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News & Herald Volume 4 Number 17 • December 23, 1994

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

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Our Savior is born

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Merry Christmas: 'May His Love Live Within Our Hearts'

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Jesus has identified Himself with everyone even the least person upon the earth. By doing this, Jesus provides us the means of expressing our love for God. Pope John XXIII wrote, "Whoever has a heart full of love

Christmas, 1994 SENTIRE

CUM CHRISTO

My Dear Friends,

always has something to give."

As we joyfully prepare

to celebrate the birth

of the Savior,

I

take this

in giving to others that

It is

love for God. Family, friends, and neighbors are the primary recipients of our love. Yet, our love must also reach out to the most vulnerable in our

opportunity to thank you for the warm and loving welcome you have offered

midst, especially the poor, the lonely and the homeless.

me

of the least in our midst that

as your

new

bishop.

special blessings

Your kindness and encouragement have proven

from the Lord.

While directing a retreat for Mother Teresa some years ago in India, Mother shared the following reflection with me. "What is the great love God the Father has for us by sending His Son into a world that often rejects His love? Only in heaven will we fully understand the greatness of such love that

we reveal our

we truly return God's

It is

in loving service

love!

May our celebration of the Savior's birth bring us every grace from above. May His love live within our hearts and be revealed in the love that we

give to others.

Merry Christmas and a Happy

New Year!

down His life for us sinners." He came to pay a debt He owe because we owed a debt we could not pay.

our God should lay did not

Christmas, therefore, gifts for

is

far

loved ones and friends;

more than bright-colored decorations and it is

Most Reverend William G. Curlin

a time to pause and prayerfully reflect

upon God's love for us and the return of love that

we

offer

Sister Marie Gaffney, Superior Trinitarian Sisters,

Bishop of Charlotte

Him.

Of

Dies At Age 65

High School Capital Campaign Closes In On $3 Million Goal

By JOANN

By

CAROL HAZARD

CHARLOTTE

Associate Editor

PHILADELPHIA

— The Mission-

beloved and highly respected reverend mother. The order's general custodian, Sister Marie Gaffney, died Dec. 15 from complications following surgery at age 65 at the motherhouse lost their

in Philadelphia.

A

Marie

SISTER MARIE GAFFNEY

delegated responsibility and respected the competence of the people she worked with, Sister

Miriam

said.

She also had a

wonderful sense of humor. "She had an infectious laugh that buoyed the spirits of everyone."

Whenever someone died, Sister Marie would say, "Now, we have another intercessor in heaven," recalled

Miriam. The same can be said for Sister Marie, only this intercessor is "a very powerful advocate."

Sister Eileen McLoughlin, director of counseling services for Catholic So-

Sister

cial Services in Charlotte,

described Sis-

Marie as a leader who worked tirelessly toward consensus in the community. "She had a keen, intuitive mind, a compassionate spirit and a non-judg-

ter

mental attitude," Sister Eileen

said.

"Such a valiant woman," said Sister Miriam Picconi, pastoral associate at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Charlotte.

"Even though she was our major superior,

she was never authoritarian.

Jesus did, she was the one

As

who became

the servant of all."

Always chastity

true to

vows of

poverty,

and obedience, Sister Marie

would contrast these values with worldly

pursuits of posessions, passion and

power, recalled Sister Miram Picconi.

By doing so, she helped the sisters fulfill their charism to serve the spiritually and materially poor and abandoned. "This was some powerful, wonderful woman."

Born July 12, 1929 in Blakely, Pa., Sister Marie entered the Trinitarian convent at age 24 on Aug. 5, 1953. She made her

first

profession in 1955, and final

profession in 1960. She was supervisor

and administrator of N. Y. Catholic Charities from 1955-1969. She served on the National Conference of Catholic Charities, Washington D.C., from 1 969- 1 972.

She was administrator of Family and Child Services for Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia from 1972-1978.

Sister Marie became the general councilor for the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity in 1 978 as well as southern regional councilor for the order.

From 1983-1988,

she was assis-

tant general cutodian, general councilor

and councilor for

Sisters in Ministry of Prayer as well as for sisters in Virginia and Maryland. She was appointed general custodian in 1988 and began her second term as general custodian in 1 993

memorials are an excellent opportunity pay tribute to someone special," says Kelley. Individual memorials ranging from $7,500 to $500,000 place the in significant locations

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ward the deadline.

With less than a

CXimpttlgTl

week until the conclu-

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honorees' names as perpetual reminders

throughout the

new facility.

"To

date, the

campaign has been

successful," says Kelley.

"We owe debt:

of gratitude to hundreds, of dedicate!

capi-

fund campaign, Jim Kelley, director

"What

a great

Christmas gift; helping insure the educational future for our Catholic children," he says. With hundreds of pledge cards still to be collected, Kelley is optimistic that the goal will be reached by the end of

a very high degree."

Sister

so

the clock is ticking to- I

cards for the campaign.

of three Trinitarian sisters serving here.

"She exemplified the spirit of the order to

power trip,

is

may be the perfect time to return pledge

Miriam Fiduccia, coordinator of Family Life for the Diocese of Charlotte and one

a

Victory

of development, suggests the holidays

simplicity, prudence and zeal, said Sister

exist.

to

tal

sisters for six years

with charity, humility, sacrifice, patience,

Never on

—

still

"In addition to the three-year pledges,

High School campaign volunteers can taste it. The $3 million capital campaign is within $500,000 of goal, and mm rY^fJC

sion of CCHS

non-authoritarian leader, Sister

Marie guided the

tions

close, Charlotte Catholic

ary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity

have

KEANE

Associate Editor

the year.

Although the pledge drive is a major source of funds for renovating the 113,000-square-foot building and

new

volunteers and to the generous individu-

who recognize the importance of secondary Catholic education in Char-

als

lotte."

In particular, Kelley points to the

success of

CCHS

students as phone-a-

thon volunteers. Collectively, students raised more than $125,000. On Dec. 8, students set a goal of $50,000, vowing not to leave the phones until moneys were pledged. Though students were scheduled to conclude their calling by 9 p.m., they dialed until reaching their goal

construction for the stadium, fine arts

less than a half-hour later.

building and gymnasium, Kelley reminds

went wild," says Kelley.

"The kids

donors that other opportunities for dona-

Meet The Artist The artist featured on the front page of this issue of The Catholic

News &

Herald ic Darlene Gardner, 33, a special volunteer at Holy Angels in Belmont.

Darlene, who is mildly retarded and has cerebral palsy, was inspired to create and color her own Nativity scene by looking at various drawings of manger scenes and angels.

Darlene is a volunteer in the Little Angels Child Development Center, a child-care program for pre-school residents and the children of Holy Angels staff, and is a member of Great Adventures, a club which offers social, spiritual, recreational and service opportunities for adults with and without mental retardation.

DARLENE GARDNER

Vice Chancellor Appointed Vicar

Chancellor Sees Ministry As Service To People Of God

African-American Ministry

Raised To Diocesan Level By

By JO ANN

CAROL HAZARD

CHARLOTTE — In his first meet-

Associate Editor

ing with Catholic Center employees, the

giving more visibility to the impor-

new

acting chancellor for the diocese asked for their support.

"We want each of you to share your unique gifts and contributions to build up, to improve, to challenge, to correct," said Father Mauricio West, former parochial vicar at St. Gabriel Church, Charlotte. "Together let us explore ways that we can be of better service."

On Dec. 19, Father West assumed the duties of chancellor from Msgr John J. McSweeney, who leaves in February for a three-month sabbatical in Rome.

"I come to you as a priest, a man of faith," said Father West. "Like Bishop

tance of African- American Catholics in the Diocese of Charlotte, Bishop Will-

iam G. Curlin has named Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd vicar of African-American Affairs.

The appointment, to be effective Feb. 1,

elevates the ministry to a diocesan

level.

Rev. Mr. Todd, vice chancellor for

the diocese since

August 1993,

will

succeed Carl Foster who serves as director of African-American Affairs.

"I express my gratitude to Carl Foster who has served so generously and laid a

.

good foundation on which Deacon

Todd can now

build a diocesan-wide

ministry," Bishop Curlin said.

The

ap-

Curlin,

pointment was made so the ministry could be handled from the chancery.

"As vice

chancellor,

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REV. MR. CURTISS "It is

time for our African- American

shrine in her honor," said Bishop Curlin.

"I

encourage everyone no matter what

Bishop Curlin.

"Although I clearly see the ministe-

priests," said

aspects of my new responsibilities, I am equally aware of the pragmatic side,"

rial

must

manager and

— — diocese and

associate pastor of St. Gabriel parish the largest parish in the

MBA from Queens College.

