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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

the house that the

is

Lord

Third Millenium

built.

VATICAN CITY

The house of the world has a roof

John Paul

made of sky With space

Each room So the

Church's preparation for and celebra-

The meeting,

house has

to

which

all

of the

world's 141 cardinals have been in-

windows for light, stars and the moon may

vited, will 1

be

0,

be held

at the

Vatican

May 9-

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-

Valls told reporters

March

1 1

.

The pawas

pal letter convoking the meeting

seen in the night.

There's a mat that says, Welcome that stands by the door, And bright blooming flowers cover the floor.

The kitchen is warmed from the heat of the sun.

It's the house of the Lord, built for everyone.

March 2, he said.

Themes besides the beginning of

dated

the third millennium of Christianity

may

be announced before the meeting or raised by the cardinals themselves during the gathering, which Navarro-Valls called a "plenary assembly of the College of Cardinals."

"The agenda he

is

more or

less open,"

said.

The importance Pope John Paul places on marking the 2,000th anniversary of Jesus' birth can be seen in almost

every speech he makes and in his repeated calls for a renewed evangeliza-

From Ash Wednesday Through Easter, by Elaine M. Ward, a book written as a way of

tion effort in preparation for celebra-

'walking and talking" with Jesus during Lent, as a way of being with God. Photo right:

— Pope

(CNS)

has convoked a meeting of

tion of the year 2000.

pass by in the

II

the world's cardinals to discuss the

in the attic for clouds to

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Pope, Cardinals To Meet On Plans For

Lenten Reflection This

18,

tion.

The May meeting

will

be the

fifth

plenary assembly or consistory called

by Pope John Paul to discuss Vatican

Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by JOANN KEANE

administrative matters or specific themes

of interest to the universal Church.

The earlier special assemblies were:

Prison Minister

Sees Human, Not

—

Violent Side

of the

In 1979 to discuss the structure

Roman

culture,

CAROL HAZARD

By

See.

through."

Associate Editor

Matevie says he's right where God wants him. And that' s in jail, alongBill

side rapists, murderers, thieves, sex of-

fenders and child abusers.

Matevie, however, doesn't see "the aniI

J

I^J^UlWV ma '"

'

n tnese people.

The Prison Ministry

_L—

coordinator for the dio-

human

cese sees the

side, the vulnerable

crack however slight

it

may

Visiting one day in a

he was the kind of kid who never got into fights and who was terrified of violence. "Yet, when it comes time to do the Lord's work, it's all there ... He (the Lord) is the most dependable

After

He was

informed the man was in solitary confinement for almost killing another inmate. Nonplused, Matevie asked if he could see him.

Groping his way in the dark with only the two of them down in the "dungeon," Matevie heard a voice call to him.

He

turned and saw a figure behind

jail bars. Reaching through the bars, he and the inmate hugged each other. The prisoner, a black Muslim, broke down

and cried.

Later, as

Matevie

left solitary

con-

finement, he recalls hearing the huge,

heavy door him. "I

felt

there, but

to the dungeon slam behind calm and natural while I was

when

I

left

my

knees starting

shaking and the human part took over."

Matevie, 51, says he doesn't know

why

the

Lord puts him where He does.

murdering his girlfriend the day the victim's sister was married. His girlfriend

had returned home

Hundreds of .people the memorial Mass. »f% one

went went

the least of

my

you do for me. (Matt 25:40) Matevie is one of a handful of people

brothers,

diocese involved in Prison MinisThe ministry is supported by the

in the try.

Diocesan Support Appeal.

Father Aurelio Ferrin ministers every Tuesday to Hispanic prisoners. Patty

Kersey of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Charlotte, leads female inmates in song and prayer. Volunteers from Our Lady of Consolation Church, Charlotte, conduct one of the largest Bible studies in the Mecklenburg County Jail and assist Matevie in his South Carolina prison ministry. Moreover, children from St. Ann School, Charlotte, melted hearts

when to

to

wedargument

after the

ding, and the couple got in an

Some people minister to the poor and homeless, others become lectors or Eucharistic ministers. Matevie is called to serve what may be the very least of His brothers.

security prison in Columbia, S.C., vlatevie asked a prison guard the where-

young man was charged with

that turned deadly.

What you do for

maximum

A

thing going."

be.

abouts of one of the inmates.

all,

In

1982

to discuss the reorgani-

zation of the Curia and Vatican finances,

with special attention on the Vatican bank's relationship to the failed Banco

Ambrosiano.

In 1985

— —

to discuss curial reform.

In 1991 to discuss the defense of

:

accused killer. No one,' that is, except Matevie.

"Some people don't think miracles happen, but they happen every day," to see the

says Matevie.

No

—

Curia, the Church and and the finances of the Holy

matter that Matevie

is

not a

credentialed chaplain. He's "Chaplain

and the jail staff.

Matevie refuses credit for his work.

"I'm not capable of doing this myself," he says. "It's Him doing His work and using me as the channel ... When I walk in on a stranger, I trust the Holy Spirit to give me the words." Matevie never

Bill" to the inmates

knows what

will transpire, but the spirit

has never failed him, he says.

"This is a most unrehearsed and spontaneous ministry ... But it's never so instantaneous that you don't have

time to say a prayer."

See Prison, Page 16

and the problem of new A papal encyclical on issues relating to human life, which the cardinals attending the meeting asked Pope John Paul to write, is expected to

human

life

religious sects.

be released this year.

Also this year, Pope John Paul is expected to name at least 20 new cardinals to bring the number of those under the age of 80, and therefore eligible to

vote in a papal conclave, up to the limit

of 120 members.

When

the

May

consistory

was an-

nounced, 102 members of the College of Cardinals were under 80. Two others

— Cardinals

Ugo

Poletti, the retired

vicar for Rome, and Myroslav Lubachivsky, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church

—

will

mark their 80th

birthdays before the expected late June

induction ceremony.

they sent hand-made Valentines

women

inmates.

can always count on Bill and the Catholic Church," says Rev. Walter Dennis, chaplain of Mecklenburg County Jail. "Bill is my right hand man.

He's always there, always caring, always giving, always loving. He has the love of the Lord in him and it shows

Diocesan Support Appeal

"I

The annual Diocesan Support Appeal, a major source of funding for 30 ministries, is now underway. The campaign, with a goal of $1,806,000, began Feb. 6 and through April 10.

will continue

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The Catholic News

& Herald

March

18, IS

Lenten Reflection On

way

the

By FATHER VINCENT DONOVAN Easter, we pause to reflect on

Holy Week and

the day Jesi went to a funeral. A Jewish funeral in those days could last a month, as is the ca in the East and Africa today, to give all the relatives and friends the time to con and pay their respects. In the Gospel pages, Jesus is reported as having faced tl death of others twice before the death of Lazarus, His friend. In the first two case to

Jesus did not know the deceased.

He apparently did n

even know their names. He called them simply, "youi girl" and "young man." He was deeply moved wi compassion for the grieving parents of the young gi and the sorrowing widowed mother of the young ma But He had to imagine how they felt, like an outsid looking

in.

two broken-heart< was different

In the case of Lazarus, and his

knew

whom He

of

sisters, all

exactly

as they did

how

—

they

loved,

felt,

it

because

He

felt

the san

the shock, the loneliness, the pain.

]

moved by the deepest emotions. He showed it is all right to weep at a funeral. He wept for His friei Lazarus. He wept for His own mortality. And so do we. His own death was tl next one He would encounter in the Gospel story. The funeral of Lazarus was last time people would weep at the death of someone like those who have no hop wept,

tl

The death and Resurrection of Jesus would change forever the meaning of deat _ robbing

it

of

its

victory and

its sting.

Jesus played with the death of the

He overcame

little girl.

effortlessly

tl

death of the young man. But He had to struggle with the death of Lazarus, becau: not only death, but corruption has set

McSweeney, diocesan administrator, signs public policy priorities for the Diocese of Charlotte. With him is Scott Spivak, Justice and Peace Ministry coordinator.

Msgr. John

J.

Photo by

CAROL HAZARD

in.

He prayed

him by name, He screamed, "Lazarus, come

bound

in a burial shroud.

Jesus told them, "Untie him, and

let

him go

Children

to

And Families Top

Diocesan Public Policy

List

go on with

life.

forth."

He commanded, And he came fort

I-

is

the

from the bonds of symbol of all of us. Fn world and God's worl m

Free to go back to his homeland, his

The words spoken for Lazarus' sake are spoken for our sake too. "Untie the and let them go free." Unleashed by the full power of our baptism from all tho; things that make us unfree in our world and in our church.

Of

\

free." Free

grave, of mourning, of darkness, of terror. Lazarus

Voices For Justice

aloud,

called

,

sei

For one brief passing moment Jesus pulls aside the clouds that hide from God, and the view takes our breath away. The same laws govei sickness and health, life and death that rule the sun and its planets and the Mill

Priorities

l

the face of

By

CAROL HAZARD

Way.

Associate Editor

port for children and families.

The issue was

CATHOLIC

identified in a

sign-up form for Voices for

FNAIUE5

Justice, a legis-

network that helps Catholics belative

CAMPAIGN

come voices for people too poor

or too vulnerable to speak for them-

Members become

two brokei k God than the Milky Way and th

shows us

education, health, safety and security.

At the national level, it would include promotion of welfare reform and full funding for programs such as WIC, a supplemental food program for women, infants and children, and Headstart, an early childhood development program

God

the face of

is

19.

go

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Sees No Problen h m With Papal Trip To Lebanon Vatican Official

for 3-5 year olds.

By

that the tears of

more important to marked by the pain of human suffering.

Spiritan Father Vincent Donovan is parochial vicar at Our Lady ofLourd in Monroe. He spent 1 7 years as a missionary in Africa and is the author oftM books, Christianity Revisited and The Church in the Midst of Creation. hearted, grieving sisters are

Parishioners are ready to tackle sup-

A

Jesus, at the funeral of Lazarus,

zeroing in on support for chil-

dren and families, parishioners will grapple with hunger and poverty issues as well. Hunger and poverty was identified as an area of interest on the sign-up

:

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

DeLebanon, a

Another bomb was discover

"voices" by

forms. "In effect, we've hooked two

spite recent violence in

getting involved in public policy advo-

interests together," said Scott Spivak,

ministry coordinator.

