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Round Brilliant Diamond Solitaire mounlt'd in eilhcr while or yellow gold Open Fridays & Saturdays 12- 7 Historic black church preserved in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The ancient cypress doors were propped wide in the bright sunshine, palm fronds stacked high, pews filled and joyous music poured from St. Augustine as the historically black Catholic church celebrated Palm Sunday. The service came two weeks after the church was closed amid protests over post-Hurricane Katrina budget cutbacks that would have merged it with a larger neighboring parish. "What a historic morning for us to gather," said Archbishop Alfred Hughes, who originally ordered the church shut down, but returned to celebrate Mass on Sunday. The church was full for the first service, but unless the support continues, the reprieve for the church will not last. When Hughes re-con- secrated St. Augustine on Saturday he said he would examine the parish's progress after 18 months to determine if it could avoid consolidation with a neighboring parish. Hughes agreed to reopen St. Augustine after negotiating with parishioners who had protested the church's closing. St. Augustine, founded in 1841 by slaves and free people of color, is one of the nation's oldest black parishes. The archdiocese sought to consolidate St. Augustine as it tries to deal with $84 million in uninsured losses from Hurricane Katrina, which slammed into the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29"I intend to be a regular now and support the church here," said Gordon Cagnolitti, a New Orleans firefighter who described himself as multi-denominational. "I go to several churches, but my son and grandchildren go here and I will, too, from now on." St. Augustine had failed to add many new members or carry on other pastoral functions required of a functioning parish, Hughes said when closing it. Under the plans announced earlier this year, the church building would still be used for services, but parish functions were to be consolidated with neighboring St. Peter Claver. But the church had not reckoned with the deep feeling of the parishioners. Protest sprang up, and a small group of protesters shuttered themselves in the church rectory three weeks ago. Demonstrators interrupted Mass on March 26 - a desecration, Hughes said the next day, when he announced that the church building would be closed. The parishioners have set 12 goals to meet during the next 18 months, Hughes said. Among other things, , they require the addition of from 300 to 400 families, the institution of religious education and a balanced budget by Oct. 1. If the parish does not meet the goals, it will be closed, Hughes said. But on Sunday the possible problems seemed far from anyone's mind. When a lay reader opened the service by welcoming those in attendance to St. Augustine Church, the crowd cheered and clapped, then people waved palm fronds and clapped to the hymn "Oh, Happy Day." "It's a joyous day, a great celebration," said Leola Brown, 77. "It shows the Lord answers prayers. This is my church. I want to attend it while I'm living and be buried from it when I die." § JEWELRYOUTLET 73 North Main Street • 750-NYJO \Jacross from the Tabernacle}^/ • SPACE STATION From page 7 5 1 6 9 2 4 1 9 4 6 2 7 8 3 6 7 5 8 9 7 3 4 1 5 3 8 2 CJl 3 7 8 4 1 9 5 2 6 2 8 3 9 5 1 4 6 7 7 5 6 3 4 2 8 9 1 5 3 2 8 9 6 1 7 4 4 9 7 1 2 3 6 8 5 8 6 1 5 7 4 2 3 9 Answer to Today's Puzzle "Perfect printing is hard to come by" ^.Professional Quality Printing ^Business Forms AThesis, dissertations AWedding Invitations & Accessories CH.\& Squarek One PRINTING. 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Pontes, a Brazilian Air Force lieutenant colonel, trained in the United States and had been scheduled to •fly to the station aboard a shuttle —plans that were scrapped after the February 2003 Columbia explosion. The American space program has depended on the Russians for cargo and astronaut delivery since the Columbia disaster grounded the shuttle fleet. The shuttle Discovery visited the station in July but problems with the external fuel tank's foam insulation have cast doubt on when shuttles might fly again. Some Brazilians criticized Pontes' trip because it reportedly cost the Brazilian Space Agency $10 million. But the 43-year-old was featured daily on Brazilian TV news broadcasts and across newspaper pages and was a widespread source of pride for Brazilians. Asked what medal Pontes would receive when he returns to Brazil, the head of the country's space program, Raimundo Mussi, suggested the national adulation he has inspired would be the best recognition of all. 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"I heard a girl crying for help and a woman stopped to pick her up," said a 40year-old woman who identified herself as Zaibunisa. "When the woman stopped there was a wave of people who stepped over us. Someone pulled me to the side and after I gained consciousness, I was in the hospital," she said from her hospital bed, where she was being treated for a broken arm. Hospital officials reported 29 deaths and more than 70 injured. Blood, shoes and black veils littered the scene of the stampede near the gate to the Islamic center. Administrators of the center barred photographers and reporters from entering the premises to take pictures or interview people. Billu, of the Dawat-eIslami missionary group that runs the center, said that more than 10,000 women, many accompanied by children, were at the gathering, part of celebrations leading to the anniversary Tuesday of the birth and the death of Muhammad. Another Dawat-eIslami official, Hafiz Hassan Attari, lamented that "numerous innocent lives perished, (but) they embraced martyrdom and we pray for their eternal peace." Karachi police official Asif Ijaz Sheikh said that police would investigate the stampede, which appeared to have been an accident. "We will ask the center's administration to take steps so that such incidents do not happen in the future," he said. Islamic religious events are often marred by stampedes, particularly during the hajj pilgrimage to the cities of Medina and Mecca in Saudi Arabia. More than 360 people died in Mina, outside Mecca, in January, while a 1990 hajj stampede killed 1,426 pilgrims. Pakistan's last fatal stampede happened in March 2003 as Shiite Muslims fled a mosque in eastern Pakistan to escape a fire, killing seven. ••• |