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VOLUME

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LONG-LIVED FAITH

Seniors gather

Mother Teresa beatified in

day of

for

reflection

Rome

BY

KAREN

EVANS

A.

STAFF WRITER

Pope offers thanks for her witness,

Laughter resonated throughOut St. Mark Church as Benedictine Father Kieran Neilson shared jokes with 100

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gathered Oct. 9 for prayer and laugliter sponsored by the elder ministry for Catholic Social a

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CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY John Paul

11

— Pope

offered his tlianks

Mother Teresa of

to Blessed

Calcutta, founder of the

Mis-

sionaries of Charity, for being

him

her lifetime and for courageously showing the close to

in

world what it means to love and serve Jesus completely.

"The venerable servant of God, Teresa of Calcutta, from this moment on will be called blessed," the pope said at the Oct.

the

19 beatification

crowd burst

Mass

as

the ceremony, the 83-year-old pope said: "We honor in her one of the most relevant personalities of our age. Let us accept her message and follow

lie

Unlike the Spring Fling, parishioners from across the diocese congregate to enjoy games and enricliment activities, the annual Senior Fall Day of Reflection is a time for

For the fii-sL time at a maPope John Paul did not read even one line of his homily.

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seniors to

official

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culty speaking clearly, the crowd would not ha\'e been

director for diocesan el-

der ministry. "Seniors are \ery spiritu-

much of his ally

message, so others were asked to read for him.

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PHOTO FROM Reuters

grounded," Breakfield

"They need, and

wrote for

See BEATIFIED, page 13

Teresa

of

II

Calcutta Oct.

19

in

At anniversary Mass, pope prays for 'wisdom, holiness and strength' by JOHN THAVIS catholic

news

service

VATICAN CITY

— As CNS

PHOTO FROM Reuters

acknowledges the cheers of pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square Oct. 15. Tens of thousands of pilgrims from around the world made their way to Rome to mark his 25th anniversary as pope Oct. 16 and to II

celebrate the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Oct. 19.

(CNS)

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16 liturgy in

Peter's Square brought

together church leaders, civil authorities and some 50,000

from many counall of them eager to

faithful

ment, Pope John Paul II celebrated a 25th anniversary Mass and prayed for the "wisdom, holiness and strength" to keep leading the

aging and fragile

Neumann music director

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share the

moment

with the

pontiff.

The Mass was an emotional high point of the anni-

See POPE, page 12

Page 4

dained and

installed

Mass

at St.

in

today, Oct. 24.

Look

for

complete coverage

of the Mass, as well as Bishop

Jugis'

rite

of reception at St.

Patrick Cathedral Oct.

other events,'

in

25 and

a special

commemorative issue Bishop Jugis

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to

next week's

The Catholic News & Herald.

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to ex-

tiieir faith,

Sandra Breakfield, pro-

said

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Pope John Paul

come together

plore and challenge

said that with the pope's diffi-

able to understand

reflection,

when

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own

day of

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