Aug. 26, 1994 by Catholic News Herald

T1IH 13dVHD

C£6J-665Zc ON D £f£

xavaen nosiim MO»lM"n03 0

U000-8O

ATHOLIC

News & Herald Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Volume 3 Number 44 August 26, 1994

U.S. Catholics

First

Day Fun

Responding To Rwanda Appeal CHICAGO (CNS) — A shipment of six U.S. tractor-trailer trucks to aid

Rwandan

was the

relief efforts

brain-

child of a Catholic corporate executive in

Chicago.

Matthew Hehl, a vice president of Navistar International Transportation Corp. in Chicago, spearheaded the donation to Catholic Relief Services, the U.S.

Catholic overseas aid agency, after

watching a televised news report on dying

Rwandan refugees.

At this end the value of gift can be measured in dollars about $275,000. In Rwanda its value will be measured in

—

human lives. More than 800,000 Rwandans have fled their homes and are living in refugee

St. Patrick

lets

School kindergarten students

find

recess to be a great break from their

the youngsters explore the playground on their first day of school. Pictured

McQueen, Michael Malone, Corey Swanda, Alex Lapalombella,

Christine

(l-r):

camps. A Catholic network of CRS and European Caritas agencies is providing food and other assistance to 200,000 in Rwanda and neighboring countries. As of Aug. 19 CRS reported having received at least $2.25 million in donations from U.S. dioceses since mid-July, when the media began to focus on the dimensions of the refugee tragedy and Catholic dioceses were asked to take up

new studies as teacher Mary Szura Ginny Slee, Olivia Myrick, Shannon

Maley and Jessica O'Connell. Photo by JOANN

Rwanda at week-

special collections for

KEANE

end Masses. Catholics in the Chicago Archdio-

patholic School Enrollment

cese donated $436,000 at weekend Masses July 23-24. The previous record

Shows Jump

collection for a foreign disaster in the

archdiocese had been $280,000 raised in

1989 for Lebanon.

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

The good news is Catholic school ipnrollment is up across the country for Ihe second year in a row. The even better jiews is enrollment in the diocese' s

System

pumping up

school

the national fig-

iMes.

All 16 schools in the Diocese of Charlotte are reporting either steady or ising enrollment. vith

Most schools are filled

openings only

at certain

grade lev-

Hutchcraft.

Educators attribute the demand to a in North Carolina as well as parents looking for quality education in a Catholic valuesbased environment. "It's a values question for us, "particularly considering all the trouble in the public system with guns and knives, says Chris Nunez, president of the Home School Association at Our Lady of Grace. "In addition to receiving

growing Catholic population

els. I

Greensboro added a kindergarten and a first grade for a total of 307 students. "It' s so sad when we have to turn people away," said Principal Sue Geraghty. Our Lady of Grace School, Greensboro, is completely full with 438 students. More than 100 children are on a two-year waiting list for kindergarten alone. "We still have siblings we aren't able to get in," said Principal Roberta

Remarkably, the enrollment inreases have occurred despite a reduc!on in class size from 35 to 30 students less.

Schools with waiting lists have com•ensated for the reductions

lasses.

For example,

St.

by adding Pius

a quality education, the kids are taught

the

same kinds of things we teach

home

terms of values, discipline and

morals."

Moreover, the teachers are extended family, she said. "The kids know someone is looking after them." "We're one of the few places in the country not just dreaming of building schools, we're building schools," said Dr. Michael Skube, diocesan school superintendent.

A new

high school in Charlotte

Parishes of the Baltimore Archdio-

CRS

expected to open in August 1995. The present high school will be converted into a middle school, which will open at the same time. Moreover, enrollment in a

cese,

two-year-old school

about $2,000.

—

— All

Saints in

where

has

its

national head-

quarters, donated $207,000.

One

small

inner-city parish, St. Vincent de Paul,

usually gets a total

weekend collection of

When

the pastor an-

students for a total of 650,

making it the

nounced that the whole regular collection would go to CRS for Rwanda relief,

largest Catholic school in

North Caro-

parishioners put $ 1 0,000 in the baskets.

Enrollment in Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools has jumped 36 percent with 862 new students since the six schools became part of a regionalized system two years ago. Bishop McGuinness High School, Winston-Salem, has seen four years of continuous enrollment expansion. The school is subsidizing three van pools to shuttle students to and from Greensboro. Hence, many of its 35 new students this year are from Greensboro. Principal George Repass said the steady increase is due in part to "a vastly improved" recruitment and public relations program. "The Bishop McGuinness message is having a greater impact," he

nated $70,000 through their parishes. In Spokane, Wash., an appeal for dona-

Charlotte

rose again this year by 25

Catholics of Columbus, Ohio, do-

lina.

said.

The high school offers quality alter-

native education centered on values and

That's the message that's getting

And

by the diocesan newspaper, the

Inland Register, brought in about $5 ,000.

Hehl said he was stirred to action by a Cable

News Network report. See Rwanda, Page 2

How To

Help

Donations to Catholic Relief SerRwanda can be made

vices for aid to

by mail or telephone. Checks or money orders should be

made

out to

"CRS"

with a notation "Rwanda" on the memo line indicating for.

Send

what the contribution is

to Catholic Relief Services,

religion.

out.

tions

it's

the system.

being echoed throughout

P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, 2 1 203-7090. For more information on

CRS work

Rwanda

or to

make

contribution by credit card, call (800)

736-3467.

Catholic

News

& Herald

August 26, 1994

Charlotte Catholic High Gridders

Open Season By

At Parkwood

BOB GATELY

players on whom they had been countinj

Editor

Charlotte Catholic High School,

shooting to improve on last season' s 4-6 football record, opens

its

1994 season

tonight (Aug. 26) at Parkwood, an old

because of transfers, family moves o off-season surgery. He says a couple ha< been considered potential starters. As result, he says, there probably will be "J 1 lot

foe from Catholic' s years as a member of

Rocky River 2A conference. The clash is the first of five nonconference games before embarking on the old

their Western

Piedmont 2A Conference

schedule. The conference opener will be

Oct.7 at home against defending confer-

ence and state 2A champion Lincolnton. The Cougars, who moved to the Western Piedmont 2A last season in a realignment of North Carolina high school conferences, finished

fifth in the

"Some young

Oddo says Lincolnton ha 6 starters back from last year' s champi onshipteam. Mooresville, the 1993 ruri ner-up, has 60 players on its varsit roster, about the same as Charlott Catholic's total for both the varsity an tough as ever.

junior varsity.

Bessemer City, third last year, didn lose a single starter and

back from

coach

team 22nd year as

last year's

at Catholic.

improve," he said. won't be as big as last year but I think we'll be a little quicker." "I think we'll

season,

refugee loads a sack of American corn on his shoulder at a

eastern Zaire where food and uncontaminated water agencies.

relief

(CNS photo from

Rwanda (From Page "I

was watching

CNN on a Sunday

A bunch of them were children," he said. "Something inside of me said we had to do something." repHe began calling colleagues resentatives of other truck and shipping companies at home. By evening the deal was done: Six tractors and six flatbed

UTC

Container Lines of Garden City, N.Y.;

and the Port of Mobile. Hehl called CRS after several other relief organizations he contacted were slow to respond. The CRS employee who took the call had just returned from four months in Rwanda. "When she saw

—

trailers plus free preparation, inspection,

handling and shipping to Mombasa, Kenya, an African port near Rwanda. "Not one person said, 'How much

moment

of Racine, Wis.; Wilson of Elk Grove Village, 111.; Global

ter Logistics

—

the

being distributed by

Various preparation, transport and handling services needed came from several other companies: District International Trucks of Hyattsville, Md.; Jupi-

buried in mass graves.

From

now

Reuters)

afternoon and saw tons of people being

will this cost?'

camp

pictures of the trucks, she said, 'Stop.

Don't do anything trucks,'" Hehl said.

said

The

do it, it was unanimous," said Hehl. Navistar, Hehl got a donation of six heavy-duty 1990 cab tractors. From National Tractor and Trailer Sales Cen-

let' s

else.

want the

trans-Atlantic shipment left

From

Mobile, Ala., Aug. 12 after the trucks

ter in Atlanta

were blessed by Mobile Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb. They were expected to reach Kenya in 45 days.

he got six used flatbed

trailers.

Provincial Of

ASHEVILLE— Religious of Chris-

lege.

She

certified in art therapy

She taught in the schools of her order

native

Champaign, 111., came to Asheville at age 9. She graduated from St. Genevieve Academy, received a B.A. degree from Emmanuel College and an M.Ed, degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. Sister Patricia' s experience includes

three years teaching in public school in

from

Massachusetts, and for two years, served as religious education coordina-

Patricia,

Burke County. Her latest assignment was at Asheville Catholic School. She is an active volunteer at ABCCM and has been a participant in the "Return to Bethlehem" pageant every year since its beginning.

fullback Luis

Catholic

Sept. 2

at Parkwood Monroe

Day

Sept. 23 at Charlotte Christian

Oct. 7 Lincolnton Oct. 14 Mooresville Oct. 21 at Cherryville

Bessemer City Nov. 4 West Lincoln Oct. 28 at

War Veterans

Post 1 1

Honored At National Convention ARDEN

—

51!

The Rev. Ralph F. Neagle Post of Arden won two national awards

at the

Catholic

national convention this

War

Veterans

month

in Pitts-

burgh.

The post was honored for its project reminding the driving public to respect the special parking spaces for handicapped motorists. It was one of six special projects throughout the nation cited

CWV's its

national historian program!

newsletter, the Updater.

The newsli

published 10 times a year. It W| cited for its format and appearance a its extensive coverage of local and r ter is

tional issues of interest to veterans.

The post is named for the late Fat! Ralph F. Neagle, a World War II coml chaplain who later served for many yftj as Catholic chaplain at the

VA Medii

the international access

Center in Asheville. It meets the foul Thursday of each month in the pari hall of St. Barnabas Church in Ard

phrase, "Leave Handicapped Parking

For more information, write to the p

for the Handicapped."

commander, Herbert Reith, PO Box 6k

at the

convention.

The project involves posters bearing symbol and the

Distribution

coordinator the same day.

Emmanuel College, Boston. in

Her Order

Sister

Catholic's schedule:

Enka,

28728-0681. Us

Luke Parish, Belmont, Mass. She also conducted a program in art therapy in Winthrop House, Medford, Mass., and Park Marion in Brookline, Mass. Sister Martha left Asheville on Aug. 20 to prepare for her new duties. Sister Patricia assumed her duties as convent

And sophomore

losi

Aug. 26

Sept. 16 Providence

Moreno, the only player to start as a freshman since Oddo became coach, "should know our system better. Oddo said several other young players should show improvement from last season. Oddo says the Cougars last some

la:

opener last week to Ne wtoi Conover. Cherryville, winless last se; son and beaten in this year's opener, expected to finish last again.

Sept. 9 at Charlotte Country

belt.

threat

fourth

improved but the Rebels

better with a year of experience under his

The local post won third place in the

tor at St.

Education Sister Martha Brigham, coordinator of St. Genevieve of the Pines Convent, has been named provincial of the American Province of the order, effective Sept. 1 1 Appointed to succeed her at St. Genevieve Convent is Sister Patricia Dolan. The announcement was made by the superior general of the Religious of Christian Education of Saint Maur, France. Sister Martha, a native of Massachusetts, was educated by the Religious of Christian Education in Winchester, Mass. She holds a B.A. degree in modern languages from Newton College of the Sacred Heart and an M.A. degree in religious education from Boston Coltian

Mike

West Lincoln,

Falencki, a starter last season, should be

Coordinator At Asheville Convent

Named

says junior quarterback

observe]

their season

"We

some

Yellow Jackets the top

Lincolnton.

but Jim Oddo, starting his

record.

sive starters

to grow up fast," he says. The conference apparently will be a

rate the

just four offen-

players are going

have

six-team league with a 1-4 conference

The Cougars have

A Rwandan

of sophomores" in the starting lineup

Exceeds Two WASHINGTON

(CNS)

New Catechism

Million

— More

Copies

Daw, who

taled 2,106,070, said

than 2 million copies of the English-

interim director of the

language edition of the Catechism of the

for Publishing

Catholic Church have gone into distribution since release of the book June 22.

"The extraordinary publishing

ef-

unprecedented in the religious book business and perhaps even among fort is

all

publishing efforts in the nation," said

Richard

W. Daw,

secretary for

commu-

The

USCC's

and Promotion

USCC

Ofll

Servi<j

publisher of the

(|l

echism of the Catholic Church but lij up 15 co-publishers of the English! guage version of the catechism to njj the expected demand. Publishers say sales of the catechl are high in their traditional channel!

nications for the U.S. Catholic Confer-

distribution: direct mail

ence.

well as religious and commercial bcl

"Readers demanded copies of the catechism even before it was off the presses, and the demand has not let up," Daw said in an Aug. 16 statement. "The most recent press run was for 513,500 copies, only about 50,000 fewer than the original run of 566,250."

Barnes and Noj Waldenbooks, Borders and Media PI The catechism has appeared onl tional bestseller lists, and in the Au§|

Copies printed by mid-August

to-

and

catalogl

stores, including

edition of Publishers Weekly, '

on and paperback religious books. third

rarl

the bestseller lists for hardcl

August 26, 1994

The Catholic News

Permanent Deacons Receive

Heraki

Scholarship Winner...

High Praise For Their Efforts By

CAROL HAZARD

of charity, the word and sacraments, he said. "In the formation process, spiritu-

Associate Editor

—

NEW ORLEANS

They're not Mshops and they're not priests. But they ire clergy. And they perform an invaluable service for the Catholic Church. Permanent deacons from through-

well developed and based on humble service to priests and bishops. The diaconate is not a means to get power or receive great honors. It is to ality is

serve."

The heirarchy of the Church is made

jut the United

up of bishops,

re-

States

priests and deacons; the only ordained ministries in the Church.

vived a refunding enforcement of

"The diaconate keeps me in tune with what it means to be a servant, to give

my life totally to our Lord Jesus through

heir ministry

a July 20-

New

Mr. Todd, vice chan"A deacon is called obedience and love of

service," said Rev.

!4conference

cellor of the diocese.