"I am very happy for Father Mo and

brings a recently completed

the diocese," said Father

pastor of St. Gabriel.

Ed

experience in administration,

doing business, with the laws that govern our Church and society. There will be great emphasis on justice, professionalism, accountability and accuracy."

He said a professional group will review operations at the Catholic Center next spring. "This is extremely neces-

college and at

Spearheaded by the nation' s 10 African-American bishops and the National Black Catholic Congress, Our Mother of Africa Chapel is a nationwide project.

Organizers hope to raise $2.5 million for chapel construction as well as endowments for programs to aid African- American communities.

The programs will address special concerns of African-American Catholics, such as family life, parish evangelization, vocation development, youth ministry, religious education and lay minislargest Catholic church in the

United States and one of the largest in the world, the national shrine houses 58 chapels and art work that celebrate the ethnic origins of American Catholics.

To make

a donation, write to

Our

Mother of Africa Chapel, P.O. Box

NC

28236.

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1995, 2-4:30

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sitions, including instructor of computer

science, theology, and business and director of residential life and vice presi-

dent for student

affairs.

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In 1994, the Diocese of Charlotte awarded $ 1 6,300 in local CHD grants to

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apostolates.

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well as an ongoing commit-

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Bishop William G. Curlin

Catholic Diocese of

sum of$

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

(or

its

For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1524 East Morehead

St.,

Charlotte,

Feb.

17,

The 46-county Diocese of Charlotte more than 95,000 Catholics in 66 parishes, 23 missions, and five serves

Gabriel Catholic School

3028 Providence Road

is

call (704)

projects within the Diocese of Charlotte.

"A valid Will stands as

parish, city) the

Charlotte (or

28207 or

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

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for

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All Saints Catholic

Our Lady

Campaign

Human Development, c/o Catholic Dio-

continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as

In Yours.

Open House

Abbey in faculty and administrative po-

Spivak, local director,

HisWll

Sunday, January

Prior to his service at St. Gabriel,

Father West spent 10 years at Belmont

The Campaign for Human Development (CHD) is accepting grant applications for economic and community development projects within the Catholic

Remember

Elementary Schools Admissions

both the

CHD

through transformaitve education.

Organizations interested in securing grant applications can contact Scott

in a secure environment.

at

Gabriel."

Committee Accepting Requests For Grants Diocesan

controlled, self-help organizations

Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools emphasize Christian values

Can Believe In.

position ourselves to take

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Missing From

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Father West comes to the chancery after six years as business

ground to give their support to this beau-

Something

Your

the blessings of the 21st century."

tiful tribute."

28236, Charlotte,

Is

the challenges, to fully open ourselves to

said Father West. "All operations

The

Happy New Year

advantage of the opportunities, to meet

their nationality, race or ethnic back-

try training.

and

is

chancery is in place to serve the people of God, not the other way around. "We are here to support the people of God and our

love of the Blessed Mother by erecting a

a joyous and blessed holiday sea-

Merry Christmas

TODD

brothers and sisters to speak for their

Herald wishes to all of our readers son.

FATHER MAURICIO WEST

ego, Bishop William G. Curlin said the

fairs,"

staff of

...

hallmark Nothing we

its

more important."

Introducing Father West as his alter

do here

adds great importance to his new assignment as vicar for African- American Af-

Noel

see priesthood as a share in the

therefore service in love

Deacon Todd

Bishop Curlin said. "I see this as a marvelous opportunity to extend the love of the Church to the community at large, especially the African-American community."

"I ask all for their prayers and support as we begin to more visibly honor, recognize and include the contributions of all African- American to the diocese and the Church," said Rev. Mr. Todd.

As vicar, Rev. Mr. Todd's first job will be to visit several parishes in the diocese and make a personal appeal for their support for a chapel honoring African-American heritage that will be built in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC.

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ministry of Jesus Christ;

touches the lives of all in the diocese and

The

KEANE

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — In a move aimed at

& Hfteld

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NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871

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News

December

23, 1994

Pro-Life Corner

Guest

Editorial

On Killing The Sick "Image is everything," said a famous tennis player popular TV commercial a couple of years ago, and the more we observe the more we wonder if that line has not become the real slogan of modern society. It looks in a

we have become less concerned

suspiciously as though

than ever with actually solving our problems, and more

concerned than ever with feeling as though we have. The result is that we pursue

supposed solutions that make us

good about doing something, even though they only store up greater problems for the future. feel

Merry Christmas

A case in point is the string of three successes won by euthanasia advocates in the past year.

First came the

decision by a Michigan judge invalidating the state's

law against assisted suicide. The judge cited in support Buck vs. Bell decision of the 1930s, in which the Supreme Court confirmed the right of a state to enforce involuntary sterilization of people judged to be mentally retarded. Then came the ruling of a Washington judge, citing Roe vs. Wade to throw out that state's law against assisted suicide.

Finally, there came the passage in Oregon of an initia-

The Respect

Yet helping sick people commit suicide solution to any really existing problem.

is

not a

As has been

repeatedly shown, suicidal impulses in the sick are

caused by depression, an eminently curable emotional disorder. Giving depressed people lethal injections may make us feel better, but it is hard to see how it's of any help to them.

What it does accomplish is the calling up of a whole set of new problems and the exacerbation of existing ones. For years we have been appalled at the growing incidence of teen suicide. Yet at the very moment we are trying to convince teens not to kill themselves, we send them a wholly different message: that killing oneself is a reasonable and accepted solution to pain and depression. It takes no genius to see the effect of that assurance on a hurt and depressed teen-ager.

Nor should we imagine that the only people who are going to die are the suicidal. For years now, the Netherlands has permitted euthanasia under a host of safeguards. The restrictions are supposed to insure that only those who repeatedly and consistently ask for it are euthanized. Yet the Dutch government itself admits that thousands of people are put to death in Holland each year without their consent. Somehow we can convince ourselves things will be different here. We can be so naive when we choose to be.

Reprinted from Southern Nebraska Register

The Catholic

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students.

The pope advised deep prayer and discernment for those moving toward marriage and a family. The whole

process involves a period of waiting, "for him or for her,

and above all for love."

"Only love can truly make two young people understand that they are called to walk together in life," he

Pope Links Teaching Natural Family

said.

is not so much a technique to use "but a way of personal growth to follow," Pope John Paul II told a

Planning To Christian Values

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Natural family plan-

ning

He

said married love

is

a total giving without

from a man to a woman and a woman to a man.

reserve,

The couple should see themselves as future parents, expanding their commitment to eventual children and the well-being of the

whole family, he

said.

group preparing to become instructors in natural family planning methods.

"Your

expectations of young people, but it can also disappoint

and ease," the pope said Dec. 16.

Teaching the methods, he said, has the deeper aim of "promoting a human and Christian formation in the values of giving, love and life without which using natural methods for responsible procreation would simply be impossible," he said.

Pope John Paul told the group, "an authentic 'culture of love requires that the sexual encounter between the man and the woman is seen not as an occasion for

them," he said. He suggested that in the latter cases, the young people themselves were perhaps not fully aware of the responsibility required in marriage.

The pope said that in speaking about marriage he was drawing upon his own pastoral experience many years earlier, when he worked with young people as a priest in southern Poland.

'

was the one with whom young people shared the

"I

secrets of their hearts, the

one with whom they spoke and family life," he

utilitarian enjoyment, but as

of persons to each other with the integrity of their

said.

corporal and spiritual dimensions and in generous and said his book,

responsible openness to life."

experience.

Hate To See Her

Go

Most Reverend William G. Curlin

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which permits people to ascertain

the rhythms of female fertility with ever greater security

Love and Responsibility, which he wrote before becoming pope, grew out of this pasto-

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encouraged young adults to be patient in waiting for love and careful in making the commitment to marriage and a family.

"Contrary to what some would have you believe and to what is propagandized in various Ways, love is a particular call to responsibility responsibility first of all toward another person, who should never be disappointed," he said Dec. 1 5 at a Mass for Rome university

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During her three-plus years with us, she repeatedly has demonstrated her writing and editing skill. Her work has been recognized by her peers in the Catholic Press Association and by our readers who, after all, are the ultimate judges of our success or failure. are sure the readers of The Catholic

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This issue also marks the debut of a new column, "Family Reflections." The monthly column is written by the husband and wife team of Andrew and Terri

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coordinators of Marriage Ministry for the African-

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December 23, 1994

The God-Man Imagine a beam of light traveling

at

from a Jewish maiden and entered the

moment

the rate of 186,000 miles per second. In

human

than two seconds it passes the moon; in eight days it reaches the sun; in 21 days it leaves our solar system; in four

time, and in a particular place called

less

light-years

it

32,000 years

touches the nearest star, in it breaks free of this gal-

axy; in 170,000 light-years the nearest galaxy. In that there are millions

galaxies,

one can

it

arrives at

view of the fact and millions of

rightly say that the

Creator of the universe

is

indescribably

Bethlehem. God' s silence was broken by

mighty

have the

faith or

you have

you

not.

