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ZENITThe World Seen From RomeDaily dispatch - June 30, 2009ZENIT's fundraising campaign for 2009 has ended! VATICAN DOSSIER Pope Signs 3rd Encyclical Help Your Priests, Pope Urges Archbishops Pallium-bearing Prelates Need to Be Like Christ Pontiff Laments Train, Plane Tragedies WORLD FEATURES Bishops Decry Honduran Coup Cardinal to Congress: Don't Fund D.C. Abortions ANGELUS On the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul LITURGY Masters of Ceremonies DOCUMENTS Papal Message to Venezuelan Bishops VATICAN DOSSIER Release of "Caritas in Veritate" Expected Before G-8 Conference VATICAN CITY, JUNE 30, 2009 (<A href="http://www.zenit.org">Zenit.org</A>).- Benedict XVI says his third encyclical, "Caritas in Veritate," aims to help humanity in the effort to achieve sustainable progress and that its publication is forthcoming. The Pope spoke about his next encyclical when he prayed the midday Angelus on Monday, feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, with crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square. He confirmed that the document bears the date of June 29, and also confirmed its title. The Holy Father said the encyclical is a reflection on the conditions necessary for "integral development." He added that it returns to social themes found in "Populorum Progressio," written by Pope Paul VI in 1967. He explained that it "aims to go deeper in certain aspects of the integral development of our age, in the light of charity in truth." "I entrust to your prayer this new contribution that the Church offers to humanity in its commitment to sustainable progress, in full respect of human dignity and the real needs everyone has," Benedict XVI said. "Caritas in Veritate" is the first social encyclical to be written in almost two decades. Pope John Paul II penned "Centesimus Annus" in 1991, a century after Pope Leo XIII's "Rerum Novarum." It is thought that Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, could present "Caritas in Veritate" on July 6 or 7, immediately before the Group of Eight conference set for July 8-10 in Italy.
Help Your Priests, Pope Urges Archbishops Exhorts Those Who Received Pallium to Be Diligent PastorsVATICAN CITY, JUNE 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI asked the metropolitan archbishops who received the pallium Monday to be exemplary pastors so as to guide and support their priests. The Pope made this exhortation when he received the 34 prelates, their families, and representatives of their respective archdioceses in Paul VI Hall today. "In this Year for Priests, just begun, carry your priests deep within your hearts; they hope to receive from you kind treatment, as fathers and brothers who welcome them, listen to them and worry about them," the Holy Father affirmed. "Concern yourselves with being exemplary pastors, diligent and full of love for the Lord and your communities. "In this way you can guide and firmly support the pr iests, your first collaborators in pastoral ministry, and effectively cooperate in spreading the Kingdom of God." The Pope gave special thanks to Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki of the Latin Archdiocese of Lviv, Ukraine, for "the service he has given the Church, as a collaborator of mine and, prior to that, of my venerated predecessor John Paul II." He then greeted the archbishops by language groups, exhorting them to be signs of unity. To the 12 English-speakers, he said, "The pallium is received from the hands of the Successor of Peter and worn by the archbishops as a sign of communion in faith and love and in the governance of God’s people. It also recalls to pastors their responsibilities as shepherds after the heart of Jesus. To all of you I affectionately impart my apostolic blessing as a pledge of peace and joy in the Lord." --- --- --- On ZENIT's Web page: List of archbishops wh o received the pallium: www.zenit.org/article-26285?l=english
Pallium-bearing Prelates Need to Be Like Christ Notes Double Significance of Woolen BandVATICAN CITY, JUNE 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The pallium represents both Christ's flock and Christ himself, the Good Shepherd, says Benedict XVI. The Pope spoke about the significance of the pallium when he bestowed it on 34 new metropolitan archbishops during a Mass on Monday, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. The Holy Father performs the Rite of Blessing of the palliums after the Liturgy of the Word. The archbishops stand to profess their fidelity and obedience to the Bishop of Rome and then process to receive the pallium from the hands of the Pope. In his homily, the Pontiff explained the meaning of the woolen band, "knit with the wool from the lambs that the Pope blesses on the feast of St. Agnes." "It recalls Christ's lambs and sheep, which the Lord has entrusted to Peter with the task of tending to them," Benedict XVI said, citing the 21st chapter of John. The pallium, the Pope continued, also "recalls Christ himself, who as the Good Shepherd, takes upon his shoulders the lost sheep -- humanity -- to bring them home." "It reminds us of the fact that he, the Supreme Pastor, wanted to make himself the Lamb, to take on from within the destiny of all of us, to carry us and heal us from within," he added. The Holy Father also asked the Lord "to allow us to be upright pastors like him," not out of a sense of obligation, but with "generous spirits." --- --- --- On ZENIT's Web page: List of archbishops who received the pallium: www.zenit.org/article-26285?l=english
