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22, 1991

Descendants Of Charles Dickens Provide Funds For By JOANN

House Of Mercy

KEANE

Associate Editor

—

BELMONT If Charles Dickens were alive today, he would be writing about

Wright, president and

AIDS great

patients. The 19th century literary was the spokesman for the downtrod-

den, the destitute.

CEO of the House of

Mercy.

"She

Mary Margaret) had this had mine," said the countess.

(Sister

dream, and

"I feel that the sisters

should be

left

to get

Dickens' novels reflect his concern for the poor this

and the weak, and

in his lifetime

concern was not limited to his writing.

He was famous

for his dedication to hu-

was actively inwork of charities, as a patron

manitarian causes, and

volved

in the

of Great

Ormond

Street Hospital for Sick

Children, and he encouraged the Little Sisters

of the Poor to

come

France to establish their

England from

home

first

for the

old and destitute. V reminder of the Lord's

bounty for which wewill pause to give thanks as we celebrate Thanksgiving It

)ay next Thursday.

JOANN KEANE

Photo by

in this great tradition that his

contemporary family carries on the tion of providing aid to those in need.

tradi-

The

20th century heirs of Charles Dickens, like

By Bishops To

Author Hails Decision Retain Holy

the great-great-grandfather before, have

found an appropriate vehicle to carry out the

Dickens legacy. Christopher Charles Dickens and his wife, the Countess JeanneMarie Dickens, have founded The Charles

Days Of Obligation

Dickens Heritage Limited, a non-profit organization to fund today's patients in need.

NEW YORK (CNS) — Father Richird J.

Neuhaus, author of "The Catholic

foment," said defeat of a proposal to luce the

re-

number of holy days of obligation

lelped turn the church in the direction

nust

make

lays proposal during their annual fall

have heirloom items belonging

to Charles

Dickens replicated, with a por-

differences really

make no

difference."

a further challenge to that

many

among

the only Christi-

— upon which Dickens A Of Two Mutual Friend — which

Cities,

and Our

replicated through the efforts of the count-

think Catholics are their brothers and sis-

interest to the

ters.

of Mercy, a residence for persons living

he said

a speech Nov. 14.

powerful statement was being

"The bishops were saying, ve've had enough of being told how to be said.

icceptable to the taste-makers.

time for

It is

lovingly, but with self-confidence, to

ay, sorry, world, but

we have to be Catho-

ic."

The U.S. bishops voted Nov.

13 to

Father Neuhaus said the abortion debate had

by U.S.

Latin-rite

Catho-

ics.

A separate vote Nov. 14 on eliminating he obligation of

vhen they

fall

Mass

for three holy days

on Saturday or on Monday

vas inconclusive. Final results would not

« known

until

bishops not

at the

who

directs the Institute

gion and Public Life in

:omments

in the

Reli-

New York, made his

annual Merton Lecture

Columbia University.

The lecture is named for the late Trappist *ather Thomas Merton, who entered the :hurch while a Columbia student, and is ponsored by a Columbia/Barnard Catholic

Tampus Ministry group. Father Neuhaus' Merton lecture, titled The Catholic Moment: No Guarantees," ailed for a strong Catholic commitment to tcumenism. 'To be an orthodox Catholic is o be an ecumenical Catholic," he said.

By the end of the

960s,

all

other major

institutional forces

of the nation, including

some conservative

Protestants,

AIDS

the

House

located in Belmont.

The countess was en

were ready

said.

The

was

Catholic Church

"the only

desk with.

with

this

work, but

money

we for

coming from." "Dickens would be here if he was alive. He'd be right here, wouldn't he? Because he always went where people were afraid to

would go and see what he could do to help," says the countess. "It's really what Dickens stood for. He was the hero of the poor and sick. He was

go...he

way

High

to discuss

A fateful seating

assignment placed her next to Dr. Henry

always

there.

He traveled and I just follow

in his footsteps.

from

it.

don't even have to divert

always investigated, when he

Finch, Jr., executivedirectorofthe Randolph

wrote about those boys school in Yorkshire,

Clinic in Charlotte.

he traveled there, he met those headmasters,

Small talk between the seat-mates bantered back

and forth, the countess explained

he saw the graves of the

been misused.

her desire to find an appropriate American

money, or take and

cause for her foundation funds. "Because,

searching."

States has experienced a "largely sterile"

confrontation between

two

sides. It

has

said, conservative- traditionalists

set,

who

saw almost unqualified "devastation, debilitation and confusion" against liberalprogressives who saw "an initial liberation followed, especially under this pope, by repression and disappointment."

American Catholics respond to their opportunity, Father Neuhaus said, will affect history because "for better and for

chauvinism," he

plays the

leading role in world affairs. "This

so."

said. "I

wish

to stay in

The conversation

not

were not

reproduced,

your country."

shifted to

ADDS.

Finch put "two and two together," says the countess.

told her about the

House of

after the war.

Convent placed.

The

said really?

Sisters

without re-

went to Sacred Heart I was a refugee, dis-

have a lot in common with She remembers the sisters in

Austria once said,

interest

in Austria.

thing;

accept you,' and

who had

not just send

Bom in Hungary, the countess "lost my my home, and my parents died

can't promise the Sisters are going to

boys

country,

Mercy, and the work of the Sisters of Mercy and her interest was piqued. "'But,' he said,

Dickens."

"You can

lose every-

your country, your home, parents, but not your faith. No one can take that from

are Catholic and I am Catholic, and I am sure

you. That really sank in."

we'll get along very well," recalls the count-

early experiences that spurred her interest in

ess.

charitable work,

She

told Finch, "I said

place...have to get the feel.

How

now

she told Finch, "if the desk

want the money

little

He would

stand in opposition, he said.

Church to contribute to an American public philosophy was "largely being missed." Since the Second Vatican Council, he said, the Catholic Church in the United

out there should try

what they are doing. I don 't like to see them working at that all the time... worrying about where the money is

to raise the

national institution of any credibility" to

Father Neuhaus said, however, that the

KEANE

possibly

route to

Point from England, on her

to approve uberalizing abortion laws, he

)ecause they see atholic truth.

with

Dickens family

with furniture manufacturers her hopes of

worse" the United States

as a liberal effort to dilute

Of special

States branch of their foundation.

replicating the

life.

Some conservative Catholics have umed away from ecumenism, he said, it

stay in this country, funding the United

reli-

opportunity and potential for the Catholic

Father Neuhaus, a former Lutheran ninister

Church

of assistance is guaranteed

from the American venture will

gious truth to bear effectively on American

meeting

polled by mail.

that the Catholic

as proceeds

has been recently

public

etain all six holy days of obligation cur-

ently observed

shown

the only institution that could bring

American branch of a

wrote Great Expec-

Tale

tations,

ess, continuation

may have been largely sym-

beneficiary of the

foundation established by the Dickens family.

Photo by JOANN

But being "the" church imposes heavy burdens, he said, and those baptized in the name of the Trinity must be recognized as brothers and sisters, whether or not they lics.

to the

House of Mercy, a Belmont residence for persons living with AIDS. The House of Mercy

In this country, using the heirloom desk

tecostal community , had a hostility to Catho-

9th Century British authorCharies

tion.

ecumenism,

American

people

other growing sector of

tion of the royalties shared with the founda-

Dickens presented by his descendants

declares, "Let's pretend that our deepest

Washington as the National Confer-

ire

facturers to

of Catholic Bishops was significant

nade," he

and

anity, the evangelical-Fundamentalist-Pen-

:ven though »lic,

oriented to

rather than to truth,

meet-

:nce

The foundation has worked with manu-

a style of ecumenism.

"good feelings"

he noted

bishops' refusal to accept the holy

there

Father Neuhaus said, that

the contribution he

nvisioned in his book.

The

And

A portrait of

must see the I

can't help

Her American excursion included the decisive trip to visit the House of Mercy. She visited the house when "it was just planks on the floor." The House of Mercy was still in preliminary stages, when the countess met Sister Mary Margaret otherwise."

It is,

perhaps, her

which she has done for 14

years.

"Sometimes we say oooh, another coWhile contemplating how to best use the Dickens name to help others, the countess remembers the day "I found myself alone at the house in Yorkshire, and nobody was there. I went up to the desk, incidence."

See Dickens, Page 6

tliolic

News

November

Herald

Job Seekers

Catholics, Methodists Join Forces To Aid By

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

—

GASTONIA

a large outfit

from out of

The 46-year-old

sponsored by St. Michael Church and First United Methodist Church in Gastonia to help people hone their job searching skills and deal with is

blow of losing their jobs. There, he found a sympathetic ear. He also came to realize he was part of a new class of the unemployed: out-ofwork mid- and upper-level executives the

9 FATHER GEORGE KLOSTER start

a machinery business.

con-

tacted the Small Business Administration for free advice, a

move he recom-

mends

didn't do anything wrong'," says Lewis.

Lewis, through no fault of his own,

best opportunities are with smaller com-

thought they'd be without

jobs. "I

found out from them, 'Hey, you

a victim of corporate America's fren-

zied penchant for

mergers, buyouts,

relocations, plant closings,

downsizing

and restructuring. The squeeze, some say has been hardest on the upper middle ,

class,

although

it's hit all

sectors.

In North Carolina, an estimated 179,000 people were out of work in October, up from 148,000 in October 1990, according to the North Carolina

Commission in Last October was the begin-

Employment Charlotte.

Security

ning of the recession

panies, says Lewis.

The move may

mean lower salaries and fewer benefits, but the potential for promotions greater,

said.

Lewis volunteers with the Interfaith Re-employment Ministry. He is one of about 15 "mentors" who work with participants one-on-one to help

them become more effective in their job all the mentors have had a personal experience with being unemployed.

searches. Nearly

North Carolina,

"With the way companies are it can happen to anybody"

says commission labor market analyst

downsizing,

Bob Burns.

says mentor Bill Hardin. "It's just a matter of time. It's a random occur-

an employers' market," says Lewis. "This is the first recession that's "It's

touched the Southeast. When the SouthI guarantee the rest of the country is having problems." Job advertisements in the Wall Street east has problems,

Journal are said to draw 1,000 or so responses.

Ads in local papers more responses.

often

receive 100 or

Once over his job,

the bitterness of losing

Lewis dipped

Estridge, who had two tours in Viei nam, was director of public works Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Wainwrigh Alaska; Birmingham, Ala., and Sa Antonio, Texas. He would make a gooj

rence. In nearly

cases, the person

all

innocent."

Since people tend to identify so closely with their jobs, the loss can be

overwhelming, he says. "Their whole world falls apart. They've worked 25 years; they have a good record, never missed a day of work, and then they're out

left

into savings to

in the

cold."

The support group serves

as a

ing a job

By teaming

ASHEVILLE

—

with another church,

program within the community. "The need was there but it was difficult getting the Kloster."

word

out," says Father

a catalyst for the program,

Father Kloster says he hopes to get even

more churches involved. from truck drivHowever, most are white collar and college -eduParticipants range

ers to corporate executives.

gram.

equal

number have found

But pitching grateful.

their

"The new class of the unemployed in America are people with 10 to 20 years experience in mid and upper management," says mentor Fred Halek, an executive recruiter. "The trend in the United States is to drive decision making down as low as possible, thereby eliminating management layers." The good news is that so much

loans for their sons or anything else

downsizing has occurred any uptick

economy

the

below

which a company cannot operate

effec-

he says. Meanwhile, however, people are becoming creative in their job searches. A former USAir pilot who sought help through the Interfaith Re-employment Ministry is working in aviation sales. A former music store owner is a special education teacher.

Megan, age

and coatings

sales rep

selling indus-

brushes.

"The most important thing for me

Asheville, for Pat

When

his

kidney failed four years ago,

Richie had a transplant but his body new kidney. He's on dialy-

rejected the

St.

Joan of Arc Parish

will be a

Walker

(1),

happy Thanksgiving

her son, Richie, and

Photo by BILL

As soon

Walker gets

the car

Asheville Animal Shelter. The job has

helped her

make ends

meet. But she

trying to pay off medical

still

community has sponsored

tic,"

bills.

The

benefits to

kidney transplant.

Father

fantas-

Her "stronghold," however, has been

manager

at the

Through

the sup

port group, he's polished his resum

and, in

some

cases,

downgraded

it,

pending upon the position he's applyi for.

"The interfaith ministry is a plac where I can double check to make sur I'm doing things right," says Estridge Says Wallace French, 51, a materi als manager whose position was elimi nated in June, "It's unnerving

...

and 23 years of service

there's

able

he'd feel more comforl

Still,

if jobless

pay

extended. His run

out in January.

— You've been

look-

ing "over qualified," job seekers can us

ing for job. Chances are you've been

the rejection to their advantage, saj

turned down at least once because y ou re "over qualified," a catchall phrase for any number of reasons a company de-

Halek.

cides not to hire you.

What does over too

"When

things look down and out, Boyd always makes sure Richie

mean? it means you make

qualified

Most of the time, much money, says executive

re-

cruiter Fred Halek, an Interfaith

Re-

employment Ministry mentor and

St.

Michael's parishioner. the

can also mean you're too old or

wrong sex or race, although employ-

meant by the term "over qualified Although applicants might not get th real answer, they can get some valuab advice, says Halek.

They can

ask, for example, "I rea your opinion I'm not suitable ft the job, but to help me in my job searcl ize in

I'd appreciate I

prove

third

most

likely reason

Finally, applicants can ask the

em-

he or she finds a job more suited to the Despite the discouragement of be-

How di

how

could I in and what could I have dor

differently?"

ployers are afraid the applicant will leave

some feedback.

in the interview,

subject to a lawsuit, says Halek.

person's talents. See Holiday, Page 6

They won't get the job. But they ca ask the interviewer to explain what w<

ers can't actually say that or they'd be

The

June, Walker started working

fulltime as the kennel

looking for a jo

still

the year.

says Walker.

the church.

master's in public administration, a

help with expenses.

and Richie will make the three-hour trip to Winston-Salem once a week, so he can be tested for another fixed, she

Estridge

suited to his talents.

two years ago at age 42. With a bachelor's degree in chemistry, a

BUTLER

"Everybody here has been

sis.

daughter Megan.

haven't always spent holidays together."

Richie was born with one kidney, club feet and a rare bladder disease.

at St.

With help from

being together, being here with the kids on Thanksgiving," says Walker. "We

"We're lucky to have jobs," sh we have to do is persevere keep our faith and keep on trucking." says. "All

the military

GASTONIA

and

years in and out of hospitals.

ing position.

no sense getting too discoui aged." French says he hopes "some thing will come through" by the end c

Life hasn't been easy for the single

has spent 10 of his 20

works as a substitute teacher. Mn homemaker, is working at McDonald's and was recently promote from cashier into a management train

Estridge, a

tively,"

takes the strain off the budget."

who

To make ends meet, Estridge lando an interim job. He started driving school bus this past September for th Gaston County school system. He als>

Over Qualified? It Could Be Turned To Your Advantage

Joan of Arc in Asheville is and for that, Walker is most "It's a Godsend," she says. "It

in,

son, Richie,

new

will translate into

jobs, says Halek. "There's a level

pilot's license

St.

parent of daughter

house mortgage, not the studer

jobs.

his country, he wasn't worried about

Paul," she says.

