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	The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo, Mich.
		A Catholic Singles Retreat: “We Are The Light Of Christ -Being Single In Today’s World” for those ages 35 and older (divorced, widowed, or never married) is being sponsored by the ECI and Marriage and Family Ministry Offices on Saturday, October 27.
		Catholic Identity: Process and Possibilities, a workshop with Fr.
		Bishop James A. Murray is encouraging Catholics of the Diocese of Kalamazoo to accept Cardinal Oullet's invitation to join in preparation for the Congress and to consider joining in pilgrimage to the event.
	www.dioceseofkalamazoo.org (319 words)

	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (also known as the USCCB) is the official governing body of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.
		Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops and United States Catholic Conference, it is comprised of the American hierarchy of bishops, archbishops and cardinal archbishops.
		As with all bishops' conferences, the decisions and acts of the USCCB must be approved by the Roman dicasteries, which are subservient to the immediate and absolute authority of the Pope.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops (178 words)

	St. Paul the Apostle Catholic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Bishop Guillory was ordained as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston on February 19, 1988.
		Bishop Perry was appointed Auxiliary Bishop to Cardinal Francis George by Pope John Paul II on May 1998 and was ordained to the episcopacy on June 29, 1998.
		Bishop John H. Ricard, SSJ was installed as the Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee on Thursday, March 13, 1997 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pensacola.
	www.stpaultheapostlechurch.com /bishops/bishops.html (4600 words)

	bishop's office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Cardinal Szoka appointed Bishop Melczek to serve as Director of the Papal Visit in 1987 and in December 1989 appointed him to chair a Catholic Education Task Force for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
		Bishop Melczek presently serves as a member of the Joint Committee of Roman Catholic and Orthodox Bishops.
		In 1990, Bishop Melczek participated in a delegation of U.S. bishops to visit the bishops of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia and in July 1992, he participated in a delegation to visit the bishops of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia.
	www.dcgary.org /pastoral/bishops_office.htm (1254 words)

	Catholic bishop urges reprieve on time limits in abuse lawsuits - The Boston Globe
		In making that appeal, Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, who is 75, also said that as a teenager 60 years ago, he was ''inappropriately touched" by a priest.
		Gumbleton was the first US bishop to have reported that he had been a victim of clergy sexual abuse.
		Spada, who is a Roman Catholic, said the state's Catholic hierarchy has vigorously opposed the measure.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/01/11/catholic_bishop_urges_reprieve_on_time_limits_in_abuse_lawsuits (834 words)

	Council of Old Roman Catholic Bishops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The archbishop urged that an effort be undertaken to bring the Old Roman Catholic bishops in North America together into an identifiable entity to achieve the goal of dialogue and at the same time develop working relationships among the Old Roman Catholic bishops.
		Old Roman Catholic prelates from across the United States and Canada convened in Detroit, Michigan, some meeting each other for the first time, for prayer, fellowship and discussion on the state of the Old Roman Catholic Church and what could be done to improve its situation.
		This action by the bishops acknowledges the leadership of the Diocese of Michigan and the Central States in the efforts to repair the fragmentation of the Old Roman Catholic Church and provides continuity in the administration of the day to day activities of the Council.
	www.orccna.org /ourfaith/indbishops.htm (843 words)

	SoCal Roman Catholic bishop says he was falsely accused of abuse - Examiner.com
		LOS ANGELES (Map, News) - Orange County's Roman Catholic bishop testified that he was falsely accused of sexually molesting a male parishioner when he was a priest in Bakersfield decades ago, according to a deposition transcript made public Thursday.
		Bishop Tod Brown testified earlier this week in a court-ordered deposition as part of an unrelated sexual abuse lawsuit that is scheduled for trial Sept. 18.
		He said the bishop of the Diocese of Fresno, which included Bakersfield, called to say that a man was accusing Brown of molesting him in the late 1960s during confession and in catechism classes.
	www.examiner.com /a-933699~SoCal_Roman_Catholic_bishop_says_he_was_falsely_accused_of_abuse.html (1191 words)

	CNN - Schools question plan to make Catholic colleges more Catholic - January 26, 1999
		The dispute centers on a proposal to transfer control of the 236 Catholic colleges and universities in the United States from their boards of trustees to local bishops, rewriting the schools' charters to put them under Vatican law.
		The proposal was floated in November during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
		The U.S. Bishops agreed on a version of the document in late 1996, but the Vatican rejected it, sending it back a year later with a demand for tighter language to guarantee the bishops' control over the schools.
	www.cnn.com /US/9901/26/catholic.colleges/index.html (712 words)

	Crosswalk.com - New law school
		Ave Maria's dean will be Richard Dobranski, dean of Catholic University in Washington DC and former dean at the University of Detroit's Mercy School of Law.
		Cardinal John O'Connor, the influential Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, will be a member of the law school board.
		Detroit's Cardinal Adam Maida was represented at the press conference by Rev. Allen Vigneron, an auxiliary Roman Catholic bishop of Detroit.
	www.learnathome.com /507314.html (396 words)

