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PENTECOST SUNDAY 1994 May 22 To Our Catholic and Lutheran

Sisters

and Brothers

North Carolina,

On Pentecost Sunday, 1991, Bishops Donoghue, Gossman and McDaniel signed a Covenant on behalf of Lutheran and Catholics which expressed their

hopes "that through the rich diversity of gifts which exist in the Roman Catholic and Lutheran communions and our extensive bilateral dialogues, the Holy Spirit is moving and empowering us to overcome the separation which now exists in sacramental life, church order, and doctrine, and enabling us to achieve the full communion Christ desires for the Church." We take the opportunity on the third anniversary of the signing to reflect on what has tak^n place and to look to the future. Since the signing, regional observances have taken place in Greenvlle, Burlington, Greensboro, Asheville and Arden. These have been opportunities to grow in mutual understanding, participate in dialogue, and worship together. The first Aquinas/Luther Conference took place in Hickory. In many localities, parishes have participated in a variety of worship, education and service programs. Each Sunday in many of our parishes prayers are offered for each other. See Letter, Page 2

hen the time for Pentecost was

fulfilled, they

were all in one place together. And suddenly

came a noise like a strong driving wind ... and they were all filled with the Holy

(re :ts

2:1-4)

"Window

of Peace" quilt by

St.

Ann

Parish

Women's

Spirit."

Club.

Photo by JO ANN

KEANE

v Years of Service

iocese Of Charlotte legley's Living By JO ANN

Legacy

KEANE His legacy

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

— During a recent

nt,

retired

Bishop Michael Joseph

All versions intertwine poignant moments

moment of deja vu.

her Begley traveled to High Point for

how

the kind-hearted father-monsi-

gnor-bishop touched their lives. An endearing quality surrounds the bishop like

miles,

and Catholics were few and far

an aura "There's

ween.

No matter that it was Tuesday,

plain," says

ry day

was Sunday for someone in the It was 1934, and

was

the only Catholic church

communities.

i-Father Begley logged countless miles ng the back roads of mission North

cannot ex-

Linhares to work part-time for Catholic Social Services in the mid-1960s. In

faithful.

November of

I'm standing in the same place, 60 rs later," says Bishop Begley. "These things" he casually mentions the events that span

more than half a

I toy, and the incidents that formulate

(Diocese of Charlotte. Over the course Mbis years as a priest,

W touched e

a charisma

Aloha Linhares, who served as his secretary for about 30 years. "When you're in his presence, you feel love." Bishop Begley originally hired

olina to administer the sacraments to

"All these things have taken place,

and love. Virtu-

member of the dio-

cese has a Bishop Begley story to share.

King

Sixty years ago, a freshly-ordained

ss. It

is faith

ally every long-time

High

lfirmation at Christ the

gley felt a

Bishop

Bishop Begley

the lives of thousands, and

hisindelibleimprintonthediocesehe

onded some 22 years ago.

was selected

1971, then-Msgr. Begley be the first bishop of

Charlotte, and asked Linhares

would work

for a bishop.

she

new

convert to Catholicism, she wasn't sure

what a bishop was all about. "'You worked for a monsignor, replied Bishop Begley. T can assure you only the title will change, not the man,'" recalls Linhares. "I have never forgotten that, and he remained just as humble and '

down

Bishop William G. Curlin and retired Bishop Michael

to earth." priests' jubilee.

See Bishop, Page 2

Begley during the recent

Bishop Begley celebrated 60 years of priestly service. Photo by JOANN

KEANE

& Herald

News

2 The Catholic

May

Letter (From Page

20,

It is our belief that from all of the above activities there is an ever growing consciousness of the mandate of the Holy Spirit for unity among God's people. Our task as Bishops is to provide encouragement, motivation and vision so thai this process of convergence may continue and quicken.

we ask each of our parishes before Fall to do the following: Reread in leadership groups the 1 99 1 Covenant and spend time reflect-

Thus, 1

ing on

its

challenges,

Examine, in a particular way, what your congregation has done to implement the Covenant; Plan, in an intentional way, what your parish can do in the next year to 3. make the Covenant more alive in your congregation and your community. 2.

Retired Bishop Michael

Begley chats with Aloha Linhares,

his long-time secretary.

Photo by

Bishop

(From Page

three years his

junior.

a youngster,

young Michael

sur-

rounded himself with baseball, ice skating, tennis and skiing. In high school, he turned toward his studies, and the first inklings of the priesthood began to stir. Little did he know, that as he prepared for confirmation, he was preparing for life.

"Maybe I'd like to be a priest someday," Michael nonchalantly mentioned

What do you want you are a priest? asked the "Take care of the Church,"

to his parish assistant. to

assistant.

replied Michael.

The conversation

lin-

gered as the assistant talked about Passionists, Jesuits and Maryknolls, trying to get a feel for Michael's direction. "Finally he asked 'Do you think you'd be interested in a local missionary diocese

where the Church is just starting?' That sounded good to me," recalls Bishop Begley. Keep the weekend clear, said the parish assistant. The bishop of North Carolina is in Rhode Island visiting, and this would be an opportunity for us to have a chat with him. ," "That' s where I met Bishop Hafey says Bishop Begley. "I graduated from high school in 1926 and Bishop Hafey 'adopted' me for the Diocese of North Carolina," says Bishop Begley. Eight years later, Father Begley was ordained to the priesthood. He packed his bags and embarked upon the journey

right here in this country,

of his

life;

JOANN KEANE

Bishop Begley was born March 12, 1909 in Mattineague, Mass., to Anna Monyahan Begley, and Dennis Begley, an immigrant from Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. Helen Begley Crowley, Bishop Begley' s only sibling

The continuation of all these activities following the promotion of Bishop Donoghue to Atlanta and the retirement of Bishop McDaniel reminds us that this was not their Convenant only but our Covenant as well. On this anniversary we commit ourselves and ask each of you to do the same so that through our commor ministry we might make ever more alive Paul's words to the Corinthians thai "The body is one and has many members, but all the members, many though the) are, are one body, and so it is with Christ.

destination, North Carolina.

Along the way, he collected friend-

became the cornerstone of the mission territory which would become ships and

Bishop Joseph Gossman, Diocese of Raleigh I

the Diocese of Charlotte.

tin

"His motto is 'Love of the Brethren,' and F ve tried to follow that same motto," says Msgr. John J. McSweeney, chancellor and vicar general of the diocese. Msgr. McSweeney was the first priest ordained by Bishop Begley, as well as the first priest ordained for the newly established Diocese of Charlotte. "He

Bishop Mark

present for a

number of diocesan func-

tions.

Menees,

Synod

Pope Says Violent Rwandans Will Be Judged By History, God VATICAN CITY (CNS) Rwandans involved

—

widespread slaughter of their fellow citizens will be judged by history and by God, Pope John Paul

in the

II said.

The

fighting in the African nation

abyss," the pope said. "All will havi

answer for their crimes before hist and, above all, before God." "Stop the bloodshed," he said. Caritas said the violence and inse rity in Rwanda "stem from a po struggle between different political tions that have intentionally explo and consequently exacerbated traditic ethnic rivalries" between the majo Hutus and the minority Tutsis. "The violence in Rwanda also thr

which, unfortunately, even Catholics are responsible," the pope said

May

15 dur-

midday address. The day before the pope spoke,

ing his

Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based

umbrella group for national Catholic an appeal for hu-

every morning

praying

manitarian assistance and said that "as

for the people of the diocese," says Msgr.

many as 200,000 Rwandan citizens have been massacred" since the fighting began April 6. Between 1 .5 million and 2 million of Rwanda's 8 million people have been displaced. The country is about 70 per-

'job'

McSweeney, who

shares the retired

"He has a holy hour, complete with stations of the cross."

bishop' s residence.

"Many would

say his greatest ac-

complishment was starting a new diocese," says Msgr. McSweeney. "Although that was a momentous task, the living legacy of Bishop Begley is simply that he lives Christ's message."

planned these massacres and those 1 carry them out," Pope John Paul sai< an address broadcast from his hosp room. "They are bringing the country t(

involves "a real and true genocide for

relief agencies, issued

"His

ELCA

Bishop William Curlin, Diocese of Charlotte

truly epitomizes the living Christ," says

Msgr. McSweeney." "When I look at Bishop Begley, I see a mosaic of the priesthood," says Bishop William G. Curlin, third bishop of Charlotte. "His years of dedicated and loving service to the church are known by everyone in the Church of Charlotte. "There's a warmth and kindness that envelopes you." "I marvel at the thought of serving the Lord for 60 years in the priesthood," says Bishop Curlin. Today, Bishop Begley calls himself "a gentleman of leisure." Arthritis may slow his pace, but that's about all that has hit its stride. His mind is sharp, and he maintains a schedule sure to slow someone much younger. He confirms many of the youth of the diocese, and is

Wm.

cent Catholic.

"Day by day

ens to re-ignite similar tensions in nei

boring countries," Caritas said. Hi

and Tutsis failed

near to those

people in agony, and once again I want to appeal to the consciences of those who

in Burundi,

Rwanda's soi

ern neighbor, fought last

coup attempt

dent died.

fall

aft<

which the

Among the people fleei

recent wave of violence in Rwanda v

285,000 Burundians who had

sot

safety to the North.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II, still hospitalized but walking on crutches, apologized to the people of Belgium who had made elaborate

know

pastoral visit with hard

cane.

that the Belgians

pared for

work and

that

expected to be released from the hospital by May 21. "He walks every day using

two crutches instead of the walker, which has been put aside," Navarro-Valls said. By the time the pope is discharged from the hospital, Navarro-Valls said, he should be using only one crutch or a

preparations for a May 13-15 papal visit. "I

had pre-

absence caused great

where he has been since an April 29 operation to repair a broken thigh bone.

pital as

"Until our meeting can take place,

Square.

send

warm greeting to all Belgians," he said

in a

spokesman

Joaquin

Navarro-Valls told Vatican Radio May 4 that the pope is doing well and is

well as visitors in

St.

expected to be published this year. Vatican sources have

pope also on ecumenism.

working on a

„

<—

affecting different regions," Caritas s

Just

two days before

the fighting

out, Caritas had appealed for emerge

food aid to prevent drought-related nutrition and starvation.

"The

international

community

the responsibility and duty to

sto]

killing of innocent civilians in Rwi|

and to provide humanitarian

letter

assists

See Rwanda,

Correction

Regina Coeli prayer is broadby Vatican Rabut the pope has not appeared in

public since his operation.

Navarro-Valls said that in addition

The May 1 3 issue carried a story about the death of Msgr. Michael F. 0'Kee|il Msgr. O'Keefe was administrator for four years in the early 1970s of Chark Catholic High School, not Bishop Hafey Memorial High school as was statecpl 95.' the article. The high school at its present location on Park Road opened in 1 Bishop Hafey Memorial High School. Soon afterward, it became Chark

Catholic High School.

facimF

Peter's

tion of the

dio,

"Whether it will be an encyclical or

said the

vere shortage of food due to the drcn

not will be up to the pontiff to decide," he

The document

of chaos, j

1991 meeting.

The midday address and recita-

cast over loudspeakers

recorded message.

