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In this issue:
 Cardinal George:
‘The Church reproves ... any discrimination against people or any harassment of them on the basis of their race, color, condition in life or religion.’
Tom Sheridan: Blessings from Batman: I was blessed, I think, on Easter Sunday morning by Batman. Or Robin. Or, most likely, by both. I’d better explain. After one of the Masses at the parish I serve as a deacon, there was the larger-than-usual throng streaming outside. The celebrant and I were glad-handing parishioners, offering Easter wishes. Read Observations.
There are often misunderstandings in the way the church is governed, especially when such governance is compared with our everyday experience. Archdiocesan experts in the Code of Canon Law explain how - and why - church law developed and how it functions.
Feb. 16 Defining authority and structure in the church
Feb. 2 A trial for a crime in the courts of the church
Jan. 19 The church conducts trials?
Jan. 5 Sacraments and the rights of the faithful
Dec. 22 The church’s listing of rights and duties for everyone
Dec. 8 Guiding the gifts of the Spirit
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Issue of April 27, 2003
Day by day on stage
Living the story of an American who could become a saint
Lisa Wagner has spent the past 13 years tirelessly performing a 90-minute, one-actor dramatization of the life of Dorothy Day. “Tirelessly” is no exaggeration: she is often moving full-speed on stage, changing costumes, while pacing and talking with the speed and energy for which Day was always known.
Church leaders raise concerns about post 9-11 immigrant rights
Chicago immigration attorney Yaser Tabbara has a client, a teenage boy from South Asia, who had to comply with the special registration rules set by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the wake of Sept. 11.
 When Keiren O’Kelly took over the Office for Lay Ecclesial Ministry in March, she came to the job with some experience: more than five years as pastoral associate at her home parish of St. Barnabas. In her new position, she hopes to continue the support the office provides to the archdiocese’s pastoral associates.
 Poles who historically labored in its stone quarries helped frame Lemont as “The Village of Faith.” With only one Polish parish in Chicago, Archbishop Patrick Feehan established SS. Cyril & Methodius on one of the highest points here, called Jasna Gora or Blue Hill.
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