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new
KAREN A. EVANS STAFF WRITER
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PATRICIA ZAPOR
BY
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
this story.
GREENSBORO
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BALTIMORE
In
Some
U.S. policymakers "seem to fail to recognize sufficiently the reality and failures in Iraq and the imperative for
May 2004, Leah walked though the doors of Room at the Inn of the Carolinas, pregnant and
Her father had recently prompting her to drop out of college and move in with a alone.
new
died,
warned the
directions,"
U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops in a new statement on
boyfriend, then with friends.
transition in Iraq.
afterward, she learned
she was pregnant. referred her to
A
Room
counselor at the
we
Inn
home with
"As pastors and teachers, are convinced that the
current situation in Iraq remains
of the Carolinas, a Christian maternity
directions
in policy, aid
the client's first
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unacceptable and unsustainable,"
facilities in
the
Greensboro and Bluffton, S.C.
document
says.
The statement issued See BISHOPS, page 8
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pray at the opening of their
fall
meeting
in
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meeting
fall
2.
honor of Bishop CurUn BY
KAREN A. EVANS
From Mooresville to Peru
STAFF WRITER
CLEMMONS
—
Bishop
St.
Therese Church parishioners
many
assist
in
Cayma community
Emeritus William G. Curlin's tireless service to the Diocese of Charlotte is never done. At 80, he still travels the diocese and beyond, celebrating
Alto
Catholics in Mooresville are reaching out to help a Peruvian
formation class.
Masses and leading
community in need. Bob and Betty Edelen, parishioners of St. Therese Church in Mooresville, recently
comprised of 35 settlements and about 31,000 people on
And now
retreats.
a building will
stand in honor of his inspiration
and
thanks to a parish priest who appreciates his years of service. faith,
It
was
in
1994, after 20
MOORESVILLE
—
delivered needed supplies to the
people of Alto Cayma, Peru. During their August visit to the
children in the parish's faith
Alto Cayma is a community
the outskirts of the southern
highland city of Arequipa, Peru's second largest city. Arequipa, 630 miles south of the capital of Lima, is
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and Betty Edelen stand with a family
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Our Schools
schools;
in
in
Alto
Cayma, Peru,
despair
Mexican flood
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Gloria Hintz
August.
5k fundraiser
victims in
need of assistance
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