Or-

to reflect the life,

eans.

The

lational

con-

A total spiritual commitment is a life

erence

was

of joy, whereas wordly pleasures are

first

Jesus."

since

temporal and often hurtful, he

MSGR.KOVACIC

perma-

tent

diaconate was restored 26 years

That's not to say

was delighted

to hear

from the

ishops such a strong affirmation of the

An-

strength

through

and an archbishop gave

Whatever

ive bishops

Msgr. Kovacic attended the confer-

Ben

nce with deacons Curtiss Todd,

Venning and lertha.

Bob Dotson and his than 800 people

—

side

should bring

you closer

in-

the Lord."

special call-

The pheneomenal growth of

men worldwide

lith 12,000 in the United States

the

— —

liaderscores the ministry s vitality, Msgr. '

ilovacic said.

The Diocese of Charlotte

I- with 47 deacons iilass

— ordained

its first

in 1983.

In the most significant development,

HICKORY — Catholic charismatics

The

diaconate is a

iaconate to 21,000

;

your

red for the event. li

REV. MR.

TODD

Rev. Mr. Todd said. Deacons were active in the early life of the Church. However, neglect of the formation process and rivalry between priests and deacons led to the ministry's demise 1 ,600 years ago. Since being restored in the Second

ing, a true vocation,

Vatican representative announced at

Vatican Council, the diaconate has thrived in the United States. Conference

conference that the Congregation of

participants came away reaffirmed in the

f lergy will hold a bishops' synod on the t iaconate in 1995. Bishops will respond

value of their young ministry, its continued growth and their standing in the

Church.

t-.

tte

questions about deacons and their

|iteological,

economic and pastoral

Archbishop Crescenzio fepe said. The responses will be comHled and submitted to Pope John Paul i(, who is expected to issue an official t bcument on the diaconate. "A document from the Holy See Msponsibilites,

mows how important i

;rmanent diaconate Isgr.

Kovacic

live

in the

Church,"

said.

The diaconate }

the role of the

trains

men who

re-

special graces through the sacra-

ent of holy orders to perform a ministry

(I), a graduate of St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, D.C., is awarded a Senior Council Scholarship to attend Belmont Abbey College this fall. The scholarship, which is sponsored by the Benedictine monks of Belmont Abbey, provides a full year's tuition, room and board. Making the presentation are Benedictine Father Peter Weigand (c) and Abbot Aidan Shea of St. Anselm's Abbey.

Hundreds Expected At Hickory For Charismatic Conference

from the United 520 deacons tates, Europe and South America gath-

luding

;

wife,

—

James Coates

weaknesses.

thorn

eynote presentations.

a bed of roses, but

Apostle Paul says, we gain

lony Kovacic, vicar for the Permanent )iaconate for the Diocese of Charlotte,

lermanent diaconate," said Msgr.

it's

the

go-

said.

wisdom grows and expands.

"Spiritual

"Sometimes our vision is limited to where we are sitting or standing, but it was expanded to all the dioceses in the United States," said Rev. Mr. Wenning. "We saw a real healthy child. The diaconate is alive and well and getting stronger

all

the time."

Rev. Mr. Wenning is a deacon at St. Gabriel Church, Charlotte; Rev. Mr. Todd is at Our Lady of Consolation Church, Charlotte, and Rev. Mr. Dotson is at St. Margaret Church, Maggie Valley.

Have you given thought to being a priest in the Diocese of Charlotte?

and maintains monastery

and guests gather twice a year for a conference at the Catholic Conference Center. Several hundred travel from all sections of the diocese and elsewhere for a weekend of praise and worship. From daily Mass, Saturday evening benediction and healing service, participants receive spiritual refreshment and inspi-

he serves the abbey as prior. Geralyn became involved in the charismatic renewal in 1971 as a college freshman in her home town of Lake Charles, La. After receiving her B.S. degree in environmental science in Sister

1974, she

work

The

conference, Sept. 23-25,

fall

Friday

moved to the Houston area to

as a water pollution investigator

for the state.

7:30 p.m. and ends with

For four years, she lived

with families active in the renewal. Her parish in Manvel, Texas, sponsored a

a.m. Sunday Mass. Conference leaders are from the

1 1

retreat for her in

Abbey in Pecos, N.M. Father Paul Meaden and Sister Geralyn Spaulding will come as a team to address

at the

Pecos

Abbey

the conference theme, "Children of God

Eucommunity, she joined in December of the same year. Sister Geralyn worked with the Sa-

entitled

"A Covenant Commu-

nity Experience." Attracted to the

charistic lifestyle of the

Sealed with the Holy Spirit." Father Meaden, a native of Minnesota, joined the Pecos Community in 1977 after spending 17 years mostly on

cred Dance Ministries International, assisting in

workshops and ecumenical and

and con-

Catholic retreats in Switzerland and England in 1989. She works full time as

graduated from Colorado School of Mines in engineering and geology in 1958 and spent two years in the

coordinator of the abbey music ministry in addition to assisting with retreats and

the

West Coast

struction.

in engineering

missions through music, teachings, coun-

Army. He attended seminary at St. John' s,

seling

Camarillo, Calif. He studied for a semes-

made

ter in Israel

priesthood in

and was ordained

to the

builds

Rome

in 1984.

and sacred dance workshops. She vows on Aug. 6, 1988.

perpetual

See Charismatic, Page 16

Remember

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as

HisWll

well as an ongoing commitment to the Church and the community in which we live."

In Yours.

Bishop William G. Curlin

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

"/ leave to the

(704) 334-2283

1981

Benedictine

statement included in your Will:

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

and

tion,

ration.

starts

facilities

with retreat programs. In addi-

assists

Charlotte (or

Roman

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

sum of$

percent of the residue of my estate) for religious, educational and charitable works."

(or

For more information on

how

make a

its

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.

& Herald

4 The Catholic News

August 26, 1994

Pro-Life Corner "Abortion mill employees from Delta Women's Clinic (Dover, and Brandywine Valley Women's Center (Penny Hill, Del.) pleaded guilty to charges of improperly disposing of the remains of pre-born children killed by abortion. The Delaware Special Wastes Management law calls or 'pathological wastes,' including 'human fetal remains,' to be disposed of properly and in accord with the law. The abortion mills poured the bodies of the children into garbage

it-!.'

Del.)

disposals."

Abortion Report,

March 22, 1994

Editorial A Possible Answer Cardinal Franjo Kuharic of Zagreb, Croatia' s lead-

The Respect

Diocese of Charlotte

Life Office

(704) 331-1720

ing churchman, has come up with a possible settlement

—

of the war in the Balkans

but it's going to require and that's the rub. Speaking at a meeting of religious, diplomatic and ethnic leaders last week in Washington, Cardinal Kuharic suggested that an internationally administered and guarded protectorate might be a way to resolve the impasse over the partition of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The internationally negotiated partition agreement would give 49 percent of the republic to the Bosnian Serbs and 5 1 percent to the Bosnian Croats and Muslims. But the Serbs, who control about 70 percent of the

Pope Expresses Concern For

international action

accept the agreement. The which they Serbs also control a portion of Croatia also seized by force and show no signs of willingness to give up what the cardinal calls a "state within a state." territory, so far refuse to

—

Cardinal Kuharic blames Serbian leaders for

getting the Bosnian Serbs to sign the partition accord.

believes that the Serbs

international military force

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — True concern for the health and well-being of include concrete action to help pregnant their children to

would have to agree if an were used to guarantee the

borders established by the accord.

Based on past performances, we somehow have a is not about to happen. Some European

feeling that

show

no signs of willingness to take any effective action to halt the fighting. Even their attempts to provide humanitarian relief have been successful only when the Serbs have cooperated. We don t see much prospect of the Europeans doing much, if anything, more than they already have. After all, they were not exactly enthusiastic about taking any '

And

action.

there appears to be

little

likelihood that

President Clinton will risk getting American forces

bogged down

in a

The pope praised

problem

improving the condition of the world's women, but insisted that increasing access to abortion

even

if it is

within another

republic. If that

sounds familiar to some of us,

from Czechoslovakia

Maybe late

all,

it's

the

same

1938.

the next claim will be for part of Illinois.

a lot of Serbs live in the Chicago area and the

King Peter

God has entrusted human women in a special way," the pope said Aug.

"Through, maternity, beings to

buried there.

the

Women are the first guardians of human life from moment of conception and deserve support in that role, he told visitors at his summer residence south of

Pope Says Children's Example Contributes To Church

the

Rome. "Who more than a mother knows the miracle of life

which blossoms

in her

womb?"

many women face make motherhood difficult or

Unfortunately, the pope said, serious problems that

even heroic. "Often these unbearable weights derive from indifference or inadequate assistance," some of which are the result of legislation that ignores the value of the family, he said. The condition of women also is threatened by "a widespread and distorted culture that unduly exonerates men from their family responsibilities and, in the worst cases, leads

them

to consider

women

as objects of

pleasure or simple reproductive instruments," he said. it is

obligatory to

take every legitimate initiative aimed at promoting authentic female emancipation," the pope said. "But in this obligation, the dignity

of women and the safeguard-

this

viewpoint," he said.

Publisher: Editor:

faith that

The

should mark the spiritual

life

of all Catholics

and holiness of children is not only promise for the future of the Church, but a curren blessing, Pope John Paul said Aug. 17 in an ongoinj faith

;

series of audience talks about the role of lay people in

thi

Church.

would be wrong to ignore the role of the childrei Church, he said at the audience, held a few hour before he was scheduled to begin a 10-day vacation i Les Combes, in the northern Italian mountains. "The are the smile of heaven entrusted to earth," he saic "They are the true jewels of the family and society.' Following Jesus' example of welcoming childre and pointing to them as examples of the complete tru; It

in the

Church welcomes them as full men

ing the problem of their active presence in various areas

gives rise to a developing life of grace within them,'

of social

life,"

way," he

said.

the pope said. "In reality,

well aware of

how much

the beginning of their

human development,

baptisi

not that

pope said. Pope John Paul offered special prayers for childre

society

who are hurting physically because of hunger, povert or illness or who suffer because of maltreatment by the parents, exploitation or the pain of seeing their

parent,;

divorced or separated.

Number 44

It's

The Wrong Place For A Visit

Most Reverend William G. Curlin

Robert E. Gately

Pope John Paul

Associate Editors: Joann Keane, Carol Hazard

Advertising Manager:

as part of his

Specifically the pontiff

PO Box

Mail Address:

St.,

visit

torn neighboring republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

McDermott

1524 East Morehead

commitment

Croatia next month and hopes to be able to visit the war-

Gene Sullivan

Editorial Assistant: Sheree

II,

seeking peace in the former Yugoslavia, will

Hispanic Editor: Luis Wolf

Office:

VATICAN CITY (CNS)— At every stageof the growing understanding of the faith, children contributt to the building of the Church, Pope John Paul II said Through the example of children, he said, adults cai rediscover the simplicity of holiness and the trustinj

bers of the community through baptism, he said. "Fror

August 26, 1994 3,

said.

faith requires, the

''In

Volume

pope

"Many people accuse the Church of insisting too much on the family mission of women while disregard-

needs the feminine genius in all areas of civil life, and it insists that every form of discrimination against women

/+\

* News & Herald

conference will courageously address the question from

"The Church

The Catholic

of work, culture and politics be overcome,'

in the area

14 during his midday Angelus address.

ing of life are tied together, and it is hoped that the Cairo

claim that Hitler made when he grabbed the Sudetenland

After

would not

serve their real needs.

"Against this oppressive culture,

points out, the heart of the

the Serbian assertion that wherever Serbs

live is Serbia's territory

the efforts of those involved in

tion and Development in Cairo, Egypt, for their focus on

Balkan war.

As Cardinal Kuharic

term and raise them, Pope John Paul II

planning the U.N. International Conference on Popula-

nations have sent troops into the area as "peacekeepers"

but their efforts have been largely futile and they

women must women carry

said.

start-

ing and continuing the conflict and he says the key

Women

like to visit the

Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, and the Vatican has issued a tentative schedule for such a visit. It calls for the pope to be in Sarajevo on Sept. 8 to celebrate Mass and visit

NC 28207 NC 28237

Charlotte,

37267, Charlotte,

would

Phone: (704) 331-1713

Editor's

Notebook Bob Gately

with religious leaders. Printing:

Mullen Publications,

The Catholic News lished by the

Morehead

Roman

Herald,

USPC

weeks during June, July and August lotte

pub-

week and every two

$15 per year for parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Char-

and $18 per year for

postage paid

all

for

other subscribers.

Second-class

Charlotte NC. POSTMASTER: Send address The Catholic News & Herald, PO Box 37267,

corrections to Charlotte,

007-393,

28207, 44 times a year, weekly

except for Christmas week and Easter

enrollees in

28237.

will be safe. Auxiliary Bishop Pero Sudar of Sarajevo says the pope's safety hinges on a security

the

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East

Charlotte,

St.,

The visit will not take place without assurances that

Inc.

pope

agreement between United Nations military commanders on the scene and Bosnian Serb leaders. Frankly, I hope there is no such agreement and that the pope confines his visit to Croatia if he goes at all. I' not so sure he would be any safer in the Croatian capital of Zagreb than he would be in Sarajevo. There are plenty of fanatics just about everywhere in that part of Europe.

If there is a security

Sarajevo, written on

I .

don't think

agreement for a visit be worth the paper i

will

Radovan Karadzic

the leader of the B osni

not exactly noted for keeping his word abt. except of course when he has been prom anything ing violence. He has been pretty good about keepi Serbs,

—

those promises. See Notebook, Page

uigust 26, 1994

Singing

A person's emotional life is like the /eather. We have good days and bad,

Reject the tyranny of that inner voice.

downs. Even spiritual writers /ho promote an attitude of joy have ccasional feelings of gloom, I can attest 5 that. But relief is an instant away when ou reflect on the wonder of God' s love.

jective opinions are not objective reality.

ps and

The Gene Kelly classic movie, "Singig in the Rain,"

comes

mind

as a

Remember,

You

are a person of status and impor-

with

His heart. Talk to yourself in a way and refuse to engage in

all

positive

who are singing joyfully, enjoy listening to the music. It helps me thank God for my life and for the )

rivilege

of being human.