JOE and SHIRLEY ESTRIDGE

cated. Nineteen are active in the pro-

retired lieutenant colonel, Estridge left

Pat Walker's kids

—

Michael, hasn't been as fortunate.

would have turkey and all the fixings one way or another for Thankgiving, even if it meant "robbing Peter to pay

he thought. But he couldn't find a job, not evd as a water line repairman, says wi! Shirley. The Estridges have four boy; ages 20-24, two of whom are in Texas i & University. The retirement chec they receive from the army only covet

for the

trial

Need

candidate for city administration, or

a traumatic experience."

Joe Estridge, a parishioner

Happy One For Many

the parish has gained greater visibility

for paints

Church Groups Make Holiday

Episcopal Church, 1623 Carmel Rd., Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Both groups are open to people of all faiths. "The Catholic community for the most part is an executive community," says Father George Kloster, pastor of St. Michael. "For executives people who have always had successes los-

—

for anyone considering a startup venture. Lewis didn't have enough capital for the business, so he ended up working for a machine company in a sales position he created. For people over 40, some of the

who never

finding a job as a civilian.

Meeting are at the First United Methodist Church, 1 90 E. Franklin Blvd, Mondays at 7 p.m. A similar support group meets in Charlotte at St. John's

state.

quality control

manager with a wife and two children was out of work. Lewis turned to the Interfaith Reemployment Ministry, a support program for people who have lost jobs. The ministry

sounding board for those frustrations, helping people through anger, denial,

acceptance and finally, leading them into action. It's a resource for job leads, networking, resume writing and interviewing techniques.

Mike Lewis' 15 years with a small manufacturing company in Charlotte didn't amount to anything when the company was bought by

22, 199

terviewer else

if he

or she

who might need

knows of someor their talents.

"This is a good tool and one that often missed," says Halek.

The Catholic News &

S'ovember 22, 1991

Bishop Urges Generous Support For

CHD

Collection

Diocese of Charlotte

Campaign for Human Development Funding

Best Choice Centerof Winston Salem is

its

CHD

funds to— academic assistance program for

being helped with

continue

at-risk children,

using parental involvement

and community volunteers

Hispanic Alliance The formed improve the

provides health

children and promotes preventative care with a $3,000 grant

Fifth Street Shelters of Statesville

CHD.

from

will

continue to educate the community

for

life

Hispanic families living in western North

about problems of domestic violence and homelessness with a $2,500 grant from

CHD

Carolina, received $2,000

wain Qualla SAFE of Bryson City helps those living on the Cherokee Re-

and

servation to face the realities physical, sexual

For Children The Caring Program insurance uninsured

of Asheville,

quality of

for 1991

and emotional

effects

Peter's

Homeless Advocacy will

FOR HU*1AN DEVELOPMENT con-

tinue its work with the homeless with *^grant ant of $2,000 from CHD

for Human Development The Campaign established the

was

abuse.

National Conference

of Catholic Bishops in 1970 to promote

understanding of the Church's social teachings raise funds to

"Working

empower

on poverty and the poor, and to support low income, grass roots

the poor for economic

Poverty Project of Greensboro

CHD

promoted adult

Lift

College

For 20 years the Church, with the help of has reaffirmed its commitment

local dioceses,

programs with a

CHD

system.

with youth to provide an

locally

based volunteer organization in 1991.

New

— Bishop John

aimed

donations to the Campaign for

The

Human Development The national

this

weekend.

CHD collection, taken

national grants are

awarded by act on

who

a committee of bishops

recommendations by a national advisory committee representing various

Next Week's Issue Of Paper

CHARLOTTE

— As

the diocese

our

ing with our mission to proclaim the

be very helpful as an adult education tool and equip our people to be more articulate witnesses and evange-

Good News, The Catholic News & Herald will begin a new educational series,

cese of Charlotte. Three-fourths of the

on the recommendation fo the Diocesan CHD Committee which meets twice

money

yearly to consider grant applications.

"Discover the Faith," a 52 week series of key teachings and practices of the Catholic faith. Beginning next week, "Discover the Faith" will replace the current "Word of the Lord" series. "Many times there is confusion about what are basic Catholic teachings. The intent of the 'Discover the Faith'

national

collected will be sent to the

CHD

office in

Washington

areas of the United States.

In a letter to parishioners in the

be used in making grants of up to $50,000

diocese, Bishop

groups around the country. The remainder of the money will be retained by the diocesan CHD Commit-

realities

tee for smaller grants to poverty-fight-

disproportionate

ing organizations in the 46-county area.

dren.

to anti-poverty

The diocesan committee awarded this year.

"shocking."

For the first time in several were no national grants in

in the

called the

United States

He noted that more than 3

million Americans live in poverty, a

"As

of $20,000 in grants to 10 groups

total

Donoghue

of poverty

number of them

Christians,

we cannot

the effects of poverty spirit,"

Catholics,

the diocese in 1991. In past years, the

paign for

ignore

on the human

Bishop Donoghue

years, there

chil-

"As Cam-

said.

have, through the

Human Development,

an op-

and national grants frequently have exceeded the amount actually collected

portunity to address the causes and ef-

in the diocese.

ties.

local

The Campaign

for

Human

Devel-

opment, principal anti-poverty program of the Catholic Church in the United States, was established in 1970 by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Its primary goal is to eliminate the

fects of poverty

our own communi-

"This past year, your contributions to the Campaign for Human Development, helped to shelter and clothe the

homeless, provide health care for uninsured children, spread the gift and power of literacy and helped, through

root causes of poverty rather than pro-

cooperative actions, to begin to break,

viding stop-gap assistance to victims of poverty.

for some, the cycle of poverty."

In order to be eligible for

CHD

for

"...I invite you to again give thanks God's blessings by generously giv-

Campaign

funding, projects must benefit the poor,

ing to the

be self-help projects directed by the low-income groups themselves and be

opment," the bishop

for

Human

said.

Devel-

surrounding the Church, sacraments, and

embarks into the second year of the Decade of Evangelization, and in keep-

The local grants are awarded by Bishop Donoghue

up each year on the weekend before Thanksgiving in most areas of the country, is scheduled Nov. 23-24 in the Dio-

take

Educational Series To Debut

poverty.

the Diocese of Charlotte to be generous in their

attacking the root causes of

project loans

our stand alongside the poor in pursuit of social and economic justice. Give generously to the Campaign for Human Development.

Editor

CHARLOTTE

funds are distributed

and nationally through

and grants. Please stand with us as we

CHD gave $1,500 to this community

BOB GATELY

Campaign for Human Development

collection. Collected

CHD

Donoghue has appealed to the people of

addressing the causes of poverty through

the yearly

education for children referred by the local court

Spruce Pine will be developing a scholarship fund with a $2,000 matched

donation from

directly

efforts that

help the poor to helpJhemselves.

Learning Center and Academy

works

Community

literacy

$1,000 donation from

nians about the causes and effects of poverty

yland

social justice"

Reading Connections of Greensboro

received $2,000 from to assure low income participation in Poverty Council meetings that work to educate North Caroli-

and

series

to present clear teachings of the

faith are presented in this series,"

says Father Vilkauskas.

"Long

term,

will

community." The "Discover the Faith"

lizers in the

series has

been prepared by the Archdiocese of Miami. Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy of Miami is chairman of the National Bishops Committee for the Fifth Centennial of Evangelization.

Archbishop McCarthy said the seof brief statements was developed meet the need for "a new emphasis on

ries

Church," says Msgr. John J. McSweeney, chancellor and vicar gen-

Diocese of Charlotte. "There has been an ever increasing need for a clear annunciation of basic key teachings and practices of the Catholic faith. We feel it is most important that each of these tenets and practices of faith be presented."

said he envisioned the statements being

eral in curia for the

Spiritan Father

Vilkauskas, di-

ocesan director of evangelization says, "In our diocese our people are often faced with questions from their neighbors and co-workers concerning the v Often, he says, quesCatholic faith. tions are answered from their own experience and knowledge, creating an interest in further information and explanation. "Often in a more structured way to supplement what they already know." "In a readable, precise, and abrieviated form,

many of the questions

the very content of evangelization."

read at the end of Mass and being printed in parish bulletins for later discussion.

The

Fifth Centennial of Evangeli-

which begins

in 1992, is a yearlong observance of 500 years of the

zation,

Gospel

in this

hemisphere.

"Perhaps

much more

focus will

during this year,

be put on spreading the Gospel for a new era of evangelization," says Father Vilkauskas.

"Personal renewal and

personal knowledge are an important part of the proclamation of the Gospel."

"The 'Discover' one small, but

the Faith series

real part of that process,"

says Father Vilkauskas. "So people will

have a personal knowledge to witness and articulate the faith." The Catholic News & Herald will also run the series in Spanish.

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The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

(CNS)

Here is the Vatican remarks in English at his weekly general audience Nov. 13.

text of

Pope John Paul

II 's

universal people. Christ

nations"

truly

the "light of th

Lk 2:32) who has broken down the wall o (cf. Eph 2:13) between all nations by hi

(cf.

division

saving death. In this sense, as the Apostle Paul told th

Dear brothers and

sisters,

Galatians, there

God

the People of

of the

Church

new

covenant, the

universal and is embrace all mankind. The Second Vatican is

called to

Editorial To Show Our Thanks As we pause during

Council affirms that "although it does not include li" everybody, and more than once may appear as a tiny flock, this messianic people

Thanksgiving period to we have received from

this

consider the blessings which

nevertheless constitutes for

God, let us give some thought to how to repay Him for that which we have received. And what better way could there be than to share those blessings with those less fortunate. In this time of

economic recession, the

"less fortunate"

number in the

some of them, "depression" might be a more accurate word to describe their condition. As Bishop Donoghue puts it in his letter to the thousands. For

people of the diocese,

are called

upon as Catholics

firm seed of unity, hope and salvation" (Lumen Gentium, 9).

In the Old Testament, God made his covenant with one nation, Israel, choosing it to be a people particularly his own. But the Old Testament also indicated that through Israel all nations would be blessed and would come to the knowledge of God's will (cf. Gn ). God's chosen people in the 2:3, Is 2:2-4; Jn 4: 0Old Testament thus prefigured and prepared the way for the future People of God, which would be universal in both its membership and its mission. Jesus Christ was the founder of this new and

human

spirit

and gives dignity

empowers

that

the

to the pursuit of justice

and peace.

The Campaign

Human Development,

for

estab-

way

to share our blessings "in a

whole human race a most

the

now "neither Jew nor Greek, there

neither slave nor free, there

neither male nor

female^

you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal 3:28). The Church has been sent by Christ to mak^f disciples of all nations and is thus called to be open tc ^ all peoples and to everything that is genuinely human Because the new covenant will never pass away, th apostle John could describe the Church at the end o time as "a great multitude which no man could numbei from every nation, from all tribes and peoples arii tongues" (Rv 7:9). Christ established his Church to be the visib sacrament of the unity and salvation of all mankind (cf. ^ "Lumen Gentium," 9). The Church thus belongs t< every time and place, in accordance with God's univer for

sal

plan of salvation.

I extend a special greeting to the crew of He Majesty's Ship Scylla and to a group of officers of th< United States Mediterranean Fleet and members o

I also greet the members of the Worl< Councils of the International Cargo Han dling Coordination Association. Upon all the English speaking visitors here today I invoke God's abundan

their families.

and

Italian

blessings.

lished by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops '

21 years ago as the principal poverty-fighting

Church in the United States, gives us the opportumeet our obligation. This Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 23-24, the tradi-

the

arm of

nity to

pre-Thanksgiving collection for the Campaign for Human Development will be taken up in parishes nationwide. Seventy-five percent of the money col-

Letters To

The

Editor

tional

lected will

CHD office in Washing-

to the national

ton for use in funding national anti-poverty grants.

remaining 25 percent will remain it

in the

The

diocese where

collected for use in assisting local anti-poverty

groups.

There are many groups collecting money to help the poor but. in many cases, they use a "Band-aid" approach, giving assistance to meet the immediate needs of the poor. CHD funds provide some assistance of that type but they also go much further. The aim of

Campaign

the

for

Human Development

the causes of poverty. In a word, the

essary.

aim

to eliminate is

to eventu-

CHD and other anti-poverty

make

ally

We may

not live

groups unnecto see that day, but we hope

our children or grandchildren will see the elimination of poverty. that

Traditionally, the Diocese of Charlotte has ranked

high

per capita giving to the

tradition will continue this year

the need

for

Human Development

the Editor:

First a note of thanks for providing such wide coverage of the Campaign for Human Development activities. Both locally and nationally, Catholics have responded generously to the bi shops appeal for projects that attack the basic causes of poverty and empower the

show because the show violates the automaker's pro gramming guidelines "regarding violence and sexual ity." This came about because Morality in Medh launched a campaign which inundated Mazda dealer;

poor.

sponsorship of this "raunchy" program.

The people of gratified to

know

with threats to boycott their businesses due to

that our contributions

amounted

Sincerely yours,

one of the highest per capita in the nation. Most importantly, we were able to fund many projects that benefited the poor in Western North Carolina. On the weekend of Nov. 23 and 24, we will again turn to the parishioners and ask for their financial support. I wish to thank all in advance for their continued generosity.

that

Thomas Murphy

even

greater that in the past.

Angelina S. Mooney, Regent Court Sacred Heart #1759, CDA

Salisbury

Retirement Housing

Diocesan

ffv

tht

the Charlotte diocese should be

Sincerely.

CHD. We hope

when

Campaign

Taaffe

CHD Committee Chairperson

those interested in retirement housing:

We,

your enthusiasm regarding retire And we, too, share you leac concern regarding affordability. As the Nov. articles states: "Whatever we do, people will be able tcj maintain their pride, whether they have $1 or $1 too, share

ment housing

our diocese.

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who feel the same way I do. We do something about the trash that is coming our homes on television and I feel that this is a

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received phone calls, letters from people of all ages and from ministers that I did not write letters to, but who read about it in the paper. There were two who called that were part of the Nielson rating that were taking part. Based on the response I received to this appeal,

churches I

Factored into our planning will be actual costs anc t The reason for this is to makt

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housing affordable and available at appropriate costs tc all financial levels while keeping it affordable to al

levels.

Some,

too,

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member of Catholic tries to qualify. If

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you are Catholic, or a spouse of

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ested in retirement housing, then you are automatical!)] a is

member of CRISM. One

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retirement housing.

