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• Prayer service follows priest removal effort

  May 17, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V8 The congregation of St. Mary’s Catholic Church is moving forward after a petition last year asked for the removal of the parish priest, the Rev. Victor Blazovich. A special prayer … 2

• Religion Notebook: Gathering to observe day of prayer

  May 3, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S2 • Life Center, 1202 N. Government Way, will observe the National Day of Prayer today at noon. Members will gather to pray for the church, community and nation. This year’s …

• Religion Notebook: Christian bands will play at Spokane Arena

  March 1, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S2 The Rock and Worship Roadshow is coming to the Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave., at 6 p.m. Sunday. The concert will feature the bands, MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North, LeCrae, …

• Some St. Mary’s church members want priest out

  December 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V4 More than 100 members of St. Mary’s Catholic Church have signed a petition asking for the immediate removal of the senior parish priest, the Rev. Victor Blazovich, and submitted it … 13

• Religion Notebook: African Children’s Choir to perform

  September 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S8 The First Church of the Nazarene, 9004 N. Country Homes Blvd., will present the African Children’s Choir on Sunday at 10:45 a.m. The choir features children from Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, …

• Move on without fear, region’s leaders urge

  January 23, 2011 in City on Page A6 While political and religious leaders interviewed last week denounced the bombing attempt along the route of Spokane’s annual march honoring Martin Luther King Jr., they shared a range of opinions … 3

• Cole’s zeal for family, city lauded

  December 24, 2010 in Business on Page A1 Family, friends and Spokane civic leaders Thursday celebrated Expo ’74 President King Cole for giving everything he had to his family and adopted city. Cole died Sunday at age 88. … 1

• Friends, family remember King Cole

  December 23, 2010 in News, City Family, friends and Spokane civic leaders Thursday celebrated Expo ’74 President King Cole for giving everything he had to his family and adopted city. Cole died Sunday at age 88. …

• Cataldo Catholic School becomes nonprofit

  December 16, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V8 Cataldo Catholic School has become a nonprofit organization. Bishop Blase Cupich granted the formal permission for the change in late November, and the school has since been working through the …

• faith in generosity

  December 15, 2010 in City on Page A1 Michael Goldstein was the only man in a yarmulke at the Christmas Bureau on Tuesday. Temple Beth Shalom’s new rabbi called the event “a beautiful thing.”

• Boys ranch joins talks on abuse claims

  December 10, 2010 in City on Page A6 A mediation effort designed to resolve ongoing legal problems faced by the Catholic Diocese of Spokane now includes the Morning Star Boys Ranch, according to court records. It sets up …

• Cataldo Catholic School becomes nonprofit

  December 9, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Cataldo Catholic School has become a nonprofit organization, making it the only Catholic school in Spokane with a nonprofit status. Bishop Blase Cupich granted the formal permission for the change …

• Bishop will attend Poor Man’s Meal

  October 8, 2010 in City on Page A6 The Most Rev. Blase Cupich, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, will attend his first Poor Man’s Meal at the House of Charity this Sunday.

• Judge overturns contempt finding of Catholic Diocese

  October 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 A senior federal judge in Spokane reversed a lower court order Monday and cleared the Spokane Catholic Diocese and its lawyers of contempt. It was a rare legal win for … 2

• Ruling puts parishes at risk of foreclosure

  September 15, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Catholic Diocese must raise more than $800,000 this fall, some of it due in two weeks, to pay sex abuse claims or risk defaulting on its bankruptcy obligations … 22

• Abuse payments sap diocese fund, putting churches at risk

  August 31, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Catholic Diocese of Spokane is broaching a consequence of its bankruptcy once thought unthinkable – the sale of churches to pay victims of clergy sex abuse. New claims of … 10

• Bishop Cupich, well-liked in South Dakota, seen as polished, pragmatic

  August 29, 2010 in City on Page A1 RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Toyota parked out back of Rapid City’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a drab little sedan, splattered with grasshoppers, moths and other … 1

• Incoming bishop inherits repercussions of diocese’s bankruptcy

    July 1, 2010 in City on Page A1 The incoming Catholic bishop of Spokane is undaunted by the challenges of leading a cash-strapped church in the aftermath of bankruptcy brought on by the clergy sex abuse crisis. Bishop …

• Cupich named new Bishop of Spokane

  June 30, 2010 in City Blase Joseph Cupich has been appointed Bishop of Spokane, the Vatican announced early today. A Nebraska native and most recently the Bishop of Rapid City, S.D., Cupich takes over for …

• Catholic church poised to name new bishop

  June 29, 2010 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane will announce a new bishop Wednesday. While as of this evening the Vatican had not issued a formal announcement, Blase Cupich is widely expected … 1