Presbyterian church to install pastor
The First Presbyterian Church of Durango, 1159 East Third Ave., will host a special service to install Beau Smith as its called pastor by the Presbytery of Western Colorado at 4 p.m. Sunday.
A reception will be held after the installation service.
Sacred Heart to host spaghetti dinner
The 40th annual Spaghetti Dinner will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall, 254 East Fifth Ave.
The cost for adults is $10, children 7 to 12 are $5 and children 6 and younger eat free. The menu will include spaghetti, meatballs, salad, bread, drinks and pizzelli cookies.
Lutheran church to host Family Sunday School
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 2611 Junction St., will hold the monthly Family Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. Sunday.
This month’s program is based on John 20:19-31: “Jesus Appears to the Disciples/Doubting Thomas.”
Parents are encouraged to attend with their children.
National Day of Prayer event set for Thursday
A National Day of Prayer event will be held at noon Thursday at the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Ave.
Vatican investigators cite popes’ saintliness
VATICAN CITY – The priests who investigated the lives of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII say they found abundant evidence for the pontiffs’ canonization as saints in a Vatican ceremony Sunday.
Monsignor Slawomir Oder, the postulator for John Paul’s sainthood case, told reporters when the future pontiff was a university student in Poland, his fellow students recognized his devotion to God, referring to him as a “future saint.”
Oder said John Paul believed a true Christian’s life should be “an expression of God’s glory.”
The sainthood postulator for Pope John XXIII, Father Giovangiuseppe Califano, said the pope who convened the Second Vatican Council more than 50 years ago described his life as one of “obedience and peace.”
Tennessee high court to hear faith-healing case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by a woman who tried to heal her teenage daughter’s cancer through prayer.
Jacqueline Crank was convicted of misdemeanor child neglect in 2012 and was given a sentence of just under a year, suspended to unsupervised probation.
The conviction came 10 years after the death of her then-15-year-old daughter from Ewing’s sarcoma. According to court records, the cancer caused a grapefruit-sized tumor on the girl’s shoulder that appeared to give her severe pain.
Crank has argued in court a Tennessee law protecting some faith healers but not others is unconstitutional.
Herald Staff & Associated Press