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start. I

year,

pending

write letters to the

a lot of people out there

Office: 1524 East

and to get something in the local paper for all of Rowan County. I did all of the above and to my surprise there are need

postage rates

that

part in the operation

Hispanic Editor: Reverend Silverio Rueda

for

was suggested

downtown churches of Salisbury asking them

Associate Editors: Joann Keane, Carol Hazard

Printing:

televisions Oct. 29.

meeting, Editor:

you did not give more Media appeal to turn off

quite surprised that

coverage for the Morality

November 22, 1991 Volume 1. Number 12

plan to contact the pastors of in

Rowan County

will enclose

all

of the

next time.

some of the

articles that

were

in the

Salisbury Post that received front page coverage.

An news pulled

The Charlotte Observer business "Mazda Motors of America said it has

article

stated its

advertising from

NBC's Saturday Night Live

Charlotte

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Ilovember

The Catholic News A

22, 1991

The

Editor's

Notebook

Light By

By Those of us who grew up

BOB GATELY

in the

his

book Rachel Weeping

In a recent article in the National Catholic

1983 for the

Reporter (Sept. 27, 1991), he

discussed the widespread irritation with the protesters of

Operation Rescue. He compared their tactics with the more widely approved sit-ins and the freedom marchers of

can recite portions of that catechism. It appears that the situation has changed in the years since Vatican II. At least the members of the committee on the V Centenary of Evangelization found a need for a new emphasis on Church teachings. Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy of Miami, who chairs the committee, says members found that "many of our people today seem unaware or confused about basic teachings of the faith." In an effort to remedy that situation, Archbishop McCarthy and several priests of the Archdiocese of Miami have developed "Discover the Faith," a series of 52 rief statements of key teachings and practices of the faith. They are designed to be sed, one each week, during the V Centenary Year, beginning with the start of the turgical year, Dec. 1 the first Sunday of Advent. Archbishop McCarthy does not call the series a catechism but, in effect, that is

the 1960s. In both instances, sincere activists made the dangerous leap from legal demonstration to nonviolent civil disobedience in order to reproach our society for legiti-

mizing injustice and, in the case of abortion, for allowing the widespread destruction of human life. However, in the 1960s, only about 3,600 people were arrested. Since Operation Rescue began less than four years ago, there have been more than 65,000 arrests. The press has

downplayed

The

that statistic.

bias of the press in reporting on Operation

'60s, the libera] press

made heroes of the protesters.

Rescue

quite obvious. In the

In the case

of Operation Rescue,

the demonstrators are usually presented as angry troublemakers.

Also, the

approach it uses. In keeping with the Decade of Evangelization proclaimed by Bishop Donoghue nd as part of the diocesan observance of the quincentenary, The Catholic News & lerald will print the series in both English and Spanish beginning with our next >sue. Because we publish 44 weeks a year instead of 52, there will be some weeks /hen the paper wil carry two parts of the series. le

many

cases of police brutality with Operation Rescue have been

glossed over by the press. Even the fines and sentence handed out by judges last

four years have been far

more severe than those rendered during

in the

the civil rights

protests of the '60s. I marched with Dr. Martin Luther King in Selma, Ala., and I experienced first hand the hatred of rednecks who opposed us as foreign invaders, so my heart is with the rescuers, but my head is having problems with the wisdom of their tactics. If you start from the premise that we are all pro-life, and our aim is to save lives, I think the radical activities of Operation Rescue will probably be counter productive. Once we harden the opposition, we may win a few battles but we will lose the war. If Roe vs. Wade is ever reversed by the Supreme Court, the battlefield of the pro-life struggle will revert back to the state legislatures. Here, the conscience of the community will be crucial. To influence voters and thereby bring about legistlative reform, we will need to win the majority to our point of view. Operation Rescue is hardening undecided American against the pro-life move-

Church PositionOn Veneration Of Relics By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN Q. Could you give us some information about the church's position on relics f the saints. I am puzzled why we do not encourage the veneration of relics. I elieve they are special gifts from God. Is there a special prayer one can say, for example, when venerating a relic f our Lord? (Illinois)

ment.

we are to persuade our fellow

citizens of the righteousness of our cause,

had better appeal to reason rather than intimidation. Operation Rescue may save a few lives today, but babies will be aborted

one of those areas of Christian belief and practice which experience roves also have an almost built-in temptation for misunderstanding and abuse. The answer to your question involves explaining a bit of that experience. As lost Catholics know, veneration of the bodies of the saints, especially martyrs, goes

Award

— and Other Essays on Abortion which documented

painful psychological effects of having an abortion.

still

A. The veneration of relics

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

Father James T. Burtchaell, C.S.C., received a Christopher

days before Vatican II had the old Baltimore atechism to provide us with a fairly thorough knowledge of the basic teachings of Catholicism. The sisters and lay teachers who conducted our religious education lasses saw to it that we absorbed that knowledge. Admittedly, we learned it by rote but we did learn it. And, I venture to guess that many of us

One Candle

Father John Catoir

in the

long run millions of

mount a more credible campaign of persuasion. director of The Christophers. fail to

/hich possess a solid theological and spiritual foundation, but

ack to the very early church.

Sometimes

the blood of the martyrs

was

Religious Educators Challenged By CHRIS NEWNAN "How to do catechesis" was the challenge presented to religious educators who attended the National Conference on Alternative Models of Catechesis and Youth

collected on a cloth to be kept as a

sminder to the Christian community of that individual's

fidelity

professing the faith. Later the Eucharist

and courage

was celebrated

and churches were built over their tombs. Already by the 800s and 900s, however, problems began to surface. Possession of bodies of certain saints became a source of prestige for churches and monasteries. When St. Thomas Aquinas died in the Cistercian monastery of Fossa Nuova, it is reported that the monks there decapitated his body to be sure of keeping his remains. The tug of war between the Cistercians and Dominicans for St. Thomas' body continued for decades after his death.

Buying and

selling

— even

stealing

— bodies or

Ministry.

The challenge focused on four perspectives; liturgical, family centered, parish based and youth ministry. National leaders Robert Humphrey, Kathleen Chesto, Judith Dunlap and Tom Zanzig respectively led each of these groups in the sharing of ideas and experiences. Insights gleaned and foundations for visioning were later shared with the larger group. Principles that emerged collectively from these groups for future visions of catechesis- were expressed by the following:

— Catechesis should be

a multi-faceted approach, incommunity, worship and of message, elements cluding service.

parts

common. Transfer of relics became a major international business. To this day Church of bodies of saints became

explicitly forbids "alienation" or

permanent transfer of major

relics

It's

from one

190).

reflected in popular piety of the

Reformation.

parishioners. life

sharers, sponsors

and mentors.

— Parishes should be welcoming and evangelizing, modeling God's — Catechetical programs should process continuing those being catechized. community of — Catechesis should model Gospel values and continually of us Christian way of conversion, — Catechetical programs should be of needs, and and every day experiences of those being — Catechesis should be oriented Church parish

into the

initiation

reflect a

faith for all

call all

the

to live the

life.

inter-generational

inclusive

catechized.

age, culture

liturgically to the

based, encouraging sharing of Church traditions

in light

year, biblically

of each individual's faith

journey.

In 1563, the Council of Trent offered three positive reasons for venerating the todies of the saints.

all

integrated into the total

love.

not surprising that this strange sort of dealing with the bodies of saints should

Middle Ages and beyond. Veneration of relics ;ave rise to all kinds of feasts, shrines and pilgrimages. Possession of relics even lecame one of the marks of affluence and power. In 1392, at a royal feast, France's ing Charles VI distributed to guests ribs of his holy ancestor St. Louis. Some opposition to these practices was always heard, but even popes eventually »ecame nearly powerless to do anything to discourage them. Mishandling and even he sale of relics became one of the major abuses attacked by leaders of the Protestant >e

the needs of those being

1 the parish involving parishioners as role models, faith -

another without the pope's permission (Canon

ilace to

— Catechesis must meet — Catechesis should be

catechized; adults, adolescents, children,

They were

living

members of

the

body of

Christ, they

were

emples of the Holy Spirit and are destined to be raised and glorified by him. (Session (XV) These motives obviously remain valid. But experience understandably makes the Church continue to be careful, lest this ar less central aspect of Catholic devotion again assume an importance and meaning vay out of proportion. This concern is evident in several ways. Some carefully controlled options for eneration of relics which were offered in former Church law are not even mentioned Ai the present Code of Canon Law. (This may be due as much simply to the decline »f the importance of relics in popular Catholic devotion as to any other reason.) The Church's current norms and grants for indulgences do not include any »rayers or actions relating to relics of the saints. In the late Middle Ages it became customary, and then required, to insert a aint's relic in every altar, the old "altar stone." Eventually this almost always turned •ut to be merely a tiny piece of bone or other body part. This is no longer required. Relics may be placed in altars today only under ertain conditions, one of which is that the relic be at least large enough to be

—

Catechesis should be multi-sensory accommodated to different learning modalities and styles, have high impact and be culturally, age and handicapped friendly.

—

Catechesis should be sensitve to the awareness of the sacred through art, environment, language, symbols and signs for the senses as expressed through our liturgies, rituals, rites, prayer services and gatherings. Oh, that we as Catholics could be moved to say from our experiences of catechesis, "I rejoiced when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord."

Psalm 122. Chris Newnan is director of the Office of Religious Education for the Diocese of Charlotte. This column will be concluded next week.

human body (Rite of Dedicating a Church, n. 5). Veneration of relics then can be a means of praising the goodness of God and of honoring our brothers and sisters who are saints. It is critical, and obviously not always easy, to preserve that focus. Copyright ©1991 by Catholic News Service. recognizable as part of a

13a

ikistani

Welcome.

Dickens (From

Page

standing there in the hall, with the sunlight pouring in. And I sat in the chair,

desk and sort of said come on Dickens ..come on Charles, what should I do? I said, look, I can't write any novels, that's out, what else could I at the

do?'" In High Point, she found the Heckman Furniture Company, furniture manufacturers specializing in desks.

Her timing was impeccable. "As it happens, they were looking for an idea. I arrived absolutely on the right day ...they were talking about what new project they could start." Heckman's took the desk and chair, and expanded the idea to include an entire line of Dickens-inspired furniture, called the Charles

Dickens Collection. She returned to her Yorkshire home to commission an oil painting of Charles Dickens that would serve as in-store promotion for the furniture line. Taking a bust-drawing of her great-great-grand-

Mother Teresa

welcomed by a young

Islamabad as the famed missionary to the

girl in

poorest of the poor arrives in the Pakistani capital on a recent

(CNS photo from

visit.

Reuters)

father-in-law, the Countess had the paint-

ing

expanded

to include

However,

Reality

Of Being Unemployed

Home

Hits

For Charlotte

—

until

—

youngest chose not

was in kindergarten I work outside my home. We were

child

willing to make the sacrifices that choice

meant so I could be there for my little ones during their earliest years. Life in those times was never easy financially, but

we managed. This time

last year,

was well

into

my second year of a part-time job, which I

loved.

Woman

It felt

good

be helping out

with our finances and learning new skills while still being available for our chil-

Eight months ago,

looked forward to expanding my hours and my responsibilities during my third year on the job. Then, three months later, I became unemployed. What was once just a growing statistic had hit closer than close to home. It had hit me! "Not to worry," I thought. "There is help for those who find themselves in this predicament. Losing this job was not my fault. I had paid into unemployment insurance, and now I just need a little help until I could find another job.

Paper Win Award Of Excellence Printer,

CHARLOTTE — Mullen Publicawon

tions Inc.

a 1991

Award of Excel-

The Catholic News & Herald from PICA, the Printing Industry of the Carolinas. Mullen Publications prints lence for

the paper for the Diocese of Charlotte.

Entries in the 25th annual competi-

bing experiences of

At 7:45

life.

morning, I joined a kaleidoscope of people awaiting the that

The line at Employment

building's 8 a.m. opening.

stop

first

Service

—

the Job

— was down

corner and half way

good day,

the hall around the

down the next hall;

soon learned from the wait-worn veterans of unemployment

lines.

hour and a half

were judged on the overall visual

spoke with an employment counselor who,

impact. Criteria included printing regis-

after considerable consultation with a

neatness, sharpness of photographs,

0-pound volume on job identifications, classified me and sent me to apply for a position to which he had already referred 30 other "clerical types." By the time I reached my second

tion

ter,

contrast of design elements, composition, originality, flair, clarity

and read-

ability.

"The look of the papers is what wins it," says Bernie Smith of Mullen Publications. "The award is a reflection on It looks good. But for us to and get the color registered, that's when it reflects on us." The award is particularly noteworthy since The Catholic News & Herald

the paper.

take

new

Catholic

publication, says Smith.

News & Herald began

publi-

ries

total

108 catego-

annual comAwards of Ex-

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of 479

cellence were made. Mullen Publica-

won PICA

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willing the

Thanks

like talking, a

Employment Se-

to assist me helped

some kind

folks

who felt

300-page novel

read

where a supervisor yelled at the 200 some people assembled in the huge room to be quiet so he could think,

printers

and suppliers

got through the afternoon.

employers on two different days, to contacts, and then to call in my claims to a computerized processing system each week to be eli-

unemployment

benefits.

,;i*5S3BSSE3

West came

885, Dr. Charles

1885, he helped Charles

children. In

who

said

desperately need

money' and Dickens said 'how can I help you?' The doctor said 'why don't you read A Christmas Carol?' and

countess. "Here (at the House of Mercy)

When

the

first benefit,

Dec.

House of Mercy

its

"A Christmas Memory" on

the sisters will raffle

hosts

one of the

recently replicated Dickens desks as

Dickens thought

an unusal request

but obliged. That evening raised 3,000

Hospital for Sick Children. the hospital, and

became

Street

rescued

a patron."

"It's rather extraordinary," says the

we have six beds for persons living with AIDS, and

find

extraordinary... 121

years after his death, the circle

com

plete.

part of the fundraiser.

"I just follow in his footsteps," says

A similar fundraiser is taking place

the countess.

across the Atlantic, "back in England,

we have a competition with the schools'." The Charles Dickens Heritage Foundation has donated a desk to Great

Ormand

which was Dickens was very involved

Street Childrens hospital,

the hospital

with.

"We

donated a reproduction desk, and are running a competition through the newspapers" for school age children - a continuation of The Tale of Two Cities, "what happened afterwards." The countess says "children up and down England, Scotland

to write essays

and Wales are submitting essays," that once again will financially benefit the hospital so dear to Dickens. The desk will be presented to the school submitting the winning essay.

Holiday (From

Page 2)

has what he needs and

we have money

for food," says Walker. Father C. Morris

Boyd

pastor of St. Joan of Arc.