God loves us so much that He wanted to be one with us. In an act of love, God assumed a human nature more than 2,000 years ago. He took His flesh and blood

Light

One Candle

Father John Catoir

He taught us to love one anHe denounced all forms of hypoc-

authority. other.

His enemies resented His criticism and eventually plotted His death.

us,

further, either

chose to become a human

The mind boggles.

As Jesus grew in wisdom, age and grace, He became a man and spoke with

know God is to experience divine love. I any

God

infant sucking at His mother's breast.

risy.

it

in

the sweet sound of a baby's cry. Al-

awesome.

Anthony Bloom, the Russian Orthodox archbishop of London, once remarked, "Theology is knowing God, not knowing about God, much less knowing what other people know about God." A person may have knowledge about God, and be theologically competent, but this is not the same as knowing God. To can't explain

race at a particular

The

crucified Christ forgave His

enemies and even made excuses for them: "Forgive them, Father, they know not

what they do." In dying, He taught us that God loves us to the point of the folly

of the cross.

As we reflect upon God' s life among

meates the universe, pervading and penand we say with St. Paul, "In God we live and breathe and have our being." Our Creator is truly distinct from all Creation and yet He is closer to us than our own heartbeat.

How can we comprehend this mys-

etrating every atom,

At some point we must turn

is

ongoing. The risen Christ is form-

lectually

we know that God' s being per-

dwells

God's Spirit renews and restores us every day. More and more we become living carriers of His

sinful people, but

divine love.

(For a free copy of the Christopher

tell us that God is God is a furnace of love and holiness. He burns to win our hearts and yet He always leaves us free. There are no

a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New

love slaves in heaven.

Christophers.

of revelation. Poets

ing us into His own mystical body. Intel-

remem-

News Note, "The Words ofJesus, " send

which tries to explain the unexplainable.

The story of God's incarna-

tion

us try to

poets to explain the imponderable truths

tery?

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let

God who made the universe among us. We are a wounded,

to the

our hearts are filled with gratitude and wonder. Theology is the science Jesus lives

This Christmas ber that the

fire.

York,

NY 10017.)

Father Catoir

is

director of The

1994: Leave Your Brooding Behind You One Sunday not long ago, our young deacon gave an inspiring homily. After Mass he must have received a dozen compliments before a sour parishioner came along and said, "You missed the !" entire point of the Gospel As we walked back to the rectory I could see in his demeanor that this one negative comment deeply disturbed him and was destroying the impact of the

neighborhood reveals bars on all the windows.

Add to this that the city has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the nation

and that

its

general hospital had to

dismiss hundreds of employees due to lack of funds, and you could begin to lose faith in

humanity.

What

is

even more demoralizing

is

the realization that many people are com-

compliments he had received.

This incident reminded me of the maxim: One negative occurrence can cause 1 ,000 goods to be forgotten.

ing to expect to be accorded less dignity

should be-

how we will meet the bad news that life

As I begin to evaluate the year that is now concluding, that maxim is, as it were, kicking into high gear. I can' t seem

ware of brooding. Playing the devil's advocate, he skillfully shows how evil

inevitably deals everyone at one time or

have

mood, we can only see the whole world

this? Pray!

"Lord what is Your will in all of this? do I fit into Your present plans?

What more should I be doing that is not being done?"

When we pray this way, we lift

centering around

prayer should be done!

ourself out of self-crippling pity. Life's

Prayer is the struggle for the "real I" to meet with the reality of God. Prayer is

challenge to us.

saying, "May it be the real I who speaks, may it be the real Thou that I speak to."

1994

to get past all the negative events I

experienced this year in order to get to

in society.

But

recall the

loves people

well-known

who

we

brood.

Once

writer,

we saw one person

we

self.

ourselves as

tell

crash his plane into the White House,

avoid this

another person riddle it with bullets and

question.

.

brood.

How

to

mood in the year ahead is the

Here again Lewis is a help, telling us

an ex-policeman walk into the police

department and kill three persons Many of the cars in our neighborhood have been vandalized, and a walk through the

we

that the essence of evil is not so

other.

And what are the best means for And pray in the way that

in this

"We deserve much more than this,"

the year's blessings.

In Washington,

I

C.S. Lewis, saying that

much in

doing it as in the decision prior to the act.

Applying this to the brooding syndrome, we are counseled to prepare beforehand

This is the prayer that precedes all prayer.

Once we pray this way, our question to

God changes. We no longer ask, Why

are all of these terrible things happening to

me? Rather we

are inspired to ask,

How

stifling negatives

become instead God'

Heaven knows,

it is

better to leave

in this spirit than to leave

of brooding.

Father Hemrick

it

in a

spirit

is

research direc-

tor for the U.S. Catholic Conference.

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Help For Schizophrenics My sister lives in North Carolina and sent me an article you had written about Kapha. I was interested because have a son

who

has struggled with schizophrenia for about 17 years. He has been in and out of hospitals several times. He has a prescription for medication but he refuses to take it, although he is much better when he does.

He has been off his medication for long enough that he is getting really bad and I'm afraid he will have to go to a hospital again. Is there a Kapha unit in our area (a mid western state)? My son is working right now at very menial work. It's a shame, because he has two years of college and was a good student with a B+ average but now he has no motivation and has trouble keeping I

jobs.

The phone number I gave previously

— (800)-45-RAPHA — was

for Rapha-

Southeast's Atlanta office where they can help people locate the treatment cen-

ters in

our region and help arrange ad-

mission. In your case, the closest center is in

Chicago. Call Rapha-USA at (800)

227-2657 for more information. In the event that your son does need to be hospitalized in the future Rapha would help arrange and pay for transportation to their Chicago center because of the distance involved for you. They typically

do

this

when people come

to a

Crosswinds Martha W. Shuping,

MD

Rapha

center from another state.

However, since your son is still able work, hospitalization may not be the way to proceed right now. Insurance

to

companies typically

will not authorize

hospitalization unless the illness has be-

come very severe and all other treatment

much of a chemical known as dopamine.

Most frequently, people with schizophrenia begin to develop the symptoms during young adulthood, often in their col-

methods have been exhausted. However, you can discuss your concerns with your son' s doctor, if he has one at this time, or

lege years. Progressive loss of motivation and loss of ability to function in

with a Rapha

fortunately, often schizophrenics are re-

tion

is

counselor. If hospitaliza-

needed, they can help

make

the

arrangements.

Schizophrenia is the result of a chemical imbalance, in which people make too

society (job, school, etc.)

is typical.

Un-

on the medication that could make a difference for them.

There may be many reasons your son refuses to take the medication. Some luctant to stay

people don't like the various side effects and feel the medication doesn't make enough of a difference to be worth the aggravation. However, there are a couple of newer anti-psychotic medications that work differently form the older types which have been in use since the 1950s.

The older drugs have been extremely effective for symptoms such as agitation and hallucinations but less effective on See Crosswinds, Page

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6 The Catholic

December

Sunday Mass On Q. A priest in our parish told us we cannot fulfill our Sunday Mass obligation by watching Mass on television. I remember reading a long time ago that we can gain a plenary indulgence by

be there in spirit and to unite ourselves with our Lord in his sacrifice.

Such listening or viewing is, however, no substitute for being there.

spiritually uniting ourselves to a bless-

Q. I have a question about our prayers and Masses for the dead. How long should these go on? My mother died over 50 years ago, my father 35.

I realize my question is not a brilliant one, and I will obviously continue praying for them. But I am curious if our beliefs have anything to say about this.

ing given by the pope. If that sible,

why

isn't

is

pos-

right to attend

all

it

Mass on television? (North Carolina) A. The question

is

not whether

Mass on

permitted to watch

it

is

television,

but whether, as you put it, one can satisfy

Sunday Mass obligation

the

First, the

(Indiana)

way.

that

that

We know very little about specifics

a more private

of life after death, what things happen or

between Mass and a blessing receiving a blessing

is

is

even though there are public aspects to it sometimes. The Mass prayer or

is

act,

essentially not a private action in that

Some

still do not realize Sunday Mass is not to hear or watch someone else do some-

Catholics

that the obligation to

thing.

when they happen.

As far as we are there

It is

oneself,

to

be there

to participate in

it

and share that worship with our

fellow believers.

