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Programming this week has included the film "The Message: The Story of Islam," a poster exhibit in the Science Center, calls to prayer on the steps of Widener Library and a panel discussion last night titled, "Islam as Anchor: Grounding the Spiritual, the Social, the Political, the Economic...
...events continue tomorrow, when the societywill hold another call to prayer on the steps ofWidener Library at noon and present a speech byGSAS doctoral candidate and Islamic Societygraduate adviser Taha Abdul-Basser. Abdul-Basser'sspeech is titled "Projection, Perception andOrientation: The Muslim Presence in America," andwill be given at 4:30 p.m. in Emerson 103.CrimsonMelissa K. CrockerVERY INTERESTING:JOSEPH BOURGHOL '99examines a poster in the Science Centerpublicizing Islam Awareness Week yesterday...
Stoles have a very particular meaning in Roman Catholicism: they signify ordination. But Ramerman is a woman and, according to church doctrine, cannot be ordained. It did not help that she stood next to the priest during Mass, read the preface to the Eucharistic prayer and raised the chalice of wine at the end of the prayer--activities that are the purview of the ordained. For years the Vatican peppered the Bishop of Rochester with complaints about Corpus Christi and probably made its feelings clear during his official visit to Rome this year. The message: Such heresies must...
That pronouncement hasn't kept women away from the altar. In the U.S. they read from Scripture, lead general prayers and distribute Communion. Pragmatism has been a persuasive agent for change. With the ranks of priests severely diminished, some women in so-called priestless parishes conduct Communion services on their own, refraining from the Eucharistic prayer and consecration. "Some of these women are well intentioned, but the bulk of them are power-hungry witches," says a Vatican functionary. "They have no concern for the church and for souls...
...George Bush's solicitor general, he suited up every month for Supreme Court combat, often arguing with cool conviction such passionate issues as flag burning and school prayer before the feisty Justices. Later he was paid more than $1 million a year to help corporate giants uphold their legal victories and reverse their losses. His greatest strength in court has always come from his obsessive preparation out of court. Last week he spent hours in moot sessions with his assistants, who assumed the role of committee Democrats, testing him on every aspect of the case...