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July 22, 1994

Unsung Heroes

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Chaplains 'Walk The Pain' With Crash Victims' Families

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By

CAROL HAZARD

"Prayer tends to be the finale, the

Associate Editor

—

CHARLOTTE Rev. Mr. Ben Wenning still chokes up at the thought of a young man clutching crystal rosary beads that belonged to his wife.

John Litchfield isn't Catholic, and he has no idea of how to pray the rosary.

But he grabbed the beads and held onto them for days after learning his wife was aboard US Air Flight 1016 that went down July 2 in a violent thunderstorm over Charlotte/Douglas International.

Theresa Litchfield, 25, was one of 37 people killed in the crash.

A permanent deacon and airport chaplain, Rev. Mr. Wenning met stunned families at the airport and stayed with

them

Adams Mark

Hotel as they waited for information that never seemed at the

wrap up," Rev. Mr. Wenning said. "They (the families) turn to you for prayer ...

when they start to accept the reality of the death."

Rev. Mr. Wenning recalled chatting

about Super Nintendo with a little girl as she nibbled on a ham sandwich, a dill pickle and mocha cake But he also helped .

her parents deal with the pain of telling their daughter that grandmother had died in the crash.

from the other families.

After midnight on the day she was told, the 5-year-old girl insisted upon calling her 7-year-old cousin in bia, S.C.

share her grief," Rev. Mr.

they read or hear in

of six chaplains families.

A source of comfort, the chaplains would

hand as

offer a tissue or hold a

families waited hours, sometimes days, to learn if their

loved ones had died or

news accounts.

"These people are thrown into the middle of outer space," Rev. Mr. Wenning said. "In the parish, the emphasis might be on how the Lord gives people strength

make

survived. Mostly, however, they were

to

there just to be there as church represen-

story, but this isn't a pretty story."

tatives.

They listened. They comforted. They cried. They made small talk. They tended to practical concerns, like helping

find a doctor to

make

US Air

a house call or

But

the journey. That's the pretty

It's

about confusion, pain, misery.

it's

also about faith.

"As an instrument of God's peace, I could feel the power of the spirit working through my words, ideas, hands and

locating a black Baptist minister for one

heart," said Father

of the families. Lastly, they offered spiri-

chial vicar at St.

tual advice.

who was

JOANN KEANE

Dennis Kuhn, paro-

Ann Church, Charlotte,

assigned to a Catholic family.

Father Kuhn counseled the family of

John Lucas, a 29-year-old

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who was

Ho!

her father the

KEANE

in Charlotte. Getting there is half the fun,

Associate Editor

says Msgr. Allen. Like sardines in a can,

BERRY ISLANDS, BAHAMAS

teens in tightly packed buses

may

It's

the last fresh water that will

spray across their bodies for days. For

dis-

the next week, a quick lather with dish

|

agree about the fun, but they found ways

detergent, followed by a dive into crystal

i|iipmate

to wile

was nearly two in the morning when a woke Lizelle Restar from a wund deck-side slumber. Rubbing the MS spray from her face, the Salisbury len and member of Sacred Heart Wrish rose from the ship's deck to !|ke her turn on the nightly sailing watch.

— —

the captain's order, she con-

nued along the charted course, and kept

He ship's wheel steady on a compass leading of 240.

Restar' s not an indentured sailor,

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one of 85 diocesan teens setting sail H>r the high seas; part of Msgr. Richard hit

i

lien's biennial

Bahamas

Sailing

Ad-

Five days earlier, overcast skies kept Is,

summer temperature down to a mod-

ate broil, as the

away the

It' s

hours, nonetheless.

a healthy two-day trip to Miami,

and Msgr. Allen has arranged overnight accommodations at Sacred Heart Parish in New Smyrna Beach and St. Louis Parish in Miami. In both locations, teens find classroom floors a bit stiffer than their cushy beds at home. It helps ready them for the days ahead, aboard the five sailing vessels that will

crew-to-be boarded

liami-bound buses

at St.

Ann Church

become home

clear Caribbean water will

masquerade

With an arsenal of Lemon Joy,

the

teens stow their gear aboard Sundancer,

Shark

12,

Shark

14,

Miami

Star and

Koloa, the five Miami-based sailboats charting a course coast of

Miami

some 1 20 miles off the

to the

Berry Islands.

For the next eight days, the teens

become masters of

their

own

destiny.

Msgr. Allen

known pre-dawn

function while sailing, from raising the

hour. Sleepily, teens

A sunrise dip brings

and provides the opportunity for a fresh water shower, community style, under beach-side cool-water

them

to life,

faucets.

is

admiral of this

fleet;

the

teens transform into crews aboard their

respective ships. Teens perform every sails

week before. Father Kuhn

and God's grace, but her greatest

comfort was realizing that her son and father were together, he said.

Much like the apostles who were sent out two by two by Jesus to preach repentance, drive out demons and anoint

(Mark 6: 7-13), the was there to anoint not necessarily with oil but words of comfort, Father Kuhn said. They drove out demons of

the sick with oil

as bathing.

away from home.

In New Smyrna Beach and Miami, Msgr. Allen blows reveille at some unstagger to the buses.

;nture.

r

student

talked to Pat Williams about everlasting life

By JOANN

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USC

enroute to visit his mother in

Belmont, N.H. His mother had buried

Diocesan Teens Take To The High Seas

Mlowing

and

Wenning said.

waiting with tremendous periods of grief."

He was one

"You walk the pain with them," said Rev. Mr. Wenning, who became en-

Photo by

Colum-

to tell the story

meshed in the tragedies of six families.

"The atmosphere was one of patient

come.

who ministered to the victims'

,

"She had

Disaster grief counseling bears no resemblance to parish ministry to the dying, Rev. Mr. Wenning said. Intense and immediate, it is totally unplanned.

Families are flown into a foreign city, most with only the clothes on their back Like everyone else, they know only what

to

With sails hoisted one of the five sailboats crewed by diocesan teens glides across the shallov \ya\ iks of the Bahamas, near the Berry Islands.

Wanting to spare her from had isolated the girl

grief, the parents

and lowering the anchor

to

taining the galley and preparing

main-

all

ship-

board meals. Each sailboat has its own licensed captain, serving mostly as advisor for the crew of able-bodied teens.

See Sail, Page 7

clergy

fear

and assured the families

power of God was

that the

stronger than evil.

And they told them bad things happen to good people.

"We have no idea of God's providence or plans for ourselves or our loved ones," Rev. Mr. Wenning said. "We only know that it (a disaster) happens ... This part of the journey doesn't provide us with the opportunity to understand God. In God's providence, God knows and God will give us the grace to live with it, not understand

it."

1

he Catholic

News

& Herald

July 22,

Celebrating Celibacy

A By

On

Priest

Lonely Nights And

FATHER PETER J. DALY

When

was

I

seminary, our

in the

once cautioned us that collar on a phone pole, people will be attracted to it. We spiritual director if

him

him out of

then, practically hooting

the auditorium. But today,

after eight years in the priesthood,

know what he meant. As

I

C.S. Lewis

observed in the movie "Shadowlands," the unobtainable love is sometimes the purest love and the one that attracts most powerfully.

To a lot of people, priests are

the forbidden fruit.

For those of us who are pledged

to

celibacy, there are the usual danger situ-

much

ations: late at night, too

to drink,

Once I was at a dinner party and someone kept too far from home, too long alone.

rubbing my leg under the table. I didn't dare look to see who. Another time, at a Washington-type stand-up party, a woman came over to me and said, "So how long has it been, Father?" I returned her rather boozy gaze and said, "Not

The

"liar" accusation is easier to

Nobody

deal with.

many I

and

priests.

Or maybe

ally interesting, with

priests are visu-

our distinctive garb

and sacred symbols. We are religious "photo opportunities," like the Amish, only with cars.

But given the preoccupation of our age with all things sexual, public

commitment

it

is

the priest'

to abstaining

from

sex that holds the strongest grip on the public's imagination.

A

public

vow

of

celi-

liars

we are weak. Like everybody else, we

labor under the disabilities of "original

G.K. Chesterton once remarked one could prove by picking up the morning newspaper was original sin. But human sin."

that the only doctrine of Christianity

failure shouldn't turn us into cynics, nor

should it render striving for ideals valueless.

Failure doesn't render celibacy

any more than adultery ren-

pointless,

ders marital fidelity pointless.

At the time I took my own vow of I was 36. 1 had graduated from

celibacy

the University of Virginia 15 years before, in the

midst of the "sexual revolu-

tion" of the '60s and '70s.

I

had my share

I

think

me

prepared

it

My own

view

is

to

be a

some people say? If celibacy

is

knew enough

Peter' s where we prostrated ourselves on

why do we bother? There

to be

about sex to know two things. First, sex doesn't solve any of life's basic problems (sometimes it merely complicates them. ) Second, living without sex would

a floral rug the size of a football field.

The cardinal then read the vow of celi-

a case to be

bacy

late at night

be hard, but harder than that would be

the celibate state: for celibacy

loneliness.

sign and a motive of pastoral charity, a

priestly vocations in

special source of spiritual fruitfulness in

Europe. The case against is also h cal. Celibacy is not essential to the j hood. It has only been required western Church since 1123 A.D case against is also based on opinion. A majority of American C,

On

ordination day

I

In the seminary, celibacy wasn't so

was seldom lonely. There was always someone to talk to and hang out with. We had none of the pressures of

difficult.

I

solitary parish life

and

its

constant trau-

mas of death and sickness.

As a consequence, on the day of my ordination I was fairly confident about

I

to live a chaste, celibate life.

made my promise of celibacy the day I

was ordained a deacon, along with my

1

think so. In light of recent sexual scan-

promise made lightly. Before the ordination, the Church insists on years of reflection, culminating in a five-day silent retreat to think about the commitment to

dals involving priests.

I

find

some skep-

ticism about priestly celibacy. the skeptics,

I

get one of

two

Among

reactions.

(Priests are ordained in

two

stages, first

as deacons, then as priests.)

It is

not a

to us.

the world.

