Monthly Archives: August 2000
COMMENTARY: The Cloud of Loneliness
By Tom Ehrich — August 16, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) (UNDATED) Loneliness is like a cloud. You’re going along and suddenly become aware that the day doesn’t feel as bright. You discover the sun has gone behind a cloud. If […]
COMMENTARY: The Cloud of Loneliness
By Tom Ehrich — August 16, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) (UNDATED) Loneliness is like a cloud. You’re going along and suddenly become aware that the day doesn’t feel as bright. You discover the sun has gone behind a cloud. If […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 15, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service `Kum Ba Yah’ Forbidden at Camp Talent Show in Florida (RNS) An 8-year-old girl was barred from singing “Kum Ba Yah” because talent show organizers at her Florida day camp said the campfire favorite violated their ban on religious songs. After practicing the song for a week, Samantha Schultz was […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 15, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service `Kum Ba Yah’ Forbidden at Camp Talent Show in Florida (RNS) An 8-year-old girl was barred from singing “Kum Ba Yah” because talent show organizers at her Florida day camp said the campfire favorite violated their ban on religious songs. After practicing the song for a week, Samantha Schultz was […]
NEWS FEATURE: Hispanic Catholics Flourish in the Heart of Dixie
By Ted Parks — August 12, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service DALTON, Ga. _ The preferred language is Spanish, with four masses in the language every weekend compared to three in English. The pastor is bilingual, the associate Mexican. Somewhere near Los Angeles? San Antonio, maybe? No, Dalton, Ga., deep in the heart of Dixie. The parish is St. Joseph’s in […]
NEWS FEATURE: Hispanic Catholics Flourish in the Heart of Dixie
By Ted Parks — August 12, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service DALTON, Ga. _ The preferred language is Spanish, with four masses in the language every weekend compared to three in English. The pastor is bilingual, the associate Mexican. Somewhere near Los Angeles? San Antonio, maybe? No, Dalton, Ga., deep in the heart of Dixie. The parish is St. Joseph’s in […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 11, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Denver Archbishop Orders Priests to Withdraw from Gay Masses (RNS) Catholic priests in religious orders have been warned by Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput not to say Mass or officiate at same-sex ceremonies for the local gay Catholic organization, Dignity. The warning went out to provincials of men’s religious orders that […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 11, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Denver Archbishop Orders Priests to Withdraw from Gay Masses (RNS) Catholic priests in religious orders have been warned by Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput not to say Mass or officiate at same-sex ceremonies for the local gay Catholic organization, Dignity. The warning went out to provincials of men’s religious orders that […]
NEWS STORY: Episcopal Presiding Bishop Announces He Has Prostate Cancer
By Kein Eckstrom — August 10, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, has announced he will undergo prostate cancer surgery next month. The 62-year-old bishop said the cancer has been found in the early stages and he expects a full recovery. “By way of encouragement, the surgeon showed (wife) […]
NEWS STORY: Episcopal Presiding Bishop Announces He Has Prostate Cancer
By Kein Eckstrom — August 10, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, has announced he will undergo prostate cancer surgery next month. The 62-year-old bishop said the cancer has been found in the early stages and he expects a full recovery. “By way of encouragement, the surgeon showed (wife) […]
COMMENTARY: Comings and Goings
By Tom Ehrich — August 9, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) (UNDATED) “Let us take time to be still,” says the worship leader, “to center ourselves, to seek God alone.” At that instant, a train whistle sounds in that middle distance […]
COMMENTARY: Comings and Goings
By Tom Ehrich — August 9, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) (UNDATED) “Let us take time to be still,” says the worship leader, “to center ourselves, to seek God alone.” At that instant, a train whistle sounds in that middle distance […]
NEWS STORY: New Orleans Archdiocese Alters Policy on Sex Abuse
By Bruce Nolan — August 9, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ A year after it shelved a parent’s warning that a Roman Catholic school teacher might be sexually molesting his students only to see the warning vindicated by the teacher’s arrest and imprisonment, the Archdiocese of New Orleans has decided to ask a panel of parents, psychologists and […]
NEWS STORY: New Orleans Archdiocese Alters Policy on Sex Abuse
By Bruce Nolan — August 9, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ A year after it shelved a parent’s warning that a Roman Catholic school teacher might be sexually molesting his students only to see the warning vindicated by the teacher’s arrest and imprisonment, the Archdiocese of New Orleans has decided to ask a panel of parents, psychologists and […]
NEWS STORY: Lieberman’s Orthodox Faith Presents Practical Campaign Challenges
By Kein Eckstrom — August 9, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ If Vice President Al Gore wins in November and is sworn in as the 43rd president on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, there is some question as to whether his running mate, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, will be there with him. Jan. 20 falls on the Jewish Sabbath, and Lieberman, […]