Vatican official involved in dialogue with Muslims said he foresees no prob-

March

and national levels. The parish-based network is organized by the Justice and Peace Ministry.

About 150 parishioners have responded so far to the ministry's invitation to work toward a more just society and promote social policies that protect and promote human rights and dignity.

Second and third on their list of priorities are health care reform, and peacemaking and peace keeping.

Msgr. John J. McSweeney, diocesan administrator, approved the

lems with the scheduled papal trip to the Middle East country in May. Jesuit Father Thomas Michel, head of the Islam section of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, said the vast majority of Christians and Muslims in Lebanon are prepared to welcome Pope John Paul II. "The hope is that the pope will go and will speak about building a new Lebanon, restoring a pluralistic society after the war. Surely these will be the themes and they will be welcomed by the majority of Muslims," Father Michel

nection with the failed bombing

selves.

cacy

at state

diocese's public policy priorities.

"We

are trying to be a positive force and keep

the

human

rights to life

and dignity

before our legislators," he said.

"More

"We're not

telling

vote," said Spivak.

people

"We

how

to

are trying to

inform Catholics on the issues and the ways in which Catholic Social Teachings brings light to the issues. There

is

a

moral dimension to public policy making."

Voices for Justice is not an interest group with an agenda, says Spivak. "It's linking faith with contemporary issues of social injustices."

The network

shares resources and

United Bread for

legislative strategies with the

States Catholic Conference,

the World, North Carolina Child

Advo-

said.

The U.S.

met with Vatican-

cacy Institute, North Carolina Council and Pax of Churhes,

accredited journalists

March

communities are interested in raising consciousness on real issues that directly affect children and families."

Support for children and families at

Christi.

than two weeks

bomb exploded

For more information, call Scott Spivak at (704) 331-1714 or return the Voices for Justice sign-up form on Page

at a Maronite

the state level involves issues related to

16

specifically,

I'm pleased

that

our faith

Maryfield Nursing HIGH POINT

—

George Willy

"Billy" Hariston, a cook/supervisor at

Maryfield Nursing Home, is the recipient of the Service in the Spirit of Love

Award.

The award, in memory of Poor Servants Sister Marie Campion, is given

NETWORK

in this issue.

Jesuit

after a

Catholic Church in Jounie,

killing or wounding several worshipers and leading to speculation that the pope would cancel his visit.

Lebanon,

Home Honors Long-Time annually by the nursing home to someone who demonstrates that service to others is the main objective in long-term care. A staff member for 29 years, Hariston began as a dishwasher in the kitchen.

He is the

dietary staff.

senior

member of the

10, less

In

making the

10. Italian

that three people

had a

presentation, Poor

tremendous way of building bridges between him and his fellow employees.

His ability to lead and be a team player at the same time are commendable."

newspapers repoi ^ apprehended in c attei

of targets that included

list

apostolic nunciature in Beirut and

Maronite patriarchate.

Some Lebanese Christian politici have criticized the pope's planned \ as implicit recognition of Syria's do nance over Lebanon, since the Syi army controls two-thirds of Leban territory.

pope would go first to S; first to Lebanon t Syria, then perhaps they would 1^ point," Father Michel said. "But pope is going to Lebanon, and he's "If the

then Lebanon, or

going to Syria."

"I believe that a pastoral, religi

does not indicate an acceptano He is going as a Chris leader, a Catholic leader, and 90 perc visit

this type.

of the Muslims as well as the Christi understand this," he said.

Dietary Staff

Servants Sister Lucy Hennessy, nursing home administrator, said, "Billy has a

k

the French Cultural Center in Jon

Member

A graduate of Ragsdale High Sc\ and a member of Foster's Grove Baj Church in Jamestown, Billy and wife, Carolyn, have three children one grandchild. He is lead singer in group "Cut Glass," a contempor; beach music group.

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Doctor Charges More Pro-Lifers With Racketeering, Harassment By

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

GREENSBORO

—

Benedict when the original

In a case in-

Amendment issues of free

volving First

speech and assembly, some 50 pro-lifers have been named in a lawsuit filed by a doctor who performs abortions. The lawsuit is an attempt to stop protesters from picketing near the doctor's home.

The original lawsuit, filed two years ago, named Bill and Linda Winfield, Prolife Action League and 25 Jane Does and 25 John Does for racketeering, inflicting emotional distress and posing a Parishioners at St. Dorothy Church, Lincolnton, break ground for a

Dennis Williams,

in are (1-r)

architect;

Zello, parish council chairperson;

sanctuary. Digging

Fran Herzing, building committee member; Ralph

Tom

parishioner; Father Ric Farwell, pastor;

new

Howard,

builder; Harriet Abernethy, the oldest

Ron Harbert, building committtee chairperson; and

Joan Use, capital campaign chairperson.

Construction Of

Begins At LINCOLNTON

St.

—

which

Ground was

will seat

300 people,

expected to be completed by Sept. 1 The home of the Catholic Church in Lincolnton has traveled many routes and overcome adversities since its inception 50 years ago. It began with four families

who met for Sunday Mass at an

old funeral

home. Today,

St.

Dorothy

Parish has 150 families.

community became a mission of St. Theresa Church in Mooresville. Property was purchased in 1955 for construction of a church on -|North Aspen Street. In 1957, with three families, Sunday Mass was celebrated In 1944, the faith

in

an office.

A home for the small Catholic com-

families, feet.

in 1958. Through the Church Extension Society of

hicago, funds for a

1

,260-square-foot

rectangular building and living quarters For a part-time priest a

were obtained from

Mr. Winter who requested

Dorothy M. Winter.

was made

into a per-

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

JMW

how

is

a person

who engages

protest at an apparently public

know when he

In 1969, St.

Dorothy became a mis-

other protesters were peacefully picketing under police escort.

"We're not harassing Dr.Kaplan's wife or screaming or hollering," said

Linda Winfield. "We're doing nothing more than praying and giving witness to the killing of the unborn."

sion of Our Lady of Consolation Church, Charlotte.

The number of

registered

families doubled from 25 families in

1970 to 50 families in 1973.

Throughout the '70s, the parish famcontinued to grow. In 1974, 85 families attended crowded weekend Masses.

In 1976, with 117 families, the present tract of land with 5.4 acres was made available by the Craig Wood family

and purchased by the church.

In June 1 976, the mission was made a parish by Bishop Michael J. Begley. ily

Construction for a 6,900-square-foot

approximately once a month near the doctor's house. The group prays as well for the conversion of Kaplan that he may one day see abortion for what it is,

in a

or she

may

be subject to hundreds of thousands of plaintiff's attorney

said Winfield.

The

An

could not be reached

injunction

was granted barring

from picketing within 300 of the street where Kaplan lives.

the protesters

comment.

Father Conrad Kimbrough, one of the newly named defendants, said the lawsuit is "frivolous."

Father Kimbrough, now pastor of Holy Spirit Church, Denver, was pastor of St. for

feet

Despite repeated attempts, the Winfields

have been unsuccessful

in getting the

injunction overturned.

See Winfield, Page 16

Lawrence K Of

St.

said.

denouncing abortion near Dr. Richard Kaplan's house and on another occasion, protesting with a placard in front of his office. Arrested twice for blocking entrance to an abortion center, Father Kimbrough said he was aware then that he was breaking the law.

However, in both situations cited in this lawsuit, Father Kimbrough and the

forum

dollars for doing so?" said Warren.

to

he

Some 60 people pray for 45 minutes

used for the priest's residence.

C

Council To

Celebrate 80th Anniversary ASHEVILLE — The Lawrence be Robert special guest will

St.

Carpenter,

multi-purpose building began in late

Council of the Knights of Columbus

past grand knight and

summer 1977. The building was located

will host its annual

Founders Day Corporate Communion and Breakfast on Sunday, March 20. The Council, No.

North Carolina State Senate.

The Knights of Columbus were founded in 1882 in New Haven, Conn.,

by Father Michael McGivney. The St. Lawrence Council was founded in July 1913 under the leadership of Benedictine Father Albert Goetz, chaplain, and Grand Knight Dr. M.J. Costello. Benedictine Abbot Leo Haid of Belmont Abbey, the last appointed Vicar Apostolic of North

at the far

end of the property so future

expansion would be possible.

Over the next

several years, a

ber of changes were

made

num-

meet the needs of the growing parish. For exto

came

offices

and a

Plans for a

new

sacristy.

sanctuary were

first

discussed in June 1990. Future plans include conversion of the existing struc-

Thanks to St. Jude for petitions granted.

The Rockette Family

tive,

rights,"

a placard

"From a First Amendment perspec-

supposed

ample, a cry room was converted into a chapel and the priest's residence be-

la

ESG, RBQ,

addition

from any kind of

Father Kimbrough recalls carrying

Action League, are parishioners at St. Benedict Church.

In the latest development, the Jane Does and John Does have been given names. "The point is to terrorize as many people as possible," said Ray Warren, counsel for a defendant.

What' s more, by adding more people

manent chapel with a stationary altar and 14 pews. The original structure was

that the

:hurch be named after his deceased wife,

The

(the plaintiffs) are trying to

Amendment

to the lawsuit, the plaintiff increases his

which had nine was enlarged by 950 square

was

picketing by depriving us of our First

public nuisance among other charges.

The Winfields, who founded Prolife

In 1961, the church,

munity was built atholic

"They

frighten people off

chances of collecting damages.

is

\],

Sanctuary

Dorothy Church

broken Feb. 27 for a 6,400-square-foot anctuary at St. Dorothy Church. The sanctuary,

New

suit

filed.

ture into a parish center with a

playground.

new

1695,

is

celebrating the 112th anniver-

sary of the founding of the Knights of

Columbus, and the 80th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Council.

