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SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
2003
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Making strides to
Lenten Season 2003
protect children Church's general rules for
Diocese trains personnel in misconductprevention
Lenten
By KEVIN
fasting
E.
MURRAY
ery priest, religious, employee
Acting Editor
CHARLOTTE
WASHINGTON
—
In an
and volunteer
in
diocese," said
Msgr. Mauricio
effort to protect chil-
W.
the Lenten season
dren, the Diocese of Charlotte
tor.
beginning March 5, Ash Wednesday, here are the
personnel in preventing sexual
—
With
(CNS)
ongoing
continues to train diocesan
the 46-county
West, diocesan administraIt
is
the fulfillment of a
ops.
promise made in April 2002 by Bishop William G. Curlin, bishop emeritus, when he announced the implementation of
mean not taking nourishment at all
Over 4,4O0 diocesan employees and volunteers have
gram.
during a particular time or limiting ones' food consumption during a given day to one main meal and two smaller meals, with no solid foods in between. This should not be
been trained in 94 workshops around the diocese to identify and correctly address aspects of sexual misconduct. Fifteen more sessions are scheduled through May.
misconduct in accordance with mandates set by the U.S. bish-
Catholic Church's regulations
on Lenten
fasting:
In Catholic practice in the
Latin
rite,
fasting can
"Our goal
confused with the penitential practice of abstinence,
is
the nationally recognized pro-
The Diocese of Charlotte VIRTUS, a company affiliated with the contracted
National Catholic Retention Group, an insured, not-for-
to educate ev-
See TRAINING, page 9
which
refers to avoiding particular
kinds of food, especially meat.
A fasting we shall go
Note, however, that fast days are also days of abstinence;
days of abstinence are not
Belmont youth go hungry to help
necessarily fast days.
The laws
of fasting and
days of fasting
in
fight global famine
Eastern
Catholic churches differ from
Catholics of the Eastern church observe fast days by refraining from meat, dairy products and eggs. This is required of Catholics of all ages on the first day of Lent (two days before the start of Lent in the Latin rite) and on Good Friday. Consult authorities of individual churches to determine if they have other fast days. Church law for the Latin those in the Latin
rite establishes
CNS
Pope John Paul
days by not eating between meals and by having no more than one main meal and two
By KEVIN
E.
MURRAY
for donation to a local orga-
nization.
Acting Editor
II
BELMONT ter
Feed the hungry, nourish souls Catholic Relief Services launches annual Lenten
program
and malnutrition are part of their everyday lives. This Lenten season, 12 million
By
KAREN
A.
EVANS
Staff Writer
CHARLOTTE
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Catholics will not only
television, It's
Ash
Wednesday, and you are hungry. Now imagine if you felt this way every day. For 800 million people throughout the world, hunger
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give up chocolate or watching
but they will give
prayer and alms for the
1.2 billion
from
area
churches,
including
go without
six
Queen
of the Apostles Church, gathered at First
Photo
Foursquare
by:
Gospel Church for 30 Hours
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a
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as religious
of
of the Apostles. "This is just a taste of what others go through." "You're never really hungry until you've walked
of Queen of the Apostles.
Pro golfer attributes healing
life
14,
Queen
mile in someone else's Marcie Stocker,
12,
See ORB, page 14
Dean,
shoes," said
youths went without food, learned about global famine and collected canned goods
Operation Rice Bowl (ORB)
food,"
said Christopher
of Famine Feb. 21-22.
people living in poverty.
it's
like physically to
mem-
bers
understand-
ing of what
got a taste of last weekend.
famine
ministry
got a bet-
"I
— Youth groups
mately 100 youth
obliged to observe these fast
W3S
Rossi, Catholic Press Photo
Approxi-
day and Good Friday as penitential days of fast. Those aged 18 through 59 ordinarily are
3d
Max
receives ashes from Cardinal Josef Tomko at Rome's Basilica of Santa Sabina Feb. 13, 2002. During his weekly audience, which coincided with Ash Wednesday, the pope spoke of the need to rediscover the value of selfless giving, especially during Lent,
Ash Wednes-
smaller meals.
photo by
rite.
See FASTING, page 9
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