The church gave

the Walkers their

Thanksgiving dinner last year as well. It also gave them their Christmas meal and presents. "It was a good end to a bac year," says Walker. "I know there are people out there who are worse off than we are, but I would have lost it a long time ago if it wasn't for the church." The Walkers are one of 10 families sponsored for Thanksgiving by St. Joan of Arc. Each will receive a cate,

gift certifi

donated by Ingle's Market, for a

la-

Its

OP;

ers

lit-

10- to 12-pound turkey, canned goods|m

and other groceries. Efforts are being!

We Were Wrong

organized by parishioner Bill Butler,

who's

We Nov.

regret errors

story

made

the

on the Catholic-Baptist

charge of community

Matthew Church

in Charlotte is

Kit

fen

St.

by Sulpician FaCancro of The Catholic University of America, he pointed

lies. An additional 10 families are being sponsored through Catholic Social Ser-

In discussion

Church, the Second Vatican Council paved the

out, "In the Catholic

way

for shared responsibility for de-

making among clergy and lay people. The pendulum shifted back toward a more centrist approach during the 1980s. However, tensions are still present in the 1990s." The story quoted him as saying that the pendulum shifted toward "a more centralized approach."

spoke at length about "a current problem in American Catholicism being our misunderstanding of collegiality as democratization."

er:.

putting together food baskets, the size

of laundry baskets, for 30 needy fami

ther Frank

life.

dialogue.

being more democratic." He actually

I was exwith two poten-

learned

Dickens to ask if he could help with the hospital, because he only had six beds and he would have to close. In those days, there were no hospitals for sick

very long time to dry."

document these

gible for

"In

JOANN KEANE

pounds for the Great Ormond

tial

make contact

See Filar, Page 13

the Carolinas,

The story also quoted Father Cancro as saying "we have become more collegial, but that is the same as

this office,

pected to

Photo by

vices by individuals in the

community

Winston-Salem area, 55 families will receive "food boxes" stuffed with a turkey and other goodies. In the

One is a 69-year-old woman who is

cision

distracting interlude

At 2,295 entries

were submitted

petition.

how

the first hour pass.

Charlotte. all,

Office,

despite eye-straining indirect light and a

The-award winning Oct. 18 issue will be viewed by approximately 500 people at an awards ceremony Jan. 25, 1992 at the Oasis Shrine Temple in In

Unemployment

curity Commission

99 1 has a new home

would take four hours to dissolve was ahead of me. Filling out forms and watching an upbeat video

The

cation Sept. 6.

later,

a line that

about

she and her husband have established.

House of Mercy. The Countess feels the portrait belongs at the House which inspired her American foundation. "Before it was dry," the portrait was hung prominently in the House of Mercy. "If you feel the oil, it's still damp," says the countess. "It takes a

stop, the actual

a major benefi ciary of a foundation which

With that optimistic attitude, I proceeded to the unemployment office a week later to begin one of the most frustrating, infuriating and dignity-rob-

dren.

which was

at the

KAY FILAR

For 10 years

Charles Dickens, visits the House of Mercy

West,

the painting,

finished in April,

Dickens stand-

ing astride the desk.

Countess Jeanne-Marie Dickens, great great-granddaughter-in-law of author

raising her great grandchildren

Social Security check. "She ing a loving, stable

if..

hir

OOll

provid

home (for a boy, age

and a girl, 8), but the holidays are real hard on her," says social worker Becky 9,

DuBois with Catholic

C istii

Social Service.

Then, there's a single mother in her 40s with health problems who is raising two daughters, ages 6 and 10, one of^ whom has a seizure disorder. Or, there's a two-parent family with three boys, ages 8, 7 and 3, on food stamps because}* the father was injured on the job. These are but a few of the people for f Ic

whom

the

Church

spreading good

cheer through a hearty good meal.

November

The Catholic New:- &

22, 1991

Teens Meeting With Bishops

Show Commitment

News

Youth

Values

Youth Group Information

CHARLOTTE By

CHARLES WOOD

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) teens

lic

napolis ;o

who met

showed an

the church

and

overall

in India-

commitment

in particular said

they

lave a responsibility to use their "free-

dom ... to uphold the Church's values concerning sexuality." of choice

They met

at the

National Catholic

youth Congress, held Nov. 7-8, which was a first-of-its-kind forum for colaboration arjd discussion between Catholic teen-agers and U.S. bishops. More than 50 youth from the Diocese of Charlotte attended the congress.

The official delegates from the diocese were Chrissy Diego of Holy Family in

^lemmons and Michael Lindquist of St. Vlichael in Gastonia.

The National Federation for CathoYouth Ministry co-sponsored the ;vent with the Marriage and Family Committee of the National Conference ic

Catholic Bishops.

The youths met with bishops

levelop belief statements and action ;trategies for

Catholic teens nationwide

0 deal with the issues of racism, sexu-

and substance abuse.

ility

A separate meeting in Indianapolis ^ov. 7-10, the 21st biennial National latholic

Youth Conference, drew

to-

The

"responsibility to uphold the

Church's values on sexuality" was the keynote of one of the belief statements on sexuality. After the youth approved all the statements, Bishop Chaput closed the congress with two practical suggestions. "Make sure you make an appointment with your bishops and tell them what you did for them here," he said. "As members of the Church reflecting on these issues, you help bishops fulfill

became

tion of birth control or abortion

a contentious issue.

Representatives of the sexuality subgroup received applause when one explained, "We were focusing on positive understanding and practice in the area of teen sexuality from the Catholic perspective. This focus

means not hav-

ing sex" except in the case of teen mar-

sters at

riages,

and 1 ,600 youth minthe Indianapolis Convention

Center.

Youth delegates at the congress rep1 15 dioceses and organi-

esented some

such as the Ladies' Auxiliary/ unior Daughters of the Knights of Peter

sations

Northwest and Midwest Commissions and the Knights >f Columbus. Among the 20 bishops attending he meeting were Cardinal Joseph L.

Slaver, the

"and that means you wouldn't have to worry about birth control or abortion."

Bishop Chaput, who was

in the

racism subgroup, told Catholic News Service that affirmative action was a contentious issue there.

fess by telling the young people, "The

anyway, liberal-leaning white kids were the ones for affirmative action, while those from givminority groups were against it ing arguments similar to those of (Supreme Court Justice) Clarence Thomas," Bishop Chaput reported. Bishop Chaput added the congress "encouraged me that these teens would look to the Church as they explore these issues and reflect on how they ought to live. I must say, though, that I wish the

Thurch wants to help you grow in faith

results, at least

Let us share our oncerns and dreams and visions with >ne another with clarity and charity."

had been more concrete and less abstract and general."

lispanic

Jernardin of Chicago, chairman of the

<CCB

Marriage and Family Commitand Bishop Charles J. Chaput of lapid City, S.D., episcopal moderator ee,

or the National Federation for Catholic { outh Ministry.

Cardinal Bernardin opened the con-

ind the Christian life.

The process of sharing information, and church perspecives on racism, sexuality and substance

>ersonal insights

ibuse involved listening to position pa-

lers,

>er

— one — with panels and small group

breaking up into subgroups

topic

liscussions that led

developing

ction strategies and five belief state-

nents to be presented for approval by

whole gathering.

Among

belief statements the sub-

;roup on substance abuse presented was

tie (

observation that

"Many youth

eluctant to turn to the

are

Church because

the negative influences of society

round us, so we should encourage more ommunication between the Church and outh so people will be open to seeking lie help which the Church can give." One statement from the teens and »ishops who discussed racism was, Since racism results partly from ignoance of other cultures and beliefs, the Church, and we as young people in the Church, can tear down these walls of Ignorance, planting the seeds of knowldge and of trust to grow the tree of nity." This group also proposed a per-

"Surprisingly, at

table

—

of the racism segment, definite,

In the sexuality subgroup, "The first hour or so was taken up with the news of (recently retired Los Angeles Lakers player) Magic Johnson contracting the HIV virus," said Bishop Michael J. Sheehan of Lubbock, Texas. "The young people said this news reinforced for them the sense that if one lives out Catholic teachings and values" in the areas of sex and substance abuse, such eventualities "would not occur," said Bishop Sheehan. One congress teen leader, Ted Worland, told CNS, "It was fantastic to have this interaction with the bishops. They were committed to understanding us and seriously taking what we had to

say into consideration."

Worland, the national federation regional youth delegate from Covington, Ky., said that "all of us were glad this

wasn't just a matter of kids being told to agree with whatever the bishops said."

onal action strategy of not telling racial

akes and discouraging them heir friends ,

when

among

they return home.

®This

newspaper is printed on recycled newsprint and is recyclable.

St.

John

activities are

asked to mail a postcard with your name, grade, and school to the parish office.

Send your information

NEW YORK (CNS) — The follow-

to: Mike Neumann, 8451

Onofrietti, St. John

Idlewild Road, Charlotte,

28227.

ing are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic

Helping Out

Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

HICKORY— Thejuniorhigh youth group from

St.

Aloysius

be available for babysitting

Enchanting animated fairy

tale

young maiden who rescues her from a ferocious beast only

of a

father

to fall in

love with the creature's gentler quali-

Computer graphics enhance classic Disney animation for eye-pleasing visuals enlivened by rousing musical numbers and delightful characterizations from directors Kirk Wise and Gary

on Nov. 23 from 9:30

Hickory will at the church

1:30 p.m. for

children five to eight years of age.

For more information, call Patty Savage, (704) 684-8877, or Cathy Stout, (704) 684-6098.

ties.

Trousdale. Brief scary shots.

The

U.S.

Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G general audiences.

—

"An American West"

Kudos

CHARLOTTE

—

Goes

(Universal)

the following

Charlotte Catholic High School students

have been recognized for special achievements:

Oscar DelPino, of

was selected

St.

Gabriel Par-

The National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. from Nov. 12 - 17. ish

to attend

Maria Ferry, of Tail: Fievel

St.

Gabriel Parish

has been selected as a Charlotte Catho-

High School nominee for the Morehead Scholarship to UNC-Chapel

lic

Unexceptional sequel continues the animated adventures of feisty Fievel

Mousekewitz and his family in the wild West, where he must save them from crafty cats conniving to turn them into mouseburgers. Directors Phil Nebbelink and Simon Wells deliver an uneven story whose pace and images range from gentle to chaotic. Some typical cartoon violence. The U.S. Catholic Confergeneral ence classification is A-I patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G general audiences.

—

"Strictly Business" (Warner Bros.

Predictable romantic

Hill.

young African-Americans in which a mail-room clerk (Tommy Davidson)

Gabriel Parish

St.

member Tara commen-

Servatius received a letter of

dation for her outstanding performance

on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Michael Volponi, of St. Matthew, has received the 1991 Principal's Leadership Award given by The National Association of Secondary School Prin-

He also has been selected as the 1991 Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen for leadership, de-

cipals.

pendability, service and patriotism.

comedy about

William Bushman, of

Neumann

St.

John

Parish has been selected as a

CCHS nominee for the Morehead Schol-

helps an executive (Joseph C. Phillips)

arship to

win over the clerk's gorgeous friend (Halle Berry) in exchange for a spot in the management training program. Only the lively music in director Kevin Hooks uninspired movie relieves the flatness

Heather McGee, of St. Peter, has received a letter of commendation for her outstanding performance on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying

of the uniformly one-dimensional char-

Test.

acters.

A few discreet bedroom

scenes,

occasional sexual references, racial slurs

UNC-Chapel

Hill.

She has also been selected as

Charlotte Catholic High School's Carolina

Carousel Princess.

and momentary violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is

—

adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PGparents are strongly cautioned 13 that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

A-III

—

Pop, Pop, Popcorn

—

GREENSBORO School

Greensboro

St.

Pius

participating in

a fundraising project that involves col-

lecting

UPC

labels

from Orville

Redenbacher popcorn.

"Cape Fear"

(Universal)

Violent remake of the 1962 thriller

has a Bible-spouting psychopath (Robert De Niro) imprisoned for viciously violating a

woman returning to terrorize

former lawyer (Nick Nolte) and to rape the man's wife and teen-age daughter (Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis, respectively). Director Martin Scorsese loses the atmospheric terror of the original in favor of graphic brutality and a relentlessly ugly vision of the law as powerless to protect the innocent. Ex-

his

cessive violence, perverse sexual innu-

who would

about

Neumann's youth group

"Beauty and the Beast" (Disney)

Then, addressing repeated calls for more financial support for youth programs, he asked, "Are you willing to put your money where your mouth is? If you want your diocese to put more money into youth ministry, would you be willing to donate a month's worth of money you'd spend on clothes?" During discussion of the sexuality statements, the lack of any explicit men-

information

their pastoral duties better."

gether 5,400 teens

— Catholic school

students, grades 7-8, or 9- 2

— Catho-

with bishops

Briefs

endo, adult endorsement of teen drug abuse and minimal rough language. The

The school

will receive ten cents

towards educational materials for each

UPC

label collected.

Send labels to: St. Pius X School, 2200 N. Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27408.

Hay Ride

CONCORD

—

The senior high

youth group of St. James iD.Coocord are planning a hayride on Nov. 23 from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. For more information, call Denise Schweizer, (704) 786-0816.

morally offensive. The is O Motion Picture Association of

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes youth news for the youth page. Send releases 10 days before publication to: Youth page, P.O. Box 37267.

America rating

Charlotte,

U.S. Catholic Conference classification

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R — restricted.

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November

Herald

22, 1991

CNS

THE LOOK OF HATRED By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, Catholic

News

SSS

Service

"Were you tortured? What do you think of the people who kept you in prison?" Those questions were directed to Maryknoll Bishop James E. Walsh on his release in 1970 from prison in China. Recognizing material with potential for a good story, reporters descended on him from all sides.

Bishop Walsh's imprisonment lasted more than two decades. He was the first bishop of Jiangmen (Kongmoon) in China's Guangdong Province. He had ordained a number of Chinese priests who also suffered years of imprisonment. He had overseen the founding of a Chinese sister's congregation, which survived every effort to snuff

out.