The celebration will begin with 9 a.m. Mass at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr. Msgr.

John J. McSweeney, diocesan administrator, will celebrate the Mass.

The Mass will be followed by breakfast at the

council

Asheville Country Club for

members and

their wives.

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A vaiid wui stmds as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as we ^ as an on S°' n 8 commitment to t fie Church and the community in which we live!'

Msgr. John

J.

McSweeney

to being a priest in the Diocese of Charlotte?

Contact

Y

:

Father Frank O'Rourke, Vocation Director 1621 Dilworth Rd. East Charlotte, N.C. 28203 (704) 334-2283

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte. Simply have the following statement included in your Will: "/ leave to the

Charlotte the

Roman

Catholic Diocese of (or percent of estate) for its religious, educational

sum of $

the residue of my

and

the

was a charter member.

The council is currently led by Father Carl Kaltreider, pastor, and Grand Carolina,

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member of

charitable works.

For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Director of Development, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

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"Respect for human life is not an issue, it is an entire attitude toward the world around us. It is the best shield we have against the forces of death abortion, euthanasia, drugs, hopelessness and abuse which are attacking our society. When we know that

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MPs,™

we

are made in the image and likeness of God, when we understand that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6), we begin to understand that the snares of death have no power over

4jp

us."

Amy T. Miller Program Development,

Editorial An

Obstacle

To Union

dozen years, hopes have risen for Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. An ongoing dialogue between representatives of the two churches has resulted in agreement on many of the issues dividing In the past

The Respect Life Office

Diocese of Charlotte

eventual union between the

Variety Of Gifts

them.

But recent action by the Church of England, the mother church of the Anglican Communion, has raised a serious obstacle to that hoped-for union.

A

church synod

in the

1970s said there were no women priests and including the Episcopal

some member churches Church in this country

— — began ordaining women

shortly thereafter. Then, a few months ago, the Church of England cleared the way for ordination of women.

The first 32 women were ordained as priests of the last week in Bristol Cathedral and more women are expected to be

Church of England

many

as 1,000

ordained before the end of this year.

On the day

of that ordination, Vatican spokesman

— —

Joaquin Navarrro- Vails quoting the late Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II said the action "constitutes a very serious obstacle to every hope for union between the Catholic

Church and the Anglican Communion." view that there is no

In contrast to the Anglican

(CNS) The variety of spirigiven to members of the Church cannot be allowed to become a source of division, Pope John Paul II said.

While the

Valls said that the Catholic Church "for well founded theological reasons

does not believe

...

it

have raised the same objection

to the ordination

of

women.

which can be changed or

to

which excep-

tions can be granted like the rule for celibacy

among

Latin-rite clergy.

"It

The

has important theological implications," he

said, especially for the

Church's understanding of the

sacraments.

Many

most often

is

the

Anglican leaders have indicated they bewomen is a matter of justice or

charisms of the Holy Spirit are given just as they are given to members of the clergy, he said. The gifts make lay people "ready and able to assume a variety of works gifts or

and offices useful for the renewal and expansion of the Church," the pope said.

Every member of the Church, he said, "has the

said only families "built

necessary ability to assume the tasks to which they are called for the good of the Christian people and the salvation of the world, if they are open, docile and

Commandments can remain solid and united."

"Some have been talking about building a false family, a fictitious family of two men or two women,"

faithful to the action

of the Holy Spirit."

A diversity of gifts must be recognized and appreciated in the Church, the If

every

pope

pretended to have

same gifts and to be called to the same office it would go "against the design of God and the gift of the Spirit, and also against the most basic laws of every

To ensure pope

said,

he

pastors are entrusted with judging the

"The history of the Church shows that when the charisms are real, sooner or later they are recognized and allowed to exercise their constructive and uniting function," he said. Every member of the Church must be helped to see how the gifts of the Spirit are working

own

simple and hidden ways,

lives, usually in

he

equality.

who, committed to serving the common good, establishing justice, improving the living conditions of the poor and indigent, caring for persons with handicaps, welcoming refugees and work-

church because of the ordination indicates that Catholics are not the only ones who see this to leave their

as a theological issue.

We

said.

The pope

hope

it

will not

be a

fatal

blow

to eventual

said that

is

especially true for those

"faithful to a holy vocation, are

ing for the realization of peace in the world."

unity.

Pope Says Church Must Be Strong In Defending The Family VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul

—

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on the

truth

the pope and the (Ten)

visit,

_

he said, referring to a February proposal by the European Parliament and subsequent debate across the those of married couples.

"We respect every man, every woman, but to build a family this

way

said during his

Parish in a

said.

the continued unity of the Church, the

authenticity of the various gifts.

in their

Speaking during a March 6 parish

continent to grant homosexual couples rights equal to

said.

member of the Church

lieve the ordination of

The decisions of numbers of Anglican clergymen

The Pope Speaks

good

men and women

to lay

social structure,"

Navarro-Valls said that the Catholic position that only men can be priests is not a matter of Church discipline

of the Holy Spirit lead to personal

the

He also noted that leaders of the Orthodox churches

Divisive

POPE JOHN PAUL II

of others and of the whole Church, the pope said March 9 during his weekly general audience.

has a right to

authorize such an ordination."

gifts

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women, Navarro-

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is still

among

such a thing as

BOB GATELY

the pro-abortion

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stories

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rare

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There is an outfit called the Alan Guttmacher Institute which concerns itself with research on abortion and issues related to it. Its findings are frequently quoted in the secular media in stories on such issues.

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exceptions — don't

mention that the organization is affiliated with Planned Parenthood and supports so-called "freedom of choice" on abortions. As a matter of fact.T can recall seeing just one story recently which identified the institute's

late;

hi

position.

The It

you can imagine, supports coverany health care reform package.

You know,

many

The

institute, as

age of abortion

in

takes the stand that, since

private health

it's

the old principle of following prece ".I

dent.

interesting thing

is that

the institute wants

III t<

. ;

insurance plans already cover abortion, there's no

reason

why it should not be included in a national plan.

overturn precedent in another area.

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1994

[larch 18,

& Herald

5

Masks think

I

was Father John Powell,

it

knows.

But such a glance is precisely the glance that

tion.

am, and I'm all I've got." Along these nes, the following piece entitled Masks" was sent to me recently. I don't

and I know it.

That is, if it' s followed by acceptance, it's followed by love.

low who

It's

the author

du might find

it

is

but

I

thought

—

by me. on't be fooled by the face I wear.

Dr I wear a thousand masks, masks that on't be fooled

m afraid to take off. nd none of them are me. is an art that's second nature ith me, it don't be fooled. ive the impression that I'm secure at all is sunny and unruffled with me,

retending

ithin as well as without,

confidence

is

my name

and cool-

game, d that I need no one.

I don't believe me. Please.

Danic at the thought of [id

my

weakness

ie behind,

lonchalant, sophisticated facade,

me

pretend, to shield

One Candle

can't assure myself

I

I am worth something.

But I don't tell you this. I don't dare. I'm

afraid to.

I'm afraid your glance will not be followed by acceptance and love.

I'm afraid you'll think less of me, that you'll laugh at me, and your laugh would kill me.

I'm afraid that deep-down I'm nothing, that I'm no good, and that you will see this and reject me. so I play my game, my desperate game.

And so begins the parade of masks, and life

becomes a

front.

I

dislike hiding. Honestly!

Only you can wipe away from

my

eyes

Please try to beat

I

dislike the superficial

ing, the

game I'm

me from

play-

phony game. and sponta-

down those walls

with

the blank stare of breathing death.

firm hands,

Only you can call me into aliveness.

Each time you're kind, and gentle and

but with gentle hands. ..for a child

encouraging,

Who am

each time you

understand because

try to

you

really care,

my

heart begins to

grow wings, very

With your sensitivity and sympathy, and your power of understanding you can breathe life into me. I want you

know

neous, and me.

to

But you've got to help me. You've got to hold out your hand, even when that's the last thing I seem to

Please. ..do not pass

that.

me

•

is

very sensitive.

I, you may wonder. I am someone you know very well.

For I am every man you meet and I am every woman you meet.

Anonymous

but wings.

I'd really like to be genuine

why I frantically create a mask to

help

Light

me of

small wings, very feeeble wings,

fear of being exposed.

iat' s

if

that

my

my

ss

only salvation

the only thing that will assure

what

interesting.

Masks

at

My

FATHER JOHN C ATOIR

my salva-

who wrote: "I'm afraid to tell you ho I am because you may not like who

J.

by.

(For a free copy of the Christopher Note, "I Am Somebody, " send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New York, NY. 10017) Father John Catoir is director of The Christophers.

News

want.

What What makes

a

A

modern parish?

key to the modern parish

Is the

ind in a visionary pastor, or

is it

a

of forward-looking or-

Ymizations are followed, a li is

one that considers

|sponsible for

its

all

modern parparishioners

progress.

Granted, visionary pastors have con-

futed greatly ies.

Nor can

Irishioners j't

things

to forward-looking par-

be denied that talented have been the power that it

moving

in

many

parishes.

Nevertheless, recent studies of mod-

hization demonstrate that

it

is

best

Icomplished when everyone in an or[nizationjs considered an idea person.

This integrative approach is more xessful than one in which a few |rsons

do

When

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ers,

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A modern parish is like an orchestra, whose director works for harmony between the different musicians before him. This presumes that a certain tension exists between the director and the

players.

A

modern

as a resource

it

and capitalizes on it.

To be modern is

have feedback

systems. If an issue causes tension, the

causes are studied and efforts are undertaken to learn what must be rectified.

This represents the practice of pru-

This principle especially holds true parishes that wish to respond to the

greatest

lilticulturalism

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The modern parish also makes education its first priority. The parish never ought to be so consumed by daily activi-

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18,

1994

The Catechism Lesson The year is 1910. The place is a room schoolhouse in western Ireland.) The schoolmaster is in a bad

proaches him and raises his

Michael

small one

mood

He

today.

has only a few weeks

prepare his students for confirma-

left to

When the bishop comes,

tion.

them

to be ready.