B ut if music doesn t work for you try '

Dmething else. Try to analyze the cause

your dark mood. You may be stressed or simply over-tired. In any case ou'll need to pamper yourself a bit f

ut,

Try to be your own best friend, not enemy. Don't put your;lf down by listening to the demon ithin which says hurtful things to you.

lore.

our own worst

One Candle

Father John Catoir

negative thinking.

days. Sadness and melancholy are merely

of those

Light

You are precious and God loves you

tian.

itfalls of life. Some people are able to nprove their emotional state with a bit f music. Put on a CD and enter the

/orld

The Rain

tance because you are a baptized Chris-

You can shift your attention away from worries by putting things in per-

lg your way

feelings are not facts. Sub-

metaphor for singing and dancthrough the puddles and the

erfect

& Herald

The Catholic News

Moods

spective.

away

pass

like rainy

temporary conditions. In the meantime, it helps to ventilate your fears from time to time with a trusted friend or counselor. Don't be afraid to reach out for help. You can also do something physical to expend your negative energy. Clean the kitchen, rearrange your closet, mow the lawn or clean the attic. Sitting around moping will only make you sadder. Beware of TV, so many shows are violent and depressing, you don't need that.

Don' t drink too much. Booze is a depressant by definition and if you overdo it, you'll create brand new problems for

Do you

envy is defined good fortune of another? You'll want to resist envy as much as possible. Pray for those you envy every time you have bad feelings

joyfully because of the knowledge of His

toward them. Refuse to be petty. Just do something positive. Visit someone in the hospital. Go to a funny movie. Recall your favorite vacation spot. Take some crayons and draw your feelings, use different colors to express your mood. You may not be able to change your mental landscape overnight, but with the help of God you do have the power to live

back on the track. Don't be afraid to With God's help all will be well. Trust the Lord. Meanwhile, I will keep you in Mass and prayer as well. ( For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Live Joyfully, " send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New

realize that

as sadness over the

yourself.

love.

your depression

lasts for

than a month, go see your doctor.

may need some

You

medication to get your-

self

take a sedative.

York,

NY 10017.)

Father John Catoir

director of

The Christophers.

To Praise Or Not To Praise ear Dr. Shuping,

husband and I have a fouriar-old child and we both disagree

how to handle giving her praise, /henever my daughter brings home a

ver

ainting from pre-school or shows

imething she's done,

go out of my

her how terrific it is. My tarents were always very critical of ,e and I promised myself that when I ad kids, I would be more supportive, fy husband has a different attitude. :tie says that his parents always embarrassed him by "making a fuss" mr everything he did. Apparently, even gave up playing the guitar fhich he loved) because his parents ere always trying to make him play i

ay to

;

>r relatives.

He says that I'm making

nistake by "gushing" over our daugh-

much.

Children do need praise, but

if it's

How Much The Archdiocese of Chicago's '.mically

re-

up some ques-

who are loyal to the Some ordained permanent deawho lack the needed educational

and others

kkground to serve as lay administrator y the requirements overlook their pew!

of ordination.

Are academic requirements that im-

for parish administration? Isn't ipnough to have a good heart and ontp-job experience? frrtant

To answer, we need

look

And we need to find ways to make

Wat education

^frdable to those <

the world.

It' s

fine to

tell

who

available and af-

seek

it.

Formal education combines a structred program of study, testing of ideas, |

she's done, rather than evaluating the

finished product.

Ask

her which colors

her accomplishments rather than the

scrapbook

she wants. But don't

she likes best and whether or not she

in a

enjoyed using the materials. Let her tell

force her to

you what her picture is about. Then pick out one or two of the more distinctive features in her "work of art" and say

or relatives. Let her enjoy her own

something positive about those. You can offer to hang her picture up in the kitchen, or you can help her put it

think. In the long-run,

show her pictures

to friends

work

praise.

Dr. Shuping

contract staff with and also has a

Catholic Social Services

without giving her the message that she should be dependent on what other people

private practice as a psychiatrist in

your daughter will have more confidence in her abilities if you help her to focus on the process of

umn may be

Winston-Salem. Questions for sent to: Dr.

this col-

Martha W.

Shuping, 1400 Millgate Drive, Suite B, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.

who are often a helpful resource later as

makes

us better critical thinkers.

To run

a parish these days, being a

good person is not enough. Take religious education for example. One needs to know what good teacher training consists of, what are the best books to place in teachers' hands and what constitutes a good learning environment. Lacking this background, one risks turning youth off to religious education, losing adult catechumens, destroying adult education efforts and, in sum, not having any parish educa-

programs of worth. To be an administrator means facing

tional

all

types of people

There

like the

who

will test you.

always someone

way

the liturgy

who

doesn't

conducted or

the art and sculpture used in decorating the church.

Even

the task of filling out

use educational resources

marriage papers requires legal awareness. The leader of a parish needs to be

companionship of classmates

able to react intelligently and on the spot

(torning to

2d the

her that

she did a good job, but you'll motivate her more by showing an interest in what

at the

-frpose of schooling and the times ffre

artist in

us with valuable information,

the rule will prove unfair to minori-

Martha W. Shuping,

convince her that she' s the most talented

credentialed lay administra-

'aurch.

ing that she's done, you don't have to

well. It is a matter of devoting a large

Those who lack academic requirements, yet have extensive parish and :cular work experience and good will,

Âť>ns

Crosswinds

When your child brings home a paint-

Formal Education Do Parish Administrators Need?

)ns.

**s

receiving praise that they lose their en-

joyment in the activities themselves.

portion of time to disciplined formation. good education not only provides

in parishes stirred

:'el

(as seems have been the case with your husband). Others become so focused on

place aca-

nt announcement that it will

much attention and then rebel

tell

r so

handled incorrectly, it can backfire. Some children become embarrassed by too

to a variety of questions.

Education affords a person the needed time to digest facts and develop the critical thinking needed to thoughtfully respond to the many needs of daily parish

out just cause to having a damaged walkway to sexual harassment or abuse have made dioceses much more conscious of the need to put well-educated persons into responsible positions.

One bad

life.

lawsuit due to incompe-

Often overlooked is the value of one's classmates in formal education. Frequently they form support groups, counseling each other and serving each

tence can destroy a parish for years, as well as disrupt the whole diocese.

other as resources.

council and a variety of parish offices which are responsible for the upkeep of

But

it is

the legal side of running a

parish in these times that above all

makes

academic credentials imperative. Lawsuits alleging everything from firing with-

Add to this the fact that administration also consists in overseeing a parish

buildings, finances and evangelization, and one quickly sees that this is no job for the uneducated, well-meaning person.

See

Human, Pag

& Herald

6 The Catholic News

August 26, 1994

The Consistent Q. I have read and heard much about the seamless garment, but no one explains it, even the priests who refer to it. Can you tell me what it is? (Florida)

care and the massive violence committed

today against unborn children.

The "consistent ethic" approach has profoundly affected Catholic thinking in all these areas, perhaps most especially on the subjects of

A. The seamless garment

another

just

war and,

capital punishment.

a "consistent ethic of life."

Cardinal Bernardin points to three themes that underlie a consistent ethic of

mean

our moral teachings and positions

that in

about issues relating to human life we should be consistent and not deny on one issue what we defend on another. In other words, if one human life is sacred, all human life is sacred, and our political and moral positions should reflect that "consistency."

Though the idea is far from new, the specific consistent ethic of life, or seamless

garment, approach was proposed by

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago in 1983.

Since then

has

become

a major

element in every serious moral discussion, from abuse of the aged and sexual exploitation to war and the death penalty; from economic oppression of the poor and helpless to reform of health

Question Box

described in another column recently,

name for what is more frequently called Basically, both phrases simply

Ethic Of Life

Father John Dietzen

the theological assertion that the

life:

human person

made in the image and

likeness of God, the philosophical affir-

mation of the dignity of the person, and the political principle that society and the

community abandoned

The

state exist to serve the person.

Within this framework, the Catholic bishops of New York contended in their February 1994 statement against the death penalty that whether one speaks of violent crimes or unplanned pregnancies, "death is never the answer." Interestingly, the "seamless garment" argument has led other groups to embrace our position on the evil of abortion. Sojourners is a Washington-based group and is the name of their influential magazine, devoted to many issues of justice and peace. Several years ago the

its

neutrality

challenges are increasingly accepted,

the morality of abortion.

who presently clain and by those who d(

hope, both by those

"Our deepest

editor explained:

a pro-life position

convictions about poverty, racism, vio-

not.

lence and the equality of men and women

(A free brochure answering ques Hons Catholics ask about Mary, tht mother ofJesus, is available by sending a stamped self- addressed envelope U Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinit Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington IL 61701. Questions for this columi should be sent to Father Dietzen at th

are finally rooted in a radical concern for life

—

its

protect

absolute value and the need to

it.

was only a matter of time

before the spiritual logic of these other

commitments would lead us

to a 'pro-

response to abortion as well."

life'

The seamless garment, or consistent immeasurably en-

ethic of life, idea has

riched the discussion of issues relating to respect for the sacredness of human life. It

surely will continue to

so, as its

Pensacola Paranoia When I first heard the news I promised myself that I

column

would keep silent. This

that the rhetoric of the pro-life movement is

what has led to these murders. Here

going to be about adoption, I said, not about some lone zealot who thinks he is on a mission from God. But as the media reports kept assaulting me at every turn, each time I sat down at my typewriter I found myself unable to concentrate on finishing the adoption story. Instead, I found myself getting angry. So, the adoption column will have to wait. "Lord," I said, "please help me to convey my thoughts clearly and in a spirit of charity." So, here I go, point by point. 1 According to media reports, the murder of an abortionist and his body-

how

guard outside a Pensacola abortion mill last month, as well as the murder of

here.

ing.

NOW,

Being equal opportunity lovers w

Nobody, except a few hard core racists, blamed Martin Luther King for the actions of a few militants who rioted, burned and killed cops during the turbulent '60s. Nobody, except a few flagwaving "love it or leave it" hawks, blamed the anti- Vietnam War movement for the Weathermen who set off bombs and killed

NARAL and their advocates in the me-

continue to pray for the babies, the

dia talk about pro-life violence. If numstill a journalistic value the body count would be 30 million babies versus

mothers and the abortionists. We n nounce violence of any sort and wi continue to work for the day that all of u born and unborn, can live in safety ar

three abortionists.

peace.

another Pensacola abortionist brings the death

last year,

the abortion con-

toll in

troversy to a total of three.

What non-

sense.

There have been more than 30 million abortion killings in the United States

since the

Supreme Court

barbaric practice in

legalized this

973. In the interest

of accuracy the death

around 30,000,003. And this doesn't even include the thousands of women who have been maimed. 2. The man who allegedly committed this most recent outrage is not a leader of the pro-life self-styled

toll

movement. He

Rambo who

believes he has

been divinely appointed to save

lives by nobody but himHe will have to answer to both God

killing. self.

represents

and man for 3.

The

his deeds.

sadly,

The

pro-life

movement, they

say,

holds that abortion is the unjust taking of

Their line (which,

many in the media are echoing) is

Human (From Page 5)

tion

murder. Ergo, abortionists are The shooting of an abortherefore, is the result of pro-life

baby

It is

has

not easy to turn all

tionist,

thinking. In order to properly distance

themselves from a few fanatics, prolifers must renounce their philosophy.

The above argument is pure drivel, designed to remove abortion from serious debate. How can you distance yourself from someone you were never near? 4.

few

historical analogies are in order

people. 5. If you can be for civil rights or for peace and not be held responsible for the actions of a few fanatics, then you can be against abortion and not be held respon-

sible for a

few

lunatics. All

down

a person

administrator except the academic re-

quirements.

However, once you have seen a person get in over his or her head and drown in anxieties caused by educational inexperience, you quickly learn that tough

7. its

The pro-abortion movement is, by

very nature, violent.

The pro-life movement was cor

cei ved in love and dedicated to justice. I

advocates and

advocates are nurtured by prayer an

hard work.

will not be deterred

by tf

practices violence against unborn hu-

paranoia that the Pensacola murders ha\

man beings. Thirty million and still count-

produced.

makes me angry

bers were

all that

to hear

mattered and accuracy

were

the

AMEN!

saints

TERESA of JESUS •

•

the daughter OF PEASANTS, SHE JOINED THE POOR CLARES, BUT WAS 0BLI6EP TO LEAVE BECAUSE (lerida), spain.

OF POOR HEALTH.

ment. 6.

labor union movement. There was plenty

of bloodshed on both sides of that one.

movements

have their fanatics. The fact that it took 20 years for something like the Pensacola shootings to occur is testimony to the peaceful nature of the pro-life move-

other rights

movement has a

Neither the civil rights, not the anti-war

movement were so violence-free. Go back in history a little further

and look

at the

It is a love which says you produce proof that you can swim, or I keep you out of the water for

love must rule.

the qualifications to be an

Jim Mclnerney

killers.

either

who

Lifelines

an innocent human life. That means abor-

record as clean as the pro-life movement.

pro-abortionists are having a

field day with this one.

their reasoning works.

SHE THEN FOUNDED A COMMUNITY TO CARE FOR THE AGED, WITH THE HELP OF FATHER SATURNINO LOPEZ NOVOA. SHE TOOK THE NAME TERESA OF JESUS. THE COMMUNITY RECEIVED PAPAL APPROVAL IN 1887 AND THEN SPREAD TO OTHER COUNTRIES SHE WAS THE SUPERIOR

GENERAL OF THE

LITTLE SISTERS

OF THE POOR UNTIL HER DEATH ON AU6. Z6, 1897 AT THE MOTHER

HOUSE IN LITIA (VALENCIA). JORNET WAS CANONIZED POPE PAUL VI IN \91A-. HER FEAST PAY IS AUG. Z&. ©

1994

CNS Graphics

1994

vugust 26,

The Catholic News

Herald 7

oo ;A special section fo^ fasfr

CAROL HAZARD

vidual school could do by themselves,"

Associate Editor

said Superintendent Michael Skube.

:hool?

and it is still one of the issues

That's the big question

But

iresolved.

it is

considered by the Triad Catholic

:hools Regionalization

Task Force.