Now reporters wanted to know what he thought of those who imprisoned him, who portrayed him as a foreign spy and did everything to break his spirit. But Bishop Walsh was not an ordinary man, and he did not give the reporters an ordinary answer. CNS photo from

"What do did this to people."

think of the people who I love those

Characterized by joy and happiand tends to transform the person who is loved. It even Bishop Walsh went to China in the transforms the one who loves. name of Christ. He devoted so much of In the case of hate, the attitude is his life to the people of China. He sufone of rejection. Hatred is destructive. fered many years for them. Sustained over a long peOf course he loved those "In the case of hate, riod of time, it tends to people, including those who destroy the person who the attitude Is one of harbors imprisoned him. it. Love does not make very If Bishop Walsh had rejection. Hatred Is exciting

me? Why,

news

close.

ness, love is creative

copy, at least

not Bishop Walsh's kind of love. Expressions of anger,

denunciation and hatred might have. "Bishop Denounces Tormentors, Vows Eternal Hatred." Now that would have

destructive. Sus-

tained over a long

period of time,

hated his persecutors, the hatred would have added to his suffering and might even have destroyed him.

it is,

his love for

them

tends to destroy

kept him sound of mind and heart throughout his the person who long prison term. harbors It." made a great headline. The opposition beThe story of Bishop tween love and hatred can Walsh and his release from prison be seen from Jesus' teaching in the highlights two basic and different huNew Testament. We read, for example, man attitudes, love and hatred. in the Sermon on the Mount: "You have Love is positive. Hatred is its oppoheard that it was said, *You shall love site. Both are supported or driven by your neighbor and hate your enemy.' emotional energy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and In the case of love, the attitude is one pray for those who persecute you" of acceptance and of wanting to be (Matthew 5:43-44).

UPI

Christian love leaves no room in the heart for hatred. It must be extended to

enemy. Again we read: "No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon" (Luke 16:13). With love and hatred, it is clearly a one's

matter of either-or. To grasp Jesus' teaching in this matter, there is nothing like holding it

up to the light of his own life, especially to his attitude in the passion. If anyone had a right to be angry, it was Jesus. Just about everybody had

turned against him. But hatred does not fit the image we

FAITH IN THE

have

Imagine what denunciaangry rejections and outbursts of hatred would do to Jesus' last words and the story of the of Jesus.

tions, recriminations,

passion.

Imagine Jesus confronting his dis"How could you run away like this and abandon me? I made you what you are!" Imagine Jesus turning to his Father in prayer: "Why don't you do something? You're supposed to be my Faciples:

ther!"

And imagine Jesus das:

"You betrayed me.

addressing JuI trusted you. I

hate you!"

Words

coming from Jesus Nor can we imagine such words coming from someone like Bishop Walsh. like this

are quite unimaginable.

To the very end, Jesus' attitude was one of love and compassion. Recall his words: "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34); "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise" (Luke 23:43); "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46). There is not one ounce of hatred in any of those expressions. No rejection, no anger. There is love, loving acceptance and joy, the kind that transforms both those who are loved and the one who loves. Imagine a group of reporters at the foot of the cross: "Did you know that this was in store for you? What do you think of the people who crucified you?" Jesus was not an ordinary person, and he would not have given an ordinary answer: "What do I think of the people who did this to me? Why, I love thos people!" (Father LaVerdiere is senior editor of Emmanuel magazine.)

MARKETPLACE

What are the signs and consequences

of hatred?

"As a prosecutor, see a lot of hatred. People assault other people because they are big and have weapons and think they can get away with it and often they do." Vince Hauser, Waterford, Conn. I

—

— whether asked or not — to those who need — Richard Romanowski, Amherst, N.Y.

"Failure to give help

absence of love."

for

it.

The

"I would say racial discrimination is a sign of hatred in the world. The consequences are that human beings aren't able to live up to their potential as God created them." Kathleen Cotter, Tucson, Ariz.

—

"Prejudice is a sign of hatred in the world today. Not just prejudice between races, but between religions, between cultures and between the sexes. The consequences are more barriers in a world that is filled with barriers already. The ultimate consequence is war." Cassian Lewinski, Salt Lake City, Utah

—

"Lying, deceit. In the business world, people

whatever they want."

— Laura Mertes,

lie

and cheat

their

way

edition asks: Think about the many titles by which Jesus is known: Lord, Messiah, Savior, etc. What title most strikes home with you? Why? If you would like to respond for possible publication, please write: Faith Alive! 321 1 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 2001 7-1 1 00.

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22, 1991

The Catholic New

FOOD FOR THOUGHT There are certain actions more than dislike. loathe them. For example, the abuse of drugs among some teen-agers. The challenge when you loathe an action is to avoid conveying the impression that it is the person, not the action, that you loathe. wouldn't want to give a teen-ager who abuses drugs any reason to think condone the abuse. At the same time, would want the youth to be certain of my love, to know my commitment to him or her as a person is firm. At times in such situations, people feel they are failing to communicate this distinction between action and person. Striking the right balance is a process I

hate

that kid!" By Father David Catholic

News

Several weeks ago

O'Rourke,

that unfolds slowly.

But remember in this process that every person has good qualities. Communicate with the other person whenever possible about whatever goodness you see, so that hatred of the person's action doesn't appear to consume you. Moreover, remember that every difficult situation negative as may seem

Service

dropped in on

— holds hidden opportunities

old friends. As I was going in, their youngest, to put it mildly, was coming

how you

are being asked to

—

for you to

become

grow. Pray for the insight to understand a fuller person in this complex situation.

out.

Judging by the grumpy "hlo" and the sour look he shot me as he stormed out, I was walking in on something other than the happy family at home. He jumped the three steps from the porch to the walk, muttered something to the scruffy looking somewhat older friend in a car in front, and then they sped off. I was only half in the door when his father exclaimed, "I simply cannot stand that kid. He is nothing but trouble." "Bobby?" I asked in disbelief, mentioning their son's name. "No," he said, "that other kid. Larry, Harry, whoever. I hate that kid. He's trouble. I wish he would just go away, fall off a cliff, anything, but not come back." Then to his wife, who was trying to calm him down: "He has more influence on Bobby than you and I put together and it's all negative. Bobby's naive and young, and he needs protection." Needless to say, we spent the evening talking about raising teen-agers. Eventually, we also began to discuss the distress caused by the father's strong

—

"We spent the evening talking about raising teen-agers.... For the father really

was troubled

by the strength of his

feeling,

especially the dislike he felt" for his son's friend.

the dislike he

Good and bad Catholic

News

Service

each other. The first story is that of Cain and Abel, blood brothers. For some strange reason Cain resented Abel's

Resentment led

to hatred

and

hatred to murder, fratricide!

But Cain destroyed not only his brother; in the process he destroyed himself. Consumed by mortal terror of the consequences, he ended ess wanderer," cut off from

He dehumanized and self

brutalized himthrough hatred. Humanity was off

"a rest-

human so-

ciety.

Almost immediately thereafter we read of Lamech, a hateful character who actually boasts of his unbridled violence.

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

suicide.

these instances the hatred was directed not to evil but to good. The sight of innocence simply infuriates some people, maddens them. Tragically, it is not only the object of

the hatred who suffers. The one who hates becomes, in his turn, hated. There is, on the other hand, a "good" hatred, one directed against evil. Such hatred can motivate people to eradicate

—

lative friend or relative or the predict-

able con

man.

should want to be free from abuse, .manipulation or conning by others. We might have to put up with the person for whatever reason, but we do not have to tolerate the actions.

As my friends said, "If we or Bobby could help that kid it would be one thing, but we can't. So here and now our job is to protect our son." That, to me, is a conclusion right out of our moral tradition.

(Father O'Rourke is pastor of St. Dominic Church inBenicia, Calif., and a free-lance writer.)

deplorable situation, is known to history as the prophet of divine

ers.

God is portrayed as "hating" the empty religious practices of his people. "Your new moons and festivals I detest" (Isaiah 1:14). But God's love for them as people remained unshaken, and he pleaded with them to change: "Come now, let us set things right.... Though your sins be like

scarlet,

they may

become white as snow" (Isaiah 1:18).

Hating sin while loving the sinner is like walking a tightrope. For, destation of evil can engender smug self-righteousness; it is possible to

evil.

Unfortunately, only a thin line separates hatred for evil from hatred of the evil person, and it is easy to step over that line. The prophets despised the evil that threatened to destroy their people. Yet they reached out with love and genuine concern to the perpetrators of that evil. Amos, a shepherd from the South, was sickened by the social injustice and moral degradation of the sophisticated North. This did not deter him from bending every effort to save the people from their folly.

Hosea,

seen situations of equally destructive force the abusive spouse, the manipu-

from sinful ways. But sometimes the person does not do so. The history of the 20th century has taught us that some people, thinking and plotting, can and do choose to do evil.

Both prophets managed to distinguish the evil from the evildo-

all

Finally, there is the desire we often be free of bad influences. friends did not want this other youngster around their son. Most of us have feel to

situation? To begin, let's look at the anger that so often is part of the situation. Anger is an emotion, and emotions are morally neutral. They are not good or bad. Of course, anger can assume a moral quality based on the good or bad way it is focused. Anger put to the service of a bad cause, like racial hatred, becomes bad itself. Anger put to the service of a good cause, like speaking out against cruelty or injustice, becomes good. Second, to say we love the sinner means we wish he or she would turn

since.

—

stand that kid." That was the truth! It also is the truth for many other people, and sometimes those they can't stand are their own family members. What does faith say to people in this

love.

and eventually to

Nonetheless, wishing a person would turn away from evil ways loving the sinner differs from feeling that person has the right to walk all over you, which is destructive.

"This is no "hate the sin but love the sinner' business," he said. "I can't

Saul's hatred of David ruined him. Poor Saul was pathologically insecure. Saul's insecurity and fear drove him to desperation, to attempted murder

Castelot

Immediately following the story of humanity's alienation from its Creator, there is a series of stories in the Bible about people's alienation from

success.

felt.

a bad start, and the corrosive power of hate has corrupted relationships ever

hatred By Father John

feelings against his son's young friend. For the father really was troubled by the strength of his feeling, especially

who preached

in the

same

be too "right." (Father Castelot is a Scripture scholar, author and lecturer.)

CNS artwork from engraving ol Cain and Abel.

FURTHER NOURISHMENT Ethicist J. Giles Milhaven's

found

in vindictive

own

human

book Good Anger explores what good,

any,

is to

anger, "the rage to wreak vengeance or punishment for

a passion for justice," he to do what is unjust or otherwise wrong in the present situation." Included in his book is a discussion of the human tendency to lay blame on others. (Sheed and Ward, 1 1 5 E. Armour Blvd., P.O. Box 419492, Kansas City, Mo. 64141-6492. 1989.) its

sake." Discussing anger that

cautions: "Our anger, despite

its

"essentially

goal of justice,

moves us often

lie

News

November

Herald

22, 1991

Franciscan Brother Creates Icons

From

Gems And Beads

Pins,

FORT PIERCE,

Fla.

(CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Since 1954, Conventual Franciscan Brother Valentine Jablonski has been crafting icons out of pins, gems and

tcii

beads.

For an elaborate image of Our Lady of Czestochowa, also called the Black

Madonna, he used

blue, green

and red

some some semiprecious gems, held together on a foam board with

rhinestones, fake pearls, stones,

precious and all

gold-plated straight pins.

Cardinal James

Birmingham,

Hickey

(1)

of Washington talks with Bishop

Raymond

Boland of

meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops

(CNS photo by Al Stephenson)

Washington.

Ala., during the fall

Bishops Urge Greater Attention To Needs Of American Children WASHINGTON

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When

"In the past year alone, another 840,000 children slipped into poverty," said Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund. Fami-

food stamp benefits and allow more people to qualify for them. The week after the bishops' meeting, Father Thomas J. Harvey, president of Catholic Charities USA, planned to present 10,000 letters supporting the Leland bill to the key House sponsors of the legislation, Reps. Leon Panetta, DCalif., and Bill Emerson, R-Mo. The bill is named for the former Texas Democrat who died in 1 989 while on a fact-finding mission to Ethiopia. As a member of Congress, he made fighting hunger in the United States and abroad a special priority. Sharon Daly, who preceded Wisdo in the domestic social development post and now works as director of government and community affairs for the Children's Defense Fund, has a unique perspective on the bishops' statement and the new campaign. "I think the two are very, very similar and complementary," she said. The

with children, especially young

bishops' statement expresses hope that

(CNS)

they approved their statement on chil-

dren and families by a wide margin Nov. 14, the U.S. bishops joined a cho-

Church and outside

rus of voices in the it

urging greater attention to the nation's

youngest citizens.

"Our

children bring us special gifts,

They

today, not just tomorrow.

are the

sign of God's continual gift to the world," the bishops said. "Thus,

we need

them and place their rights as a priority in our society and our church." Addressing the same problem from respect

a different perspective, the Children's

Defense Fund Nov. 7 kicked off a campaign to "leave no child behind" with proposals designed to fight rising child poverty, hunger, homelessness and lack of health coverage.

lies

families of hit,

races,

all

social

director of domestic

development for the U.S. Catho-

Conference, said the

statement won

new

bishops'

change the conference s longstanding interest in a wide range of issues affecting children and families but

rather intended to "put a face to the

issues that

we've been dealing with."

As the statement was being developed, many bishops said it would be "a great help to

"by the year 2000 we nate poverty

she said.

Nancy Wisdo, lic

have been hardest

raise

them

in rallying the grass-

roots" to causes affecting children and families, she said.

The statement, Putting Children and

A Challenge for Our Church, Nation and World, also may signal a new era of cooperation among offices of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference, Wisdo said. Among the offices consulted on the document were domestic social development, international justice and peace, education, pro-life, black Catholics,

Families First:

general counsel,

Campaign

for

Human

Development, government liaison, Migration and Refugee Services, public affairs and Hispanic Catholics. Also consulted were Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services and the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Catholic Charities, whose

1,200

local agencies see families and children most affected by the current recession, has put a special emphasis this year on passage of the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act, which would

say

how much

Conventual Franciscan Brother Valentine Jablonski demonstrates his technique of

applying beads and jewels to an icon.

tures in his spare time since 1954.

sive,"

Florida Catholic.)

"My

the pictures cost.

Germany,

"The scenery,

Austria,

parish.

Brother Jablonski said that he and his brother

had visited Czestochowa.

They were from a family of 1 1 children. The large pictures contain some 1 ,600 pins and require about 500 hours of work.

Another large work hangs in St. Joseph Parish, Mount Carmel, Pa. He is reworking an icon, belonging to Ascension Parish in Bowie, Md., that was damaged by vandals. Like those parishes, Brother

He had

seen another

friar creating

works when he was at St. Joseph Cupertino Monastery in Baltimore, which he entered in 1 95 1 "When I was young I liked to put things together, like puzzles and things around the house," he added. "I've always done things like this." similar

Jablonski has Polish connections. His father

the country, the people,

the devotion."

China and Japan. Some of the works are rather small, others large, such as the 4-foot by 5-foot icon commissioned by Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in South Amboy, N.J., his

home

dad used to tell us what it was and oh, it was beautiful," he said.

said, noting that the stones

Brazil,

was from Poland.

children in this

will have a world where children will no longer die

of hunger."

"People don't need a handout, they need a helping hand."

"That's exactly what the Children's

Defense Fund's goal is," Daly said. She also linked the document and the campaign in their calls for universal access to health care, for tax reform to aid families with children, for improved school readiness and expanded access to day care and for more affordable housing.