By

both a

is

living in this state with

total dedication,

moved by

for Christ the Lord,

sincere love

you are consecrated

and special way. You will be more freely at the service of God and humanity and you will be more untramto him in a new

meled

in the ministry of Christian con-

version and rebirth

...

so

over a couple of beer

The case against is often pragil^i There is,

lies

to start, the dramatic dec]

would accept

a married pries

I

ask

God and

the

accepting the 12,000 married penr

Therefore

you, in the presence of

are you resolved, as a sign of your interior dedication to Christ, to remain celibate for the sake of the kingdom and in life long service to God and humanity?"

Church

''act

North Ameri< â&#x20AC;˘i

immediately, according to the Poll. Catholics certainly had no

JOtS (omc

itthe

IB.

Tie foi

^

;

C, t Kial

deacons ordained since 1969.

But there is a case for celibai ^ that often does not get a hearing ^ based less on practical consider 6ns than on spiritual ones. To the Chun does not make it a weaker case but il

|flS!

As the first in the alphabet, I stepped forward and said, "I am." I have no doubt that every one of those 20 guys was

a stronger one.

sincere that morning eight years ago.

the

Through Education.

hood.

Two

marry

shortly. Still, that is a

But

have married and one will

better "survival rate" than

somewhat

might be ex-

pected for 20 marriages eight years after the wedding.

What has surprised me since ordination

day

is

temptation

that the times of greatest

come

at

moments of

great

success or failure, of great trauma or

Recently

I

had

to

go

to Children's

Hospital to anoint a dying child.

I

.

father standing stoically by, the

weeping over her dead boy Like

present,

to

God want

does

it? Se

it work to the spiritual gooc Church and its members?

Knowing just what God want: the Psalms observe, a tricky bus But Christians believe that Jesus the mind of God and that Jesus op carry divine weight. By word ai ample, Jesus seemed partial to ce and virginity as a spiritual discip'

does

'

I

all

mother

In

Matthew's gospel

Jesus notes that

(19:

some people

are

pable of marriage while others vo ily

renounce

it

for the sake of

reign. Paul certainly agreed with

the nurses and doctors

on the spiritual value of celibacy. 1 it was not required but very usefu presumed that most bishops woi married and limited them to "one ( 1 Timothy 3:2) But Paul thought

cried as

I

said the prayers for

"Go forth O Christian soul to the God who gave you life."

When I came back to the rectory I was alone. Yet there was an overwhelming desire to share this horrible experi-

ence with someone. I had gone to affirm faith and life, yet I needed to have life affirmed. I thought about going out, to the movies, someplace where there were people. But I needed to talk about it. So I called a couple I know who themselves have a young child, just to tell them about

At moments like this I wish most powerfully that I had a family

the experience.

followers but not required of then

in a real life

the dying,

Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools Education Foundation named co-chairs for its campaign, Building Faith Through Education, a $3 million campaign for the new and expanded Charlotte Catholic High School on Highway 51 between Johnson and Carmel Roads. Located on 13.5 acres, the building will be renovated and additional classroom space will be built. Space also is available for a new football/ soccer stadium and gymnasium. Pictured with Bishop William G. Curlin are (from left) Dick Keffer and Churck Grace. Both have been involved in the development of the current high school for 20 years.

Photoby JOANN KEANE

tions: First,

spent

young parents as their child died in its mother' s arms The early evening with the

Pieta.

it seems ask two basic

In deciding anything,

Church has

something to be encouraged amoi

emotion.

capital

is,

made against celibacj made it myself from time to time, u:

"You shall exercise your ministry in

since that day, four have left the priest-

Building Faith

we "foe

"altar of the chair" near the rear of St.

classmates, at St. Peter's in the Vatican.

don't realize

So, perhaps priests are no morl

life.

nuns and even chaste teenagers) that, could they be playing with a full deck? A lot of people don't

like

we

than anybody else. But are

After four years in the seminary in Rome,

(and other voluntary celibates

the day of the ordination,

processed in alphabetic order to Bernini'

my ability

If priests

On

broken heart can be a help in the priestly

wisdom

desire is the highest of all possible goods.

of my own.

priestly life.

that a

celibacy flies in the face of our popular that the fulfillment of sexual

Father Peter Daly with two young children at a Washington pre-school.

of loves and losses. Insofar as there was

store in College Station, Tex., the buckle

fasci-

of

don' t think we priests are so much

as

better priest.

Americans are

knows how

vow

bacy, not even people who claim to know.

real love,

nated by solitary figures like cowboys

really

priests violate their

Celibacy is just one aspect of America' s fascination with the figure of the Catholic priest. I once visited a video

character. Perhaps

i

they are right.

long enough."

of the Texas Bible Belt, where I counted 40 films with a priest as the principal

Women

Some think priests are liars. Others think we are fools. Some of the time, of course,

you put a Roman

ridiculed

Without

Life

praiseworthy for Christians to married because it allowed them centrate

on God.

(1

t

Corinthians

Like Jesus, he stopped short of n celibacy mandatory. "I'm tellin this for your own benefit, not to i

upon you, but for the propriety and the adherence to th restraint

without distraction." ( 1 Corinthian See Celibacy,

F

lets.

h

:

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& Herak

The Catholic News

y22, 1994

ampaign For Human Development

)iocese Offers CAROL HAZARD

By

Associate Editor

Children nobody wants are the ones

Yackley hopes to help. And the backing her efforts.

The Diocese of Charlotte has given

resa

urch

is

money

seed

ven

Inc.,

to help start Children's

home

a long-term group

in

kingham for hard-to-handle kids. The who have been

ne would be for kids

Seed Money To Help At Risk Children

mare," and seemingly simple tasks like obtaining a driver's license can be rife with bureaucracy.

fested with rats. Placed at Yackley's

"These (Children's Haven and Centro De Ayudar) are excellent examples of trying to move our faith into action," said Scott Spivak, Justice and Peace Ministry coordinator and diocesan CHD director. "They offer a 'hand up' instead of a 'hand out' and that's

blossomed

what

—

got $2,500.

— asked

for $1,000.

The money will be used

fion.

was one of 10 local CamHuman Development grants

gift

for

$16,300 used to fight poverty 1 attack the root cause of not only ancial but also social and political >rivation. CHD is the domestic anti-

lling

lead to violence.

Thompson Children' s Homes. The Episwith homes in Charcopal agency

"The need

with with sexual and/or emotional abuse.

What's more, they would be given "Even these

respect and encouragement.

when they are treated with

kids respond

The home would serve Anson, Richmond, Moore, Montgomery and Scotland counties. Kids ages 8-14 would be

respect,"

accepted and permitted to stay until they

Yackley' s passion for the project stems from her field work with social services. She recalls an 11 -year-old abused girl living in a foster home in-

New Research

Yackley said. "It is my theory that there isn't any kid who won't respond if you can get to them soon enough.'

MANCHESTER,

England (CNS)

— Newly published research

in Britain

suggests that fetuses can feel pain

— and

ated in children and adults with the sensation of pain.

The London

researchers

I

allocated so that 25 percent

and 75 percent

The other

is

for national

—

for $3,200

De Ayudar,

—

is

for

or "helping hand,"

Hispanic center for a growing immilint

is

stag-

— could

open five more homes if the money were available, he said.

Other local CHD grants are $800 to Mecklenburg Council of Senior Citizens, Charlotte, $1,500 to Interagency Resource Project, Gastonia, $800 to Hospitality House of Asheville, $2,500 to Shiloh Community Enrichment Program, Asheville, $2,000 to Swain County Dispute Settlement Center Inc., Bryson City, and $3,000 to Affordable Housing Coalition, Asheville.

said that even the youngest fetus in the

population in Morganton. Volun-

irs from St. Charles Borromeo Church

Ive as advocates, walking immigrants lough tangled legal work. | Committee member Paul Daurelle id immigration papers can be "a night-

Clark of McMaster University Medical Center in Hamilton, Ontario, urged caution about the British findings, saying unconscious patients can show reflex reactions to painful stimuli without ap-

group, 23 weeks gestation, showed a big

a fetus prior to abortion.

rise in the stress

The news was welcomed by pro-life campaigners who said the research was

"Since the mechanisms in pain perception are not fully understood, it is not possible to conclude that the fetus experiences pain; a hormonal response cannot be equated with the perception of

parently feeling pain.

pain," the report said.

gave consent.

further proof of the

humanity of the

unborn children.

hormone

levels.

"our findings suggest that those dealing with the fetus should consider making similar modifications to their practice.

No-

lints.

Intro

Goldsboro and Fletcher

that anesthetics might be administered to

The research team measured stress hormone levels in babies between 23 and 34 weeks of gestation when doctors took blood samples from the umbilical cord and the fetal abdomen.

When the needle was inserted through the abdomen and left for 10 minutes or more, as done in blood transfusions, the babies released stress hormones associ-

collection, taken in

nna ains in the diocese to fund local ijects P'je

s

Suggests Fetuses Can Feel Pain

nates with adequate analgesia,"

is

such homes)

—

lotte,

ginning to think about the problem."

and help dealing

(for

'

gering," said William Moore, director of

painful procedure," the report said.

vnt ber,

Home

ment-funded Thompson Children has offered to run the program.

Ijects.

I

CHD

a

comes up with the estimated $250,000 to buy the home, a van and a year' s operat-

Two of the 10 local grants, inIding Yackley' s, are for parish-based

arm of the U.S. bishops.

The 1

Home,

Charlotte-based group home. If Yackley

The research was published in the London-based medical magazine The Lancet. It was carried out by the Department of Chemical Pathology and the Center for Fetal Care at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, west London.

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether a fetus shows "a hormonal stress response to a potentially

p/ei /erty

be modeled

would clear obstacles so people can make new lives. Yackley' s project would lift shackles of abuse and neglect that often

continuity, counseling

promote the project and hopefully xk the interest of a grassroots organi-

The

will

Children's

a parishioner at St. James

Hamlet

urch,

Home

Thompson

ing expenses, the private- and govern-

graduated from high school or possibly longer. They would be given structure,

Yackley

Children's after

Charles Borromeo project

St.

"These are the type of kids we don't like to be around," Yackley said. "They're loud and destructive. We don't see them as our problem, but in reality they are our greatest problem. These are the kids who end up in jail ... Now that crime has become a looming thing people are be-

inced from foster home to foster home.

young woman who

into a

sings in public.

CHD is all about."