Vatican

pitalized,

pope

in a state

the surviving population

working on several documents, including one on human life and threats to life, which was requested by the world's cardinals at a

to exercising, the

said.

Each Sunday since he has been hosPope John Paul has addressed a small crowd gathered outside the hos-

disappointment," the pope said May 15, speaking from Rome' s Gemelli hospital,

"Rwanda is

Pope Apologizes For Missing Belgian Trip

Ailing

May

20,

The Catholic News

Knights of Columbus, Msgr. John

1994

Honored By

1994 Diocesan Support Appeal Pledges Exceed $2 Million By

Heraid 3

Knights..

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — In a strong show of support for the local Church, pledges

efforts

on Appeal Sunday pushed 32

parishes and missions over goal.

Diocesan Support Appeal have

Parishes that surpass their goals will

topped $2 million and surpassed the goal

be refunded the extra money. Parishes that fall short will be assessed the difference from weekly offertory collections. "I am amazed at how generous the people in our diocese are compared to other dioceses of similar size," said Pat Signs, assistant director of the Development Office. "The message of steward-

to the

than

$250,000.

The DSA, an

an-

nual appeal, funds 30 ministries in the diocese. ity,

A source of vital-

the ministries serve

people of all ages, races and backgrounds at

every parish and mission in the 46-

county diocese.

this

"The generous response offered for year's Diocesan Support Appeal is

an outstanding witness to the extraordinary charity and generosity of the bers of our diocesan family,"

mem-

Bishop

William G. Curlin said. To date, 64 of the 89 parishes and missions have exceeded their goals. Another 12 have reached more than 90 percent of their targeted goals (See page .

"Again,

this is

sponse by those

an extraordinary re-

who have heeded, often

great personal sacrifice, the invitation

of the Saviour to see and serve

Him

others including 'the least of our breth-

Bishop Curlin said. "May He, who promised a hundredfold reward for even a cup of water given in His name, reward you abundantly." As of May 1 0, the amount pledged was $2,08 1 ,67 3 or 1 1 5 percent of a total ren,'"

The average gift $139 from $132 last year. The number of households participating was 15,015, or 49 percent of all Catholic goal of $1,806,000. rose to

households in the diocese.

The appeal, from Feb. 6 to April

10,

people who imade presentations at each of the parishes the weekend of April 9,10. Their enlisted the efforts of 95 lay

definitely taking root." Signs,

ken about stewardship at some 80 parishes in 20 dioceses in the past six years. "The bottom line is not about raising money; the money is a means to an end, and the end is about changing people's lives," said Jim Kelley, director of development.

"Not only do the

recipients' lives

change, the givers' lives also change as they grasp the concept of stewardship.

Stewardship

about the need to give of our time, talent and treasure. A spiritual conversion occurs as one continues to commit to stewardship as a way of life." The DSA is an effort to raise money as well as awareness about the various ministries in the diocesan Church, Kelley

back

13.)

ship

who directed this year' s appeal, has spo-

God

said.

DSA

operating expenses

For his outstanding service

whose costs are as high as 10 percent. DSA-funded ministries were highlighted in the Feb. 4 issue of The Catho-

News & Herald. Follow-up articles appeared in subsequent issues. Furthermore, a video was shown at Masses the first weekend of the appeal Feb. 5-6 that lic

showcased the Ministry of Evangelization and counseling through Catholic Social Services.

McSweeney,

Second Degree ceremony conducted in his honor. Jim Nass of Council 10852 made the The ceremony conferred the Second Degree on 23 candidates from Districts 13, 18 and 20, all in the Charlotte area. Photo by CAROLHAZARD

presentation.

Maryfield Receives $500,000

—

ing

HIGH POINT Maryfield NursHome has received a $500,000 gift

oxygen/suction equipment and showers.

New

paint, lighting, improved ventilaupgraded smoke partitions, draperand tiles will make the rooms aes-

from the family of Herman H. Smith.

tion,

This is the second half-million dollar gift

ies

the Catholic-run nursing

home

has re-

thetically pleasing as well as functional

ceived from the Smith family since Herman Smith's death in 1991. million resident-room renovation project

demands. Maryfield Nursing Home was founded in 1947 by five sisters from the Poor Servants of the Mother of God

now

in progress. Gifts received to date

congregation from England.

total

$1.3 million.

115-bed skilled and intermediate care nursing home, Maryfield is licensed by the state of North Carolina. The facility

make up

about 4 percent of the total goal, a low percentage compared with other dioceses

to the

chancellor and vicar general of the Diocese of Charlotte, was presented with a plaque for a

The

gift will

for increasing physical

be used toward a $1 .6

The renovations are for 57,400 square feet that will make all rooms either private or semi-private. Each new room will be equipped with thermostats,

Retreat

In Italy

A non-profit,

on 60 acres. The administrator is Poor Servants Sister Lucy Hennessy. is

Planned For

World's English-Speaking Priests CRESTWOOD, N.Y. (CNS) — An San Giovanni Rotondo, of

the

site

Daily

Mass Now Available On Cable TV

SCRANTON, Ann's Shrine

Pa.

(CNS)

—

St.

Scranton is the site of weekday telecasts of "The Daily Mass," which is shown Mondays through Fridays at 9:30 a.m. EDT on the Faith Values cable channel. in

The Mass

on occasion feature nguest celebrants. On Ascension Thursiday, May 12, Archbishop John P. Foley, will

St.

Ann's Media, based

at the shrine, in

cooperation with the Catholic Telecast-

Group. Members of the group

ers

in-

clude the Paulist Communications, Ob-

Media, the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, and the Hispanic Telecommunications Network. late

Faith

& Values, formerly known as

VISN, reaches more than 20

million

president of the Pontifical Council for

cable households on about 1,350 cable

Communications, celebrated the

systems serving 4,600 U.S. communi-

Social

:Mass.

ties.

"The Daily Mass"

produced by

Friary of Padre Pio,

ing priests has been scheduled for July

lived and

his

Further information and reservations

Given the theme "Heal the Shepherd the Flock," the retreat is planned as the first of a biannual retreat program focusing on the topic "Priest as Pilgrim, Priest as Penitent and Priest as Partner with Christ." Franciscan Father Joseph

are available through the Peace Through

Pius Martin, of the Friary of Padre Pio,

31.

— Heal

Divine Mercy Office, a lay-run apostolate for renewal of the priesthood and of families, based in Crestwood, in the Archdiocese of New York. Reservations will

be limited and should be made by financial assistance

Father Bernard Bush, of the Jesuit Re-

Mercy

House in Los Altos, Calif. The program is believed the first of its type. treat

HisWll

to being a priest in the Dioeese of Charlotte?

In Yours.

Office,

25 Cambridge Ave.,

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

ment to the Church and the community in which we live!' Bishop William G. Curlin

or to your parish. Simply have the following

statement included in your Will:

Charlotte (or

Roman

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

sum of$

percent of the residue of my estate) for religious, educational and charitable works!' (or

For more information on

how

make

its

a Will that works, contact

Jim Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1524 East Morehead

St.,

May

avail-

Crestwood, N. Y. 10707; (914)337-0773.

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte

"/ leave to the

able,

Retreat leaders will include Jesuit

Some

based on need. Information is available from: Kathleen Keefe, Peace Through Divine

the host for the program.

Have you given thought

Father Frank O'Rourke Vocation Director ibzx Dilworth Road, East Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 334-2283

where

17-27, in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.

Remember

Contact

where the friar body is buried.

international retreat for English-speak-

Charlotte,

NC 28207, (704)

331-1709 or 377-6871.

May

20, 1994

Pro-Life Corner

# More than 90 percent of legal abortions

in the

United States are

performed in free-standing clinics which are UNSUPERVISED.

Editorial The Respect

What Age For Confirmation

Life Office

Diocese of Charlotte

(704) 331-1720

We realize that there are widely divergent opinions regarding the proper age at which young people should receive the sacrament of confirmation. That

U.S. bishops its

why the

The Pope Speaks

recommended that each diocese establish

own guidelines within an age range of 7 to

18 years.

The Vatican has approved that recommendation for a period of five years.

Because of the is

Despite the range of opinions,

illness

of Pope John Paul

not running this week.

II,

the column,The

Pope Speaks, which usually appears

in this space

will return.

we feel quite frankly

have set a specific guideline which would be uniform throughout the United States. There can be problems with different requirements in that the bishops could

different parts of the country.

The people of

the United States, including the

Catholic population, tend to move around

—

especially

days of job transfers and career changes. Families no longer spend their entire lives in the areas where the members were born. People who live in the Diocese of Charlotte today may be living in the Diocese of Pittsburgh next month. In this diocese, the guidelines call for the sacrament of confirmation to be administered at age 16 and/or at the end of the sophomore year of high school. What happens if a family moves shortly before a child reaches age?

could present a problem for the child

would enjoy going through preparation for the sacrament with much younger children. We can even foresee some cases in which the child drop out whether or not his or her parents approve. The way kids are today — and the way their parents let some of them get away with almost anything — we can easily see something like that happening. It is for reasons like this that we think it would have been better to be much more specific in the guidelines. It may be that Vatican officials foresaw some of these problems and, for that reason, limited their approval of the bishops' guidelines to five years. We hope that the bishops will take a hard look at the issue during those five years. If problems do develop as we fear that they will, they then can set a very specific age for confirmation. There are some cases in which there is value in will decide to

However,

one of them

this is not

A. Your priest certainly found an effective way to It' s hard to imagine anyone doing this, but you heard it. Many church documents affirm the value and significance of receiving the sacrament of penance when no serious sins are present. I will mention two. The introduction to the Rite of Penance, the official ritual of the Roman Catholic Church for this sacrament since after Vatican Council II, stresses its particular healing power. "Those who through daily weakness fall into venial sin draw strength from a repeated celebration of penance to gain the full freedom of the children of God," it says. Frequent and careful celebration of this sacrament "is

not a mere ritual repetition or psychological exer-

cise, but a serious striving to perfect the

baptism so

that, as

Jesus Christ, his

may be

life

grace of

The sacrament of penance,

sharing in the

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parishes at certain times of the year.

Even those whose

lives contain not even a hint of mortal sin can profit from two special features of thi: type of ceremony, he says. First, listening to the word o:

God together with others of our faith has a remarkabk effect not available

when it is read individually.

And second, our attention is called more effectivelj to the social character of sin

more than simply a

it is

selves and

penance,

God

1983 exhortation on

to this source of grace for other life

these, he explained, are a

St.,

(Exhortation on reconciliation anc

All the above reflects one insight the Church ha;

gained more clearly in recent times

such as selfishness, greed, pride and other vices whicl

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are the source of our actual sins.

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subjects and that euthanasia

Life Activities, regarding a couple of recent court decisions on the subject of euthanasia. I think the cardinal is right on the money in his comments and I'm not going to try to repeat them. However, I would like to make one additional point

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more Christian, and help us deal with those roots of sit

of the risen Lord. II,

describes

from receiving this sacrament in the context communal penance service (Rite B) offered these da;

words, carries

in other

the growth of purity of heart,

reconciliation and the sacrament of penance, repeats

Among

May

life

Pope John Paul

Our Holy Father also efits

A maj or effect of tht sacrament of penance is that it strengthens our mind: and hearts and wills in those virtues that make our live:

deeply."