Daly said the Children's Defense features a booklet called An Opinion Maker's Guide to Children in Election Year 1 992, calls on

Fund campaign, which

every candidate for public office in '92 to "take a look at children's

needs and

problems and tell the voters what they would do in very concrete terms to solve those problems." Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati,

NCCB-USCC

president,

CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT When

their village

just for the election year, although

believe

ought

it's

"we

of tenant shacks was scheduled to be demolished,

the inhabitants of Cabrillo Village, California, didn't give up.

They

organized themselves as a cooperative housing corporation and

bought

With

their

houses from the owner.

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qualify for federal

said at a press conference following the

Nov. 11-14 meeting that the bishops' emphasis on children's concerns is not

Cabrillo Village,

and

state

funds for further housing rehabilitation.

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of comfortable family homes,

one of many examples of what people can do when they chance-and a helping hand from CHD and you.

are given a

an issue every candidate

to address."

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will finally elimi-

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The Catholic News

22, 1991

Bishops Speak Out On Teaching Role, Dissent By JERRY FILTEAU News

Catholic

Service

WASHINGTON (CNS)— The U.S.

ment "accents the

primary to be a preacher and teacher of the word." "This is central," he said, and that while it has been said in various ways in other Church documents, it was important for the bishops to study the issue and address it themselves. He described the statement's complex, nuanced discussion of levels of Church teaching and responses to various forms of non-acceptance or disagreement with Church teaching as dealing "sensitively with relations between bishops and theologians." "It does allow freedom for theolo-

that the bishop's teaching office

gians to raise questions" in appropriate

bishops Nov. 14 approved a statement

on their teaching role as bishops and on their

response to those

or do not accept

who dissent from

some Church teachings.

Developed over a five-year period by the bishops' Committee on Doctrine,

93-page text was The Teaching Ministry of the Diocesan Bishop: A Pastoral Reflecthe highly theological

titled,

tion. It

says the bishops are

to teach

empowered

"not by their personal

by the Holy Spirit given

gifts,

but

ordination."

The difference between a bishop's teaching and other kinds of teaching, says,

of the saving work of

"is actually part

God

spond

in faith to the

scholarly forums, he said. This does not

document on theoChurch issued by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doc-

people "to re-

in history," calling

fact that the

responsibility of the bishop

contradict a recent

word of salvation."

logians in the

It says the teaching ministry of bishops involves two responsibilities, to "declare authoritatively the faith of the Church" and to "judge whether what is presented as the content of faith is accu-

trine

but

of the Faith, Father Dulles added,

addresses the issue explicitly,

which the Vatican document did not do.

The bishops' new statement

rate."

also

Despite strong criticism by a few

gives a fuller treatment and broader

document passed overwhelmingly in a voice vote, with only a few scattered "no" votes. Bishop Raymond A. LuckerofNew Ulm, Minn., opposed the document because of its "tone," which he described

definition to dissent than the Vatican

as "so grim, so juridical."

Church teaching aimed at bringing a change in the teaching. The bishops' document covers more completely all the forms of dissent which the bishops are confronted with on a regular basis, Father Dulles said.

bishops, the

focused too

much on

document did, Father Dulles said. The Vatican statement sharply proved theologians

the bishops

faith as a set of

sitions rather than a living

propo-

response and

conversion to Christ.

"Where

the

ife ,

where

re-

in dis-

sent, but it defined dissent only in terms of public, organized challenges to

as the possessors of the faith, he said,

and too much on

who engage

The new statement

the dyna-

also

becoming an increasingly important

pages," he said, but "I find the section

pastoral problem," he said.

important distinction between dissent and "non-acceptance" of Church teaching, the theologian said. In the United States, the non-acceptance issue "is

The document describes

fall

suggests that bishops have a vari-

from the

ety of tools in the diocese,

Catholic press to retreats and various

formation programs, to address such If there is

widespread non-accep-

several

may

decide to use the mass media or

His major objection, he said, was

non-definitive teachings of the Church:

issue

pastoral minister's silence

non-definitive teaching" of the Church. Jesuit theologian Father Dulles,

who was

authoritative teaching."

a consultant to the

entertaining of persistent

committee in writing the document, told Catholic

News

teachings."

individual's ignoring of an

Avery

doubt about a particular teaching while taking no steps to resolve the doubt." "Refusal to admit that a particular teaching applies to an individual's

Service that the state-

—

life."

Thanks To

St.

— "The

Jude

reinterpretation of a teach-

ing in opposition to

its

original signifi-

cance."

Thanks to St. Jude for prayers answered and favors granted.

"Clarification, dialogue, education,

pastoral counseling and moral or spiri-

DLE,

formation are effective tools for countering these kinds of non-acceptual

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Readings For The Week Of November 24 - November 30

and

clarify the teaching,

describes dissent as

says.

moving be-

yond have "difficulty" with the teaching to "a judgment that the teaching is false." In America the idea of a right to engage in such dissent in the Church has been linked

to U.S. political

and

intel-

lectual values of "individual liberty

rights,"

and

1 3-1 4;

Monday: Daniel 1,

Revelation

1-6, 8-20;

Luke 21,

5-8; John 1 8, 33-37.

1-4.

Tuesday: Daniel 2, 31-45; Luke 21,5-11. 1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28;

Thursday: Daniel 6, 25-28; Luke 21 , 20-28. Friday: Daniel

2-14; Luke 21, 29-33.

means

used, and the

public stature of the dissenter.

Bishop Donoghue's Views On Meeting By

JOANN KEANE Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

— Holy days were

clearly the hottest topic at the bishops'

Nov.

1-14 meeting. Extensive and

times impassioned debate took place before the balloting. Bishops from large

says.

Midwest and West were

nary, non-definitive teaching of the

ponents of change. "I was convinced even before the vote took place that they would not be

Church," substituting his or her own judgment. The statement excludes from the realm of "public dissent" professional discussions by theologians "within the confines of scholarly meetings and dialogues" or through publication in scholarly journals. It notes, however, that there is a presumption that scholars who engage in criticism or disagreement in those forums "are willing to take the neces-

sary steps to overcome and abide by an authoritative intervention on the part of the magisterium (Church teaching authority) should it consider one necessary."

describes "public dissent" as tak-

when "a judgment

rejecting

widely disseminated in the public forum ... such as may occur through popular religious journals or through books intended for mass magisterial teaching

distribution or through the press

and

says that in deciding

ing

all

holy days and bishops of the the chief pro-

changed," said Bishop John F. Donoghue of the Diocese of Charlotte. Bishop Donoghue told The CatholicNews & Herald on Sept. 6 that he opposed the proposals by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Liturgy which could have left U.S. Catholics with only two holy days of obligation. Bishop Donoghue thinks bishops in general saw the advantage of retaining holy days for the people.

points out that

how

to re-

spond a bishop has to consider a number

would

have required a two-thirds majority to change the holy days of obligation. While the bishops voted to retain all six holy days of obligation currently observed by U.S. Latin-rite Catholics, a vote on eliminating the obligation of Jan Aug. Mass for three holy days when they fall on 15 and Nov. Saturday or Monday was inconclusive. "That, for me, would not create a problem," says Bishop Donoghue. Final 1

—

results will not be

electronic media."

Saturday: Romans 10, 9-18; Matthew 4, 18-22.

dissenter, the real or potential' impact of

person "conclusively rejects the ordi-

Luke 21, 12-19.

con-

Eastern dioceses led the fight for retain-

ing place

Wednesday: Daniel 5,

at issue, its certitude, the

text of the dissent, the attitude of the

Even when it is not public, the statement says, dissent "is unacceptable" if a

their difficulties

Sunday: Daniel 7,

teaching

tance of a particular teaching, the bishop

that the dissent section "is unclear on the

binding nature of some, not all but some,

of factors such as the importance of the

the dissent, the

issues.

write a pastoral letter to deal with the

— "A about various — "An — "The

Washington. (CNS photo by Al

tance," the statement says.

"different forms" of "lack of assent" to

tive."

meeting

Stephenson)

makes an

mism, where's the beauty?" he asked. Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. Vaughan of New York also opposed the document sharply, but for different reasons. "I don't disagree with the first 62 on dissent well-intentioned but defec-

Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, chairs the bishops'

—

known

until

1 ,

bishops

not at the meeting are polled by mail.

See Views, Page 13

tolic

News

November

Herald

22, 1991

Qmumquemorioj Los Sacramentos - El Matrimonio I

Por

PADRE

SILL

RUEDA

Jesus hizo del Matrimonio un Sac-

Lo hizo con el proposito de ayudar a dos personas a vivir unidas hasta la muerte, en las alegrfas y en el ramento.

sufrimiento,

amandose fielmente

ocupandose del cuidado de los que Dios les da a traves de esa hijos

union. El Matrimonio

fue instituido por Familia Costarrisense de

Comunidad hispana de Lincolnton.

Foto por

Diosenelparaiso,

PADRE SILL RUEDA

CARMEN MA.CALVAR

En el mundo en que nos desenvolvemos, a menudo se nos hace conveniente olvidarnos de nuestras raices latinas e integrarnos por completo en el mundo americano que nos rodea. He visto con alarmante regularidad que a muchos de nosotros se nos hace mas facil comunicamos con nuestros hijos en ingles que en nuestro idioma espanol. Como el mundo exterior nos bombardea con el ingles y nuestros hijos son a veces mas desenvueltos en ese idioma, nosotros optamos por seguir esa corriente antes de enfrentarnos a lo desconocido que puede traer nuestro propio espanol.

A menudo

la opcion del idioma de nuestros hijos es el resultado de cansancio de nosotros los padres, o del resultado de un matrimonio donde un padre es latino y el otro norteamericano, o que simplemente nuestros hijos se rebelan ante el reto que proporciona ser

gestos, siguiendo nuestras tradiciones y

hemos

practicando nuestro idioma que

sido bendecidos por Dios porque nos ha

dado

maravilla, que es nuestro idioma

espanol.

Y es, en esta cultura norte-americana donde vivimos, aquello que nos incluye y nos separa no por diferentes sino por dotados. Sigamos ensenandoles a

cerremos sus fronteras con un solo idioma, demosles la oportunidad de usar los dos.

Noticias Breves Obispos Piden Ayuda Adicional para

Sacerdotes Hispanos Ordenados Washington (CNS)

Recien

—

Los

cual es que nuestros hijos participen

activamente del ingrediente mas bonito

Monsenor Donald W. Wuerl,

Ante todas estas situaciones debenamos de reaccionar con paciencia y con amor pero con una meta en mano, la

que forma nuestra cultura

latina

que

es:

nuestro idioma.

Debenamos de darnos cuenta que al mirar a nuestro alrededor,

espanol

hoy forma el segundo idioma de este pais y que con el influjo de personas hispano-hablantes creciendo por dfa se

hace un don

nacer en un ambiente

donde dos idiomas crecen en nuestros hijos simultaneamente. Asi

hijos

crecen

con

oportunidades en su

mundo

ademas de que tienen

nuestros

doble

Obispo de Pittsburgh, presidente del comite Episcopal para la vida y el Ministerio Sacerdotal, y Monsenor Enrrique San Pedro, Obispo Coadjutor de Brownsville, Tejas, presidente del Comite Episcopal para asuntos hispanos, en una carta enviada en octubre ultimo, pedian a sus colegas Obispos que: Tengan cuidado al seleccionar la primera asignacion de un Sacerdote hispano recien ordenado y otros puntos mas.

exterior,

poder de

comunicarse con el doble de personas. Para el sentido de identidad de nuestros hijos, saber de donde vienen comienza con el idioma de sus antecesores. Crecer orgullosos de si mismos, es crecer con la confianza de que aquello que es ser latino envuelve una historia rica y de orgullo que reside en los adultos que los rodean. Es afianzarlos en su idioma y su cultura no perdida dentro de sus hogares y entre las amistades cercanas de los padres. Es constantemente decides con nuestros

dominadla," como quien dice que los dos tienen que trabajar unidos hasta el final, mejorando las cosas que han encontrado al llegar al mundo. Este es otro Sacramento de unidad, porque el hombre y la mujer dejando a un lado su padre y su madre, se juntan en una sola unidad, para formar de alH un nuevo hogar, una nueva familia a imagen de la familia de Nazaret. Al hacer parte el uno del otro, Dios mismo bendice esa

amor. Asi pues, tanto el hombre como la mujer tienen que poner mucho de su parte para ayudarse y aceptarse tal como son con el fin de progresar todos los di'as.

El Matrimonio no es para todos, porque desde el principio hay que compartir y dar, antes que exigir. Hay que sembrar mucho para despues recoger. Hay que mirar siempre las actitudes positivas del otro con el fin de ir paulatinamente cambiando las negativas y si estan convencidos que es un Sacramento por la Iglesia; de Jesus que lo instituyo, recibiran las gracias para llevar a cabo sus deberes el uno para con el otro y para con sus hijos. Los esposos son los que administran este Sacramento al dar su concentimiento en la Iglesia catolica delante de los testigos cristianos y de Jesus que a traves del ministro bendice esta union.

ahi

Matrimonio catolico con otros matrimonios que no tienen la diferencia del

estos dones.

(continua)

nuestros hijos el desenvolvimiento de la

vida en espanol. Brindemosles mas.

presidentes de dos comites de los Obispos Estadounidenses han apelado a sus colegas Obispos para ayudar a los Sacerdotes hispanos recien ordenados que algunas veces se enfrentan a expectativas abrumadoras.

"diferente."

dice el primer libro de la

Biblia, el Genesis, cuando Dios los creo hombre y mujer y les dijo: "creced y multiplicaos, enchid la tierra y

Nuestros Hijos Por

como nos

union y EI mismo proporciona los medios necesarios para acrecentar el amor entre los dos y entre los hijos que vendran en el futuro, como fruto de ese

La decision fue adoptada en la convencion nacional de la sociedad entre los dfas 1 4 y 1 7 de octubre ultimo en San Antonio, la cual atrajo a 500 especialistas en derecho eclesiastico de los Estados Unidos y El Canada. El grupo de trabajo presentara su informe a la sociedad en su convencion de 1993. En un taller de trabajo sobre los matrimonios hispanos el Padre Alfredo Olivas, de El Paso Tx. dijo que los hispanos tienen una tasa de divorcios menor que la de los negros o los blancos en los Estados Unidos.

Sacerdotes Casados.

San Antonio Tx.(CNS)

—

Al mencionar "una crisis cada vez mayor en el ministerio y la celebracion eucaristica," la Sociedad de Derecho Canonico de los Estados Unidos acordo el 16 de Octubre ultimo hacer que un grupo de trabajo estudie los asuntos canonicos relacionados con la Ordenacion de hombres casados al Sacerdocio.

hasta modificar una disposition de la

Constitution de Mejico que prohibe a

Iglesia

tener

propiedades

directamente.

