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Bishop Joins USCCB in Asking for Aid to Middle East Christians ISSN: 0029-7739 $ 1.00 per copy THE OBSERVER Official Newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Rockford Volume 79 | No. 38 http://observer.rockforddiocese.org FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 Inside Special Collection to be Sept. 13-14 Bishop Joins USCCB In Asking for Aid to Catechists to be Honored Sept. 21 Middle East Christians pg. 4 BY SHARON BOEHLEFELD Bishop Malloy reminded di- Features Editor ocesan Catholics of the prayer (CNS photo/Rodi Said, Reuters) requests made for suffering A woman who ed the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar sits with a ROCKFORD—Bishop Da- Christians in the Middle East, child inside a tent at a camp in Syria’s northern town of Qamishli Aug. 17. Returning from a visit to the Kurdish region of Iraq, Syriac Catho- vid Malloy has asked priests whose plight, “We have all in the Rockford Diocese to lic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan called the Islamic State invasion been following, in prayer and “pure and simple religious cleansing and attempted genocide.” take up a second collection to human concern. help refugees in “the cradle of “Our fellow Christians and He explained that Archbish- Relief Services and other Cath- Christianity,” the Middle East. Catholics ... and other religious op Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, olic agencies that are “working The collections will be taken minorities,” he wrote, are suffer- president of the United States in partnership with the local at Masses the weekend of Sept. ing in Iraq, Gaza and Syria, as Conference of Catholic Bish- Church to meet the most urgent 13-14. well as in the surrounding coun- ops, has asked each diocese to humanitarian needs facing the In a letter read a Masses, tries to which they have fl ed. donate to a fund for Catholic people.” Sheen Cause Suspended Johnsburg Ultrasound Blessed, Ready for Use pg. 5 BY PAT SZPEKOWSKI Observer Correspondent JOHNSBURG—The atmo- sphere was fi lled with joy and appreciation for God’s infi nite goodness by staff and volun- teers as the 1st Way Life Cen- ter celebrated the blessing of Life’s Journey a Focus its new ultrasound machine by For School and Bishop David Malloy on Satur- For Seminarian’s Talk day afternoon, Sept. 6. Vocations, pgs. 8-9 The donation of the ultra- sound machine to the cen- ter was made possible by the Knights of Columbus Councils in McHenry County and the combined fundraising efforts led by Knights of Columbus members Clarence Gburek and Ron Rood of Sacred Heart Church in Marengo. “With everyone’s help through hanging fl ower baskets and pumpkin sales and a suc- (Observer photo by Dan Szpekowski) cessful golf outing organized Surrounded by Knights of Columbus members from McHenry County Councils, sta and volunteers, Continued on page 3 Bishop David Malloy blesses the new ultrasound machine at the 1st Way Life Center. On Saturday, Catholic Hearts are for Haiti Love and Faith Forever Family, pgs. 10-11 This Issue Bishop Malloy ............................. 2 Headliners ..................................... 3 Diocesan ........................... 4, 12, 20 Nation/World ........................... 5-7 Vocations ................................... 8-9 Forever Family ................... 10-11 Around the Diocese .......... 13-14 Media/Arts .................................. 15 (Observer photo by Lynne Conner) (Observer photo by Sharon Boehlefeld) Faith Forum ............................... 16 Viewpoints ................................ 17 Big Get-Together Helps LC School A Night in the Tropics Builds More Lives For the Record ......................... 18 pg. 12 pg. 20 2 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 | The Observer The Observer (ISSN 0029- Lift High the Cross on Exultation Sunday 7739), is published weekly, except five times a year by the Diocese of Rockford, BY BISHOP DAVID J. 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