	The Official Web Site for the Archdiocese of Detroit
		Pro-Life Resources - Life chains, prayer services, and a DVD on the science of stem cell research are among the ways the people of the Archdiocese of Detroit will mark Respect Life Month 2007.
		The Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) is urging the governor and lawmakers to keep the needs of the state's poor in mind as a solution is sought.
		By providing these links, the Detroit archdiocese assumes no responsibility for, nor does it necessarily endorse, these websites, their content, or their sponsoring organizations.
	www.aodonline.org /AODOnline/AODOnline.htm (560 words)

	Catholic News Agency
		Bishop Olmstead of Phoenix has put into question a controversial practice to administer Communion to an autistic child, a decision which has sparked critics against the Church from people unfamiliar to Catholic teaching.
		The Catholic Church has told the parents of the 10-year-old autistic boy that, because the child cannot consume the host, he is not receiving Communion properly.
		Bishop Olmstead is correct in his position on the young autistic boy.
	www.catholicnewsagency.com /new.php?n=6172 (1471 words)

	Meet the Iraq peaceniks - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Thomas Gumbleton, the Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Detroit, was on hand to bless this new peace movement.
		But he always is. The bishop, a kindly gentle old person, has never seen a peace movement that he did not feel compelled to join or a despot that meant harm.
		Working with Detroit's Bishop is the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), formed in 1917 by a group of fourteen socialist Quakers to aid draft resisters during World War I. The AFSC offices are being used by local anti-war groups to plan participation in the upcoming Iraq protests.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_91376.html (1072 words)

	St. Raphael Cathedral
		This was the oldest Catholic church in the City of Madison.
		Peter Paul Lefevre, Roman Catholic bishop of Detroit, for $1.
		On May 29, 1854, Bishop John Henni came from Milwaukee to lay the cornerstone of St. Raphael church.
	www.madisonpubliclibrary.org /history/st._raphael.html (627 words)

	Letters
		Bishop Gumbleton should be made to explain his actions, formally informed that such is inappropriate, and put under some form of censure by his archbishop or the Vatican.
		Catholic parents charged with the duty to see to it that their children are taught the Catholic faith should be able to trust Catholic schools to each the faith.
		The bishops could set up an Inspector General of Catholic education charged with licensing all institutions who would call themselves "Catholic." The Church would have to set the standards, see to it that the standards are lived up to, and be empowered with granting an educational imprimatur on those educational institutions that qualified.
	www.catholic.net /rcc/Periodicals/Igpress/CWR/CWR0397/letter.html (2219 words)

	Global Catholic News - Detroit Auxiliary Is Named Bishop of Grand Rapids
		GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, JUNE 21, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI named Auxiliary Bishop Walter Hurley of Detroit to be bishop of Grand Rapids.
		CUF is a lay apostolate that works to renew the family and society by helping Catholics to discover and strengthen their faith.
		The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) is the organization of the American Catholic hierarchy.
	www.catholic.net /global_catholic_news/template_news.phtml?channel_id=&news_id=72995 (1076 words)

	Saint Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church
		Saint Hyacinth is located on the eastside of Detroit in an area commonly known as Poletown.
		Face with an ever-increasing number of Poles north and east of Saint Albertus Parish, Bishop John Foley was prompted to establish a new Polish parish.
		Bishop Foley challenged the Rev. Father Sylvester Kolkiewicz to build a new parish to serve the growing Polish population of this area.
	www.sainthyacinth.com (243 words)

	Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids
		Bishop Walter A. Hurley along with the bishops of all 7 Michigan dioceses, through the Michigan Catholic Conference, have launched an extensive internal educational program to communicate the church’s teaching on stem cell research within the context of the sanctity of human life.
		Every registered Catholic household in the state, over 500,000, will receive a letter signed jointly by the diocesan bishops, along with a 12 minute DVD and a brochure which explain the different forms of stem cell research and the church's support for using adult stem cells.
		DETROIT (CNS) -- To clear up confusion about stem-cell research, the Michigan Catholic Conference has launched a statewide educational program to explain the Catholic Church's teaching on human life, the church's support for adult stem-cell research and its opposition to embryonic stem-cell research.
	www.dioceseofgrandrapids.org (605 words)

	Roman Catholic Bishops
		Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton - Archdiocese of Detroit
		Bishop Robert Moskal - Eparchy of St. Josaphat of Parma for Ukranians
		Bishop Richard Sklba - Auxiliary Bishop Archdiocese of Milwaukee
	www.nrdi.org /Romancatholicbishops.htm (171 words)