The

THERESA YACKLEY

urgings into a supportive, loving home, the once solemn and withdrawn girl has

sons and stressed that

"Our study shows that, as with neomounts a similar hormonal response to that which would be mounted by older children and adults to stimuli which they would find painful," it "Just as physicians now provide neoit

said,

"This applies not just to diagnostic

and therapeutic procedures on the fetus," but possibly also to abortion "especially

by surgical techniques involving dismem-

An article in the July 8 issue of The Catholic

News & Herald

year ending in June. The Society has

approved another $110,000 for the diocese for the 1994-95 fiscal year.

B ut in a commentary piece, Dr. David

Y

"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

(704) 334-2283

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

Contact

"I leave to the

Charlotte (or (or

Roman

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

sum of$

percent of the residue of my estate) for

religious, educational For more information on

how

and to

its

charitable works'.'

make

The

awarded the Diocese of Charlotte more than $39,000 for three grants.

The $39,000 was a payment toward a total award of $1 10,000 for the fiscal

berment."

In Yours.

said

Catholic Church Extension Society had

to being a priest

Father Frank O'Rourke, Vocation Director 1621 Dilworth Rd. East Charlotte, N.C. 28203

the mothers

Clarification

said.

HisWUl in the Diocese of Charlotte?

all

nates, the fetus

Remember Have you given thought

The London doctors said they only whose blood would have been examined anyway for clinical rea-

tested babies

a Will that works, contact

Jim Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

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News

he Catholic

July 22, 191

Pro-Life Corner Reform measures have been introduced

in Congress that wou mandate abortion coverage as part of basic health care benefits. Tl abortion mandate would make all citizens and employers includii Catholic institutions pay for abortions. Catholic hospitals would

—

—

I

forced to make abortion referrals. State policies restricting insuran coverage for abortions would be invalidated. Urge your senators ar representatives to oppose any plan that does not exclude abortion

a mandated benefit. Write or call:

The Hon.

The Hon. U.S. House of Representative

U.S. Senate

Washington,

DC 20515

Washington,

DC

20510

U.S. Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Editorial The Respect Life Office

Diocese of Charlotte

Responsible Parenthood

One of the Catholic teachings most frequently misunderstood and misrepresented by non-Catholics is the question of having children.

We ve all heard it at one time or another: "Catholics are supposed to have all the children they can so they 11 outnumber everyone else. That's why they're not al'

'

lowed

to use birth control."

In his

weekly Angelus talk Sunday, Pope John Paul

make it clear that this is anything but true.

The pope told the crowd at his summer residence

II tried to

that the Church

'

s

stand against artificial contraceptives

many

not telling couples to have as

is

children as

physically possible. In fact, he said, the Church teaches that

it

sometimes is

"licit

and could even be obligatory"

not to have children. But, he said, this can be done only

— abstaining

by natural methods

woman's

during the

from intercourse

fertile periods.

He said that the Church' s teaching on "responsible is based on recognizing God's design for and God's plan for human sexuality.

"Unfortunately on this point, Catholic thought frequently is misunderstood, as if the Church supported an ideology of fecundity at any cost, pushing couples to procreate without any discernment or planning," the pope said. He said that a careful reading of Church pronouncements shows that is not true.

He said that spouses are "obliged to have an ex-

parenthood"

human

life

tremely responsible attitude" in generating life. Couples,

he said, should take seriously the decision to have or not

have a child be

made

stances.

after evaluating the possibilities

He

mind if

all,

keep the Holy Father's com-

to

for the next time

you hear someone

many

children."

enough of us keep repeating

sage will finally sink

place the

C ASTEL G ANDOLFO, Italy (CNS)— The CathoChurch recognizes it is "going against the current" when it insists on the permanence of marriage, Pope John Paul II said.

But its teaching is based on the nature of true love, the good of couples and their children as well as on the teachings of Jesus, the pope said July 10 during a midday prayer at his summer residence.

With hundreds of visitors gathered in the courtyard of the villa at Castel Gandolfo, Pope John Paul offered special prayers for "couples in crisis," so they would lic

it,

the

mes-

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Priestly Celibacy

We recommend the article on priestly celibacy by Father Peter Daly of the Archdiocese of Washington.

The article, which begins on Page 2, makes a convincing case. It's well worth reading.

The Pope Speaks Pope John Paul

II

i

"find again the freshness of their early love."

The pope called divorce a plague, which although legaHn most countries, "represents one of the greatest defeats of human civilization."

know

"I

well that this aspect of the ethics of

matrimony is one of the most demanding, and that sometimes one sees marriage situations that are truly difficult or even dramatic," he said. The reality of difficult marriages is nothing new, the pope said, which is why divorce was "tolerated" in the Old Testament.

"Jesus explained the concession of Mosaic law because of 'the hardness of the human heart,' and did not hesitate to re-propose, in

God"

design of

that a

all its

vigor, the original

man and woman

united in

marriage would become one flesh.

And Jesus added, "they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together let no one separate," the

talking about Catholics having "so

Maybe

and circum-

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at the center."

You might want in

must "above

said the couple

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He said the decision must

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"Unfortunately,

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"They must not separate!" the 'hardness of heart' de-

nounced by Jesus which continues to make it difficult" for people to understand that the permanence of marriage is not only a religious belief, but "arises from the very nature of love and of the family."

"One loves truly and completely only when one loves forever, in joy and pain, in good times and bad," he

said.

The pope met pilgrims

July 13 in the Vatica

audience hall for the first time since he underw surgery in late April to repair a broken thigh bone.

Continuing a series of talks about women's

roll

toe

Church and society, the pope recalled the statem of the 1 987 world Synod of Bishops that women sho "participate in the life of the Church without the

discrimination, including in consultations and the ela

I'sii

ration of decisions."

The

statement, he said, calls for

women's

KSthi

participation in pastoral and diocesan councils, di

esan synods and in the preparation of pastoral do ments and missionary initiatives.

"These are all fields

in

which qualified women

erof'

isar

make a great contribution of wisdom and moder; courage and dedication, spirituality and fervor f< good of the Church and society," the pope said.

The Church today needs women like mother of Jesus, and her cousin Elizabeth, "dec

M

consistent, faithful witnesses,

and disbelief so society

common

in

who before many areas

the

of mi

show with their words and works their adh

to the living Christ," he said.

The pope said the women who told the disciples more intuil nature of women' s intelligence, which makes them m

1

"Don' t children have an extreme need for the indissoluble union of their parents and aren't they perhaps the first victims of the drama of divorce?" the pope asked before leading a prayer for couples in

crisis.

Jesus had risen were examples of "the

open to revealed truth, better able to gather the me; of facts and to accept the Gospel message."

He also praised the number of women who activ Church Needs Women's Talent At All Levels, Pope Says

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participate in parish liturgies, almost always making

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needs the gifts and talents of women, not only in handing

inclination to piety

on the

liturgical

and caring for the sick, but also as consultlevels, Pope John Paul II said.

faith

ants at

all

and the attachment of womer

prayer and the Eucharist," he said.

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begins to appear that the Clinton administration,

reform package, is willing to compromise on the abortion issue. It remains to be seen whether the more militant pro-abortion folks in Congress will go along with a compromise. They could block the whole thing. What's the old saying about throwing out the baby?

I also fear that the people who are opposed to any reform or who oppose universal coverage could join forces with the pro-abortion group in order to kill the

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Cheerful Acquiescence There are three ways to deal with :rsity , 1 )

resent it, and go kicking and

children,

you did for Me." If charity is an

active virtue, cheerful acquiescence is its

A

aming into self-pity, 2) accept it with ful resignation and a heavy heart, or

passive counterpart.

xept

in a spirit of cheerful acqui-

ing this lofty state of perfection is prima-

A devout soul tries to be cheer-

to do Grace builds on nature.

We can make progress slowly by training our wills to remain focused on the "duty of delight." Two people might go through the same medical procedure for cancer, but one ends up bitter and

nce.

Francis de Sales called devout

St. s

it

those who have the spiritual agility

only to be charitable, but to

show

a cheerful spirit in the process.

l

He

e the point that devout souls ascend 3d on eagle s wings Ostriches never hens fly, but clumsily and close to ground, while eagles ...fly aloft, '

.

and frequently.

iy

I

love his image

eagle, gliding gracefully, high above

pound. If only

we could be

like the

cheerful spirit

soars to great heights. Obviously, achiev-

work of grace, but we have

rily

a

our

part, too.

d to do the same. Our charitable lvements are rooted in the Incarna-

burden on others. Which one is really aspiring to be a saint? The cheerful one, of course.

How

does one attain such a noble By willing it, and by refusing to give in to self-pity. Do not coddle yourself. Pray and pray again. Learn that the secret of sanctity and happiness is found in one' s fidelity to the duty of the

Matthew 28, the Lord calls for "What you did for the least of My

present moment.

Avoid putting yourself down. Refuse to let the past drag you down and ruin your future.

Frances de Sales wrote this beauprayer about peace of mind:

St.

In n.

tiful

Gaze more than one type of reh on the Church. Much research

["here is

Into

Such

narians and nuns; the increase in the

the Church's "ordinary" heroes.

5er of priestless parishes; parish clos-

As one prominent researcher said: "There is a lot of good stuff out there that a whole lot of people don't know is going

—

•ch's institutional life,

rhis is the kind of research that

and the statistics on permanent ons and lay ministers, information on the Church as an ution is valuable and necessary for e planning. But this is far different

on.

Human

providing a foundation for the

Development that show religious order members and laypersons routinely help-

ch's future.

ing the poor to help themselves.

Hiere is a difference, in other words,

He was referring to permanent deacons who try to give hope to prison inmates week after week, or who are

need for studies

that are

us order members and that focus ;rsons

on

who are fulfilling vital roles

Campaign

for

lawyers providing services free of charge to those

who cannot afford them.

He was

Hnpty! I'm also realizing that, wit h-

whe kids around, our relationship 1 a little bit awkward.

Bf s normal to experience some sense when the last child leaves home, Hbnce the transition is made, many

Piss

•eole

say that the "empty nest" repre-

ss the most satisfying period of their "aiage.

Pfter

Women,

especially, report a

degree of freedom and enjoy-

This newspaper is printed on recycled newsprint and is recyclable.

