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Established Jan. 12, 1972
by Pope Paul VI
SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
NOVEMBER 18, 2005
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Bishop Jugis
and a woman
adoration chapel BY
BY PATRICL\ ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
KAREN
A. EVANS STAFF WRITER
Editor's note: This
—
KANNAPOLIS
Although the Year of the Eucharist officially ended in October, dedication to the Eucharist continues to
on Vatican
11 's legacy.
WASHINGTON
—
Prior
Second Vatican Council, about the most involved lay
Jugis dedi-
J.
the
to the
western North Carolina. cated the Pope John Paul
is
next part in an ongoing series
grow throughout
Bishop Peter
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iayperson
new
dedicates
be a
people became in the day-today activities at the average
II
Adoration Chapel at St. Joseph Church in Kannapolis Nov. 6. "I myself spend time each day in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament," said Bishop Jugis in his homily before dedicating the small
Catholic parish
was
bers of the Holy
Name
as
mem-
Society
or the Altar Guild.
With several
priests typi-
and a nearby convent full of nuns, lay people filled only minor or cally assigned to a parish
peripheral roles in most par-
See ADORATION, page 6
ishes,
such as answering the
rectory phone, perhaps serv-
"room mother" to an elementary school class, leading the Cub Scout pack or ing as
Building a
Photo by Karen A. Evans
Bishop Peter
'Culture of Ufe'
J.
Jugis holds a
the Pope John Paul
II
monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament during a ceremony dedicating
Adoration Chapel at
St.
Joseph Church
in
See COUNCIL, page 8
Kannapolis Nov. 6.
NEW STATEMENT CALLS FOR REJECTION OF 'ILLUSION' OF DEATH PENALTY BY
PATRICIA ZAPOR
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WASHINGTON — A new
recently canonized relative
statement on the death penalty that calls
on society
to "reject
the tragic illusion that
BY
The
unanimous
statement,
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— October 23 was day long-awaited by Catanoso family — GREENSBORO a
vote.
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in southern Italy.
On that day at the Vatican, with more than 200,000 people crowded into St. Peter's Square and the world watching
See USCCB, page 12
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of Life and the Penalty of Death," builds upon the 1980
.
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demonstrate respect for life by taking life," was approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops Nov. 15 in a nearly
JUSTIN
we can
his first canonization, elevating
heroes
Catholic
five
One of
those venerated
was Padre Gaetano Catanoso, a humble mission priest from Reggio
di Calabria, Italy,
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who
Courtesy photo
An enormous banner portraying St.
See SAINT, page 7
new
saints
Seniors gather for spiritual
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well-being
ABC TV PAGE 5
in
St.
Gaetano Catanoso hangs outside
Mass
for him
and four other
Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 23.
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St.
Peter's Basilica during the canonization
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to
sainthood.
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