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Show or The Salt Lake Tribune RELILGION never will be. But it has a place of honor at the north end of the ca- Faith: Bone,Fabric Muslims declare outright relic eS ee a violation of Is- Build Belief oftheirhistory and contribution to the faith. “We have the original version of the Koran. It helps us keep the in- flanked by silver angels inside a tegrity and purity of the book,” gold and glass case whose spires said Iqbal Hossain, presidentofthe point upward to a painting of the Islamic Society ofUtah. “Wehold it saint. She, in turn, raises her eyes in high regard, as the direct words and hands in adoration to the muof God. But while people have re- ral of a crucified Christfilling the spect for it, even feel emotional cathedral’saltar dome. about it, it is not an object of Authentic or not, the relic worship.” serves its sacred purpose, CumWhen it comes to Christian rel- mings ings said. ics, the line between veneration “There is a middle road between and worship can be just as fine. utter skepticism and utter fanatiStill, Deacon Cummings — though cism, after all,” he said, smiling. a self-described “skeptical Scot” — _ “The intentfof St. Mary’s relic] is balks at entirely consigning relic to inspire a devotion to her —anda veneration to a superstitious past. sense of her patronage of our caThe practice remains alive and thedral. The real question is: Does well: for example, the January 2000 it lead people to a more consistent Utah visit of the relics of St. Christianity?” Therese, “The Little Flower of The same question applies to a Jesus,” which packed the cathe- small collection of the diocese’s dral with pilgrims seeking to pray other relics, showcased in a before her 5-foot-long, 300-pound case at the Pastoral Center next to reliquary. the cathedral. Thedisplay contains Such faith is the kind nocertifi- splinters of bones from several cate of authenticity and no studied saints, among them Catherine Laarguments oflogic can discourage. boure, a French visionary nun who “For some, reality is porous, died in 1876; Vincent de Paul (1580andifyou live in both the worlds of 1660), the founder of the Mission grace and of nature, wonderful and the Sisters of Charity; and things can happenthat are without Pope Pius X (1835-1914). explanation — and that’s what If not therelics of the saints, miracles are,” Cummings said. person often thought imbued with spiritual power — was fraught with fraud. Not only did pieces of ‘The True Cross seem toproliferate, but so did the purported bones, teeth and personal belongings of the saints. “You had this idea then of collecting relics and keeping them in churches to venerate them,” said Lawrence Cunningham, a noted theology professor and author at the University of Notre Dame. “Manyofthe relics were specious: Two heads of St. Andrew showed up, there were numerous foreskins of Christ purportedly from his circumcision, even vials of milk from the Virgin Mary. “For most ordinary Catholics, the use of individual relics has pretty muchgonebythe wayside,” he said. “Still, the dynamism behindcollecting relics has an analogy today in the practice ofkeeping mementos of famous people — the Cadillac Elvis Presley drove,or the red ruby slippers of Judy Garland {from the movie ‘The Wizard of Oz'j.” Whilerelic veneration foundits strongest expression within Ca. tholicism,otherfaiths,too, ascribe sacredness to the remains and belongings of their holy ones. The Hebrewscripturestell of a resurrection attributed to the bones of the prophet Elisha, and recount howtheIsraelites took with them the 600-year-old remains of the patriarch Joseph when they left Egyptian slavery. “Then there is the Western Wall [of Herod’s temple] in Jerusalem,” acknowledged Rabbi Joseph Goldman of Park City’s Reform Judaism Temple Har Shalom.“There is “With people of very great faith and devotion, very powerful things can happenin association with individual saints and their intercession with God.” So, are relics real? That is not a question that can be answered Pressure Builds When AnswerIs No they avoid acknowledging it publicly. For this reason,noneof those interviewed for this story would allow theirnamesto be used. authenticated and likely Manyactive LDSparentsfeel “a certain loss that their expectations have not been met,” says Salt Lake “homecomings” during church e-mail: bmims@sltrib.com missionaries back then, and I got married while I was in college,” Edwards says. Though he doesn’t regret the decision, Edwards does feel he missed out .on something loss and worry abouttheir child's spiritual future,” Ferre says. last season e-mail: pstack@sltrib.com wondering, ‘What? What is it?"” weird at the time. But I wasleft 1867-1886 of the school’s 6,051 19- to 20-year Her son isn’t angry at the church, she says. “He hasn't left away eventually.” State College (UVSC)in Orem is about90 percent LDSand male students whodon't go on missions “are often treated with suspicion anddisdain,” says BrianBirch, associate