8A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2002
Red Lyon Tavern
A touch of Irish in downtown Lawrence
944 Mass. 832-8228
Try the Mocha Florentine!
"Dark brewed coffee combined with hot chocolate topped with whipped cream."
only $2.75
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638 Massachusetts 832-CAFE
Pre-Nursing Club Meeting
Wed. Nov. 6th @5:30pm 2nd floor Conference Room Health Center
Watkins Health Center
KU Student Nursing Association
(KUSNA) coming to talk!
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SENATE
JOIN NATURAL TIES FOR A SPAGHETTI DINNER
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$5 per ticket
Proceeds will help send people to our national convention.
Thursday, November 7th 6:30-9:00 @ The ECM
Contacts:
Toan Nguyen 979-2715 or Lindsey Cooper 331-7466
BrownBag CLASSICS
Wednesday 12:30-1:00pm
"Bring your lunch because the drinks are one us"
Traditions Area, Level 4
Kansas Union
Nov. 6th
Women's Chorale
Nov. 13th
Instrumental Collegium
Lori Dunn (student piano)
Dec. 11th
Professor Kip Haaheim
(Electronic Music Studio)
New priest wants to welcome all
ECM addition opens door to students, regardless of background
John Nowak/Kansan
By Aaron Passman
apassman@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence has a new Catholic priest and he wants students to know his door is open to everyone.
Father Joseph Dang, of the Catholic Apostolic Church International, joined the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Oct. 1, preaching a 6 p.m. mass every Saturday and at noon on Sundays. He said there had been a low turn-out for his recent masses, but he expected attendance to grow in the future as students became more familiar with him.
Dang said he had talked with different student groups to make people aware of his presence on campus.
"My main goal is to try to reach all the students who have felt excluded or left out," Dang said.
Dang said his mass was presented as a traditional Catholic mass, but all baptized Christians were welcome to receive Communion.
He also said his masses were open to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or life choices.
Dang said one of the differences between his church and the traditional Catholic church was that his church was not under the jurisdiction of the pope and did not promote Canon law.
Father Joseph Dang joined the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., Oct. 1. Dang said he was raised as a Roman Catholic in a Vietnamese monastery before immigrating to Westminster, Calif., in 1988. He was ordained into the priesthood in September.
"Everyone is welcome at the table of God, no matter what."
Father Joseph Dang Catholic Apostolic Church Internationa, joined the Ecumenical Christian Ministries
"Everyone is welcome at the table of God," Dang said, "no matter what. To us God is open to all."
Dang said he planned to have a Vietnamese mass on the first Sunday of each month at Danforth Chapel, which is just north of Fraser Hall on campus.
Thad Holcombe, ECM pastor, said Dang was a good fit for ECM because it prided itself on being open to all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity.
She said the VCA had worked
Linh Ly, Topeka sophomore and president of the KU Vietnamese Student Association, said her group was glad to have Dang in town.
"He's helped us out a lot with support and by being at some of our events." Ly said. She said the VSA had about 40 members, but she did not know how many students would attend Dang's Sunday masses.
"He adds a way for Vietnamese and Asian students to come together and have conversations and experiences they might not have had before, and that's a lot of what ECM is about," Holcombe said.
to make students aware of the masses, but the group did not want to force an affiliation on its members.
Dang said he was raised as a Roman Catholic in a Vietnamese
monastery before immigrating to Westminster, Calif. in 1988. He was ordained into the priesthood in September.
— Edited by Nicole Roché.
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