Just how all that will occur is the job of the task force. The 20-member committee is looking at growth needs in the Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point area. Formed nearly a year ago, it is taking a scientific and systematic ap-

The plan is to unify the five pre-K rough 8th grade Catholic schools and e one Catholic high school in the Triad ea. They will be pulled together under le umbrella within the next two or

proach to studying those needs. "The shape will depend on the char-

ree years.

like the six schools in Charlotte that

could

mean new programs and

irriculums for the schools.

mean uniform

tuitions

could

and subsi-

acter of the region," said

member George

campaigns for new

iuld

facilities

be undertaken. And teachers could

more equitable

school system.

•

"We will take limited

combine them

^sources and

were regionalized two years ago, the

six

schools in the Triad are located in three distinct

communities.

"We ways

are pulling

all that

together in

needs of each without undermining the character of that will satisfy the

any," Repass said.

salaries.

Regionalization adds up to a stroni

committee

Repass, principal

Bishop McGuinness High School. Un-

zed tuitions based on financial need, ipital

& Herald

To Unify Triad Schools

Does the Triad need a new high

(Scvrkolic /\)ews

Force Studies Needs

lan Is

iing

Tke

The schools are Bishop McGuinness High School, Our Lady of Mercy and St.

to create

See Triad, Page 8

rnething better than any of the indi-

Fostering Success In School A Guideline For Parents By DR.

MICHAEL SKUBE

Superintendent of Schools

the

Expect your child to learn

•

The new school year is a fresh start. The pencils are sharpened and notebooks are clean and unclut-

tered.

accept responsibility for his/her choices.

Model joy in learning. Read to your child daily, have him/her see you read daily and, when • •

What

are the characteristics of

successful students?

They set goals. They plan

he/she acquires the skills to read independently, read together.

ahead and

^^^yk «.

self as a powerful,

their time.

realistic.

with a great capacity for success. • Support your child's interests even if they are not your interests. Parents are the primary educa-

Not every

tors of their children.

student

their children differently than the

can be an

school does.

"A"

ents

Goals should be

—

Help your child see him/her-

•

organize

stu-

It is

important that par-

with the school. Their input can make

cess lies in

a difference.

problems and meeting challenges. Parents can nurture self-esteem by providing love, security and understanding to help students

grow

centered within themselves. Parents

to a child's success in

school include their parents' attitude

about learning as well as the school. Parents should be involved to the best of their ability and time limitations. They can get to know the teachers and the principals, support

influence

school efforts, work in the class-

on a child's success, both in school and life in general. What can they do

rooms, help out with field trips and maintain a positive attitude.

make a positive difference in their

When a problem arises, first see

are the single

most

critical

child's life?

Love your child unconditionand make sure he/she knows it. • Provide reasonable and consis-

•

ally

tent limitations. •

Promote

the

development of

independence and self-confidence from the earliest days.

Teach your child right from wrong by modeling honesty, integ•

rity,

and respect for yourself and

others.

the child can

work

First Gift Is By JOANN

out alone. If

For School Chapel

KEANE

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Catholic

ing for an array of projects including library furnishings, computers and other classroom equipment, as well as providing tuition assistance and funding for other programs. The foundation building fund has provided funds for two school expansions; The Begley Educa-

grand

start

pledge from the CCHS Foundation. The foundation pledge pumps blood into the heart of the new school with the pledge earmarked for the school chapel. Made in honor of the Sisters of

Mercy, the pledge becomes the first monetary donation received by the Charlotte Catholic High School Capital Campaign, which kicks off in mid-October. "I am deeply moved and grateful for this donation," saidMercy Sister Paulette Williams, CCHS principal. "The CCHS Foundation has been extremely supportive of the high school, and this pledge for a chapel underscores their strong

commitment

behalf of the Sisters of Mercy,

mark

for success.

CCHS

from day one."

formation in 1974, the Foundation has provided fundits

thanks to a $150,000

to a

remain calm and contact the teacher. Develop a partnership with the teacher. Gather all the facts before placing blame. When a teacher is criticized in front of a child, the child senses that the parent does not respect the teacher and often begins to feel the same way. As we begin the new school let's

CCHS

Since

High School's capital campaign is off

the child needs help, parents should

year,

heart of

Associate Editor

They know

communicate what they know

Keys

$150.000 Pledge

unique person

dent. Suc-

doing one's best in self-esteem gained by perseverance, solving

Back to school is also time for regular school Masses. Katheryn Shaia and Patrick Cuddihee, third graders at St. Patrick receive communion from Father Frank Photo by JOANN KEANE O'Rourke, rector of St. Patrick Cathedral.

to Catholic education. I

music and physical education addition.

The Foundation

Grand

also hosts the

Prix, their annual fundraising event.

CCHS Foundation president, Paul Polking said, "The foundation has been pushing for a new high school longer than anyone.

Once we knew

the plans

were made, we stepped forward the campaign going."

to get

offer

INSIDE:

prayerful thanks." "It is really

tion Center and the classroom, cafeteria,

appropriate that the

first

come from the CCHS Foundation," said Campaign co-chair Chuck Grace.

National Enrollment

pg. 8

gift

"This gift sets the tone for the campaign

and

truly gets us started

towards the

successful completion of the high school. It is

especially significant since it honors

the Sisters of Mercy,

who have been the

New Principals Head St. Leo's 10 and Asheville Catholic Parents Mobilize For Catholic.

School Aid

The Catholic News

& Herald

August 26, 1994

Numbers Steady

Catholic Schools Enrollment

For Second Consecutive Year WASHINGTON, D.C. — Catholic new

educators are ringing in the

school

year on a note of celebration: For the

second consecutive year, enrollment

Catholic schools nationwide has in-

creased and for the sixth consecutive year, enrollment has steadied at 2.6 million students.

than 9,000

new

students en-

tered Catholic schools during the 1993-

94 school year. The previous year, 1 99293, saw an increase of 17,000 students. St. Joseph Sister Catherine T.

McNamee,

president of the National

Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), credits the growing numbers in part to successful marketing. lic

"Catho-

schools have found success simply

by broadcasting ries,"

their

own

success sto-

she said.

Also contributing in increased supfrom parents, the business community and other lay leaders for Catholic

port

schools, she said. In

990,

NCEA and the United States

Catholic Conference

(USCC) began

national marketing campaign.

In"

will

fall

The theme

that parental choice in educa-

and remain for several

You Can Believe In' sends

home of Charlotte Catholic High School — Mecklenburg Area Cat

Future

a matter of justice," said Michael

Guerra, executive director, NCEA Sec-

building, formerly Stearns Catalytic,

ondary School Department. Other reasons for stabilized enrollment, according to Catholic leaders, include a 1988 Vatican document supporting Catholic schools, followed by a 1 990 U.S. bishops' plan to make Catho-

for the land

education available to

all

Catholic

children.

years.

'"Schools

—

tion

lic

— "Catholic Schools: Schools You Can — Believe be introduced schools this

tors

Leo

on a 13.5-acre

The

19,000-square-foot building.

Winston-Salem, Immaculate

Heart of Mary in High Point and Our Lady of Grace and St. Pius X in Greensboro.

tional leaders to chart a course for Catho-

schools for the year 2000 and be-

premature. The task force will

its

make

recommendations to Bishop William

yond, called the National Congress on

G. Curlin,

when values-added education, academic performance and safety issues are foremost in their minds," said Dr. Robert Kealey, Executive Director, NCEA Elementary Schools Department. The message promotes educational choice. "Our association is firmly com-

Catholic Schools for the 21st Century.

sion.

"We had to move

mitted to the vision of Catholic educa-

tion at all levels.

who will make the final deci-

many

fessional education association in the

force

bodes well for the Triad. Enrollment is up 36 percent since the six schools were regionalized two years ago.

tors, a

Founded

in 1904, the membership represents

more than 200,000 educators serving 7.6 million students in Catholic educa-

made up of professional ed pastor and parents with b

grounds in finances, statistical and other disciplines.

anal

Consider, too, that Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools is building a new

high school. The old high school will be

CATHOLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

we C(

being made, however, the future is in good hands. The

Despite some pain associated with

association's

things. In retrospect,

regionalizing schools in the Triad

Progress

lotte

Skube s

so fast to accomp

have done a better job of communi ing the changes with parents." Hence, no timetable has been se

rapid change, regionalization in Char-

world.

the decision making process,

the largest private, pro-

tax value

people would have been brought

Any speculation about the structure

a powerful message to parents at a time

NCEA

Southeas$3.6 value.

tract of land in

Triad (From Page 7)

Then in 1991, NCEA convened 250 business, church, civic and educalic

and

W. H.

Sadlier Publishing C

converted into a middle school.

A new troduced in it

was

MACS this year. Last year,

Fall Special

the

social studies; the previous year,

math. A learning resource program was brought in to help students with special needs. What's more, the

Has

science program will be in-

low end of the

MACS teachers on

salary scale received

the largest salary increases ever given.

None

Catechism of the Catholic Church

of this could have happened

$12.50 each in case lob

24 per case

without regionalization, Skube said. "We're one of the few school systems in the country that has anything of this

magnitude." If it could be done

all

over,

Call

Tim Ford

1-800-964-9861

Discover Catholic Schools V^Source: National Catholic Educational Association

Good Luck in

the

1994-95 School Year J

Charlotte,

VICES Coffee

Vending

Uniforms -

NC 28210

(704) 523-9032

& O'Hara

& L Services

655 Pressley Road, Suite SK U

Flynn

Food Service

Philadelphia,

gust 26,

The Catholic News

1994

New

Principals By BOB

Head

GATELY

of the elementary schools in the Diocese of Charlotte opened the school year this week with new princi-

A native of Weston, W.Va., Hite received her bachelor's degree from Glenville State College in Glenville,

both fresh from the Forsyth County schools in Winston-Salem.

W.Va. After graduation, she married

pals,

Maureen Hite is the new principal at Leo in Winston-Salem where she

replaces Susan Krichten. Judith Cavello

succeeds Mercy Sister Patricia Ann Pepitone at Asheville Catholic School. A third diocesan school, St. Michael in Gastonia, is still seeking a new principal to re-

place

Doug Rich.

Hite,

who

has spent her

entire

11-

year teachnovate a

5-year-old, three-story

flDcese of Charlotte paid

Photo by

Asheville Catholic, St. Leo

not been hard.

Two

ing career

million

JOANN KEANE

the

Forsyth

Keith Hite, a classmate from North Carolina

and they moved to Winston-Salem. While teaching health and physical

education, she earned a master's degree

from Gardner-Webb College at Boiling Springs. She obtained her administrative certification from UNC-Greensboro. Her last position with the public schools was as acting assistant principal of a Winston-Salem middle school. The Hites and their children, Bobby, 14, and Kristy, 4, are members of Holy Family Parish in Clemmons where she is a eucharistic minister and a member of the Columbiettes, the iary of the Knights of

women's auxilColumbus. She

1992 and 1993 and coordinated the

new

publishing of the

parish directory.

Cavello says she actually

Hite

and her family

native of Detroit, Cavello at

leans, the University of

and

Wayne

New

still

In her 28 years as an elementary school

schools,

English teacher, she has taught in Catho-

School where a search committee con-

tained an interest in Catholic education.

background told Father Frank Cancro, the pastor, about her and "he asked me to

and public schools in several states. She spent the last six years at a WinstonSalem high school. While teaching in Winston-Salem, Cavello lived in Kernersville where she was active in Holy Cross Parish. Since joining St. Eugene in August, she has been elected to the parish pastoral council and is a eucharistic minister, a member of the RCIA team and a member of

She said her faith "has always been a big my life." She finally decided to

step in."

the choir.

Catholic school because

would give

her the "freedom to combine teaching

with spirituality."

tinues to study applications.

While on a leave of absence from County schools last spring, she was visiting St. Eugene Parish in

the Forsyth

Asheville at the time the principal va-

cancy occurred. She says some

She went

to Catholic schools as a

West

Virginia and has main-

child in

bers of the parish

part of

seek the position

at St.

Leo because she

"saw so many good things going on and I wanted to be a part of them." She said

She says she

who knew

"very

much

memof her

a faith

persono who believes in " signs and God's intervention. " She says she thought about it

briefly

and accepted the

offer.

lic

Cavello

divorced and the mother

of two grown children.

A daughter,

lives with his father in Kernersville.

Best Wishes

year to the students

and

staff

Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools ServiceMASTER Father Dennis Kuhn, Charlotte Catholic High School Butler.

Photo by

campus

JOANN KEANE

Dan Coblenz

C/Icfuerh'se in

UJie GaiÂŁofic O^Cews

ÂŁ

Commercial Cleaning

Jferafcf

ServiceMASTER.

Services

ServiceMaster Building Maintenance Co.

Suffi'uan

P.O.

Box 221071

Charlotte,

(704) 331-1722

19,

attends UNC-Asheville and a son, 22,

for the 1994-95 school

caffSene

Orleans

State University in Detroit.

interim principal at Ashevillle Catholic

switch to a

Jay

was

Loyola University in Chicago, Tulane University in New Or-

educated

also chaired the children's clothing sale in

Maureen

County says she decided to

Judith Cavello

minister, chats with senior

the transition to a Catholic school has

Editor

St.

& Herald

NC 28222

704/376-5939

10 The Catholic

& Herald

News

August 26, 1994

School Choice: Parents Mobilize To Reach Lawmakers WASHINGTON,

D.C.

— Parents

Facts About Catholic Schools

young people and educate stuall faiths and economic levAlmost one-quarter of Catholic

for all

of 2.6 million Catholic school students are mobilizing nationwide to get school

dents from

aid for their children.

school students are from minority groups

Efforts include grassroots organiz-

els.

schools.

tional coalition building to influence

lic.

In a first-of-its-kind effort, ents

3 par-

formed a National Advisory Com-

mittee for Parents of Catholic School

Students and a National Coalition of Catholic School Parents' Associations

on June 26.

date, nine states

have formed

parent organizations as part of the na-

Seventeen states, including North Carolina, have requested U.S. Catholic Conference assistance in developing associations. tional coalition.