God forgives and forgets, His healis everlasting. God wants you not only to love Him but to have the fullness

York,

ing

of happiness in the process. Enjoy your life now, live it joyfully because of the

you aspire joy of the

strength.

(For a free copy of the Christopher Note, "Live Joyfully," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New

NY.

10017.)

Father John Catoir

is

director of

The Christophers.

knowledge of God' s unchanging love.

These words from the Hebrew Bible

The Human Side Father Eugene Hemrick

ishes that

mous meetings, support groups

dynamic parprovide Alcoholics Anony-

for the

bereaved and youth programs that keep children and teens off the streets.

He was

referring to pastors

who

bury dozens of AIDS victims each year and sit at the bedside of each one of them as they die.

There are millions of stories that could be told of people who do missionary

work in their own country, who serve

the poor in inner cities,

referring to

Adjusting To For the past 25 years, I've been a itime mother. I do sewing in my le, but I've never had a job. My Iigest son has just graduated from I school and moved out. I thought husband and I would enjoy hav^he house to ourselves, but it feels

News

you

You sure get a different picture of the

Church when you learn about it."

He was referring to studies of the U.S. bishops'

ested in the accomplishments of re-

thoughts and imaginings.

if

to

studies focus

studying the millions of people who

ITiere is a

Lord be your strength. (Nehemiah 8:10) This means that you should try to live in God's joy for then He will be your

might be of comfort

to soar like an eagle. Let the

lived

iving out their Christian vocation

een studying the Church as an instin and studying the Church's soul.

Do not fear what may happen tomorrow. The same loving Father who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow and everyday. Either He will shield you from suffering or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all anxious

as Christians in ways that are successful.

/zes the declining numbers of priests,

t

most of the research you hear focuses on changes in the

Father John Catoir

The Church's Soul

on daily life as it is by extraordinary people who go unnoticed and seek no publicity.

Research actually is being aimed at the inner life of the Church, but most people are unaware of it. It searches for

aps

One Candle

angry, while the other responds with cheerful acquiescence, trying not to be a

disposition?

The Church teaches that charity is jueen of all virtues. Just as Jesus st entered the world to bring His ing and compassion, so a truly spiriperson enters the anguish of the

Light

who

console

suffering people. These are stories that

cannot be told merely by

statistics.

statistics on the instituChurch today are vital. We need them. But when you ponder the direction the Church is taking, don't focus solely on the statistics. Take the Church's soul

Accurate

tional

into account.

If you do, I think you'll realize that Church is not dying.

Father Eugene Hemrick is director of research for the Unied States Catho-

the

lic

Conference.

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The Empty Nest

ment. Making the adjustment can be

however. Some couples discover that they've grown in different directions over the years. This is particularly true when one spouse has stayed at home full-time. You and your husband may need to work at developing both together and some new interests difficult,

Crosswinds Martha W. Shaping,

MD

—

apart.

Look at your own needs. Now that your children are gone, you may not find working at home quite as fulfilling as you once did. If you enjoy sewing, you may want to expand your business or take a position in a shop.

Maybe you'd

do something entirely different. This is a good time to take stock of your life and think about what you really want. Perhaps there are things you've always dreamed of doing, but never had the time. Over the years, you may have forgotten some of your aspirations. Think back to your childhood. What did you want to be when you like to

grew up? A mother, probably, but chances are you had some other ambitions as well. Take out a pencil and paper and try to remember. them. Perhaps you always wanted to be a great artist or pianist now might be the perfect time to experiment with these inclinations. If you've always wanted to go to college, you might want to try taking some classes.

Talk to your husband about his

—

dreams, too. Ask him to write down whatever comes into his mind. Then compare your lists and look at your

resources.

Choose a few items and create

some new phase of

goals for the future. This

can be the most you allow yourself to take

life really

satisfying, if

on a new perspective.

Dr. Shuping is contract staff with Catholic Social Services and also has a private practice as a psychiatrist in Winston-Salem. Questions for this colsent to: Dr. Martha W. Shuping, 1400 Millgate Drive, Suite B, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.

umn may be

6 The Catholic News

& Herald

The

It's There has been a

lot

of media atten-

tion lately about the "take over" of the

Republican Party by "right wing religious fanatics" and the attempts of some

This

is

Culture, Stupid!

simply untrue. The fact is the

only part of the Reagan coalition that stuck with Bush was the pro-life voters.

Hmmm... Sounds like fun, especially to a life-long Demo-

Many of these were Democrats like myself who put aside party allegiance and voted for the candidate who promised to

crat like myself.

restore legal protection to babies.

in that party to stop

It

it.

seems that the so-called "religious

right" has

made some remarkable

ad-

vances in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Virginia. The old country club Republicans are crying foul. Why? The only reason I can think of is because they

Does that make us

"religious fanat-

We

ics?" Please, don't insult us.

continue to vote this

until

Many people who never before par-

being pro-life does not qualify a candidate, but not being pro-life does disqualify one.

Most of the folks who are screaming

have

about religious fanatics are pro-abor-

lost.

ticipated in the political process

for this.

is this:

safe to say that abortion

the issue that fuels this party feud.

Grand Old Party

traditionalists

content to remain a

The

who

weak second

are

party

nationally are so upset because they feel that abortion is

what sunk George Bush

is

pro-

the abortion industry

Republican. Nine times out of 10

it's

who

broadcaster talk about a "moderate"

get, abortion.

think

A person like Pennsyl-

vania Gov. Robert Casey,

They have the major media on their side. If you don't think so, listen carefully the next time you hear a national

tion.

I

with Democrats.

will be referred to as "conservative" even though he is one of the most liberal Democrats in the country.

In a recent speech, Casey, speaking for many pro-life Democrats, said that the party he belongs to is one of inclusion The fact that it is the leading promoter of

suddenly become involved. They are galvanized by several issues: special rights for homosexuals, taxes, a weak Clinton administration and, lest we for-

is

will

we have

We do not apologize

achieved this goal.

Our view

way

—

—

no,

moderate will be pro-choice. The Republican in question could be as conservative as Pat Buchanan, but if he or she is pro-abortion the adjective "moderate" will be used. The same word game is played 10 times out of 10

that

life,

"We that

I

makes him angry.

want our party back," he say,

The

said.

To

AMEN!

cultural issues are not going to

go away. The Republicans, under the Reagan coalition, knew how to use this to advantage. If the present party leaders

cave in to the fanatics

who want

to

remove the pro-life plank from their p( ^ form, they will have lost the good wil folks like me.

In the 1992 election James C Clinton's campaign manager, ke] focused with the slogan,

staff

"It'

economy, Stupid!" Clinton won, b cent analysts are saying that wi

Ross Perot's candidacy (one that exc sively focused on the economy) Bi would still be president.

Someone in the GOP ought to tak page from Carville's notebook. "It's culture, Stupid " If the Republican Pa sheds abortion and other social issue will lose more than pro-life Democr; It will lose the White House in 19' !

in 1992.

What Happened ToThe Q. At the consecration of the Mass and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

But we no longer have bells at this

the bread

sacred moment. Many people, includ-

sive at

Mass was

to express joy

praise over the Lord's presence.

and

Those

present were to listen and be reverently silent.

ing myself, pay little attention to what

At least two factors contribute to the change we're experiencing. Similar to

happening without the bells. Why is

believers in the earliest Christian centu-

is

there such widespread ignoring of this

law? (California) A. First of

all,

there

is

no law or

liturgical directive that requires bells to

be rung during Mass. In fact, no such laws have existed for at least several hundred years, if they ever did.

My mail still brings occasional comments along these same lines, so it may be worth repeating some background, not simply for curiosity's sake but to understand better what is happening during the Eucharistic Prayer and everyone' part in

we have a deeper awareness than the people described above that, while Jesus does become present in a new way in the Eucharist, he does not come fresh, as it

Father John Dietzen

were.

As has been taught repeatedly from the fathers of the

Church

Vatican

to

II,

Mass now do them-

tury, Catholics frequently conside

selves what they formerly only watched,

them nearly an essential part of the M;

tions, the

people

at

when we gather to celebrate the Euchawe are already the body of Christ

or listened to,

before he becomes present to us as our

use of bells

food and drink, and as our sacrifice to the

structions for Mass as instituted by

Father.

Pius

rist

Also,

we now express

that joy over

the Lord's gifts, including his eucharis-

On the other hand,

someone else do.

Finally, the gradual decline in the

V

is

curious in one way. In-

in July

Pope

1570 (the "Tridentine

Mass"), and revised by later popes, did not even mention bells. Yet, by this cen-

present

tions, since 1970, say bells

instr

may beu

of the Mass. Yet they heard less and less. The faci pointed out probably explain why. at certain parts

now

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presence, with our own voices, espe-

cially in the acclamation after the conse-

and

Amen conclud-

reasons for changes are not easy to un-

cration

tangle.

ing the Eucharistic Prayer.

Ringing bells during Mass appar-

Question Box

ries,

tic

it.

As is usually true with folk customs,

The Consecration?

Bells At

As

in the

Great

in various other liturgical ac-

ently began in monasteries during the

Middle Ages. Only choir monks attended the morning community Mass. Others out in the field followed the Mass through

mmna

event which resulted in

came

Catholic piety in

from church

some

9INNER FROM EARLIEST TIMES. EARLY IN THE MORN/NG ON THE

to

FIRST PAY OF THE WEEK, MARY RETURNED TO CHRIST'S TOMB. THE SHE WAS THE FIRST TO SEE ANP BE

now

at

him.

a

mark of

move

watch the announce "Jesus

to church just to

elevation. Bells rang to is

CAMPAIGN

places to

here," and

all

present could look

About 20 years ago the Vatican congregation responsible for liturgy related the use of bells to the level of liturgical

education in a parish. Where this education has been adequate, it noted, this kind

of signal

is

not needed.

Where sufficient

liturgical instruction is in fact lacking,

bells could be

rung

at least at the

two

Forty thousand children

born each year in the U.S. do not live to see their first birthday.

Sixty-

seven newborn babies die each day in our land.

Our

infant mortality rate

puts us

last

among

twenty

western nations

elevations to elicit joy and attention (Notitiae 1972, 343).

As I indicated, one reason for bells in days when people were primarily pas-

»•::.