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bear in our bodies the death of

a living spirit of humility before God, increased open-

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shorten his line of penitents.

many spiritual benefits

The Catholic

FATHER JOHN

the

new home is in a diocese where the age for confirmation is 10 or even younger. We don't think many teenagers

flexibility.

Q. A priest was hearing confessions before EasGranted, he already had spent many hours in the confessional and was probably exhausted. I had just exited the confessional when he stepped out and said, "Any of you who don't have serious sins to confess can go home." Naturally, everyone got up and left. I'm sure no one would stay after that. I'm in my 70s, and since that happened I've had a hard time with confession. I don't want to take up the priest's time, and am not even sure this sacrament is for anyone who can't come up with a really big sin. I'll appreciate any help you can give me. (Florida) ter.

in these

that

Confession Without Serious Sin

law against assisted suicide. See Notebook, Page 6

Editor's

Notebook

The Catholic News

lay 20, 1994

One of the great religious controver-

gree and put themselves in hell is a matter

of Christianity revolves around this

of speculation.

leological question: iod create a hell

How can a loving

where the punishment

never ending? For instance, William Blake was nly 29 years old in 1 825 when he was ommissioned to do a series of engraved lustrations for Dante's Inferno. Dante epicted hell as a place of torment where

jr sin is

no longer possible. Blake Dante' lgenious system of tortures "morally bhorrent and repugnant." Blake raged n, "Every religion that preaches ven;ance for sin is the religion of the enemy id avenger, and not of the Forgiver of in." (cf., Blake's Dante by Milton

>rgiveness

:luctantly agreed, but he called

lonsky, p. 8)

The Catholic Church has never .ught that hell

corresponded to the

lit-

although

human person

now

probable that some

it is

have remained defiant to the end. Those

who continue to defy God are hell bound their own choice.

Light

One Candle

In Dante's Inferno, individuals are punished according to their level of sinfulness, but all are condemned without hope of pardon. What are the sins that

would draw down The Church used

eternal

punishment?

to teach that mortal

sins were as easy to commit as eating meat on Friday, or missing Mass on Sunday. This approach may have awakened the fear of God in us but few theologians today would accept the idea that a person could be eternally con-

sin. That would be wrong, and it would be just as wrong to emphasize God's justice to the point of forgetting His infinite mercy. Some Christians think of God as

demned for such violations.

sions about His

In order to sin mortally one must

They seem to resent discusmercy as though His mercy was some kind of weakness They

vindictive.

want the eternal death penalty, even if the sinner repents. But Jesus came to save, not to condemn. On the cross He said,

does teach that hell exists. We low the fallen angels rebelled against od and are in hell. Humans can turn vay from God and His kingdom as ell. In other words, we can reject heaven we choose. Whether anyone has actu-

and knowingly commit an objectively evil act. St. Thomas Aquinas said it was very difficult to be guilty of such a sin partly because God is slow to condemn especially when there is an excusing cause. However, we shouldn't emphasize God's love to the point of

cancel one another out, they are one and

used this power to the ultimate de-

trivializing the significance of mortal

the same. This

interpretation of Dante's Inferno,

at it

How Do Q.

am working

willfully

on a master's

requests from anyone.

y internship, I didn't realize how scouraging this work could be. Many

but briefly describing the type of prob-

have very severe, longanding problems and it's hard to ilieve that anything will make a difrence. How do you cope with this? clients

It's

important to remember that

od loves each of your patients more (an

you do, and

their lives. It

it's

His job to be healer

doesn't

all

depend on

|)U.

I I

me (e

would recommend

that

you get

extra prayer support for

some of

:ore

difficult patients.

peaceful

knowing

You'll feel

that others are

and you may be surprised at •hat God can do in situations that look jetty hopeless. But you do have to be faying,

ry careful about confidentiality.

For example, I've recently discov-

Ied two communities of cloistered nuns

The sisters have written back such encouraging letters to me, that F ve started giving their addresses to some of my patients.

They can

d they

seem happy

tell

NY 10017.)

Father John Catoir

director of

The Christophers.

ever details they wish to share about their

and the

sisters

have written

personal letters to each one filled with love and encouragement.

There are also some prayer hot lines recommended on occasion. Just recently, I had a new patient who had misunderstood the directions for medication, and had taken enough to possible cause serious harm. I sent her for an emergency medical evaluation and then called Terry Law Outreach MinisI've used or

try in Oklahoma (9 1

8-492-2858).

A staff

"It

was like a light went on," she told me,

and she realized some changes she needed to make.

When I talked to the patient the

situation.

next day,

learned that there

was no

physical damage. But she also said she

had suddenly realized some important things about the cause of her depression.

had already been aware of the

problem, but the patient needed to see herself,

and

was

her to recognize

the

than

we can

ask,

Lord who helped

so quickly.)

Scripture says that God can do

member prayed with me briefly about the

prayer,

compre-

York,

Cross winds

the sisters what-

to receive prayer

other states. Their vocation

condemna-

need not fear our God whose very essence is Love. But we do need to be aware that God does make demands on us. We are called to love one another. St. Catherine of Sienna said, All the way to heaven is heaven. (For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Live Joyfully, " send a selfaddressed, stamped envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New tion.

lem.

situation,

is difficult

revelation wants mercy, not

MARTHA W. SHUPING, MD

often write to

them without giving the person's name,

"Forgive them Father, they know not what they do." God's love and His justice do not

who are quick to condemn miss the point entirely. The God of hend, but those

Counselors Cope With Patients' Problems?

;gree in counseling. Until I started

' -

hell,

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

We do not know with any

certainty if any

Or Heaven?

Hell ies

& Herald

and more than we can

imagine and it's true. You can send prayer requests to Monastery of Poor Clares, 28 Harpersville Road, Newport News, VA

2360 1 or to Carmelite Monastery, River Road and Central, Des Plaines, IL 600 1 6. ,

Another prayer hot line is Christian Healing Ministry (904) 765-3332. Dr. Shuping is contract staff with Catholic Social Services and also has a private practice as a psychiatrist in Winston-Salem. Questions for this column may be sent to: Dr. Martha W. Shuping, 1400 Millgate Drive, Suite B, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.

The Death Penalty My '

bet

that of the

70 percent of

nericans who believe the death penalty

imposed

many are Catholics. Though

In the United States, beginning in

1967, executions were suspended to al-

C'fering opinions.

Old Testament, death was F ascribed for murder and crimes like Snapping and witchcraft. By 1500 in Iigland, only major felonies carried the In the

cath penalty: treason, murder, larceny, trglary, rape

and arson.

United States prior to the Civil %r, the death penalty was imposed on s ves for many crimes punished less In the

S/erely

when committed by others.

Reform of the death penalty began in Erope by the 1 750s, and was champioedby the Italian jurist CesareBecarria, tk French philosopher Voltaire and the Bglish law reformer Jeremy Bentham. ley argued it was needlessly cruel,

FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

in fatal error.

pope and U.S. bishops do not favor it, ; increase in violent crimes has people all denominations feeling differently. %en we study the history of capital pnishment we can see why there are

•justified,

overrated as a deterrent and occasionally

low appellate courts to decide whether they were unconstitutional. In 1972, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for murder and

The Human Side

rape violated the prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment." The court argued that death

was meted out

with "freakish" irregularity, and so

its

use was "arbitrary" and "cruel."

Proponents defend it saying death is punishment for murder, and executions maximize public safety

cannot allow the brutalities of criminal violence to set the limits of appropriate punishments. Also disputed is whether the death penalty continues to manifest racial and socioeconomic bias. In addressing the Gacy execution, the bishops of Illinois said they under-

through incapacitation and deterrence. Opponents say there is no evidence

stood that passions run high but that they

we have an obligation to protect and enhance it at all stages of development. "Made in God' s image and likeness, each person is the clearest reflection of the Creator and possesses a dignity which no one can take away." Though I shudder when I think of all the young people who would be alive today were it not for the John Gacys of our society, still I believe the death pen-

believed "our position is ultimately rooted

alty is not the answer.

977 executions resumed, and by 1985 more than 1,500 persons were under death sentences in 33 states. With the execution of serial killer John Gacy, the In

debate over the merits of capital punish-

ment continues. the fitting

that the

murder

rate fluctuates

because

of the death penalty. They object to "a life

for a life" mentality

—

that society

our belief that human life is sacred and

that

Forgiveness

more human. See

Human, Page 6

Fhe Catholic

News

& Herald

May

20, 1994

Ending Suffering Or Ending Lives? Two

—

a jury ver-

constitutional right, the right to refuse

Michigan and a constitutional ruling by a federal judge in Washington have raised the stakes in our state national debate on euthanasia. A Michigan jury's May 2 acquittal of Jack Kevorkian was shocking to many

treatment also extends far beyond "ter-

court decisions

dict in

—

of us

who believe in the rule of law. The

had a clear statute against assisting and the defendant openly confessed his involvement. But Kevorkian and his attorney wove a web of confusion around this initially simple case. Jurors ultimately said they weren't sure in what county the death took place or whether Kevorkian intended to cause death. All they knew was that he tried to end the state

a suicide

patient's suffering.

Judge Rothstein's May 3 decision, claiming that Washington state's law against assisted suicide

unconstitu-

even more confusion. The judge compared physician-as-

tional, displayed

and

sisted suicide to abortion

to the

refusal of life-sustaining treatment, ar-

guing that

should have equally strong

legal protection. Oddly, she then pro-

ceeded

to claim that "assisted suicide"

minally

ill" patients.

And

in both areas of law, mentally incompetent patients routinely have their

—

them by others even if they themselves never expressed any preference in the matter. Courts, guardians and families frequently use "substituted judgment" to make treatment decisions for unconscious patients. The same happens with abortion. In Judge Rothstein' s own state of Washingrights exercised for

few months ago,

ton, just a

a court

mentally retarded

woman, arguing

that

woman under these circum-

"the normal

stances would have an abortion." Would we have long to wait before judges decide when it is "normal" to have euthana-

and to act accordingly? No, these decisions have little to do with personal freedom and much to do sia

with a certain

human

way of

thinking about

In both cases, everyone

life.

claimed to be trying to prevent suffering. Judge Rothstein even said that the state has no legitimate interest in preventing suicide by terminally ill patients because,

apply only to competent, terminally

in their case,

who

adults

voluntarily choose

to kill

themselves.

