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Catholic Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota.
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North Dakota teenager creates video greeting for
Pope Benedict XVI
April 14, 2008
Seventeen-year-old Nathaniel Sharpe
of Bathgate, N.D., never imagined the movie he created for a contest in
California would hit the big screen in such a big way.
Sharpe created “Wrinkles in Time”
for a Cinema Vita Film Festival competition which focused on the dignity
of life. The film, featuring his 77-year-old grandmother, Louise
Carlson, and her great-grandson, Linus Carlson, received the first place
award in the high school division. The prize was a camcorder and $250.
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Nathaniel Sharpe, Bathgate, N.D. |
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Then, the Diocese of Fargo received
a request for a video greeting to be shown prior to the Mass Pope
Benedict XVI will celebrate April 17 at Nationals Park in Washington,
D.C. Sharpe’s video captured the diocese’s strong commitment to dignity
of life issues, and Sharpe was asked to condense the five-minute video
into a 90-second message that would include a “welcome” for the pope.
“When
I made the film for the contest I was worried mainly about producing a
finished video which I felt good about. Whether or not the judges liked
it was beyond my control,” Sharpe said. “The idea, however, of doing a
video that communicated a message of greeting from our diocese to none
other than Pope Benedict XVI was somewhat overwhelming.”
To read the entire
press release,
click
here. To see the
welcome video, click here.
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Youth group from
Native American mission parish in North Dakota to attend Papal Mass in
Washington, D.C.
April 11, 2008
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Their destination may have changed, but
their mission remained constant.
In 2006, when a newly formed Catholic youth group in the small community
of St. Michael, North Dakota, located on the Spirit Lake Nation Indian
Reservation, held its first fund raiser, their sights were set on Pope
Benedict XVI. Their goal: to see the Holy Father at World Youth Day in
Australia.
After numerous fund raisers and countless hours of work, the group
realized raising enough money to travel to Australia would be out of
their reach. Some of the elders of the Sioux tribe suggested they change
their destination to Rome. After all, they said, that’s where the Pope
is most of the time.
But not next week.
Next week, Pope Benedict XVI will be in Washington, D.C., and the St.
Michael Youth Group will be there with him. When they heard the Holy
Father was coming to the United States and that there was a possibility
of getting tickets to attend the Papal Mass in Nationals Park, they
submitted a request. Their tickets to the Mass will be waiting for them
at the Fargo, N.D., airport on Monday, April 14.
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WORKERS REMOVE CHRIST-FIGURE FROM CROSS AT MARYLAND CHURCH
Workers with Associated Builders, Inc., remove a figure of
Christ from a 14-foot-tall cross suspended above the altar at St.
Mark's Church in Hyattsville, Md., April 10. The figure, or corpus,
will be reattached to the cross, and the crucifix will be part of
the backdrop for the Mass Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate at
Nationals Park in Washington April 17.
(CNS photo/Bob Roller)
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aged 12 to 20, and five adults will board a plane in Fargo destined for
Washington, D.C. And, on Thursday, April 17, their goal of seeing the
Holy Father will be fulfilled as they, together with thousands of
Catholic faithful, participate in the Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict
XVI.
To read the entire press release,
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We must discover and receive the love of
the Trinity for us
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In his March 17 Chrism Mass homily, Bishop Samuel
Aquila told the priests of the Diocese of Fargo that when they know the
love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for them personally they are
better able to help others understand God's love. Bishop Aquila's full
homily is posted here. You can access either an audio or a written
version by clicking on the links below.
Audio version
Written version |
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