God."
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ably di posed to cC ry' ef­
fort. According to The
iociated P , 0 B pti t
preacher in Hou ton called
Blac Bible Chronicle , "an
abomination.· God "wan us to
do His or nd He an us to
do it His ay,· Carl Hodges, t
di gruntled preacher, was
quoted aying.
Locally, however, Poole
pointed out that vernacular in­
terpretatio are an tablished
part of the tradition of Bible
translation.
"About 20 y ago, th e
w a version out called the Cot­
ton Patch Bible, which 1 ned
toward expre ions of the
South," he said. ·It had some
deal of popularity to those in­
clined to ard tho e expres­
sions."
And Young pointed out that
the Bible traditionally has used
the common language of the peo­
ple - from the Koine Greek lan­
guage of the or'iginal New
Testament to later translations
by Martin Luther and others.
Burrel acknowledged that he
favors the King Jam version,
with its sublime poetry and its
lofty metaphors. "Personally I'm
just a King James fan all the
way," he said. "I don't stray from
it. From a piritual aspect, it's
nough to help us relate to
God's plan for "
But Black Bible Chronicles
also drew his admiration. "I
think it's very interesting," he
said, "and I'd love to read it."
And Poole said, "I'll have to go
out and get one."
bration
,40 bish­
o , including form Bellevill
Bishop Jam P. Keleher, no
arehbishop of Ka City, KA;
the Vatican liaison to the United
Sta and Cardinal Joseph Ber­
nardin, archbishop of Chicago.
A vigorous standing ovation
was bestowed upon Bishop Gre­
gory as he came down the isle
arrayed in tments of cloth
woven in Ghana by the Ashanti
rib tribe. A letter was read from
Pope John PaU:i II appointing
Gregory a Bishop of the
Belleville Diocese.
A reception honoring the new
Bishop followed the Ceremony at
Althoff Catholic High School,
where again thousands were on
. hand. Bishop Gregory's parents
were present, as well as his sixth
grade teacher and members of
the Holy Angels Parish that de­
rived from Chicago.
A native of Chicag_o, II.,
Bishop Gregory is a graduate of
St. Mary's of the Lake Seminary,
was ordained in 1973, and con­
secrated auxiliary Bishop of the
Archdioces of Chicago in 1983.
In closing his address, Bishop
. Gregory promised to, "shepherd
you in image of Christ to the best
• 0 Dl"!" . I rely completely
IN IllS MESSAGE he made on the grace of God to help me
no direct references to the nine keep those promises. I urge you
priests and one deacon who have to place your ultimate confi­
left their churches after allega- dence, not in those promises, but
tions of sexual misconduct, but in the words of Christ to the
spoke of the sense of renewal church gathered at Mt. Olives.
that can be provided by God's God's promise will never fail us".
By ROBBIE CRU P- CCOV
BELI..EVILI..E, IL - Fifty years
go, hen e young in East
St. Louis, IL, it w rare h n
Blacks would nture out any
further than State and 89th
Street, where the local bu
turned around and headed back
to St. Louis to commute more
orking people from that fair
city.
The downtown East St. Louis
change point as Collinsville
Avenue. Other busses would
take Bla to The Hill- home
of Armour and Swift packing
plants - nd to Denverside in
E St. Louis. Blacks didn't go
into Belleville.
Case in point: I am taking
notes at the corner of West Belt
and Main Streets in Belleville,
here hundreds of Blacks have
moved into the area over the
past 20 years, including my
niece and her family, Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Rattler and chil-
BURREL THE chron-
icles could be of particular ap­
peal to Black youths. "There are
some young people out there
who think the Bible is 'the white
man's J Bible," he sid. Wells
agreec, adding that the book
could also appeal to young
whites who admi and ascribe
to Black-oriented cultur , lan­
guage and music.
Black Bible Chronicles has
high ambitions. It is subtitled
"From Genesis to th Prom'
Land" and "A Survival anual
fo t S, ... ," - ey gr b-
ing ff in an a wh n AIDS
.has jQin and the gun
epidemic as a high-p ofile threat
to young-lives.