Pontiff Laments Train, Plane Tragedies Expresses Condolences for 165 Lives LostVATICAN CITY, JUNE 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is expressing condolences for victims of two recent tragedies: a train explosion that claimed 12 lives in Italy and an accident over the Indian Ocean involving 153 passengers. The Pope sent a telegram to the people of Viareggio, in Northern Italy, where a freight train carrying gas was derailed and exploded in the town Monday night. Fires broke out and homes collapsed due to the explosion, killing at least 12 people, and injuring some 50 others. Rescuers are still searching for missing villagers. The Pontiff's message, sent today through his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to Archbishop Benvenuto Italo Castellani of Lucca, expressed his "heartfelt participation in the suffering afflicting the entire city." It continued: "While giving assurances of his fervent prayers for the souls of those who have so tragically died, he invokes from the Lord a speedy recovery for the injured and, entrusting those affected by this dramatic event to the maternal protection of the Virgin Mary, he sends a special and consoling apostolic blessing." The Holy Father sent a second telegram through Cardinal Bertone to Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem, apostolic nuncio to Kuwait, as well as Yemen several other Arab nations, expressing sorrow for the crash of a Yemeni plane carrying 153 passengers. Early this morning, the plane was attempting to land in the Comoros, a group of islands between Africa and Madagascar, when it crashed into the Indian Ocean. The Yemenia Airways plane was en route from Saana, Yemen, and included 66 French nationals who originated in Paris and were on their way to the former French colony of Comoros. The Pope expressed condolences and prayers for families of the victims and entrusted the deceased to God's mercy.
WORLD FEATURES Appeal for Return to Democracy, Peace TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, JUNE 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Two Latin American bishops are calling for a return to constitutional order in Honduras after a military coup Sunday ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The democratically elected president was exiled to Costa Rica under order of the country's Supreme Court. Roberto Micheletti, who was immediately sworn in as president to replace Zelaya, was supported by the congress. Those currently in power state that the coup was lawful because Zelaya was pushing for a referendum calling for a new constitution that would allegedly eliminate obstacles to his re-election. The arrest took place about an hour before the referendum was scheduled to take place. Protestors a t the presidential palace skirmished with the police, and several people were injured. Bishop Jesús Juárez of El Alto, secretary general of the Bolivian bishops' conference, appealed Monday for a quick return to the order legally established in the Honduras. He stated that "every interruption of a democratic process is lamentable." The prelate explained that even with its flaws, democracy is believed to be the best system for human coexistence. Bishop Juárez affirmed that democracy is the best way to maintain peace and tranquility in Latin America, and for this reason, it deserves support from all the peoples of the region. "The Church," he stated, "or at least I, personally as Jesús Juárez, bishop of El Alto, want a return to democratic life as soon as possible for the beloved people of Honduras." Also on Monday, Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Ch&aacu te;vez of San Salvador appealed to the faithful to pray for a return to peace in Honduras. In a press conference, the prelate spoke of the need to pray that everything will return to normal in El Salvador's neighboring country. This is a "traumatic moment" for the region, he said, and the Church always "desires that there would be peace in countries, that there would be stability and that there would be hope for the poor." The bishop affirmed that he would be following the events with attention from his post in El Salvador, and that he hopes everything will normalize soon. The Honduran bishops' conference, upon concluding its second annual assembly June 19, had expressed its concern for the serious political situation that was developing in their country, and issued a call for peace. Today, the U.N. general assembly denounced the Honduran coup and demanded a return to power for President Zelaya. Meanwhile, Micheletti has stated that arrest warrants have been issued for the president if he returns to the country. U.S. President Barack Obama released a statement expressing his "deep concern" about the "detention and expulsion" of President Zelaya. He continued: "As the Organization of American States did on Friday, I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. "Any existing tensions and disputes must be resolved peacefully through dialogue free from any outside interference."
