Show Section ' Irie'Xr ’'TV ?:'' ' Thursday March 13 2003 &§ : ‘jW-- i '' f V I9 1 I Page! ' The Herald Journal Missionaries IVmta Allrad ton of Mtchasiand Janet Alfred of Hyda Park recently returned from the Missouri Independence LDS Mission ' Brynn Andereen daughter of Blaine New Catholic reference long overdue some might maintain Anderean of North Logan and Sherae Hugh-e- e of Salt Lake City naa recently returned from the Ecuador Quito LOS Mission By Richard N Ostling AP Religion Writer Item Atwood aon of Robert D and Ann Atwood of RNer Haights has accepted a call to serve in the 8pain Malaga LDS Misaion He enters the MTC on March 19 ecall what' the Roman Catholic Church was like in 1967 The Second Vatican Council had just concluded and was only beginning to have an impact The Latin Mass was being set aside and Catholicism had just begun its efforts to reach out to other Christians and R Joehua Jay Baiaid aon of Jay and Rat Balaid of Providence haa recently returned from the Florida Fort Lauderdale LDS akxi Mia-- Vtnce DanMa aon of Chad and Danielle Daniels of Hyde Park haa recently returned from the Washington DC South LDS Mission to Jews No pope had been elected since 1522 and the most recent international catechism dated from 1566 American Catholics anx- non-Itali- Christopher Lucherlnl son of Steven and Kaye Lucherini of Logan has recently returned from the Bulgaria Sosia LDS Mis- Ksnneth Olsen aon of the late Jeff Don Olsen Gregg and Kathy Miller of North Logan and Richard ana Tina Turner of Magna will return Friday from the North Carolina Charlotte LDS Mission rf’A r returned from the Bolivia Cochabamba LDS Misaion V’- - i Jacquelyn Richards daughter of Lee and Norma Richards of Hyde Park recently w ' 4$ 'i ' ' ! I jy: v - m ' I Jason Younker son of Gordon and Diane bunker of North Logan has accepted a call to serve In the Texas Fort Worth c I i ' ' i LDS Mission v : i Jackson Couch son of Ralph and Janice Couch of Logan has recently returned from the Germany MunictVAustria LDS Mission v V'' r f v--I” t V — ( Melanie Elder daughter of Reed and Valerie Eider of Hyde Park has recently returned from the Chile Santiago North LDS N" Miaaion 3 Is f mm r § ‘c iV Religion report St i History conference Latter-da-y t k‘ v I ' j ivyw &' : K t ' Featured speakers include Elder D Todd Christofferson of the President cy of the Seventy of the LDS Church and President W Grant McMurray President of the Commu- nity of Christ formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of F j!l£ j The Mormon History Association has announced plans for its annual conference to be held in Kirtland Ohio Thursday May 22 to Sunday May 25 Attendance at the conference is open to the public and anyone interested in the Mormon past is welcome to attend For further details and information contact can be made with Lany and Alene King execu- -' tive directors of the association at 581 S 630 East Orem UT 84097 or klanyattbicom and wwwmha-homeor- g - LI Sr- set The sacred musical drama “Savior of the World” will again be presented at the Conference Center Theater in Salt Lake City during the Easter sea- son Tickets are on sale now The two-apresentation drama- tizes the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ By closely reflecting scriptural accounts the production has been appreciated by Christians of many denominations “Above all the purpose of this production is to testify of JesuS Christ" said David Warner director of Music and Cultural Arts Tickets canbe purchased through wwwldsorg in person at the Conference Center Ticket Office (Door 4) and by phone at (801) 240-008-0 or toll-fre- e (866) 537-845- 7 Evening performances are $7 matinee performances are $4 Performances will run Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 pm from March 14 to April 19 Matinees are scheduled on Saturdays at 2 pm There will be no performances April 5 Children ages 8 and older are welcome at all performances To date over 150 performances of “Savior of the World” have been presented to about 125000 people iously wondered what Pope Paul might say about birth control a subject he was considering at the time In society at large atheistic Communism controlled Eastern Europe abortion was mostly illegal homosexuality largely closeted and test- tube babies and cloning were the stuff of science fiction So when the New Catholic Ency- clopedia was issued in 1967 rapidly evolving events made it out of date almost immediately Supplementary volumes tried to keep pace but a complete overhaul was obviously ' necessary Now the second edition is finally for-available in print and mats A monumental achievement it consists of 15 volumes 12 million words and 12000 articles from 4000-plu- s scholars some of whom woirked for free Its aim: authoritative summaries for every important Catholic topic in theology ethics worship history social trends and biography The Catholic University of Ameri’ ca controlled the contents hut need- ed funding and expertise from the publisher Gale to make the project possible The team rushed out the work in just three years typically processing 1(X) articles a week “It should have taken a year jusi to figure out what needed to be done" says- associate editor Gregory LaNave “The scope of the work wh always daunting" The 1967 version was