Gathered at the December 1 AIDS breakfast are (top row, from left) Bishop J. Terry Steib, S.V.D., Dr. Kenneth Robinson, State Secretary of Health, Doctor Kevin Fenton of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (bottom row, from left) Assistant Surgeon General, Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson and Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie. (Photo by Father John Geaney, CSP)

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• Program Airs December 22, ABC: "Heaven: Where Is It? How Do We Get There?" By Harry Forbes

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• 35th Anniversary of the Diocese of Memphis: Martyrs of Memphis Medallion, By Dr. Joan Zurhellen, Diocesan Archivist

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• A Season Overgrown by Excess By Cyril Jones-Kellett

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• Bishop Steib Honored by Tri-State Defender

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