He

is

he wants walking to and

fro in the classroom, grilling their catechism.

He

is

them on

not pleased with

Each time a student gives a less than ter

gives

him

is

a

composed of body and soul, made in the image and likeness of God." The teacher pauses, looking at the boy. "You think you're smart, don't creature,

response, the schoolmasa

whack with

his rod.

On

you? Very well, then, stand up, and answer this one. What are you?"

The command to stand up is usually Michael stands, looks

to trip

eye and says, "I'm a

usually bested

man."

The master walks

of the more complex questions from the catechism, the teacher gives him one of

cause I am a creature, composed of body and soul, made in the image of God." Instead of raising his rod, the teacher places his hand on Michael's head and

some

of the more seasoned students wonder.

"The old master must be setting Michael up for one of his trick questions."

"Michael," the school master booms,

man?"

is

I

replies.

image and likeness of God." "Correct. Now, tell me, What

is

woman?"

(Behold, the man.)

"

heard this story back in 1 972 when

Dad

told us a

good

bit

about his native land, but the best stories were the ones we heard from the childhood friends he grew up with. This is

my

story

Michael pauses. This question is not in the catechism. The master ap-

to

my sister and I took my father to Ireland before he died.

"Man is a creature, composed of body and soul, made in the Michael

"Ecce homo.

says,

his best students, but

him on those

out what was happening she quickly put

dad

an end to our under table classroom and

trick ques-

Always respectful, he didn't back down and when he was occasionally tions.

Michael and says, "You're just a boy. What evidence do you have that you are a man?"

Michael responds, "I am a man be-

the simplest. "What's going on?"

up

larly harsh beating.

his teacher in the

day no one is perfect enough. Thus far, no one is spared.

Then he calls on Michael, one of his best students. Instead of giving him one this particular

"What

Lifelines

reserved as preparation for a particu-

their answers.

letter perfect

JIM MCINERNEY

stick.

"Woman

blurts out:

favorite one.

was

my

The Michael

in the

beaten he took

master was tough.

He was always trying

I

When

I

learned the basics.

my

teacher' s pedagogic methods, the people

word "nigger"

of the village did learn some basic lessons. One of the most important was the

My dad sat me down and reminded me

of

in front

parents.

of what the catechism and the Bible said about God's special creation "in His

and women were equal. He used the catechism lesson to drive that lesson home and they never forgot it.

I remember the first time I learned that catechism answer. I was 4 years old. fact that men

image and likeness." He then that if

he ever heard

me

told

me

use the word

again I'd get clobbered!

We, men and women, black and

One of my older brothers would come home from school, take me under the dining room table, read the questions

white, are "creatures,

and

composed of body

soul, created in the

image and

likeU.

ness of God." That

is

why

abortion

is ifii

and answers to them.

It

that the school-

my brother's teaching techniques, but

not before

got a little older I came home from school one day and used the

stoically.

Whatever the shortcomings of the

father.

Dad's friends said

it

to

him

was

his

me

and then

grill

me on

wrong. That

When we way of having me

learn the answers. If

wrong, he'd slug me.

I

is

why

racism

is

wrong.

most basic of lessons, someone needs to give us a whack.

help

forget this

got one

When mom found

Questions About The Bible Q. What is the chronology of the books in the Bible? Is there a list that details this chronology? I understand

arship. Its

hardly be exaggerated.

The text is avail-

was written in three parts, before, during and after the exile in Babylon. Is that true? When Herod

able in several publications.

Antipas "ruled" Galilee, who ruled Judea, Syria and the other provinces?

We recently heard of one Gospel not mentioned in the Bible, that describes the boyhood of Jesus, one by St. Thomas. Are these Gospels available

Christian writings can be enormously

Isaiah

somewhere? Even the little history of the Jews

I

have learned helps

me

understand the Sunday readings and has deepened our faith. We'd love to have a Bible class, but none is available in our area. We'll appreciate any help you can give us. (Indiana)

I

make these comments, among other

yours.

For years, a

third to a half of all

me

concerned marriage, remarriage, annulments and church rules about such subjects.

Today that "first place" easily goes to questions concerning holy Scripture.

The serious, even scholarly, hunger for knowing and applying the biblical word of God is one of the wonderful encouraging signs of faith alive in our Catholic Church.

It's growing. I'm glad you share it.

You ask several huge questions. I will offer some brief thoughts, and then sugquestions sent to

gest a

few helpful resources.

and may even derive one way or

helpful,

another from the author to whom they re '

attributed, they are not,

become

are not in our attributed to

New

Testament.

Thomas,

as

you

One

say, al-

leges to describe several bizarre miracles

performed by the child Jesus.

The most famous Gospel of Thomas, however, is a series of 1 14 "sayings" of the "living Jesus."

will not

part of our Bible.

We believe that the books of Scripand the teaching of the Church have handed them down to us, ture, as tradition

are complete.

As

they are, they hold their unique

position

among

The

entire

"the church, in her teaching,

all

she herself is and

all

all that

on Revelation, 8).

Thus, such writings may be rich and helpful in many ways; they are not the

"word of God"

for us as

we

believe the

Bible to be.

Numerous excellent resources exist today for every area of biblical the

interest.

mind for a start. One is New American Bible, the "official"

Three come

to

Scripture published under the auspices

of the bishops of the United States.

As I've mentioned before, the texts, notes and commentaries are marvelous

and thoroughly

reliable in their reflec-

tion of our faith.

Next would be the Catholic Study It contains the NAB text and

materials, but

much

additional back-

ground on the whole Bible and on individual books (Oxford University Press).

If you're really hungry (and have about $70), the one-volume flagship of English-speaking Scripture scholarship is

The

tary.

New Jerome

The

Biblical

Commen-

best scholars in the world

stories to the

This Gospel goes back probably to the year 100 at the latest, and is perhaps

rent approaches in biblical study.

Testament schol-

Scratch" (videos and

Messenger

Press).

See Question, Page

the

samtis

PROBABLY BORN OF CHRISTIAN PARENTS AROUND THE YEAR 315, HE WAS RAISEP ANP EPUCATEP JERUSALEM ANP WAS ORPAINEP

BY ST. MAXIMUS. CYRIL TAUGHT CATECHUMENS FOR SEVERAL YEARS ANP LATER SUCCEEPEP MfiXIMUS AS BISHOP OF JERUSALEM. CYRIL

ST CYRIL of JERUSALEM

IN

everything from the Genesis creation

New

From

printed materials from St. Anthon)

tion

contributed major, readable articles on

history of

"Scripture

Dozens of

people in our parish, for example, are enthused with our present program,

that she believes" (Vatican II Constitu-

library along the Nile in northern Egypt.

r

too.

and

life,

worship, perpetuates and hands on to

Gospel was discovered only

significant archeological find

Excellent Bible-group study pro-

grams are available

those things by which

among other texts in an ancient

text of this in 1945,

and

Bible.

Several early Christian "gospels"

Question Box

reasons, to stress that, while such early

generations

A. First let me say I am awed by the number of questions I receive similar to

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

importance in the developing life and words of Jesus can

study of the

Dead Sea

scrolls

and curIt

also

includes introductions and verse-byverse commentaries for

all

the Bible (Prentice Hall).

the

books of

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JERUSALEM ANP HAP AN ARIAN SYNOP CONPEhAN CYRIL FOR SELLING CHURCH POSSESSIONS TO AIP VICTIMS OF A FAMINE. IT

IN REALITY"

WAS BECAUSE OF CYRIL'S

OPPOSITION

TO ARIANISM, A HERESY THAT / 1 PENIEDTHE TRINITY. N r/ CYRIL WAS EXPELLEP TWO MORE TIMES >Y IN HIS LIFE BUT WAS FAITHFUL TO / THE CHURCH. HE WAS A SCRIPTURAL SCHOLAR, A GREAT PREACHER. AND HIS XATECHESES" QELWEREP PURING LENT IN ABOUT 347 GIVES AN IDEA OF THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN THOSE PREPARING FOR BAPTISM ANP OF THE .PALESTINIAN LITURGY OF THE -

FOURTH CENTURY. CYRIL WAS PECLAREP A POCTOR OF THE CHURCH IN 1882 BY POPE LEO XIII. HIS FEAST IS MARCH 18. Š

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Herald 7

Enterta in merit 'Schindler's By

Gerri Pare

Catholic

News

—

NEW YORK

This year's

may end up as Steven Spielberg's big night. He looks sure to finally win a directing Oscar for List.

1987,

In

Academy of Motion

—

sification A-III

—

adults,

Picture Association of

(A-II cents, no

The Remains of the

—

adults and adoles-

MPAA

some material may be inappropriate for children

the Best Picture category, but it's

wife,

Ms. Campion

just as likely

under 13) is the contender.

Laurence as wife-beater Ike

strongest

Fishburne Turner in What's Love Got To

Do With

It (A-III,

R)

is

this year's

long shot.

Angela Bassett as Ike's fiery Tina Turner, in the same movie is also the long shot in the

will

instead get to grasp the golden statuette for Best Screenplay.

America

Daniel

—

contender for Best Picture and certain to cop Best Actress award for Holly Hunter.

Jane Campion, writer-director of The Piano, may deprive Spielberg of his directing Oscar, and "The Piano" may even win in

Motion

rating),

Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father (A-III, R) and Liam Neeson in Schindler's List gave outstanding performances. But Tom Hanks as the AIDS-inflicted lawyer in Philadelphia (A-IV, PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that

a strong

and Sciences presented him with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award an honorary Oscar in recognition of his collective body of work.