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Papa

—

mundo, Al

dijo el Presidente.

de la sesion del 8 de noviembre, el Papa dijo que se senti'a agradecido por la oportunidad de haber tenido esta conversacion muy extensa. final

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Al mismo tiempo, no obstante, el Presidente Mejicano indico que su gobierno podria no llegar tan lejos como

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Presidente de Mejico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, en un discurso importante del 1 de noviembre, propuso legislation que podria llevar al reconocimiento legal de la Iglesia catolica y otras Iglesias de Mejico.

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November

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Filar (From Page

Keeping The

Here, an unfriendly interviewer, at the speed of a snail, decided

these very institutions, designed prima-

review my file. turn, determined I

of their dignity, are part of the reason

moving

needed

a supervisor

The supervisor,

rily to

next opportunity,

Can we

life-defeating situations, the benefit of

"we" because so many people

today are motivated by profit and power

each one of us can claim some

that

responsibility for the sorry state in

find ourselves. If

which

could simply

find within our hearts the strength to

was just beginning. Unfortunately,

want only what we need surely we could have enough to go around. That is exactly the idea that Vatican Council II tried to instill in us more than 25 years ago when it wrote, "Every man

ex-employer and I differed in our opinions about my departure, which set in motion a seemingly endless appeals

ployment

say

procedure.

not give workers and their

the doubt?

hours to missed appointment and told another scowling person exactly the same facts I had now provided eight different ways. I was soon to discover that my ordeal

with such hopeless-

families, already the victims of such

to the office, waited for three

explain

filled

ness.

returned

serve but in reality deprive people

our poor are

needed to supply more information. I was scheduled for a fact-finding interview the following week at a time I told them I would be out of town.

Now 18 weeks into unemwith my eligibility about to

come

wait for a three-minute conversation to

not merely out of their superfluous

amount of the earth's goods

and

was not "able, work" befrom a car acci-

explain the one-week

this

Somehow

a program origi-

nally intended to temporarily assist those

need has become a marathon-like maze of ridiculous regulations favoring employers and making it as difficult and in

imagine what it must be like

who must depend day in and day

out on agencies that

and unresponsive I

seem so

insensitive

always be those

honestly want to work, pro-

vide for their families and life

for themselves.

make a better

seems

Pope John XXIII further explained is the duty of every man, the

who

that

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participar

members of

Catholic Social Services about their experiences. In order to preserve client confidentiality, the staff

members

In this season of recalling our blessings, as a staff person with Catholic

Social Services,

felt

you about someone

wanted

to tell

I've gotten to

know

to pur-

we need for our famtake what we have for

chase those things ily

and, at times,

granted. For more than a year,

have had contact with a single parent, a mother of I

two young daughters.

ployment offices of

prayer

this country.

from suffering will nize and accept the responsibility far

And

help the ones in need.

that

our

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The family lives

on a very limited income. The mother stretches every penny.

tell

was

me she

had to move, and

moving

new house, but move "somehow"

thrilled with her

distressed that in the

box with kitchen items got lost. She wondered if there were some used pots or pans available through CSS. She truly needed them for cooking. I was aware of a possible source

the

secured a donation of used

I took them to her. She was like a little kid with a new toy. She was absolutely thrilled!

pots and pans,

In the conversations that

have

fol-

only happened the other week), she has thanked me for them.

serve.

the wall,

Kay Filar is a member ofSt. Gabriel Parish in Charlotte. This column will be continued next week.

Views

(From Page

lowed

(this

She showed me how she hung them on where her girls cannot reach them, and where she can look at them,

when

not in use.

1 1

a 50-page

A new

Lectionary for Masses with

statement calling on the Catholic com-

Children was approved.

munity to become "a persistent, informed and committed voice for children and families." Bishop Donoghue says, "I think it's a wonderful statement, and am delighted that it was accepted and

translations for Scripture readings de-

statement aimed

highlighting

the ethical dimensions of the environ-

mental

will include

signed to be more understandable to children ages 5-9.

Bishops agreed to changes in how funds collected in a nationwide collection for retired religious are distributed

passed."

crisis

was approved. With wide

feels people will

Bishop

come is.

to "I

we needed something for our people to understand that we are only stewards of the earth, and we have an la

child's seizure disorder.

government institutions will come to respect and reflect on the inherent value of each person they were created to

obligation to preserve the earth for fu-

Para mas informacion llame

girls are active and, at

added worry of dealing with her oldest

and, after

who are so come to recog-

that those

understand what their obligation

24 DE NOVIEMBRE

The

Recently, she called the agency to

Most of us have resources

think

tr.'

children.

this year.

Donoghue

LA COLECTA:

She has several health problems fill some of her days with pain. She seldom complains, and is focused more on the ups and downs of parenting two that

times, try her patience. She has the

distribution of this statement,

en esta lucha.

DOMINGO DE

will

not be identified.

The bishops approved

Uumano LA IGLESIA

Crosswinds is a series ofoccasional articles written by staff

are suffering in a

world a quarter of a century deeper into poverty and apathy from the time the council's words were written. I wish every elected official and employer, regardless of their politics, could experience the feelings churning in the unem-

every one of the abusers, there are hun-

who

Crosswinds

1962, "It

passion for those

who choose to abuse the system. But for dreds

bound to to do so

poor and

adventure into unemployment has given me a greater understanding of and com-

to their needs.

realize there will

to the aid of the

"Faced with a world today where so many people are suffering from want ... individuals and governments ... are urged to share and dispose of their goods to help others, above all by giving them aid which will enable them to help and develop themselves." My brief and far from dangerous

for the chronically un- or under-em-

ployed

through decades of communist rule

for himself

are

The council's pastoral on work con-

sense of self-worth and self-determinatry to

Men

tinues,

destroy, rather than bolster their clients'

...

tage of all."

demeaning as possible to receive unemployment benefits. Sadly, it is typical of a myriad of government programs on all levels that

tion.

his family

compelling duty of Christians, to calculate what is superfluous by the measure of the needs of others and to see to it that the administration and distribution of created goods be utilized for the advan-

an agency mired in nonsensical inef-

ficiency.

faith

goods."

available and looking for

cause of a back injury dent only confirmed my belief that

women who retained their (CNS photo by John Carr)

Ukrainian Catholic kneel in prayer.

has the right to possess a sufficient

have yet to receive a penny. Subsequent visits to the office, including an uncomfortable three-hour run out,

Faith...

ture generations."

The bishops

rejected

norms

for lay

preaching after some bishops called them unclear and others called them unnecessary.

They voted 165-5 for a statement pledging to be advocates for the conFormal cerns of Native Americans. approval will come in a mail ballot of absentee bishops.

to religious orders.

A 52-page statement was approved on the history, theology, Church law and practical, pastoral dimensions of dicoesan priests' councils. They approved a statement on their teaching role as bishops and on their response to those who dissent from or do not accept some Church teachings. Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez of Santa Fe, N.M., was elected as bishops

conference secretary for a three-year term.

New social responsibility guidelines were approved for

their conference's investment portfolio, worth about $105 million, and a 1992 bishops' conference

budget of just under $40 million. Catholic News Service contrubuted to this story.

News

iholic

November

Herald

Diocesan News Briefs House Of Mercy Benefit The House Of BELMONT Mercy is sponsoring its first benefit, A Christmas Memory, featuring David Wood on Dec. I, 7 p.m. at Dana Auditorium on the campus of Queens Col-

—

the raffle of the recently replicated

Charles Dickens desk upon which he wrote Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and Mutual Friends. Countess Jeanne-Marie Dickens and her daugh-

Kathleen will attend the performance The House of Mercy, Inc. is a home

for six persons living in the

stages of

AIDS who do

advanced

not have other

housing options. Founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, the House of Mercy gives visible witness to God's merciful love, reverence, acceptance, to all Persons Living with

and dignity

AIDS. For more information, contact the House of Mercy, P.O. Box 808, Belmont, NC 28012, (704) 825-4711.

Mozart's "Requiem"

FOREST CITY

—

honor of the

200th anniversary of Mozart's death, the Isothermal Community College Singers will present Mozart's "Requiem."

The concert will be entirely in Latin, accompanied by a 15-piece orchestra. Selections will include: Requiem, Dies Irae, Lacry Mosa, Domine Jesu, Hostia, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei.

Two performances will be held, Nov at

8 p.m. and Nov. 24 at 2:30 p.m.

Admission

free,

and

will be in the

library auditorium of Isothermal

Com-

munity College, Highway 74 By-pass in

Items will be distributed through

15.

the Charlotte Christmas Bureau.

Toys should be

left at

any Charlotte

fire station.

For further information, contact Dot

Part of the fundraiser will include

Tuition Aid...

ing) are requested forages infant through

lege.

ter,

Money For

Knights Give

22, 1991

Spindale.

For more information, contact Betty Deviney, Isothermal Community College, (704) 286-3636.

Christmas Outreach WINSTON The Christmas Outreach program has some special client

—

needs.

Some

houses for need of bunk beds and mattresses, pots and pans, dishes and a dinette set. If you have items to donate, or for more information about the Christmas Outreach program, call Helen and Dennis Dupuis, (919) 924-6282. clients are in their

the first time,

and are

Tutors Needed

CHARLOTTE — Our Lady of Con-

solation Parish's education department is

implementing a

seeking volunteers.

tutorial

program and

Active or retired teachers, school administrators or individuals with edu-

needed

cational skills are

program

make

the

viable.

To volunteer, call Ms. Dale Brown, (704) 344-0821.

Former

Parishioners Sought

BRONX, NY

—

Parish in Bronx, N.Y.

St. is

Raymond's

celebrating

150th anniversary during 1992. are trying to contact all

its

They

former parishio-

ners.

you were once a member of St. Raymond's, please send your name and address to: Anniversary Committee, c/o St. Raymond's Rectory, 1759 Castle Hill Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462. If

Toy Drive

CHARLOTTE Columbus

— The Knights of

ladies auxiliary's annual toy

drive continues.

Donations of new as

good used toys (games, puzzles, tapes, jewelry, etc., no well as

dolls,

cloth-

Karasiewicz, (704) 536-3742, or Margaret Keenan, (704) 567-1936.

Christmas Journey

—

CHARLOTTE Neumann

John

St.

religious education

plan-

ning an afternoon of Advent themes and activities to help families recover the true meaning of Advent and Christmas. The afternoon sessions will be held on

Nov. 24 from 2 p.m.

until

4:00 p.m.

Workshops for parents are '"Tis The Season To Be Frazzled?", presented by Marilyn Marx of the Charlotte Presbytery, this workshop presents ways to de-stress and recapture the spirit; "What About Kids?" offering help for parents in guiding their children to re-

shape their response to the commercialism of the season will be presented by Dr. Giles Rediehs of Lutheran Family Services.

For more information, contact John Neumann, (704) 536-6520.

St.

Dance Ministry

—

HICKORY The Willing Spirit Dance Ministry extends an invitation to their celebration of "Prince of Peace."

The free event will be held at the City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium on Dec. 8

at 3

This

for $ ,250 to 1

Bishop Donoghue

provide tuition aid for children of needy families

of the five Charlotte area Catholic schools. Taking part

way for all ages to

tion of the birth of our

El Salvador Vigil

"Third World Dinner" at the parish center on Nov. 22, at 6:30 p.m. This is an evening of world hunger

7366.

awareness, education and sharing. Donations from the dinner will be given to

Spiritual Retreat For A.A.

the

Handmaids of the Sacred Heart Jesus,

who work

directly in the Third

World.

For more information, contact the outreach committee at St. Luke, (704) 545-1224. Jesuit Retreat

House

HOT SPRINGS — The Jesuits of-

fer a

weekend

retreat in the

PeterParish

Situated in the scenic mountains of

observe the anniversary of the mur-

women commemo-

western North Carolina, the Jesuit Residence, Hikers' Hostel, and House of

Prayer offers a peaceful atmosphere for

der of four Church

St.

rating the anniversary of their death

Dec.

2, at

7 p.m.

prayerful reflection.

The community

invited to join in

Private and di-

rected retreats area available.

witness to the people of El Salvador. Jesuit Father John Sobrino of the

ally

University of San Sal vador writes: "Wit-

tion of the Spiritual Exercises of St.

most important things is never far removed from the daily realities of the poor of El Salvador. These people have learned to put their trust in something other than material things, to understand that the most important

Ignatius Loyola.

ness to

life's

things in

life is to

be for others."

Meredith Paterson, of Burlington, has led several youth and peace groups to Central America, will be the

who

each

(1-r)

Don

The

directed retreats are scriptur-

based and filtered through the tradi-

director

The

meet once a day

Hot Springs,

retreatant to spare

and

28743, (704) 622-

Members

MAGGIE VALLEY — A weekend

A.A. spiritual retreat will be held Nov. 29 to Dec. at the Living Waters CathoAll A.A. memlic Reflection center. bers, men and women, are invited. The $70 cost covers room and meals. For more information, call Mac at (704) 687-2324, or Danny at (704) 6899867 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. 1

Oratory Offering

ROCK HILL

based on the Spiritual Exercises. Except for a few times, the House of Prayer is open year round.

"Parable Retreat," will begin

an-

retreat.

at 8

p.m.

and conclude at noon on Dec. 7$ Joanna Case will lead this retreat designed for anyone with a desire to pray and reflect on the challenge of Dec.

some of the parables of Jesus the parables of one's

own

as well as

life.

Please

bring a Bible.

Workshop

$30 for over$10 for commut-

costs are

night registrants, and ers.

retreat

For more information, write or

— The Oratory

nounces plans for a overnight

on the

prayer experience of the retreatant. Arrangements can be made for a 30-day

the Jesuit

mountains

of western North Carolina Dec 6-8 as a preparation for Christmas.

—

CHARLOTTE

presentation were

Grand Knight Steve Poutier of Council 9560, Bishop Donoghue and Tom Bryant and Joe Photo by JOANN KEANE Moore, members of Council 9560.

in celebra-

Lord and Savior.

in the

Dubois, state deputy of the Knights, Dr. Michael Skube, diocesan superintendent of schools,

p.m. a beautiful

begin this Christmas season

will

Vincent de Paul Council 9560 of the Knights of Columbus recently presented a check

St.

For registration, or more information, contact the Oratory, (803)

327-

2097.

call

House of Prayer, P.O. Box

speaker.

The event also commemorates the murder of the six Jesuits and two women co-workers on Nov. 16, 1990, and all the victims of violence

Central

America. The event is co-sponsored by the diocesan Ministry for Justice and Peace. For more information, contact St. Peters, (704) 332-2901.

Christmas Party

—

St. Lucien Parish Spruce Pines will have its annual Christmas party on Dec. 6 (St. Nicholas Day) at the

Pinebridge.

$5 per person covers the turkey dinner.

