• Film Festival at Encuentro 2000 to Highlight African American, Native American, Vietnamese, Cuban Experiences (00-100)
  May 1, 2000
  A film festival at Encuentro 2000: Many Faces in God's House will highlight social and religious experiences of African Americans, Native Americans, Vietnamese and Cubans in contemporary society.
• Richard McCord, Sister Amy Hoey to be Honored By National Association for Lay Ministry (00-103)
  May 1, 2000
  Richard McCord, Ph.D., head of the U.S. Bishops' Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth, and Mercy Sister Amy Hoey, Ph.D., Project Coordinator of the U.S. Bishops' Lay Ecclesial Ministry Project, will be honored May 6, by the National Association for Lay Ministry with its Gaudium et Spes Award at the association's annual convocation, this year held in San Jose, California.
• Sister Maureen Shaughnessy to Receive F. Sadlier Dinger Award (00-104)
  May 2, 2000
  Sister of Charity Maureen Shaughnessy, Assistant Secretary for Catechesis and Leadership Formation for the U.S. Bishops' Department of Education, will receive the 2000 F. Sadlier Dinger Award, May 9, during the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership Annual Meeting and Expo, this year in Houston.
• NCCB/USCC President Issues Statement on Death of Cardinal O'Connor (00-105)
  May 3, 2000
  Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference, issued the following statement on the death of Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York.
• Bishops' Committee for Pro-life Activities Mourns Death of Cardinal O'Connor (00-106)
  May 4, 2000
  The Bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities and the staff of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities issued a statement on the death of Cardinal John O'Connor of New York, who died May 3. This is the text of the statement.
• Full Registration Opens for World Youth Day 2000 in Rome (00-107)
  May 5, 2000
  Registrations are now being accepted for participants of World Youth Day 2000, slated for Rome, Italy, August 15-20.
• CCC Movie Line Gives Gladiator "Thumbs Down" (00-108)
  May 5, 2000
  This week's Catholic Communication Campaign movie line looks at Gladiator, an over-the-top production on a gruesome subject, and, like the Romans, gives it "thumbs down." Instead, the movie line recommends East-West, a sensitive treatment of a marriage in totalitarian post-war Russia.
• Native American Greeting to Be Part of Encuentro 2000 Opening (00-109)
  May 8, 2000
  A Native American greeting will be part of opening events for Encuentro 2000: Many Faces in God's House, the U.S. bishops' jubilee year event, July 6-9, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
• Guests on Personally Speaking to Discuss Role of Spirituality in Entertainment Media, Internet 00-110)
  May 8, 2000
  Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles; Actors Tom Bosley and Jonathan Schaerch; and the founder of the Humanitas Foundation are among those featured on the Catholic Communication Campaign's interview program Personally Speaking in the month of June. Aired on the Odyssey cable network, the weekly program features guests from the worlds of entertainment, religion, sports, journalism and literature, who discuss the impact of faith on their personal and professional lives.
• Commission Studying Vatican Archival Material on Holy See's Role in World War II and the Holocaust Issues Second Statement 00-111)
  May 8, 2000
  The International Catholic Jewish Historical Commission to review Vatican archival material relating to the Holy See's role during World War II and the Holocaust concluded a four-day meeting in London on May 7.
• Guests on Personally Speaking to Discuss Role of Spirituality in Entertainment Media, Internet (00-112)
  May 8, 2000
  Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles; Actors Tom Bosley and Jonathan Schaerch; and the founder of Humanitas Foundation are among those featured on the Catholic Communication Campaign's interview format program Personally Speaking in the month of June.
• Cardinal Urges Easing of Cuban Embargo 00-113)
  May 9, 2000
  The U. S. embargo against Cuba should be ended, the Chairman of the Bishops' International Policy Committee told members of the House Appropriations Committee in a letter delivered Monday.
• NCCB/USCC President Issues Statement on Catholics for a Free Choice (00-123)
  May 10, 2000
  Galveston-Houston Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/U. S. Catholic Conference, issued the following statement on the status of the organization "Catholics for a Free Choice".