Indeed, "Schindler's List" (U.S. Catholic Conference clas-

in

Day

eight nominations, considered

its

Picture Arts

—

Hopkins

—

the

Anthony

In the Best Actor race,

the highly

adults, with reservations, R), with

ways been denied the prestigious Oscar.

restricted),

—

Despite being the most commercially successful director in movie history, Spielberg has aldirecting

—

acclaimed story of how Catholic Oskar Schindler saved 1,100 Jews from certain death in concentration camps, may come out on top at the awards ceremony; it has the most nominations a dozen, many in major categories.

Its greatest competition seems to be from The Piano (A-IV

Oscar presentations March 21

Schindler's

R

rating

Service

On Oscar

Could Be Big Winner

List'

Best Actress

field.

some

Night

Six Degrees of Sepalast year's win-

in

ration (A-III, R)

ner Emma Thompson was deliciously restrained in The Remains of the Day and Debra

Winger was Shadowlands

admirable A-II,

PG

—

in

pa-

guidance suggested, some may not be suitable for children), but Holly Hunter has it virtually locked up as the mute Scottish mail-order bride who arrives in New Zealand with her piano and vivacious daughter.

If Best Picture doesn't go to Schindler's List or The Piano, the hugely popular The Fugitive (A-II, PG-13), the stirring In the Name of the Father or the exquisite The Remains of the Day may stand a chance.

rental

material

Stockard Channing was win-

The race

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By Brother Cyprian Catholic

Rowe,

L.

News

standing in the breeze, their leaves rustling in union with the wind. Those trees stand still, and they listen.

FMS

Service

It is difficult to listen.

to

—

The wind has secrets it reveals only the trees. The trees stand still and

What did Jesus mean when he said: "Having ears, they hear not"? Why didn't the disciples understand him?

Why did the disciples in the Emmaus inn hear what Jesus said as

must become

—

surround, envelope and pass through without resistance.

Attention must be paid so that

time? Why didn't James and John understand that their fighting over the first places in the kingdom was not the heart of the matter?

The answer is that they had not listened. What they heard, conse-

was not the message the Lord

tion,

more than

else,

was, instead, the message each of them wanted to hear for his own pur-

One

attitude: clears the ear,

the

head and the

It

when the speaker is

"Good

listening

...

attentive to another person's

every

level: Is that

all

casual?"

is

sion. It is

or skill

a better listener?

"Several years ago went through some classes on meditation.... We spend so time talking to God and telling him what we want that we don't spend time listening. Once you learn to listen to God, then you can listen to other people."

Deanna Cline, Arlington, Tex. I

much

—

"When became a widow a year ago, made me a better listener. When you come undone, having someone to listen, too, becomes very important. Hurting Vernie Notch, Kimball, Mn. makes you more sensitive to the person around you." it

—

"As

I

grow

older,

their feelings, to

"I

empathy helps me be a

walk

in

their shoes."

was a law-enforcement

stress situations,

what they had

I

had

to say.

I

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better listener. As listen, Cathy Salinas, McAllen, Tex. I

14 years. Working with people Patience is the most important thing. didn't say a lot and was slow to respond when

try to feel

I

officer for

to listen.

in

high

let

I

I

them say Joe

did."

—

remind myself that sometimes we think we know how someone is viewing an Sheryl Temaat, may in fact have a completely different view."

Colorado Springs, Colo.

"I

—

issue. But they

An upcoming edition asks: How did faith influence a conversation in your home for example, a conversation about TV programming, work or

—

If

you would

like

the

wind,

passed through.

Good listening

like to

respond for possible publication, please Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

write: Faith Alive! 3211 Fourth St. N.E.,

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rounding world whether that be the world of cars and buses; the laughter of children; birds and squirrels in the limbs of trees.

The good listener learns to attend tc the present experience.

7. Good listening requires repose and a quiet spirit. The good listener is comfortable with self without tht need to jump in, out of self-defense, al the hint of danger. The good listener is self-possessed and able to take comfon in a quiet spirit.

It is always important for a listenei to take the speaker's uniqueness int( account. This means that to listen wei one has to depend on the speaker'

—

J

"system" of communicating for th(

treated

Good listening,

if

one can imagine

like decoding another's world.

down, she told me she had been in pain because I had "sent her to hell."

I calmly asked what she meant. It became clear that a comment I thought I had made playfully had been taken seriously. I be-

had not

listened well for tone.

4. Good listening requires true human re-

gard for the speaker, perhaps even love. We listen to one who has value, whose worth commands our attention.

Good

practices silence.

Strange as this might seem, the person who wants to listen well will often push words out of mind and pay attention to the sounds of the sur-

means

if it

person's every level: Is that person calm or upset, urgent or casual? What is the tone of voice? Is the person speaking literally or not?

Would combining how the person looks with the words and tone being used tell me that these words might mean the opposite of what they are saying?

Years ago a student I had taught telephoned me. She wanted to see me right away. When she came in and sat

5.

is for-

unfortunately,

baby's diaper.

mands

listener

cannot take place, like watching televinot possible to listen well

lieve that she

Whiting, Kyle, S.D.

leisure time?

—

But knowing the code demands that one become attentive to another

made you

I

re-

while continuing to do crossword puzzles, scan the comics or change the 3.

What attitude

No

sponse is being formulated; there is no laying on of attitudes for or against; there are no internal responses until the messenger has,

is

it, is

MARKETPLACE

person

calm or upset, urgent or

their

FAITH IN THE

is like

decoding another's world.

But knowing the code demands that one become

heart in order to receive words and meaning from another.

But listening does not involve a mere bombarding of the eardrums.

poses.

So, as I enter into this discussion of how to become a better listener, I invite you to picture a group of trees

To listen, stop every other activity.

The good listener excludes all else 2.

speaking:

good listening can take place. Atten-

sent.

active re-

sponse of one person to the expression of meaning by another. But I'll return to this idea of responding later.

still

like the tree.

One must allow another's words to

for the first

quently,

listen-

means that the

mulating a response before the communication is complete.

The exception would be that the listener needs a clarification if the speaker is going to be understood.

6. The good listener is also one who

The process involves an

ing requires training as intense as that undergone by champions.

1. To listen, one

listen.

if

Good

rupting

/

listening de-

that one not interrupt another. Inter-

of understanding

u

si

what

heard.

!J

The good listener always strives t< hear what the speaker means. In fact the speaker's meaning implicitly wil the listener how to respond well In short, if the listener has hearc correctly heard the speaker's ex pression of self he or she canno help but give the response which ii being sought. tell

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The good listener, then, must al ways be characterized by the kind o

rom

Tl

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humility that allows for entering into the meaning of another.

Maybe Jesus had people coming tt him in the night because they kne^ that more than one who spoke, he wa: one who could hear, listen and re spond.

Slice

(Marist Brother Rowe is a researci associate in the Department of Psy chiatry at Johns Hopkins UniversitJ" School of Medicine and Dean of Stu dents at the Graduate School of Socio Work at the University of Maryland' 5 Baltimore.) !

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18,

1994

The Catholic News

&H

Three reasons for hearing but not listening ister of the word's responsibility to

By Father John Catholic

News

J.

Castelot

change hearing into listening comes

Service

into play.

A There is an important difference between hearing and listening.

At the end of the Transfiguration scene in Mark's Gospel, a voice from the heavens proclaims: "This is my beloved son. Listen to him" (Mark 9:7).

Who is urged to listen? Not only the three disciples

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Surmounting the frustration stage

in learning to listen

il

who are present, but all

By Father Robert Catholic

?

"How am

ier

worker?"

I

News

L.

Kinast

affirming God's presence in their lives.

One time Gilchrist visited a 70-

Service

we

different from a social always await this question I

I work with students preparing become hospital chaplains.

The students are trained to "listen" patients. But after a few visits the

ivhen ,o

:o

students' frustration begins to show.

They want to "tell" the patients how to -egard their illness and what spiritual significance it has.

When

the students are reminded

hat their primary role is to hey wonder how this ministry

listen,

differs

rom a social worker's role.

The students assume that faith ihould make a difference in the way hey relate to another person. The aslumption is correct, but often it leads o the conclusion that God is present to he other person only through the ninister and especially in what the

—

ninistersays.

In

the rule for good listening is in the phrase Jesus often osed to conclude his teachings: "Let those who have ears, hear, listen." fact,

ummed up That

is

not only the key to good

istening. It is the

key

to faith.

Faith is listening to God's word, to 3od's self-revelation. Faith involves uning in to the people and events and concerns and circumstances of everyday life. That's why Jesus used comnonplace examples and familiar stohelp people hear God's word and deepen their faith.

Jay Gilchrist understands this. He

ries to ;o

the pastoral coordinator of a Cathoparish in Tennessee. This parish <vas established for the express purpose of bringing a Catholic presence nto the county.

To do this, Gilchrist spends a lot of 8

ic

woman known simply as Granny. A series of tornadoes recently

year-old

had destroyed everything

in the area except her old house.

"It ain't much, but this place is built solid," she explained. She went on to describe her concern for her grown sons who don't go to church anymore and don't treat their wives well. "I pray they'll be able to read the signs and know that God is speaking to them," she added.

As Gilchrist listened he recalled the biblical notion that faith like Granny's is a house with a solid foundation. He also recognized that she was a good listener: She was able to read the signs around her and help others, including Gilchrist, to hear what God was saying

through them.

To listen this way means a person is willing to face what is heard. Sometimes this can be uncomfortable.

Child psychologist Robert Coles gives several examples of this in his book,

"The Call to Service."

Once when Coles was tutoring 1 1 -year"Why do you come here?" Coles was speechless, unable to rattle off "some big analysis or explaold Billy, the boy asked him,

nation" in the face of Billy's honest gaze.

Coles struggled with Billy's question for a week. Then Coles went back.

His explanation wasn't a "big analysis." He told Billy how much he person-

—

ally enjoyed coming each week and that he even treated himself to Italian pastries on the way home.

Billy was pleased to hear Gilchrist's confession of humanness, of being "as hungry in my own way as he was."

Really listening to Billy's question meant that Coles had to confront himself and his reasons, without hiding behind a lofty idealism.

Christians who believe God speaks in everyday conversations want to listen to what others say. It's a matter of faith.

