European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 10, 1994 religion the stars and stripes Page 9 92 prediction on Mary draws thousands to Church from staff and wire reports cold Springs by. City officials estimated8,000 people showed up at a Church on the second anniversary of the predicted appearance of the Virgin Mary.". A. Police chief Gene Schweitzer said he was unaware of any reports of sightings of the Virgin Mary at St. Joseph Church. Some of those who came to the Church in the Northern Kentucky town last week said they came to Pray not necessarily a expecting to see a vision of Mary. V. ". For me it s a personal pilgrimage something i do from my own heart said Victoria Hajeo 46, of Louisville who has visited Marian shrines in France and Italy. I find a lot of peace in it. It s something different. It has a lot to do with on aug. 31,1992, about 7,900 people converged at the Church after a Batavia Ohio woman Saiof Mary would appear there. Church officials decline to identify the woman who said she is a visionary. Several people in the 1992 crowd said they saw Mary in a tree or on the Wall outside the Church. The roman Catholic diocese of Covington said nothing miraculous occurred. Last year 5,000 people returned to the Churchon the first anniversary. The faithful came this year on 23 chartered night 40 people led the crowd in prayer in the City of 2,800. " Catholic women to meet Wiesbaden Germany the military Council of Catholic women will sponsor a five Day Retreat in bad Kissinger next month. The fall conference will bring together women from military chapels in nine regions around Europe from oct. 9 to 14 at the hotel Sonne Hiigel. Pavid Fleishman a visitor from the states will speak on Unity. Other speakers will be Gloria Oak rums whose message is titled the balancing act and sister Jessica from sch Onstatt. Other activities will include group discussions morning and evening prayers music Liturgy an entertainment night and banquet night. Check with your Community Chapel regarding information Call Ann Korty at the Haine Berg Chapel in Wiesbaden at Dan 337-1570 or civilian 0611-705-1570. � " workout for body and soul Bakersfield Calif. Firm the flab. Beat the cellulite. Praise the lord the health and fitness craze is moving from gyms to stained Glass settings in Bakersfield with the same vigor and goal As always but with a new twist for patrons glorify god with a healthy body. Some churches Are offering free or Low Cost fitness programs to help parishioners fight the Battle of the is not solely for vain glory members said. They see nothing wrong with pumping Iron under a Steeple or sweating to hymns. The music just goes with what we Are doing said Carol Leach who works out with an aerobics class at St. Philip the apostle Church. There is along that says Abba father and it is so appropriate that our hands Are up in the air while Iam getting a a ringing Success Creighton neb. The thought of a Sabbath without Church Bells has inspired a Creighton Man to tug on the Bell ropes every sunday for the past 75 Bonge sr., 93, inherited the Job at Creighton United methodist Church in 1919. Native of Creighton Bonge said he has been a member of the Church since his baptism at age 8 or 9. A minister once impressed upon Bonge the importance of his Job when he asked him what would you think if you woke up one. Morning and did t hear the Church Bells ring _ Bonge was so surprised to learn that about 30members of his family had come from out of town to Honor him for his service that he forgot to ring the Bell on one recent Church presented him with a plaque during the service. 1st convention elects activist president new Orleans a the nation s largest Blac Church group which once rejected the Rev. Martin Luther King or s Appeal to help propel the civil right movement has elected an activist pastor to Lead it. The Rev. Henry j. Lyons won election late thursday to a five year term As president of the National Baptist convention . a Victory Celebration Early Friday Lyons vowed to work at increasing the political and economic Power of lacks and to make the convention a Force to be reckoned with in Congress and the White presence must be Felt must be made known and our counsel sought said Lyons 52. We be got Tolet it be known we will not be taken for Lyons pastor of Bethel metropolitan Baptist Churchin. Is Petersburg fla., beat four other ministers for the Post. ,. ". The Rev w. Franklyn Richardson the Conven Tion s longtime general Secretary. The Rev. William j. Shaw director of the ministers division of the National Congress of Christian education -. /. The Rev. . Clark a convention vice presi Dent. " ,. /. And the Rev. Jasper w. Williams of Atlanta who was a write in , Shaw and Clark promised to work with the White Buffalo called Miracle sits next to its Mother on Dave held ers Bison farm in Janesville wis. Lyons who asked for their ideas in shaping a new and succeeds the Rev. . Jemison the Louisiana pastor who was prohibited from seeking re election after 12 years in election thursday of the convention s third pres ident in 42 years comes at a critical juncture for Blac churches under increasing pressure to aggressively tackle aids violence poverty and the dissolution of family 1961, King and some other civil rights leaders left the convention to help form the progressive National Baptist convention after their candidate lost a turbulent bid for the presidency. America continues to look to this group for leadership. And we be never offered them anything Lyons said Friday. We want to turn that whole image " ,-." ,-." with an estimated 8 million members in 33,000 churches the convention claims to be the world s larg est Black organization. Lyons said his plan for total recovery of the convention includes instituting a systematic plan for getting Money rather than relying on appeals and registration fees increasing the staff at the denomination s world Headquarters publishing regular financial statements and increasing support to Black schools. Indians Marvel at birth of rare White Buffalo Janesville wis. A news of the birth of a rare White Buffalo i spreading among american indians inspiring pilgrimages to what Man tribes believe is a sacred apocalyptic animal. T this is like the second coming of Christ on this Island of North Raineri Ca said Floyd hand a Sioux Medicine Man from Pine Ridge . The leg end is she would return and unify the nations of the four colors the Black red yellow and the White calf named Miracle was born in August at the Southern Wisconsin farm where Dave Heider of Janes Ville raises a Herd of 14 buffaloes and other animals. He plans to have attested to see if it is a True Albino. The White Buffalo is particularly sacred to the Cheyenne Sioux and other nomadic tribes of the Northern Plains. The american Bison association says the last known Albino Buffalo was born in the 1933 and died in 1959. The White Buffalo s spiritual significance stems from its rarity. In the 1800s, when up to 80 million Buffaloe roamed the Plains the Odds against having an Albino calf were estimated atone in 10 million according to the National Buffalo association. Relentless Hunting reduced the Buffalo population to about 500 in the late 1800s, and there Are about 130,000 today. Airport Hopes plan won t raise the Devil Charlotte . A Charlotte Douglas International Airport wants to quit observing the sunday morning hours of worship quite so religiously. Traditionally the Airport has rerouted jets around neighbouring congregations during worship times. But the Airport is too Busy to do that now. So officials have asked the Federal aviation administration to approve a plan to install added insulation and double pane win Dows in six churches within about 2vi Miles of the run Way they avoid using sunday mornings. Living in the Shadow of the nation s 14th busiest air port the Rev. Clark Thompson of shop ton Road Baptist Church is resigned to the fact that planes soon May be flying overhead during his Sermon. He s also hoping the combination of a Little More insulation and a nor Mally vocal minister can prevail. If i can t out preach an air plane he said i m not in very Good since opening its North South runway in 1979, the v report has tried to keep it Clear of traffic Between 9 30 ? in. And noon sundays part of the Deal made at the time with neighbourhood churches. Then the Airport had about 20 flights during those hours. Now about 70 flights Fly in and out on sunday mornings which Means air traffic gets backed up on the two runways being used at that time
