{"id":3733,"date":"2006-12-30T09:56:21","date_gmt":"2006-12-30T09:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/quick-notes-3.html"},"modified":"2006-12-30T09:56:21","modified_gmt":"2006-12-30T09:56:21","slug":"quick-notes-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/quick-notes-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Quick notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just pulling some Catholic-related news stories from around the country:<\/p>\n

A wayside shrine in Indiana:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Schoenstatt Wayside Shrine offers people of all faiths a tranquil spot to pray or meditate. <\/p>\n

Dedicated in October 2005, the shrine to the Blessed Mother is across from Dave’s IGA, off West U.S. 421. <\/p>\n

The shrine, which is visible from the road but set back, has become a refuge, especially for Roman Catholics who venerate Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

"It is special to me," said Sister Ann Astell, a member of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. "I ask for guidance." <\/p>\n

The West Lafayette nun is an English professor at Purdue University and a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Church. <\/p>\n

"Every time I’ve been to the shrine, there has been another pilgrim praying," she said. <\/p>\n

"It is one of those expressions of genuine devotion that generates life. It comes from the heart of people<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Maronites in Tulsa build a church:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Abi-Sarkis called it a miracle that the 30 families of St. Therese Maronite Catholic Church could build the $1.6 million church building debt-free, in a little over a year. <\/p>\n

"It was like a puzzle," he said. "It just came together. Everything was done miraculously." <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Archbishop Lipscomb (Mobile) robbed:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb’s gold crosier shepherd’s crook, his pectoral cross, four mitres, a gold antique chrism vessel and other valuable symbols of his office were stolen Christmas Eve from his parked car, police said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bishop Doran out of hospital<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bishop Thomas Doran, who heads the Rockford Diocese, has returned home to recuperate from Dec. 14 surgery on his lung.<\/p>\n

It still is unclear when Doran, 70, will resume his day-to-day duties as bishop for the 11-county Catholic diocese, which includes McHenry and Kane counties.<\/p>\n

Doran was a patient at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. for 11 days after the emergency surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his left lung.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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