Cardinal to Congress: Don't Fund D.C. Abortions Says American Majority Opposes ItWASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee is urging lawmakers not to allow the public funding for abortions in the District of Columbia. Cardinal Justin Rigali sent a letter today to members of the House Appropriations Committee regarding a decision made by a subcommittee last week that will permit direct public funding for abortion in Washington, D.C. He pointed out that this is "an action to promote publicly funded abortion, presumably the first step in a broader effort to restore such funding throughout the federal government," but that it neglects three realities. First, the cardinal affirmed, "public funding of abortion is rejected by the American people, as numerous surveys of public opinion h ave shown." He reported that this opposition was shown by Catholics nationwide who recently sent "tens of millions of postcards to their elected representatives in Congress" to oppose the Freedom of Choice Act as well as "any weakening or reversal of current appropriations riders on abortion." Second, Cardinal Rigali added, "no lawmaker or administration can support such a policy change and still claim to support 'reducing abortions.'" "The evidence is overwhelming," he noted, "and universally recognized by groups on all sides of the abortion issue, that the availability of public funds for abortion greatly increases abortions." Third, the prelate stated, "this action takes place as Congress is working to win broad support for a much-needed major reform of our health care system." He continued, "A key issue in this debate is whether any open-ended or genera l language on benefits in such legislation will be exploited to begin funding abortions or mandating abortion coverage." "This is the worst of all possible times to be injecting the divisive issue of public abortion funding into the debate on government health policy," the cardinal explained. He urged the committee to reverse the subcommittee's action, and to uphold the funding ban currently supported by law. --- --- --- On the Net: Full text: www.usccb.org/prolife/Rigali-DornanAmendment-2009.pdf
ANGELUS On the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul "Resist Being Conformed to the Mentality of This World"VATICAN CITY, JUNE 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave Monday before praying the midday Angelus with crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square. * * * Dear brothers and sisters: Today we solemnly celebrate the holy apostles, Peter and Paul, special patrons of the Church of Rome: Peter, the fisherman from Galilee, "the first to confess the faith … [who] gathered the earliest Church from among the flock of Israel"; Paul, the former persecutor of Christians who "proclaimed [the faith's] deepest mysteries […] the teacher and doctor who announced salvation to all people" (cf. Preface of the Mass for today). In one of his homilies to the community of Rome, Pope St. Leo the Great affirmed, "These are your fathers and true pastors, who have established you so that you would thus be inserted into the heavenly kingdom" (Sermo I in Nat. App Petri et Pauli, c I, PL 54,422). On the occasion of this feast, I would like to direct a particularly warm greeting, joined to my fervent wishes of congratulations, to the diocesan community of Rome, which Divine Providence has entrusted to my care as the Successor of the Apostle Peter. It is a greeting that I happily extend to all the inhabitants of our city and the pilgrims and tourists who are visiting us during this time, which also coincides with the closing of the Pauline year. Dear brothers and sisters, may the Lord bless you and protect you through the intercession of Sts. Peter and Paul! As your pastor, I exhort you to remain faithful to your Christian vocation, to resist being conformed to the mentality of this world -- as the Apos tle to the Gentiles wrote precisely to the Christians of Rome -- and always to allow yourselves to be transformed and renewed by the Gospel, to follow what is truly good and pleasing to God (cf. Romans 12:2). I pray constantly for this, so that Rome will keep alive its Christian vocation, not only conserving unaltered its immense spiritual and cultural patrimony, but also so that its residents can turn the beauty of the faith they have received into concrete ways of thinking and acting, and thereby offer to those who arrive to this city for various reasons, an atmosphere full of humanity and Gospel values. Therefore -- in the words of St. Peter -- I invite you, dear brothers and sisters, disciples of Christ, to be "living stones," packed together around him who is the "living stone, rejected by men, but chosen and precious in the sight of God" (cf. 1 Peter 2:4). Today's solemnity also has a universal character: It expresses the unity and catholicity of the Church. That's why every year on this date, the new metropolitan archbishops come to Rome to receive the pallium, the symbol of communion with the Successor of Peter. I renew my greeting to these brothers in the episcopate for whom this morning in the basilica I have performed this gesture, and the faithful who accompany them. I also warmly greet the delegation from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which has come to Rome, like every year, for the celebration of Sts. Peter and Paul. May the