Reservations are requested

at this

time. Call Carol Hofschulz, (704) 765-

2224, to reserve your place.

Third World Dinner

—

the

In response to CHARLOTTE world hunger concerns, the Pax Christi adult education and outreach committees at St. Luke Parish are sponsoring a

saints

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The Catholic New

22, 1991

World And National Briefs Justice Scalia Counsels Restraint

NEW

not

Urge To Sue YORK (CNS)

In Citizens'

— Supreme

Court Justice Antonin Scalia told Catholic lawyers in New York Nov. 10 that Christians, called to be slow to anger, should be equally "slow to sue." Any judge, he said, can tell about cases where litigation has affected the souls of the embattled parties. Brothers and sisters become permanently estranged, he said, and neighbors are alienated over "in-

consequential" boundary disputes. Scalia said moral confusion was introduced because the English language uses the word "right" in both the legal and the moral sense.

give

fail to

men and women

every

year," the pope said Nov. 10, Thanks-

giving

Day

a religious obser-

vance, not a public holiday.

UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — The

Vatican reaffirmed

work of

the U.N.

its

support for the

High Commissioner

Refugees by pledging gifts totalling $10,000 for 1992. The pledge included $5,000 for the general budget and an additional $5,000 for work in East Africa, where, the Vatican statement for

pointed out, the Catholic Near East

Welfare Association and other Catholic agencies are active. Msgr. Andre Dupuy

Vatican Financial Coordinator Says Catholics Not Giving What They Can

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

Most

U.S. Catholics do not give what they

can or should to the church the Vatican ,

chief financial coordinator told journalists in

Washington Nov. 12 during a

meeting of the U.S. bishops. The offiU.S. -born Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka, also said the Holy See's operating deficit climbed to $86.3 million last year and continues to grow. U.S. Catholics "are certainly in a position to contribute more than they have," Cardinal Szoka said, and he suggested that perhaps the bishops should devote more time and thought to fund raising.

member

of the staff of the Vatican

announced the pledge. Speaking in French at a "pledging conference" at U.N. headquarters in New York Nov. 12, Msgr. Dupuy acknowledged that the "annual symbolic contribution" of the Vatican nuncio to the United Nations,

Pope Thanks Farmers, Urges ProtecFor Rural Lifestyle VATICAN CITY (CNS) On the

tion

—

day the

church sets aside as Thanksgiving, Pope John Paul II thanked farmers for their dedication and asked government leaders to protect the rural way of life. "We want to thank the Lord for the fruits of the earth, which he does Italian

— The

(CNS)

Salvadoran church has accused an elite Salvadoran army U.S. -trained counterinsurgency unit of massacring nearly 800 peasants in a northeastern village 10 years ago. Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador presented an 8 -page report on the killings Nov. 12 in which the church accused members of the Atlacatl battalion of perpetrating the massacre. The report, prepared by the archdiocesan human rights office and based on the testimony of survivors, listed the names of 794 men, women and children killed in, December 1981 in and around the village of El Mozote, in the province of Morazan. 1

Vatican Opens Pro-life Meeting That Includes Operation Rescue VATICAN CITY (CNS) The

world's hungry, Pope John Paul

said.

The pope, addressing members of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organiza14, said

People

— The

military budgets into food aid for the

Nov.

dent of the Pontifical Council for the

Family, said Nov. 14 that pro-life groups

needed

to share

experiences to better

counter a "dangerous concentration of

The three-day meeting 150 representatives from a

anti-life forces."

included

variety of international organizations. first time in a Vatican meeting was Randall Terry,

Participating for the

founder of Operation Rescue, which blocks abortion clinic entrances

in ef-

them.

forts to close

Croatian Cardinal Says Marxist Generals

Key To

War

Civil

WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

Croatia's Cardinal Franjo Kuharic said the territorial ambitionsof Yugoslavia's

communist generals keep the war in his breakaway republic going. Take the military chieftains out of the picture and Croatians could live peacefully with their Serbian neighbors, he said.

end of the Cold War should prompt governments to shift funds from their

tion

that for the first time

hard-line

Vatican, in an exploration of anti-abor-

Pope Urges Shifting Arms Funds To Food Aid VATICAN CITY (CNS)

movements

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, presi-

—

"appears small indeed."

cial,

life

versial organization Operation Rescue.

Salvadoran Church Accuses Army Of Massacre

SAN SALVADOR Vatican Gives Money To U.N. Work For Refugees

opened a meeting of pro-

tion strategies,

included representatives of the contro-

The

for Italian Catholics.

Sunday celebration

can be devoted to development and food production, he said.

continuing poverty

many places means that "the fight against hunger must be vastly extended." The recent reduction of world tensions and antagonisms, he said, should be matched by a decrease in the amount of money spent on the manufacture and purchase of weapons. The resources thus released

Pope Offers Prayers After Death Of Canadian Cardinal Leger VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope

—

John Paul

offered prayers and condo-

lences after learning of the death of

Canadian Cardinal Paul Emile Leger, who had been a member of the College of Cardinals longer than any of its current members. Cardinal Leger, 87, the retired archbishop of Montreal,

named

was

a cardinal in January 1953 by

Pope Pius XII. He was admitted to a Montreal hospital Nov. 7 after suffering an asthma attack and died Nov. 13 of respiratory complications. In a telegram

Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal, Pope John Paul said, "I recall with emotion the long pastoral service he accomplished in Quebec, particuto

larly in

Montreal, the radiance of his

open and charitable personality in the world and his collaboration with the Holy See in the College of Cardinals since 1953."

he told a Detroit Free Press reporter that he thinks the Church should ordain women priests. Bishop Untener later told Catholic News Service in a brief hallway interview between sessions of the U.S. bishops' fall meeting in Washington that he simply expressed

view when the reporter asked him about it. He said he believes the Catholic Church should be discuss-

his personal

women's

ing the issue of

"and

you ask me

—

Untener of Saginaw, Mich., made headlines in Detroit Nov. 1 2 when J.

ordination,

opinion,

think

should (ordain women)."

Mozambican Rebel Leader Received At Vatican

—

As VATICAN CITY (CNS) Mozambican government and rebel representatives continued their peace talks,

was received at time. Afonso Dhlakama, head of the Mozambican National Resistance Movement, with Msgr. Renamo, met Nov. Claudio M. Celli, undersecretary for the leader of the rebels the Vatican for the

first

Bishop Untener Says He Thinks Church Should Ordain Women WASHINGTON (CNS) Bishop Kenneth

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relations with states at the Vatican Secretariat

of State. "This

tant step

and

the pope,"

hope

that

Dhlakama

a very impor-

soon

can meet

told journalists

after the meeting.

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of the

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Sunday, November 24, 1991 says the Lord God, "the one who come, the almighty."

am the Alpha and the Omega,"

and who was and who

(Revelation 1:8)

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Charlotte Catholic Tennis

22, 1991

Team

Collects Another State Title

—

ELON COLLEGE Catholic continued

Charlotte

domination of

its

high school girls' tennis last week with a 7-2 victory over Roanoke Rapids for the

tennis state chamwas the second straight dual

A/2A dual team

pionship.

team crown for coach Mary Ann Dey's Cougars. Paced by Laura

Cowman, who had won her third straight state singles cham-

pionship the previous week

Raleigh,

won five of six singles matches and two of three doubles against

Catholic

Nov. 12 finals. "It's exciting to win again," said Dey. "They have worked hard. We practiced hard and worked hard to get to this point and they had to play their very best

Roanoke Rapids

in the

to win."

Cowman finals,

had an easy time

downing Emily Curto,

in the

6-0, 6-0.

Teammate Rennie Rice had almost

6-0 victory over easy a time in her 6Mikki Garner. But the keys may have ,

been the victories by Jaime Schwartz and Jenny Szany. Each lost the first set before rallying to win. Schwartz beat Susan Patton, 6-7, 7-4, 6-2, while Szany downed Nicole Clarke, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. In the other singles matches, Dey said the "real pivotal match" was Schwartz's victory. "We really needed that win. And Szany's three-set match was an important win for us because we came very close to splitting the singles."

Marisa Mahoney of Catholic downed Leslie Waring, 6-4, 6-4, and Gin Watson of Roanoke Rapids beat Catholic's

Becky Greene, 6-3, 6-3. and Rice opened the

Cowman

doubles with an easy 6-0, 6-0 victory over Clarke and Sarah Stephenson.

Greene and Mahoney had to go to three sets before beating Garner and Patton 63, 4-6, 6-3. In the final

match, Watson

and Waring beat Catholic's Szany and Christy Sullivan, 6-3, 7-5.

Cougar Booters Defeated

State Soccer Quarterfinals MOORESVILLE

— Mooresville

used a strong defense to down Charlotte

high-scoring Cougars the rest of the

way.

Catholic, 1-0, in the quarterfinals Nov.

14 and end the Cougars' hopes for a

1A/2A soccer championship. The victory was a measure of

state

first

score, getting

said Mooresville coach Steve Stith. re-

venge for the Blue Devils who had

lost

to Catholic in the semifinals of the

990

"Getting the

state playoffs.

knew we weren't going

"We

to score a lot of

The one goal was enough all

Tee Brodie,

brother,

a halfback

on the Cougar football team.

16 of the

Mooresville scored the only goal on a direct free kick by Rick Layton. The

Cougars' shots. Blue Devil goalkeeper Rob Hancock had 15 saves. The Cougars ended their seson with

Blue Devils then blanked the usually

a 21-3-1 record.

Charlotte Catholic High School senior Linda Heer helps Tracee Brodie, 8, cheer for

goals on them."

Mooresville turned away

The match was 5 minutes old when

top early was the key to our success,"

— Thomasville

scored early and often Nov. 15 to

down

Charlotte Catholic, 40-6, and knock the

Catholics, Minorities Beat NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Cathoblacks and Jews were responsible

lics,

for the defeat of

David Duke

Louisiana's Nov. 16 gubernatorial runoff election, believes retired

leans Archbishop Philip

New

Or-

M. Hannan.

Duke, a former grand dragon of the at one time a proponent of Nazism, was defeated by 61-39 percent by Edwin Edwards, a former governor whose three previous administrations were the source of criminal indictments and scandal. Although the Catholic Church took no partisan stand in the election, the

Ku Klux Klan and

Louisiana bishops issued a statement early

November urging

voters and can-

didates to "take the high ground" in the election.

Archbishop Hannan told the Arkansas Catholic, newspaper of the Little Rock Diocese, the election results

showed "the people of Louisiana voted their consciences."

An ABC News exit poll reported 62 percent of white Protestants voted for

Duke while the white Catholic vote for him was 48 percent. The Associated Press estimated 96 percent of black vot-

and 45 percent of whites supported Edwards. Archbishop Hannan believes Catholic opposition to Duke was even stronger than the poll showed. He noted Duke lost by a large margin in his home parish (county) of Jefferson, which is more than 60 percent Catholic and nearly 100 percent white. "It was Catholics and blacks and

ers

Duke

Cougars out of the

made the choice a difficult many Louisiana voters. But

past records

one for Archbishop Hannan believes the shadow cast during Edwards' previous administrations, will force the new governor into running a clean office. "I think he'll be under the gun," Archbishop Hannan said. "Many people will be watching him." Although the bishops' Louisiana Catholic Conference has a policy against endorsing any candidates, Archbishop Hannan was outspoken in his opposition to Duke because, he said, the governor's race was not merely political but "a moral problem." "When you find someone who has been violently anti-Jewish and antiblack, then it becomes a moral problem," he said. Archbishop Hannan now heads a New Orleans Catholic television station. He openly criticized Duke in broadcasts from the station as well as in

sermons.

—

New Orleans. Tom Finney,

archdiocesan spokes-

man, said one concern the bishops had about the statement was that it might cause some people to vote for an anti-Catholic reaction.

"Don't think there

isn't

Duke

first

football

The Bulldogs went ahead late in the quarter of the first-round game when

linebacker Terrell Canty returned a Catholic fumble 71 yards for a score

and built up a 26-0 halftime lead. They had a 40-0 lead before the Cougars managed to score on Chris Healy s nineyard pass to Chuck Wittman with just 19 second left in the game. Running back Lamont Pegues led the Thomasville offense with scoring runs of four, 52 and 56 yards. He carried the ball 17 times for 229 of the Bulldogs' 257 rushing yards. Derick Marion completed nine of 16 pass at-

an anti-

an anti-Semitic group," Finney

tempts for 195 yards, including scoring 56 yards to Shane Ross. Healy completed 1 1 of 29 passes for

tosses of 63 and

127 yards and had two interceptions. The Cougars managed only 66 yards on ther ground, 48 of them on 1 7 carries by

Tommy

Landers.

Coach Jim Oddo's Cougars ended with a 6-5 record as they came back from last year's 1-9 mark, Oddo's first losing season at Catholic.

said.

The

letter

was

the bishops' fifth

statement on racism released during a

Duke

political

campaign.

called on

Louisianans to vote prayerfully. A professor of political science at Loyola University in New Orleans, Stan Makielski, said

worthy

was particularly note-

that "for all practical purposes,

has

come

out against

him (Duke)." was no

In Makielski's opinion there

that Duke had a significant amount of Catholic support and that he always has picked up "a fair chunk of Catholic voters." But by and large "I

denying

don't think Catholic voters are particularly comfortable

with his brand of dema-

lot are attracted by economic message," he told The Texas Catholic, newspaper of the Dal-

goguery, although a

Catholic sentiment out there, just as there

the Catholic hierarchy here in Louisiana

The bishops' pre-election statement brought a rush of phone calls many supporting Duke to the Archdiocese of

state

playoffs.

Jews who carried this," Archbishop Hannan said. The attention to both candidates'

40-6,

To End Cougars' Playoff Hopes THOMASVILLE

Retired Archbishop Believes

CCHS,

Thomasville Blanks

his

las

Diocese.

Parishes Plan Joint Holiday Services CHARLOTTE — Several diocesan parishes will take part in ecumenical

Thanksgiving services. In Winston Salem, St. Leo will join with Highland Presbyterian, Knollwood Baptist, Temple Emanuel, St. Timothy's Episcopal, Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, First Christian, New Philadelphia Moravian, Augsburg Lutheran and Unitarian Universal Fellowship. The celebration will be held in St. Leo's new activity center on Nov. 26 at

7:30 p.m. In

Church

the mountains, St.

Arden

Barnabas

be part of the South Buncombe Community Thanksgiving service, hosted by Arden Presbyterian Church on Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. A joint choir, directed by Carol Whitfield, director of music at The Lutheran Church of the Nativity, will lead the congregation in songs of Thansgiving. St.

will

Gabriel in Charlotte will host a

Thanksgiving community service on Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Reverend Jay Casey from Providence Baptist. Other participating churches are Providence United Methodist and Trinity Presbyterian.