with the ideals of
Bishop Begley baptized Father Jugis in March 1957 at St. Ann Church, one of two Charlotte churches Father Jugis' parents helped start (the other was St. Vincent de
port Services (YESS), which
chastity, respect, morality,
Paul).
abstinent before marriage.
The
pre-teens are participants in
boys through
The Code,
to
preteen girls through Sisters
and to
first-time teen parents
held a graduation July 15 for its
Prevention Program at the
See YESS, page 8
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Father Peter Jugis, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Charlotte and judicial vicar, was named the next bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte by Pope John Paul II Aug. 1. Father Jugis is pictured next to a painting of the diocese's first bishop, Michael J. Begley, who baptized Bishopdesignate Jugis as an infant in 1957.
sons' photos violates international
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