common veneration of these martyrs be a pledge for a communion among Christians from every part of the world that is ever more complete and heartfelt. For this, let us invoke the maternal intercession of Mary, the Mother of the one Church of Christ, with the customary recitation of the Angelus. [After the prayer, the Holy Father continued in Italian:] The publication of my third encyclical is near. [It] is called "Caritas in Veritate." Taking up again the social themes in "Populorum Progressio," written by the Servant of God Paul VI in 1967, this document -- dated in fact today, June 29, feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul -- aims to go deeper in certain aspects of the integral development of our age, in the light of charity in truth. I entrust to your prayer this new contribution that the Church offers to humanity in its commitment to sustainable progress, in full respect of human dignity and the real needs everyone has. [Translation by ZENIT] [Then the Pope greeted the people in various languages. In English, he said:] I am happy to greet all the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors present for this Angelus, including the new Metropolitan Archbishops who have received the pallium, accompanied by their relatives and friends. I also extend a warm welcome to the Delegation of the Patriarch of Constantinople, present for this joyous celebration. Ma y the Apostles Peter and Paul inspire all Christians, and especially our new Archbishops, to continue to bear clear and generous witnesses to the Gospel. God bless you all! © Copyright 2009 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana
LITURGY And More on Marian Hymns at Offertory ROME, JUNE 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university. Q: At a conference organized by one of the ecclesial movements and attended by nine priests and two bishops, a Christian Brother was delegated by one of the lay-leaders to bring the Blessed Sacrament to the hall for adoration each day. At both the beginning and end of the 45-minute adoration, the Christian Brother proceeded to bless the people with the monstrance -- not just a single blessing, but rather the triple blessing used by a bishop. I relate the details of this incident to inform you of how uninformed the lay-leaders were. Also, on each occasion at Mass the bishops were seated together near the al tar with a lay master of ceremonies, and the priests were seated on a much lower level, at the front of the congregation, and at a distance of about 15 to 20 meters from the bishops -- even though there was room for all or most of us to be seated with the bishops. When I complained before the last Mass about the unnecessary distance between priests and bishops, I was just ignored and left to believe that I should have more respect for the authority of the lay-leaders. Are priests obliged in these circumstances just to fall in with the wishes of lay-leaders? Have lay-leaders the authority to direct how and where priests should sit in matters like this? Lastly, does a celebrant or principal celebrant have a right to say that he has no need, or does not want a master of ceremonies (particularly a lay MC) at a Mass? At the conference mentioned above, a lay MC before one of the Masses commented to the principal celebrant that "I am the one in charge today." -- T.M., Australi aA: There are basically three questions involved. I will address the first two briefly and expand a little on the third. First, it was an abuse to have an extraordinary minister (the Christian Brother) exposing the Blessed Sacrament when ordained ordinary ministers were present. Furthermore it was a grave abuse for the religious brother to attempt to give a blessing with the Blessed Sacrament. This rite is strictly reserved to the ordained ministers, and the brother might even be subject to canonical penalties for illegitimately carrying out these rites. Second, the General Instruction of the Roman Missal foresees that, insofar as possible, concelebrating priests should be seated within the sanctuary. If this is not possible due to elevated numbers, they should be as close to the presbytery as possible, with no other faithful seated between the ministers and the concelebrants. Finally, the role of the master of ceremonies is outlined in the Ceremonial of Bishops, Nos. 34-36. The norms make it clear that he is at the service of the liturgy in order that a solemn celebration be carried out with grace, simplicity and order. He is needed to "prepare and direct the celebration in close cooperation with the bishop and others responsible for planning its several parts." It continues: "He should seek to ensure an observance of liturgical laws that is in accord with the true spirit of such laws and those legitimate traditions of the particular Church that have pastoral value." Before the celebration he should "arrange with the cantors, assistants, ministers and celebrants the actions to be carried out and the texts to be used, but during the celebration he should exercise the greatest discretion: he is not to speak more than is necessary, nor replace the deacon or assistants at the side of the celebrant. The master of ceremonies should carry out his responsibilities with rev erence, patience and careful attention." Regarding the qualities required of him, the document says: "He should be well-versed in the history and nature