Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discussed ethics with residents of Elmbrook University Center, one of Boston's two all-male chapters of the Catholic group Opus Dei. Housed in a three-story building near the Law School, the group works to spread the "Christian message," said center resident Mark Albanese...
Washington is known as a pinnacle of political power, a showplace of marble monuments, an enclave of high-level socializing and influence peddling. Few outsiders would think of the U.S. capital as a religious center. Yet Washington may boast more Christian prayer groups per square block than any other town outside the Bible Belt. What makes D.C.'s prayer groups special is not only their growing numbers but also the prominent political figures -- Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn, Marilyn Quayle, Susan (Mrs. James) Baker -- who are among the active members. Observes Oregon's Senator Mark Hatfield, a veteran...
...explains Senate chaplain Richard Halverson. "I think it is an expression of the need to share and express feelings with people you can trust." Besides providing a support group where people can pray together and confide personal problems, these weekly gatherings usually focus on Bible studies. "Calling yourself a Christian without reading the Bible is like calling yourself an engineer without reading the textbook," says Susan Baker, a born-again Episcopalian. (Her husband, the Secretary of State, was formerly a regular at a Capitol Hill gathering...
Besides Fellowship House, organizations fostering informal prayer meetings include the Christian Embassy, Here's Life: Washington, and Community Bible Studies, which oversees 150 such groups nationwide. There are gatherings in the Capitol, State Department, Pentagon and White House, as well as special prayer meetings for lawyers, real estate agents, businessmen and journalists. One Jewish Senator, Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, leads a Bible study group...
...catholicity, demand obedience," stated the lengthy text. The Vatican Curia was also accused of aggravating "conflicts in the church by means of rigid discipline." The clergy and lay theologians were especially vexed by the Pontiff's treatment of the birth-control ban as one of the "fundamental pillars of Christian teaching," maintaining that it is supported by neither the Bible nor church tradition...