Sept. 16, 2005

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September 16, 2005

The Catholic News & Herald 1

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

Year of the Eucharist

Mystery of the Mass, Part 25; Pope urges Catholics to rediscover cross

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Homes destroyed, not faith Two evacuee families reflect on Katrina experiences by

staff writer

See KATRINA, page 5

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Leading the way

Communicants invited to guide eucharistic CHARLOTTE — Bishop Peter J. Jugis is inviting all children in the Diocese of Charlotte who received their first Communion during 2005 to join in the eucharistic procession. The Saturday morning procession through uptown Charlotte is part of the Eucharistic Congress, taking place at the Charlotte Convention Center Sept. 23-24. Invitation letters from the bishop to the communicants were sent out the week of Aug. 29. “I would like you to help

KAREN A. EVANS

CHARLOTTE — Out of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina have come countless stories of death and destruction. But there are also stories of hope, recovery and renewed faith. Even though Ali and Maddy Cuevas have lost many of their belongings, they realize those are only possessions that can be replaced. What did survive Hurricane Katrina — their family, their friends, their church (St. John the Evangelist Church in Gulfport, Miss.) — is much more important. The Cuevas sisters — Ali, a seventh-grader, and Maddy, a fifth-grader — are staying with their aunt and uncle, Stacey and Kevin Cuevas, in Salisbury and

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See CONGRESS, page 7

Photo by Karen A. Evans

Maddy Cuevas points out the damage to her Long Beach, Miss. neighborhood as her sister Ali looks on. The Cuevas sisters rode out Hurricane Katrina in their grandmother’s home in North Long Beach and have been staying with an aunt and uncle in Salisbury.

by Carol Glatz catholic news service

Gathering in faith

New parish activity center dedicated at Holy Spirit by

KEVIN E. MURRAY editor

Photo by Kevin E. Murray

Bishop Peter J. Jugis sprinkles holy water during the Sept. 10 dedication of the new parish activity center at Holy Spirit Church in Denver.

DENVER — Not quite two years after the December 2003 groundbreaking, the new parish activity center at Holy Spirit Church in Denver is “open for business.” With Knights of Columbus lining the entrance, around 250 parishioners crowded inside as

Pope to preside over first canonizations in October

Bishop Peter J. Jugis dedicated the 19,908 square-foot center Sept. 10. After Mass in the church concelebrated by Father Joseph Ayathupadam, pastor, and Father Richard Hanson, Bishop Jugis sprinkled holy water about the center’s 11 classSee ACTIVITY, page 9

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI will create five new saints when he presides over his first canonization ceremony Oct. 23 in St. Peter’s Square. Pope Benedict’s predecessor, Pope John Paul II, approved the decrees creating the five new saints. The late pope had also approved the decrees authorizing several beatifications this autumn; various cardinals will preside over those ceremonies. Pope Benedict has not See POPE, page 12

Culture Watch

Portraying a saint

Perspectives

Tolkien’s Catholic vision in books; ‘Exorcism’ prompts look at faith

Catholics perform play on St. Francis’s life

Mass obligations; experiencing Katrina

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