of the liturgy and its laws and precepts. But equally he should be well-versed in pastoral science, so that he knows how to plan liturgical celebrations in a way that encourages fruitful participation by the people and enhances the beauty of the rites." The qualities mentioned in these norms in no way exclude the possibility of a lay master of ceremonies and, indeed, there are many excellent lay masters in churches and cathedrals around the globe. In this sense the question of "obedience" toward a master of ceremonies or of his being "in charge" should be largely beside the point. Preparing a proper liturgical celebration is a collaborative effort in which the master of ceremonies coordinates beforehand with the various persons involved. A master of ceremo nies who arrives saying he is "in charge" has probably failed in his duties to adequately prepare the ceremonies in advance. If anybody is properly speaking "in charge" of the celebration, it is the principal celebrant. For example, it is he, not the master of ceremonies, who determines the texts to be used, which optional ritual elements are included or omitted, and what is to be sung or recited. In preparing the celebration the master of ceremonies may make suggestions to the celebrant as to what is most appropriate. But the final decision rests with the celebrant. The celebration can even make changes during the course of the celebration if unforeseen circumstances recommend it. The master of ceremonies is "in charge" of coordinating all those who assist at the Mass and these should diligently follow his instructions. Although we have said that, strictly speaking, concelebrants do not owe obedience to the master of ceremonies, this statement must be qualified in some cases. There are situations in which a large number of concelebrants arrive shortly before the beginning of Mass, and it is materially impossible to prepare the celebration beforehand. In such cases the priests should punctually follow the MC's indications, not so much out of obedience to his person as to obedience toward the reverent and dignified celebration of Mass. * * *
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DOCUMENTS Papal Message to Venezuelan Bishops "Encourage a Profound Life of Faith and Prayer"VATICAN CITY, JUNE 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered June 8 upon receiving the bishops of Venezuela, who were in Rome for their five-yearly visit. * * * Your Eminence, Dear Brothers in the Episcopate, I warmly welcome you Pastors of the Church of Venezuela to this meeting during your ad limina visit. As Successor of Peter, I thank the Lord for this opportunity to strengthen my brothers in the faith (cf. Lk 22: 32) and to share in their joys and worries, in their projects and their difficulties. First of all I thank Archbishop Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera of Maracaibo, President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, for h is words expressing your communion with the Bishop of Rome and the Head of the Episcopal College, as well as the challenges and hopes of your pastoral ministry. In fact the challenges you must face in your pastoral work are ever more numerous and difficult, aggravated moreover as they have been recently by the serious global economic crisis. Yet, the present time also offers many true reasons to hope, that hope which can fill the hearts of all human beings "can only be God God who has loved us and who continues to love us "to the end'" (Spe Salvi, n. 27). As he did with the disciples of Emmaus (cf. Lk 24: 13-35), the Risen Lord also walks beside us, imbuing us with his spirit of love and fortitude so that we may open our hearts to a future of hope and of eternal life. You have before you, dear Brothers, an exciting task of evangelization and you have begun the "Mission for Venezuela" in line with the Continental Mission p romoted by the Fifth General Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops' Conferences at Aparecida. These are also times of grace for those who are dedicated to the Gospel cause without reserve. Trust in the Lord. He will make your self-giving and sacrifices fruitful. I encourage you, therefore, to increase your initiatives to make Jesus Christ and his message known in their fullness and beauty. For this, in addition to the sound doctrinal formation of the entire People of God, it is important to encourage a profound life of faith and prayer. In the liturgy, in the intimate dialogue of personal or community prayer, the Risen Christ comes to meet us, transforming our hearts with his loving presence. I would also like to remind you of the need of a spiritual life for Bishops. Configured fully to Christ the Head by the sacrament of Orders they are in a certain way a visible sign of the Lord Jesus (cf. Lumen Gentium, n. 21). For this reason the pastoral m inistry must be a consistent reflection of Jesus, Servant of God, showing to everyone the capital importance of faith and likewise the need to give priority to the vocation to holiness (cf. John Paul ii, Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Gregis, n. 12). Fruitful pastoral action requires close affective and effective communion among the Pastors of the People of God who "should appreciate that they are closely united to each other and should be solicitous for all the Churches" (Christus Dominus, n. 6). This unity, which