(Father Kinast is director of the Center for Theological Reflection, Madeira Beach, Fla.)

Sunday after Sunday people today hear the Good News. But do they listen?

why

not?

Perhaps familiarity has dulled the edge for some people. I think it someIf not,

times works this way: People are born into a Catholic home; they start attending the liturgy with their parents; for years they hear the word of God before they are ready to grasp its full meaning. Much is good about this. But the risk is that it will engender a habit of dutiful hearing without listening and habits are hard to break.

So as people become older they may continue just "hearing." No ill will is

—

involved, no deliberate indifference.

People just continue to do what they

always have done.

A second reason why people may hear, but not listen more attentively, is that the Scripture readings are couched in terms that reflect an ancient, alien culture. There is something strange and remote. The readings may seem to lack immediacy, and thus may strike many hearers as rather unreal.

It takes an effort to translate that culture into their own, an effort for which they are not ordinarily equipped or disposed. This is where the min-

which

to become listeners and doers.

Finally, we may tend to hear without listening if we are selective hearers who turn a deaf ear to anything

that

listen?

his time visiting local people, sharing their experiences, listening to them and

essential, after

is

word

Listening is basic for a follower of Jesus.

In the letter to the Romans, Paul agonized over the fact that, by and large, his correligionists had not accepted Christ. This was a mystery to him, one for which he proposed several tentative explanations.

One explanation: Perhaps the

word

the homilist attempts to translate biblical language into contemporary idiom. This motivates hearers of the

disciples of all times.

people had not heard the Good News.

But after raising that possibility, Paul continues: "Did they not hear? Certainly they did" (Romans 10:18).

Obviously, they heard. But did they

sincere, intelligent proclamation

of God's

makes us uncomfortable. Maybe

don't really like it when the Gospel clearly calls for a change of values.

If we've been living by society's value system, any call for a change may be perceived as a threat. We'll refuse to listen.

However, that voice still rings out insistently: "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

(Father Castelot

is

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

FAITH IN ACTION Listening

is

"passive,"

good

either "active" or

and most people are

at passive listening, giving

the appearance of listening

when

minds have wandered off, says Presbyterian elder John Marks Templeton in Discovering the Laws of Life (Continuum in

fact their

Publishing Co., Publisher

Resources, 1224 Heil Quaker Blvd., La Vergne, TN 37086.

1994. Hardback, $22.95). But "active listening is difficult," he says, "because it requires staying focused on what the speaker is saying." Active listening utilizes

way a photographer uses a camera, adjusting the lens

the ears the until

the settings are

right.

Reflection: By listening I need not become passive. Listening

enables me to play a better active responding to others by recognizing their actual needs. Is my ability to listen one of the best ways for me to show respect for another person? Isn't listening role in

Christlike?

—

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Here in a nutshell is the problem with listening: People don't say what you want them to say. They surprise you.

Did say wanted to be taken by surprise?

It never ceases to amaze me that the process of communication between two people doesn't go the way think it will (or should) go. Naturally, the other person's perspective is the real problem. The other person always seems to inject something unexpected into the conversation. Then have to cope with that and digest it.

And don't always immediately know what to do with the new slant on things that the other person contributes. So sometimes listening gets frustrating.

I

I

I

I

I

But

I've

noticed that

when

other people think I'm not listening they get will stop bringing their

frustrated too. I'm told that this creates the risk that they

concerns to me or stop caring what think. do realize that other people need me to listen to them. also need others to listen to me. a If listening is so important, the ability to listen must be virtually a virtue power we're given by God that must be practiced to become perfect.

I

I

I

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An Emergency Med

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—

store "I

when the call came over his radio.

was just

getting

cashier," Father

my

Leach

change from the recalled, "and I

couldn't quite understand all the details, but

I

knew

there

was

a

mom and a baby

involved." Sixteen minutes after the call,

Father Leach helped to welcome Jordyn Danielle Bethards, weighing 5 pounds,

2 ounces, into the world. She was born on the living room floor to Ruth and Kevin Bethards of Osceola. The couple also has a 3-year-old, Brittany. Along with Father Leach and another emergency technician, three ambulance crew

members helped bring Jordyn

safely

Russian Church Official Does Not Expect Catechism To Sell Well ROME (CNS) The Russian translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is not expected to be a best seller among Russia's 372,000 Catholics, said the Russian Church official responsible for publishing the book. Poor economic conditions and a traditional Russian distaste for price tags on religious literature probably mean low sales, said Father Alexander Khmelnitsky, head of the information and publishing office of the Moscow-based apostolic administration for European Russia. "A first run of

—

10,000 will be quite enough," he told Catholic News Service during a March

Rome.

way off,

Publication

is still

a long

though, with no target date

since the Russian version

is still in

set,

Pope Names Justice, Peace Official To Head Bishops' Congregation VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope

—

II

has

named

the vice presi-

dent of the Vatican's justice and peace council to be the

new

secretary of the

Congregation for Bishops. Argentinian Bishop Jorge Maria Mejia, who has been at the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace since 1986, was named an archbishop and secretary of the congregation March 5. He replaces Archbishop Justin Rigali, who was appointed archbishop of St. Louis.

activist

(CNS)

— Labor

Msgr. George Higgins was hon-

Seminarian Becomes Acolyte...

At a dinner and

meeting, held in Washington with other

Higgins was lauded for his years of involvement with the labor movement.

In introducing him, Father J. Bryan Hehir traced the history of Msgr.

Higgins' work to improve the lives of laborers as a requirement of Catholic social conscience. Msgr. Higgins strove to help workers out of a sense of social justice as well as spiritual and faith motivations, said Father Hehir, a professor at Harvard Divinity School and

adviser to the U.S. bishops on social policy.

Catholic Author Michael Novak Wins $1 Million Templeton Prize

—

who

political issues

is

known

particu-

an advocate of "democratic capitalism," has been named 1994 winner of larly as

Templeton Prize for Progress in The prize, which will be presented by Prince Philip in a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace May 4, was announced at a March 8 press conference in New York. The Templeton prize was established in 1972 by mutual fund manager John Marks Templeton, a native of Tennessee who now lives in the Bahamas. He keeps it at a monetary level above the Nobel Prizes to indicate

Thomas Williamson

a third-year theology student for the Diocese of Charlotte at

(r),

Meinrad Seminary, was

instituted Feb. 7 in the Ministry of Acolyte. Pictured with

St.

him

is

Benedictine Father Isaac McDaniel, associate dean of students at the seminary.

Photo by

MARK LAWLOR

the

Religion.

his belief that progress in religion is

more important than

in the areas honored by other prizes. This year, it is 650,000 British pounds, or approximately $1 million.

Father Reese Gets Fellowship To Write Book On Vatican Politics WASHINGTON (CNS) Jesuit

—

Thomas J. Reese, senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University, has been Father

awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. During his fellowship year the academic year 1994-95 Father Reese will write a book on the organization and politics of the Vatican. He is cur-

—

—

rently in

Rome

book. "Little

is

gathering data for the

known about the opera-

tions of this important institution

how

and

impacts on the life of the Church and the world," he said. "The purpose of it

study

is to

cal science

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WASHINGTON

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NEW YORK (CNS) Michael Novak, a Catholic writer on cultural and

into the world.

visit to

In

18,

bring the tools of politi-

and organizational theory

a study of the papacy in

its

to

operations

today."

Cardinal Says Upcoming Pro-Life Encyclical Should Be "Blockbuster" YONKERS, N.Y. (CNS)— Pope John Paul IPs expected encyclical on pro-life issues is bound "to be a blockbuster," said Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York March 5. It will be "binding in conscience on Catholics all over the world," he said. Cardinal O'Connor said he spoke with the pope about the encyclical, and found him becoming "stronger and stronger in his denuncia-

Cardinal Bernadin New Healing

Calls For

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CHICAGO (CNS) Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago March 4 called for a

new

throughout the

effort

Church to heal the wounds surrounding the problem of child sexual abuse. "Now is the time for healing and the healing

—

starts

today," he said at a First Friday

Club luncheon in Chicago. Cardinal Bernardin had been scheduled to address the luncheon a gathering of more than 400 Catholics in downtown Chicago on the yearlong celebration currently under way of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Chicago Archdiocese. But he took the occasion

—

tions of intrinsic evils," while also be-

—

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Cardinal O'Connor made his comments individuals

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Vocation Update

Priestly Characteristics:

What To Look For

By FATHER

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our new bishop. Bishop William G. Curlin comes to us with many gifts. One of his gifts is he has served as vocation director for many years in the Archdiocese of Washington.

His ministry to priests and seminarians has gained him the respect of many. As we continue to pray for vocations, let us pray for a new vitality throughout the Diocese of Charlotte that will invite many men to respond to the call to priesthood.

Both Msgr. John J. McSweeney, diocesan administrator, and Father Joseph Kelleher, pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary, Lexington, drew my attention to an article about discerning vocations that was published in the May 1, 1993 issue of America, a Jesuit publication. The article by Terrance Klein, spiritual director at The Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, lists characteristics to help in the discernment process.

I would like to share with you some of the signs to look for in men who might

be called to the priesthood.

In sharing this list of characteristics, I hope you will look into your own life and see if you have these gifts. Also, I encourage you to look within your family and parish community, identify someone whom you believe has the gifts, and encourage the person to respond by beginning the process of dialogue with me. * Service Does the person show signs of altruism? * Compassion Does the person feel empathy for the suffering of others? * Commitment Is this a person who follows through on commitments? * Sociability Does this person interact well with peers? Do others enjoy being around him? * Leadership Can the person lead by persuasion and example rather than

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'(^muniquemonoj Comunidad De Hendersonville

La Transmision De La Revelacion En Cristo se cumple y llega a su termino toda Revelacion publica. Jesus encomienda la predicacion de su mensaje de salvacion a los Apostoles y a los que vendrian despues de ellos (Mt. 28, 1920). Porque "Dios quiere que todos los hombres se salven y lleguen al conocimiento de la verdad" (I Tim. 2, 4). Por eso los Apostoles llevaron la predicacion de la Buena Nueva a los judfos y a los paganos y dejaron a sus sucesores el encargo de continuar la obra de predicacion.

