Campus ministries face funding crisis in survey
A study of 205 Catholic and Protestant campus ministries finds 10 percent fear program elimination and about 75 percent expect staff reductions in the next three years. The survey, by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate for the Catholic Campus Ministry Association, notes Lilly Endowment funding.
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Oman
Center For Applied Research
Catholic Campus Ministry Association
Lilly Endowment
Donald R. McCabe
University of Dayton
Ohio
Black Baptist denomination plans to register new voters
Members of America's largest black denomination marched and sang as leaders urged a civil rights era revival. More than 4,000 National Baptist Convention members paraded through Birmingham's civil rights district ending at the church where four girls died in 1963. President Lyons backed a White House conference on equal opportunity and a target to register one million black voters by November 1996.
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America
National Baptist Convention
Birmingham
Ala
Henry J. Lyons
Jesse Jackson
White House
Faith Notebook events mark United Nations anniversary
A series of talks on the United Nations unfolds at Faith Notebook venues and local churches. Notable speakers include Goodwin Cooke of Syracuse University and Silvana Rubino, with dates spanning Sept 24 to Oct 8, plus related community events at Franciscan Center and area parishes.
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United Nations
United Churchaf
Virgin Mary finds a home on computer network
The Marian Library at the University of Dayton sponsors The Mary Page on the World Wide Web offering 10 FAQs about Mary mother of Christ. Rev Bertrand Buby notes the page aims to make Mary better known and understood, with details on her attire, apocryphal parentage, and the first recognized apparition in Guadalupe in 1831.
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Virgin Mary
Mary
Mother of Christ
Marian Library-Intenational
Marian Research Institute
University of Dayton
Bertrand Buby
Agrank
Dayton
Joachim
Anne
Gere
Guadalupe
Mexico
Rwanda killings target churches amid mass violence report
African Rights releases a 1 200 page study on the 1994 Rwandan genocide noting churches were heavily targeted during the killings from April to June 1994. The report cites eyewitness accounts and interviews with survivors and accused killers.
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Hulu Mila
Rwanda
Chabhete
Vatican releases Pope John Paul II rosary recordings
Vatican launches English and Spanish recordings of the pope reciting the rosary to raise funds for Vatican radio. The 108 minute CD and cassette, marketed by Alliance Entertainment, will debut during Jus Oct 4-8 US visit. Proceeds support Catholic schools and parishes at wholesale and retail prices.
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Vatican City
John Paul II
United States
Vatican
Ling
Duncan Hutchison
Alliance Entertainment Corp
New York
New Jersey
Malta
Mary
Rome
Wati Can Radio
John Paul
Ireland
Church prays to country music beat
North Heartland Community Church in Platte Woods blends country songs with comedy skits to attract worshippers. Rick McGinnis leads a service held at New York Middle School theater, featuring a lay led, nontraditional format with no hymns or pews. The aim is to erase barriers, create warmth, and grow beyond a baring church setting toward a campuslike facility.
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Platte Woods
North Heartland Community Church
Rick McGinnis
McGinnis
North Heartland
Terry Lamberth
Jeff Foxworthy
Lamberth
Yark Middle School
McCinnis
United States
Main Place Christian Fellowship
Santa Ana
Calif
Rich Mathisrud
Mathisrud
Pam Seymour
Kansas City
Kan
Seymour
Judy Henderson
Platte Pod
Henderson
High Holy Days urge true forgiveness and reconciliation
Rabbi A James Radin notes Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur push a real moral cleansing. The Days of Awe demand seeking forgiveness from those harmed in the past year, a task harder today amid fast communication and Holocaust history.
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A. James Radin
The
Americanish Committee
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