This

"preventing suicide simply

means prolonging a dying person's

suf-

sense in light of the

The

in 1973, legalized abortion has existed

without meaningful qualification. States

may

not prevent abortions at any stage, any reason, for women of any age or

Wherever

treated as a

possible value or meaning that

II calls

"the Gospel of suffer-

human

lives that include suffering is

our comfort-loving, pain-free society. But Christians should know better. At the core of the life-affirming message that fills our lives with hope

what Pope

That Gospel does not call suffering thing in and of itself. But it recognizes that only through suffering accepted in love, do we truly come to grips with the real meaning and seriousness of life. In the words of the Holy Father, who has endured so much physical suffering during his pontificate: "Earthly suffering, when it is accepted in a

love,

life,

points out,

man

sage for the person the rest of us.

who

suffers

that loving

literally "suffer-

—and

Samaritan,

who

for

The

all

sorts of safeguards.

our Catholic hospitals, nursing homes

patients

reading anywhere that the law banned

the patients' relatives.

suicide.

unassisted suicide (something that's at

most

states

already). If I'm reading things correctly, what Judge Rothstein actually is saying is not that I have a constitutional right to kill myself but that some doctor has a constitutional right to kill me or anyone else

—

for that matter. are pushing this

Euthanasia

legal in the Nether-

lands and the law provides

"safeguards." to

all

of those

The only problem

In a recent editorial

a survey of Dutch doctors

who perform

Almost half of them

euthanasia.

they don't bother to discuss

These are the guys Judge Rothstein seems to think should have a constitutional right to kill you or me.

most do not seem

all

I'll

into this in

I t

di spute that a murderer should

lose the right to live in society and should be imprisoned for life. But to say a person has committed an unforgivable crime that only death will resolve is to say that when the order of society is disrupted we have no hope of ever restoring it through peaceful and human means. It is to say that even though a person is imprisoned for life he or she cannot be touched with God's grace and change that life around for good. When we give up on this hope and take the shortcut offered by the death penalty, something

human in society

is killed.

remind our readers,

who hope to have news items or ads published, that we are about to begin our summer schedule of biespecially those

weekly publication.

Our next last

will

issue,

May

AGAINST HIM BY HIS ENEMIES. HE LATER ALSO DECLINED THE SEES OF FERRARA AND URBINO, AND WAS ELECTED VICAR GENERAL OF THE FRIARS OF THE STRICT OBSERVANCE IN 1430.

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HE REJUVENATED AND REFORMED THE 0RPER. INCREASING ITS NUMBERS FROM 300 TO OVER 4000. AND WAS REALLY ITS SECOND FOUNDER BERNARDINO RESIGNED AS VICAR GENERAL IN 1442 TO RETURN TO HIS PREACHING ANP MISSIONS. HE DIEDATAQUILA WHILE ON A

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YEARS. HE BEGAN TO PREACH AT MILAN AND THEN ALL OVER ITALY. IN A SHORT TIME HE ATTRACTED GREAT CROWDS. HE PREACHED DEVOTION TO THE HOLY NAME AND DENOUNCED THE EVILS OF THE TIMES. BERNARDINO DECLINED TO BE BISHOP OF SIENA IN /427 AFTER POPE /MARTIN V HAD CLEARED HIM OF ALL CHARGES MADE

more detail.

do want

ties.

IN 1417,

wait until the next issue to go

Human (From Page 5) '

archbishop

saints

the story. Because of space consider-

ations,

Mahony

HE RAN THE HOSPITAL AT SIENA DURING A PLAGUE IN 1400. HE JOINED THE FRANCISCANS ANP WAS ORDAINED IH 1404. HE WAS A SOLITARY FOR THE

tell

pa-

Cardinal

1994

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Los Angeles and chairman of the U. bishops Committee for Pro-Life Activ*

society.

BORN IN 1380. BERNARDINO WAS qf SIENA ORPHANED AT AGE 7 ANP RAISED BY AN AUNT. HE JOINED A CONFRATERNITY OF OUR LADY WHEN HE WAS 17. LATER,

receiving tearsheets of the

far,

shuffled off into Jack Kevorkian's var

SXQPDklADniklfl S °N OF THE GOVERNOR OFMASSA D L KlimU/l IW MARITTIMA, italy. where he was

make a date" type ads which are running in some newspapers around the

ing the suffering" of terminally

ill

-the

"Let's

before our most meaningful citizens ar

us to seriously discuss killing the suf-

with their

want."

diocese.

call "pre

said

and many said they don't talk to

still

ductive work." It' s about time we said s

in care for the aging: "It is

They say they just do what they "think the patient would

I'm

day-to-day activities that

Says Dr. Joanne Lynn, a specialist an outrage for

on the subject of

euthanasia, The Charlotte Observer cited

too blatant but one copy doesn't always

always claim that there will be

norm in our confused

the

them.

whole subject of assisted suicide or "end-

don

and love from within their suffering ar doing the most important work on eartl Their lives and their struggles are fill© with far more meaning than the pett

instinctively re-

somebody commit suicide. Idon'trecall

—

cause of that suffering for they reflec the deadly attitude that these supposedl "unproductive" members of our societ have lives without purpose. The fact is, people who affirm lif

way for the grace that transforms human souls. To the rest of us it

—

to tear

I have much purpose in life, some how." She gave voice to the worst kind o suffering among the sick and dying in ou society. Euthanasia and physician-as sisted suicide are both symptoms an

clear the

ing with" those in our care

way

pain, not fron

Christ, and it promises endurance of suffering will

calls for compassion

— not from

fear of death, but because "I don't fee

To the sufferer it offers the

structive response to suffering to become

tients

of despair

model of Jesus

is that

The people who

But, at one point, she gave

a mesand for

doctors don't always pay any attention

least technically illegal in

face her plight with a positive outlook

eternity."

I'm not going to argue that point with her. She's a lawyer and I'm not. Maybe I do have a constitutional right to kill myself if I' m so minded. However, I seem to recall that the law in question banned assisted suicides, making it a crime for a doctor to help

commit

The program did includi one moment of truth, involving a wo with terminal cancer. She was trying

and hospices and for all of us. Whenever we fail to act in accord with this model, we allow a radically different and de-

Judge Rothstein seems to be basing her decision on what she considers a person' constitutional right to

aired a very biased report called "Merc;

the treasure of divine

glory which will be given to

ABC news program "Turning Point

or Murder?"

sponded with healing and comfort when he saw a neighbor in need, is a model for

Notebook (From Page 4) Mahony

Shortly after the Kevorkian verdictW the

which encloses

like a bitter nut

the seed of new

Good

Cardinal

fought.

welcome

action to relieve needless suffering.

ferer rather than relieving the suffering. ™! Yet that outrage is with us and it must bila

ing."

The Gospel of suffering has attitude that suffering has

— and more, have no value or meaning — popular

had chosen. Ever

since it was made a constitutional "right"

condition.

John Paul

fering."

made no

legal precedents she

for

Guest Commentary

ordered a second-trimester abortion for a

decisions could be tightly regulated to ill

CARDINAL ROGER MAHONY

AND WAS

MAY 20.

iy 20,

The Catholic News

1994

CATHOLIC

Moms Take

Break, Find Faith Mothers from Our Lady of Mercy in Win-

Way of Love, the bishops of the United

ston-Salem found a bit of faith during a mini

their strengths

"In the recent pastoral, Follow the

on and their areas that need improvement," said Sister Miriam. "This morning of reflection helped mothers do exactly that." "Parents, especially mothers, have the greatest opportunity to meet Jesus and serve Him in our own families," said Sister Miriam. "Retreats like this help mothers recognize that motherhood is a sacred calling." "There is such a need for families and parents to come together, share their needs and concerns, and find

Morning of Reflection on Mothering." Led by Trinitarian

Miriam

Sister

Fiduccia, director of

Family Life, the moms took a few hours from a normally hectic pace to pray and reflect on the holiness of motherhood. All too often, Sister

attend

"A Morning

on Mothering," at

of Reflection

Our Lady of Mercy

Winston-Salem.

Miriam

support through their parish family,"

sees par-

said St. Joseph Sister Gertude Flynn,

ents often loosing

family

sight of ordinary, ev-

of Mercy.

eryday interactions and events of family

programs

life

ffr* JLTX*

States invited families to reflect

retreat called,

Moms

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life

Our Lady offer more

coordinator for

"We

plan to

to address the

many needs

of parents in the coming year."

In order to

overcome

today's widespread individualistic mentality

what

required

commitment solidarity and charity

concrete to

beginning in the family with the mutual support

of husband and wife and the care which the

dif-

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one another. In

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sense the family too can

are sacred.

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Prom dependence to independence to

INTERDEPENDENCE By Father Lawrence Catholic

News

Mick

Service

"I'm not afraid of dying," John said. "I'm 84, I've had a good life and I look forward to eternal life. But I'm terrified at the thought of getting sick and being unable to take care of myself. I

hate to think about being dependent on anyone else to take care of me." John's sentiments are shared by many people. We are strong on independence and self-reliance. But being dependent on others often is viewed as weakness or failure. We want to be independent and stand on our own two

"To be forced

into

dependence is slavery. To remain dependent like a child into adulthood is

immaturity.

To choose

freely to enter a

relationship of

interdependence is part of mature growth."

feet.

We all begin life in a condition of almost total dependence on parents or other care givers. Without them we would die within a few days. But as we grow, we are taught to become increasingly independent. The major life-task of adolescence

to establish personal independence, part of the process of preparing to en-

ter the adult world. But achieving independence in adolescence is not the final stage of maturation.

Beyond independence

interde-

pendence. We have to learn how to become interdependent. A mature person is able to rely on others and to be relied upon by others. There is a mutuality. This develops in any healthy relationship, whether marriage or friendship or even a business partnership. If we are trustworthy people, others are able to depend on us for various needs. In turn, we are able to rely on others for our needs. Think for example about food, clothing, shelter and 100 other necessities of life. Few of us raise all our own food, much less provide all the things we

be church, to be part of the body of Christ. We are linked to one another at the deepest level of our being, and we need each other for support and growth. Primarily we are dependent on God. But God has chosen to depend on us too. to

God created the world, but invited

garden. Christ founded the

We depend on farmers and food pro-

—

ers on a myriad of people linked in a world that, increasingly, is interde-

pendent. We are linked to others for emotional and psychological and spiritual needs too. Friends rely on each other for support, encouragement and honest feedback. Good friends know they can trust each other to help meet those needs. Those who marry choose to entrust their future happiness to a spouse. They choose a relationship of mutual interdependence. Jokes about losing one's independence are common at bachelor parties, and if it is properly understood there is some truth in

—

beings to tend the

church, but called upon disciples to preach the Gospel to the world. And the Spirit inspires us to holiness of life but depends on our free response. From another perspective, however, the key challenge for most of us in

need. cessors, on herders and textile mills, on fuel producers and telephone work-

human

For one who marries does surrender "independence" in favor of "interdependence." But this is done freely, and that freedom is what makes the difference. To be forced into dependence is this.

terms of spiritual development is to learn to depend on God more com-

— —To remain dependent like a child into adulthood immaturity. —To choose freely to enter a rela-

pletely.

In human relationships, we should not establish a clinging sort of dependency; this is not healthy for either party and sometimes even becomes an addiction. The person who enables such unhealthy behavior is sometimes called codependent. Codependence is

slavery.

tionship of interdependence

part of

mature growth.

God and learning to

it.

We may go through most of our liv feeling that

are quite independe

and ignoring how much we need love and care. Perhaps it is only

wfc

face illness or incapacity that are forced to acknowledge our depe

dence on God.