The Eucharist

is

an action, a cel-

able to calculate,

nothing like "time" in our sense

is

of the

way.

word

—

hours, days, years

—

in

We supposedly will be out of a framework where such measures of time

eternity.

make sense.

Thus, any answer to your question cannot be based on the duration of events after we die. As you may know, however, the

Church

in its prayers

and

liturgies

ebration, of the Catholic community and

basically just walks around that question

cannot be substituted for by watching a television program, which is finally what

and continues to pray always for those who have died.

a televised If we

Mass at

a

television or radio

who have died are also prayers of thanks,

economy than

a reli-

gious commemoration of the birth of Jesus. In our family

we

God

in the

coming

ily.

Our parish

is in

bers of the parish.

However, there

is

season focused on Jesus in a special way.

During the week between Christmas and New Years Day we celebrate Kwanzaa.

Each day we focus on one of seven principles, the Nguzo Saba, that helps us to

tions

be better followers of Jesus.

Kwanzaa, which means "the first of the harvest," was founded in the United States in 1966 by Dr. Maulana

fruits

on how

Kwanzaa

about Mary, the mother ofJesus, is available by sending a stamped self- addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the

same address.)

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God as we cel-

to

ebrate the "harvest" of the passing year

and hope for prosperity

in the

coming

year.

Celebrating

Kwanzaa

helps us to

keep the holiday season centered on values that help us to be a Christian family.

Though it is an African-American celebration, Kwanzaa is a Christmas gift

we share with all our parish family.

Our family and parish are so much richer

that

because of this celebration.

For more information about celebrating

Kwanzaa you may

write us at P.O.

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COMMONLY HELD THAT JOHN

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We

Because of the Christmas and

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evening during that week for a Karamu harvest feast. There is music, food, a

member of the family lights a candle.

Each member shares a brief reflection on

New Year holidays there will be no

(A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask

is

Karenga, an African-American educaAt the evening meal each day, a

Holiday Schedule

up.

Service

We gather one

tor.

the Nguzo Saba principle for the day.

on Earth.

For both of these reasons, and there are more, your prayerful remembrances of your parents and others make excellent spiritual and religious sense. Keep it

A packet of sugges-

to celebrate

available to parishioners.

a very special

tradition we have that helps us to keep the

for

Family Reflections

a suburban, racially

vent Wreath at our dinner table, decorat-

Christmas letter that we send to hundreds of our friends and relatives, walking through our neighborhood singing Christmas carols, our family Christmas party and the added emphasis we put on being Christians in the midst of the secularization of the season.

good done

more fully

Among our many traditions are the Adhome, the writing of the family

the

year.

and ethnically diverse community.

Kwanzaa has been a gift from our African-American culture offered to all mem-

only a small part of it.

all

others through and in that person's life

Second, our prayers for loved ones

For the past five years we have celKwanzaa with our parish fam-

help us to focus on the true meaning of a part of our

for His goodness to that

for that principle in

selves to living that principle

cling (desper-

is

who have died.

God

individual and for

our daily lives. We sing songs of praise and thanksgiving. Then we commit our-

ebrated

Christmas. Gift giving

for those

praising

Celebration For Everyone

give thanks to

ately sometimes) to family traditions that

ing our

ing that universal reach of God's presence and being, our prayers are not limited by time. They extend back to the beginning of an individual' s life through to the end and into eternity.

This is not speculation: It follows from what we know about God. Prayers we offer years after a person's death can be "applied" by God to when that person was still alive. This understanding is

for this Christian tradition.

to

seems that each year the commerhype begins earlier than the year before. Christmas is becoming more a

is

moment for Him. When we pray, therefore, consider-

Sunday Eucharist, a

It

it

First, our prayers for the dead, as do our prayers, go to a God who is eternal, who has no beginning and no end. For God there is no past or future.

All, from the beginning of time to the end of the world, is one eternally present

Mass may help us

cial

tradition, but

Father John Dietzen

reflected often in official liturgical prayers

A celebration for the

Question Box

The Eucharistic Prayers at every Mass are a good example.

At least two excellent reasons exist

is.

have a sufficient reason for not

being present

Television

all

reason for the difference

23, 1994

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Christian Leaders Declare Jerusalem 'A The following statement was signed by Latin-rite Patriarch Michel Sabbah and 11 other lead-

lem but even the ends of the earth

nity incarnated the ecclesiastical ideal,

ers of Christian communities in

and

Jerusaletn~

it

remains a continuing

refer-

The Book of Revelations proclai ms the anticipation of the new, heaven! nly

No-

the 14th of

Jerusalem

vember, 1994, the heads of Chrisin

to us

ence point.

Preamble On Monday,

in

Jerusalem met

solemn conclave

to discuss the

tian

(1:8).

In Jerusalem, the first Christian commu-

Communities

status of the holy city

and the

2

(3, 12, 21,

Heb. 12:22). This holy

situa-

of the

new

of

peoples, where

all

cf.

4:2^

Gal.

city is the

image

creation and the aspirations

God

wipe

will

away all tears and "there shall be no more death or mourning, crying or pain,

tion of Christians there, at the con-

clusion of which they issued the

for the former world has passed away."

following declaration:

(21:4)

The earthly Jerusalem, in the Chris-

Jerusalem, Holy City

tian tradition, prefigures the heavenly

Jerusalem

is

a city holy for the

Jerusalem as "the vision of peace." In

people of the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity

Islam.

mony among

And

be-

of

cry for different revived nationalistic

and fundamentalist

stirrings in

And, un-

source of conflict and disharmony.

tinian

Sign of peace: Jerusalem.

An

olive

branch

in

the Garden of Gethsemane, near the Old City of

Photo by

reborn

anew and rise from its ashes

and Israeli-Arab disputes. call

and of the symbolic

meaning of the Holy

unen-

and has often played a preponderant

that the long history of the people of

City.

This motivation has often led to

God, with Jerusalem as its center, is the history of salvation which fulfills God'

slowly developed an

role.

of one people over the others. But every

Some new

way toward resolu-

its

Middle East facts

conflict.

have already been

some concrete

established,

signs

exclusivity or every is

appeal

is

universal vocation and

Its

to

be a

mony among

all

Jerusalem,

lem has again been side-stepped,

like the entire

because

Holy Land, has

status,

its

and especially

most

city, are the

difficult questions to resolve

throughout

one must already begin to reflect on

cessive advent

the questions and do whatever

of numerous

them

in the

tions

when

most favorable condithe

moment

arrives.

who

new

peoples:

came from

they

from

the desert,

peace and har-

dwell therein.

design in and through Jesus of Nazareth,

understanding of the

need to unify the sanc-

to

The one God has chosen Jerusalem

tification of space

be the place where His name alone

through celebrations

will dwell in the midst of His people so that they

may

offer to

When

north,

the different sides in-

volved now speak of Jerusalem, they often

assume

exclusivist positions.

east.

^^^B

The

events of salvation

of roots, ever living

exile:

purification of the

This was a rather constant char-

Lord

be called the

lem soon occupied a

city

of justice,

will

liness as in Sinai

pilgrimage developed.

The

themselves, the others rejected them.

always open

Indeed, the experience of history teaches us that in order for Jerusalem to

Palestinians, sist that

on the other hand,

in-

Jerusalem should become

the capital of the future State of

do not lay claim to the entire modern city, but envisage only the eastern, Arab part.

Palestine, although they

be a city of peace, no longer lusted

Jerusalem has had a long, eventful history. It

has

known numerous

whose gates are

ers and pilgrims on earth (cf

and

that their personal

vocation always and everywhere

In the Gospels, Jerusalem rejects

He weeps

The Continuing Presence of a Chris- M tian Community For Christianity, Jerusalem

cannot belong exclusively to one people

that is also the city of the essential

tian.

or to only one religion. Jerusalem should

salvific events

Christian to be at home.

be open

by

to all, shared

capital of

city

all.

should

Those who

make

it

"the

humankind." This universal would help those

vision of Jerusalem

who

exercise

power

there to

wars and conquests, has been de-

others

stroyed time and again, only to be

and to accept sharing

open

it

to

who also are fondly attached to it it

with them.

because

rection

this city

of the prophets

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; death and of Jesus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has completely

resur-

the

lost

sight of the path to peace (Lk. 19:42).

In the Acts of the Apostles, Jerusa-

lem

is

the place of the gift of the Spirit,

of the birth of the Church

(2), the

munity of the disciples of Jesus to

is tc

take up the cross and follow Jesus.

the Sent One, the Savior, and it

Heb. 11,13;

11) with peace as a

(Is. 17).

over

.

and community

from the outside and thus a bone of contention between warring sides, it

govern the

Lessons of History

2:2, 56:6-7). Jerusa-

magistrate and justice as government

after

at the

Christians recalled that they are strang-

60: 1), ought to be a city

The

ascetii

where the Second

lem, aglow with the presence of God (Is.

sovereignty of Israel alone.

was an

sources, a time of testing during which

and the land, or refused to integrate

(Is.

