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Police officer to talk about satanism and crime B1 1 II Geneseo pastor honored for 25 years in ministry B12 Mike McManus B11 Religion roundup B12 mm THE DAILY DISPATCH AND ARGUS BIO Mack receives sacred music degree 87 -year-old Davenport priest believes in God, not retirement the Franciscan Monastery, By Elsie Walker-Baley Staff writer WAXAHACHIE, Texas Patricia A. Mack, formerly of Rock Island, graduated cum laude from Southwestern Assemblies of God College, Waxah-achie, Texas, May 19. She received a bachelor's degree in sacred music. She is on the music faculty of Christ for Nations Bible Institute, Dallas, Texas, teaching piano and organ. Her husband, the Rev.

Frank Mack is pastor of First Christian Church, Keithsburg. While in Rock Island, Mrs. Mack taught piano DAVENPORT The Rev. Walter F. Boeckmann never doubted his Is jolly fellow grade school decision to become a priest.

PATRICIA MACK 1 1 I If "He enjoys everything," said Sister Laurus. "He has a marvelous sense of humor, and an ability to find humor in everything. That's important in a hospital." He seems to know what he wants, and isn't afraid to say so, she said. "He's a wonderful example of someone who is dedicated to what he does. He's a priest's priest." Rev.

Boeckmann has no magic answers for his longevity and success in the priesthood. He explains it simply. "In 60 years as a priest, there have been many important things," he said. "I suppose the most important thing was doing my duty day by day, doing the things I'm supposed to do." He was born Feb. 23, 1902, in Davenport, where he now lives with his brother, Clifford Boeckmann.

He attended the former St. Joseph's elementary school and St. Ambrose Academy, and St. Ambrose College, all in Davenport; Catholic University in Washington, D.C.; Sulplician Seminary in Baltimore, and Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.

He was ordained May 25, 1929, by the Very Rev. Henry Rohlman, then bishop of the Diocese of Davenport, at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport. He was associate pastor six years at St. Mary's Parish, Iowa City, and St. Mary's Parish, Lone Tree, Iowa; 14 years at Holy Trinity Parish, Richmond, Iowa; and 21 years at St.

Mary's Parish, Riverside, Iowa. He believes in taking life one step The 87-year-old Davenport native has never regretted it, either. "When I was a boy in grade school, I knew I wanted to become a priest," said Rev. Boeckmann. "I never gave it up.

I was lucky that I knew what I wanted to do and did it. "I've had no regrets never once." Rev. Boeckmann recently celebrated his 60th anniversary of ordination as a priest. Although he retired in 1977, he's never stopped serving his God. Last Monday, Wednesday and Thursday he visited patients at Mercy Hospital, Davenport, where he has served as assistant chaplain and as chaplain of the Blue Army many years.

Sister Mary Lauras, director of pastoral care at Mercy, first met Rev. Boeckmann when she came to the hospital 11 years ago. Since then, she has had the opportunity to work with the priest, and got to know him quite well. "He's a very holy man," she said. "He often comes to our chapel for holy hours.

Spirituality is his life. "He is a very caring person. He never gives up." Although officially retired as chaplain at Mercy, he still carries on his duties there, just on a smaller scale. He said the blessing at a senior citizens' mealsite in Davenport at noon Thursday, as he has for many years. He also serves as chaplain at and organ, and was minister of music at Memorial Christian Church 1978-1983.

Church gets new parochial vicar The Rev. Terrence McCloskey has been appointed parochial vicar at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Davenport, by the Very Rev. William Nugent Church sets vacation Bible school PROPHETSTOWN The Prophetstown Advent Church will have vacation Bible school from June 19 through June 23. This year's theme is "Sonseeker Safari" and includes Bible study, singing, skits, crafts, games and recreation.

For more information call the church at (815) 537-5646. Moline woman re-elected president Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Western Region elected a new board of governor officers and members recently. Carol Francis, Moline, was re-elected to a second term as president of the board at the May 31 annual meeting. Other officers include Barbara Hope, Monmouth, vice president; and Lydia Beckman, Rock Island, secretary. First time board members include Dr.

Paul Moen, Max Cart-wright, Cheri Schultz and Gene Smith, all of the Quad-Cities; and Dr. John Bicego, Galesburg. Ms. Francis and Mrs. Beckman were re-elected to second terms.