Many sick and aged people havt me that their illness turned out

told

be a gift because it taught them how t( let go and let God be God. It was impor tant for them to be able to receive froir God. After all, we who are members o the human family end life as we begir it: dependent and unable to provide foi

our own future. In the course of life, we experience dependence, independence and int dependence. Knowing when each is i

propriate, as well as learning to avo

the pitfalls of codependence,

a sign ol

ma ture wisdom.

quite different from genuine interde-

In the spiritual life, too, some sense of interdependence is needed. The church's people are certainly

interdependent. That's what

interdependence of equals, but we art J never God's equals. So in this realm recognizing the truth of things meant admitting our ultimate dependence or

pendence. But with God, things are a bit different. With humans, we seek a mutual

means

(Father Mick is a priest of the Arch diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a free lance writer.)

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when they don't want to feel that way. "This resistance can Mercy Sister Maureen Conroy in Journey of Love, God Moving in Our Hearts and Lives (Paulist Press, 997 Macarthur Blvd., Mahwah, N.J. 07430. 1993. Paperback, $5.95). Underneath this resistance which protects people from feelings of "fear, unexpressed anger or shame," she adds, "is a powerful grace about to emerge, a significant insight about ourselves or an encounter with God." At times people feel resistant toward God, even

sometimes

feel like

Reflection:

What we

vulnerability.

wall," writes

fear

may be

"God's closeness, the intensity of our

own

feelings,

our pain and

We might become feartul of losing control or of what God might ask of us, " writes Sister Conroy.

However, by coming to terms with "our own fearful, angry, shameful selves, we will more compassionately embrace other broken and alienated persons the poor, the homeless, the sick the suffering." Thus, the

—

encounter with

God leads

to other people

well.

— The Catholic News

FAITH IN THE

A healthy balance

When

hurting.

why?

wife died last Dec. 25. For the next two

months it was a matter of relying on the strength of others to get through. People didn't even know were friends held me together and sustained me. They directed a I

Christlike love to

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a strength to rely on others, and

"When we're

FMS

By Brother Cyprian L. Rowe, Catholic News Service

is it

& Herald

The Little Prince tamed the fox. en the Little Prince said it was time him to return to his own planet, rhe fox said, "I'm going to cry." 'Why?" asked the Little Prince. 'Because in taming me, you made

me."

— Jack Murphy, Warwick,

R.I.

"I have a friend who has been sick for three years. He has a malignancy. I'm a eucharistic minister and he must rely on me for the eucharist. But in a sense also Selicia Brzecki, must rely on him. Serving him strengthens my faith and love." I

—

Pittsford, Vt.

m depend upon you."

jobs to themselves, very little happens. In community and share the load, and in that sharing to understand that we are all part of one body, each part cannot function without the others." Cathy Quails, Greeneville, Tenn.

"When

rhe fox had gotten accustomed to ;n>ding him. rhis story reminds me of the diffilaty human beings have balancing the logs they do alone, their special misHis, with the things they do together. Isr do people keep sight of themselves while BLheir needs, talents or goals King and serving others, who in regive love and service? jw\s a psychotherapist, I meet many whose lack of balance in this makes them unhealthy.

;

individuals take

a strength

all

to call forth gifts of others

—

of new

shadows in which to hide.) Those in the first group have absolutely no idea that the universe exists for any reason other than to respond right now to their every desire! Those in the second group lean on their own sense of worthlessness, using it as an

—

pie Ha

H3eople need to be dependent and

excuse never to give anything to their world. The effect can be to drain energy

in-

H>endent at the same time. For some Ht's not easy. HjUongside our independence,

from others around them

The person who believes that only his or

we also de-

her own needs are important brushes aside any

Id upon the butcher,

I baker,

the candle-

"ugh

same time....

to drink, our

Dialogue

J^nd if we want to be in Ithy, we realize

—

which God

dialogue

ween them. means that in relying on others

|rhat

lose sight of

"self."

Instead,

kind of reliance that works is the Id in which people are able to share, fby give and receive. Let me mention two approaches to that shortcircuit the kind of bailie I'm talking about. Those who He with people experiencing psychic I

see both:

—Belief that the universe exists •y to meet "my" needs, "my" detads.

have nothing to offer to around me. (People who ap-

(I—Belief that I

& world jr

to believe this

may hang

their

Ids, their eyes darting about in search

share.

There are people who don't seem to human life demands mutu-

They haven't discovered that

interacting with others

believe

trands if

—

(Marist Brother Rowe is a research associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a dean of students at the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.)

make craftspersons to

weave a

— strands representing our own needs,

fabric

all?

does.

others; strands representing

The

life formed of many and aspirations and those

fabric of gifts

God's presence. by love given and received, and by repeated

craft is colored

attempts to respond authentically to others.

probably not too surprising that at different points in this process many one strand or the other. Perhaps they think that the best fabric ould be formed of strands representing only themselves, or that the best fabric ;ould be formed by leaving themselves out altogether, overlooking their own It's

•eople leave out

vorth. In

either case, the result is likely to introduce pain into their lives.

However, one good thing about craftspersons is that if they are displeased by they can try again. If people lose their way by isolating nemselves in seif-love or by caring for others in ways that exclude their own Tiportant needs, they can begin again, this time weaving a richer fabric of life. neir first effort,

ill

—

feel pretty sure that you're open and receptive to the will of God and do it. You need others to carry out the will of God. It gives more avenues when you work with others to build the reign of God." —Pat Soychak, South

"When you

trying to

Burlington, Vt.

edition asks: Are you clear about what your vocation is? If you would respond for possible publication, please write: Faith Alive! 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

An upcoming

Dependence, yes, but self-reliance too ment By Father John Catholic

News

Castelot

ties

Every family in ancient

Israel

had

a protector who defended its interests. Customarily, it was the paternal uncle, then the son, then other its "go'el,"

relatives

—

who

fulfilled this function.

an ancient

Israelite

had

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alivel

in the early Christian

— the households of

In one sketch of

Service

to sell

himself into slavery because of debt, he would be "redeemed" by one of his

near relatives (Leviticus 25:47-49). If a person had to sell his family

—

property, the go'el had first priority over all other buyers. It was his duty and right to purchase it in order to keep the family property from being alienated.

There are many instances of this sort of practice in the Bible. Apparently it was a feature of the general Mediterranean culture. This culture operated on a system of

what is called "patronage." Someone in

And as craftspersons, we need

;

"I"

can become healthy only by standing face-to-face with "us." Jesus always lived in community, from his family to the apostles. Scripture is filled with stories of his interacwalking, talktions with the world ing, touching, being touched. Understanding his destiny, he uncovered it in a world of people and things. He gave and he received.

OOD FOR THOUGHT Does

need

grasp that ality.

ill

within themselves, the gift of God's presence there. This beauty is a gift God wants people appreciate and to

a key to

|ht to create a dialogue with them,

my own

person in the family, have experience, in having a chronically keep my focus not only on the person but also on the other members of the family so that all the focus is not on the person. You need to maintain that balance so each person is interdependent on the others. That allows Janet Gunther, Council Bluffs, Iowa each person to remain free and grow." "Within

found

overlook the heauty

face with 'us.'"

calls

between dependence independence. Reliance on others

ya't

can be healthy only by standing face-to-

;ood balance 11

a key to

a good balance....

through all of this ; each of us must be lful to that special i

the human community in a positive way. There are people who proceed in life as though the cup of "self" is empty, constantly needing to be filled up by others. Actually, such people

dependent and independent at the

lis passable.

—

possibility to experience

"People need to be

Ik maker, we depend weople who keep our clean enough to lathe, water pure

"During a bereavement process or when you're searching spiritually you need to on someone to help you sort it through. Through relying on someone else, you Evelyn Talbott, come to the realization that you cannot do it on your own." Council Bluffs, Iowa rely

a higher social or political bracket in a lower bracket. Then, in turn, the one thus favored would serve as patron for someone a step below him in the social order, and so on down the line. This created a structure of interdependence that held society together. Of course, the patron was far from being unselfishly generous. He expected those he protected to repay him

would "protect" someone

with services. But the beneficiaries did not become merely passively dependent. The system encouraged them to become

more self-reliant and to serve those who had less. Everyone was dependent, and all were interdependent. There are evidences of this arrange-

life

communi-

faith.

in the Jerusa-

lem community, Luke tells us: "There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale and put them at the feet of the apostles, and they were distributed to each according to need" (Acts 4:34-35). Among those most in need of protection were widows. But people are people, and it soon became painfully evident that the Greek-speaking widows were being neglected in favor of the Aramaic-speaking group. The neglected ones complained to the apostles,

who

directed

them to

se-

seven men of their own background to protect their interests, to act

lect

as their go'els.

The widows, in turn, made their contribution to the life of the community. One, Dorcas, used her talents as a seamstress to make "tunics and cloaks" (Acts 9:39). The first letter to Timothy spells out the tasks widows are to carry out (1 Timothy 5:9-10). Paul admonishes those people who might be tempted to take advantage of the general system to "work with your

own hands, as we instructed you" (1 Thessalonians 4:11). Dependency, yes, but productive self-reliance, too.

(Father Castelot

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

rhe Catholic

News

& Herald

People Mexican Bishop Travels To Rome To Meet With Vatican Officials Bishop MEXICO CITY (CNS)

—

president of the Pontifical Council for

and Peace, to inform a meeting of

the Vatican agency about the situation in

where a rebellion by largely

his diocese,

indigenous peasants erupted Jan. ther Ituarte said

who

a difference in

each other," asked Bishop Sylvester D. Ryan of Monterey at the priest's May 2 funeral. "Can't we each do something to make the kingdom of God on earth come in peace?" The 61 -year-old priest was slain April 26 while on vacation in a San Diego beachfront motor lodge. He had been shot once in the head. A priest friend of his heard the shot from his adjoining room, then heard a door slam. After phone calls went unanswered, the priest friend entered Msgr. Gutierrez' room and found him on the floor.

Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, traveled in early May to Rome, where he hoped to visit Pope John Paul II in the hospital and meet with other Vatican officials. Father Gonzalo Ituarte, diocesan vicar general, said Bishop Ruiz traveled to Rome at the invitation of Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, Justice

we each do something to how people treat

world. "Can't

make

Fa-

May 6 that Bishop Ruiz,

Louis Priest

St.

Named

Rector

Of North American College

has been accused of doctrinal and

WASHINGTON

pastoral deviations, also planned to visit

(CNS)

— Father

Timothy M. Dolan, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, has been appointed

other Vatican officials. At the Vatican,

spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said to Rome on his own initiative. The bishop asked to meet with Vatican officials and was not summoned, Navarro-Valls said May 9. Bishop Ruiz had come

to a five-year

term as rector of the North

American College in Vatican City. He succeeds Msgr. Edwin F. O'Brien, of the Archdiocese of New York, whose term as rector expires in July. The appointment by the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education was announced in Washington May 10 by Bishop Edward M. Egan of Bridgeport, Conn., chairman of the North American College board of governors. Father Dolan served on the staff of the Vatican Embassy in Wash-

Los Angeles Priest Slain While On Vacation LOS ANGELES (CNS) Decrying the murder of Msgr. Louis A. Gutierrez in San Diego, a bishop wondered aloud if the kill ing would put a face

—

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Limestone College Honors Sister Mary Hugh Mauldin —

GAFFNEY, S.C. Mercy Sister Mary Hugh Mauldin received a Fullerton Merit Award April 28 during an

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. Sister

Honors Convocation

Sistr Mary Hugh earned a master's degree in mathematics education from North Carolina State University and a

lege in Gaffney.