Young, who also is a former
congressman and a former At­
lanta mayor provided th Bible's
foreword, titling it "The Lan­
guage of the Streets. "
Black Bible Chronicles, he
writes, brings God's Word to "our
younger generation in contem­
porary language" and seeks "to
reach many of our young people
for whom the traditional lan­
guage of faith has lost the power
to bring them in touch with
Day of Promi e: Gregory peak at hi In talIation.
as thousands of people from all
races and walks of life waited at
St. Peter's Cathedral to weloome
Bishop Wilton Gregory, the first
Black and seventh Bishop of the
Belleville area Some even stood
outside in the cold.
Bishop Gregory opening re­
marks to the crowd were, "God's
mercy is greater than our weak­
ness."
dren. They both are college
graduates with established ca­
reers.
As I espied the crowd, I had
to stop and say "thank you Lord",
mercy.
• W.E.B. Dubois was the first
Black member of the National
Institute of Arts and Letters.
• Benjamin Banneker, pub­
lisher and mathematician as­
sisted in planning the City of
Washington, D.C.
Did You Know?
Charles Houston was the first Black editor
of Harvard Law Review.
Teacher and atudent: Sister William with prlz student.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS By ROBBIE McCOY
.� AFRICAN-AMERICAN
its nuclear facilities -a growing
North Korea may already have
one or more nuclear missiles.
A spokesman said Graham
. brought back a response which
was to be given directly to Clin­
ton. The President's letter was
not made public but it report­
edly stressed the need for pro­
gress in negotiations over North
Korea's opposition to U.N. in­
spection.
The trip was Graham's sec­
ond to North Korea. On his first
trip he carried a letter from
President Bush.
Wolverine
Women meet
. The annual luncheon will be
held July ,9, 11 a.m., at Mt. Zion
Baptist Church. Judge Margie
Braxton will be chairperson,
Rev. Sterling L. Jones, host pas­
tor.
Mrs. Essie Bailey is president
of the Women's Auxiliary of the
Wolverine State Baptist Con­
vention and Dr. Avery Aldridge
is convention president.
The Business and Profes­
sional Womens group ofWolver­
ine 'State Baptist Convention,
held its monthly meeting at St.
James Church with Annie Mae
Daniels as host. Vernice Mark of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church is gen­
eral chairperson, and Gloria
Morris is corresponding secre-
tary. 1
A March 21 meeting will be
.held at the Tennessee Baptist
Church, 6 p.m., with president
Jeanette Hart in charge.
On April 4, the meeting will
be held at the Mt. Olive Baptist
Church in Saginaw, 1114 N.
Sixth Street. Sharon Floyd and
Shirley McCloud will be the
hostesses.
The group goes to Flint each
May for a monthly meeting.
AT BLACK MEDA 0
o 0
XHIB T
Veterans from various wars will be present t.o shore their personal experiences. Including members from the
761st Tonk Battallion, the Triple Nickel (555), the Army Nurse Corps, Sgt. Maj. James Thompson, puW. and
member of the "Forgotten 33· I Ollie Wells of WWI and others.
Graham carries
political message
WASHINGTON - Evangelist
Billy Graham d livered a per­
sonal letter from President Bill
Clinton to North Korean Presi­
dent Kim IL Sung during his
trip to North Korea last month.
The two-sentence letter con­
cerned North Korea's refusal to
allow inter.national inspection of
Reach
out to
mentally ill
CINCINNATI, OH - According
to St. Anthony Messenger' Mary
Joe Dangel, churches need to
reach out to people with mental
illness. She says one out of every
five or six Americans suffers
mental illness. It affects people
of every race, creed and socioeco­
nomic status.
Instead of finding acceptance
and assistance at their local
church, people with mental ill­
n oft n encounter f lings of
rejection. The church can be one
pla to help people with persist­
ent m ntal illn ke p t eir
liv in order.
Remains of37Plains Indians
ceremoniously laid to re t
SAN ANTONIO 'AP) - The re­
mains of 37 Plains Indians were
ceremoniously laid to rest at San
Fernando Cemetery.
The remains, in one box, were
led to the gravesite Monday by
contingent that included Native
Americans pounding drums and
chanting.
Historian Henry Guerra id
the Indians ttled around what
is now known the Alamo in
the mid-1700's. The bodi w
removed during a 1935 construc­
tion project to pr pare for th
Saturday, March 12, 1994
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