LSSI is a not-for-profit organization offering adult day care, counseling, foster care, single parent program, life enrighment and children of alcoholics program. McDaniel named seminary rector The Rev. George McDaniel, faculty member at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, was appointed rector of the seminary department, effective June 1, by the Most Rev. Gerald O'Keefe, bishop of the Diocese of Davenport.

Rev. McDaniel graduated in 1986 from the University of Iowa, Iowa City; in 1966 from St. Ambrose; and Aquinas Institute of Theology, School of Theology Catholic University. He was ordained by Bishop O'Keefe June 6, 1970, at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport. He served as associate pastor June 26, 1970, to June 15, 1973, at St.

Peter's Catholic Church, Keokuk; as associate pastor June 15, 1973, to June 1, 1974, at St. Patrick Church, Ottum-wa; and joined the staff at St. Ambrose July 1, 1974. He was on the board of trustess of the State Historical Society of Iowa, serving as trustee two years and as president two years. Bishop presides at installation mass PEORIA Several officers were installed as officers of the Sisters of St.

Francis of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria, recently. The Rev. Edward W. O'Rourke, bishop, presided at the mass of installation at Heading Avenue Motherhouse. Those installed include: Sister Mary Patricia Masterson, president of Sisters of St.

Francis of the Immaculate Conception, and former teacher at Sacred Heart School, Moline, 1972-1982. She was installed for a second term as major superior of the congregation. Sister Irene Marie Fritch, daughter of Leo and Alice Fritch, Aledo, was installed as vice president. She attended' grade school in Preemption and Sherrard High School. She has been treasurer of the congregation since 1982.

Sister Paula Vasquez, principal of Seton Catholic School, Moline, and two former teachers and principals at Sacred Heart, Moline, Sister Mary Jeanette Pitts and Sister Barbara Buckley, were installed as general councillors. Sister Mary Jeanette is religious education director for St. Mary's Parish, Canton, 111. Sister Barbara is co-administrator of St. Joseph's Home of Springfield, 111., a residential and nursing home for the elderly.

More than 250 cards and letters poured in to congratulate Walter Boeckmann on his 60th anniversary of ordination. The 87-year-old priest is sorting through some of the mail in the kitchen of his Davenport home. (Photo by Elsie Walker-Baley) at a time. of life isn't because of anything I did "I just lived day to day," he said. the Lord did it.

He allowed me to "My 60 years of ministry and 87 year live." Pope optimistic about birth of 'new and better era' COPENHAGEN num. (NYD In anC hopeful assess-r ment of the cur-' The Pope's speech to the diplomats here was seen as aimed at governments, but in an outdoor mass in Om in Jutland Wednesday afternoon, he addressed the same theme from the point of view of individual Christians. path forward is the path of profound solidarity, which is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others, but a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good." rent state of the world, Pope John Paul II said Wednesday that growing awareness of worldwide interdependence was creatine the Woman to lead Presbyterian Church POPE JOHN PAUL II conditions for birth of a new and opinion," he said. But the net result, he told a group of foreign diplomats stationed here, is "a change, however slow and fragile, in the direction of the world's concerns and an increasing, if sometimes grudging, willingness to accept the implications of a planetary interdependence." In earlier speeches during his 10-day tour, the pope expressed encouragement at moves toward greater, environmental consciousness and religious freedom in different areas. In his remarks Wednesday, he focused on the role of the church as a promoter of "this moral awakening," noting that rather than offering technical advice or an economic or political program, its mission was "eminently spiritual and humanitarian." He said that both the deep poverty of some countries and "the worship of money, ideology, class and technology" in other countries raised questions "related to truth and meaning, to moral good and evil." "The true nature of the inequalities which plague our world is that of moral evil," he went on.

"The By Michael D. Schaffer Knight-Ridder Newspapers, PHILADELPHIA The Rev. Joan M. SalmonCampbell, who told delegates of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to stop worrrying about declining numbers and get on with proclaiming the Gospel, was elected Wednesday to lead the denomination for the next year. SalmonCampbell, 51, of West Chester, is the first black woman elected to head the three-million-member denomination since it took its present form in 1983.

