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Religious meeting to draw 5,000
German Baptists create small city south of town
By Sarah Henning
May 9, 2008
Charles Beeghley isn’t surprised by the number of cars driving slowly past his farm, south of Lawrence on North 650 Road. Wooden buildings have recently cropped up in his field. On Thursday, giant tents went up.
Faith Forum: Should gender matter when selecting a pastor for your church?
By Ji Seok Ju & Vicki Penner
May 3, 2008
This is a question that is not easy to answer. While some denominations welcome both men and women into the ordained ministry, there are other denominations that do not allow women to be pastors.
Crossroads
Symbol re-energizes fundraising efforts
By Sarah Henning
May 2, 2008
With almost a decade of fundraising behind them, the members of the Eudora United Methodist Church were lagging. They’d spent all that time trying to make their new church along Kansas Highway 10 a reality, yet they had not broken ground, and they didn’t have all the needed money. The new church seemed another 10 years away.
Ministerial mainstay
Lawrence nun remains in classroom as religious numbers dwindle
By Sarah Henning
April 27, 2008
One of a kind never looked so normal. In her khakis, blouse and loafers, Susan Yerkich dresses like any other busy teacher at St. John Catholic School. She buzzes around the room helping children learn math, leaning in to give each child personal attention as needed. Typical? Yes and no.
Pantheon of spirits
KU students explain Brazilian religion Umbanda
J-W Staff and Wire Reports
April 26, 2008
Before the drums and chanting began, retired seamstress Rosa Silva Cardoso seemed to be the gentle octogenarian as she sat in a folding chair and greeted a steady stream of well-wishers in the back of the worship space she runs.
Gracia Burnham to share story of captivity
By Terry Rombeck
April 19, 2008
Nearly seven years ago, much of south-central Kansas — and people in other parts of the state and nation — were closely following the kidnapping of Martin and Gracia Burnham.
Faith briefs
April 19, 2008
Faith news from around Lawrence.
Faith Forum: What does Passover mean to you?
By David Berkowitz & Susan Elkins
April 19, 2008
Passover is a holiday with great and multiple meaning to most Jews. However, what it most means to me is family. In particular, memories of my childhood in the late ’40s and early ’50s when my parents, my sister and I would go to my paternal grandparents’ home for Seder.
Catholic school
Movement leaders paying visit to Lawrence to teach about lay Catholics’ rights
By Sarah Henning
April 19, 2008
The Catholics in southern Illinois had endured enough. The year was 2002, and the church was embroiled in a sex and abuse scandal involving priests out of Boston.
Kosher designation requires multiple steps
The Washington Post
April 19, 2008
The Washington Post reports on how a food company gets its product certified as kosher or kosher-for-Passover by the Orthodox Union:
D.C. chef serves modern Passover cuisine
By Bonnie Benwick - The Washington Post
April 19, 2008
In many ways, the dishes that Israeli-born Vered Guttman will make for Passover represent the essence of her country’s most modern cuisine, which is to say they are eclectic and evolutionary.
Look for ornate attire during pope’s US visit
The Washington Post
April 16, 2008
Popes traditionally wear white garments. Pope Benedict XVI has added a few special touches, including a fur-trimmed stocking cap called a camauro. Popular in the Middle Ages, it’s not practical for Washington in April, but you might see the pope wearing these items during his visit to the U.S. this week:
Pope arrives for US visit
J-W Wire Reports
April 16, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday arrived on his first trip to the United States. His public appearances in Washington, D.C., and New York City will be attended by thousands of people, while millions more will examine his speeches to get a better understanding of the man who has led the Roman Catholic Church for three years.
Church sex abuse scandal first issue addressed by pope
By Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press Writer
April 16, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI stepped onto U.S. soil for the time as pontiff Tuesday, arriving to a presidential handshake and wild cheering only hours after he admitted that he is “deeply ashamed” of the clergy sex abuse scandal that has devastated the American church.
Lawrence resident piloted Pope John Paul II’s plane
By Sophia Maines
April 16, 2008
As Pope Benedict XVI commences his first official visit in the U.S., longtime Lawrence resident Nelson Krueger recalls his own close-up view of a similar trip from the late Pope John Paul II.

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