far less rigid than the defensive Catholic Encyclonow accessible for pedia of 1907-14- 1 free on the Internet) The current edition takes even greater note of dis- - ' sent from the church's official positions The Rev Berard Marthaler 75 the chief editor and longtime religious Saints- ‘Savior’ drama an 'AP photo Father Berard Marthaler chief editor for the revised edition of the “New Catholic Encyclopedia” sits in a chapel at Catholic University in Washington last month Marthaler noted that his colleagues were “doubly careful to present the church's position authentically” in the encyclopedia because church officials no longer screen reference works to give them approval The second edition (the first was issued in 1967) consists of 15 volumes 12 million words and 12000 articles from 4000-pluscholars some of whom worked for free st education chairman at Catholic Uni versity stresses that his colleagues were “doubly careful to present the church's position authentically" because Catholic officials no longer screen reference works or give them the church's imprimatur “There is a descriptive approach to eveything" he says “Where the church had taken a position we See CHANGES on C4 ct ' S) - ‘Almost Broadway’ First Presbyterian Church’s annual Almost Broadway” fundraiser will be Friday April 11 at 7:30 pm in the Lyric Theater downtown The event is free butfree will donations will be accepted Everyone is welcome This year’s theme is “How the West Was Sung” Proceeds will go toward a digital projection system for church meetings arid classes Church leaders loving fathers of flock By Sally HN Wright Bishops are terrific Stake presi- dents too ' Only the most generous and spiri- tual person could listen to people rehash their religious and temporal successes and failures day after day without pay and still be a$ cheerful as the bishops and members of the stake presidencies I know Tonight for example I had appointments with both my ward bishop and a member of my stake presidency for interviews to renew my temple recommend Since my husband was working late and the family dog I took cannot be trusted to baby-s- it baby William with tne The interview with the bishop went smoothly with only a few ha)py baby yells interrupting the standard questions regarding my testimony and commitment to the gospel The bishop who is a father children of his of four nearly-grow- n own in addition to being the father of the ward took the noise in stride The interview with the member of the stake presidency whom I’ll refer to as “President Dignity” did not go as smoothly It was a test of every- one’s spirituality and generous ' nature Baby William had absolutely had it with running errands and being force-fe- d Cheerios to keep him quiet during interviews He wanted to go home to the world of clean diapers and comfy jammies So when I sat down to visit with President Dignify I hurriedly offered Will a Cheerio from a plastic container to stall the tantrum I sensed was coming It wasn’t enough Will snatched the container of cereal out of my hands and angrily flipped it over his head causing a O’s to rain hailstorm of whole-grai- n ‘down upon President Dignity who still somehow managed to maintain a peaceful expression Embarrassed and frustrated I started apologizing and scrambling for Cheerios I saw rolling across the carpet and under chairs “That's OK” President Dignity gently reassured me “Why don’t you let the baby play with the cereal on' the flow while we chat?" pAn LDS - er I member's perspective It must have been an inspired idea because William was so distracted by the scattered cereal he abandoned the tantrum and 1 was able to finish my interview with President Dignity without further incident Putting up with cereal hailstorms is probably not in President Dignity’s job description but he does it anyway Like how 1 caught another member of the stake presidency President Gentle-Hea- rt pulling weeds from the small flowerbed between the exit door of the church and his parked car Or how another man I know a former bishop who is so polished he could be a Dil- and lard’s model helped fix a ward member's plumbing even though the job involved putting his manicured hands into unspeakably filthy pipes well-dress- ed Or the bishop who maiicd my husband treats to share with his companions while he was a young elder at the Missionaiy Training Center: And the bishop who danced with me at the youth danees when I was an awkward teen-agThey were all the kind of bishops Paul wrote about in Titus Chapter verses 7 and 8: “blameless as the steward of God not self-willno striker not given to filthy lucre but a lover of hospitality a lover of good men sober just holy temperate” Sure bishops are human and they make mistakes sometimes But most of time members of the LDS faith are blessed to associate with devoted leaders who often go beyond the religious duties they are called to do We could all stand to be a little in our daily more bishop-lik- e interactions Of course if you asked President Dignity or any of the other great men I know for pointers they'd just say they’re trying to be ' more like Jesus 1 ed Sally HN Wright Is a free-lanwriter and mom living in Brigham City She is a member of the LDS Church She is ona of a number of area freelance writers whose columns appear ' |