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Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of

God. Just as

everyone ing

in

my own

1

diaconate set to expand diocesan

please

try to

benefit but that of the

many, that they

may be saved. Be

me, as

imitators of

I

every way, not seek-

am

I

Corinthians 10:31,33—11:1

FEBRUARY 14,

prison ministry

of Christ.

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NEWS

& H E R A L D

SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

2003

Harambee Mass

5

VOLUME

N9

12

21

USCCB takes steps

celebrates

to protect children

Africari'American culture

Workshops, policies aimed to help create

OLCand OLA pull together for Black History Month

safe environment* By KEVIN

MURRAY

E.

Acting Editor

The Ad Hoc Committee

on Sexual Abuse will conduct a series of workshops throughout the country later this year.

The workshops

will assist

dioceses in implementing the

"The Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People," developed by the ad hoc committee and approved by the full body of the

US.

Catholic Conference of

(USCCB)

Bishops

in its

Novem-

ber 2002 general meeting

Implementation of the "Es-

Norms

sential

for

Diocesan/

Dealing with

Eparchial Policies

PHOTOS BY KAREN

A.

require that

each diocese have a written policy on the sexual abuse of minors by priests and deacons, as well as by other church personnel.

Each diocese must file a copy of its policy with the USCCB by June 1, which is within three months of the effecof the norms.

tive date

The

Office of Child and Youth Protection (OCYP), established by the charter, will help conduct the workshops

scheduled for April, May and June of this year. Audits to en-

Abuse of

Allegations of Sexual

The norms

shops.

November,

in

be covered in the work-

will also

WASHINGTON U.S. bishop's

Minors," adopted

See WORKSHOPS, page 8

Vatican OKs Harry Potter

EVANS

Rome, local opinion says boy wizard hot evil'

Our Lady ofConsola tion parishioners lead the Harambee Mass a t Our Lady of

processional at a

the Assumption Church.

The Mass was celebrated

as part ofBlack History Month for the students

By KEVIN

Vatican

Pictured left, 9/1 1 survivor Victoria Lockhart

selling

performs during the Harambee Mass.

By

KAREN

A.

EVANS

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE woman dances

dressed

down

all

in

the aisle

Lady of the Assumption Church. In front of the

altar,

she continues her joyous dance. Thus begins the Harambee-influenced Mass presented for the students of

Our Lady of

the Assumption

films are not evil; instead, they

story,

are fdled themes.

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Christian

the woods,

by stealing away into Plummer ex-

ing the release of a Vatican document on the New Age

narrated the Harambee procession. Harambee, a Swahili term meaning "pull-

plained.

movement.

ing together," refers to the desire to bring a diverse group of people together as one congregation.

side

in traditional

Af-

in secret

Once

the woods, an iron pot would be turned upin

down on

slaves

the altar, and

would pray

into

it

so

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The

boy wizard was brought up because strains of the New Age movement promote magic and the

of the

body ...PAGE

4

CNS

page document entitled "Jesus

photo from

Warner Bros.

Christ the Bearer of the

fictional

occult, according to the 93-

See HARAMBEE, page 8

Speaker relays theology

U

with

practiced their Christian faith

American slaves were forbidden to worship, so they

6.

rican costume,

1000-665^ ON TIIH 0C68 ao

the best-

officials said

Harry Potter books and

Our Lady of Consolation Church (OLC) parishioner Robin Plummer

Dressed

white of Our

"I see absolutely no problem with Harry Potter," said Father Peter Fleetwood at a Feb. 3 press conference mark-

School Feb.

A

MURRAY

VATICAN CITY

Our Lady ofthe Assumption School.

See accompanying

E.

Acting Editor

of

of

Life:

on the "I

A

Water

Christian Reflection

New Age." don't think any of us the imagi-

grew up without

See POTTER, page 14

Parishioners spend a

Sister of St. Joseph

day with

sees ministry as great

St. Paul's

adventure

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