Oct. 21, 2005

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October 21, 2005

The Catholic News & Herald 1

www.charlottediocese.org

Annual Report

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

A special 20-page insert containing the annual financial report will be included in the Oct. 28 issue of The Catholic News & Herald.

Established Jan. 12, 1972 by Pope Paul VI OCTOBER 21, 2005

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

vOLUME 15

no. 3

Synod of Bishops

Energizing faith

Atlanta archbishop tells synod church needs inspiring

Black Catholic administrators inspired at annual meeting

by CAROL GLATZ catholic news service

ROME — The church needs vibrant, inspiring preachers and new ways to communicate faith traditions in its response to current challenges, said Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta. While the Oct. 2-23 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist grapples with concerns such as how to attract more priestly vocations or how to reach out to young people or lapsed Catholics, “we cannot change the faith of the church to accommodate one group or another,” he told Catholic News Service Oct. 10 in Rome. “But what we can do is communicate the faith of the church in such a way so that it is heard by people in a variety of backgrounds,” he said. See SYNOD, page 9

Local programs to be enhanced, says AAAM director FORT WORTH, Texas — Sandy Murdock, director of the African American Affairs Ministry for the Diocese of Charlotte, was among the participants at the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators’ (NABCA) annual meeting. NABCA held the meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Representatives were present from 37 dioceses across the United States. “It was an excellent opporSee BLACK CATHOLIC, page 12 CNS Photo by Alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo

Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, and Swiss Bishop Amedee Grab of Chur leave the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist at the Vatican Oct. 7. The synod, focusing on liturgical and pastoral issues facing the church, was attended by some 240 bishops and 12 priests, plus experts and auditors from around the world.

To be ‘Silent no more’ Women speak out against abortion

Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach

Eileen Brennan and Nick Grasberger, parishioners of St. Barnabas Catholic Church in Arden, hold rally signs during the Silent No More rally in Asheville Oct 15.

big deal.” Her mother agreed with the doctor. Alone, Shelley drove three hours from her small Midwest hometown to Detroit to have the abortion in 1973. “Women are told abortion is a simple choice and are therefore unprepared for the pain and suffering they experience as a consequence of (hav-

Indian Catholics spend sleepless night when aid workers don’t by ANTO AKKRA catholic news service

ASHEVILLE — Shelley was 17, Catholic, unmarried and pregnant. Her life would never be the same again. The doctor who confirmed her pregnancy told her to get an abortion. It was, he said, just “the removal of some tissue, no

BARAMULA, India — Indian church officials coordinating relief for earthquake victims spent a sleepless night Oct. 11 when 18 church relief workers failed to return to their base camp for the night. “I was terribly worried,” said Father Sebastian Kalappurayil, principal of St. Joseph School in Baramula, where 50 church charity workers and officials were camped. They

See SILENT, page 6

See EARTHQUAKE, page 13

by

Joanita M. Nellenbach correspondent

Fighting for Life

Culture Watch

Perspectives

Pro-Life Memorial dedicated, Room at the Inn Banquet

Pope Benedict XVI’s first book, ‘Elizabethtown’

Government reimbursements for charity, the reality of work

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