ANP HAS BEEN THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THE REPENTANT

be seen, even into our own century, as the

main part of the Mass.

At one point it became

MARY MAGDALEN WAS KNOWN TO ALL AS A SINNER WHO HAP SEVEN PEVILS CAST OUT OF HER

BY THE LORP (MARK 16-9, LUKE SHE BECAME A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST

an increased use of bells was the introduction, around the year 1200, of the elevation of the host and chalice after the consecration. These elevations

[MARY MAGDALEN

the chapel bell.

One major

I.

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REC06NIZEP BY THE RISEN CHRIST (JOHN 20:1-18).

"JESUS SAID TO HER, MARY.' SHE TURNED TO HIM AND SAID IN HEBREW, ^RABBOUNI' WHICH MEANS TEACHER. JESUS SAID TO HER, 'STOP HOLDING ON TO ME, FOR I HAVE NOT YET ASCENDED TO THE FATHER. BUT GC TO MY BROTHERS AND TELL THEM, YOUf "I AM GOING TO MY FATHER AND FATHER, TO MY GOD AND YOUR GOD.' IT IS CLAIMED THAT MARY SPENT THI LAST 30 YEARS OF HER LIFE IN LA SAINTE BAUME IN THE MARITIME ALf t

FROM WHERE SHE WAS MIRACULOUS!.

TRANSPORTED TO THE CHAPEL OF ST MAXIMIN JUST BEFORE SHE DlEP. S\ RECEIVEP THE LAST SACRAMENT FRl ANP WAS BURIED BY THAT SAINT. TH FEAST OF ST MARY MA6PALEN IS JULY ©

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Sail (From Pagel)

The

In Millions events.

Waul II, a published playwright and

some respects, it resembles Bound experience on the With a quick rundown on sailing

easy to do, with a backdrop of aqua pastels dancing in unison across the ho-

procedures, the teens take the wheel out

expected by its pubsell millions of copies throughto ae;

Ratzinger, said, "Cardinal Ratzinger ex-

liners that crowd

plained to me what is not going well in the

sailboats are

I; world.

me book,

Church. John Paul II, a great optimist, speaks instead of what works."

i

is

Crossing the Threshold me, a 35-chapter work of more than liges, began as a papal response to questions posed by an Italian list.

by the pope from

pyalties earned

)k will be given to charitable works,

e chairman of the Italian publish-

Impany handling the

project,

lie company, Arnoldo Mondadori,

from

liblish the Italian translation

Jpe's original Polish and

ttorio [.he

Messori, the journalist who

magazine, Panorama, that his t s were not those of a theologian Jijournalist specializing in Vatican I

dwarfed by

their

mighty

counterparts.

"The

trip

provides a good opportu-

nity for (the teens) to get to

other and learn to

work

know each

together," says

Msgr. Allen. The few who boarded with the misconception that this was a plea-

There are no slackers here. Everyone has a job, and those who shirk responsibility

Random House and the French rights to

their sailboats. "Sailing is harder than

receive a cold shoulder.

Editions Plon.

looks," says Restar,

The book will be published in the United States by the Random House imprint Alfred A. Knopf and in Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand by its British subsidiary, Jonathan Cape,

her turn at the helm. "All you've got

Mondadori spokeswoman said.

Mondadori s spokeswoman said the book would be published in the fall, but an exact release date had not been set because Mondadori wants the book to

tranquil waters that

appear simultaneously in the world's major languages and negotiations were continuing with pubishing firms in other

questions, told the Mondadori -

Miami harbor. The five

rizon.

The Mondadori spokeswoman confirmed that the publisher had sold the English rights to the New York-based

'

told Catholic News Service July

of the harbor, flanked by massive cruise

It'

Motoring to cross the Gulf Stream current, and to increase velocity for the 14-plus hour overnight sail, the teens rotate as navigator and commanders of

the

selling

is

ihts to publish other language edivorldwide, a Mondadori spokes-

program compiled by Father Frank Cancro, pastor of St. Eugene in Asheville, the teens lose themselves in thought.

Bpok, which

Joseph

a windjammer

an Outward

interview

Cardinal

7

contemplation. Utilizing an audio taped

trip is billed as

Is focusing on faith and hope in his

with

Herak;

adventure. In water.

Messori, author of a book-length

&

countries.

it

who eagerly awaited is

the compass."

This is Msgr. Allen' s eighth trip out.

Over the

last

15 years, he's taken hun-

dreds of teens on pilgrimages across

change from blue to

aquamarine

in the blink

think this

just a beautiful area of the

is

of an eye.

"I

world that God has put together for us," says Msgr. Allen, who loves to share the experience of the Caribbean in its natural

sure cruise are quickly jostled to reality.

work

It's

the perfect place to reflect

upon

God, and daily prayer services maintain themes appropriate for

the gifts of

takes a lot of

to their surroundings.

The Berry

form.

It

crew a sailing ship. Typically, attitudes melt and cooperation prevails.

The good deeds go well rewarded.

Anchoring off one of the Berry Islands, the spinnaker sail is raised and a primitive form of para-sailing takes bold teens some 50 feet upward for a better view.

Some quickly don snorkel gear for a closer look at life below. Sting rays keep a modest distance, as do barracudas, and rumors of nurse sharks keep divers alert to

Islands dot the horizon.

Jutting upward,

some islands rise monu-

mentally above the others. But on the island the teens dub the "blue hole," they

find their biggest adventure. In centuries

gone by, the island could have been volcanic. Today, the blue hole is calm, and is the center of activity. Sharp rocks surround the hole, and beckon visitors to "cliff dive" into the deep recesses of its pool.

For days, the teens lazily sail through the harbors and cays of the Berries.

Languishing on the beauty, delving into its depths, feasting on its treasures of conch and snapper, and forming friendships that

home

may

last a lifetime; returning

a bit wiser, inspired

by

their

own

discoveries of self reliance; a bit exhausted, from the days at sea; and racing

shower.

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(3.

came to

offer

St.

Ann church

in

Charlotte on June

30 to

Curlin

prayers for a safe voyage. Here, he chats with Christine Klinker of St. Aloysius parish

Right:

Up, up

in

Hickory.

and away. Spinnaker

feet above sea

sailing

takes teens some

50

level.

Below Right: Cracking into dinner. D.J. Drake of St. Ann parish in

Charlote tries his hand at coaxing conch from its

shell.

Below: Kicking back. Teens aboard the docked Skark 14 share

some

quiet time.

The Catholic News

1

ea/oin^ adv-cntc^es left:

A mighty

sailing crew.

Tom

CranweW, Greg

Joey CaroeeWa and Kevin Miller,

Kolb of Charlotte

aboard the Miami Star; prior to

departure.

Right and below:

Not

for the timid.

Cliff diving into

the

"Blue Hole."

Left: grill,

Cooking out. Burgers always taste better right off the

and on this deserted

island, a make-shift

grill is

fired

for an afternoon feast.

Fhotoe by Joann Keane

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July 22, 199.

People Pope Prays That Summer Brings

CASTEL GANDOLFO,

— Pope John Paul

visitors at his vacation

II,

home

who

on the lawn south of the cathedral. Bishop Brunett, 60, was a priest of the Detroit Archdiocese and pastor of Shrine of the Little Flower Parish in Royal Oak, Mich., at the time of his appointment to Helena

ence.

Catholic Student, Carnegie Mellon University Settle Dispute PITTSBURGH (CNS) A Catholic student and Carnegie Mellon Univer-

April 19.

the

the basement social center and

south of

Rome, prayed that summer vacation time would bring relaxation and spiritual rejuvenation to all. The pope added special prayers "for those who remain at home, especially for people

ready have permanent permission to operate as pilgrimage hostels, he said.

large-screen television monitors set up in

Italy

addressing

are alone, for

the aged and for those forced to spend this

Rock Radio

season in the hospital or in other The pope greeted

BALTIMORE

visitors and tourists after Angelus prayer July 10 at Castel Gandolfo, overlooking Lake Albano. Pope John Paul arrived at his summer residence July 7 and is expected

hundreds of

more radio

reciting the

to stay there, out of the

Roman

Station

To

Broadcast Rosary For Youths

places of suffering."

through September.

have

settled out of court

over the

Holy Year 2000, raising the issue of where to lodge them in an urban area where there is daily hotel space available

button he said violated his beliefs. Patrick

Balti-

a pro-

cial, is for

government

when he

assistant

J.

maximum

—A

him

as a resident

refused to wear a

Mooney, from Frederick, Md., brought

a federal civil rights lawsuit against the

school after he said he was discharged as

to give

a resident assistant in April 1991 be-

has

religious houses temporary permission

agreed to broadcast a youth-oriented rosary in conj unction with a national Marian

to function as pilgrim hostels. This would

cause he would not wear a button bearing a symbol of the homosexual movement. He was told to wear it during

conference in September. Officials for WIYY 98 Rock said the 45- minute

daily, said Msgr. Liberio Andreatta,

'n'

roll

vx

The

Blessed Virgin Mary Rocks Baltimore

Rock

with 98

—

sity

university's firing of

known as

(CNS)

station best

rosary broadcast will be part of a

Helena Welcomes New Bishop In Rite That Combines Old, New In a HELENA, Mont. (CNS) ceremony combining the beauty of traditional rites with a nod to cultural diversity, Bishop Alexander J. Brunett was

—

grims are expected to flood Rome during

for a

in Preparation for the

Pope' s Visit' weekend.

It will be similar ^Featured Artist Weekwhich a particular rock band' '

to the station's

ends' in '

provide

the city

room

up

6,000 pilgrims head of Pilgrimages to the See of Peter. He said that temporary licenses to operate hostels were given to religious houses for the 1 950 Holy Year and asked that Rome officials do the same for the year 2000.

Several religious houses in Rome alfor

to

sensitivity training

on gay, lesbian and

bisexual issues that was led by a campus gay-rights group and required for resident assistants.

more

at the time, left the session rather

than wear a button he said violated his Catholic beliefs.

as

one who serves," Bishop Brunett told the nearly 1 ,000 people packed into St. Hel-

studio time for teen-agers to record the

rosary and further air time to promote the

The Essence of Catholic Doctrine

6. "I

come among you

"offered to every individual... who wants to

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Mooney, a sopho-

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ordained and installed as the eighth bishop

Ik

—

Urges Opening Religious Houses To Holy Year Pilgrims ROME (CNS) Millions of pilOfficial

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learing 1.58 Million Copies 1 WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Juday Catechism of of Church — which was bigger week of — boost cop- catechism

said. Kirsten Erker,

co-publisher,

the

fid printing

the

mtholic

a publicist for Liguori, said that in the

first full

fin the first printing

will

lin circulation to nearly 1.58 million the time the books roll off the presses in late

August.