Delegates to the 201st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which met in Philadelphia this week, took only two ballots to elect SalmonCampbell, 51, to the position of moderator, its highest elective office. She received 303 votes out of 603 cast, one more than she needed. SalmonCampbell, who narrowly lost in a election for moderator in 1987, was greeted by a standing ovation when she came to the podium at the Convention Center after the results of the balloting were announced. Fighting back tears, SalmonCampbell said, "I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be speechless, but here I am, speechless." She was joined on the stage by her husband James Campbell, a physician's assistant, and members of their large family. The moderator's job is to preside over the General Assembly and to represent the denomination to the rest of the world.

better era." "Some people may hesitate to express too much hope or to be overly optimistic about the future," the pope said. "Yet many will agree that the world is living through a moment of extraordinary awakening." The pope, who was visiting Denmark as part of a tour of five Nordic countries, made no reference to events in any specific part of the world, noting that "the opportunity I speak of is not something clearly definable." "It is more like the confluence of many complex global developments in the fields of science and technology, in the economic world, in the growing political maturity of peoples and in the formation of world 1- Earthly vices pose increasing challenges to God's followers 1 9 Carl Ericson not solve the predicament by pretending they do not exist, or by hiding from them behind a facade of whatever makes us feel good. It is being half one thing and half another that is weakening faith in our time. The Book of Order of the Presbyterian Church, USA is a practical volume of church law, updated every year according to legislation at the denomination's General Assembly. The introductory section, however, has remained virtually intact for years as a basis for belief.

It begins: "All power in heaven and earth is given to Jesus Christ by Almighty God, who raised Christ from the dead and set him above all rule and authority, all power and dominion. Actually? All power- on earth given to Jesus? With the way we are living In one hand, and the law of any church in the other which way shall wc choose? This is No. 5. Four times previously I have begun writing this column, but after half a page, tossed them into the "round file" because all griped about something all negative going on to list what is wrong with faith and life. And now maybe because spring has arrived in spite of Gorbachev, Pete Rose, and the Illinois Lottery I am weary of preaching, teaching, and writing what is wrong.

Maybe nobody really knows if the Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned; but if he did, I take some satisfaction in imagining he may have selected the first century equivalent of a Bach concerto as an escape from the reality of everybody being against him and certainly visa versa. People used to take vacations for rest, for seeing new places, and visiting relatives. Mostly now, slack time is for "getting away" from the down side of life by traipsing to expensive, artifically positive amusements and recreation areas that claim to guarantee the success of pretending. But new problem has surfaced that, expecially, involves God. By class with the purpose of defining together what the church is alongside specific life experience.

We have made a shaky start, simply because the human scene all that we are and do is complicated, and often appears meaningless by faith. First, I offered hard-nosed instruction about fundamentalism, the conservative right wing of religion now making its way into mainline churches by the loss and lack of religious education. We are being "had." Here again, a Presbyterian mentally may choose his or her own mainline church as the spiritual place to be, and yet, emotionally demand right-wing patterns of experience "on the side." I introduced material from new books, newspapers, magazines and from my own experience to illustrate how this confusion is preventing us from actually being Presbyterians. Do I believe Pentecostals, for example, are Christians? Yes, I do; but that question does not address the issue. Under the classification of "Christian" there are different standards of membership.

It is these "standards" that divide; and we can gambling, drugs, inhuman sex, and organized play we are pressured to accept a split existence: For high prices we can live day by day with fun in one hand, with reality in the other. And momentarily, we may forget which identity is supposed to come next, so that the culture increasingly is crowded with those who cannot learn, react, and perform because of social confusion. A supervisor of personnel arriving at work emotionally may be longing for a seat at the race track. What are churches, synagogues and other spiritual agencies supposed to do about misfits increasing numbers of those who have chosen a combination of virtue and vice in order, as they say, "to keep going?" I am teaching a Wednesday night Donations welcome Linda Williams adds some tomatoes to a big pot of cooking during her second day on the job as cook for the Rock Island Rescue Mission and Christian Family Care Center in Rock Island. A $1 ,397.54 gift from the local 1988 CROP Walk for Hunger for operational costs at the center, a shelter for abused women and their families, will help pay for the food, said Pam Crome, director.

Ninety-100 people a day eat at the mission. Ms. Williams prepares lunch and dinner meals from scratch. Donations of spices would be welcome, she said. (Photo by Elsie Walker-Baley) Tha Rav.

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