It

time of biblical refreshment

middle of

to claim exclusive possession of the city

State of Israel, under the absolute

A theol-

ogy and spirituality of

Israeli posi-

(Is.

Madonna and Jerusalem.

everywhere.

become a house of prayer

for all peoples

in the

heart of Christianity

1:26-27) where the

that Jerusalem should remain

But when the newcomers tried

unique place

Lord dwells in ho-

will place the city in the

Temple

of

Cyril

will

faithful city (Is.

the nations (Ez. 5:5)

(Egeria,

Jerusalem). Jerusa-

(Ps. 68:18).

newcomers were

of the holy

Jerusalem

deed conflicting. The

the unified and eternal capital of the

time through the

For Christianity, Jerusalem is the place

acteristic.

is

in

tions

Their claims are very divergent, in-

tion

Holy Places

with the sanctification

pecially after the

and nourishing ... To be in Jerusalem is for every Christian to be at home. ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^

often the

at the

to Jerusalem, es-

gradually integrated into the local population.

acceptable

calendared celebra-

from the

Most

Him

prophets look up

the sea, from the

Present Positions

The pilgrimages

the Christ.

worship.

its

history the suc-

necessary to be able to approach

city of

witnessed

in future negotiations. Nevertheless,

is

human supremacy

against the prophetic character of

Jerusalem.

posted. But in the process Jerusa-

sovereignty over the

many pil-

grimages to Jerusalem

Through the prayerful reading of

current Arab-Israeli peace

on

cause of the

The Christian Vision of Jerusalem the Bible, Christians recognize in faith

The Peace Process is

li-

with political and cultural aspirations,

exclusivism or at least to the supremacy

tion of the

influenced the devel-

opment of diverse

vation has always gone hand in hand

viable situation scandalizes many.

process

every-

of the city

attracts believers, its present

The

JOANN KEANE

like

the mythical phoenix. Religious moti-

While the mystical

the foundation

all liturgies

turgical traditions, be-

of the Israeli-Pales-

at the heart

lit-

where and later deeply

become a

fortunately, the city has

It is

centuries the

came

value, Jerusalem has been a rallying

the region and elsewhere.

of

urgy of Jerusalem be-

symbolic and emotive

its

all

thermore, during the

citi-

first

zens, pilgrims or visitors.

itself receives

joys and hopes. Fur-

and har-

people, whether

Church

name of Jerusalem and relives

that city's anguish,

with a special vocation:

it

calling for reconciliation

cause of

the

unique nature of sanctity

Its

endows

the Liturgy, the

and

be His witnesses not only

com-

who are

in Jerusa-

is the

place of roots, ever living and nourish ing. In

Jerusalem

To be

in

is

born every Chris- I

Jerusalem

is

for ever]

For almost two thousand year: through so many hardships and the sue & cession of so

many powers,

the loca

Church with its faithful has always beei actively present in Jerusalem. Acros;

Church has beei and preaching thi

the centuries, the local

witnessing to the

life

member

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23, 1994

& Herald

Place Of Reconciliation For Mankind' ath and resurrection of Jesus Christ

the

same communities.

upon the same Holy Places, and its faith-

These rights which are

ful

have been receiving other brothers

already protected in the

and

sisters in the faith, as pilgrims, resi-

dent or in transit, inviting them to be

Quo of the Holy Places according to his-

reimmersed into the refreshing, ever liv-

torical

ing ecclesiastical sources. That continu-

other documents, should

ing presence of a living Christian

munity

com-

inseparable from the histori-

is

Through the

cal sites.

Status

continue to be recog-

and respected.

The Christians of the

nized

"living stones"

the holy archaeological sites take

on

"firmans" and

entire world,

Western or

Eastern should have the

"life."

right to come on pilgrim-

The City as Holy and as Other Cities The significance of Jerusalem for Christians thus has

two inseparable fun-

damental dimensions: 1

.

age to Jerusalem. They

ought to be able to find there all that is necessary to carry out their pilgrim-

A holy city with holy places most

age in the

spirit

of their

precious to Christians because of

authentic tradition: free-

their link with the history of salva-

dom to visit and to move around, to pray at holy sites, to embark into spiri-

tual attendance

and

re-

spectful practice of their faith, to

bility

enjoy the possi-

of a prolonged stay

A view of the City of Jerusalem as seen through a chapel window off Palm Sunday Road on Photo by CAROL HAZARD

and the benefits of hospitality

the Mount of Olives.

and dignified

lodgings.

The

communities

local Christian

can be "at home" in Jerusalem and

from the three monotheistic religions, in

ties,

addition to local political powers, ought

the international community.

toward both

their

own

local

mem-

to

be associated

Jerusalem

too precious to be depen-

dren of Abraham: Jews, Chris-

and na-

social, cultural, political

Among

all

The human

right of

â&#x20AC;˘

freedom of

Civil and historical rights

which

,

reli-

medical and

other duties of charity.

The right to have their own institu-

tions,

Assumption of Mary, Photo by CAROL HAZARD

such as hospices for pilgrims,

institutes for the study

and the

of the Bible

traditions, Centers for en-

counters with believers of other re-

and through Jesus

ligions, monasteries, churches,

Christ.

eteries,

A city with a community of Chris-

and so forth and the

have their

tians which has been living continu-

be.

tional guarantee is necessary.

Experience shows that such local

own

personnel

for political reasons or the

mankind, in particular the tians

and Muslims.

cerned to comprehend and accept the nature and deep significance

of Jerusalem City of God.

can appropriate

it

ways.

quired to violate the rights offree access

beyond

Holy Places. Therefore it is necessary to accord Jerusalem a special stat-

actions, tion, to

all

exclusivist visions or

and without discrimina-

consider the religious and

which will allow Jerusalem not to be

national aspirations of others, in

victimized by laws imposed as a result of

order to give back to Jerusalem its

ute

hostilities

or wars but to be an open city

which transcends local, regional or world political troubles. This statute,

true universal character

make of

and

selves, Christians recognize

reconciliatoion for humankind.

cem-

right to

man and

and respect

well as for local Jews and Muslims,

similar and parallel rights of Jewish and

Jerusalem

Muslim

not only a Holy City, but

where they

live,

ties.

believers and their

communi-

Christians declare themselves dis-

their right to continue to live

posed to search with Jews and Muslims

which

for a mutually respectful application of

these rights and for a harmonious coex-

that.

istence, in the perspective of the univer-

Legitimate Demands of C hristians for

sal spiritual

vocation of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem In so far as Jerusalem

is

the quintes-

Holy City, it above all ought to freedom of access to its holy places and freedom of worship. Those

Special Statute for Jerusalem All this presupposes a special judi-

sential

enjoy

full

rights of property ownership, custody

and worship which the different Churches have acquired throughout history should continue to be retained by

and political statute for Jerusalem which reflects the universal importance and significance of the city.

cial

(1) In order to satisfy the national

aspirations of all

its

inhabitants and in

order that Jews, Christians and Muslims

to

the city a holy place of

In claiming these rights for them-

for the local Christians, as

None

in exclusivist

We invite each party to go

claims of security, sometimes are re-

to the

chil-

We call upon all parities con-

run these institutions.

ally there since its origins.

from

whoever they may Experience shows that an interna-

authorities,

gious, educational

of the

dent solely on municipal or national

com-

allow them to carry out their

â&#x20AC;˘

is

political authorities,

these rights are:

munities.

obtain

a symbol and

is

enjoy the same fundamental rights for

but like

individuals and as religious

there freely, with all the rights

Jerusalem

of fraternity and peace for hu-

se,

worship and of conscience, both as

whence

Conclusion

community ought to be engaged in the stability and permanence of this statute.

â&#x20AC;˘

is

signifi-

other citizens, religious or not, should

tional.

also their native city

should also be guaranteed by

promise of the presence of God,

Local Christians, not only in their

all:

ij

Because of the universal

religious authori-

and

application of such a special statute.

(2)

capacity as Christians per

Thus

in the elaboration

and

cance of Jerusalem, the international

'

2.

local

them to continue their active presence in freedom and to fulfill their responsibilibers and toward the Christian pilgrims

tion fulfilled in

common by

political

all

throughout the world.

Church

established in

peace with one another, representatives

ties

ge

at

those rights to enable

should enjoy

Born in a stable, Jesus was placed in a manger, a trough to hold hay for horses or cattle similiar probably to the one in Israel shown above.