The

availability, the

its

hit:

—

No. 4 and No. 6 on UPI's list, based on sales of two co- publishers' versions.

— Top 10

third printing,

trade paper for the paper-

646,000 copies, was ordered July 8, adding

back and Top 100 for the hardcover

to the first printing of

No. 8 paperback and No. 17 hardcover in the Borders chain.

566,250 and the second printing of 375,320. At least three

in

Waldenbooks chain.

the

— — No.

of the English-language version of

8 in trade paper in Barnes & Noble's mall division, and Top 10 religion in its superstore division.

No. 1 in religion in both hardcover and paperback outselling the second-place book by a 2-to- 1 margin and No. 5 storewide at the Tattered Cover, a 200,000-title Denver bookstore.

Erker said Ingram, the largest U.S.

catechism to meet the expected de-

book

more

printings will be

ordered before the year said Daniel Juday, director of the

»ut,

Catholic Conference Office of Pub-

and Promotion Services.

The USCC lined up 15 co-publish-

ling

That demand, Juday

nd.

said, has

well beyond expectations.

le

"From what I've heard from the covery high in their

lishers, sales are iitional

ways of

distribution

—

di-

mail sales, the catalogs," he said,

through religious bookstores and

id

nmercial bookstores."

Paperback versions have been printed 3-to- 1 ratio to the hardcover version, lay said. The paperback catechism de its first dent on USA Today's tseller list July 7 ,

zooming from 232nd

10th place.

—

its

—

distributor, lists the

says

it

ranks

all

books

prolonged heavy sales projected through Pope John Paul II' s planned October visit to the United States. She added Liguori has already sold 385,000 catechisms with its imprint and expects to sell

1

million

total.

Erker said a woman at The New York Times Review ofBooks told her that with

number of co-publishers, "we would probably wash each other off the

the large

(newspaper's bestseller) list."

"But I don't think that's going to

the

list

by

signs the document for a covenant between

(l-r)

Letters

In the July

1 1

issue of Publishers

it

i

among all religion trade paperbacks third among all hardcover books,

rade paperback" describes nonfiction i

technical material in a paperback

mat.

AIDS Outreach

McCreesh were mentioned in one of the articles as being "... lone rangers, some

To the Editor:

How pleased I was to see in the July 8 issue, not only coverage of the Mass for

AIDS but four relating to HIV/AIDS

persons with

other ar-

ticles

ministry.

We

can be very encouraged and very proud that we have such support and leadership from Bishop Curlin. It also must be very encouraging to our brothers

and

sisters suffering

with HIV/ AIDS to

read about their cause in our Catholic

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ASHEVILLE

—

Two

Asheville

businessmen have been elected to the board of directors of St. Joseph' s Health

pany of St. Joseph's Hospital.

They are: George E. Ivey, senior Johnson Lane; and Glenn Wallace Wilcox, Jr., executive vice president of Wilcox World Travel and Tours and president and CEO of Reservations

j)me secular

The

Management Services.

The announcement was made by Mercy Sister Mary Veronica Schumacher,

CEO and chairman of the

board.

Ivey is a graduate of Asheville School

at

book stores.

price of the catechism

is

29.95 in hardback and $ 19.95 in aperback.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

and received a degree in economics from Duke University. He has served on the St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation board of trustees for the past eight years and has served as vice chairman and a member of the executive, nominating, and investment committees. He is apast chairman and board member of the Metropolitan

Sewage

District

Charlotte Catholic

High School

)eginning in August,

1

994.

Candidates must be eligible for a "forth

and be a Catholic in good .tanding. Salary commensurate tfith

?lease send resume, transcripts

Romance Make A MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER]

WEEKEND

Wilcox attended Appalachian State University and is a member of the board of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and member of the national advi-

3100 Park Road 28209

The Asheville

vicariate

is

very in-

volved in AIDS ministry Under the direction of Father Morris Boyd of St. Joan of Arc Church, there is an AIDS outreach organization of more than 62

Many

other priests in the

min-

well as many individuals who are involved in community outreach activi-

ties.

diocese

puter Reservations System and

who

in the

are caring for people with

AIDS. They should be encouraged to send information to the News & Herald about their outreach. Lest those who need our love and support be disheart-

ened by thinking those who care are few and far between, I hope that the paper will continue to print articles about AIDS

outreach in our diocese.

Sincerely,

sory boards of Continental Airlines Com-

MicheleBurnette Horse Shoe, N.C.

CRS

Future Products Advisory Board. Currently he is a member of the community relations committee of the board of directors of St. Joseph's Health Services

Letters Policy:

Corporation.

of 250 words or less and must include the address and daytime telephone number of

Wilcox is a past member American Express National Representative Steering Committee and Executive Board Steering Committee, and Eastern Airlines Travel Agents Advisory Board and Incentive and Meeting Advisory of the

We welcome letters on cur-

rent issues. Letters must be signed originals

the writer. Letters are subject to editing for brevity, style

and taste and must not contain

personal attacks on any person. Opinions expressed

in letters

or

in

guest columns do

not necessarily reflect the views of this

newspaper or

Board.

Holy Angel Foundation

New Members To

BELMONT

—

Holy Angels an-

new

nounces Foundation Board members. They are: James Parks, III, Belmont; Barry McCrory, Charlotte; Christine Stowe, Belmont; Dr. Phillip Leone, Gastonia; and Jeffery Johnson, Charlotte. Other members of the board are Cindy Christ,

Hans Lengers, Mrcy Sister Mary Jerome Spradley, Charlotte; Ray McKenny, Belmont; and Mother M. Benignus Hoban of the Sischairperson, Charlotte;

Sept. 16-18

Hickory

Nov. 18-20

Rock

ind request for application to:

CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

also

Bond Authority.

the appointment of five

established diocesan scale.

Charlotte, North Carolina

combe County Tax Board. He has

Rekindle Your

Carolina teaching certifica-

ion

AIDS

istry as

been a board member of Carolina Day School and a director and officer of the Buncombe County Industrial Revenue

Five

or a religious studies teacher at

involved in

outreach for quite some time.

its

publisher.

Names

and the Bun-

TEACHER Vpplications are being accepted

who have been

cese

There must be many parishes

state

It

Thank God for folks like Sister Mary and Father Gene, but it is important that persons with AIDS know that there are many more people in our dioat all..."

vicariate are very supportive of this

To Board Of Hospital Parent Firm

vice president of investments for Inter-

Where To Buy

of the few people who are doing anything

lay people.

Businessmen Named

Services Corporation, the parent com-

Many catechisms in commercial pkstores bear the Liguori imprint as

Hickory.

To The Editor

ltent" bookstores nationwide.

ekly magazine, the catechism placed

Aloysius

Haddock.

Sister Mary Wright and Father Gene

Asheville

St. all in

Revs. Robert Shoffner, Michael McDaniel and Gary

paper.

fall."

—

and how-to sales at 3,000 "large- volume, diverse-

Pictured with him are

catechism as

regardless of hardcover or paperk, fiction, nonfiction

Thomas

top-selling Roman Catholic title, with

happen," Erker said. "I think we'll be on

USA Today

Father Wilbur

Catholic Church and Holy Trinity and St. Andrew's Lutheran churches,

Hill

ters

Call (910) 274-4424

For more information

of Mercy, Belmont.

Parks

is

vice president for ancillary

service at Gaston Health Care, Inc.;

Board

McCrory is vice president of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.; Stowe is a homemaker and community activist; Leone is a pathologist with Gaston Health Care, Inc.;

and Johnson

tor for

is

public affairs direc-

WJZY TV.

The board oversees the work of the foundation in the fund raising efforts of special events, individual contributions,

corporate gifts, grants, bequests, honorariums and memorials. All funds raised by the foundation support Holy Angels' programs and services for children and adults with mental retardation and physical disabilities.

12

The Catholic News

& Herald

July 22,

19!.

'(^mtmiatiemorios

De derecha a

izquierda Carlos

Medina junto a su esposa Martha y a su

hijo

mayor

Carlos Alberto.

Una Noche en

el

No fue en un retiro, tampoco en un grupo de oration ni por orientation de nadie, fue a solas, mientras su esposa y sus hijos dormfan en el auto, en el camino de Miami a Charlotte. Habfan parado para descansar, y asf, contemplando dormir a su familia fue que se puso a reflexionar sobre la vida que habfa ofrecido a los suyos y pudo reconocer la presencia de Dios en su pasado y en su De esta manera se initio el cambio en su vida. "AM fue que empezo mi conversion, me df cuenta que nada habfa hecho solo, sino que todo me lo habfa permitido y guiado Dios" dice Carlos Medina, nicaraguense, que

presente.

actualmente se prepara para el diaconado

permanente. Carlos y su esposa Martha Medina llegaron a Miami, Fla., en 1978 pero dos anos mas tarde decidieron mudarse a Charlotte buscando un ambiente mejor para sus cuatro hijos: Carlos Alberto, Luis Enrique, Samuel Antonio y Norberto. Mas tarde recibirian

como hijo adoptivo a Ustvan Urcuyo.

Al llegar a Charlotte procuro instalarse y antes

que buscar un trabajo

se presento al centro hispano para ofrecer

su cooperation. Despues de aquel encuentro con Dios aquella noche en el

camino queria darle el primer lugar a Dios. El empleo le vino despues por medio de una persona de quien dice nunca se olvidara y le estara siempre

muy

agradecido. Paulatinamente se fue envolviendo en el ministerio hispano: estuvo en el consejo, se prepare como

Camino ministro de la Eucaristfa,

tomo

el

curso

del ministerio laico, entro a cursillos y actualmente se prepara al diaconado

permanente. Siempre cOn mucha dedication, "cuando

me

invitaron al

no sabfa que era ni pregunte nada al respecto, simplemente dije quiero ir". Hoy dfa es el tesorero de la region siete de cursillos y ya dio su primer "rollo" (experiencia de vida) a nivel nacional en Detroit, Mich., junto a Eduardo Bonfn, iniciador de los cursillos.