Limestone Col-

The Fullerton Award is

presented to five Limestone faculty mem-

The awards are determined by vote of the faculty as well as by student evaluations and carry with them bers each year.

a monetary gift to each recipient.

This

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Mary Hugh's third when she

since 1987

began teaching mathematics and religion at Limestone. Sister Mary Hugh is also the director of McAuley Center located

of Mercy Motherhouse in Belmont, N.C.. McAuley Center was established in 1980 to offer religious education programs to adults in the at the Sisters

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BELMONT — Holy Angels is de-

It appealed to Rwandan soldiers, itias and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic

nt to respect human rights, stop killcivilians

and negotiate a cease-fire.

asked the United Nations to rease its presence in Rwanda and I Caritas

Isheville Catholic

School

mtinuing the tradition of Catholic elWntary education in Western North [inounces faculty positions for the

and au-visual materials. Catalogues, iintains collections and teaches liscience and related skills, jrarian oversees the library

Coordinator teaches religion

a variety of levels, coordinates

li-

and programs community.

D'gical celebrations in the school

the principal in the

develop the faith mchers must hold appropriate state it

Jrtification.

Send resume

to:

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Rwanda' s interim government, the military

and the Rwandan

Patriotic Front to

begin negotiations.

The civilian population inside Rwanda and refugees who have fled

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An emergency at

relief

program million

admission to nursing and recuperation care are

priority fbility

guaranteed.

supervise the event in the spirit of the traditional "barn raising."

A fishing pier, pavilion, beach area overlooking the river and a nature

disabilities) will

trail

resi-

whom

have the

Inn, Pizza Hut,

and sounds of the river. The children and staff of Holy Angels joined workers during the "Push" weekend lending a hand occasionally and giving moral support. "Give a Push Weekend" fostered a unique experience for the Pi Kappa Phi

Choice U.S.A. sponsored the "Give a

has been appointed regional

sights

—

brothers

when

they

came

together with

coordinator of material aid purchase and

the residents of Holy Angels.

procurement.

ers

met some of the

folks

The broth-

who

will

new facility. The weekend re-

Portajon of Gastonia, Fairfield

Moore's Snacks and

Push Weekend."

Holy Angels' mission is to serve the often complex needs of individuals with varying degrees of mental retardation

who may also have multiple disabilities. Holy Angels provides

quality, healthy,

and safe programs and services

environment of dignity where loving, living

and learning take place.

Bishop McGuinness H.S., the only Catholic high school in the Triad, announces its $10,000 raffle. Proceeds go to upgrade the computer program and improve the library's resources. Only

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tion for the Catholic

esti-

launched May 3, Caritas Internationalis said. The three-month program will serve

will

Mary Hugh is on the board of

During the opening ceremonies, a check was" presented to Holy Angels executive director Regina Moody from the Knights of Columbus. The money will be used toward the recreational development of the South Point property. Pepsi Cola/Seven Up, PYA Monarch, Harris Teeter, Krispy Kreme, the Charlotte Knights, Merita Bakery, Carostate Industries of Ranlo Inc., Winn Dixie, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral

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Belmont Mayor Kevin Loftin, Gaston County Commissioner David Ward and Father Francis J. O'Rourke, rector of St.

are all wheelchair accessible.

and the

master's in theology from St. Bonaventure University. She was born

day, April 16. Special guests included

relief agency, entered the country to as-

distributing aid.

director of the

established.

Fraternity

and the Rwandan office of Catholic Re-

Hour Security • Delicious Dining • Maid, Maintenance & Laundry Services •

Kappa Phi

at least

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after the fighting be-

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Triad Location

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friends

must be protected and guaranteed huThree weeks

was

from regional college campuses. They were all part of the "Give a Push Weekend" on April 16-17. PUSH America is the national service project of

brothers of the Pi

using the

Maryfield Acres Retirement

some

funding and building recreational facilities for persons with disabilities. Lo-

lief Services, the

?4-95 academic year:

fists

nations to step up efforts to convince

gan, representatives of Caritas

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on the portion of the property which overlooks the Catawba River with asked the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity and individual

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El Padre Jose Waters trabaja incansablemente con las comunidades de Taylorsville, Newton, Jefferson, Kannapolis y Dobson. El ofrece transporte para llevar grupos a la Misa. Atiende

personalmente a

los necesitados, los visita

en sus hogares y lleva

mensaje de Cristo a

los

campamentos de campesinos migrantes. El Padre Peter Jugis celebra la Eucaristi'a en espanol todos los

Como

Ser Un Cristiano Corresponsable

Santo Infante, en Reidsville.

comunidades. En

De Los Obispos De E.U. ^Que significa ser un cristiano

Carta Pastoral

corresponsable? Cuidar los recursos y materiales y usarlos responsablemente es una repuesta. Pero

humanos

ser un cristiano corresponsable significa

Estamos agradecidos por los dones que hemos recibido y estamos dispuestos a usarlos de manera que muestren nuestro amor por Dios y por el projimo. Estudiamos la vida y las ensenanzas de Jesus en busca de una gufa para vivir

mas. Los cristianos corresponsables aceptan los dones de Dios con gratitud, los cultivan con responsabilidad, los comparten de manera justa y amorosa con los demas y se los devuelven al Senor

como cristianos corresponsables. La Biblia contiene un mensaje

con creces. "El don que cada uno haya recibido, pongalo al servicio de los otros, como buenos administradores de la multiforme gracia de Dios" (1 Pedro

y cultivar el

4:10).

medio ambiente, que

Comencemos por ser discfpulo

—o

como

por

las

bellezas y maravillas de la naturaleza. * La protection y la preservation del seria la corres-

ponsabilidad ecologia.

sea una persona que sigue a nuestro

* El respeto

por

vida

—

humana

Senor Jesucristo. Por ser miembros de la

protegiendo la vida de cualquier amenaza

Iglesia Jesus nos llama a ser discfpulos.

o ataque y haciendo todo lo posible para

Esto tiene serias implicaciones: *

Los discfpulos maduros hacen

decision consciente y firme de seguir a Jesus, sin importarles lo que cueste. *

Los discfpulos cristianos tienen una conversion un cambio de corazon y mente que afecta toda la vida y hacen un compromiso con el Senor. * Los cristianos corresponsables responden de manera especial al llamado a ser discfpulos. La corresponsabilidad tiene el poder de formar y moldear la manera en que entendamos nuestra vida

—

y la estamos viviendo. Los discfpulos de Jesus y los cristianos corresponsables reconocen que

Dios es

origen de la vida, el dador de

enriqucer ese don y ayudarlo a florecer. * El desarrollo de este mundo las

—

nobre esfuerzo humano labores ffsicas, los negocios y las

mediante

profesiones, las artes y las ciencias.

ese esfuerzo le llamamos trabajo.

El trabajo es una vocation

humana

que nos hace sentir realizados. El Concilio Vaticano II senala que, mediante el trabajo no solo contribuimos a nuestro mundo, sino tambien al reino de Dios, que esta ya presente entre nosotros. El trabajo es nuestra asociacion con Dios - nuestra colaboracion divina-humana

en la creation. El trabajo ocupa un lugar central en nuestra vida como cristianos corresponsables.

libertad y la fuente de todas las cosas.

(continuard)

Misa.

Del Hijo

En muchas ocasiones, como aparece

Dios creo el mundo pero se lo encomendo a los seres humanos. Cuidar

mundo incluye lo siguente:

la iglesia del

aparece dialogando con un joven mexicano despues de

Del Padre en

* El aprecio entusiasta

domingos en

parroco bilingiie dedica su tiempo a servir a ambas

Pentecostes: El Espiritu

profundo sobre la corresponsabilidad de la naturaleza.

la foto

Como

Evangelio, Jesus habla a sus discfpulos del Espfritu Santo: lo presents el

Don, vivo y personal, que

recibiran, enviado por el Padre y por El; que los habra de instruir, consolar,

El.

Hace que lo conozcan y lo amen toi

los redimidos, y a El los encomieqi

como a sus propios hermanos y hermanas Cuando Jesus dice: "Hagan ustede: como hice yo", nos senala cual debe se; el fin

la fuerza

suprema que ha

guiarnos: el

redimidos.

Jesus quiere a la Iglesia

En este mismo Espfritu, Jesus, como Hijo,

cumple perfectamente la voluntad

del Padre celestial: actua tan solo por su gloria, lo

ama, lo invoca, se abandona en

Noticias Diocesanas Nuestro Obispo Guillermo ha concedido el permiso de regresar a su diocesis de origen en America del Sur, a Padre Aurelio Ferrin Lopez, quien lo pidio por motivos de salud. Todos sentimos la partida del Padre Aurelio, despues de haber servido a la comunidad hispana en Charlotte y otras ciudades desde el verano pasdado hasta el presente. Quedamos muy agradecidos por su valioso ministerio, sobre todo, en favor de los encarcelados, los pobres y mas

d< hi:

Amor,

que se quedara con ellos. Este Don que recibiran los Apostoles, es el Espfritu Santo, Espfritu suyo y del Padre: el Amor que de ambos procede. Por obra de este entero Amor, Cristo es anunciado y viene al mundo. El Padre pone en El sus complacencias, lo manifiesta los hombres como su Hijo amado; acepta su sacrificio para redencion de los hombres, lo exalta y le concede que el mismo Espfritu suyo y del Hijo se extienda sobre todos los fortalecer y

es decir, el Espfriti

suyo y del Padre, que nos ha sido dado En la fiesta de hoy, Pentecostes celebramos el acontecimiento memorabk de la venida del Espfritu Santo sobn Maria y los Apostoles. El amor entero, la tercera Persona i

Santfsima Trinidad, comienza

asf

habitar en aquel pequeno grupo

elegidos, el templo preparado por Cristo la Iglesia.

Por este Espfritu que habita en

como

alia

a Esposi

amadfsima y la Iglesia pued( corresponder con un amor digno sobrenatural y grato a Dios. ( Con permiso de los Padres de Sociedad de San Pablo)

necesitados.

Oremos por el bienestar de

Padre Ferrin y que

Senor

colme dt

bendiciones.

Noticias Internacionales

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS

— El Vaticano ha aprobado

uso

acolitas (monaguillas) con sujecion a la:

necesidades pastorales de las locales.

iglesia

."Puedequeunobispodigaqut

sf por razones pastorales,

mientras otro

diga que no" dijo el portavoz del Vaticanc .La decisioi Joaquin Navarro-Valls. resuelve una cuestion pastoral, no un .

To Our Friends There is a reflection about the role of the Holy acompanando a los hispanos de la parroquia San Felipe

Apostol, en Statesville. El les brinda todo el apoyo que puede darles

hermano en

Cristo,

superando

barrera del idioma.

como

su pastor y

Spirit in

our lives, followed by

a summary of the pastoral latter of the U.S. bishops on stewardship. Father Aurelio Ferrin asked Bishop Curlin for return to his home diocese because of his declining health. Permission was granted and we are all sorry for his departure and appreciate his ministry with Hispanics.

cuestion de doctrina.