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People

In

suspended from the

Edward Madigan, Former

versial Italian priest

Agriculture Secretary, Dies

active ministry in 1985 because of his

SPRINGFIELD,

—

Ed(CNS) ward Madigan, a Catholic who was agriculture secretary in the last two years of the Bush administration, died Dec. 7 of complications from lung cancer. He was 58. Madigan also served nine terms in Congress from Illinois and in 1 989 lost a fight for House Republican whip to Rep.

Newt

111.

Gingrich, R-Ga.,

who

will

be the

speaker of the House in 1995. As agriculture secretary, he sought to make

programs more farmer-friendly and improve nutritional education.

been reinstated by

political activities has

Genoa Archdiocese. The

the

Spirit Of Christmas Awards An PORTAGE, Mich. (CNS)

—

interdenominational group, the Fellowship of

Merry

Christians,

is

giving

its

Scrooge Award and True Spirit of Christmas Present Award. The Scrooge Award goes to the Jesus Seminar, a group of 1 50 religious scholars, for publishing a book during the 1993 Christmas season that cast "serious doubts about who Jesus is and what he said."

The Fellowship of Merry Christians, based in Portage, announced the awards in their December issue of The Joyful Noiseletter. The True Spirit of Christmas Present Award was given to 82year-old Sherwood Eliot Wirt of Poway, Calif. for his newly published book, The Book ofJoy. Wirt is the former editor of Decision magazine, which he founded with the Rev. Billy Graham. His book focuses on joyful men and women of faith such as Rev. Graham, St. Francis of Assisi, and author and Holocaust surfirst

,

vivor Corrie ten

Boom.

Among Winners Of Parade Contest

NEW YORK (CNS) — A cloistered

nun from California and a longtime phoLouis archdiocesan newspaper are among the 1 00 winners of the "American Family" photo contest sponsored by Parade magazine and the tographer for the

St.

Meeting With Pope Strikes A Chord With Holiday Singers VATICAN CITY (CNS) It was

—

"Feliz Navidad, Papa," as Jose Feliciano

and a holiday assortment of

his fellow

singers in Vatican City for the annual

Christmas concert met with Pope John Paul II. "It was the biggest thing that could happen in my life," said Feliciano after meeting Pope John Paul Dec. 14, two days before the show opened. "He's a person I admire very much and I think he is one of the greatest popes of our time." Feliciano' s song "Feliz Navidad" ("Merry Christmas") was a pop Yuletide

who

ber of 240,500 amateur and professional

Each winner received $100, with an additional $200 publication fee going to the 44 winners whose photographs were published in the Dec. 1 1 Parade. Neither Sister Mary's nor Finke' s photos were published. issue of Parade.

GENOA, Italy (CNS)

— A contro-

Daly, 77,

money

— having enough money

job_"The big question

women

ordination of

to do its

not about the

is

or married clergy

will serve as coadjutor to Cardinal Cahal

who has been archbishop of Armagh, Northern Ireland, for four years.

Bishop-designate Brady has the automatic right to succeed Cardinal Daly as

or the decline in clergy or pedophilia or

archbishop but not as cardinal, although

abortion or assisted suicide," Msgr.

traditionally the archbishop of

Champlin said. "All are vital questions," he added, "but money is the crucial one

eventually has been appointed cardinal.

because without money

we simply can-

not carry on

all the things that need to be done in a vital parish." Msgr. Champlin, a priest for 38 years, is nationally known as an author of numerous popular books

about liturgy, marriage, family prayer, church stewardship

The Catholic Information Office

in

Dublin denied reports Cardinal Daly was about to step down. On his 75th birthday, Cardinal Daly submitted his resig-

nation as required by canon law. ever, acceptance is

up

How-

to the pope.

life,

and various

Cardinal Calls Civic, Church Leaders

other topics. His marriage preparation

To Form Corps To Fight Racism

book, Together for Life, has sold more than 5 million copies.

J.

DETROIT (CNS) —Cardinal Adam Maida of Detroit issued a call to metro

Detroit's business, civic

Sarajevo Cardinal Criticizes World Leaders For Failure To End War

and religious

leaders Dec. 6 to develop an initiative to

combat the

Bosnia-Herzegovina. "We can complain

deeply about politicians and about the powerful of the world because they avoid

"They delay

religious leaders know, community can-

was scheduled to perform at the Dec. 16 concert with her group "The Sisters of Glory."

ZAGREB,

Croatia

(CNS)

—

In a

Christmas message, Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo criticized world lead-

the right solutions," he said.

the end of the war, so our tragedy contin-

not be just an abstract concept;

The message was published Dec. 13 by the Catholic Press Agency of the Zagreb Archdiocese. The cardinal also

local, concrete

ues."

Catholic Astronaut Who Piloted 1971 Lunar Mission Dies GULFPORT, Miss. (CNS) Retired Air Force Col. Stuart Allen Roosa of Gulfport, a Catholic astronaut who piloted the 1971 Apollo 14 lunar mission, died Dec. 1 2 of complications from pancreatitis.

He was

61.

at

said

Pope John Paul II' s planned visit to

Sarajevo was stopped by "intrigues of the military and the politically powerful."

He did not elaborate.

it must be and specific. We need to nurture communities of place rather than communities of choice, to learn to accept lovingly all others as they are and where they are," he told more than 300 people who included Michigan Gov. John Engler and Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer.

Roosa was

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one of his sons in Arlington, Va.

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all,"

C HRISTMAS SPECIAL Controversal Italian Priest Reinstated By Archdiocese

lenging issue in the U.S. church today is

ers for failing to stop the fighting in

it

photographers entered the contest, and the winners were announced in the Dec. 11

bishop of Armagh, Ireland's primatial see. Archbishop-designate Brady, 55,

said gospel

trying to absorb

Roosa never walked the moon, though.

As the pilot for Apollo 14, he flew the command module "Kitty Hawk" around the moon, while fellow astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell trod the

has worked for 30 years with the St. Louis Review newspaper. A record num-

issues may get the headlines, but Msgr.

Joseph M. Champlin, a widely known author and lecturer, says the most chal-

Thelma Houston, cousin of singsuperstar Whitney Houston, who

still

him to pick another tune. "I'm

Park, Calif., and the

Finke, a free-lance photographer

— Pope

singer

standard for years. But concert organizers asked

He was on the astronaut support crew for

for Richard C.

(CNS)

Ireland

John Paul II has named Msgr. Sean Brady, former rector of Rome's Irish College and currently a pastor in Ballyhaise, Ireland, to be coadjutor arch-

effects of racism. Speaking an ecumenical breakfast held to pay tribute to him, Detroit's new cardinal suggested one way of "moving beyond prejudice" would be by "making a deliberate commitment to affirm and strengthen already existing neighborhoods and communities." "As my fellow

Eastman Kodak Company. It was the third win in a Parade/Kodak contest for Sister Mary of the Holy Spirit of Menlo first

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Baget Bozzo, 69, is also well-known for his numerous newspaper and magazine articles critical of Pope John Paul II. His reinstatement was announced Dec. 12 by the Genoa Archdiocese after Father Baget Bozzo did not seek re-election to the European Parliament. His term expired last June.

Cardinal Daly In Armagh

DUBLIN,

Priest Says

local bishop. Father

Pope Names Coadjutor For

moon-landing missions.

involves Father Giovanni Baget Bozzo,

—

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He was one of only six men to fly the command module on Apollo lunar surface.

twice-elected as a European Parliament

Fellowship Announces Scrooge,

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Pope Asks Prayers From Kids To Help Children Worldwide VATICAN CITY \

—

(CNS)

In a

Christmas letter to the world's children, Pope John Paul II requested prayers from young people to help ease the "unspeakable suffering" experienced by boys and girls around the globe.

"We must pray together and pray hard that humanity, made up of billions of human beings, may become more and more the family of God and able to live in peace," he said.

made

where children are daily

victims of a "raging" hatred, the

pope said the pain in his heart moved him to ask young people for their spiritual

"You

instinctively turn

away from

hatred and are attracted by love: For this

reason the pope

is

certain that

you

will

not refuse his request," he said in the 16-

1

letter,

released at the Vatican Dec.

5 Said to be the first papal document in .

history specifically addressed to chil-

marked the close of the 1994 Year of the Family.

In style and substance, the text was an unusual departure from Pope John

dren,

wanted

said a basic point he

was

all

God

that

loves them. The letter also made clear the

pope's own personal affection for younger people. He said that sometimes when he prays, "the faces of all the world's children pass before

my

eyes:

from the East to the West, from the North In explaining the meaning of Christmas, the letter evoked memories from the pope' s own boyhood in southern Poland the "peaceful feelings" the season would bring, the singing of carols around

—

the nativity scene.

help.

page

He

children to understand

to the South."

