Catholic New Times back issues from February 2004:
From the editor's desk.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
Feb 08, 2004 ... In our last issue we editorialized what some women--those who feel called to priesthood-are doing. Change, alas, always happens before people are willing to give. up the past and it seldom ever happens from above. Most church watchers agree that clericalism, as the late bishop Alexander ...
Do they relieve in God? Missioner asks.(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 08, 2004; ... Your editorial, "Ordination of Women," arouses some anger in me. Not that I disagree, in fact the opposite. I am wondering if the thirteen Cardinals and two bishops named believe in the existence of God. These men seem to have the right to deny us from creative spiritual nourishment. ...
Well done, U.S. Bishops.(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 08, 2004; ... (U.S. Bishops on why homosexual marriage, is a contradiction, CNT, Jan 4/04). I have thought long and hard about same sex relationships and have to say that CNT has provided strong and well-argued articles supporting both sides of the debate. I was forced to rethink my objections to ...
Hey, dude, where's my church?(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 08, 2004; ... When Michael Moore said at the Oscars last year, "Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you!" I phoned CBC Radio's 6:30 pm Talk-Back and said, "Good for you, Michael Moore, good for you". Now it's time again to say, Shame on you, Vatican, shame on you, for Canon 1024 and for ...
Reader thanks CNT (blush).(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 08, 2004; ... I have been writing this letter for two years now, and even in this busy Christmas season I must stop to write to you. I have been constantly amazed and encouraged in my Catholic faith since a fellow parishioner introduced me to Catholic New Times. At first I shared the ...
Quote/unquote.
Feb 08, 2004 ... Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage, anger at the way ...
William Sloane Coffin: a witness for our times.(Witness)(Interview)
Feb 08, 2004; ... Speaking from Vermont in "a picture postcard dream", where the wintry landscape looks like "beauty's bandages for a wounded world", Bill Coffin laughs and chuckles through a one-hour interview. A man of courtly manners, he excuses himself a few times for "the self-irrigation project" he ...
Why all the 'young fogeys?'.(Editorial)
Feb 08, 2004 ... The prolific Catholic sociologist Andrew Greeley, writing in the January/February issue of Atlantic Monthly, writes about "the young fogeys," today's striking trend of conservative priests presenting themselves for ordination. "These are newly ordained men who seem in many ways intent on ...
Twelve disciples: were they management potential?(Front Burner)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... TO: Jesus, Son of Joseph Woodcrafter Carpenter Shop Nazareth FROM: Jordan Management Consultants Jerusalem Dear Sir: Thank you for submitting the resumes of the 12 men you have picked for ...
Cockburn joins Bishop Gumbleton in Iraq.(Canada)(Bishop Thomas Gumbleton)(Bruce Cockburn)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... According to fellow Canadian Neil Young, he's the "most stirring folk rocker in the planet." Bruce Cockburn has embarked on a trip to war-torn Iraq with a U.S.-based humanitarian group which includes well-known Catholic activist, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, Michigan. ...
Knives out for political neophyte Belinda Stronach.(Canada)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... AURORA, On -- Eschewing the widely-criticized Magna boardroom which was the setting for the 2003 Ontario Budget presentation (which was read by Janet Ecker, now one of her supporters), Belinda Stronach launched her campaign to head the new Conservative Party in a Legion Hall. ...
Corrections.(Canada)(Correction Notice)
Feb 08, 2004 ... CNTs last issue (Jan 25) printed an ad on page 8 for URSULINES OF CHATHAM, ONTARIO It stated applications should be sent by April 5, 2003. It should have read April 16, 2004. Photo ...
The right to life: biopatenting fought in Canada's Supreme Court.(Canada)
Feb 08, 2004; ... Scientific soothsayers call it the dawn of a new capitalism. Corporate-owned, genetically modified (GM) crops are now standard in mainstream farming. It is a system in which a Mexican grandmother--honoured for her medicinal plants--can also be hounded by patent-seekers. And it ...
French set to impose uniform dress code.(Canada)
Feb 08, 2004; ... On December 17, French President Jacques Chirac announced that legislation would be introduced in the French National Assembly to prohibit the wearing of religious garb such as the Muslim scarf, the yarmulke and its Muslim equivalent, and large crosses. Small crosses, Stars of David, and ...
