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News & Herald
Volume? Number 38
Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte
PBS Special On Cardinal
life
of the
New Priests
Chicago Cardinal Joseph L. Bemardin, will be shown on PBS in July. Most PBS affiliates that have scheduled the show have slated it for the first half of July, some as early as July 1. Publate
lic
television stations in America's
gest
1998
Welcomes
—
(CNS)
12,
Diocese
Air In July WASHINGTON
June
Charlotte
Bernard in To "Bemardin," a special about the
•
''Be
50 big-
TV markets, representing 79 percent TV households, have commit-
men of
daily Eucharist,
of all U.S.
ted to airing the program in prime time.
celebrating the
"Bernardin" documents Cardinal
Bemardin' s
rise to leadership in the
greatest gift in
church, his introduction of the "seamless
garment" image into the pubUc debate on life issues, his role in creating the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, and his questioning of the U.S. commitment to nuclear weapons. his
the world, the
presence of Jesus in the
The hour-long special also looks at involvement in the Catholic Common
Ground
Initiative, his
conversation
in the
most blessed
attempt to foster
church
among persons
sacrament,.,
with conflicting points of view.
"Bemardin" also examines how the cardinal handled false accusations of sexual misconduct levied at him, and how he dealt with the cancer which claimed his life at age 68 in 1996. Among those interviewed on the program are Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles; Bishop Robert N. Lynch of St.
"
See story Pages 8-9
Petersburg, Fla.; religious historian
See Bernardin, page 12
Holy By
Spirit
Church Designated As Newest Parish
MIKE KROKOS
"Due
to
its
growth, Holy Spirit
is
no longer a mission but now a parish of the Diocese of Charlotte," Bishop Curlin said. Holy Spirit had been a mission of St. Therese Parish in Mooresville.
With the announcement. Bishop Curlin presented Father Jim Collins, parochial administrator, a framed decjaration establishing the newest
The boundaries
spread the Gospel message within that territory," he said.
lie family. Father Carlo Tarasi (then pastor of St. Dorothy Church in
County in the main channel of Lake Norman. They go due west until state
The criteria to become a parish, Cobb noted, includes a faith commu-
Lincolnton) celebrated the mission's first Mass at St. Peter by the Lake Epis-
Highway 150 and then proceed south to the intersection with state Highway 27. The boundaries follow state Highway 27 southeast until reaching the
nity consisting of a
parish's boundaries.
Editor Parishioners at Holy Spirit Church took part in a dual celebration on the eve of Pentecost: Twenty-eight teen-agers received the sacrament of confirmation from Bishop William G. Curlin, and during the Saturday evening vigil Mass, the bishop also officially designated the church as the diocese's newest parish.
DENVER —
begin
north corner of Lincoln
in the
county County
line,
following the Lincoln
line until reaching the
main
certain
number of
households, being self-supporting, and having a full-time, resident priest. "But
channel of Lake Norman (county line). They follow the main channel until reaching the northeast tip of Lincoln County. George Cobb, diocesan director of
primarily
planning, said as a mission. Holy Spirit
become
was
he added.
of
a faith
St.
community
that
was
part
Therese Parish. "As a parish.
Spirit is now responsible for ministering to Christians within its
Holy
own
territory.
It
is
also charged to
it is
at the
discretion of the bishop, and when he
community has come of age to feels the
a parish,"
"As a parish, Holy
now
Spirit is responsible for
edifice in
which
to
1979.
Churchgoers
ministering to Christians within
its
own
territory. It
is also charged to spread the Gospel message within
that territory."
gathered for Saturday evening Masses for nine years at the
Episcopal church. Pastors from
St. Dorothy parish continued their administration of the Denver faithful, with occasional assistance from the Benedictine monks of Belmont Abbey.
— George Cobb Diocesan Director
The Denver mission was established in the late 1970s by Bishop Emeritus Michael
copal Church in Westport in March
J. Begley. With no worship as a Catho-
of Planning
See Holy
Spirit
Church, page 2