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Contents ☆ The Sou Diocese of Savannah ☆ hern (Cross News 1-3 Commentary 4-5 Around the Diocese 6-7 Faith Alive! 8-9 Notices 10-11 Last But Not Least 12 Vol. 79, No. 38 $.50 per issue Thursday, November 4, 1999 Liturgical dance performed by the Murphy Dancers. Ji Albany -ubilee 2000 was celebrated by the Albany Deanery on Saturday, October 9 at the amphitheater of the Albany Civic Center. Parishioners from all fourteen churches and mis sions attended: Church of the Incarnation in Donalsonville, Holy Family in Blakely, Our Divine Saviour in Tifton, Immaculate Conception in Moultrie, St. Ann’s in Alapaha, St. Augustine in Thomasville, St. Elizabeth Seton in Cairo, St. John Vianney in Camilla, St. Joseph’s in Bainbridge, St. Luke’s in Cuthbert, St. Mary’s in Americus, St. Michael’s in Montezuma, St. Teresa’s in Albany and St. Theresa’s in Cordele. The more than 2000 participants began arriving at 2:00 p.m. on that warm, cloudy and occasionally drizzly day. Almost all had worn the specially designed tee shirt for the occasion. Entertainment in the form of song and dance from throughout the deanery filled the amphitheater for the next two hours. The highlight of our day was cel ebration of Mass with Bishop J. Kevin Boland and all priests of the deanery. The procession was breath taking, including the bearers of fourteen banners. Music was provided by a combination of choirs and enchanced by a variety of musicians. The Liturgy of the Word was read in both English and Spanish. And perhaps a new Catholic tradition was begun during Bishop Boland’s homily when a brief cloudburst 2000 participants crowd the Albany Civic Center Amphitheater from the heavens caused umbrellas to open and the homily to close. We now know how to get the homilist’s attention when he’s gone on a bit too long. Following a delicious barbecue chicken dinner, we parted ways to the far reaches of our deanery. Our memories of this wonderful celebration of our Catholic family will live on through keepsakes such as the program provided to each family. Highlights of this program include pictures and histories of each church, the Jubilee 2000 liturgy and a message from Bishop Boland. Mona McArdle, Parish Coordinator, St. Teresa's Church, Albany, wrote this account of the Albany Deanery celebration. Photos by Miguel Velez Pope calls Catholic-Lutheran agreement milestone on journey By Cindy Wooden Vatican City (CNS) T he Catholic-Lutheran agree ment on justification is “a mile stone along the not easy road of the re-establishment of full unity among Christians,” Pope John Paul II said. As representatives of the Lutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity were signing the agreement Oct. 31 in Augsburg, Germany, the pope used his midday Angelus address at the Vatican to highlight the importance of the doc ument. “The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification,” the pope said, deals with “one of the principal arguments which set Catholics and Lutherans against one another.” As one of the documents signed in Augsburg said, “Justification is for giveness of sins and being made right eous, through which God imparts the gift of new life in Christ.” states that justification comes through faith alone, but that good works are an essential sign of true faith. Pope John Paul said the agreement “constitutes a sure basis for the contin- (Continued on page 3) A key dispute during the Protestant Reformation was whether believers were justified and saved through grace alone or whether salvation required a combination of grace and good works. The Catholic-Lutheran agreement In an action reminiscent of Martin Luther's 1517 protest, Cardinal William H. Keeler nails the "Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification" to the doors of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Looking on is Bishop George Paul Mocko of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. CNS photo by Marty Lueders