	Catholic Diocese of Toledo - Leadership
		Bishop Leonard Paul Blair, born in Detroit on April 12, 1949, was named the Seventh Bishop of Toledo on October 7, 2003, and installed in the Diocese of Toledo on December 4, 2003.
		Bishop Blair was ordained to the priesthood in June of 1976 following studies at Sacred Heart Seminary College, Detroit; the North American College, Rome; and the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
		A native of Toledo, Father Billian was ordained a Roman Catholic priest June 9, 1984.
	www.toledodiocese.org /content/view/123/191 (903 words)

	Pope names replacement for Joliet bishop
		BY CARLA K. Bishop Joseph Imesch of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet, who recently apologized for his handling of a sexual abuse case that allegedly took place in the diocese in the 1960s, has resigned because he is soon to turn 75, the Vatican announced Tuesday.
		Sartain, a native of Memphis, Tenn., is the sixth bishop in the diocese of Little Rock's 163 years, leading Arkansas' 90,000 Catholics.
		He became the third bishop of the Joliet Diocese on Aug. 28, 1979, after serving as auxiliary bishop of Detroit and regional bishop of the Northwest Region.
	www.suntimes.com /output/news/bishop16.html (479 words)

	Church of the Resurrection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		We the Catholic community of the Church of the Resurrection are called to bring the Risen Christ to the wider community.
		Gabriels was a native of Detroit and had served as priest at the cathedral for twelve years before being named prison chaplain at Ionia.
		Catholics experience God in the Spirit-filled and resurrected Christ who lives and moves and has His being within the Mystical Body of Christ which we know to be comprised of all of the baptized and confirmed.
	home.catholicweb.com /ResurrectionLansing (437 words)

	The Catholic Voice - In His Light, Bishop Allen H. Vigneron's Column
		When I began my term as the rector of the major seminary in Detroit a little over 10 years ago, one of the problems I had to help my students deal with was the often-sharp differences of opinion that we find within the Church.
		Whether or not the clash of opinions within the Catholic community in the U.S. has grown stronger or weakened over the last decade I couldn’t say; however, I do know that with some frequency we still find ourselves at odds over what we think and where we want to head.
		For example, bishops and abbots were identified with the barons of the nobility.
	www.catholicvoiceoakland.org /05-09-19/bishopscolumn.htm (1423 words)

	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
		Former Bishop of Eparchy of Van Nuys for Byzantines
		Former Auxiliary Bishop of Eparchy of Newton for Melkites
		Former Bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for Ukrainians
	www.usccb.org /bishops.shtml (324 words)

	Black Catholic Chicago - Events
		James became the first fl Catholic bishop in the United States, becoming the bishop of Portland, Maine, in 1875.
		It was the first lay Catholic congress to be held in the United States, fl or white.
		He was the first fl bishop stationed in the United States since the death of Bishop James Healy in 1900.
	www.blackcatholicchicago.org /archive_03/facts_1103.htm (1008 words)

	Current Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		From NCR online: This week, 55 U.S. Catholic Congresspersons, a majority of Catholic Democrats in the House, issued "A Statement of Principles" that will certainly be read as a direct response to church officials who attempt to influence U.S. policies by putting public church pressure on Catholic lawmakers - by Joan Chittister, OSB.
		Despite their apparent differences, the idea of the evolution of human life and its intelligent design by God are not in conflict, says one leading philosopher of religion.
		Breaking ranks with his peers, Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton called yesterday for state legislatures to temporarily remove the time limits that have prevented many victims of sex abuse from suing the church.
	www.ecatholicism.org /category.cfm?Category=5 (409 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Vatican Opposition to the United Religions Initiative
		This hope of Bishop Swing's has proved to be "a fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty." (235) The Vatican recently restated its opposition to the URI.
		In 1998, Bishop Swing said, "As for the Roman Catholic Church, we have got an awful lot of support from various individual Roman Catholic lay people, nuns, monks, priests, bishops, archbishops, and one cardinal, as a matter of fact." (237) Bishop Swing was telling the truth; Catholic liberals and dissidents are actively supporting the URI.
		(250) He is an adjunct professor at the Catholic Theological Union, and describes himself as a "Christian Sannyasi;" (251) "sannyasi" is a Hindu term for "a wandering mendicant and ascetic." (252) In an article published in the Summer 1997 issue of the URI Journal, Teasdale favors popular election of the Pope and of other bishops.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=2924 (2814 words)

	Diocese of Joliet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Bishop Joseph L. Imesch was born on June 21, 1931, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, to Dionys and Margaret (Margelisch) Imesch.
		Upon returning to Michigan, he was appointed assistant pastor at St. Charles Parish in Detroit, from 1957-1959 and was secretary to John Cardinal Dearden, Archbishop of Detroit, from 1959-1971.
		He is also a member of the committee for Stewardship; is a member of the National Council of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Pastoral Practices; is a member of the board of trustees of Archdiocese of Chicago Seminaries and is a member of the retired religious grant review board.
	www.dioceseofjoliet.org /imesch.asp (243 words)

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