El Padre Paul Gary lleva varios afios

The Catholic News

fry 20, 1994

HeraW

Diocesan Support Appeal Results As Of May 10 Charlotte Vicariate Our Lady of Assumption Church, DGoal: $24,553 Pledges: $34,369

St.

Barnabas Church,

Smoky Mountain

Mary Church, Shelby Goal: $9,744 Pledges: $16,165

Vicariate Holy Redeemer Church, Andrews

St.

Arden Goal: $27,985 Pledges: $31,574

Goal: $1,978 Pledges: $2,680 .

Our Lady of Consolation Church, Goal: $10,105 Pledges: $18,570

St.

Eugene Church,

Saint Michael Church,

Asheville

Goal: $30,152 Pledges: $40,551

Gastonia Goal: $45,503 Pledges: $49,875

Immaculate Conception Church, Canton Goal: $1,436 Pledges: $950

Ann Church,

St.

Goal: $52,366 Pledges: $69,193 |

St. Gabriel Church, Goal: $176,077 Pledges: $210,858

St.

Joan of Arc Church,

Greensboro Vicariate

Asheville

Christ the King Church,

Goal: $17,329 Pledges: $17,723

High Point

John Church, Tryon Goal: $10,286 Pledges: $17,218

Goal: $5,771 Pledges: $9,100

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Hayesville Goal: $6,674 Pledges: $7,862

Holy Infant Church,

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church,

Reidsville

Cherokee Goal: $1,436 Pledges: $1,465

St.

1 St. John Neumann Church, Goal: $61,576 Pledges: $80,159

Goal: $5,951 Pledges: $8,154 1st. Luke Church,

St.

Mint Hill Goal: $20,399 Pledges: $18,988

Goal: $3,965 Pledges: $575

Matthew Church,

St.

Goal: $78,733 Pledges: $77,127

Jude Church, Sapphire Valley

St.

Patrick Cathedral,

Goal: $51,282 Pledges: $57,835

St.

Peter Church,

Goal: $9,925 Pledges: $17,581

Goal: $37,015 Pledges: $37,275

Boone Thomas Aquinas Church,

5t.

3oal: $43,336 Pledges: $46,771

Vincent de Paul Church, $57,603 Pledges: $65,906

St.

Gioal:

Bernadette Church,

Linville

Albemarle Vicariate

Prince of Peace Church,

Mountains

Robbinsville

Goal: $533 Pledges: $660

Our Lady of the Highways Church, Thomasville Goal: $5,590 Pledges: $9,205

St.

Francis of Assisi Church,

Franklin

Goal: $12,814 Pledges: $12,665

Vicariate

Church of the Epiphany, Blowing Rock Goal: $533 Pledges: $0 St.

Our Lady of Grace Church, Greensboro Goal: $63,743 Pledges: $81,373

the

Church, Highlands Goal: $6,132 Pledges: $2,250

Margaret Mary Church,

Swannanoa 5t.

Our Lady of

Lawrence Church,

Asheville

Goal: $21,844 Pledges: $25,001 St.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, High Point Goal: $39,543 Pledges: $51,517

Goal: $7,035 Pledges: $3,050

Benedict Church, Greensboro Goal: $10,828 Pledges: $15,697

John Church, Waynesville Goal: $9,565 Pledges: $10,380

St.

Joseph Church,

St. Joseph Church, Bryson City Goal: $2,881 Pledges: $1,672

Asheboro Goal: $13,717 Pledges: $18,766

Francis of Assisi Church,

>t.

Joseph of the Hills Church,

Margaret Church,

Vlocksville

St.

ioal: $4,868 Pledges: $6,900

Boone

Eden

Maggie Valley

Goal: $19,858 Pledges: $21,795

Goal: $6,854 Pledges: $6,770

Goal: $8,119 Pledges: $8,080

St. Mary Church, Greensboro Goal: $15,523 Pledges: $18,840

St.

St. Paul the Apostle Church, Greensboro Goal: $64,827 Pledges: $64,789

St.

Dur

Elizabeth Church,

St.

Lady of the Americas Church,

Jiscoe

St.

loal: $2,701 Pledges: $3,940

Sparta

Frances of

Rome

Church,

Goal: $3,242 Pledges: $3,480

Mary Church, Sylva Goal: $7,757 Pedges: $7,890

}ur Lady of the Annunciation Church, Albemarle

jpoal: $17,149 Pledges: $14,510

St.

Francis of Assisi Church,

Jefferson

Goal: $3,242 Pledges: $2,798 -lDur

Monroe

lllacred

St. John Baptist de la Salle Church, North Wilkesboro Goal: $6,674 Pledges: $8,948

i '.acred Heart Church, ijVadesboro :Koal: $897 Pledges: $1,755

St.

James Church, Concord Joal: $27,804 Pledges: $26,202

Gastonia Vicariate King Church, Kings Mountain

Christ the

James Church,

lamlet

Joseph Church,

Lannapolis

$70,064 Pledges: $71,054

acred Heart Church,

Goal: $28,707 Pledges: $32,801

St. Aloysius Church, Hickory Goal: $37,737 Pledges: $45,460

Holy Family Church,

Kernersville

Clemmons Goal: $50,018 Pledges: $61,342

Our Lady of Fatima Church,

Charles Borromeo Church,

Morganton

Winston-Salem

Goal: $12,634 Pledges: $12,986

Goal: $20,582 Pledges: $19,556

St.

$1,978 Pledges: $1,877 the Apostle Church,

lars Hill

$4,326 Pledges: $3,390

Our Lady of Mercy Church Winston-Salem Goal: $35,391 Pledges: $40,814

Francis of Assisi Church,

Forest City

Goal: $8,660 Pledges: $7,970

Goal: $6,674 Pledges: $7,680 St.

Queen of the Apostles Church, Belmont

Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Lexington Goal: $9,744 Pledges: $12,865

Joseph Church,

Newton Goal: $12,634 Pledges: $12,785

Goal: $19,677 Pledges: $24,891 St.

Dorothy Church,

Lincolnton Goal: $9,563 Pledges: $10,795

urnsville

oal:

Goal: $3,784 Pledges: $6,415

St. Philip

$20,761 Pledges: $ 24,274

Andrew

Holy Cross Church,

Lenoir

revard

Our Lady of the Angels Church, Marion

Immaculate Conception Church,

lendersonville

Mt. Airy Goal: $6,854 Pledges: $7,686

St.

Holy Spirit Church, Denver

$4,687 Pledges: $3,877

Asheville Vicariate

oal:

Holy Angels Church,

Goal: $10,828 Pledges: $12,129

nmaculate Conception Church,

ioal:

Holy Trinity Church, Taylorsville

Goal: $3,062 Pledges: $4,463

fSoal: $6,674 Pledges: $7,050

roal:

Hickory Vicariate

Stephen Church,

Elkin

j[t.

oal:

King

Goal: $3,062 Pledges: $2,857

Goal: $3,242 Pledges: $6,001

Good Shepherd Church, Goal: $3,423 Pledges: $5,617

Lucien Church, Spruce Pine Goal: $3,604 Pledges: $5,209 St.

jpoal: $37,918 Pledges: $39,755

It.

Winston-Salem Vicariate

Pius Tenth Church, Greensboro Goal: $48,573 Pledges: $45,336 St.

Heart Church,

Salisbury

Goal: $7,396 Pledges: $9,020

Lady of Lourdes Church,

â&#x20AC;¢lpoal: $16,065 Pledges: $20,973

J|t.

William Church,

Murphy

St. Helen Church, Spencer Mountain Goal: $2,334 Pledges: $1,700

the Apostle Church,

St.

Benedict the

Moor Church,

Winston-Salem Goal: $7,037 Pledges: $7,535

Statesville

Goal: $20,038 Pledges: $21,623

St. Leo Church, Winston-Salem Goal: $66,996 Pledges: $83,885

St. Therese Church, Mooresville

Goal: $25,817 Pledges: $32,303

DSA TARGET: TOTAL PLEDGES: .

$1,806,000 $2,081,673 \

14 The Catholic

News

& Herald

Home Educators Convention MANASSAS, VA.— The National Association of Catholic Home Educators is presenting

its

fourth annual con-

vention July 8-9 in Manassas.

The con-

homeschooling Catholics and parents considering homeschooling. There will be more than 100 book fair and curriculum exhibits. For more information, call David Mason at (703) 822vention

for

May

Mayfair '94

CONCORD — St. James and For-

est Hill

United Methodist churches are

presenting "Mayfair '94," a day of activities

on the grounds of the churches on May 28 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday,

All proceeds will benefit Cooperative Christian Ministry.

Catholic Home Educators

BELMONT

—

Belmont Abbey

Vacation Family Program

Home Educators of the Triad will meet on Monday, May 23 at 10 a.m. For

speak about her recent pilgrimages to Fatima, Lourdes and Betania at St. Tho-

tion Family Program, "Come Along

location and information call

Mary Beth

The seminar

Older American's Month CHARLOTTE The Charlotte Mecklenburg Council on Aging will present the following programs the week

825-6890.

& Remarried

GREENSBORO — The Separated,

Divorced & Remarried group of Greensboro is having a newcomers brunch at Shoney's, Stanley Road off West Wendover at 1-40, on Sunday, May 29 at 1

p.m.

Scholarships

—

CHARLOTTE

Brian

MacKenzie, a senior at Charlotte Catholic High School, has accepted a fouryear, full-tuition academic scholarship

College of Arts Sciences at Vanderbilt University for about $ 1 7,000

to the

a year.

The

scholarship includes up to

$4,200 toward the cost of an overseas summer study program. Brian is the son of Kirk and Janet MacKenzie of Charlotte.

Nicole Prascak, a senior at CharHigh School, has accepted two scholarships for $2,500 a year to lotte Catholic

Belmont Abbey College. Nicole, the daughter of John and Jo Ann Prascak of Charlotte, received a $500 Leadership Scholarship from Belmont Abbey and a $2,000 academic scholarship from the attend

Diocese of Charlotte.

(910) 764-0269.

mas Aquinas Church on May

23.

Her

talk will follow a video showing at 7 p.m.

ASHEVILLE

— This

Jesus," at St. Joan of Arc 1

year's

Church is

9-23, from 6 p.m.-9 p.m., with dinn

6 p.m. For registration or informa, 255-0 or the church office (704) 252-3

call the education office (704)

—

Separated, Divorced

3833.

CHARLOTTE — Patty Kersey will

Young

will feature presentations

and the dynamics of conversion wi the person is June 19-25. The sec session on the process of conversic June 26-July 2. Cost is $265 per ses or $500 for both. Group discount? available. For registration and infoi tion, call Living Waters at (704)

TalkOnFatima

College will host a seminar, "Friendship as a Focal Point of Theology," June 5-8.

by theologians. For more information, call Belmont Abbey College at (704)

Refreshments will be served. Cost is $10 per family. The program is open to the public. Reservations are required by June 9. To register, call Pam Smith at the Faith Formation Office at (704) 3311723 or Tracy Welliver at (910) 2724681. For more information, call Jay Hamilton at (704) 663-64 11.

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4338.