Desde el propio inicio de la Iglesia la predicacion del mensaje se llevo a

cabo de dos maneras

distintas:

La

"predicacion" propiamente dicha de

la

cual los Apostoles salfan a las plazas, a

Paulino y Sara Melendez, casados recientemente, son una pareja activa que toma parte integrante en la vida espiritual de la parroquia dedicada a la Virgen Maria en Hendersonville,

donde

los frailes capuchinos guian a los fieles del lugar. El

es el director espiritual de la

como

Padre Allen Dec,

comunidad hispana de Hendersonville, quien

el

Padre Allen los domingos a

la

1

Cap.,

la

misa en

:30 p.m. Paulino estudia contabilidad

y trabaja en una fabrica como tejedor de alfombras. Su esposa Sara es Praesidio de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de la Legion de Maria.

mismo con otros hombres para que continuaran su obra manteniendo intacto el mensaje.

estos hicieron lo

Y asf, la predicacion apostolica es continuada en la sucesion apostolica a traves del tiempo, hasta el fin del mundo.

La transmision oral y viva de lo que los Apostoles y sus legftimos sucesores

ensenaron, guiados por el Espfritu Santo,

llamaron "Tradicion" porque es y no contraria a la "Sagrada Escritura" y esta estrechamente la

distinta

relacionada a

es la palabra de Dios escrita en los libros

inspirados por el Espfritu Santo. La Tradicion recibe la palabra de Dios y la transmite Integra a los sucesores, para

que

ellos la conserven, difundan fielmente.

El Santo Padre hablo a cuantos se

reunieron en Roma para la recitation del

su carrera de gerentologfa, trabajando como

enfermera que sus hogares.

Inmaculada

visita a los necesitados

en

En nuestra comunidad de la Concepcion, Alba ha

destino del

es respeto absoluto del plan de Dios;

amor que es election y don retiproco de

rango de sistema.

del oeste de Carolina del Norte. Los

a Denver, Colorado, el ano pasado,

con miles de jovenes procedentes del mundo

Sirve de Ministro de la Eucaristia en las

Angela fue con su amiga Reyes Chavez y ambas disfrutaron muchfsimo.

en espanol. La presencia de esta

Esta joven hispana sirve tambien de Ministro

contribuido a su desarrollo y bienestar.

liturgias

senora tan dedicada a los demas, anima a todos a edificar

la

comunidad hispana.

entero.

de

la Eucaristia

y de lectora en

las

misas

dominicales.

To Our Friends

Y

Ahora que

se prepara para la

celebration del jubileo del ano dos mil, la Iglesia siente la

de manera especial

las familias li

estan invitadas a redescubrir ese

si

amor

dentro del nucleo familiar.

Amadfsimos hermanos y hermanas, pidamos a la Virgen santfsima que nos ayude a construir la civilizacion del amor. Que ella nos gufe maternalmente por el camino de la conversion del

La Cuaresma

corazon.

es

un tiempo,

propicio para realizar esa renovation

necesidad de invitar a

cuantos se interesan de verdad por

interior.

.

(L'Osservatore Romano, edicion en lengua espanola, 1 8 defebrero de 1994)

el

Noticias Diocesanas Retiro Espiritual.

Ya tenemos reservado el local del Catholic Conference Center en Hickory, para nuestro retiro anual. La fecha sera el fin de semana del 17 al 19 de junio,

antes posible.

Cursillos de Cristiandad

Tambien tenemos reservado el loThe Oratory, Rock Hill, Carolina

cal en

del Sur, para el Cursillo de

hombresM

8 y para el Cursillo de mujeres, septiembre 22 al 25. Siempre

1994. Vendra de Michigan a dirigirnos el Padre Arturo Cooney, franciscano

septiembre

capuchino, quien se dedica al Ministerio de la Palabra. Este retiro es para todos

contamos con la ayuda de los dirigente; de la Region VII para la formation de los equipos que serviran en ambo Cursillos. Quienes esten interesados er recibir mas information, pueden llama; a miembros del Secretariado en Char lotte: Rafael Silva, despues de las i p.m., tel. (704) 568-3 1 88/Daisy Medina

jovenes y adultos de nuestra comunidad diocesana y hay sitio para muchos, pues el lugar es grande y muy hermoso. El costo de $60 para aquellos que puedan, pero nadie debe privarse de participar si no los tiene. Para inscribirse, los

Dedicated people from Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville help to build up the Hispanic community with Capuchin Father Allen Dec. There is an explanation of how divine revelation comes to us through the Scriptures and tradition. Pope John Paul II encourages families to generate love at home. We announce our annual Spiritual Retreat in June and Spanish Cursillos for September of 1994.

la civilizacion

Una

Angela Melendez pertenece a una familia

Melendez estan muy envueltos en la vida de la comunidad hispana de Hendersonville.

Angela tuvo la dicha de poder asistir al gran acontecimiento de la visita del Papa Juan

hombre y de

a unir sus recursos y su esfuerzo, para construir la civilizacion del amor.

pregunta interpela profundamente nuestra responsabilidad: civilizacion se impondra en el futuro del planeta? En efecto, de nosotros depende

bien establecida en esta region montanosa

II

la

en el ano a ellas dedicado. La familia, gran laboratorio de amor, es la primero escuela, mas aun, una escuela permanente, en la que la education en el amor no se da con aridas nociones, sino con la fuerza incisiva de la experiencia. fOjala que toda familia redescubra de verdad su vocation al amor! Amor que

triunfe la civilizacion del individualismo, el utilitarismo, los intereses opuestos, los nacionalismos exasperados y los agofsmos elevados al

Pablo

la

mediodfa del domingo 13 de "Los anos que estamos viviendo pueden considerarse seguramente un epoca de transition. Ante nuestros ojos hay un mundo en movimiento. La humanidad se encuentra en una encrucijada. El desaffo de la libertad constituye desde siempre la grandeza y el peligro del hombre. Pero hoy la interdependencia de los pueblos da a este desaffo un al

que

comunidad latina; allf su mamacita, Marina Molla, de 93 anos de edad, conducia con gran entusiasmo un grupo de oracion carismatica. Aquf en esta ciudad Alba ejerce

expongan y

La Familia, Escuela De Amor Autentico

la presidenta del

carBcter nuevo, global, planetario.

la

la

(Con permiso de los Padres de Sociedad de San Pablo)

febrero. Estas son sus palabras:

con

ella.

La Tradicion y la Sagrada Escritural brotan de una fuente com-n: la Revelacion divina, pero son dos modos distingos de transmision. La Escritura

completo, los Apostoles escogieron a

Angelus

Alba Stones ha estado viviendo en Hendersonville por muchos anos. Ella es de PanamB y estuvo trabajando en California

como

sucesores y a ellos les confiaron el mensaje de salvacion. Por otro lado,

hombres

invita a

Paulino a participar en los ministerios liturgicos. Paulino es lector de

espanol, que celebra

OFM

los lugares de concentration de la gente o a pequenos grupos como familias y evangelizaban a todo aquel que quisiera escucharlos. Por "escrito": algunos de ellos y algunos otros cristianos de su epoca pusieron por escrito el mensaje y nos dejaron los libros inspirados que forman el Nuevo Testamento.

A fin de que el mensaje oral y escrito se conservara siempre puro y

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Sunday highlights

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We are called to be like that grain of

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new

1

it

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In our family great sacrifice of

self.

life,

we are

called to a

This can be lived out

in many ways: As we attempt to be patient with one another in the face of differing temperaments and opposing points of view; as we resolve conflicts without insisting on our own way; and, as we attempt to share the power of decisionmaking, just to name a few.

Where am I being called to selfsacrifice and patience within my family?

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Diocesan News Briefs Getting

Ready For the

Big Day..

the annual

March

27.

"Walk for Life" on Sunday, The center is dedicated to

sharing the love of the Gospel by pro-

viding a

range of services

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more information.

— Hugo

and Bobbit

May will present "Rekindling the Fire,' Professional Parents

Needed

CHARLOTTE — Youth Homes, a

a retreat for married couples, on Marcl

25-26

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agency providing therapeutic foster care for children and adolescents with behavioral and emo-

ter.

tional problems, is seeking families for

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enthood), will speak Friday, April 15 at

CCHS Scholarships CHARLOTTE —

7 p.m. at Magnolia Street Baptist Church.

Columbus

He

speak about the reasons some

scholarships to Charlotte Catholic Hig

organizations are pressing for compre-

School students who attend or plan t attend CCHS and will not participate i sports. Awards are based on applicatio

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STOPP

(Stop Planned Par-

hensive sex education programs in the

school system. Sponsored by the Guilford Citizens for Responsible Sex Education, the speech is free and open to the public. For more information, call Annabell Simpson at (910) 685-4178.

The Knights

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information. Completed application

should be mailed by May 13 to Knighi of Columbus, Charlotte Council 77( P.O. Box 11287, Charlotte, NC 2822(!

Call (704) 563-2251 for information.

Card Msgr. John

J.

McSweeney, diocesan

volunteers from Charlotte parishes

gathered at the Catholic Center to address some

2,000 invitations to the April 13 installation Curlin as bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte.

of

St.

at St.

Gabriel Church of Bishop William G.

The volunteers, organized by Jackie Cummings

Gabriel, addressed the invitations to bishops throughout the country and to civic and

Hundreds of parishioners are volunteering their time and efforts in Photo by CAROL HAZARD

ecumenical leaders.

preparation for the celebration.

Lenten Weekend Retreat

.ASHEVILLE

— Bishop Jerome

J.