Latin American leaders reject Washington consensus.(World Notes)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... MONTEREY, Mexico -- It was all the buzz in the Reagan years, but now the bloom is off the rose in Latin America. Several dispatches from Monterey reported the distinctively chilly reception the market-oriented nostrums received at the recent Summit of the Americas held in Monterey, January ...
What price a life: the death of Tom Hurndall.(World Notes)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... LONDON -- Tom Hurndall of England died on January 13. In April, 2003 in the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Hurndall was gunned down as he was helping a group of Palestinian children to safety. The Israeli soldier who shot Hurndall, alleged to have been smoking marijuana, confessed to the ...
Gender inequality fuels AIDS crisis.(World Notes)(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome )(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... KENYA -- Violence and discrimination against women and girls is fueling Africa's AIDS crisis, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2003. African governments must make gender equality a central part of national AIDS programs if they are to succeed in ...
TVNL's 2003 'Person of the Year' is the anti-war protester.(World Notes)(TVNEWSLIES.ORG)
Feb 08, 2004 ... TVNEWSLIES.ORG--An online magazine has named the anti-war protester "as Person of the Year." It saluted those who protested in the massive global protest of Feb. 15, 2003 and who mobilized and pleaded for sanity. "They were people from every corner of the globe were linked in a common ...
Defiant Mugabe poses major test to future of Commonwealth club.(World)(Robert Mugabe)
Feb 08, 2004; ... On Dec. 8, 2003, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe unilaterally withdrew from the Commonwealth. He did not discuss the decision with his cabinet. It represented the second member state ever to quit the Commonwealth. ABUJA, Nigeria -- At 79 and in failing health, President ...
'Accountability' web site launched.(Church)
Feb 08, 2004 ... BishopAccountability.org, the largest source on the Internet of information about the Catholic sexual abuse crisis and the bishops' responsibility for it has been launched. The website, a veritable treasure trove and archive for journalists and church activists, includes all four grand ...
Prairie Messenger celebrates 100 years.(Church)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... On February 11, 2004, our esteemed sister newspaper Prairie Messenger turns 100 years young. Published at the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter in Muester, Saskatchewan, and guided by the witty and wise editor Andrew M. Britz, OSB, the Prairie Messenger has nobly served the Vatican ...
Peru: 20 years of violence unveiled by Jesuit provincial.(Church)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... On the occasion of the Eucharistic celebration held in the Desamparados Parish in Lima, in January, 2004, Fr. Cavassa, Jesuit provincial of Peru, spoke of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The final report of this Commission was released in August, 2003, after almost two and a ...
Archaeology shows women's ministries.(Church)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... A 2004 art calendar developed by theologian Dorothy Irvin of St Paul, Minnesota features 6 pictures of early church frescoes and mosaics which depict women priests, bishops and deacons. The calendar, called "The Archaeology of Women's Traditional Ministries," follows Irvin's ...
War as liberation, Christ as collateral damage.(Church)
Feb 08, 2004; ... I don't generally watch television. But tonight God has something in store for me: watching something momentous that cannot be missed. I have taken the VIA train to London, Ontario to give a presentation on gospel nonviolence for a new course on Catholic approaches to social justice at ...
How sick is the anointing of the sick?(Church)
Feb 08, 2004; ... If your favorite bishop were hospitalized and asked for the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, would he have any trouble locating a priest to celebrate it? Almost certainly not. What if it were your elderly Aunt Frieda, in similar circumstances, who wanted the Anointing? My ...
Development and Peace and HIV/AIDS.(Church)
Feb 08, 2004; ... A minister recently inter viewed on television about the alarming rise of AIDS in Africa soberly replied: "I feel we as Christians will ultimately be judged by God on the basis of our response to the problem of AIDS in Africa." I wonder how many Catholics in Canada are aware of ...
The prayer of Philip Berrigan.(Church)(Brief Article)
Feb 08, 2004 ... When you pray, go to your inner room. close the door and pray to your Father in secret."--Matthew 6:16. Two months before he died, on December 6, 2002. Philip Berrigan wrote a reflection on prayer based on his reading of John Dear's book on Gandhi. "I've been reading an ...
