November 3, 2006
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A yearning to live free
Culture of death must be fought, says apologist at banquet by
KAREN A. EVANS
See FREEDOM, page 9
CHARLOTTE — People of today are facing an impending catastrophe spawned by the culture of death, according to a well-known Catholic apologist. “We’re facing a global catastrophe, something that our parents and grandparents never saw,” said Patrick Madrid, who has been involved in Catholic apologetics for many years. “You and I are living in the day when the evil of abortion is now going to have serious backlash against us,” he said during his speech, “The Ticking Time Bomb.” Nearly 1,400 Photo by Karen A. Evans
Mariana Tanas (front row, left); Haneen Shihadeh (front row, far right); Tania Shomaly (second row, far right) sit in on a Spanish class at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School in Charlotte Oct. 30. The eighth-graders are Palestinian Christians who have spent the past six weeks in Charlotte experiencing life in America and sharing stories about everyday life in the Holy Land. Also pictured is Sally Kaissieh, the girls’ chaperone (third row, far right).
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CHARLOTTE — In order to persuade the City of Charlotte and the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) to relocate a bus stop, Ashby Morton learned a lot about how the bureaucratic process works. Morton has lived for two years in one of the 64 apartments at McCreesh Place on North Davidson Street in Charlotte. He serves as secretary of the resident association, a position he agreed to take “to avoid
Guided by God JOANITA M. NELLENBACH
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CCHD encourages advocacy efforts TERRI JARINA
See BANQUET, page 8
Parish celebrates 70 years of faith, service
Making good in the neighborhood by
KEVIN E. MURRAY editor
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CHARLOTTE — For many teenagers, freedom means a later curfew or driving Dad’s sedan instead of Mom’s minivan. For Christian teenagers living in the Holy Land, freedom is attending Easter Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, or traveling from one city to another without spending hours at checkpoints. “There is no mall, no movie theaters,” said Haneen Shihadeh, who lives in Birzeit, a university town on the outskirts of Ramallah. “We just go to school, go to church and spend time with our friends.”
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Palestinian teens teach, learn in Charlotte by
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getting involved in politics.” Owned by St. Peter ’s Homes Inc., McCreesh Place provides affordable housing to ensure stability and selfsufficiency for its residents, who have been homeless and are challenged by disabilities. The agency received a $5,000 local grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the U.S. bishops’ domestic antipoverty program, in 2006. See CCHD, page 5
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Ashby Morton inspects a new bus stop, which he advocated for, outside McCreesh Place in Charlotte. McCreesh Place provides housing to homeless and disabled persons and has received Catholic Campaign for Human Development grant.
S WA N N A N O A — Spotlighting “prayer and service,” St. Margaret Mary Church in Swannanoa celebrated its 70th anniversary Oct. 16 with a Mass and reception. “On this feast of St. Margaret Mary, we reflect on 70 years of service to the people of this valley,” said Father Frank Seabo, pastor, in remarks before Mass. “Albaré” (“O Come and Sing”), the opening hymn, See SWANNANOA, page 7
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