• Pope Appoints Bishop Edward M. Egan of Bridgeport as Archbishop of New York (00-114)
  May 11, 2000
  Pope John Paul II has appointed Bishop Edward M. Egan of Bridgeport, Connecticut, as Archbishop of New York. He succeeds Cardinal John J. O'Connor, who died May 3.
• Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue Takes Another Step Forward (00-116)
  May 11, 2000
  At a four-day meeting here, Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue in the United States took another step towards reconciling differences over bishops, primacy, and decision-making bodies within the two churches.
• Encuentro 2000 Update (00-112)
  May 12, 2000
• Ordination Class Shows Ethnic Variety, Catholic School Impact (00-118)
  May 12, 2000
  The ordination class of 2000 reflects both a wide ethnic variety and the influence of Catholic schools, according to a national survey of men about to be ordained Catholic priests.
• Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue Holds Spring Meeting (00-119)
  May 12, 2000
  Further discussion of the Petrine Ministry and primacy in the Church took place at the Spring 2000 meeting of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue.
• Battlefield Earth an Attack on Viewers, Says CCC Movie Line (00-120)
  May 12, 2000
  Battlefield Earth is an attack on self-respecting movie viewers, advises the Catholic Communication Campaign's toll-free movie line for the week of May 12-18. At once chaotic and simplistic, the futuristic vision portrayed by the film is based on a book by the late L. Ron Hubband, founder of Scientology. The film stars John Travolta, one of the philosophy's adherents.
• Latest Religious Retirement Collection Exceeds $31 Million; Reaches Highest Level Ever (00-117)
  May 15, 2000
  Donations to the latest Religious Retirement Collection reached $31.4 million, the largest amount ever collected in an annual appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious.
• Four Experts on Senior Citizen Issues to Represent U.S. Bishops At Jubilee Year Celebration of the Elderly in Rome (00-121)
  May 16, 2000
  Four experts on senior citizen issues will represent the U.S. bishops at the Jubilee year celebration of the elderly, slated for September 16-17 in Rome.
• Trafficking in Persons a 'Moral Issue,' an 'Abominable Practice' (00-124)
  May 16, 2000
  The chairman of the Bishops' Migration Committee today welcomed congressional action on legislation addressing the growing international problem of trafficking in humans, which mostly impacts poor women and children.
• High Technology Meets Prehistory on CCC Movie Line (00-125)
  May 19, 2000
  High technology meets prehistory in a visually amazing Dinosaurs, among this week's film offerings on the Catholic Communication Campaign's May 19-25 movie line. The film commands interest and respect for its technical wizardry, despite its weak story line. Another new entry is Woody Allen's small film, Small Time Crooks.
• Growing Asian Impact on Church to be Felt at Encuentro 2000 (00-122)
  May 22, 2000
  The growing impact of Asians on the Church in the United States will be felt at Encuentro 2000: Many Faces in God's House through music, dramatization, film and speeches by people from Asian and Pacific Island nations, including Vietnam, the Philippines, Korea, China, Japan, Tonga, Samoa and India.
• Cardinal Mahony Death Penalty Speech Calls for "Moral Revolution" (00-126)
  May 24, 2000
  In a speech at the National Press Club today, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony said abolition of the death penalty is an authentically pro-life position, and called for a "moral revolution" to address the problems which lead to violent crime.
• East Meets Western in Shanghai Noon (00-127)
  May 26, 2000
  Eastern marshall arts meet western movie cliches in the amusing Shanghai Noon, reviewed this week on the Catholic Communications Campaign's 1-800 movie line. The May 26 - June 1 line-up also includes the much-hyped Mission Impossible, but the viewer might be better off watching reruns of the old TV show on which the film is based.
• Latin Music, Movie on Cuba, Hispanic Cultural Expressions Part of Encuentro 2000 Celebration of Multi-ethnic Church (00-128)
  May 30, 2000
  Latin music, a movie on Cuba and other expressions of Hispanic culture will mark Encuentro 2000: Many Faces in God's House, the U.S. bishops' jubilee year celebration slated for the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 6-9.
• Desk Calendar (00-129)
  May 31, 2000

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