The parents' goals include: • Use of tax dollars for students

Catholic schools.

will

USCC

Department of Education. "Catholic school parents need to

make

their voices heard," said Bishop Robert J. Banks, chairman of the USCC Committee on Education who heads theDiocese of Green Bay. "These parents and other backers of Catholic schools pay significant state and federal taxes and want Catholic school students to receive their fair share of them." Each member of the Advisory Council represents one of the 13 Episcopal Regions of the National Conference of

Catholic Bishops/USCC.

outside public schools.

the United States, located throughout

•

In the United States, Catholic

schools offer a public school alternative

There are 8,345 Catholic schools

assignment. Photo by

JOANN KEANE

PARENTS

0th

25MHz

Intel

486SX

hard drive

•

their public

school counterparts;

for all Catholic students is 95%, public 66%; • Catholic school students surpassed public school students by an average of 4.5% in math, 4.8% in science, and 1 2.5% in reading in the three grade levels of the National Assessment of Educa tional

Progress

test;

•

Catholic high school sophomores are four times

SOURCE:

U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION and

DR.

JAMES

COLEMAN, SOCIOLOGIST AND RESEARCHER

«p»Cs needs

HP NetServer 5/66

50MHz Intel 486DX2 210MB hard drive • 4MB RAM expandable to 64MB • 3.5" FD

4MB RAM

•

#4103

#4064

$1,499.00

66MHz Intel Pentium 1050MB hard drive • 3.5

Monitor not included

$998.00

•

pg:

6MB RAM expandable CD-ROM

192MB

•

$6999.00

HP JITSTOR6 TAPE PRODUCTS JRor

HP OPTICAL JUKEBOX

Simple and reliable data protection

High-capacity storage at a very low cost

HP JETSTORE 5000i INTERNAL TAPE DRIVE 4GB DAT

Typically

includes JetSafe

Up to 187G8 storage capacity • Affordable storage for large data files Faster data access increased productivity with more online data

drive

utilities

Unattended backup High reliability • Saves

•

and

restores

data

300MB

30 minutes

High

reliability

assures trouble free

$1289.00

HP ETHERTWIST NETWORK HARDWARE A BAND OR ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENT FOR YOUR CHILD CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR PROVEN RENTAL PLAN! ALL RENT APPLIES TO PURCHASE!

HOWREN MUSIC & SOUND Charlotte

525-5073

Pineville

541-1798

solution

HP's standardsbased, high

performance lOBase-T EtherTwist products are the most industry, giving

847-4255

Gastonia

867-2359

Long Distance

Toll Free 1-800-532-0320

Authorized Dealer

PC Adapter Cards Hubs

•

Routers

10-Base-T Bridges

you

confidence in using HP for the core of your network.

HfSliil; I

fSffi

Matthews

|fO§ HEWLETT mLEM PACKARD

reliable in the

•

less

to drop out than their public school counterparts.

likely

•

expandable to 64MB • 3.5" FD • Monitor not included

to college

HP Vectra VU 4/50

106MB

show greater

2th grades than

The graduation rate

•

schools

range of netv

HP Vectra VL2 4/25e

83% of Catholic high school graduates go compared to 52% of public school graduates;

HP Vectra PCs ftill

and

•

areas.

it your

Patrick eighth grader Ashley looks over a class

subjects, Catholic school students

backgrounds outperform

and affordable HP Veo

Matthews

In all

suburban and rural

inner-city, urban,

St.

Catholic school students outscored public

public school students; • Catholic school students from disadvantaged families show no corresponding academic deficiencies in math or verbal achievement, while similar students in public and other private schools show substantial academmic deficiencies; • In Catholic schools, minority students from underprivileged

with the Office for Catholic School Parent Associations, a new arm of the

and science achievement tests at elementary

levels.

academic achievement gains between

work

Ending discrimination against those who want to educate their children •

•

About 13 percent are not Catho-

The Advisory committee

national

school counterparts;

and almost 13 percent attend inner-city

ing to reach state lawmakers and nafederal officials.

• In

and secondary

HP OPENV1EW NETWORK MANAGEMENT As the industry's leading

management platform, HP OpenView allows applications from multiple vendors to different devices on \h network-all from a single management console.

manage

\ugust 26, 1994

The Catholic News

People

and 22 grandchildren the two newly weds have between them. It is the second mar-

Fame, $10,000 To Catholic High School WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS)

dreams did

the homily.

He also admitted to feeling a

"Never in my wildest I would be marrying my father," he said, "and I think he picked a pretty neat partner." For the wedding ceremony, Father Popp said he put more time and effort than usual into riage for both.

—A

Catholic high school in Worcester gained national exposure and a $10,000 prize

from

TEEN magazine for its work to aid

few

program called Haiti and Notre Dame Side-By-Side, or HANDS, was named grand prize winner in the group category of the Noxzema Extraordinary Teen con-

began. "I was a

test.

The annual

grades 6 to 12

contest

who do

for those in

Extension president, in aniouncing the award. "In quiet, ordinary

— Two

Md. (CNS)

arrested 25-year-old Derrick L. Sellman

unusual behavior for a missionary as

Annapolis Aug. 15, after he allegedly abducted his estranged girlfriend and their baby daughter for nine hours, choked and raped the woman and told her he had kidnapped the priest and receptionist two days earlier.

well as painful to Irish Catholics.

Father Trosch's Comments Should Be Ignored, Says Archbishop

MOBILE,

(CNS)

Ala.

— Excom-

municating Father David C. Trosch would not change his mind or his teaching and could serve to fuel further publicity for

the controversial priest

who

Youth Ministry. Send resume or inquiry to: Queen of the Apostles, 503 N. Main Street, Belmont, NC 28012. Phone (704) 825-5277.

This newspaper is printed on recycled newsprint and is recyclable.

HELP WANTED PART TIME PEOPLE FOR INSERTING

NEWSPAPERS $5+ per hour

Beth Manning

:atechumenate/adult ed. director in place. Degree in religious education or related field preferred. Salary commensurate with education and experience. Send resume

2840 Village Drive, Fayetteville,

4917 Albemarle Rd. Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28205 The Source For All Mortgage Loans

1,200-family parish. Youth Minister and

by Aug. 31 to: Search; St. Patrick's Church;

Lipscomb of

Mortgage Network, Inc.

Part-time Youth Minister: Queen of the Apostles is seeking a person to coordinate

Loan

apply at Mullen Publications 9629 Old Nations Ford Rd. 704-527-5111

Officer

Call (704) 536-4575

After 5

28304-3813.

PM 365-6601

Voice Mail 559-3597

Pastoral Associate: 750-family parish is seeking a pastoral associate; a member of pastoral team whose primary responsibility is to assist parish and social ministry, community outreach and developing family life ministry. Application deadline Sept.30, 1994. Contact Bud Freddiani, Search Committee, St.Pius X Church, 2210

Elm

Greensboro,

St.,

NC 27408. Tel.

(910) 272-4781.

Receptionist/General Clerical: Full-time position. Applicant should possess excellent communication skills and pleasant phone manner for multi-phone lines.

Must enjoy working in close-knit, friendly atmosphere. Needs basic clerical skills

Typing a must. Computer knowledge Salary dependent on experience. Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, High

including filing and church record-keeping. lelpful.

Point. Please call(910)

887-2613.

^LOWERS

24 Hours A Day!

Call us any time!

24 hours, 7 days a week. Whether you're a night owl or an early bird any time is the right time

tXVptVLXt

to call us for flowers! Your Professional Florist

Readings for the

Week of August 28 - September 3

Sunday: Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8; lames 1:17-18, 21-22, 27; 15,21-23.

Mark 7:1-8,

14-

Monday: Jeremiah 1:17-19; Mark 6:17-29. Tuesday:

Corinthians 2:10-16;

iVednesday: puirsday:

Corinthians 3:1-9;

Luke 4:31-37. Luke 4:38-44.

Corinthians 3:18-23; Luke 5:1-1

Tony Walker

25%

off

Dozen Roses

be delivered.

Offer good through Sept. 15, 1994 with this ad.

Al Pilconis

COTSWOLD FLORIST &

Specialty Flowers, Plant Baskets, Weddings -riday:

Parties

Corinthians 4: 1-5; Luke 5:33-39.

601 Saturday:

—

sionary post, which his critics say

share their stories with

wake of a scandal. Bishop Eamonn Casey resigned as bishop of Galway in May 1 992 after it became known that he was the father of a 17-year-old boy, the result of a love affair with an American woman, Annie Murphy. He went to Ecuador the same year, but has visited

the

said Archbishop Oscar H.

CRE for

GLEN BURNIE,

Ireland four times since taking the mis-

who

Employment Opportunities

for

Saved

Him From Kidnapper

bishops have accused a colleague

advocates the killing of abortion doctors,

CRE: Immediate opening

Priest Says Prayer

was his only weapon when an armed man abducted him and receptionist Aileen Pelesky from Holy Trinity Parish in Glen Burnie Aug. 1 3 j ust before the priest was to preside at a wedding. The man took money and a parish car, in which the priest and receptionist were forced to drive around for about two hours before they escaped their captor. At one point the priest was stuffed in the trunk. Police

—

eth Velo,

(CNS)

many visits to Ireland from a missionary

In Unique Ceremony, Father Popp Marries His Pop ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CNS) It's not every son who has an opportunity to perform the sacrament of matrimony for his parent. But Father Kenneth Popp got that chance. "Now it is my proud honor to introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Mary Popp," said Father Popp, provoking post-nuptial Mass applause from friends and relatives and the 1 1 children

Irish

Ireland

post he took after leaving the country in

other teens.

Church Extension Society's 1994 .umen Christi Award. Father Joseph C. awless, whose Cherokee nickname Nish >h In Odeh means "good heart," retired torn missionary work two years ago at ne age of 8 1 "The people know him as priest who gives his own shoes and coat ) the less fortunate," said Father Ken-

DUBLIN,

hit

their lives

Accuse Scandalized Colleague Of Reopening Wounds Irish Bishops

newsstands in mid-August. Group projects competing with HANDS were a and planting club, a foundation to help other teen-agers help people, and a group for juvenile delinquents trying to change

—

little

Mobile. "I am not out to wreak vengeance on him. I'm out to illustrate correct teaching and to engender it," he told reporters during an Aug. 9 press conference in Mobile. Father Trosch is a friend of Paul Hill, who was charged in the July 29 murders of Dr. John B. Britton and his escort, James H. Barrett, at The Ladies Center, an abortion center in Pensacola, Fla. The Alabama priest is also on a list of anti-abortion militants who had signed a declaration saying that the killing of abortionists is "justifiable homicide."

Father G. Eugene Nickol said prayer

solid waste management plan, a cleanup

Honors Priest or Work In Upper Peninsula CHICAGO (CNS) A Jesuit priest /ho spent 46 years among the Native imericans of Michigan's Upper Peninula has been named winner of the Catho-

1 i

of reopening old wounds by making too

magazine's September issue, which

Extension Society

stomach before it it was

butterflies in his

nervous but a joyful nervousness," he said.

volunteer work.

The finalists in the individual and group categories were featured in the

FATHER JOSEPH LAWLESS

think

the poor in Haiti. Notre Dame Academy s '

Herald

The News

ways, Father Lawless made Christ present to the people of Michigan." Haiti Projects Bring

Corinthians 4:9-15; Luke 6:1-5.

Sharon Amity, Charlotte, N.C. 28211 (704) 365-8806

(800) 821-6504

The Catholic News

& Herald

August 26, 1994

'(^mtmiciuemonoj ATodos Nuestros

CENTRO CATOLICO HISPANO

Lectores

Diocese of Charlotte 2117 Shenandoah Ave, NC 28205-6021 (704) 335-1281

Charlotte,

Por LUIS WOLF mes se cumpliran 22

El proximo

anos de la fundacion del Centro Catolico Hispano. Con la organizacion del Centro se empezo la publicacion del "Comuniquemonos". El primer numero fue una simple hoj a, pero desde entonces casi sin interrupcion se publico en diferentes formatos y estilos hasta llegar a ser parte del periodico catolico de la Diocesis de Charlotte: "The Catholic

News & Herald". Muchas personas han ayudado durante todos estos anos a que esta publicacion saliera adelante escribiendo artfculos,

poniendo

direcciones,

presillando las hojas, separando el periodiquito por zona postal, y con muchas otras actividades que eran

necesarias para que llegara a la comunidad hispana de Charlotte y sus alrededores, la cual lo esperaba con ansias y llamaban a la oficina si se demoraban en recibirlo.

Desde que empezo a publicarse como parte del "The Catholic News & Herald", se ha hecho un poco mas difi'cil el preparar los artfculos, pues esta publicacion sale todas las semanas (excepto durante el verano que es cada dos semanas), pero asf todo en cada edicion nunca falto el "Comuniquemonos". Personas que tenfan el don de escribir, como el Padre Silverio Rueda, la Hermana Pilar Dalmau, el Seminarista Fidel Melo y muchos miembros de la comunidad, han mantenido esta publicacion interesante y amena cada semana.

Ahora que estas personas se han ido necesito la ayuda del Senor y la cooperacion de ustedes para que siga saliendo esta pagina sin interrupcion. Yo no soy periodista, ni escritor, ni se nada de redaction, pero temporalmente tratare de hacer lo mejor que pueda. Yo necesito su cooperacion con ideas, escribiendo

informandome de las cosas que debo de hacer para mejorar. artfculos e

Aprovecho estas lfneas para hablar un poco del "Centro Catolico Hispano". Como decfa antes, dentro de unas semanas

se celebraran

Como

22 anos de su fundacion.

toda organizacion ha tenido sus

y bajas pero se ha mantenido creciendo cada vez mas. Somos una comunidad afortunada. Tenemos dos misas dominicales, cuando otras localidades quisieran tener por lo menos una al mes. Los dos Obispos que hemos tenido y el presente siempre han apoyado a la

comunidad hispana.

Empezando

con el Obispo Miguel Begley que en su primer ano como Obispo hizo posible la creation del "Centro". El Obispo Juan Donoghue, que practicaba el espanol para decirnos unas palabras en nuestro propio idioma. Ambos participaban en casi todas nuestras fiestas. Ahora tenemos al Obispo Guillermo Curlin, que se encuentra muy interesado por los hispanos y compartio la Liturgia Eucarfstica con nosotros hace unas semanas comunicandonos palabras muy alentadoras.