Homosexuality and 'cultural trendiness'.(Faith & Spirituality)
Feb 08, 2004; ... Editor's note: Nationally syndicated columnist George Will in a Washington Post column recently characterized the debate on homosexuality as one that pits the "cultural trendiness" of the Northern Hemisphere nations against the "doctrinal clarity" of the Southern Hemisphere nations. John ...
Needed: a Catholic initiative.
Feb 08, 2004; ... Though Christian-Jewish relations have become part of the religious scene in Canada and elsewhere, very few exponents of churches and synagogues are actively involved. Apart from officials, it's usually only a few liberal priests and rabbis who are active. They rarely represent the ...
The road to learning in Hebron.(a Palestine travel experience)
Feb 08, 2004; ... It is still chilly at 6:55 a.m. in Hebron as Christian Peacemaker Teams volunteer, Chris Brown and I leave the CPT apartment. On this September day, we are walking through an Israeli--controlled Palestinian neighborhood. We pass coils of barbed wire in the middle of our route ...
Angels in America: pray for its quick release on video and DVD.(digital versatile visc)(Movie Review)
Feb 08, 2004; ... Maybe we are free. To do whatever. Children of the new morning, criminal minds. Selfish and greedy and loveless and blind. Reagan's children. You're scared. So am I. Everybody is in the land of the free. God help us all.--Angels In America Tony Kushner's play Angels In America ...
Henry Somerville: Catholic pioneer in journalism.(Fateful Passages: The Life of Henry Somerville, Catholic Journalist)(Book Review)
Feb 08, 2004; ... Fateful Passages: the Life of Henry Somerville, Catholic Journalist, Joseph Sinasac, Ottawa, Novalis, St. Paul's University Press, 2003, 151 pp Novalis Press has embarked on an important publishing journey. In a series of inexpensive paperback editions, it has published a number ...
The Grieving Spirit.(Arts & Culture)
Feb 08, 2004; ... <Pre>Dear Spirit of God I was young in those heady days,When the beloved Giovanni old man that he was.Flung open wide the casement of the fortress church.And let you blow freeThrough corridors of power, through rigid structures, deafenedears and hardened ...
What Ever Happened to Peace on Earth.(Arts & Culture)
Feb 08, 2004; ... <Pre>There s so many things going on in the worldBabies dying, Mothers cryingHow much oil is one human life worthAnd what ever happened to peace on earth. We believe everything that they tell usThey re gonna kill usSo we gotta kill them firstBut I ...
God is a trucker.(Back Burner)
Feb 08, 2004; ... The closing of St. Alphonsus Parish was announced during the regular Saturday night Mass. The church was packed. A healthy mixture of teenagers, young working families, immigrants and the elderly sat in the pews shaking their heads while a member of the parish council read out ...
Praying the universe.(Back Burner)
Feb 08, 2004; ... <Pre>Eternal Spirit, Earth Maker, pain bearer, life-giver,source of all that is and that shall be, Father andMother of us all, loving God in whom in heaven thehallowing of your name echoes through the universe!The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of...
From the editor's desk.(Letters)
Feb 29, 2004 ... Paul Hansen, in his Lenten reflection (page 15), contrasts two New Testament fires which we may be Warmed by. "The fire of empire", where Peter denied Jesus, is an avoidance of discipleship. It is distancing ourselves from "the second fire, where we need to be engage, in the feeding of the ...
Crisis of leadership, not faith.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Congratulations to Charlie Angus on his thought-provoking column, God is a Trucker. (CNT Feb.8) I agree with him that the Corporation Model of Church in dealing with the impact on parishes of a declining [in number] and aging clergy is not Working. Charlie's term is "spreadsheet logic." ...
Silence on gay issues.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Kudos to Catholic New Times for reprinting the letter of the 23 Chicago priests "disturbed by the tone" of the Vatican's approach to its homosexual members. (CNT, Jan. 25, 2004) It likely took courage to suggest that sympathetic clergy could forward their support to your paper and you ...
