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Thursday, December 14, 2000 Notices The Southern Cross, Page 11 Five Days (Continued from page I) challenge them to pray in a homily featuring an amusing telephone con versation with Jesus (“You haven’t heard from some of them for a while? I’ll let them know you’re waiting to hear from them.”) On Saturday, December 2, mem bers of ethnic groups present in the diocese came together for a Multi cultural Mass and festival. They entered the Cathedral in their various characteristic dress, but sharing one faith. “Our church has realized an important hope of God, that there be one family with many faces to glorify and serve him,” said Father Michael H. Smith, pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish, McRae, and Saint Mark Parish, Eastman. Father Smith is also Program, Notes S CAD-TV, a production of the Savannah College of Art and Design that airs on WJCL-TV in Savannah, will feature a segment on Todd Hagin, a graphic designer and the assistant to the editor of The Southern Cross, at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 17. Hagin, a SCAD graduate, designed many of the printed materials created in con nection with the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Savannah and the 100th anniversary of the rededication of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist. “A Symphony of the Faithful,” a 30-minute history video on the Diocese of Savannah, will air at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 17, on WGNM-TV in Macon. Father Jeremiah J. McCarthy, pastor of Om 0 ?at6en, & Catholic & Christian Books & Gifts featuring: Christian Videos for families and chil dren, Baptismal, Holy Communion, Confirmation & RCIA gifts, Third World Gifts, Rosaries, Crucifixes and much, much more. Come Be Lifted! 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African Americans have brought endurance developed from slavery times to times of racism. “Through it all, we learned to trust in God,” said Father Robert Chaney, pastor of Resurrection of our Lord Church, Savannah. “We kept our faith.” Filipinos have brought reminders of gospel values: sharing, giving and loving. Vietnamese, who often live their faith in silence in their home land because of persecution, have brought an appreciation for vocal evangelism to America. From the Cathedral, the faithful walked together to Lafayette Square where they shared the foods and dances of their heritage. “Today, we meet different people with different cultures but we all share in one faith, as one family, in worshiping one God,” said Lan Dang, a 34-year-old woman who was bom in Vietnam and now lives in Savannah. For 16-year-0ld Aurelio Maldonado of Hinesville, whose parents are from Puerto Rico, being a Catholic means being one with God. “The church ac cepts anyone,” he said. “I believe we are all God’s children. We’re all equal.” But Catholicism is uncommon among those with Cherokee ancestry. Most either follow their old religion or are Baptists, said Robert Herr mann, a candidate for the permanent diaconate from Saint Anne Parish, Columbus, who performed a Native American ritual at the start of Mass. Catholicism is comforting, said James Skryja of Savannah, whose parents are from Czechoslovakia. “It gives you something to hold on to,” he said. On Sunday, December 3, Bishop Boland celebrated a special Awards Mass, honoring those who have ren dered special service to the Church (see next week’s issue). That evening, the Savannah Symphony orchestra brought the five days to a close with a special concert in the Cathedral, for standing-room-only crowds. Ann Stifter of The Savannah Morning News contributed to this story. TV Mass Schedule: Augusta Sundays 10:00 a.m. WAGT-TV Macon Sundays 5:30 p.m. WGNM-TV Savannah Saturdays 6:00 p.m. Comcast Cable 7 Savannah Sundays 6:00 a.m. WTOC-TV “One Faith... One Family: The Diocese of Savannah 1850-2000” A 350-page commemorative book NOW IN PRINT Order form Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Parish: Please send me copies of One Faith... One Family @ $30 per copy. Check one payment option: Enclosed is my check for $ for copies, plus for home delivery (@ $8.00 per copy, if desired) Please charge my VISA/MASTERCARD # Expiration date: Signature: Return form to: Catholic Pastoral Center 601 E. Liberty St. Savannah, GA 31401