Algunas personas han dicho que el "Centro Catolico Hispano" no existe, pues la directora, Hna. Pilar, se fue con su congregation y en estos momentos no tenemos un sacerdote. Pero el Centro existe y esta vivo. El Obispo Curlin nombro al Padre James Byer encargado del apostolado hispano. La oficina sigue funcionando y los diferentes ministerios siguen trabajando. No ha pasado un domingo en que la misa no se haya celebrado por falta de sacerdote. Las cosas de Dios aquf en la tierra tendran sus crisis, pero no se acaban.

El telefono de la oficina no para.

Personas de Charlotte y fuera de Charlotte llaman para pedir informacion de toda clase, especialmente para bautismo, matrimonios y horario y direction de las Misas.

esta pagina hay

nombre de

personas y numeros de telefono que espero

guarden y les ayude en caso de que necesiten alguna informacion. Quiero terminar pidiendoles que rezen para que el "Centro Catolico Hispano" siga creciendo, unidos todos en una sola familia, guiados por nuestro Obispo, cumpliendo muchos mas anos en beneficio de la Comunidad.

Pastoral Institute). El y sus colaboradores

ayudaron muchfsimo al crecimiento del Centro Catolico de Charlotte con sus

sesion empezara a las 9:00 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

domingo.

El Padre Mario Vizcaino, SCH.P.,

que conducira esta clase. Para los que no conocen al Padre sera la persona

Vizcaino,

el es Sacerdote Escolapio, cubano, lleva muchos anos trabajando incansablemente en la Pastoral Hispana

del Sureste de los EE. la

UU., es director de Oficina Regional del Sureste para

Asuntos Hispanos y del SEPI (Southeast

10:30

Antigua

visitas, talleres,

y persistencia.

El dinamismo, humor y conocimiento del Padre haran de este taller algo

Liturgia:

Jim Scancarelli. Misa 10:30 am - Eddie Rodriguez, 563-0389. Misa 7:00 pm - Tony Anaya, 543-7196. Informacion sobre Bautismo y Matrimonio: Edwin Rodriguez, 563-6916. Visita a los Hospitales: Rafael Torres, 563-7428. Visita a las Carceles:

Ben Pimentel, 556-7683.

Evangelizacion:

Carlos Medina, 331-9857.

Misas (Intenciones):

Carmen 7:00

Misiara, 568-7203 o verla antes de en San Patricio.

misa de

Rafael Silva, 568-3188/Maria Rodriguez, 563-0389 Misa 10:30 am. Consuelo Cansler, 545-4186. Rafael Silva, 568-3188

Catequistas: Cursillo:

Luis Lecaros, 556-7927. Carismaticos:

Catholic

News

Micki Cazares, 846-5606 Mercedes Jones, (704) 664-4941. Herald (Comuniquemonos): Luis Wolf, 335-1281.

muy

Noticias Internacionales CIUDAD GUATEMALA (CNS)

la coexistencia entre las personas".

El Cardenal Bernadin Gantin presidente

de la Comision Pontificia para la America Latina, llego a Guatemala a fines de julio

con un mensaje papal especial para

presidente del pais.

gracias del Papa Juan Pablo

Presidente Ramiro de

Leon Carpio por

su postura gubernamental en los valores

morales tradicionales. El mensaje llego en una ocasion en que el Vaticano esta manifestando su desacuerdo con el borrador de un documento para la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Poblacion y Desarrollo en El Cairo, Egipto, fijada para los dfas entre el 5 y 1 3 de septiembre proximo, y con respecto a la cual esta cabildeando internacionalmente en busca de apoyo para su postura. El Presidente de Leon Carpio ha hecho enfasis en el apoyo de Guatemala a los valores tradicionales y ha retirado el rechazo de la poblacion cristiana al aborto y el matrimonio de homosexuales. Cierto numero de otros dirigentes latino-americanos han cerrado filas tambien con el Vaticano en la controversia sobre la conferencia del El Cairo. Monsehor Cipriano Calderon Polo, vice-presidente de la Comision Pontificia para la America Latina, acompahaba al Cardenal Gantin en el viaje.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, (CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; El Papa Juan Pablo

Italia

II dijo

que

Catolica reconoce que el

nas que asistan.

crecimiento rapido de la poblacion lleva problemas aparejados, pero insiste en que cualesquira soluciones propuestas deben ser morales. Eso excluye al aborto y a la contraception, dijo el. Menciono tambien a "las grandes posibilidades" de la planificacion natural de la familia. Segiin alguna evidencia cientffica, dijo el Papa, "lahumanidad en su conjunto esta aumentando a una tasa que podrfa, en el futuro, ocasionar dificultades para

Para inscribirse y obtener mas informacion llamar a la oficina del Centro (704) 335-1281. Se necesita que se inscriban lo mas pronto posible, pues es necesario conocer el numero de personas que asistiran. El costo de inscription es de $ 1 0.00, pero esto no debe ser impedimento para asistir a este taller que sera, como se

mas arriba, muy beneficioso para

"La Iglesia reconoce al problema y no subestima su importancia", dijo el Papa el 24 de Julio durante su reunion dÂŤ mediodfa con los visitantes para el rezc del Angelus.

El Cardenal era portador de las

la Iglesia

todos.

Asuncion, esquina de

Musica:

beneficioso e inolvidable para las perso-

indica

Iglesia de la

Shenandoah Ave. y The Plaza. 7:00 pm - Catedral de San Patricio, 1621 Dilworth Rd., esquina a Buchanan. Misa 10:30 am - Maria Rodriguez, 563-0389 Maria Kraft, 545-1654. Misa 7:00 pm - Carmen Misiara, 568-7203.

El proximo curso de la Escuela de

hasta las 5:00 p.m. el sabado y hasta las

domingos:

Centro Catolico (Oficina): Luis Wolf, 335-1281.

Ministerios es "Metodologfa Pastoral" y

Cada

los

altas

Escuela de Ministerios se llevara a cabo en el local del Centro Catolico Hispano, situado en 2117 Shenandoah Ave., casi esquina a Independence Boulevard y The Plaza, los dfas 10 y 11 de Septiembre de 1994.

Misas

Durante su discurso en su residencia de verano al sur de Roma, el Papa dijc que uno de los problemas centrales a tratar en El Cairo, Egipto, en la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre Poblacion > Desarrollo, seria "la llamada explosion demografica". la

El Papa agrego que el crecimiento de poblacion mundial es un "fenomenc

complicado" que ha dado lugar a une diversidad de proyecciones cientfficas.

CIUDAD DEL VATICANC

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

A (L'Osservatore Romano) celebrarse el VIII centenario de: nacimiento de San Antonio de Padua e Papa Juan Pablo II le dirigio un mensaje al reverendfsimo padre Lanfranco Serrini

o.f.m. conv, presidente de turno de h

Union

ministros

generates

franciscanos.

final

de su mensaje, despues

exaltar la vida y trabajo de este santo quien el se refiere como "hombn i

evangelico de gran ardor misionero... enamorado de Cristo y su de su Evangelw

que ilustraba con inteligencia de amor divina sabiduria que habfa tornado de h lectura asidua de la Sagrada Escritura" el Papa exhorta a todos los miembros di la gran familia franciscana en esforzarsi por difundir un conociemto adecuado de santo taumaturgo. El Papa sigue diciendi que quiera Dios que entre los frailes d 1;

las

ordenes franciscanas revival

sentimientos de autentico fervor en

anuncio de la verdadera fe, junto con e cuidado atento y diligente de 1 predication, el conocimiento y la estirr de la palabra de Dios y la dedicacid

incesante y esmerada a la nuev evangelizacion, ya en los umbrales tercer milenio cristiano.

August 26, 1994

USCC

The Catholic News

Herat.

Says Catholics

Official

Must Fight Anti-Immigrant Bias WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cathohave a special responsibility to provide moral guidance so the nation maintains a caring and generous response to lics

world refugee crisis, said the execudirector of the U. S Catholic Confer;nce refugee agency. the

tive

In a mid- August meeting with refugee

and immigration

Charities

Richard Ryscavage, outgoing jxecutive director of Migration and RefuFather

gee Services, said the state's

anti-immi-

Catholic teachings.

challenged by poverty or politi-

Noting there are legitimate budget concerns that in part led to the initiative, Father Ryscavage said the federal gov-

ernment must do its part to help states pay for community services to needy immigrants.

"Otherwise, anti-immigrant bashing will continue unabated," he said.

deny immigrants

"To

vital services will not

make them disappear from our communities."

He also criticized proposals for wel-

are inconsistent with

irant attitudes

cal persecution."

of Catholic

staff

agencies in California, Jesuit

He was

dignity

would require sponsors of immigrants to accept financial refare reform that

also scheduled to address

annual statewide meeting of and private agencies that provide ervices to refugees and immigrants. Father Ryscavage, who will leave lis post in September to go to England or a tutorship in refugee programs, told he Catholic agency workers that a voter nitiative on November' s ballot can nega-

them until become citizens.

newcom-

California' s

sponsibility for

)ublic

ers

ively influence the rest

"This process might take years and might not be achievable for many older immigrants," he said. "Measures which place vulnerable groups in competition for public help or which challenge family reunification as the basis of our immigration policy are wrong." Other proposals would require agencies that provide social services to check the immigration status of clients. "It is inappropriate to expect human service agencies to use scarce time and resources to carry out government enforcement

John Paul II plans to visit Croatia Sept. 10-11 and hopes to make a Sept. 8 trip to the besieged Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-

by California church leaders, otably Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. /lahony, who called it "simplistic and

functions," Father Ryscavage said.

Valls said.

new

"ajust peace in the Balkans" and to

ll-willed."

papal "solidarity toward people

Our Church

pro-immigrant movement, he said. "Without the leadership of the Catholic community, this proud nation built on the principles of equality and opportunity for all is in danger of growing increasingly isolated and alienated from the global tragedies which surround us," he said. "We must not forget our immigrant roots. Let us act quickly and decisively to renew our spirit of welcome and acceptance of refugees and immigrants,

on the dignity of all and the imporince of helping those in need when their

and celebrate our diversity as a nation and the gifts which newcomers continue

of the country.

The "Save Our State"

initiative

vould require proof of legal residency or

many

public services including

chooling, and prohibit any but emer;ency aid to ally.

people in the country

The measure has been

ille-

strongly

riticized

Father Ryscavage said Catholics in 'alifornia have 3

fight

"a special responsibility

any unwelcoming sentiments.

Tiese attitudes, as litiative, ;st

embodied in the SOS

can negatively influence the

of the country. "It pains

me to learn that many Cali-

arnia Catholics

support this mean-spir-

ed proposal, which is inconsistent with Catholic social teaching. isists

the

Bosnian refugees pray at Mass in a Zagreb church. Most people displaced by the war live in crowded camps, waiting for peace to come. (CNS photo by Liz Quirin, The Messenger)

Pope Plans To Visit Croatia, Hopes For Trip To Sarajevo VATICAN CITY (CNS)

Catholics should not only be wel-

coming

strangers, but forming a

—

to give us."

— Pope

tary officials to regularly cancel flights

who

incoming and outgoing flights on Sept. 8 may be a key factor in determining whether the pope can make the trip. The Vatican announcement also came after a major international media-

suffer because of war," Navarro- Vails

Aug.

said

Despite the "difficult

17.

ation" caused

by the fighting

situ-

BosniaHerzegovina, "His Holiness harbors the profound hope of being able to visit Sarajevo," he added. On the same day as the announcein

ment, the pope told Croats attending his weekly general audience that he joins

them in prayers for "a just and lasting peace in Croatia and BosniaHerzegovina." In the audience were Croatian war orphans.

tion effort failed to halt the fighting

between the loose Bosnian MuslimCroatian alliance and Bosnian Serbs. The Croatian trip will center on Sept. 1 1 celebrations of the 900th anniversary of the founding of the Zagreb Archdio-

cese. to see

will also give the

pope a chance

some of the effects of the conflicts

in the ex-Yugoslavia.

Several years ago Croatia was the scene of fighting between Serbs living in

the last minute.

are

The Vatican announcement came at a time when an agreement between the Muslim-led Bosnian government and

fighting has displaced 197,000 persons,

Serb militias to halt sniper

additional 183,000 refugees from the

—

fire in the

still

under Serbian occupation. The

according to government figures. The government says that it is housing an fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

-f^f

Cardinal Franjo Kuharic of Zagreb

Carolina

$ —JJ Catholic

said Aug. 6 that preliminary plans for th6

jh "V Bookshoppe 1109

McAl way

Charlotte,

Rd.

include a 900th anniversary

papal

visit

Mass

in Zagreb, a

meeting with priests and religious, and a Mass at the national Marian shrine atBistrica, about 40 miles northeast of Zagreb.

NC 28211

The pope hopes his visit helps overcome the divisions and conflicts in the

(704)364-8778

former Yugoslavia, said the cardinal.

In our 13th year of

About 68 percent of Croatia's

Serving the Carolinas

paperback $19.95

The dangers to

Croatia opposed to the republic's independence and Croats. Parts of Croatia

Catholic Church

Official

for several days at a time.

nouncement, Archbishop Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo said the final decision on the Bosnian visit would probably be made at

Catechism

English Translation

well as cargo planes carrying emergency food rations which use the same airfield that the papal plane would have to use. The sniper fire has caused U.N. mili-

The aims of the trips are to stimulate show

Several days before the Vatican an-

of the

Sarajevo area was failing to take hold. Snipers have been targeting civilians as

5.5 mil-

lion population professes Catholicism.

Monday

Friday 9:30

Saturday 9:30

hardback $29.95

Libreria Editrice Vaticana

Books

5:00

1:30

& Gift Items

Special Orders/Mail Orders

Welcome

Navarro- Vails repeated an Aug. 3 statement that the pope also wanted to visit the Serbian capital of Belgrade in September, but the Vatican was told that the time

not right yet.