Theologian has poor grasp of doctrine.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Paul Lakeland (CNT Feb. 8,2004), is simply delusional in suggesting that the laity has been "forced" by the church to live a life in "chains" apart from church teachings. It is little wonder that Lakeland is forced himself to admit that the "laity do not recognize their oppressed condition ...
Church does not look young any more.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Robert Blair Kaiser's article "The hierarchical versus the people's church," (CNT Jan. 25) is a wake-up call to a Pope who at the beginning of his pontificate was able effectively to convey positive and living symbols of the Catholic Church. Despite World Youth Days all over the ...
How can the women be ordained?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 29, 2004; ... I am a subscriber to Catholic New Times and very much enjoy the paper. Who are these women bishops i.e. how did they become bishops? Who recognizes them? Who were the members of the Congregational Leadership Team? This is such an exciting report yet so much information is missing. One can ...
Refusing to grant a degree: Aloysius Ambrozic and my doctoral work.(Witness)
Feb 29, 2004; ... This is a story of life rejected, of research rejected, and of homophobia manifest in the high reaches of the Roman Catholic church, It is a distressing story, one I tell here in CNT as a way of claiming visibility for myself, and visibility for the ongoing life and struggle of all ...
Paul Martin: watch what he does, not what he says.(Editorial)
Feb 29, 2004 ... Conscientious Canadians of all political stripes and faiths are asking a persistent and unanswered question these days: who is : Paul Martin? It is a surprising question to be asking, after the man has been our Finance Minister for nine years, an opposition member in Canada's ...
Hijacking "Him" for empire.(Front Burner)(usage of God to win political battles)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Put the following on your shield, or on your Christmas card, as did Vice President Dick Cheney: "And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" This, of course, is not the first hijacking of ...
Claude Ryan dies in Montreal.(Canada)(former Quebec liberal leader)(Obituary)
Feb 29, 2004 ... OTTAWA (CCN and CNT) -- The death of former Quebec Liberal leader Claude Ryan is not only a loss for Canada but also for the church, says the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. In a statement offering condolences to the family and all Canadians, Archbishop ...
Canadians step up cross--Canada campaign against U.S. Missile Defence.(Canada)
Feb 29, 2004 ... TORONTO -- The Canadian Peace Alliance, appalled at recent announcements stating that Canada will sign on to the U.S. Missile Defence, is stepping up a cross-Canada campaign against the plan. Between now and the federal election, CPA will be calling on Canadians to make their voices heard ...
Greener budgets, better pastures: Canada's renewed commitment to Kyoto.(Canada)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Air pollution indirectly kills as many as 16,000 Canadians each year, and results in hundreds of thousands of incidents of illness, according to the Government of Canada's own statistics. The country is just one of many industrialized nations still boasting a dubious record in ...
Exxon ordered to pay $7 billion.(World Notes)(Exxon Mobil Corp.)(Brief Article)
Feb 29, 2004 ... WASHINGTON -- Exxon Mobil has just been ordered to pay $7 billion to 32,000 Alaskans who suffered from the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. It is the only major oil company that denies a connection between burning fossil fuels and global climate change. The Texas-based conglomerate ...
NAFTA and Mexico 10 years later.(World Notes)(North American Free Trade Agreement )
Feb 29, 2004 ... MEXICO CITY -- During the run-up to NAFTA, then-president Carlos Salinas (1988-94) bragged that the trade treaty would elevate Mexico into the "first" world. But the January 1, 1994, takeover of San Cristobal and six other county seats in southeastern Chiapas by dirt-poor Indian ...
Michael Moore on George Bush's 'desertion'.(World Notes)(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
Feb 29, 2004 ... NEW YORK -- Michael Moore has told President George Bush "Your 'desertion' didn't go away--and here's the reason why. You have sent countless numbers of our sons and daughters in the National Guard to their deaths in the last 11 months. You did this while misleading their parents and the ...
Cuba today: see for yourself.(World)
Feb 29, 2004; ... As a Catholic and a community college teacher, I have always been fascinated with Cuba. I wanted to go there and see for myself; I have always been drawn to struggles that tried to apply the teachings of Christ. Cuba has claimed to be different from other societies and workers ...
