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Show ‘The Salt Lake Tribune RELIGION WORLD VIEW Compiled by Peggy Fletcher Stack Boxer Wins Round | in Beard Brawl A Sikh boxer who wears a beard for religious reasons won his fight to compete in Canada af- ter a court ruled the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association's rules prohibiting boxers from wearing beards violated Canadian human rights laws. In its de- Hinckley Will Dedicate 2nd Hawaiian Temple BY PEGGY FLETCHER STACK ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Hawaii has had a longstanding relationship with Utah's Mormons. The island paradise was one of the first stopovers for 19th century LDS missionaries seeking con- verts and was ofthe site ofthe LDS Church's first temple outside of Ui tah. This weekend, the churchwill dedicate its second temple on the islands, one of more than 40 such dedications that President Gordon B. Hinckleywill preside over this year. Hinckley will also dedicate the Hermosilla Sonora Mexico temple Feb.27. Latter-day Saint temples are LDS missionaries serving in northern California in 1850 were reassigned to preach in the Polynesia Islands. They landed in Honolulu Dec. 12, 1850, and began teaching people about their march. The faith's unique scrip- ture, the Book of Mormon, was published in Hawaiian in 1855, making it one of the first nonEnglish translations. In April 1856, a young missionary and future church president, Joseph F. Smith, was assigned to the area. While there, he experienced several earthquakes and a volcanic eruption and lava flow which temporarily threatened the bay and city of Hilo. ada provided that the beard is of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is one of the These early missionaries were able to establish many branches of the church and build a small mission home in downtown KailuaKona, which doubled for church services. To accommodate its growing membership, the church built a contained within reasonably appropriate netting.” But Nagra, whohopes to qualify this year for the 2000 Olympic Games,said smaller temples announced in 1998 by y and will serve nearly 11,000 members in the area. temple in Laie on the island of Oahuin 1919. By 1922, 22 percent of the Hawaiian population were cision last week, the Ontario Su- preme Court said a person who wears a beard for religious rea- considered “Houses of the Lord” where marriage, baptism and sealing ceremonies are conducted. The Kona Hawaii Temple will become the 70th operating temple that“the battle is notreally over” because the International Amateur Boxing Association also pro- hibits boxers from wearing beards in international competi- BY KEVIN ECKSTROM. of a piece of wood. And he has made a few of those wooden RELIGION NEWS SERVICE — Religion News Service dar, then turned to black walnut, but has zek there have been about9,200 of them. Roman Catholic Bishop William K. Weigand of Sacramento, Calif., has announced thatthe diocese will forgive $1.5 million in debt owed by 10 parishes, schools and agencies to commemorate the Jubilee Year 2000. Weigand, formerly of the Salt Lake diocese, wife, Sally, attended a Roman Catholic retreat in Rhode Island. One of the priests handed out small woodencrosses hung ona string to wear aroundthe neck. Looking at the crosses awayto friends andstrangers. The only thing he asks is that people pray for his son, Mitch, who Mroczek said could to those parishes that are recog- to help “keep me busy.” He remembered — Natl. Catholic Reporter Qa HOTEL PACT BROKEN The Episcopal Church will pay a $1.2 million penalty and break a contract with Denver’s Adam’s Mark Hotel because hotel chain has beensued forracial discrimination. The Justice Departmentsuit, filed in December, alleged that African-Americans were charged more than other guests, given less desirable rooms and required to wear identifying bracelets while at the chain’s Daytona Beach, Fia., hotel. The denomination had planned to use more than 1,000 rooms andall of the hotel’s meeting rooms