today and always must be promoted and expressed in a visible manner, will be a source of comfort and apostolic effectiveness in the ministry entrusted to you. The spirit of communion involves paying special attention to your priests. As the closest collaborators of the episcopal ministry, they must be the first recipients of your pastoral care and should be treated with closeness and brotherly friendship. This will help them to carry out wit h self-denial the ministry they have received and, when necessary, to accept advice in a filial spirit on some aspects they may need to improve or correct. I therefore encourage you to redouble your efforts to give an impetus to the pastoral zeal of your priests, especially during this coming Year for Priests which I have chosen to declare. In addition to this is the interest that must be shown to the Diocesan Seminary, in order to encourage a thorough and competent selection of those called to be pastors of the People of God, without economizing on the human or material means this may require. The lay faithful, for their part, participate in their own specific way in the Church's saving mission (cf. Lumen Gentium, n. 33). As disciples and missionaries of Christ they are called to illumine and to order temporal realities in such a way that they respond to God's loving plan (ibid., n. 31). This requires a mature laity that bear a faith ful witness to their faith and feel the joy of belonging to the Body of Christ. Among other things lay people must be offered an adequate knowledge of the Church's social doctrine. In this regard I appreciate your work to make the light of the Gospel shine on the most important events that affect your country, with no other interest than to disseminate the most genuine Christian values, with a view to encouraging the search for the common good, harmonious coexistence and social stability. I entrust the needy to you in particular. Continue to encourage the many charitable projects of the Church in Venezuela so that your neediest brothers and sisters may feel the presence among them of the One who on the Cross gave his life for every human being. I end with a word of hope and encouragement to you in your task; you may always count on my support, concern and spiritual closeness. Please convey my affectionate greeting to all the members of your particular Church es; to the Bishops emeritus, the priests, the religious and the lay faithful, especially married couples, young people, the elderly and those who are suffering. With these sentiments and as I invoke the protection of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Coromoto, so deeply loved throughout Venezuela, I cordially impart to you the Apostolic Blessing. © Copyright 2009 -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana
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Greg Nickels has been working to improve the lives of people in Seattle for more than 30 years. Elected mayor in 2001, Greg is leading successful efforts to create jobs, bring mass transit to our region, strengthen families and neighborhoods, keep communities safe, fix a broken transportation system and leave the next generation with a stable climate and a healthy environment. He is fighting for open, accountable and effective government, and working to provide high-quality, cost-effective services to the people of Seattle. Solving problems Greg grew up in Seattle, the oldest of six kids in a family who believed in the power of public service to improve people’s lives. He graduated from Seattle Preparatory School, attended the University of Washington and began his public service career in Seattle. As an aide to then-City Councilmember Norm Rice, Greg spent nearly a decade working directly with people across the city to solve problems, improve communities and help neighbors in need. In 1987, Greg saw a chance to bring a new direction to the King County Council. Defeating a longtime incumbent, he set to work on critical issues such as reforming Metro, protecting children from tobacco advertising and providing more open space for people across the region. As a county councilmember, he ended years of transportation inertia and put the region’s first successful light rail measure on the ballot—an act that laid the foundation for today’s Sound Transit. Progressive, effective leadership In 2001, Greg stepped up to a new challenge. Elected mayor of a city struggling through a deep recession and reeling from major riots and an earthquake, Greg worked to quickly reestablish public confidence in local government, improve basic services and create jobs. Over the past eight years, Greg has delivered progressive, innovate and effective leadership in Seattle on a wide range of issues. He is fighting to create family-wage jobs across the city through efforts such as revitalizing the South Lake Union area and preserving vital industrial businesses in SoDo that support thousands of workers. He is leading programs that bring new hope and new opportunities to people in diverse and underserved neighborhoods such as Southeast Seattle and South Park. He is focused on public safety. Under his administration, Seattle has hired more police officers and seen an unprecedented drop in crime rates. And fire stations across the city are being rebuilt to withstand a major earthquake so our first responders will be ready when we need them most.
