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May Volume
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28,
1999
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Number 37
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Serving Catholics
in
Western North Carolina
in
the Diocese of Charlotte
Inside Vatican issues iielp
stamp to
Kosovar refugees ...Page
3
Pope to visit
homeland in
June ...Page
7
Living the Faith
Monk
produces multitude of
fruit
tending orchard
...Page
12
Comuniquemonos ...See Special Section
Local
News Photo by Jimmy Rostar
Hamlet parish provides
Members of
the Fourth-degree honor guard line the aisle as Bishop William G. Curlin blesses the congregation at the conclusion of a May 22 Mass at the Adams Mark Hotel in Charlotte. The bishop presided over the Mass during the annual state convention of the North Carolina Knights of Columbus.
outreach to Hispanics ...Page
10
"Caring Hearts" celebrates anniversary
#
...Page
12
fvery Week
N.C. Knights of Columbus gather for
annual convention, Mass with bishop CHARLOTTE
— On
"We have such tremendous gifts," he continued. "We should be so proud to stand up and say, 'I am a Christian; 1
God's love.
Pentecost, Bishop William G. Curlin urged North Carolina's Knights of Co-
lumbus and
am
the Spirit, your marriage, your vocation, your profession and your life become an
the eve of
their families to celebrate
the birthday of the church and to live
a
Roman
Catholic.'"
Pointing at a large banner affixed
"Let that presence of
for Jesus Christ every day.
Editorials
& Columns ...Pages
4-5
Entertainment ...Pages
10-11
This issue begins the bi-weel<ly
publishing schedule of
The Catholic News
The next issue
will
& Herald.
be June 11.
extension of Christ's
Bishop Curlin presided over a Mass during the
«
"Our faith has to be
Knights' annual convention, and hosted this year May 21-23 at and the Adams Mark Hotel by the Knights councils based in Charlotte. Concelebrants were Father Frank O'Rourke, state chaplain, and Father Anthony Marcaccio, the bishop's priest secretary. Pentecost, the bisbop said in his homily on May 22, is a powerful time to reflect on the gifts of the church. of
"We have the tremendous power God in us, nourished by the Eu...
and guided speaking to us in the Scriptures," Bishop Curlin said.
charistic presence of Christ
by the
Spirit of
God
in
mind of Christ, and nourished by prayer for others.
We
— Bishop William
to the wall behind
him
Michael
G. Curlin
that read,
"The
Love, The Fruit of Love is Service," the bishop appealed to the congregation to make that message an integral part of their lives. "Our faith has to be in tune with the heart and mind of Christ, and nourished by prayer and sacrament and love for others," he said. "We have to shine with Fruit of Faith
is
have
of Columbus is a fraternal benefit society of Catholic men devoted to the family, the church and the community. The organization was
founded
to shine with God's love."
life."
The Knights
tune with the heart
sacrament and love
God grow
within you so that, through the power of
in J.
1882 by Father McGivney, whose
cause for sainthood is currently under review. The Knights' international headquarters are based in New Haven, Conn. There are nearly
11,000 Knights currently in North Carolina.
Almost 500 Knights of Columbus and their wives from throughout North Carolina attended the 79th anSee KNIGHTS, page
11