during its General Convention this July. About10,000 people are expected to attend the meeting. Andre van Hall, general managerof the Den- ver hee, said the hotel had not been found guilty of anything. — Religion NewsService Qa CATHOLIC STATES California, New York and Texas continue to report America’s biggest Roman Catholic populations and together have a third of the church’s U.S. membershipof 62,018,436, eeto the 2000 Catholic Almanac, Ho' ever,the states with the highest Catholic percentages in the population are Rhode Island (63.7 per- cent), Massachusetts (48.9 per- coneNew Jersey (41.8 percent) tried before. Ever since, he has filled his Mother Sues After School Bars Bible Book BY RICHARD N. OSTLING It was a big dayforfirst-grader act Hood. Each student get to read a favorite book otheea Zachtold his mom he we chosen Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Metin long, Carol Hood Gras her son. Pick something else. he chose The Beginner ’s Bible. Four years later, Zach’s case is crosses,”hesaid in his heavy Polish accent. In Mroczek’s mind,his missionis really that simple. 3 MV 3 a Y T La} I N G HMC! Christians Laie century. Scholar C.8.Pentecostal Lewis, minister William Seymour and per ‘Teresa rank second, th: fourth on the list, respectively. thinker Karl Barth ford’s hank saysis a life touched by God. 2 Born in the United States to Polish immigrant parents, Mroczek returned to Poland for school. During World War II, he was captured by the Germans even though he NEW eae aA eco c 4 Manyof Mroczek’s crosses are giveni'to missionaries and priests who give theriito their flocks. A recent batch wentto frientis who make mission trips to Brazil to work with street children. Mroczek gave about 450 crosses to pilgrims from his Rhode Is- landparish who wentto see Pope John Paul TI when hevisited Denverin 1993. The crosses have beensentall around the world. Mroczek even made a muchlarger cross for the pope and stamped it with his trademark — 361 — Mroczek’s prisoner numberin the POW camp. REATION u R SERVICE TIMES ‘ SUNDAY . eee er THE Pian ceanssatis Miata 50 £. 100 N., Heber 435-654-2138 c " aN ESTASLISHING ‘THE BELIEVER tm Love AND wicTORY. THROUGH FAITH ww st8us cumist N /asa.00 1760 Soonner C of ing one overschool treatment of homosexuality in Modesto, Calif. and communi fore trouble erupts. “It’s tragic that religious issues tear us apart,” he told 100 educators in Little Rock, Ark., at whetherour society has a future.” —_Jarly break the law by defying court rulings religious Iseatioe itsciondsSoaetines it's Fi m it’s ignorance of the law. Meanwhile, some school Se ee Beaty bar courts have ruled pecesiols: OemeR rasti & believes conflict will only increase unless public schools find a way to educate children about the Bible and reli- gion withoutpreaching to them. s 7 i tolaggoedendhaalng"ha10:08 sd aTear Rey Martin Luther Neer tues ahdPegaDoe boned SolinPaul be Part of his devotion comes from whathe pounds. While at the camp, he said, he and other POWsprayed to God to “get us out of this hell hole.” : national religious lobbies have endo FAMILY CHURCH out the list are cross,he’s giving awaya piece of Jesus,too. “Sin, Evil and Other Perplexing Matters” young Zach, but to Charles Cc. ranks fifth, followed by Pope io enerat Core ee ot abn ie hott ahd Fore ofthe cross are pressed in a vise for a secure fit. Mroczek says that when hesees a cross, he sees Jesus. And when he gives away a When the school refused, she sued. Twofederal courts and several Rev.Tom Goldsmith as28000 ee Holy Eucharist Rite I pes} ee “ta = St. James SUNDAY: 10:30 Cece tien 001-868-5777 20 3407 Enchanted Hits Or. 947-1871 www geocities com/Athens/Delphi/1171/ Service: 10:20 am Religious Education and Nursery Care: 10am SS eee ) cumsnan SESE, ‘Sauer saa 566-1311 Sunday - Holy Eucharist I Holy Bucharist 11 10:00am & 5pm Stephen's Ch Weat Vag Gi,UTe419 eee eeeences granddaughter. Heuses a woodworking machine his wife gave him asa presentin 1951. The two pieces He spent almost 30 months as Prisoner of war camp. Whenreleased in 1945, he weighed: 118 No.361 in a German Sunday Serv Services: 9:00 am & 11:00am Sunday - Holy Eucharist 10:00am Church of The Resurrection 92 East a Q all shapes andsizes. Recently he has been on hiatus with the crosses; he has been busy repairing a handmade doll house for his was not a member ofthe military. von and Youth Ghar cena a There is a lot of confusion over matters of church and state. In some communities, people regu- Billy Grabam tops waiian Islands with a memberThere are more than 6,000 members onthe island of Hawaii. ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE one such session. “This is a key to GRAHAM TOPS LIST stacked to the ceiling with scraps of wood of 50-80% OFF! opened New Year's Eve justafter 6p.m. Central Standard Time,coinciding with midnight Green- — United Methodist News Mroczek’s Palm City garage — not to Fabric Store - Going Out of Business Sale! odist Church Bon Secour, Ala., with 48 charter and 21affiliate wich Mean Time, makingitthe denomination’sfirst church tobe chartered in the new jum. ship of approximately 56,000. The Mormonchurchis now the mention his clothes — is covered in an orangey red sawdust, and the walls are Zach remembers crying and feeling humiliated. His mother demanded an apologize and that Zach be allowed to readhis story. Heprefers eee eer and associate members, was re- second largest church in the Ha- still in the courts. Thetrouble started when Medford, N.J., teacher Grace Oliva saw the word “Bible” on the book’s cover. She told Zach he could notread it to his classmates and had him recite itto her. Methodist layman, has helped mediate many squabbles includ- a eng United Meth- was constructed in Kailua-Kona. This stake center is adjacentto the site of the new temple which Hinckley announced May7, 1998. ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: x sent an increase. MILLENNIUM CHURCH “The Lord inspired me to make these working — something he had neverreally days making Christmas decorations, photo frames and anything else he could carve out Haynes,thereligion specialist at the Freedom Forum foundation in Arlington, Va., it should never have happened. : Haynes, a 50-year-old United a use little help from above. But why a cross? There are surely hundreds of other things Mroczek could make from his piles of wood. those wooden crosses and turned to wood- AlMea the U. church has 47,210 priests, 84,oo nuns and 5,970 brothers, it phgeadsieenrge though the — TheAssociated Press deemer Catholic Churchin Palm City, gives the crosses, Mroczek thought, “I could said the debtreliefwill be offered nized as “financially challenged.” finally settled on scraps of mahogany. His goal is to reach 10,000 and then keep going. Mroczek, a parishioner at Holy Re- Almost 20 years ago, Mroczek and his makethese.” So when Mroczek, now 80,retired about 15 years ago, he decided he needed a hobby 4 crosses — 9,200 of them and counting. He started carving the crosses, which measure about 2 1/2 inches high, out of ce- PALM CITY,Fla. — They say every person has cross to bear, but for Greg Mroc- Q DEBT FORGIVEN Mormons. The church's Hilo Stake was organized Dec.15, 1968. Six years later, the Kona Stake was also organized, and a new stake center Florida Man Turns Hobby of Woodworking Into Mission of Cross-Making tions, such as the 2000 Olympic Games. LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley will dedicate the Kona Hawaii Temple this weekend. Theseccnd temple in Hawaii will become the 70th of the church and will serve 11,000 members. 4615 South 3200 Coatarcilie 56014 er iMary's Church vee ‘ City, ir ease. aed) DAN eee Very WASATCH PRESBYTERIAN 1700 South 1700 East 487-7576 ‘Sunday School: 9:30 am “A Whaleof aTale” ‘Sunday - Holy Eucharist Park “Jonah and the Whale” ‘Worship at 8:30 & 11:00 am Orhan 4595 North Silver ore (615 5 90008, Sandy ST2-€211 Son us at NmatsteChon Aen(K-13) ST. FIRST UNITED METHODIST 203 S. 200 E. - 328-8726 Dr. Rokets Can. 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