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Thirty-one men prostrate themselves before the altar of St. Peter 's Basilica during their ordination May 11 on World Day of P raye r for Vocations. Pope John Paul II presided at the service, calling on netv priests to model their lives after Christ, the good shepherd.
30 .fnilli.oii.th meal served . at St.. Anthony Dining K.oom Mr. Mark Elllnger was the recipient of the 30 millionth meal to be served at St. Anthony 's Dining Room on April 30. He was served the meal of the day, beef bourguignon , by Franciscan Friar John Hardin. The executive director of St. Anthony 's foundation said, "The occasion of serving the 30 millionth meal is one of celebration and concern," referring to a recent Dining Room Guest Survey Report's finding that "homelessness has more than doubled among the guests since 1995." In addition, the statement discovered one in three of the guests is a veteran, and 60 percent experience hunger at least once a week despite tile efforts of the Dining Room and many other food programs in the city, . "We need to keep working. with the public and private sectors to reduce hunger by addressing -the root causes of hunger, homelessness and poverty," said Father Hardin. St. Anthony 's Dining Room doors were open on Oct. 4, 1950 by Franciscan Friar Alfred Boeddeker, serving 400 free meals a day, Today, the. Dining Room serves an average of 2,000 meals a day, 365 days a year.
New members of the Church welcomed at Cathedral Mass By Evelyn Zappia Hundreds gathered at St. Maiy's Cathedral for the traditional Neophyte Mass celebrated by Archbishop William J. Levada on May 4. The annual Neophyte Mass marks the opportunity for the bishop of the diocese, the successor of the apostles in the Church , to celebrate the fullness of our faith and life in the Eucharist with those that have been newly received into the Churc h , the Archbishop explained. "It is also an opportunity for the Catholic faithful to welcome those that are newly baptized and received into the Church as part of the Eucharistic community at our Cathedral , " he said. "Sometimes this process, the Christian initiation is though t of as having its end at baptism - and indeed as a process it does," the Archbishop said. "But it is only NEW MEMBERS, page 15
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