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Chamber Music in Watertown: Flute and piano recital, Friday at 8 pm, First Parish Church of Watertown, corner of Church and Summer Streets, for reservations or info. call...
...Catholicism, which has provided a spiritual home for millions of immigrants over the past century, has a shaky hold on Hispanic newcomers. A survey by Chicago Sociologist William McCready shows that 30% to 40% of Catholic Hispanics are not involved in parish life. One problem is the supply of priests and nuns. Unlike European arrivals of the past, Hispanic immigrants do not bring their own clergy with them. Only about 4% of the 57,000 Catholic priests in the U.S. and less than 2% of the 115,000 nuns are Hispanic. Until 1970 the church did not have...
Father Gilbert Gauthe, a Roman Catholic priest, delivered spellbinding funeral sermons, won local respect by rescuing a man who was trapped under an overturned tractor, and impressed many older women with his charm in Louisiana's Vermilion Parish. But most of all, he was a Pied Piper for the children. He would take them on wilderness trips, play games and invite favored boys to spend the weekend in the rectory...
...never regained consciousness. After Karen had remained in a coma for three months with no prospect of recovery, her parents asked her two doctors to take her off the respirator and let her "pass into the hands of the Lord"; the doctors refused. With the support of their parish priest, the parents went to court to ask permission for Karen to die "with grace and dignity." No U.S. court had ever granted such a right, and the controversy attracted international attention...
Even Bird comes back to the bench sometimes and hears, "Hey, we don't need that shot." Celtics can talk to one another this way. Says Carr: "Someone might tell me, 'You're goofing around too much. Cool it.' O.K. But we're together slam-dunking the ball with Parish, together stealing it with Dennis Johnson. And when Bird goes off on one of his games, we're excited for ourselves...