director for religious studies at the school, who himself served an LDS mission. “The social penalty is so great; in many cases, that one cannot i‘ignore the church, but I think he'll slide There are many reasons a young man might choose notto go, says Elaine Engelhardt, who LDSfamilies to send their sons on missions. “It is such a miraculoustime of growth for them” and for the family back home, says Charlotte Ja- cobsen, a Salt Lake City mother who hassent three sons on missions. “It makes you feel good about yourself that you'veraised a sonworthy to go.” “You feel a real camaraderie with those who have sonsout at the sametime,” Jacobsensays, Whena fourth son chose notto go, Jacobsen says she“felt left out” of those conversations, neighborhood Even assumingthe best parental motives, young men may feel pressure from their families ‘to go, but some parents go to extreme lengths to make sure their children makethe “right”choice. David Keller, director of the Center for the Study of Ethics at UVSC,wasraised in an LDSfamily in Holladay that was understanding when he chosenot to go on a mission. But he remembers Mormon friends who were “bribed” into going. Onesetof parentstold their son, “Or they may just have bought a new car and gotten a new job,” En- glehardt says.“They may wantthe car and job and money more than they wantto sacrificeit all for the chureh.” It is onlyin the past 20 years that the church has expected all young mento serve missions. Previously, it recognized that some were too poor to support themselves on missions. Others had military obligations (during World WarII, for example) that took precedence over churchservice, Ofthe top 15 menin the church’s governing First Presidency and Quorum of Twelve Apostles, eight men (including President Gordon B, Hinckley and his second counselor, James E. Faust) went on missions, while seven (including First Counselor Thomas S. Monson) did not. . Singer Donny Osmond didn’t serve a two-year mission, nor did former Phoenix Suns Coach Danny Ainge. Neither did several of BYU's greatest quarterbacks, in- cluding Gifford Nielsen, Mare Wilson andSteve Young. Noneof these men has suffered a loss of status within the church for skipping a university, we'll help you buy a house and a car, but if you choose not to go, you can pack your bags now and we won't support you in any way,” Keller recalls. It wasn't too hard to figure out whathis friend ultimately decided to do: He went. Somefamilies are so chagrined by a child's decision not to go that mission. “Steve went to visit brethren [LDS apostles) told him, ‘Athletics mission,’” says Shirley with the and they is your Johnson, secretary athletics in BYU's department. LaVell Edwards, BYU's football coach for nearly 40 years, didn't serve an LDSmission,either, “There was a quota on “Messianism: The Double Edged Sword”will be the topic ofa discussion group led by Michael Walton, in conjunction with Congregation Kol Ami, at 7:30 p.m. Mondayat 851 E. 1300 South,Salt LakeCity. Nocost. Call 466-1912. @The Jewish cooking club, KapfEretz, will prepare matzah balls andgefiltefish for Passoverat 7 p.m. Monday at Temple Har Shalom, 1922 Prospector Ave.,. Park City. Cost is $5/nonmembers.Call tinuity and Discontinuity in the Anglican Tradition” by the Rev. Caryl Marsh — March 17 from 9 (435) 649-2276. a.m. to noonat 80 S. 300 East, Salt Beginning Tuesdayat6:30 p.m., Lutheran High School, 900 E. 4020 South,Salt Lake City, will conduct a fivenight LuArt series celebrating students’artistic talents with a Christian devotion, readings and exhibits. Other dates are March 27, April 10, May 1 and May15. Costis Lake City. Nocost. Call 322-4131. St. James Episcopal Church, 7486 S. Union Park Ave., Midvale, will hold a Lenten Quiet Day: “Humane Scale, Humane Space” with remarks by Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish on: Wednesday from 9 a.m,to noon.No cost. Call 566-1311. W Integrity, the ministry for and with gays/lesbians in the Episcopal Church,will have a potluck social at 7 p.m. MondayatAll Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 Foothill The Senior Goya, a youth LUTHERAN ning at10:45 a.m. with a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the Seven Oaks Reception Center, 6775 S. 900 East, Sandy. Costis $14. Call 569-1882 or 562-1481 by Monday. @ Participants are needed for a University of Utah research project investigating religiosity and health. Requirements:18-24 or 60-80 years of age, must be in good healthand and able to provide own transportation to. the U. Compensation will be $30 for the two-hour, one-day study. Call 581-6212. @ The St. Chad Society, a discussion and support groupfor individuals leaving the LDS Church, will meet at 7 p.m. Sundayat St. James Episcopal Church, 7486 S. Union Park Ave., Midvale. No cost. Call 566-1311. @ Teaching of the Inner Christ presents 10 lessons in “Woman Awareness” beginning Thursday. Call 268-6031for details. $1 and refreshments are available PRESBYTERIAN for purchase.Call 266-6676. “Muslims & Mormons: Compare and Contrast”will be the topic ofdiscussion at the Wasatch Front Unitarian Fellowship’s Coffee, Presbyterian Men ofSalt Lake will host the Rev. France Davis of Calvary Baptist Church at a Lenten luncheon at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Cowboy Grub Restaurant, 2350 S. Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City. Cost is $12. Call Conversation & Controversy fo- 487-7576 by Tuesday. 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James Church 7486 Union Park Ave. re Ue ate: FIRST UNITARIAN SOUTH VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH numbers listed below. Sunday Holyaoe 8:00 am 10:00am& 6:00 pm “If you choose to go, when you come back we'll send you to any ‘ / Weleomes You the church's teachingsor practices. Or they may want to signal tunities they are loath to give up. by the Rev. Jack Potter, and “Con- Lake City. No cost. Call 274-2605. @ Salt Lake Christian Women’s Association will host a tea party and luncheonwith guest speaker Cheryl Best discussing “Second Chances” on Wednesday begin- JEWISH For complete information on weekday and other Sunday services, please call the All Saints soins 1710 Foothill Dri Salt taecite UT 84108 volved in a romantic relationship or have valuable education opporTt is a point of pride for many Church teaches ethics at UVSC and has sent a son on a mission. Like David, they may question alienation and rebellion against their parents and Mormon officials. They might be deeply in- Irish, “Developmentof the Angli- can Church in the Tudor Period” aTbawies NW L) TheEpiscopal age. They prefer the 21-year-old re- “Spirituality in the Anglican Tra- dition” by Bishop Carolyn Tanner 328-9681. 6600 South, room 311,studio 6, Salt ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE The worst part, she says, is old female students will consider dating the 284 males of the same The Episcopal Diocese will host a three-part lecture series — reason not ashamed to adore” “seeing a wonderful feast out there and your child won’t eat.” turned missionaries. EPISCOPAL "Wehavea faith not afraid to reason; anda sion service. Wordhas it that few virtually no 19-year old males as a result of the compulsion for mis- E. 4500 South. Call 278-5683. group, will attend a presanctified liturgy at 6 p.m. Wednesday at HolyTrinity Cathedral, 279 S. 300 West, Salt Lake City. A Lenten meal will provided by the Philoptochos Society after services. Call final relics,” Cummings said. to do, and I plan to do,” says Edwards, whoretired from coaching missic. is ubiquitous. On the BYU campus, there are mission, people for whom, I suppose, the Department. “They will have to grieve that And in their first year of college, particularly at LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University, the expectation that they will serve a @The Alpha Omega Institute will present a creation seminar workshop for children ages 4 to 10 on March 17from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Millcreek Baptist Church, 1515 GREEK ORTHODOX vorite holy personage, the recently . Whois on an advisory committee for the LDS Church’s Missionary WhenoneSalt Lake City mother heard that her son was notgoing, she saysshe “nearly died.” “I have cried for two years,” says the mother of five sons and daughters. “He’s a good boy. He wasn’t doing drugs’ or anything p.m. their adherents centuries later. Such is the case of his own fa- important. “There’s nothing like the individual satisfaction of serving the church.It’s somethingI still want City psychiatrist Richard Ferre, starring Gary Busey, Sunday at 6 Drive, Salt Lake City. Call 566-1311. ashes of Auschwitz itself are the been Millcreek Baptist Church, 1515 E. 4500South in Salt LakeCity,will show the movie “The Tribulation,” ten martyrdom can stir faith in Magdalene, sister of Lazarus, the man the Gospels say Christ raised inspire 2ist-century pilgrims to lishment[for Jews] with the wall.” services, As teen-agers participating in the church’s lay priesthood, they are constantly lectured about the importance. of serving a perseverance,self-sacrifice andof- emulate Christian values. Case in point: a chip of bone claimed to be a relic of St. Mary with scientific certainty. Perhaps it is enough, Cummings hints, that the purported bonesof the saints — orevenslivers ofThe True Cross— from the dead. Therelic never has @ Continued from C-1 Cummings said,the stories oftheir sainted Edith Stein. Born into a Orthodox Jewish family in Germany and later converted to Roman Catholicism, the Carmelite nun — revered for her philosophical genius and compassion — died in Hitler’s Auschwitz death camp. “There is no relic for Edith Stein. She is one of the millions of a sense of ownership and estab- Valley FAITH IN ACTIO BAPTIST @ Continued from C-1 Utah Saturday, March 10, 2001 Steve Reinhard, Pastor Meeting at the Sevent 2125 West 9000 Adventist Church 280-4148 Rev. David Crockett, 1580 Vine Street tsiooO80) \ eae Ts CHRISTIAN CENTER Sci |
