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Roman
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Annual Report
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20'page
special
insert
containing the annual financial report
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SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
Established Jan. 12, 1972
by Pope Paul
OCTOBER
28,
BY
KAREN
A. EVANS STAFF WRITER
Harriet Miers
Catholic Church records
when
to guess at her
five children of
Supreme Court. stories, commentarand editorials nationwide
for the
her own. Eleven years ago, she
News
started over with her great-
granddaughter, Quenisha.
—
raised as
and the White House both refute what has become a boilerplate part of discussions about Miers, the White House general counsel and nominee
exact age.
She raised
was not
a Catholic.
woman who
"those thing weren't written
down," she has
PATRICIA ZAPOR
WASHINGTON
— Margie
a time
at
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each of her 80-some
Bom
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15
Catholic
Cooper walks with the slow,
years.
VOLUME
raised as a
caregivers
steady pace of a
Herald.
Miers was not
grandparent
CHARLOTTE
of The Catholic
reports, Harriet
CSS program aids
feels
Nem &
included
Contrary to
Dawn on the horizon BY
in this issue
is
ies
Two
years ago, she took in another
See MIERS, page 5
granddaughter, Alexi.
Quenisha lived
in foster
months of her life, until she came to live with Cooper. Alexi has been with Cooper and Quenisha since birth. Cooper has no idea where Alexi 's parcare for the
first
eight
Doing justice to God's Photo by Karen A. Evans
Margie Cooper, center,
ents are.
(right) in their
Like most seniors, Cooper on a fixed income, and
than a year old,
lives
sits with
her great-granddaughter, Quenisha
in
Charlotte. Cooper,
operated by Catholic Social Services
See HORIZONS, page 9
of
(left)
and her granddaughter,
who has raised each of the now gets assistance from New Horizons for Children and
apartment
in
the Diocese of Charlotte (CSS),
in
girls since
Alexi
creation
they were less
Families, a
new program
BY
JOANITA M.
NELLENBACH
partnership with Smart Start
Mecklenburg County.
CORRESPONDENT
MAGGIE VALLEY
Synod closes with strong emphasis on eucharistic renewai BY
JOHN THAVIS Peter's Square.
of the Eucharist at the Mass.
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thanked the for their
to Sacred Heart of
Mary
Sister
"God
acts
ation," she said.
within cre"Thinking of
God as outside creation implies God as a ruler. God is in every-
strong call for eucharistic renewal,
key to revitalizing their faith.
thing, thus everything
input and invited Catholics to
Catholics should also under-
among
stand that "no dichotomy
the world's
is
CathoUcs but no major changes in
missible between faith and
church rules on priestly celibacy
he
ad-
life,"
said.
Speaking
at
is
holy."
the Bishop
Begley Conference on Appalachia II: "Environmental Justice and Living Sustainably," Sister
McBrien continued, "Now we are seeing that humans are part
presided over the three-week as-
The pope expressed his deep sadness that four Chinese members of the synod were not
sembly, formally closed the synod Oct. 23 vidth a Mass in St.
See SYNOD, page 4
See CONFERENCE, page 8
Communion. Pope Benedict XVI, who
or shared
Year of the Eucharist
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of creation, within creation.
Perspectives
looks at history of prayer
VS., 'North Country' I
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to the
created, according
contemplate the Eucharist as the
the Eucharist
The pope formally ended the Year
He
more than 250 bishops
urging a deeper understanding of
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to celebrate the canonization Mass of five new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 23.
God, but not
God
Synod of Bishops closed with a
VATICAN CITY
from Reuters
ship to earth
—
a relation-
Clare McBrien.
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