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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Reservist puts monastery work aside to support Navy's mission By Journalist 1st Class(SW) Scott Sutherland, Naval Station San Diego Public Affairs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- It's not every day that a Benedictine monk takes a leave of absence from the abbey to join the Navy. But that's what Naval Reservist Lt.j.g. Karl Nielson did. In a way, Nielson helps pilots fly jets, he helps Sailors steam ships, and he helps other Sailors perform their duties. How? The Catholic priest turned Naval Reserve chaplain ministers to mobilized Naval Reservists being processed at the Naval Mobilization Processing Site in San Diego. "It's a sense of doing something to contribute as a priest," Nielson said. "There's joy in being a bridge between people and God. To be with people when they're sad and when they're happy is a great blessing." Before he received the call to serve on special 29-day, active-duty-for-training-orders in early December, Nielson spent his days at the Mt. Angel Monastery near Portland, Ore., as both the director of the choir and a formation director for seminarians studying to be priests. On Dec. 9, he conducted the abbey's annual Christmas concert. Within 24 hours, he reported to San Diego to fulfill his other mission -- that of a Naval Reserve chaplain. At the processing center, Nielson provides guidance from different perspectives to other "citizen-Sailors," Reservists who also received the call to mobilize. Each Reservist sees a chaplain as part of the mobilization check-in process. He also attends daily Mass at the Naval Station chapel. Nielson normally drills at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Portland. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Nielson's life has been anything but routine. He organized a benefit concert at Mt. Angel that raised more than $20,000 for children of those killed in the terrorist attacks. The concert came on the one-month anniversary of the tragedy. That date was chosen following a Benedictine tradition of memorializing a death of a brother monk after one month. "The concert was a good reflection of the Benedictine spirit of prayer and work," Nielson said. "Both parts are equally important. The work performed through the concert will do concrete, material good in the world. The prayers, both spoken and sung, joined those of millions of people worldwide -- for Pope John Paul asked everyone to pray for peace on Oct. 11." Nielson said in order to reconcile the fact that he serves God while also serving during wartime, he noted that "Christians hold the theory of a just war, and our current situation fits that criterion. We are obliged to help save more lives. No Christian wants to be involved in war, but it's part of a necessary action." While fulfilling his Naval Reserve training obligations, Nielson expects to be recalled to active-duty for a year to do God's work for the troops. "Right now, the Navy is looking for the best place, and the best way, to use my services," Nielson said. "This is where God wants me to be." *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
