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Volume 3 Number 24 • February
Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte
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Lenten Reflection
God On
Or,
Every night when it is time to sleep, I wish I were a woolly sheep. Sheep never have to wash their faces, Ana they can wander many places. Sheep never have to comb their hair, Or brush their teeth, Or worry what to wear, Or cover up with blankets warm,
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Liturgical Style By
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CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE or rap?"
—
"Rachmaninov Take your pick and liturgists
are likely to oblige.
In trying to please everyone, the rich heritage of the Catholic
Mass
is
in
danger of being lost. Yet, that is precisely what has happened in Catholic churches in the last 30 years since Vatican II.
their feet.
"We have a generation to recapture
really like to be a sheep.
But
High!
Own
Pick Your
Or come inside when there's a storm, Or set the table when they eat The breakfast underneath
1994
18,
the heritage, otherwise
it
is
gone," said
Father Michael Joncas, presenter for the
would miss
Fifth
My father's evening hug,
Annual Liturgy Day Feb. 12
at St.
Patrick Cathedral. Father Joncas, a priest
And my mother's morning kiss.
for the Archdiocese of St. Paul
and
Minneapolis, is editor of the "Gather" hymnal. A composer of liturgical music, he is best know for his song "On
From Ash Wednesday Through Easter, by M. Ward, a book written as a way of
Eagles' Wings."
Speaking of music, whatever happened to silence? This, too, has been
Elaine
"walking and talking" with Jesus during Lent, as a way of being with God.
lost in
planning the "perfect" Mass that
will appeal to everyone, Father Joncas said.
Photo right:
"Thirty years after the Second Vatican Council, we have not worked out the kinks in this worship we do
Sheep roam the countryside in Yorkshire, England. Photo by JOANN KEANE
Sunday
after
Sunday day
after day,"
Father Joncas said.
Religious Leaders VATICAN CITY
(CNS)
—
armed
ih
and Muslim leaders meeting
conflict, said Christian, in
Religion
Cannot
Jew-
Yugoslavia is not a religious war and "appeals and exploitations of religious symbols to further the cause of aggres-
Tur-
sive nationalism are a betrayal of the
Reli-
ion can never be a valid justification )r
Say
universality of religious faith."
The IJey.
leaders
condemned "any
They demanded an end to
at-
:mpt to corrupt the basic tenets of our
by means of false interpretation _nd unchecked nationalism." The final declaration from the meetlg in Istanbul was published by the latican Feb. 15. The meeting was cobonsored by Ecumenical Orthodox atriarch Bartholomeos I and the New ork-based Appeal of Conscience Founrith
Roger Etchegaray, president the Pontifical Council for Justice and ;ace, made a special appeal for an end the fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The final declaration built on a 1 992 atement from a similar meeting which id, "a crime committed in the name of is
a crime against religion."
"We stand firmly against those who olate the sanctity of
human
and moral
life
irsue policies in defiance of
lues," said the declaration.
"We
concept that it is •ssible to justify one's actions in any med conflict in the name of God," the reject the
irticipants said. In fact, Christianity,
daism and Islam all proclaim peace as supreme good willed by God. The leaders said the war in the former
e
lina Catholic Bookshoppe. Braving inclement weather, more than 200 musi-
gees while they are displaced and help
cians, liturgical ministers, celebrants,
them
to return
planners and worship committee
home.
"We condemn
who
bers from the Carolinas, Virginia and
families from their homes, tear children
Georgia attended. "Maybe we've been overdoing it," said Eleanor Adeimy, organist at St. James Church, Hamlet, after listening
from
husband and
their parents, divide
name of false nationalisms,"
tion."
agreed unanimously to utterly condemn
"We totally abhor and condemn ethnic cleansing
and the rape and murder of
women and
children," they said.
demand
"We
the removal of obstacles that
prevent humanitarian assistance from
who are suffering." Every human being has a right
to
The freedom of conscience of members of
practice his or her faith, they said.
minority groups must be given special
wife in the
The participants in the meeting "have war and armed conflict; to demand that no hostile acts are perpetrated upon any peaceful group or region in the religious faith; to
demand
name
of
the initiation
of constructive dialogues to solve outstanding issues between those of different faiths; and to
demand
practice one's religion in
the right to
freedom and
with dignity."
The
religious leaders branded as
who
continue the
guarantees.
criminals those
The demned
and forced removal of people from their homes.
religious leaders also conethnic conflicts in the former
mem-
uproot
those
they said.
The meeting participants, including ardinal
Religious communities must help refu-
and destruction of houses of worship and of holy and sacred places of whatever religious tradifiscation, desecration
reaching those
ition.
ligion
"the con-
War
Justify
The all-day event was sponsored by Rock Hill Oratory, the Charlotte Diocese's Office of Worship and Carothe
kill-
to a presentation.
"How do we
correct
our over correcting?" "T ve discovered the richness of what we could have," said Chuck Taft, director of music at St. Eugene Church, Asheville. "We have to understand a little more and go back and grab that tradition."
Americans have bought into consumerism and their individual rights, and brought them to church, said Father Joncas. "Each individual consumer can go to the style of liturgy he chooses."
ing, rape, beating
See Liturgy, Page 2
Soviet republics of Georgia, Armenia
and Azerbaijan and Tajikistan. Children are the most tragic and innocent victims of
all
Diocesan Support Appeal
of those con-
they said. They asked their religious communities to do everything possible for the "spiritual, psychologi-
flicts,
and physical healing" of the conyoungest victims. A special effort must be made on behalf of those forced from their homes
cal
flicts'
or those ity
who are faced with the possibil-
of being forced to
flee,
they said.
The annual Diocesan Support Appeal, a major source of funding for 30 ministries, is now under way. The campaign began Feb. 6 and will continue through April 10 with a goal of $1,806,000. See column Page 6.