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Number
5
Serving Catholics
in
Western North Carolina
the Diocese of Charlotte
in
Insid
Family
Bishop celebrates Rite of
Rosary Day
Candidacy for diaconate ...Page
Rosary service tradition honors Mary
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Diocesan stewardship
By
has new look
ALESHA
M. PRICE
Staff Writer
...Page
—
CHARLOTTE St. Vincent Church members and other local parishioners took their Sunday afternoon time on Oct. 1 to pray the rosary and to show their devotion to Mary. The 49th Semi-Annual International Family Ro-
4
RU-486 Bishops dismayed over pill
sary Day, the bi-annual service taking
May
and October, was held Marian month of devotion. Since the first rosary day service held at Charlotte Catholic High School
place in
decision but
during
resolve to fight
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this
in 1976, people
have gathered for a time
on the power of the rosary, of which Pope John Paul II has often re-
to reflect
statement
ferred. In a
to
Local News
in
May at a service
commemorate 20th-century martyrs,
he
said,
"When
put to the
every
test,
believer and every Christian
commu-
nity finds support and comfort in the
"Hermana"
Blessed Virgin." He has stated that his personal devotion to Mary saved his
leads the
life
Hispanic
Family
During this rosary day service, which regularly consists of the rosary prayer, Gospel reading, homily, the presentation of flowers to Mary and
Photo by Jimmy Rostar
Ministry ...Page
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The
Parish marks time with capsule Mark Church community in Huntersville gathered
the procession of the Blessed Sacra-
for a parish picnic Sept. 30, where they buried a time capsule chronicling the parish's first four years. Pictured clockwise, T.J. Rider, Cotter, Brian Cotter, Ralph Wearsch and Msgr. Joseph Kerin tighten bolts on the capsule, which will be opened in 10 years. St.
ment, Father Matthew Kauth, paroCharlotte, served as the homilist.
See
Food Parity woman's faith
Lilies of the Field
testament to
..Page
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Palestinian state called only By JUDITH
f very
Week
Entertainment .Pages Editorials
10-11
& Columns 12-13
through his childhood, Jesus called Mary his mother. When he later addressed her as 'woman,' he was emphasizing that she is not just his biological mother but also the mother of the people of the new covenant." "All
— Pope John Paul
II
—
Is-
Jews
is
freedom of
respected within the
"The provocative
visit
shows that religious feelings must be respected and the holy places must
as
its capital.
"These sorrowful and painful
al-
"What
is
happening
back their entire freedom and own independent state with Jerusalem as its capital," said Patriarch Sabbah in
Sharon visited the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as al-Harem
a statement.
al-Sharif, Sept. 28.
"This will lead to real stability for both Israelis and Palestinians and the entire region," he said. He urged Israel to implement international resolutions about the city's
Sept. 29, violence erupted in Jerusa-
and now suddenly we
the statement, translated
The
a
—
are at war." Mayor Gerias Khoury of Fassuta
following day,
lem and throughout the Palestinian Territories when Israeli troops stormed the Temple Mount, which includes the Western Wall, a Jewish
II
and the Palestinian Territories Oct. 2 violent as clashes
especially when we were close to peace
be preserved," he said
from Arabic.
and the al-Aksa Mosque,
is incredibly painful,
events prove to all that there is no choice but to have justice for the Palestinian people, who must be given
in
site,
asked for prayers for peace in Israel
create a Palestinian state with Jerusa-
bloodshed
holy
city.
opposition leader) Ariel Sharon to Harem al-Sharif which all this
3
of (Israeli
and the death toll mounted, Latin-rite Patriarch Michel Sabbah said the only way to prevent such conflict is to
caused
page
Muslim holy site. At the Vatican, Pope John Paul
Muslims and
religion for Christians,
As
ROSARY DAY,
in
He
way to end Mideast violence
status to guarantee that
raeli-Palestinian violence increased
lem .Pages
SUDILOVSKY
News Service JERUSALEM (CNS) Catholic
Matthew Church
chial vicar at St.
Tom
Living the Faith
after a 1981 assassination attempt.
moved
into their fourth
day.
The
fighting "weighs
heavily on
my
soul," the
pope told pilgrims gathered at the Vatican.
"For several days the holy city of Jerusa-
lem has been a theater of violent conflicts which have caused numerous deaths and injuries, including of several children," the pope said. "Spiritually near to the families of
See MIDEAST, page
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