Martha, su esposa, dice que Carlos la condujo a la Iglesia y que el cursillo fue lo que realmente la transformo y la hizo comprender la pasi6n religiosa de su esposo. Ahora ella tambien se siente cursillo

-

dice

El

coro hispano en Holy Cross.

-

muy contenta y animada. ;Que distintos son los caminos que Dios en su infinita sabiduria utiliza para conducirnos a El ^Como en medio de la noche, en pleno camino, cansado del dfa y con la natural incertidumbre sobre la siguiente jornada pudo este hombre reflexionar y decidir cambiar? ^No era mas normal que durmiera rendido por el viaje en lugar de ponerse a meditar algo que nunca y ni en mas favorables condiciones habfa meditado? Que Dios !

siga bendiciendo esta familia.

Carlos envfa

el siguiente

mensaje:

Visita

a Kernersville

Esta ocasion visitamos la Parroquia de Holy Cross, Kernersville. Fue una

casa ha tenido que recibir y atender a personas.

]

Mas de 400 familias hispana

experiencia bien grata y sorprendente.

viven en los alrededores. Algunas perse

Lo que nos dej6 perplejos fue la cantidad

nas tienen que manejar mas de una hor desde Virginia para venir a Misa. L paciencia y apertura del Padre Tor

de asistentes a Misa y sobre todo la organization que esta comunidad tiene para la liturgia eucaristica. Un factor importante para el crecimiento de esta comunidad es que cada persona y familia se siente bien recibida o bienvenida.

Aunque otro punto importante ha sido el hecho de que se ha acompanado a las personas en sus necesidades espirituales y materiales." La accion pastoral y la accion social tienen que ir de la mano porque no se puede dar alimento espiritual a alguien que tiene una inminente necesidad de pan material" nos comento Vicky Utsman, coordinadora del centro hispano en Holy Cross. Vicky trabaja no menos de 40 horas semanales como voluntaria, en ocasiones en su misma

Fitzpatrick es bien valiosa ya que celebr la

Misa en espanol y lo hace con much

carino. Desde nuestra llegada nos recibi

muy amablemente y

nos dijo "sea

bienvenidos aHoly Cross y sobre todoel mi corazon". A todos alia los saludamoj

y esperamos que sigan adelante en estl empresadel Senor. Especialmente dame gracias a Dios por la positiva presenci' y valiosa colaboracion de la Sra. Utsma que tan generosamente se ha dedicado esta comunidad logrando magnfficc resultados. Nuestras oraciones por ella j

que Jesucristo la siga fortaleciendo e tan ejemplar entrega. Felicidades adelante Sra. Utsman.

"Todos nosotros tenemos que buscar y seguir a un solo Dios, no al hombre sino al Senor que nos ama y en vista de eso es que debemos buscar la fraternidad porque es Dios quien nos une".

To Our Friends Aviso In the second article in a series, we

Se hace una atenta invitation a todas las personas que viven en Gastonia y sus alrededores para queasistanaMisaenespanolen St. Michael los Domingos terceros de mes a las 3:30 p.m.

interview Carlos Medina, another future

permanent deacon.

We

make a

visitto Holy Cross Parish, Kernersville,

where there community.

is

an organized hispanic

De derecha a izquierda Carlos Medina, Edwin Rodriguez y Rafael J. Torres, futuro diaconos, junto a Luis Wolf quien trabaja activamente en

el

centro hispano.

Bishop William G.Curlin kneels at the

Murhpy prepares the monstrance. Father Murphy, tor of Our Lady of the Highways in Thomasville, is also chaplain Maryfield Nursing Home.

Photo by JOANN KEANE ate Father John

Home Has

ursing By

ANDREW BARRON

—

HIGH POINT ryfield Nursing cial to the

The chapel

Home may not look

untrained eye.

The difference comes from the obon the room.

altar

and the people staffing

means finding volunteers for all hours for all time. Sister Lucy Hennessy,

member

of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God, the sisters who oversee the nursing

home, said the push

for the

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration started

Bishop William G. Curlin, the new leader of the 46-county

Roman Catholic

of more than 100 to the small chapel.

archbishop of Atlanta, and was picked

Bishop Curlin carrying the monstrance as part of the procession around the nursing home's rose garden.

Bishop Curlin said that the Eucharist is the heart of Catholicism and that having a round-the-clock observance

—

really

been

holds the consecrated bread of the

interested in following the request to get

man

one started," Sister Lucy said. "It's been a tough task to get people (signed up to volunteer), but it' s a privilege and honor

Catholic Eucharist. Yet this

nstrance and

sacred host are on

its

manent display.

The chapel now

"

offers a Perpetual

"People will come to this Eucharist be fueled in their hearts to take the

three such perpetual adorations, the other

cross decorated as if bursts of

up by local lay leaders.

'The lay people have

to

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. The two-hour service drew an overflow crowd

The ceremony's highlight was

were spreading from it.

This monstrance like all others

in their

Curlin said.

with former B ishop John Donoghue, now

1

High

in

Diocese of Charlotte, came to Maryfield Nursing Home June 5 to establish the

The object is a monstrance: a small, ishine

Home

Perpetual Adoration Of Eucharist

that

a

chapel at Maryfield Nursing

chapel.

And since the title says "perpetual," at

altar inside the

The sisters who staff the nursing home established PerpetualEucharistic Adoration

Point.

word outside

this building,"

Bishop

Bishop Curlin' s diocese now has

two being in Charlotte and Asheville.

"I want to encourage having one in every vicariate, even every parish," Bishop Curlin said.

Andrew Barron is a staff writer for The Greensboro News & Record in Greensboro. This article

is

reprinted

with permission.

bolsters those seeking solace or inspiration in the chapel.

for us."

charistic Adoration: a 24-hour-a-day,

days-a-year observation of the Euirist.

This shrine

is

the first of

its

kind in

Greensboro Vicariate, an area that ludes Guilford, Rockingham, ndolph and Davidson counties.

Having a Perpetual Eucharistic Ado-

means more than a relic on an It means round-the-clock staffing

ion

volunteers.

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—

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Barnabas Parish will celebrate the completion of the expanded church with a special blessing by Bishop William G. Curlin on Sunday, July 24 at 3 p.m. followed by a reception

infor-

of Assisi

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people, ages 13-39, are invited. Special

—

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Church Blessing

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WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTh F.J. LaPointe,

Member of

President

St. Gabriel's

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ecte

lica

s

The

1994

ilily 22,

News

&

Herald

i

5

World and National Briefs

I ilorida Bishops

Oppose Move To

proper procedures of Church la w in clos-

legalize Casino, Riverboat Gambling

ing the churches.

The clergy congrega-

—

tion oversees rules for the disposition of

bishops July 7

Church property. The congregation's

jiced their opposition to the legaliza-

rulings came in response to appeals lodged

on of casino and riverboat gambling in e Tallahassee-based Florida Catholic

by some San Francisco Catholics after Archbishop Quinn approved the closing or merger of 1 1 parishes and churches in

onference, the bishops said that while

the city last

TALLAHASSEE, lorida's eight active

imbling

(CNS)

Fla.

In a statement issued through

teir state.

itself is not

morally wrong

In stifling

of friendships remembered, some 30 bish-

various

orida sites.

He was commemorated both at the

ig

Interest In Pope's Trip

the cathedral. Temperatures reached

—

Judging

1 1

90

degrees the next day as Cardinals Ber-

media

nard F.

Law of Boston, James A. Hickey

iefing on the planned October visit of

of Washington, and John J. O'Connor of

3pe John Paul

the United States,

New York joined with about 30 bishops

e pope can expect extensive news covage. About 100 reporters and other edia representatives showed up at the rst of several planned briefings held in ew York at the Catholic Center, which Duses offices of the Archdiocese of ew York. Msgr. Francis J. Maniscalco,

in assembling outside before entering the

rector of the Media Relations Office of

Of Kickback Scandal Involvement

!e

II to

cathedral in procession. Inside, a congre-

gation of

—

ernment and military officials in East Timor apologized to local Catholics for

who took con-

them on the ground and stepped on them.

Speaking to reporters in Dili, East Timor

commander

Col. Johny

J.

Lumintang apologized

for the June

28

military

host desecration incident.

more than

1

,000 persons, in-

Sicily

(CNS)

—A

tions that he

—

scandals.

involved in kickback

is

The

denial

came

after police

villagers

tacked the offending soldiers outside Sao Jose Church in

Remexio

The

village.

colonel said that was a false rumor spread

by anti-Indonesian forces.

Pope Urges Algerian Muslims To Renounce Violence

CASTEL GANDOLFO,

— Violence

believe

God

is

not the

Italy

way

human

created

to

me, but serene in the depths of my

knowing that the numerous accusations made do not correspond to the truth," said Archbishop Salvatore

life,

he offered his condolences

—

ment issued by the bishops. The statement was reported by the Geneva-based Ecumenical Press Service. The plan was proposed July 5 by the United States, Russia, Germany, France and Great Britain. They gave the warring parties two weeks to accept the plan or face reprisals. The Serbian Orthodox bishops issued their statement after a July 5 meeting. On July 6, Pope John Paul II asked the warring factions to be enlightened by God as they decided whether to accept the peace plan.

Serbian Archbishop Says Local Planning Underway For Papal Visit

—

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) The head of Serbia' s small Catholic Church, Archbishop Franc Perko of Belgrade, said preparations are underway for a visit by Pope John Paul II to Sarajevo, the war-torn capital of Bosnia-

to the

who

families of seven Italian sailors

aboard their ship in the Algerian port of about 185 miles east of Algiers.

The seafarers were delivering grain to the Algerian port.

Herzegovina.

