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Christians and others have been
scrambling for a way to stop the war and atrocities in Kosovo and Serbia; for a
way to help those in terrible need; for understanding of what is going on and
its awful implications.
Sojourners has announced a resource that ought to be helpful to
many: Christians in Solidarity With the People of Kosovo: A Kosovo
Organizing Packet for the Churches. This resource includes:
- How to organize a public witness or demonstration;
- How to promote peace through a letter-writing campaign;
- How to aid victims of war through church relief
organizations;
- How to incorporate prayers for Kosovo into worship.
The packet also includes editorials and educational aids,
including: What is Moral About This War? by Jim Wallis;
Adding Fuel to the Fire, by Gerald Shenk; A Cure for
Kosovo? by Rose Marie Berger; A Brief History of Yugoslavia: A
Balkan Primer, by Rose Marie Berger.
Christians in Solidarity With the People of Kosovo is
available through the Sojourners Web site at www.sojourners.com or by
phone at 1-800-714-7474.
The story on Old Catholics is not
intended to lure anyone away from the mainline church. On the other hand, even
the pope might agree it would be better to spend quality time at an Old
Catholic liturgy than no liturgy at all.
Old Catholics are so fragmented, making contact with them might
not always be easy. But St. Matthew Church -- an Ecumenical Old Catholic
Community, as it calls itself -- can be reached at 1111 Town and Country Road,
#16, Orange CA 92868-4615; phone (714) 647-1770; E-mail
stmattchur@aol.com
Since Arthur Jones began writing
articles full of suggestions about where vacationers and other pilgrims could
find a friendly church and good liturgy, readers occasionally write with
further suggestions. Thus Gemma Fastiggi of New York: The great
liturgical experience in Lower Manhattan is St. Josephs at 371 6th Ave.
Here you get beautiful liturgy with outstanding music in a truly wonderful
space. ... I look forward to greeting NCR readers at future
liturgies.
Just ask for Gemma.
For some readers of the cover story,
the name Briggs may raise a warning flag. The international corporation
Briggs & Stratton sued NCR for $30 million in a dispute over an
article in our pages about their labor practices. This nuisance suit hung over
us for three years and cost us a lot of money before a judge threw it out in
1998.
The Briggses of this weeks story had nothing to do with
that. Stephen Briggs wrote to NCR: My grandfather, one of the
founders, left the company over 50 years ago. Personally, I have had no
connection with Briggs & Stratton.
-- Michael Farrell
National Catholic Reporter, April 23,
1999
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