USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - January 2001 Press Release Archives

January 2001 Press Release Archives

Plans For Consecrated Life Day Take Shape in Dioceses, Parishes (01-001)
January 2, 2001
Dioceses and parishes nationwide will celebrate the 2001 World Day for Consecrated Life, February 3-4.
Pope Accepts Resignation of Bishop John McCarthy; Bishop Gregory Aymond Succeeds in Austin (01-002)
January 2, 2001
Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Most Reverend John E. McCarthy, Bishop of Austin, Texas since 1985.
"Poverty in America Awareness Month" Focuses Attention on 32 Million Americans Living in Poverty (01-003)
January 3, 2001
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) announced the initiation of Poverty in America Awareness Month.
Masses, Receptions, Newspaper Spreads, Monastery Opening, Radio Program Among Ways to Mark World Day for Consecrated Life (01-004)
January 8, 2001
Parishes and dioceses nationwide will highlight members of religious orders and institutes of consecrated life, the weekend of Feb. 3-4, as part of the World Day for Consecrated Life.
Revised U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Statutes Approved (01-005)
January 9, 2001
In a (January 5) letter sent to all Bishops, their President, Most Reverend Joseph A. Fiorenza, announced that the revised United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Statutes have been ratified and granted recognitio by the Holy See's Congregation for Bishops.
Down the Road, Events in February 2001 (01-007)
January 12, 2001
Around the Corner -- Media Advisory, February 2001 (01-008)
January 12, 2001
Pope Appoints Auxiliaries in Los Angeles and San Bernardino; Auxiliary Bishop Patrick J. Sheridan Resigns (01-006)
January 9, 2001
Pope John Paul II appointed Monsignor Edward W. Clark, President/Rector of St. John's Seminary College, Camarillo, California, as Titular Bishop of Gardar and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles.
"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Pro-life?" Bishops' Spokesperson Decries "Pro-abortion McCarthyism" (01-009)
January 16, 2001
Abortion advocates are launching a form of "pro-abortion McCarthyism" to disqualify nominees for public office based on their pro-life convictions, according to Cathy Cleaver, director of planning and information for the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Monsignor Schnurr Named Bishop of Duluth (01-010)
January 18, 2001
Pope John Paul II has named Monsignor Dennis M. Schnurr, General Secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference (NCCB/USCC), to be Bishop of Duluth.
Americans Concerned about Poverty--when Confronted with it (01-011)
January 18, 2001
Americans say that poverty is ranked high on their list of concerns--when asked a direct question about it.
Salvadoran Earthquake Provides Opportunity to Respond to Pope's Plea for a Church Without Borders, Says Bishop Carmody (01-012)
January 19, 2001
The collection for the Church in Latin America will take on new significance this year because of the devastating earthquake in El Salvador, according to Bishop Edmond Carmody of Corpus Christi.
Bishop Lori Appointed to Bridgeport; an Auxiliary Named in Denver (01-013)
January 22, 2001
Pope John Paul II appointed Auxiliary Bishop William E. Lori of Washington as Bishop of Bridgeport.
Archbishop Alexander Brunett of Seattle And a U.S. Episcopal Bishop to Serve on New Anglican-Roman Catholic Working Group (01-014)
January 25, 2001
Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett of Seattle and Bishop Edwin F. Gulick, Jr., Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky, are two U.S. members of a new high-level working group set up by the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church to further relations between the two.