Catholic Abominable Church
This brings us to the point of the atonement of Jesus Christ. I speak it definitely: No Catholic priest from the pope down, understands the atonement of Jesus Christ! If they did, then this abominable doctrine of original sin would be abolished. So the atonement and its relationship to the human family is the next point which proves the apostasy of the Catholic Church. (Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, 5 vols. [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1957-1966], 3: 178.)
Choirs will unite in song
Dianna M. Náñez
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 9, 2006 12:00 AM
A relationship that began with a letter to Salt Lake City
has united a Catholic and a Mormon church in Gilbert in song, spirit and
mission.
A tradition symbolic of the relationship will play out onstage when members of
Gilbert St. Anne's Catholic Church Choir and Gilbert Stake Center Choir perform
together at the Mesa Arizona Temple Christmas Lights Display.
The choirs first joined in 1999 after Father Doug Lorig, who presided over St.
Anne's at the time, and President John Lewis, of the Gilbert Stake, brought the
churches together in a service project to help Guadalupe.
Lewis said the work completed in Guadalupe by more than 1,000 parishioners
sparked friendships and a desire for lasting unity.
Lewis considers Lorig, 70, a cherished friend, and is thankful his Gilbert
neighbor had the courage to reach out to a church and people he wanted to know
better.
Father Lorig's letter was sparked by a combination of his mid-1990s visit to
Glamoc, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the arrival of a White supremacist gang, known as
the "Devil Dogs," to Gilbert.
The letter led to a meeting between Lewis and Lorig. The churches have since
joined in numerous service projects.
Jan Gilyeat, Gilbert Stake choir director, said the rehearsal filled her with
joy.
"The singers' faces glow," Gilyeat said. "It's like they know the power of the
message they're sending."