January
Volume 10
19,
Number
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2001 19
Serving Catholics
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Western North Caro
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the Diocese of Charlotte
Inside Lutheran-Episcopalian
communion Ecumenical
officer
comments on
significance of declaration
3
...Page
Black clergy mark slavery
Respect
Life
anniversary 7
...Page
World prays in
disaster's
wake 9
...Page
Local
News
Asheville calls for death File
penalty moratorium ...Page
"A
5
little
child
has no
difficulty in loving,
photo by Jimmy Rostar
has no obstacles
And that is why Jesus said: 'Unless you become little children, you cannot enter the kingdom of God.'"
to love.
Hikers encounter God's Spirit in
like
-MotherTeresa
mountains 14
...Page
Room
Illustration by Tim Faragher
Church community celebrates life during annual Mass
at the Inn resident
looks to brighter future ...Page
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Every Week
By
ALESHA M. PRICE
CHARLOTTE Entertainment
Pages 10-11 Editorials
& Columns .Pages
comes from God and repeated the man-
Staff Writer
12-13
—
tra
spirit,
for theirs is the
are they will
who mourn,
for they
be comforted."
- Matthew
5: 3-4
in the
Mass
a world where we take our future and put them to death," said Father Bellow. "It is God who gives us life. "As we advance in our society, we are convinced that we have the right to decide who should live, and we have
for the unborn.
During a month
dedicated to the prayerful protest of abortion with the March for Life in a similar
one
at the
Mass
on Jan.
held at St. Gabriel Church
The Mass, sponsored by Life ministry
team
the Respect
at St. Gabriel, in-
volved readings, Gospel, and prayers of the faithful
all
dedicated to the respect
theme. Father Bellow weaved the creation story throughout his homily and told the congregation that all life life
many
We
have witnessed
scientific advances...,
yet
we
taken on the arrogant attitude that
live in
we
are
our families and communities, must stand up for our brothers and sisters who cannot speak for themselves, and we must reach out to the women who have to make this difficult choice." With the approaching anniversary in
of the Roe
vs.
Wade Supreme
decision on Jan. 22,
United States, people
rtion in the
show
their support for
all life.
"Most of the people who come
millennium, just having completed
the jubilee year.
God...We,
14.
a
can e together to
good."
new
over 100 people gathered to remember parents and the unborn
kingdom of heaven. Blessed
all life is
world that tells us that we have a right end life...," said Father Richard Bellow, celebrant and homilist at the yearly to
in Raleigh,
in
said
"We gather as a people of faith
"...We live in a
Washington D.C. and
"Blessed are the poor
"God
Mass
issue of respecting
from birth ally
to the
believe strongly in the cause.
put
life
in all its
The
forms
to death needs to be continu-
in front
of everyone's minds
because there doesn't seem to be enough
emphasis
in today's
world and
in the
media," said Jim Lashua, one of the St.
Gabriel Respect Life committee members.
"We want
enough emphasis on everyone is aware that this is a main cause of concern for the church." Mary Ann McCintock, a St. Gabriel Church parishioner, agreed, "It is importo place
this so that
tant for us to
church and
show our support
its
for the
teachings on abortion,
Court
1973, to legalize
See
CELEBRATE
LIFE, page
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