Citing war in the Balkans and ethnic strife in Africa,

daily when this suffering is in some way caused by grown-ups?" he said.

it

International

Paul IPs writings. In relatively simple language, it mixed a homily on Jesus

'

life

and arecounting of the pope' s own childhood memories of Christmas with a stark appraisal of the state of the world's children.

The Vatican press office, in an intro-

He

traced the early

life

of Jesus,

saying his dialogue with elders in the

temple at the age of 12 was a good reminder to young people today of the value of catechism lessons. "Do you

go to these lessons at school and in the parish? Do your parents help you to do so?" he asked.

Above all, the pope wrote, Jesus loved children and recognized that the simplicity of their faith was a key to salvation. People who are destined to go to heaven, he said, are child-like: "full of trust, rich in goodness and pure."

The pope said one reason he was entrusting world problems to the spiritual efforts of young people was because

regularly

God "eagerly

Pope John Paul

awaits" their prayers.

said the text con-

"What enormous power the prayer of children has! This becomes a model

trasted with the sugary prose often present

for grown-ups themselves: Praying with

in children' s literature

simple and complete trust means praying

true

and represented a pastoral and educational document

as children pray," he said.

ductory statement, described the letter as a "miniencyclical."

It

II

holds a child during his

released a special

First

letter to children last

Communion

is

a great family

In it the pope said that while children

portance of the sacraments, emphasizing

and photographs of the event can bring back the emotions of those important moments.

Communion can also be the source

and society, many today are suffering and

Holy Communion and again dwelling on

of heroic spiritual strength for children,

the pope's

threatened.

remember as though it were yesterday,"

"They are hungry and poor, they are dying from diseases and malnutrition,

he said of his

The papal

for children.

are usually a joy to their parents

explained the im-

letter

own experiences first

as a boy. "I

Communion

in the

celebration, he said,

he

said.

He cited examples of child marchurch such as St. was slain as he carried

tyrs of the early

Tarsicius,

who

the Eucharist to Christian prisoners in

local parish church.

visit to

Uganda

week. (CNS

file

in

1993. The holy father

photo)

the third century.

The pope encouraged all children to be open to their calling in life, whether it may be marriage or perhaps a vocation to the priesthood or religious life.

He closed his letter with a prayer to Your tiny hand, Divine Child, and bless these young friends of Yours, bless the children of all

the baby Jesus: "Raise

the earth."

they are the victims of war, they are

abandoned by their parents and condemned to remain without a home, without the warmth of a family of their own," he

said.

"How can we not care, when we see the suffering of so

many children, espe-

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Jovenes guatemaltecos que formaron el coro en la primera misa celebrada totalmente en espanol en la parroquia de San Carlos Borromeo, en Morganton, N.C.

El Padre Ken Whittington compartiendo con algunos de comunidad al terminar la Misa.

los

miembros de

la

Morganton, Una Experiencia De Verano Por

ARTURO DE AGUILAR

era suficiente bueno aiin para comunicar

"^Hispanos? No, aquf casi no hay.

Solo tenemos una familia mexicana que asiste a la Misa en ingles y eso es todo, aunque a veces se ven algunos en los supermercados o en las gasolineras".

Estas fueron las palabras del padre Ken Whittington la primera vez que hable con el respecto a si habfa alguna comunidad hispana en la parroquia de Morganton, N.C., dondeel es paparroco.

Hace poco mas de dos anos que estuve trabaj ando durante el verano en la parroquia de St. Charles Borromeo en Morganton. El director vocacional queria que estuviera en un ambiente cien por ciento americano, de modo que mejorara mi destreza en el idioma ingles y tuviera la experiencia de trabaj ar con una comunidad americana. Al principio me asuste pues me dijeron que ahf no habfa gente que hablara espanol y mi ingles no

todo lo que queria.

Mis conocimientos estadfsticos me decfan que en ese pueblito tenia que haber hispanos, por tanto comence mi biisqueda. local para

Al inscribirme en la escuela tomar clases de ingles al

principio solo encontre orientales, pero

mas ellos

tarde llegaron varios hispanos y me dijeron donde podia encontrar

mas gente: en las canchas de baloncesto, en las lavanderias y a la salida del trabajo en una "fabrica de polios", como ellos le llaman. Mi sorpresa fue grande cuando descubri que hay mas de 500 personas hispanas viviendo en Morganton y en los alrededores.

La mayoria de

los hispanos

en esa

area son personas que han venido de

Guatemala y algunos otros de Centro y Sur America. Entonces le comente al padre que habfa "descubierto" un monton

Mensaje de Navidad tenemos que cambiar, siguiendo

que celebramos este domingo:

de veinte siglos, todavfa tenemos guerras, hambre, injusticias, divisiones en las familias y el crimen y las drogas son casi parte de nuestra vida diaria, somos nosotros los que no hemos aprendido ese

el

nacimiento del Hijo de Dios.

Al leer el Evangelio de San Lucas que corresponde a la Misa de medianoche

me

he puesto a reflexionar en los versfculos que dicen: "De pronto, en torno al angel, aparecio una legion del ejercito celestial, que aclamaba a Dios, diciendo: Gloria a Dios en el cielo, y en la tierra, paz a los hombres que Dios

ama ".

En tarjetas navidenas, en canciones y cuando queremos expresar paz y amor escribimos o decimos: "paz a los hombres de buena voluntad". Yo creo que estamos usando equivocadamente esa frase. Dios no da paz y no ama solo a los que tienen buena voluntad. El ama y desea la paz para todos. Nosotros somos los que para hacernos dignos de ese amor y esa paz

se publicara la

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semana pr6xima. La 6 de

siguiente edicion sera la del dfa

Enero.

el

la

verdadero

sentido y mensaje de dicha frase.

Cuando en un dfa como este despues

mensaje.

Cuando en medio de esa noche oscura nace Jesus, es la voluntad de Dios que manda a su hijo para que nos traiga la luz que nos ilumine, la Buena Noticia que El nos ama y que quiere la paz para todos

manos del Senor.

La fecha de la Misa se acercaba y yo

y junto con ello les dire lo que ha pasado con la comunidad hispana de Morganton.

Son mis deseos que aceptemos

pasado casi cincuenta anos desde que se creo la primera oficina para la pastoral hispana y es por ello que la Iglesia local de Estados Unidos esta planeando una convocatoria nacional a ser llevada a

cabo en San Antonio, Texas para proximo ano en el mes de junio.

Al dar su reporte a los obispos de

todos, en

nombre

del Padre Jaime, los

del staff y del consejo, unas navidades llenas de paz y felicidad en union de todos sus seres queridos y que el nino Jesus sea la luz inextinguible que siempre les gufe.

Sinceramente, Luis Wolf

el

la

nacion sobre el trabajo del Comite de Asuntos Hispanos, el obispo Roberto Gonzalez de Boston, dijo que la convocatoria del 23 al 25 de junio

proximo sera una muestra del renovado compromiso con los hispanos, que son un tercio de la Iglesia en la nacion.

Correccion

la

voluntad de Dios, para ver brillar su gloria y esplendor en un mundo libre de sufrimientos, y llenos de esperanza podamos oir al coro celestial cantar "Gloria a Dios en el cielo".

Con este mensaje quiero desearles a

!

En el artfculo "El Adviento" (Nov. 25) se dijo que la fiesta de Cristo Rey era parte del tiempo del Adviento y no es asf, pues esta fiesta es aun parte de

.

llego y todo estaba listo, solo faltaba ver si venfa gente o no. Bueno, el final de la historia se las dire en la proxima edicion

Pastoral Hispana Cumplira

por igual.

miembros Nota: The Catholic News

no vefa mucha respuesta, pues poca gente me habfa asegurado que estaria presente.

Asf que pense que habfa dejado mucho en las manos del Senor y quise ayudarle otro poco llendo de casa en casa (;que poca fe la mfa ) Term que no fuera nadie y que el padre se desanimara. Mi unico consuelo era que cuando invite a los muchachos del coro, en vez de venir solo los seis que me dijeron que vendrian a los ensayos, llegaron como veinticinco. Su animo para preparar la Misa me alento y pense que con solo el coro valfa la pena celebrar la Eucaristfa en espanol.

Finalmente el dfa de celebrar la Misa

WASHINGTON (CNS)â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Han

Estimados lectores: Hace dfas que estoy tratando de coordinar mis ideas para poder escribir unas lfneas con motivo de la festividad

voluntad de Dios. Este es

de gente que hablaba espanol y que no iban a Misa porque no entendfan el ingles.

