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olunteer Network  \nWhere faith and service meet  \n# FAITH.SERVICE.\n\nCOMMUNITY.  \nLast year,more than 14,000 full-time volunteersserved in nearly 200 faith-based programs inall 50 states,D.C.,and 112 countries.  \nRequest a free copy of our RESPONSE directory of volunteeropportunities by calling 800-543-5046 or by visiting our website.Howwill you serve?catholicvolunteernetwork.org  \n# SPECIAL ISSUE ON WOMEN\n\n## 12 Femme fidele:How women who work for the church keep the faith\n\nChurch work has always been women's work,but now more than ever womenare taking the lead HEIDI SCHUVP asks some of them what it's like to bebetween the parish office door and the stained glass celing.  \n## 28 Our ladies of Haiti\n\nThough knocked down by an earthquake that shook the world,the womenof the Western Hemisphere's poorest country are lending a hand to get theirisland homeland back on its feet,writes J.D.LONG-GARCIA.  \n47Woman on a mission  \nMaryknoll SISTFR MARY VERTUCCi's adventurous spirit led her to Tanzania,reports In Person writer DNS GATHANJU Now she gives young women achance to choose their own adventures,too.  \nEXPERT WITNESS  \nFollow the laity  \n18  \nThe first lay mnisters were quick tofill new roles and meet new needs,says ZEN Fox in this Expert Witness interview.Now the church as a whole istrying to catch up.  \n# SOUNDING BOARD\n\n23How bland thou art  \nIn Soundng Board,priest and artist JERRY BLFEM,OF.M.says it's time to freeourselves from cookie cutter creations in church art and opt for the real thing.In Feedback readers ask whether art can be both Catholic and contemporary  \nESSAYS/OPINION  \n11 God is green,a trinitarian viewA poem by F EVELYN BENCE  \n34 Survivor stories:Seven lessons from the sex abuse crisisThe church has only begun to learn from the stories of abuse survIVors,writes National Review Board chair DIANF KNCIHT  \n37 Frosty reception  \nPro lte a tIv st CARCA CR)800 dscovers that it's hard to take d vacatnfrom your chosen vocaticn  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