Hastrich, retired bishop of the Diocese

of Gallup, N.M., conducted the annual

Lenten weekend onciliation with

retreat,

"Joy

is in

Rec-

God and Neighbor," at

Lawrence on March 11-13. Bishop Hastrich served as Auxiliary Bishop in Wisconsin prior to his

the Basilica of St.

appointment to Gallup. He also served 20 years as an auxiliary chaplain in the U.S. Air Force and was active in the Latin-American Mission program of the Catholic Church.

Father/Son Fertility Program

CHARLOTTE

— The annual Fa-

ther/Son Fertility Appreciation Program

scheduled for Sunday, March 20 from 1-4 p.m. in St. Ann's Activity Center, upstairs classroom. Presented by the Diocese of Charlotte Natural Family Planning Center to promote respect and

human

appreciation of

program

who will

changes of early adolescence and encourage communication between parent and child.

The

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CHARLOTTE — Suzanne Bach of

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coping group for widows and widowers who are dealing with new or unresolved grief. Meetings are every other Sunday from 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Catholic Center,

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ASHEBORO — Franciscan Father

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by Guild members. Card tables and

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Louis Canino from the Franciscan Center in Greensboro will celebrate Mass at

Dloceean Events

Fashion Show is Thursday, April 7 from 7 p.m. -10:30 p.m. at St. Leo Church in the Begley Conference Center behind the church. Fashions are provided by

discuss the physical and emotional

for 11-14-year-old boys has been re-

Upcoming

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will include speakers

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who

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World and National Briefs Parents Responsible For Children's Sexual Education, Pastoral Says OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) Catholic parents should not permit their children

—

to participate in public

school sex edu-

which emphasize tech-

cation courses

nologies for "safe sex,"

Omaha

Arch-

bishop Elden F. Curtiss said in a pasto-

Those technologies do not

letter.

ral

present a moral or holistic or Christian

approach to sexuality, he wrote. "This means that parents and parishes must collaborate to present sound moral edu-

and training to students in public schools," he said. The pastoral letter,

cation

March 1, was published in the March 4 edition of The Catholic Voice, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Omaha.

"We Must Face the Growing Sexual Crisis with Adequate Moral Education for Our Youth" was the first pastoral by dated

former priest, and John P. Liteky were convicted of damaging government property after their 1990 protest at the School of the Americas, an international military training

program

at

Ineffective

Benning, Ga. On appeal, the trio said Elliott should have declined to hear the

toward Father Bourgeois in a 1983 trial on similar charges. Among other examples from the 1983 trial cited in the appeal was that Elliott had refused to let Father Bourgeois explain his ac-

in the

(CNS)

— As

WASHINGTON (CNS) —The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has condemned the remarks made last November by Khalid Abdul Muhammad, an official

of the Nation of Islam, as "out-

rageous hatemongering of the most vi-

The commission

cious and vile kind."

unanimously approved a resolution March 4 which said that Muhammad's "racist, anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic speech" Nov. 29 at Kean College in New Jersey "incites divisiveness and violence on the basis of race, religion and ethnicity." The resolution had been proposed by Carl A. Anderson, a member of the commission who also is vice president for public policy of the Knights

Columbus and dean of the John Paul

of II

on Marriage and

Institute for Studies

Family.

and Peace. But some attempts by one country or an international coalition to force a change in a nation's bad behavior have shown that "sanctions can get mixed in with war," he said. The severity of some sanctions, he suggested, Justice

(CNS)

—A

judge was right not to disqualify himself from a case in which a priest, a eral

to

after a five-day visit to the

it.

— Lead-

have asked the U.S. delegates to the 1994 Synod of Bishops to develop a deeper apprecia-

ers of religious orders

how members

gious

life as it is lived,"

Father Bourgeois, Charles

women's experience of

said

unanimous opinion, the court

Judge

Robert

J.

Elliott acted

prop-

erly in presiding for the

J.

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any

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women March 8, Women's Day. The theme

a meeting of Catholic International

was women

as

peacemakers, with a

special focus during the International

Year of the Family on the contributions

women make to peace through their role

to help families, especially those suffer-

— A prominent South African

ing because of war, famine and disaster,

who once served as general secretary of

a top Vatican official said in a letter to

the Southern African Catholic Bishops'

Muslims throughout the world. "As

Conference has been granted permission to be a candidate for the new South African parliament. Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe of Witbank, South Africa, has said that Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa may serve in the new South African government for up to five years.

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based on abstract and 'a priori' categories do not recognize the reality of reli-

Minority Challenges Czech Church's Rights To Historic Cathedral PRAGUE, Czech Republic (CNS) A minority group of Czech legislators has challenged the Catholic Church's ownership rights to Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral on the grounds that it was built from state funds and intended for nonreligious uses. During parliamentary debate on the issue, a spokesman for the opposition LiberalSocial Union said construction of St. Vitus had been financed from the royal Treasury of Emperor Charles IV, as well as from a tax on local inhabitants of German-ruled Bohemia. He said the cathedral had been built as a treasure house and symbol of state power. The

controlled areas, said a statement issued at the

of their orders

second time over a trial involving Maryknoll Father Roy L. Bourgeois. In that second trial,

In a

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food" while the government "manipulates assistance organizations by refusing them entry" to guerrilla-

to lure

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good of every

war zone.

Guerrillas "use the civilian population

Religious

Michael McKenery, head of the Long Island-New England province of Brothers of the Christian Schools and secretary-treasurer of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. "Conversation depends on vocabulary" but "we do not have a common language (to talk about)

former priest and his brother were convicted, the Supreme Court ruled March

—

war are using humanitarian aid for political purposes, said a high-ranking Catholic delegation

WASHINGTON

for the

spokesman said

All sides in Sudan's civil

to create a theology of religious life

fed-

Con-

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understand themselves. The main topic of the synod is religious life. "Attempts

Peace Protesters' Bias Claim Is Rejected By Supreme Court

Father Richard Ryscavage, execu-

has shown that sanctions are more a replacement for war than an alternative

tion of

WASHINGTON

Christiansen, head of the

U.S. bishops' Office for International

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nual letter to Muslims marking the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting.

—

and other theorists are asking whether war or an alternative form of war. "We think it can be an alternative to war," said Jesuit

Drew

a vision of the family as an institution

desired by

United States fails to protect refugees fleeing some of the most serious human

John Paul II said establishing peace in Guatemala requires a rejection of violence and concrete steps toward reconciliation and forgiveness. The pope made the remarks to a group of Guatemalan bishops on March 4, the day after peace talks between Guatemalan rebels and the government resumed in Mexico City.

The Latin American country has been racked by civil strife for 30 years.

sanctions are an alternative to

Father

Dialogue. Christians and Muslims share

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the Pontifical Council for Interreligious

the

suit

the

use of economic sanctions has grown in

Criticizes

to restoring ousted

Pope Says Dialogue And Forgiveness Needed For Guatemalan Peace VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope

the post-Cold War world, Catholic think-

Commission

Cardinal Francis Arinze, president of

courtroom.

Archbishop Curtiss since he took the

U.S. Rights

together to uphold family life," said

grams joined aid providers and several members of Congress in criticizing U.S. policy toward Haiti and calling for a

tive director of the U.S. Catholic

priest

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WASHINGTON

who

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with less deference than he paid to gov-

ernment witnesses

passionate,

rector of the U.S. bishops' refugee pro-

to office. Current policies

tions in the context of his religious

and pointedly treated the

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Jim was released from prison about a year ago and Matevie happened to see him in Rock Hill. Three months ago, Matevie saw Jim's picture on the 11 p.m. news. Wanted for robberies, Jim had vowed he wouldn't be taken alive.

"The side I remember is the guy

makes eye contact with an inmate and asks if he's OK. "They must

Logging some 11,000 miles

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One day, Matevie "ran into Frank and Jim, two good buddies," at a prison Kairos. Frank was dying from AIDS, and Jim stayed close to Frank and took

Matevie has this advice: "The apostle Paul spent two-thirds of his life in prison. Man, you're in the their lives,

.

and scouting

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accept Jesus in

The Catholic

more if it is appealed preme Court.

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Columbia, S.C. Moreover, he meets once a month with prison residents who have finished the course.

"Only God is in a position to look down on anyone," says Matevie.

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and hepatitis are ever present. "I'm aware of the risks," he says.

He keeps in mind the prayerful sentiment of the late tennis player, Arthur Ashe, who died from AIDS. Ashe began

read the compassion or caring in

the last in which the cat-

with a screw driver. To the world, the man's an animal. To Matevie, he's "a meek man" whose life caved in and he snapped one day.

kill-

brings "Kairos" twice a year to inmates

naturally. In his

is

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Turned down for the diaconate in 1985, Matevie figured it wasn't meant to be. Four days later, he got a call from

To

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people you come in contact with," Matevie says.

One of the death row prisoners is a

Ann

"The Lord has a purpose for everyWhen you say 'use me,' He will determine the speed. I can't get enough

still

the Catholic

Matevie drives from Charlotte to Central Prison in Raleigh on his time and "I see

one.

years later, he' s

Of

the

It

Fearing legal reprisal, the number

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Rock Hill,

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of people publicly protesting abortion has dwindled. "We could end up win-

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it

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Matevie left his church when he left high school at age 18. For the next 20 years, he didn't have anything to do with religion. That all changed in 1 months. In 1 98 1 he and his wife, Rosemary, attended Marriage Encounter. He

says Matevie, a parishioner at St.

all

to the is

will cost $29.95 in hard cover and $ 1 9.95

July, he'll get a stipend.

became

U.S. publishers have a single project.

with 3,500 footnotes and citations.

working the sec-

However,

Promotion Services, publishing coordi-

text,

work with inmates

for his ministry.

According echism venture

the

during the day. He's never received a

penny

Lord's Prayer.

Fifteen other publishers have joined

Finally, he landed a job as a courier

shift

around four thematic sections: the creed, the sacraments, the commandments, and the lics believe, structured

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job and his retirement fund had dwindled.

ond

was announced

release date

March

ern Bell for 23 years, Matevie accepted

for a real estate firm,

Be

English To

is

Yet, as always, he said this prayer: "Lord,

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