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Roman
Catholic
Diocese of Charlotte
Parish Profile:
Holy Spirit Church I
by Pope Paul VI
It's
19,
SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
2003
beginning to look a lot
like
—
war, cardinal
& HERALD
says BY
VATICAN CITY
the spirits or the warm, giving hearts of students, staff
—
The
capture of Saddam Hussein may help bring peace
Gabriel
to Iraq, but
School in Charlotte. all
JOHN THAVIS
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
dampen
St.
13
doesn't excuse
BELMONT It may have been cold, rainy and gloomy outside, but the weather didn't and families from
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bring peace,
KRIS REICH
TO THE CATHOLIC NEWS
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capture may
ST GABRI EL STUD ENTS SPECIAL
VOLUME
Hussein's
Christmas
SANTA GETS HELP FROM
BY
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NEWS'MERALD
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it
does not change
the fact that "the less,
Fifteen student council members from four fifth-grade classes, along with Prin-
war was
use-
and served no purpose," a
top Vatican
official said.
Renato R. Martino, head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said the Vatican wants Hussein to receive a fair trial Cardinal
Sharon Broxterman and four assistants, managed to figuratively and cipal
blanket with a dazzling display of Christmas generosity the 12 women and 1 3 children living at Catherine's House. Located in Belmont, Catherine's House
literally
.for alleged crimes
during
his
women and
long dictatorship. But the
who are homeless and is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. "I first brought the idea to collect gifts for Catherine's House to our Parent Teacher Organization and they were all in
Vatican is opposed to the death penalty for the fallen Iraqi leader, he said. Speaking during a Dec. 1 press conference, Cardinal Martino offered the first sub-
is
a
transitional facility for
their children
favor of
it,"
said
Broxterman. "The Sisters
stantial Vatican reaction to the
Mercy opened our school and staffed it for many, many years, so it was time to do of
Courtesy Photo by Kris Reich
Students from
something for them."
St.
Gabriel School
in
Charlotte recently brought gifts and needed Items to
the residents of Catherine's House, a transitional
See STUDENTS, page 4
in
women and
harvests hope BY
KAREN
A.
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Home
has recently expanded
into unlikely territory: Ireland.
In a nation
Sunshine Kazoo
where 88 per-
cent of the population lic
and abortion
is
is
Catho-
illegal,
in ireland
may seem
EVANS
STAFF WRITER
Band, chats with patient Devota Jarrett at Murphy Nursing Dec. 1 0. See story page 5.
cardinal said he hopes
to peace and the reconstruction of Iraq. But it would be illusory to think that it will repair
FOSTERING HEALING
of St. William Church's
The
of
forces.
Hussein's capture "contributes
Rachel's Vineyard
Bodem, a member
and detention
Hussein by U.S.
their children,
Belmont.
Spreading sunshine
lane
facility for
capture
there would be no need for post-abortion counseling services.
Not
so,
according
Martha Shuping, M.D., and a member of
its
An women
England each
images showing a bedraggled Hussein undergoing a medical examination shortly
"What caused me pain was seeing
See VINEYARD, page 7
Smile Train
4
TV
estimated Irish 6,000 travel to
Christmas
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Cardinal Martino voiced displeasure at the broadcast of
after his detention.
Turning frowns upside
I
board of
directors.
A Christmas story St. Ann students ponder their roles
a vol-
unteer with Rachel's Vineyard
it
St.
to
the damage caused by that great defeat for humanity which war always represents." "I hope his capture does not have other, serious consequences. But this is not the total solution to the problems in the Middle East," he said.
down
man,
See HUSSEIN, page 12
A
Leo students hop aboard The
this ruined
motlier's influence
Songwriter draws inspiration
from Mary I
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