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enjoy food, vendors, kids play and toy area plus fireworks show Friday and join in the 4th of July Parade starting at noon Saturday Friday 6:00p to 9:00p Downtown Eatonville Eatonville WA The new commander of McChord Air Force Base will have his hands full as the Obama administration moves to draw down troops in Iraq and increase operations in Afghanistan. Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted by Matt Misterek @ 02:27:29 pm
News Tribune reporter Adam Lynn files this story after interviewing the new top airman in the Puget Sound area Friday: The new commander of McChord Air Force Base will have his hands full as the Obama administration moves to draw down troops in Iraq and increase operations in Afghanistan.  McChord and its 4,600 military and civilian personnel and 43 C-17 cargo jets certainly will play a central role “if a decision is made to shift forces anywhere in the world,” Col. Kevin J. Kilb said Friday. “Obviously, we’re focused on doing our part to win today’s fight,” Kilb said after being installed as commander of the 62nd Airlift Wing during festivities at the base south of Tacoma. “The continuous support of the war fighter is what we’re focused on.” He replaces Col. Jeffrey Stephenson, who has been appointed as chief of staff of the Air Force Chair at the National War College in Washington, D.C. Local concerns also will occupy Kilb, a 20-year Air Force veteran who has commanded units across the world. Kilb, 43, told The News Tribune that one of his top priorities will be ensuring that McChord’s merger with Fort Lewis goes as smoothly as possible. Wing commander assignments usually last 20 to 24 months. The two Pierce County military installations are scheduled to become a single base by October 2010. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission ordered the consolidation in 2005. “Making sure we get that right” while “taking care of our airmen and their families” will require a concerted effort over the next year or so, Kilb said. “We want to become the model joint base in the Department of Defense,” he said. Kilb comes to McChord from Air Force headquarters in the nation’s capital, where he served as chief of the Global Mobility Division and chair of the Global Mobility Panel, Directorate of Programs, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs. He is a command pilot with more than 3,600 hours of flight time in aircraft including the C-17A, C-130E/H Hercules and UH-1N Huey helicopter. Kilb’s duty stations included a deployment to Iraq in 2006, where he commanded the 407th Air Expeditionary Group at Ali Air Base near the ancient city of Ur. He and his wife, Stacey, have three daughters, ages 6, 5 and 5 months. Adam Lynn: 253-597-8644 Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted by Scott Fontaine @ 08:16:38 pm
Postings will be a tad more erratic the next couple weeks. I'll be on vacation, but I'm confident others back at the TNT will update this when news breaks. Categories: Military Posted by Scott Fontaine @ 10:15:27 am
And since I'm posting about Stars and Stripes, I should give the paper credit: It has the best coverage of Iraq by a Western media outlet today. It receives funding from the Department of Defense but is editorially independent -- no S-2 folks poring over each story before it goes out. Its reporters certainly don't envision themselves as stenographers for guys with stars on their shoulders. But apparently they're doing too good of a job for the military's taste. From today's edition:
So the reporter's main crime, in the view of military officials in Mosul, was that he reported what Iraqis told him? Aren't these the people the Pentagon, Central Command, Multi-National Force-Iraq, et al, say we're there to help? There are a few other allegations: Druzin used quotes out of context (the old standby of an angry PAO), he "behaved unprofessionally" (no examples given in this story) and that he asked to use a computer to file a story during a communications-blackout period (he can ask; they can say no). But here’s a whopper:
Someone should tell Col. Volesky there's something called the First Amendment. Reporters don't need to say what they're working on -- some do as a courtesy, but it's far from a requirement -- and if the colonel tried to quash the story, it gets into a thorny issue: prior restraint by the federal government. Or maybe the military should read the introduction to its own ground rules for embedding in Iraq: "These ground rules recognize the inherent right of the media to cover combat operations and are in no way intended to prevent release of embarrassing, negative or derogatory information." Posted by Scott Fontaine @ 10:12:07 am
Attention, National Guardsmen: The military wants you for Afghanistan. Stars and Stripes has a story today about the importance of the National Guard soldiers -- specifically ones with civil affairs-type expertise -- in Afghanistan. From the story:
An expansion of the State Partnership Program, which links state National Guard units with overseas militaries (Washington is partnered with Thailand), is also being considered. Categories: National Guard/Reserve, Afghanistan Posted by Scott Fontaine @ 09:35:51 am
If you haven't checked it out yet, look at Peter Haley's slideshow of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment training with the Land Warrior system. We spent a day with the soldiers from 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division last week, and I turned out this story. Categories: Fort Lewis, 5-2 Strykers Posted by Scott Fontaine @ 06:31:00 am
Today's lone story about local troops (other than my story about Rev. Tim Vakoc) comes from DVIDS, which offers a story about a psychologist with 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Categories: Fort Lewis, 4-2 Strykers Monday, June 22nd, 2009 Posted by Scott Fontaine @ 03:46:30 pm
Fort Lewis spokesman Joe Piek shared this story he wrote for the Northwest Guardian about Fr. Tim Vakoc when the two were deployed to Iraq in 2003.