Order from : ST. PAUL BOOK & MEDIA CENTER 243 King St., Charleston, SC 29401 (803) 577-0175 (Postage & handling: $3.75

for

one copy;

additional copies,

The Franciscan Center

add 250)

hardback $29.95 Please charge my ere* card q checkMwney order enclosed

paperback $19.95

Catholic qifftaad Book Store

Name Address State

City

Zip

Visa/MC _ Signature

Phone Exp. date

[910] 273-2554 Mon.- Fri 9AM - 5PM

450+ Book Titles and also Gifts for Rosaries, Bibles, ALL occasions: Statues, Medals, Tapes, Religious Plaques, Cards and more! 233

Greene St.* Greensboro, NC 27401

August

26,

Diocesan News Briefs i

Saturday Devotions

First

BELMONT — The First Saturday

Devotion

Belmont Abbey

—

a peaceful, of the annual Life Chain legal, pro-life event is prayer.

—

Sept. 3

Steps,"

with rosary at 9:30 a.m., confession at 10:30 a.m., Mass at 1 1:30, a.m. and the

HIV/AIDS Healing Mass

Chaplet of Diving Mercy

healing

noon. Bring

more information, call Terri

a chair. For or Phil

DeLuca

(704) 888-6050.

Youth Exchange Service homes

ASHEVILLE

exchange students from Asia, South America and Europe. For more information, call (800) 948-2121 or (714) 955-2030. for foreign

Mass

— The next monthly

HIV/AIDS

for

of Arc Church

at St.

Joan

Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. Sponsored by Caring Hearts AIDS Ministry, the Mass is open to all. Every-

one

Volunteer families are needed to provide

invited to attend to offer spiritual

support for people with their families

AIDS

as well as

and caregivers.

Care Team Training

DENVER — Holy Spirit Parish will

have a "September-Fest" on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 8 a.m. -4 p.m. An auction begins at noon. There will be live performances, hot air balloon and pony rides, a petting zoo, plenty of food and more. Call Pat Lisi at (704) 896-7735 for information.

"GRAIN"

CLEMMONS — Holy Family Par-

ish

work) is offering a training session Sept. 23-24 for care teams to work with people with AIDS For information on pre-training orientation, call Sallie White at (9 1 0) 274-5637. .

CHARLOTTE — The Refugee Of-

needs a volunteer receptionist. Hours and days are flexible. For information, call Sonia Hayden at (704) 568-8806.

sponsoring a children's clothing

Charimastic Mass

noon. Proceeds will benefit the parish playground fund. For information, call (704) 765-9020.

Mass

BELMONT — Full- and part-time

Charismatic

House of Mercy, a home for people with AIDS.

residential

Sunday, Sept. 1 1 beginning with an outdoor Mass at 1 1 a.m. There will be no 8:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m. or Spanish Masses at the church. Bring your own chairs and picis

nic.

Life Chain

Thousands of people will line streets across the United States on Sunday, Oct. 2 for an hour or more beginning at 2:30 p.m. to protest abortion. The emphasis

nmnia

For information and reservations, contact Jesuit House of Prayer, P.O. 7,

Hot Springs,

Box

NC 28743 or call (704)

—

CHARLOTTE St. Peter Parish has a Healing Mass for the healing of body, mind and spirit on the first Wednesay of each month at 7:30 p.m. The next Healing Mass

ing Education Center on Saturday,

call

Ann

The Sacraments

GREENSBORO — Franciscan

Yard Sale/Auction

—

Immaculata School is collecting items to be sold at the annual yard sale/auction on Sept. 24.

To make

a donation, call

Leonard Aubrey at (910) 891-7158 or Les Foss at (704) 684-6798.

Visioncable will

air the

video of Bishop

call

(910) 273-2554.

Deaf Ministry

CHARLOTTE

lication.

— The next men's

5- 1 8, the ladies'

Oct.

Healing Ministry Retreat

GREENSBORO — Fifteen Greens-

boro area churches including Our Lady of Grace, St. Paul the Apostle and St. Pius X are sponsoring an ecumenical retreat, "Healing the Eight Stages of Life," Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at First Lutheran Church. For registration information, call Kitty Rodgers at (910) 288-4584.

House of Prayer Retreat Schedule

HOT SPRINGS —The Jesuit House of Prayer

II is a social service and group for men and women, ages 30-50 plus, single, separated, divorced or widowed. For more information, call Carole, (704) 542-9900.

Marriage Encounter The next Marriage Encounter weekends are Sept. 16-18 in Hickory and Nov. 1 8-20 in Rock Hill. To register, call Tom or Emilie Sandin, (910) 274-4424.

Catholic Retirees Picnic

CHARLOTTE

—

The

Charlotte

Area Catholic Retirees picnic will be at Park Road Park on Sept. 14 from 1 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost is $3. To register, call AdelebySept. 12 at 331-1720, Monday through Friday except Wednesday, 10

FOUR GREAT NAMES to

KNOW

a.m.-2 p.m.

presenting the following

Anniversary Celebration retreat for men,

Men

of Action,"

Peter

McCord,

"Men of Prayer,

CHARLOTTE

—

the retreat will focus on

Reception will be celebrated at St. Patrick Cathedral on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 2:30

how they influ-

MITSUBISH

Silver and

Led by

Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass and

Sept. 9-11.

MITSUBISHI MOTORS

You can have a new Johannus 25 voice church organ equipped with the amazing Synthia music computer installed in your

and

531-3131

7001 E.Endependence

5354444

HYURDfll 41 00 E.Independence

5354455

church for under $6000.00.

mission of the Church.

In the family, parents Presenting the

new Wesley model church organ by Johannus with

31 digitally sampled pipe organ voices, chimes, lighted stop tabs

and a

beautiful

oak console. Also the Synthia music computer

programmed with hymns of the Catholic ful

music any time at the touch of a button. $5580.00

and Families First

1337 Central Ave. MC. 28205 Charlotte, t 375-8108 rRusicSEIectronics.Inc. (704) 1 ^ 1-800-331-0768

THE

appINjE DEALERSHIPS

faith to provide beauti-

their daily lives.

Children

6951 E.Independence

p.m. If you were married in 1969 or

Families enable children

— Putting

—

Beginning O 9 a.m. Mass at St. Gabriel Chi will be interpreted in sign languagi

spiritual

CHARLOTTE

CAMPAIGN

2, the

LOWEST PRICE EVER

]

Canino will speak on 1 Important are the Sacraments in the L of the Church?" at the Franciscan Cen on Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 12: 10 p.m p.m. He will present an overview of sacraments and look at the popular myl people still have about them. To regist

ther Louis

CHARLOTTE — Catholic Singles

ence the lives of men today.

ents learn to live

Potter at (704) 365-38!

(704) 366-5127.

of Charlotte

—A

children as well as par-

from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The day will elude Mass, spiritual direction and me tations based on the spiritual exercis St. Ignatius. Cost is $20 and inck lunch. For information or reservat 1

Sept. 7.

Sunday,

retreats:

communicate the Gospel to their children, and

Cursillo Weekends

the lives of apostles and

to share in the life

25.

Catholic Singles II

Parish Picnic

MONROE — Our Lady of Lourdes

DC, will conduct a "Day of Recollecti for Men" at the Belmont Abbey Contir

Sept. 4.

lows Mass. The next Mass

20-23 at St. Ann Church. Veterans are asked to attend the closing. For more information, contact John or Jackie Johnson at (704) 552-6917.

Parish picnic

The Catholic News & Herald w comes parish news for the dioces. news briefs. Good photographs, pn ably black and white, also are wela Please submit news releases and pi at least 10 days before the date q

potluck dinner fol-

Beth Maren

NC 28012.

Day For Men

of the Legionaries of Christ, Washingt

channel 10. The Mass was celebrated at St. Gabriel Church on April 15, 1994.

Cursillo is Sept.

808, Belmont,

Recollection

sharing prayer styles, will be led by Jesuit Father Andy Novotney Sept. 23-

Cathedral. Healing teams pray with indi-

Caring, compassionate hard workers call at (704) 825-47 1 1 for more information or send resume to P.O. Box

BELMONT— Father John Hopki

William G. Curlin's Installation Mass on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. on

care-giving positions for second and third shifts are available at

for Different

CHARLOTTE — Cablevision and

Folks," a retreat on reflecting on and

is celebrated at 4 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month at St. Patrick

viduals at 3 p.m.

Positions Available

—

CHARLOTTE

1944, call your parish office for an tation.

Sept. 16-17.

Installation Presentation

on Friday, Sept. 9 from 9 a.m.-l p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 1 0 from 8 a.m.sale

— "Differing Prayer

HENDERSON VILLE Needed

Office Help

fice of Catholic Social Services

Clothing Sale

and the Twelve

"Spirituality

Healing Mass

—

HIGH POINT

retreat for recovering alcoholic

622-7366.

(Guilford Regional AIDS Interfaith Net-

Parish Festival

—A women,

WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH

f F.J.

LaPointe, President

Member of

St. Gabriel's

World and National Briefs efugee

Who Fled Haiti Drowns

of the family's supernatural essence. "If you try to run a marriage on just intelli-

Louisiana Swimming Pool

ee who fled Haiti drowned less than two

LAFAYETTE, La. (CNS)— Arefuhad

/eeks after he funeral

,'he

swimming pool

8 in the

,ug.

at the

Dartment complex where he and

some

were being housed, ierre had learned only a few days before

ther Haitian refugees

the death of his father in Haiti' s politi-

I jf

violence.

i|il

will crash in three weeks," he

Dubbed "Godstock," New York Youth Festival Draws Thousands

the chapel of Immaculata

Cen:r, office complex for the Diocese of afayette. He was buried in a donated jpmetery plot Aug. 11 in Lafayette. itierre, who arrived in Lafayette July 25 nder the auspices of the diocesan Immiration and Refugee Office, drowned riest in

said.

settled in Louisiana.

Mass for Tardieu Pierre, 23,

celebrated by a French-speaking

gence,

YONKERS,

— The

N.Y. (CNS)

weekend of the Woodstock anniversary

—

lecture halls of the Franciscan Uni-

summer

of Steubenville this

ersity .

ear about prayer, family values, chas-

and becoming missionaries. "I adlire those of you here who are married, m ho are struggling through the daily Ilrises ... simply to keep the faith and transmit the faith to your children," Carty

O'Connorof New York told

liinalJohn J.

Ajbout 450 participants at the Conference

ijnthe Family Aug. 5-7. Father Benedict

founding

ijiroeschel,

member

of the

ranciscan Friars of the Renewal, spoke

CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGES

II.

of the Rock

J4:

OCT. 19 NOV. 22 JAN. 8 to JAN. 17 FEB. 12 to FEB. 21 OCT. 10 NOV. 13

MAR. 5

MAY

17 to

MAR. 14

MAY

.$1599.00 $1399.00 $1399.00 $1429.00 $1449.00 $1699.00 .

)5:

U.S.

Church Law Changed To

(Prices

NOV. 21 MAR. 20

—

guilty of sexual abuse of a minor. Laicization, or returning an ordained

do not include departure

.$1999.00 .$1999.00 tax)

4B 401 South X^X^ >>/T\ Chardon, OH 44024 Call

1-800-228-4654

that's

1-800-CATHOLIC

interested in a Catholic Pilgrimage.

Please send

me more

information.

Code CHI.

Argentinean Bishops Urge Ban On Abortion, Euthanasia

(CNS)

—

The

by the Romans but was stoned

the bishops said the ongoing national

debate on constitutional reform should not give in to "voices favoring the legal-

crucified is

and women.

The bishop, chairman of the English and Welsh bishops' conference theology committee, was responding to reports of a book to be Brewer of Lancaster.

name of

ization of abortion in the

misguided freedom and defense of women." The bishops' statement, which

ference on Population and Development,

U.S. bishops to Rome last November, took effect April 25 The bi shops Office for Media Relations announced the changes Aug. 12. They will remain in

ter.

In the book, Powell, a Greek scholar, argues that Jesus was stoned to death by

was released by

the

September U.N. International Conthe Vatican

Aug.

13.

told the Catholic weekly newspaper The

Vatican Embassy Open For Business In Israel

Universe that there were some historical elements of Jesus' life that were open to debate, but the crucifixion was not one of

Vatican ambassador to Israel presented his credentials to Israeli President Ezer

Anthony Messenger Buying Franciscan Communications St. AnLOS ANGELES (CNS)

them.

Weizman Aug.

thony Messenger Press announced Aug. 10 that it is purchasing Franciscan Communications in Los Angeles and

Abortions Declining In Italy

moving it to Cincinnati. It said its offer in

government report. The report said there

Vatican established full diplomatic relations. "I think that the pope, the Vatican

legal abortions in 1992,

have realized that it' s high time to talk to

which statistics are available, compared to 190,000 in 1987.

the state of Israel, to talk to the Jews,"

This represents a 35 percent drop in the ratio of abortions per woman of childbearing age, said the report, prepared by

better late than never, they've

the Health Ministry. Italy registered

reviewed

—

THE ORATORY A JOURNAL RETREAT

the Jewish establishment.

prayer journal retreat

God

will be times of listening in the silence,

and shardo. Bring Bibles,

reflecting through writing

are led to

JERUSALEM

(CNS)

— The

first

16 and officially began

Government Agency Says

ROME (CNS) — Abortions are on

a steady decline in Italy, according to a

highest

number of

Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza Di Montezemolo officially took up the post two months after Israel and the state.

its

legal abortions in

98 1 with 224,067. The report also said number of medical personnel ,

a large

refuse to participate in abortions. This

Weizman

said.

little

bit late,

done

but it."

Yossi Beilin, Israel' s deputy foreign minister and a key player in the talks leading to full diplomatic relations

with the

Vatican, said at the ceremony that when the peace process reaches the stage of

discussing the holy sites in Jerusalem, Israel will consult the Vatican.

which we

through the journal. Prayer has to do with praising God, being honest with ourselves and presenting our liberated sell to God. There

ing as

Bishop Brewer

representing the Holy See in the Jewish

8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, 1994 Fr. Conrad Hoover, CO.

$50 Prc-register by $20 commuters

Sept. 16

Journal Retreat

Zip

for an aging population

liament and Conservative Party minis-

and

The Oratory Center

3y state

mation, communications, pastoral care

absolute nonsense, said Bishop John

—

Card Of Thanks God, St. Anthony, St.Jude, the Blessed Mother and the Holy Spirit

Thanks

for prayers answered.

