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Roman
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Diocese of Charlotte
Parish Profile St.Jude Church thrives in
mountain community
ofSapphire Valley
NEWS rHERALD
Established Jan. 12, 1972 by Pope Paul VI
OCTOBER
SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
2005
14,
A.
Matthew School taking the
BY
the
in
Char-
first
small
cultures
—
Father
Father Sheridan, pastor of St.
Gabriel Church in Char-
lotte,
received the Irish Hall of
Fame Award Annual
Irish
during the 2nd American Awards
Dinner, held at the Park Hotel in Charlotte Oct. 6.
The awards dinner recognizes local Irish Americans and raises funds for Charlotte's an-
nual
New York City.
and
"The goal of the program to get these dear children, as
Day parade
St. Patrick's
festival,
March
which
will be held
18, 2006.
"I'm honored.
part of their Christian faith, to
compliment,"
It's
a great
Father Sheridan. "I'm not sure if I'm worthy of it, but I appreciate
learn about another dear Chris-
of the
world," said Lehman. "(Chil-
said
their selection."
dren in Israel) seem so foreign, but they're people just like us."
Moira Quinn, chief operat-
a slide Photo by Karen A. Evans
See IRISH, page 12
presentation Oct. 6 for the fifth graders, explaining
MURRAY
joined the Irish hall of fame.
of
lem and Bethlehem through "Pen Pals for Peace," a correspondence exchange program begun by Mel Lehman and Frank Lalley, two peace and social-justice advocates from
Lehman conducted
E.
CHARLOTTE
Palestinian children in Jerusa-
tian child in another part
KEVIN
Edward Sheridan recently
America and the Middle East. The 114 fifth-graders will be connected with Catholic
is
OF FAMER'
EDITOR
steps toward building a bridge
between
2
American award
EVANS
CHARLOTTE — Students lotte are
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receives Irish
STAFF WRITER
at St.
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Father Sheridan
Pen Pals for Peace connects local students to Catholic Palestinians KAREN
VOLUME 'HALL
Building a bridge to understanding BY
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what
life is
like for Catholics living in the
Elizabeth Fiato, Maggie Dattolo, Sharon Hady and another student examine items from Israel and Iraq following the
grade classes
See PALS, page?
living in
Pen Pals will
for
Peace presentation
be participating
in
at St.
the program,
in
Matthew School Oct.
6.
The school's four
fifth-
which they are matched up with Christian children
PRYING EYES
German newspaper
Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Synod of Bishops
says Pope Benedict was spied on wlien lie
was
cardinal
JONATHAN LUXMOORE
BY
SYNOD FOCUSES ON BETTER UNDERSTANDING, CELEBRATION OF EUCHARIST BY
JOHN THAVIS
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY
— The
Synod of Bishops' first week of discussion focused on how CNS
PHOTO FROM Reuters
to
make
the Eucharist available
to all Catholics
Pope Benedict
XVI delivers his speech at the Synod of Bishops
the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican Oct. 3. Pictured (from
Cardinal Juan Sandoval
in
left):
and how
prove the way it and understood.
to im-
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—
causes
broken bonds with God,
Germany's communist secret on Cardi-
police, or Stasi, spied
others, says U.S. cardinal
page 8
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Catholics
must
emphasize penance and
celebrated
is
OXFORD, England A GeiTnan newspaper has published details of how East
Communion
nal Joseph Ratzinger three de-
cades before he became Pope
Benedict XVI. "Long before his nomination as prefect of the Vatican's
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Cardinal Francis Arinze; the pope; and Archbishop Nikola Eterovlc.
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Rosary Rally; parish carnivals;
Noted theologian, author dies;
Offensive Sony ad; married
EWTN celehra tes 25 years
priests;
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