The BBC at war: Lord Hutton blesses Blair's attack on BBC's investigation of Iraq War.(World)(Tony Blair)
Feb 29, 2004; ... A call from a colleague at The Guardian was terse: "The future of British journalism is very bleak." However, the future for fake and farcical .war propaganda is quite bright indeed. Recently Lord Hutton issued his report that followed an inquiry revealing the Blair government's ...
The Green, gene revolution: old farming practices die hard in Third World.(World)
Feb 29, 2004; ... During the Green Revolution of the 1970s, food production finally outstripped the world's population growth. Today, there should be enough food to provide everyone, every day, with two and a half pounds of grain, beans and nuts; a pound of fruits and vegetables; and nearly a pound of meat, ...
The new imperialism, and not being a turkey.(Centrespread)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Editor's Note: This article was adapted from Arundahti Roy's January 16 speech to the opening plenary of the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India. In January 2003, thousands of us from across the world gathered in Porto Alegre, Brazil and declared--indeed reiterated--that ...
Somerville honoured along with Regehr.(Church Notes)(Janet Somerville, Ernie Regehr)(Brief Article)
Feb 29, 2004; ... OTTAWA (CCN) -- The first woman and Catholic to become general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, is among 102 new appointments to the Order of Canada announced by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson Jan. 27. Janet Somerville, a former associate editor of the Catholic ...
Pope's hard line on annulments.(Church Notes)
Feb 29, 2004; ... ROME -- The pope is set to dramatically toughen the church's stance on marriage annulments by rejecting outright plans for a 'fast track' process. Presently, two tribunals must agree before an annulment is granted, but a radical proposal by a commission headed by Church Chief Justice ...
American Dominican sisters in jail.(Church Notes)(Brief Article)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Three Grand Rapids Michigan Dominican sisters, Carol Gilbert, Jackie Hudson and Ardeth Platte (above), now serving two to three years in federal prisons for convictions of civil disobedience charges are welcoming cards and letters of support. On Oct. 6, 2002, they cut a ...
Black spirituality: an untold story.(Church)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Ask any Catholic to name a black saint and chances are they couldn't. Asking about black popes would likely produce the same result. This is a sad state of affairs considering the fact that of the approximately 10,000 recognized saints, fully 20 per cent or 2,000 are black. Three of the ...
William Sloane Coffin on Israel, homophobia.(Church)
Feb 29, 2004 ... In his conversation with CNT (Feb. 8, 2004) the great American preacher and social activist William Sloane Coffin had much to say on the issues of peace and war. The former head of SANE, the influential anti-nuclear umbrella group of the late 1980s, expressed his deep revulsion for ...
Virtually abandoned: "reflections on 'Gen X' faith and the church.(Church/Youth)(Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X)(Book Review)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Blessed are the young in North America, whose pop culture and friends take the place of absent church leaders, occupied with praising the piousness of poor youth living in other continents and cultures. This is one of the beatitudes I might have penned after recently reading ...
The choice of a fire.(Faith & Spirituality)
Feb 29, 2004; ... All reality mediates divine presence. The Christian liturgical ear attempts to name and celebrate this insight in special moments. Lent is just such a moment. As we leave the Christmas season, we are reminded, as were the Magi, "to go home by a different route." Such is the hope ...
Cardinal 'Iron John' Dearden: the 'prince' who became a servant.(Faith & Spirituality)
Feb 29, 2004; ... They tell us that men and women became saints in the early Church by popular acclaim. People loved them. People were impressed by their lives and saw them as holy. Eventually they were called saints. Last November 30th, a church full of people came together in Detroit to honour ...
A talent for photography: Michael Cullen.(Arts & Culture)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Michael Cullen, who lives quietly in Peterborough, Ontario managing his business, Trent Photographics, is becoming internationally recognized for the beauty and originality of his work In the Canadian art world, he is. receiving commissions to photograph works of art, producing ...
George Grant's early warnings.(Arts & Culture)(Collected Works of George Grant, volume 2)(Book Review)
Feb 29, 2004; ... Collected Works of George Grant, volume 2, 1951-1959, edited by Arthur Davis. University of Toronto Press, 2002. 564pp. This book, volume 2 in the series of The Collected Works of George Grant, covers the formative years of the young teacher of philosophy at Dalhousie University ...