Perusing the index
of Origins, the weekly publication
of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic
News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing
of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities
of the Association
of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong);
challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism
of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions
of collegiality in the
local and diocesan church.
Filed Under:
Local News Tagged With: Cathy Young, First Tee
of Western New York, Jamestown Community College Scholarship Funds, Kevin Sanvidge, LECOM Health
Challenge, Mikey's Way Foundation, Nick Scott Sr., Peek n Peak, PGA / Web.