Catholic ministry marks 90th anniversary with dinner dance
Syracuse University faith group celebrates 90 years in 1996 with the St. Thomas More dinner dance at the Hotel Syracuse. Tickets are 175 per couple, with a prize raffle and grand prize round trips to Italy. Proceeds aid 4500 Catholic students across 50 states and 100 countries. Call 478-5959 for tickets.
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Syracuse University
Syracuse
St. Thomas More
Catholic Ministry
Italy
Cardinal blesses new Chevron station in Oakhurst California
Cardinal Roger M. Mahony anointed a Chevron gas station in Oakhurst California sprinkling holy water on the entrance pumps snack area and ice machine. He noted it was the first gas station blessing in his tenure and praised creation while blessing the owners Les and Phyllis Pacheco who live nearby near Yosemite National Park.
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Roger M. Mahony
Chevron
Oakhurst
Calif
Mahony
Los Angeles
Orthodox Jews protest conversion proposal in Israel
Orthodox Jewish parties push to bar foreign conversions and keep Orthodox control over Israeli religious law. Avraham Burg of the Jewish Agency urges breaking the monopoly, warning the plan would alienate Diaspora Jewry and weaken ties with world Jewry.
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Ssgonatt
Israel
Knesset
Avraham Burg
Jewish Agency
Associated Press
Burg
Priests Asked to Donate to Hearts on Fire Campaign
About 120 Colorado priests in the Denver Archdiocese are asked to contribute thousands to a five year fund drive named Hearts on Fire. The priests, earning $1200 monthly, are encouraged to give not forced. Organizers aim to raise 64 million for education retirement and aid to the poor.
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Colorado
Denver
Wyle Dever
John V. Anderson
Robert Kinkel
Spirit of Christ Church
Arvada
Templeton creates Inspiring Movies and TV Prizes
Sir Joan Templeton funds annual awards of 25000 to one film and one TV program for inspiring content. The prizes will be presented at Movieguide Annual Awards dinner in March by Movieguide and the Christian Film and Television Commission.
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Joan Templeton
Templeton
Movieguide
Christian Film and Television Commission
Ted Baehr
Top religion story of 1995 Rabin assassination noted
The Religion Newswriters Association names the Rabin assassination as 1995s top religion story. Other leading items include the Million Man March and Pope John Paul I papal visits. The list cites religious conflicts, Crusade-era battles, and church finance scandals shaping annual discourse.
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Rabin
Yitzah Rabin
Religion Newswriters Association
Yigal Amir
Washington
Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan
Unshackled radio drama marks 45 years in Chicago fans
Pacific Garden Mission hosts audience for program No 2857 of Unshackled a long running faith based drama heard on over 1 000 stations across six continents The article recounts the show beginnings in 1950 its focus on true life struggles from alcohol and drugs to abuse and loneliness and notes actors including Judith Easton who shares her biography and conversion story as part of the production on a frigid night at the homeless shelter
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Chicago
Pacific Garden Mission
Tate Street
Billy Sunday
Christ
Col. Ie
Eph O'Donnell
Sheila Harris
Judith Easton
Easton
Michael Kinard
Mission
Proam
Bible’s power in public life debated in new book
The book The Bible Tells Me So examines how scripture has been used to justify cruelty such as slaveholding and prejudice while also empowering the oppressed. It notes Douglass’s critique of religious slaveholders and argues the Bible can drive both intolerance and hope, urging readers to scrutinize biblical quotes in current politics.
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Frederick Douglass
Uigalts
Lascot
Douglass
Tinan
Akvene
Carine
Rand Cheadle
Hill
Anchor
Prammne
Inovements
Ruth Abed
Gat
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