ASK Thanks to God and St. Jude for prayers answered.

for Spirituality

P.O. Box 1 15X6 Rock Hill.SC 29731

MLS STIKELEATHER REALTY THE PLAZA CHARLOTTE, N.C. 28205 REAL ESTATE SALES AND INVESTMENTS JOE STEVENSON 2824

(704) 537-5998

For more inlonnation:

Vddress

and North Korea evangelization,

people to provide constitutional protection to the unborn and the ill. In an Aug. 1 1 statement titled "The Defense of Life,"

GTK

Name

Was Stoned, Not Crucified MANCHESTER, England (CNS) A suggestion that Christ was not

journals and your unfolding self. VES!

Paik, secretary general of the

changes, resulting from requests by the

St.,

Research, under Father Dionysius

Namik

also called for a rejection of abortion at

ing out to

REGINA TOURS

for

published in September by politician Enoch Powell, a former member of Par-

privileges.

will explore different ways of reach-

Arrangements by

ral

The Ex2010 Pasto-

sectors.

Committee

The

person to the lay state, involves loss of all

traordinary

bishops of Argentina have urged their

Christ

Ease Laicization For Sex Abuse Pope WASHINGTON (CNS) John Paul II has approved two U.S. modifications in Church law to make it easier for bishops to impose penalties, including laicization, on clerics found

to DEC. 5 .... $ 999.00 FEB. 7 to FEB. 13 999.00 . .$ MAR. 21 to MAR. 27 .$1049.00

NOV. 7 MAR. 6

North Korea and other

VATICAN CITY Bishop Disputes Theory That

ITALY J5:

meeting developments in

social structures, administration, infor-

J4:

tion

NOV. 29

aims

family life, education, reunification with

dency of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Early August also saw festering political turmoil in Cuba and new heat in the ongoing tensions between the government of Fidel Castro and the United States over Cubans fleeing the island.

ing a pastoral plan for the 21st century

seminary the day after his Oct. 2 address to the United Nations. Everyone who attended and registered for the August event was assured of a ticket to the papal Mass, which is part of a four-day visit the pope is scheduled to make to the United States. at the

—

SEOUL,

Catholics, youth, education, reunifica-

the last year for

Korean Church Preparing For New Century

restore the democratically elected presi-

were 155,172

added.

and

—

objectors,

to topple the military dictatorship

IRELAND p4:

munications products to any of its loyal customers throughout the world."

Com-

York festival came an announcement the is to have a Mass for young people

of FRANCE OCT. 7 to OCT. 22 ... $1899.00 NOV. 4 to NOV. 19 $1799.00 $1799.00 MAR. 3 to MAR. 18 .

)5:

tion in the delivery of Franciscan

pope

GRAND TOUR )4:

with "no interrup-

a U.S. -led multinational invasion of Haiti

St.

Dome

of the medical staff are conscientious

fall

New

for possible renewal at that time.

Wailing Wall and

the report. Forty-five percent of the rest

be completed by

Pope John

In conjunction with the

effect for five years but can be

The announcement said the move would

percent of the doctors and anesthesiolo-

Korean bishops' conference, has been mapping the plan which includes research by experts into 1 themes. The themes are: family, faith life of Korean

HOLY LAND

gists are conscientious objectors, said

that

York arranged the event in response to a suggestion made by a young woman last year in Denver that New York youth get

clerical rights

JERUSALEM

accepted in principle and the goal ... is to conclude the negotiations by Aug. 31."

John Paul II urged peaceful negotiations to solve the political crises in Haiti and Cuba. Offering special prayers for the two countries at the end of his Aug. 17 general audience, the pope said "the legitimate aspirations" of the people must be respected, but that violence is not the way to deal with the situation. The U.N. Security Council in late July authorized

what one participant labeled "Godstock." Young New York '94 was held Aug. 13-14 at St. Joseph's archdiocesan seminary in the Yonkers area. Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New

Paul

978 law

South Korea (CNS) The Catholic Church in Korea is ready-

the aus-

New York

for

international gathering with

that allows conscientious objection. Sixty

Pope Urges Dialogue As Route To Solving Caribbean Problems VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope

young people gathering under pices of the Archdiocese of

permitted under a clause in the

company "has been

concert also saw thousands of Catholic

together for a meeting similar to the

ami lies, Teens, Young Adults ttend Summer Conferences STEUB EN VILLE, Ohio (CNS) iiamilies, teens and young adults filled ,

May to purchase the name and inventory of the Los Angeles

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

AEB,

(704) 372-4852

II Catholic

News

& Herald

August 26,

Vocation Update

Send Me Names

Vocation Director

would like to share with you the good news of men and women from our diocese who are In this column,

preparation

entering seminaries and religious

to serve as

this year.

Please forward their names,

priests here

religious

commmunities and new ad-

Western

dresses to

life

lina.

Through a quiry and discernment with Bishop William G. Curlin,

my-

and our formation committee, these men have been formally accepted by Bishop Curlin and sent by him to seminaries that will guide and direct them in their formation

these

men

are in various stages of their

hood. They bring a diversity of gifts and talents that

have been cultivated

in their

families and parish communities.

David Lett, 26, from Upper Marlboro, Md. St. Meinrad Semi•

—

nary, St. Meinrad, Ind. •

Dave Brzoska,

32,

Aloysius Church, Hickory

—

from St.

St.

Vincent

Seminary, Latrobe, Pa. • Luis Osorio, 36, from St. Philip the Apostle Church, Statesville/Catholic Hispanic community St. Vincent

—

"You

happen

Navarro- Vails told reporters the follow-

level, the

—

got off on the to anyone,

wrong

foot.

even a pope,"

tr,

bishop replied.

Bishop Lari said that "on a physic; pope is fine; he just has son

Shawn O'Neal, 25, from St. John Neumann Church, Charlotte/UNC-CharSt. Meinrad. lotte Campus Ministry • Matthew Leonard, 32, from

was healed. After reading newspaper accounts of suspected ill health, the pope jokingly suggested that his spokesman ask the journalists "if any of them have ever

Navarro-Valls said episodes of di: comfort were normal for someone wh

—

Oakton, Va./Franciscan University, St. Mary SemiSteubenville, Ohio

—

nary, Baltimore.

Chris Davis, 23, from

St.

Benedict

the Moor Church, Winston-Salem/UNC-

—

Greensboro St. Mary Seminary. These men come from families and parish communities like yours whose faith, love and encouragement have helped them respond to the call of the

God thanks for the generous offering these men make of

broken

in a fall last spring,

surgery to repair the thigh bone. The pope's recovery has been described as normal, but his movement has been limited since then.

Join us in giving

themselves to the Lord and His church. I hope you know of the part you play in inviting and encouraging men to consider a call to priesthood in the Diocese

said the pope's thigh,

grimaced in pain," Navarro-Valls said. The pope strolled for an hour-and-ahalf in the mountains Aug. 22, using a cane for support, the spokesman said. In April, doctors performed reconstructive

The Italian bishop who was with the pope on the altar in the Aosta Valley said the pope later confided that he had forgotten about his recovery and placed too much weight on the leg.

had had partial reconstruction of tl thigh bone a few months earlier, h noted that the pope' s personal physici; did not

accompany

the pontiff to nortl

ern Italy, and that the papal apartment the mountain retreat had not been move to a

lower floor to eliminate

The spokesman

stairs.

said the

pope

spending much of his annual vacat reading and preparing for several events beginning in September: his v to former Yugoslavia; the meeting families from around the world; the syn on religious life; the trip to the Uni Nations and three U.S. cities in Octo and the trip to the Far East for Wc

Youth Day next January.

of Charlotte. In the next issue of The Catholic

Notebook (From Page 4)

names and addresses of all our seminarians with the hope that you will give them your prayers and encouragement. To inquire about the possibility of serving as a priest in the Diocese of Charlotte, call Father Frank O'Rourke at (704) 334-2283.

New

attack

Karadzic already has said the Holy Father would not be safe in Sarajevo. That's about the only thing

Of course, he

from the

Bosnian Muslims who would attack the

pope and blame suppose

it is

A native of Stamford, Conn., Father Promis was ordained to the priesthood at

elected the provincial for a three-year

St.

what anyone

that they car

else thinks of them

By and large, I am not sure that th

Bosnian Muslims are

Letters To

Father Christopher P. Promis has been

Karadzic and his followers neve

have given any indication

on the Serbs.

possible that a Muslim

might attack the pope but it seems that the

viable nation.

we agree on.

says the threat

Provincial

Spiritan

enough to realize that such a would cost them the goodwill c which they depend for their future as sensible

News & Herald, I will share with you the

Pa.

forward with his stronger left leg bi simply forgot this time, B ishop Lari sail

Mass Aug. 21. He one moment when he stepped down from the altar. But papal spokesman Joaquin in pain at

full

(

winced

BETHEL PARK,

10 days, appeared to some

weight on rr for support," said Bishop Ovidio Lari

during an outdoor

fanatic

Spiritan Fathers Elect

in northern

was next

difficulty walking."

spirit.

The Catholic News & Herald will continue to share with you in later issues the faith journeys of our seminarians and their decisions to answer the call to the priesthood. In the meantime, let me introduce the six new men to you:

The two later joked about it, with tr pope explaining that he normally step

fall.

him, and he placed his

was good. He

•

preparation and formation for the priest-

events this

noticed because

ing day that the pope' s general condition

for priesthood.

These men join 1 4 others whom you have met through this column. All of

Aosta.

Seminary. •

self

mountain walks and preparing for major

observers to be tired and in discomfort

process of in-

difficult

ment.

Italy for

for inclusion in this

was a

"It's true there

Vatican denied reports that Pope John Paul IPs health was deteriorating and said the 74-year-old pontiff was taking

The pope, on vacation

column: Father Frank O'Rourke, St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 DilworthRd. East, Charlotte, NC 28203.

North Caro-

Rumors That

LES COMBES, Italy (CNS)— The

Like other families, our Church family of the Diocese of Charlotte begins a new school year. We are sending six new men to seminary this fall to begin their

(

Pope's Health Deteriorating

FATHER FRANK O'ROURKE

Vatican Denies

Men Make New Beginnings

Six

any time for the pope to be visiting tr

Balkans and time for a

The

visit to

sure that

not

it's

Sarajevo.

Editor

Journey to salvation

Thanks for donation Dear Msgr. McSweeney, Warmest greetings and sincere best

To the Editor:

term for the USA-East Province of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost

Mary's Seminary (Ferndale) in Norwalk, Conn, on Nov. 24, 1972. His first assignment was in the Dis-

(Spiritans).

trict

of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Af-

truly are representatives of Christ c

rica.

He studied Swahili, Bantu customs,

wishes in the prayerful hope that all goes well with Your Excellency and your devoted people of God.

He will succeed Father Norman E. Bevan, provincial since 1985 who has been elected president of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, effective Jan. 1,

history and politics of Tanzania at the

Pastoral Institute in Kipalapala, Tanzania.

Serving in missions in Monduli and

Kijungu, he worked

1995.

James Parish Hamlet, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Monroe and Sacred Heart Mission Wadesboro. Spiritans staff St.

people.

among

the

976 for vocation work, but went back

to the District of Kilimanjaro in

Maasai

He returned to the United States 1978 as

Sambu Diocesan JunSeminary. He was elected district

(From Page

nationally.

through the good-hearted gener-

said, "In a real sens

nun marries the Church We are the Church. The responsibility and opportunities that the religious ha\ to serve that Church are limitless members of that Church must return the priest or

with

Land.

they shared was pure

which he was re-elected

Last year,

ment buildings

are able to

dedicated two apart-

for the poor Christian

love. Jesus shared very close friends!

this

many men and women. The

pure love with the men and wome dedicated their lives to bein

who have

families in Beit Hanina, near Jerusalem.

Christ for others by being their

was ap-

This year, we hope to complete three more apartment buildings in Bethany. This is one of the ways we try to encour-

and making them a part of our

age Christian families to remain in the Holy Land. The dedication of these buildings is one of the many blessings that compel the friars to give thanks to God for the goodness and generosity of the people of the United States. Asking your blessing in the apostolate of the Holy Land I remain, Gratefully yours in the Risen Christ, Brother Callistus Welch, O.F.M. Commissariat of the Holy Land Washington, D.C.

Colleen Assal Greensboro

for a sabbatical in 1984, he

pointed assistant director of the province's formation program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. The following year, he returned to the East African Foundation Novitiate in Lushoto, Tanzania as assistant novice master for

four years.

After one year of study at a formation institute in Montreal,

he was

pointed director of formation

at the

ap-

Chi-

cago Theological Union community of the province in 1990 and is still serving in that ministry.

has served as

first

assistant to the provincial since 1991.

lo\

We can also shai

After returning to the United States

under 1 8 and child care is available by advance registration). Lodging is available at the conference center with overflow at a local hotel. Offerings will be taken to cover weekend expenses. To make room reservations, call Carol at (704) 331-1709. Beginning with a small group in 1 967, the charismatic renewal has grown to include more than 50 million Catholics. The Charlotte Diocese has been involved in the renewal both locally and

It is

on our journey of faitl

As Father Daly has

continue to help the poor in the Holy

position to

fee for adults (no charge for children

knowledge with sincere thanks the Good Friday Collection offerings of the Church of Charlotte for the year of 1994 in the amount of $22,006.02

celibacy. Pries

are our teachers and she{

herds, leading us

ior

open to all who seek to be encouraged on their faith journey. Costs include a $4 registration

to ac-

They

osity of your people that

1981.

The conference

earth.

article

rector of Oldonyo

superior of Kilimanjaro in July 1978, a

Charismatic

a great pleasure for

It is

Many thanks to Father Daly for h wonderful

In this way

frienc

familie

we can all journey together

the road to eternal salvation.

Letters Policy:

We welcome letters

current issues. Letters must be signed orig

and must

indue

the address and daytime telephone

numb

nals of 250 words or less

of the writer. Letters are subject to editii for brevity, style and taste and must n contain personal attacks on any perso J Opinions expressed in letters or in gut

columns do not necessarily reflect the of this newspaper or its publisher.

592

vie\

CF^y;

89/29/95 3259G