Jijel,

the civil

sented

him with an

official notification

San Fran-

sco. In a series of decrees received July

kickbacks on public works contracts for

cized the Vatican' s aggressive campaign

by the San Francisco Archdiocese, ie Vatican Congregation for the Clergy lid the archbishop had followed the

the restoration of the

Monreale cathedral, an Arabic-Norman structure noted for its goldmosaics of biblical events and

tember U.N. population and develop-

uinn's decision to close six parishes

1

—

GENEVA (CNS) The head of the World Council of Churches has critiagainst the draft

document

also said he believes

the creation of a U.N. protectorate in the

WCC Head Criticizes Vatican Campaign Against U.N. Document

that he is

He

war in Bosnia will end only with

former Yugoslavian republic, and that religion has little power to end the conflict. The archbishop said the pope told Croatian bishops that he would accept

under investigation for possible corruption, extortion and abuse of office. The case involves allegations of

in

Serbian Orthodox Bishops Oppose Proposed Peace Plan

the archbishop's office July 8 and pre-

—

nonparish church

population control.

Cassisa of Monreale. Police searched

SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) The 1 atican has upheld Archbishop John R. id a

Pope John Paul II has been a leading critic of the U.N. draft document, saying it favors abortion and artificial contraception as methods of tered in Geneva.

Pope John Paul II said. The pope urged Algerian Muslims who want religion to have more influence in their national political life to have the courage to enter into dialogue and to renounce violence.

Pope John Paul's remarks July 10 came

were murdered in early July as they slept

af-

soul

atican Upholds San Francisco rchbishop's Church Closings

after they at-

"I'm

flicting

visit.

were arrested

after

because of the situation

other Christian organizations headquar-

traditional Serbian sites, said a state-

1 1

searched his office and gave him official notice that he is under investigation. bitter

viewed on the UN. conference to be held in Cairo, Egypt, by the Geneva-based Ecumenical Press Service. The press service is sponsored by the WCC and

He also denied that

ing to pertinent laws.

solve social problems, especially for those

MONREALE,

secretary.

Lutheran, was inter-

to deal with the soldiers involved accord-

of religious, waited patiently.

Sicilian archbishop has denied allega-

German

GENEVA (CNS) Serbia's Orthodox bishops have opposed an international peace plan that would divide Bosnia-Herzegovina. The proposed division would deprive Serbs in Bosnia of

who

spokesman and proded preliminary guidance. But he also ked for suggestions and received Jveral on how the media could be Assisted in giving the visit good cover\&. He was accompanied by other mem;rs of his staff and communications rectors of the four dioceses the pope is

Army officers

(CNS)

U.S. Catholic Conference, was the

cpected to

Raiser, a

cluding about 300 priests and hundreds

Sicilian Archbishop Denies Allegations

incipal briefing

—

Konrad Raiser, WCC general

Lumintang said. His remarks were reported by UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

Lumintang said his regional commander, Maj. Gen. Adang Ruchiatna, asked him

funeral and the day before in services at

(CNS)

for social development, said the Rev.

Government, Military Apologize For Desecration Of Hosts DILI, East Timor (CNS) Gov-

are deeply concerned over the incident,"

Turnout At Briefing Indicates

the turnout for a July

ing the Catholic Church's firm support

Cathedral for the funeral Mass for Bishop

ig

NEW YORK

abortion and contraception risks obscur-

others gathered July 7 at St. Michael's

cese.

om

Norman

"never expected such an incident, and we

priests

John A. Marshall of Springfield. Bishop Marshall, 66, died July 3 from complications of bone cancer, only a little more than two years after his installation as head of the western Massachusetts dio-

gambling at

of Sicily's

and

300

ops, three cardinals,

amend the state constigambling"

—

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CNS) summer heat and the warmth

concerned gambling's potential ef:cts. A campaign is under way to change ate law to allow such gambling. Archshop Edward A. McCarthy of Miami id the seven other bishops said they anted "to express our opposition to the religious leaders they are

tion so as to permit casino

life

rulers.

the non-Christian soldiers

In Stifling Heat And Warmth Of Friendship, Bishop Eulogized

jout casino

id/or riverboat

events in the

secrated hosts from a church, threw

become morally wrong in some inances They said that as citizens as well

irrent efforts to

November.

it

in

1

Catholic

an invitation to the 1,900th anniversary of Archdiocese of Zagreb, in Croatia' capital, on condition he could also travel to Sarajevo and Belgrade. Archbishop Perko told the Los Angeles- based National Catholic Register that he is involved in preparations for a visit.

for the Sep-

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Celibacy (From Page

13)

more than any other

age, our era stands in need of the witness

reminds us of two God. And second, that God is worth loving above all else, even above something decidedly good and pleasurable, like sex. If that makes us look foolish, so be it.

Celibacy makes us free to give ourof celibacy because

But, the argument goes, what about

God' s will as expressed in nature? Don't people naturally want sex? There is no doubt about it. We do. But lots of people don't have sex, e.g. widows and widowers, single people, even married couples

who

voluntarily abstain.

Church

selves to the

Last year in a panel discussion on

gay rights held at Catholic University, I heard Frank Kameney, the gay activist,

it

in a

way

times our work in the Church has an odd

myself, he has a point, but he misses the Church' s point. Celibacy is not meant to be a sign of the "natural" but of the "supernatural." That is, after all, the point of religion; to help us imagine the possibilities that lie beyond the merely

years ago, the phone rang beside my bed

something

is

difficult doesn't

mean it is

front door."

"Father," he said,, "you have to help

cal discipline

produces physical

results.

want you

I

to take

my

baby."

"What do you mean, baby?"

is dif-

but not contrary to nature. Physi-

fact.

a.m. one night, about three

1

at St. Gabriel' s rectory. Our door bell is connected to the phone so that it will wake us at night. There was a man at the

thought, just because

contrary to nature. Weight lifting ficult,

of confirming that

At

me.

I

I

take your

asked, startled awake.

my wife," he "We were staying in a shelter down-

"I've had a fight with said.

Spiritual discipline produces spiritual

town, the General Scott Inn. I ran out with the baby. But I won't lie, I'm an

results.

addict.

But what about the second question?

Does celibacy do the Church any spiritual good? I think so. Celibacy makes

now

people realize that the priest

see the

is in

this for

something other than his own satisfacCelibacy is kind of an exclamation point on he priest's life, exclaiming that life is not lived for self, but for God. This is hard for a lot of people to believe. Once, when I was in the seminary, I went with a group of classmates to the little medieval town of Gubbio, Italy, for their annual festival. Like so tion.

many

things in Italy,

it

is

a delightful

mixture of the sybaritic and the sacred.

During the race and

festival, the

town parties for three days. After supper on the first night, I went dancing with friends in the town square. At the end of the evening an attractive young German

woman

gave us a ride to the cottage where we were staying on the outskirts of town. We conversed in Italian as her ancient car wandered on and off the

I

but

need I

to find

some drugs

right

don't want to take the baby

with me."

By now

was wide awake. I could baby, no more than six months old, in his arms through the glass I

little

panel in the door. the child the

I

knew as soon as I took

man would

bolt.

I

figured

end of the walk with the lights on and the motor idling was his.

"Who are you?" I asked. He told me his name. He had been raised in the neighborhood. His grandmother had been a member of St. Gabriel's. He had been in prison at

Lorton

must have been a result of prison weight lifting. He started to lay the baby on the step. I told him to come in. Better to keep

him in the rectory, I thought, while I can figure out what to do. He came into the kitchen.

"I've got to go.

I

the child," he said.

don't want to hurt

My

wife

the

is at

You can call her."

He pushed me aside and dropped

shelter.

a

inebriation.

mid-air.

priests,"

I

told her.

go. Rather than

let

"Wait,"

I

"We are doing

it

for the

you got married,"

I

said.

same reason

"Because we

love." "Fell in love with who?" she

I

caught

said, trying to

until the police got there.

peated, almost plaintively.

the blanketed

bundle drop to the ground

are studying to be Catholic

"No!" she said, visibly pained. "Why would you do that? You can't get married, you know." She seemed to think we might not have heard. "Why?" she re-

fell in

let

it

in

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William Cox,

A study commissioned by the CathoHealth Association indicates that middle class families who currently have health insurance will wind up paying

lic

health care reform without universal cov

$20,000 and $75,000 a year. That's about 60 percent of the population. The very rich and the very poor would wind up spending less.

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In contrast, the

universal coverage

CHA

study says,

would mean lower

costs for any families earning less than

fell

asleep in

we

waited for the police.

He

West

Vir-

study proves thai

a sham."

is

He says health care reform universal coverage

means

without

that middle

class families will be at risk of losing

coverage and that those who man age to hang onto their insurance will see their

their

premiums go

up.

know about you, but I seem tc boat. And I sure do not look

be in that forward to being without health insurance or being faced with prohibitive p

my arms.

our doorstep.

CHA

I don' t

Father Daly is associate pastor of St. Gabriel's Church, in Washington, D.C.

kitchen as

Sen. Jay Rockefeller of

$100,000 a year.

jump

Wet. I changed him on the counter in the

year.

first

higher costs for families earning between

of their families and leave their babies on

into the idling car. I felt the baby.

8 percent the

ginia says the

my Church." found it hard to appreciate his trust as I watched him run down the walk and I

1

more if there is no universal coverage. Specifically, it would mean

The next day I wrote in my journal, "Some people think of us as extensions

said. "I trust

vice president,

comes from

state

significantly

come here?"

"I knew that priests would be here," he

CHA

New York which enacted reform without universal coverage. People who had covesage saw their insurance premiums jump says the proof

delay him

"Why did you

JOANN KEANE

Photo by

huge arms — now needle-tracked —

baby bag full of diapers from his shoulder. He shoved the baby toward me and

"We

at Great Harbor Cay on the Berry Islands in the Bahamas provides a beacon of land recognition for ship-weary travelers.

His

until recently.

was divorced. The she turned to us and asked, "What are you American boys doing in Italy?" Her grin was a mixture of invitation and told us she

The lighthouse

the old car at the

country lane.

She

Cfkt

we

that

way

Besides,

aiding

could not otherwise do. In a real sense the priest or nun marries the Church. Some-

decry celibacy as "unnatural." As the students cheered his remarks I thought to

natural.

(f

things. First, that there is a

Maybe

this is

miums.

How about you?

why I'm

called father."

Diocesan School Board

Openings

asked, puzzled.

The Diocese of Charlotte School Board

"With God," I said. "Or at least with the idea of God." She jerked the car back on the road.

We rode on in silence.

I think for her sake the Church needs

has board

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