Friendship And Theology

20,

May 22: May 22; "Sunday

for Seniors," at

p.m.-3:30 p.m. For more information, call (704) 522-6222.

the Senior Center,

May 23; "Piano & Saxophone ConJewish Community Center, 1 1 a.m. -noon, For reservations, call Sue Klein at (704) 366-5007, ext. 230. May 24; "Second Annual Fun with Fitness," Grady Cole Center, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. To regiser, call Cilia Laula or Yo Eilmes, (704) 335-5392. May 24, 25; "55 Alive Defensive Driving Course," 9 a.m.-l p.m. To register, call Nancy Hiley, (704) 334-4637.

Family Bible School

BELMONT— Family Bible School program for all ages at Queen of the Apostles Church, June 19-22, from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. For information, call Anne is

Roy

ROCK HILL — The

May

25; "Queen City Brass Film," 1 p.m. lunch and

—

program at Spirit Square, 3 p.m. "Blue Planet," Discovery Place Ommnimax Theater. For reservations, call Karen Beach at (704) 372-9664. Father/Son Fertility Program

—

host a

Aug.

Oratory will

Summer Bible Institute

week from Sunday,

Paulist Father Lawrence Boadt, Biblical studies teacher at Washington Theo-

Union and

editor for the Paulist

Press, will present a course

on "Discov-

at least

Daniel Harrington, author and teacher at

lication

bridge, Mass., will teach

and the

Scrolls

"The Dead Sea

printed on recycl

The institute is open to all interested

Box

586,

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(803) 327-2097.

MAGGIE VALLEY ther Paul V.

—

Jesuit Fa-

Robb, founder of the

Insti-

tute for Spiritual Leadership in Chicago, will present

"Journey Toward Spiritual

Maturity and Companionship," a work-

shop

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child.

cyclable.

The Oratory, P.O. Rock Hill, SC 2973 1 or call

first

session on self knowledge

Bishop Curlin

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and enrichment.. Tuition for both courses is $100, $55 separately. Room and meals are available for an additional fee. For information and in scripture study

Spiritual Journey Workshop

between parent and

This newspaper

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4:30 p.m.

Speakers will discuss the physical and emotional changes of early adolescence and encourage communications

10 days before the date of

the Weston School of Theology in Cam-

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ering the Book of Ezekiel." Jesuit Father

GREENSBORO The annual Father/Son Fertility Appreciation Program for 1 1- 14-year-old boys is Sunday, June 12 at St. Pius Tenth from 1 p.m.The educational program is presented by the Diocese of Charlotte's Natural Family Planning Center to promote respect and appreciation for human sexu-

scripture

July 31 to Friday,

logical

CHARLOTTE — Our Lad

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World and National Briefs ing to Don Frericks, assistant dean in the

Could Increase Pressure

uling in

To Fund Abortions WASHINGTON (CNS)

States

Republican National Convention. The award was the largest ever assessed

director of the Office of Educational

against abortion protesters. Jurors or-

Pope Offers Condolences For Murdered Missionaries VATICAN CITY (CNS)

The university conducted writ-

dered punitive damages of $350,000 from

John Paul

988-93 in Catholic

Operation Rescue; $150,000 from its former director, the Rev. Keith Tucci;

Algerian Catholics and prayed for reconciliation and dialogue after two French

$355,000 from Rescue America; and $ 1 55 ,000 from its national director, Don Treshman. The defendants said they would appeal. Planned Parenthood of Southeast Texas, owner of one of the 10 abortion clinics in Houston at which abortion opponents protested during the convention, was the only one to file suit for damages.

missionaries were murdered in Algiers.

university's School of Education and

—

— Pope

Medicaid plicy supersedes state law on abortion ;mding points up the need for further ruling that federal

|,dge's

mgressional action, according to an

of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat

Ticial

Pro-Life Activities. Gail Quinn, ex-

l>mmenting May 9 on the decision three jfiys earlier by Denver-based U.S. Disiict Judge Edward Nottingham, who

Hyde Amendment

ten surveys between

urban and rural elementary and secondary schools in California, Iowa and Ohio. In all, 1 3,603 parents, students and teachers responded.

was

director of the secretariat,

|i:utive

Services.

Change In Interdiction Policy

Was Sought By Church Advocates

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

prohibiting

Clinton administration decision to stop

funding of abortion except in

sending Haitians back home without asy-

Isp of rape, incest and threats to the

lum hearings was called encouraging by

pother' s life requires states to fund abor-

the national director of Catholic refugee

bns in those cases. Nottingham issued a |rmanent injunction against enforcement of an amendment to the Colorado institution that had banned abortion

assistance programs. Just days before

Inding except to save the mother' s

bishops and the heads of 262 Catholic

bid the jjderal

threw out

I; thus

all

life.

restrictions

portion funding in the state.

Bishops Express Fear For Catholics In Serb-Controlled Areas

ZAGREB,

President Clinton announced Haitians

Croatia

(CNS)

— The

offered his condolences to

Assumptionist Sister Paule-Helene Raymond, 67, and Marist Brother Henri Verges, 64, were shot and killed May 8 at the cultural center and library which the Marists run in the Algerian capital.

The motive for the killings was not known. According to witnesses, Sister PauleHelene opened the door of the center to two young men thinking they wanted to use the library.

When they said they did

not have a library card, she brought them to Brother

Verges

to obtain one.

The

would be screened for asylum eligibility

Catholic bishops of Bosnia-Herzegovina

youths shot the two religious and fled the

or in a third country, 33 U.S.

expressed fear for the lives of Catholics

center.

at sea

communities sent him a

in Serbian-controlled territory.

Tens of

letter

thousands of Catholics face discrimina-

asking for an end to the repatriation

announced May 8 that would no longer be intercepted

by Serbs, they said in a statement issued at the end of a May 6 meeting. They asked Serbian authorities to permit

and sent back home without hear-

the safe return of displaced Catholics to

religious

Another Marist brother heard the

shots and found Sister Paule-Helene and

Brother Verges dead.

tion

dent Bush and continued by Clinton de-

bution of humanitarian aid. Their state-

lildren to Catholic elementary and sec-

spite his campaign promises to reverse

Idary schools say the teaching of moll ity and values influenced their deci-

Jesuit Father Richard

Ryscavage, ex-

ment was reported by the Catholic Press Agency of Zagreb. The bishops said 40

Historian Denies Vatican Had Role In Nazi's Escape (CNS) A Vatican historian, denying charges aired May 5 on ABC-TV's "Prime Time Live," said the Vatican did not help the escape of an exSS official currently sought by Italy as a

ecutive director of the U.S. Catholic

percent of the Catholics in the Sarajevo

World War

Archdiocese, 80 percent of the Catholics

possible that Church people acting inde-

Banja Luka Diocese and more than 50 percent of the Catholics in the Mostar Diocese live in Serbian-controlled terri-

cats rated their teachers

Conference's Migration and Refugee Services, said Clinton's plan "will, at a minimum, place the United States in compliance with its international obligation for the protection of refugees."

pendently assisted the Nazi's flight to Argentina after the war, said the historian, Jesuit Father Robert Graham, a U.S. priest who helped edit an 1 1 -vol-

Gacy Executed As Last-Minute Clemency Pleas Rejected

Synod's Joyful End Dampened By Continued Fighting In Rwanda

policy. Clinton

Students, Teachers Hive Catholic Schools High Marks Nearly 1 DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) irents,

—

lie out of 10 parents

i>n, t i

who

send their

according to a five-year study by

University of Dayton. Teachers in

mtholic schools give them their highest

academic

mirks in

quality.

Most

stu-

and the curAulum higher than athletic and social Ipgrams, and religion, contrary to popubelief, is

important to them, accord-

Haitians at sea

ings, a policy instituted under then-Presi-

their

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like at

criminal.

series of Vatican

However,

it is

World War

—

and dancing that marked the synod's conclusion was dampened by sadness

troops.

including the Catholic bishops of Illinois

and horror over the continued fighting in

to stop the execution.

Serial killer

The

state's

Mass

for the special

Synod

of Bishops for Africa, the joyful singing

Rwanda. More than

month of fighting

bishops in a May 2 statement reaffirmed

in the

punishment and reiterated their belief that life is sacred. Gacy, one of the worst serial killers in U.S. history, was executed by

of some 200,000 people, according to

lethal injection at Stateville Correctional

been

Center in

tion," Pope John Paul II said, reciting a midday prayer from his hospital room. "The tragic news coming from Rwanda saddened the beginnings of this work and, unfortunately, there still seems to be no glimmer of a true turn toward peace," he said in the message broadcast to St.

their opposition to capital

Joliet.

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Confirmation WASHINGTON

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of the Congregation for Bishops, sent

Vatican has ratified for a five-year pe-

the Vatican's Latin-language decree,

riod the U.S. bishops' decision that con-

dated Feb.

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He said approval was given for five

The bishops voted overwhelmingly

New

Orleans meeting

last

years "in order that the bishops, with the perspectives,

cause of the diversity of current practices around the country and the lack of

tion

consensus

Conference of Catholic Bishops hereby decrees that the sacrament of confirmation in the Latin rite shall be conferred between the age of discretion, which is about the age of 7, and 1 8 years of age, within the limits determined by the diocesan bishop and with regard for the legitimate exceptions given in Canon 891, namely, when there is danger of death or where in the judgment of the minister grave cause urges otherwise." The bishops adopted it last June by a vote of 186-17. Behind their decision to maintain a wide age range was a complicated his-

best age for the sacrament.

tional

Within the established wider age range a bishop may choose a more specific range as the ordinary age for reception of the sacrament in his diocese. In the Diocese of Charlotte, confirmation candidates must have completed

sophomore year

high school

and/or be 16 years of age.

Confirming in high school is the culmination of years of instruction, building to this

and bring a norm once again to the

Holy See for review." The U.S. decree reads: "The Na-

church today as to the

in the

new may again raise this ques-

lapse of time and the addition of

June

to adopt a flexible national policy be-

their

formally ratifying the U.S.

canon law, the general law governing

States.

at their

moment of

grace, said

Bishop William G. Curlin, bishop of the 46-county Diocese of Charlotte. "Young people say to me constantly, T see this as a beginning of a mature relationship with Jesus, not just an end of religious

tory dating

back

to 1983,

Code of Canon Law

when the new

established the age

of discretion as the time for confirma-

instructions.'"

Archbishop William H. Keeler of

tion unless a bishops' conference deter-

Baltimore, president of the National

mines otherwise. In 1984 the bishops voted to leave the age of confirmation up to each bishop in his own diocese. It was an approach adopted in the 1980s by at least four

Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Msgr. Robert N. Lynch, NCCB general secretary, formalized the Vatican-ap-

proved decision gation dated

in a

May

decree of promul-

was mailed to the it was

public

May

Mexico and Canada, and proved by Rome. those of

10.

ing July

ap-

994, and end-

1999.

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, prefect

ANN

When this was discovered in

firmation.

1991, the

But

NCCB

Rome

youth ministry and liturgy persom revealed a wide spectrum of views every group on the preferable age confirmation. It found that no single £ or age range enjoyed the support o majority of the bishops or other chui

Rome. meantime had

submitted

in the

stopped approving decisions that set no specific age or age range. It asked the bishops to

come back with

spe-

cific decision.

leaders.

A national tors

survey of bishops, pas-

Associate Editor Joann Keane a

and diocesan religious education,

tributed to this article.

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