Categories: Military :: Next Page >> Monday funeral set for Steilacoom soldier killed in AfghanistanMilitary HEADLINES
Published June 30th, 2009 - 2:28PM
The body of Lt. Brian Bradshaw, 24, of Steilacoom, who died June 18 in in Kheyl, Afghanistan, will come home Wednesday to Fort Lewis.
Published June 28th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Larry Roberta’s every breath is a painful reminder of his time in Iraq. He can’t walk a block without gasping for air. His chest hurts, his migraines sometimes persist for days and he needs pills to help him sleep.
Published June 27th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Paul Bradshaw said his son Brian joined the Army and went to Afghanistan “to try and help people” and to make the lives of the people there better.
Published June 27th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Users of one of the most popular features of the post-9/11 GI Bill – the option to transfer benefits to family members – will find a few quirks in how Congress designed the transfer provisions as they take effect in August.
Published June 24th, 2009 - 9:15PM
A Thurston County judge sentenced a Fort Lewis soldier who has served two tours of duty in Iraq to one year in prison Wednesday for selling 20 Ecstasy pills to an undercover informant last year.
Published June 23rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
A Catholic priest who was critically injured while deployed with his Fort Lewis unit died Saturday, more than five years after his Humvee struck a roadside bomb in Iraq.
Published June 22nd, 2009 - 12:05AM
The infantry company approached unseen through the thick of the forest. Inside one building in the mock village on Fort Lewis sat the target of the day’s raid. Ten other men sporting Taliban-style robes and assault rifles roamed the streets.
Published June 20th, 2009 - 12:05AM
About 3,900 soldiers formally said their goodbyes Friday at Fort Lewis, days before deploying on what will be the first Afghanistan assignment for a Stryker brigade and the largest troop commitment from the local Army post to the South Asian country.
Published June 18th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Lt. Col. Danny Dudek paced the dew-covered grass of Fort Lewis’ Watkins Field, inspecting his troops during a ceremony marking a change of command for his unit.
Published June 17th, 2009 - 1:46PM
The sight of an officer marching past with the aid of hand crutches – the legacy of a roadside bomb that robbed Lt. Col. Danny Dudek of the use of his feet – was an experience not lost on the 40-year-old or the hundreds of injured soldiers of the Warrior Transition Battalion he now commands.
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He is getting Seattle moving again. Greg’s Bridging the Gap transportation initiative—approved by voters—is turning the tide on decades of underinvestment in Seattle’s transportation system, fixing streets and making it safer and easier for people to get around Seattle by bike, bus and foot. And as chair of the Sound Transit board, he led the successful effort to expand our new light rail system across the region. 
With help from the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative and stimulus funds, we have increased the number of summer jobs available through our youth employment program. One of the best ways to reduce youth violence is to provide new opportunities and these jobs will give hundreds of young people new skills and help set them on the right path. We have operated the Seattle Youth Employment Program for 25 years. This year, thanks to funds from my initiative and federal stimulus funds, we were able to significantly increase the number of young participants from 492 last summer to 650 this summer. This is just one facet of the initiative, but we know this: give a kid a job for the summer and you've made a difference for life. 
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