U S Catholic delegation documents hardship in Lithuania visit
A Chicago led by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin reports both hospitality and hardship during a Baltic tour in Lithuania. The group, assessing church needs, observes rebuilt churches and seminary reopenings while noting shortages, troubling social issues, and a revived Catholic presence amid decades of Soviet rule.
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Chicago
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Kaunas
Albina Pajarskaite
Caritas Charity
John May
St. Louis
Latvia
Ukraine
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Caritas
Pastors Learn to Heal at 10th Pastoral Care Workshop
The Pastoral Care Workshop at Medical Center Hospital marks its tenth annual event with Chaplain Jimmy Wilson highlighting its acceptance. Leaders like Rev. David Everton and Rev. Gene Garrison will address healing the emotions body and soul, while topics cover cancer depression stress and grief. delegates travel from Odessa and surrounding areas for training and fellowship.
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Medical Center Hospital
Ral
MCH
David Everton
Bethany Christian Church
First Church
Oklahoma City
Gene Garrison
Odessa
Larry Brownfield
First St
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Headquarters fund raising stirs debate in National Baptist convention
In Los Angeles the National Baptist Convention U S A Inc meets to raise 10 million for a World Baptist Center seen by supporters as a unifying symbol and by critics as a monument to leader T J Jemison. The project, dedicated in 1989 in Nashville, draws praise for vision and criticism over spending.
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World Baptist Center
Nashville
Tenn
Jesse Jackson
D.W. Jemison
Cain Felder
Howard Divinity School
Howard University
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New Nation
Felder
Forrest Harris
Kelly Miller Smith Sapp
Western leaders urge joint action against Eastern European anti semitism
In Prague a Vatican Jewish committee and the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations call for a major initiative to combat rising anti Semitism in Eastern Europe. They urge Catholic Jewish liaison groups like Poland and Czechoslovakia to expand efforts and translate Vatican statements on Catholic Jewish relations. The plan includes training programs for priests and monitoring outbreaks, with a pledge to prepare a major church Holocaust document.
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Czechoslovakia
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Synagogue Council of America
Poland
Vatican
Polish seminary life contrasts with outside hardship
In Poland the priesthood draws growing numbers with 24,678 seminarians in 1989, a rise from 20,234 in 1980, equating to one priest per 1,280 church members. The seminary atmosphere is serene, marking priesthood as a prestige path despite outside economic and political tensions. Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and India are noted as other countries with recent increases. Enrollment is celebrated as a milestone for families.
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Zaire
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