Surgio la idea de organizar una Misa en espanol. Si el se animaba, yo le podfa ensenar lo basico para hacerlo. Desde el primer momento el padre se mostro muy entusiasmado con la idea y comenzamos a practicar la Misa y las oraciones. Por otro lado, encontre un grupo de muchachos guatemaltecos que se reunfan en las casas para cantar y les invite para tocar los cantos de la Misa y aceptaron gustosos. Comenzamos los ensayos por ambos lados, de la musica y de la celebration. Solo faltaba atraer a la gente, pero despues de una invitation contfnua en los supermercados, las lavanderias y "regando" la voz, lo demas estaba en

50 Anos

Un comite de obispos esta trabaj ando en una declaracion sobre el papel de la prescencia hispana en la evangelization.

El borrador de esta declaracion sera enviado a los obispos en enero para que realicen una consulta con los lfderes de la pastoral hispana en sus diocesis.

Terminos Teologicos

ABANDONO: <,En quien hemos de confiar? Desde el principio de los tiempos,

cuando Dios le prohibio al hombre comer del fruto del arbol de la ciencia, lo invita afiarse solo de El para discernir el bien del mal. Creer en la palabra divina es escoger entre dos sabidurias, fiarse de la de Dios y renunciar a poner la confianza en el propio sentir. Jesus nos invita a abrirnos, como los ninos, al don de Dios.

Es dejar todos nuestros controles en manos de Dios y decir: "Senor, has de mf lo que quieras".

la ultima semana del tiempo ordinario.

To Our Friends

Ademas, dicha fiesta hace referencia

Luis Wolf gives his Christmas message to our readers. An article about Arturo de Aguilar s summer experience

primordialmente a la segunda venida gloriosa de Jesucristo y no tanto a la primera, como se podria interpretar.

El verbo latino del que proviene la palabra "Adviento" se deletrea correctamente advenire y de esta palabra se deriv6 el sustantivo

Morganton. The Hispanic Ministry in the United States will celebrate its 50th anniversary at a national convention in

adventus.

San Antonio, Texas, next June.

'

in the

new Hispanic community

in

i

The Catholic News

December 23, 1994

IFeliz

Navidad!

Navidadde 1994

Jesus se ha identificado con cada uno de nosotros, incluso la persona mas Al hacer esto, Jesus nos proporciona la manera de expresar nuestro amor por Dios. El Papa Juan XXIII escribio "Cualquiera que tiene un corazon lleno de amor, siempre tiene algo que dar." Dandole a otros es que manifestamos nuestro amor por Dios. Nuestros familiares, amigos y vecinos son los que primero reciben nuestro amor. Sin embargo, nuestro amor debe llegar al mas vulnerable en medio de nosotros, especialmente el pobre, el desolado y el que no tiene hogar. jDando amor al los mas insignificantes en medio de nosotros es que verdaderamente devolvemos el amor de Dios!

Que nuestra celebration del nacimiento de nuestro Salvador nos traiga toda gracia celestial. Que su amor viva dentro de nuestro corazon y se manifieste en el amor que le ofrecemos a los demas. insignificante sobre la tierra.

Mis queridos amigos: Al prepararnos para celebrar alegremente el nacimiento de nuestro Salvador, aprovecho esta oportunidad para agradecerles la calurosa y carinosa bienvenida que me han ofrecido como su nuevo obispo. Su amabilidad y estfmulo han demostrado una bendicion especial del Senor.

Hace algunos anos, mientras dirigfa un retiro para la Madre Teresa en la India, la Madre compartio conmigo la siguiente reflexion: "iQue amor tan grande es este que Dios Padre tiene por nosotros, enviando a Su Hijo a un mundo que con frecuencia rechaza Su amor? Solo en el cielo entenderemos completamente la grandeza de tal amor, que nuestro Dios da su vida por nosotros, pecadores." El vino a pagar una deuda que El no debfa porque nosotros debemos una deuda que no podemos pagar.

Navidad, por lo tanto, es mucho mas que decoraciones de brillantes colores y regalos para las personas amadas y los amigos; es una epoca para hacer una pausa y reflexionar piadosamente sobre el amor de Dios a nosotros y la devolution de amor que le ofrecemos a El

jFeliz

Single, Pregnant

Women

HAZARD

CHARLOTTE — The Virgin Mary could find no room at the inn. But a pregnant mother with no place to go this

Christmas found refuge

at

Room at the

Inn.

A Charlotte home for unwed mothRoom at the Inn opened this month and welcomed its first residents. "Beth Ann," 15 years old and six months preg-

ers,

Find Refuge

To Volunteer CHARLOTTE— Connie McVey

Associate Editor

of Catholic Social Services, Winston-

Navidad y Venturoso Afio Nuevo!

Guillermo G. Curlin, Obispo de Charlotte

.

By CAROL

& Hei

New Room

In

The

At

Inn

r

Salem, will conduct a volunteer training program for Room at the Inn at St. Ann Church, Charlotte, on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Pre-registration is not required. Cost for lunch and materials is $7.50. For more information, call (704) 364-4050.

moved into Room at the Inn so she could find help making the right deci-

ship in the home,"

sions.

really

nant,

Referred by Gaston County Crisis

Pregnancy, Beth Ann is interested in putting her baby up for adoption. But she also needs

some direction

in life.

Room

Inn will help her with both.

"The two gifts we hope to give to our

at the

residents are a sense of personal respon-

and a home where Jesus is present," said Al Hodges, executive director. Although Room at the Inn is a sibility

Hodges

says. "If

"This

is

a

way

for Catholics to put

their faith in action, to reach out to all

young women who are facing unexpected pregnancies," says Maggi Nadol, Re-

"We

feel this

home helps complete the who believe in the sancAs director of residential

circle for those tity

pregnant mothers regardless of religious

services for Room at the Inn,

affiliation.

registered nurse

Residents are expected to cook and clean as well as contribute financially if

house

"Even

if

they can contribute

only $2 a week, they need to feel owner-

2219 Park Rd. Charlotte, NC (704) 377-6130 Se vende ropa usada en muy buenas condiciones y nueva ternos de mujer.

Servicio de tintoreria $.87 camisas de hombre. Alteraciones de ropa en general. Movias y Formales.

Alterations

& Consignment

Dry Cleaning Station Pick-Up Same Day Service

In

spect Life coordinator for the diocese.

Catholic ministry, the home helps single,

possible.

we

want these young women to change their lives, they need to be able to assume responsibility and to know that their hope lies in Jesus."

of

life."

staff

—

Nadol

—a

will supervise the

Maggi Nadol of the

and program.

first

(r),

director of residential services for

residents of the

home

for

Room at the

Inn,

chats with one

unwed mothers. Photo by CAROL HAZARD

The seven-bedroom, four-bath house off South Boulevard

expected to be

filled

and another $4,000 from independent councils.

of people throughout the diocese, we have made this dream come true," Hodges

had been in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, Jesus would not have been bora in a manger," Hodges

is

within a couple weeks. "After months of hard work and the generosity

says. "I

know it's Christmas, but if feels

more like Thanksgiving with all the people who have helped made this possible."

Hodges extends a special thank you to "perpetual adorers who keep us in prayer" as well as the Knights of Columbus. The Catholic men's service organization donated almost

all

the furniture

and contributed $2,000 from the N.C.

State Council

"I

know

if

the Knights

says.

The privately run Room at the Inn is not funded by the Diocesan Support

on on an annual $ 1 20,000 shoestring budget. "We' re Appeal or with tax

dollars. It relies

private donations to operate

Raskob Foundation selected Room at the

week for a $20,000 challenge That means the Wilmington, Del.based foundation will contribute $20,000 if the home can raise a matching amount.

The Raskob Foundation helps promising new projects with seed money. In order to be considered for a grant, a project must be listed in the Catholic Directory and a letter of support received Inn

from the

Things are indeed looking good. The

local bishop.

"We are honored that we were cho-

struggling but things are looking good,"

says Hodges.

last

grant.

sen

among hundreds of applications," says. "And we are grateful to

Hodges

Bishop (William G.) Curlin and Msgr.

Mortgage Network,

Inc.

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

Tax Deferred Annuity

10.85% Current Interest (Includes first-year bonus)

Beth Manning

Loan

Officer

Call (704) 536-4575

After 5

PM 365-6601

Voice Mail 559-3597

P. O'Rourke Certified Public Accountant 4921 Albemarle Road, Suite 116 Charlotte, NC 28205

Joseph

Dennis Glass

consultation, planning, and preparation for individuals and small businesses.

Accounting services available.

(704) 254-5575 Member, Basilica of St. Lawrence

(704) 568-7886

No

front-end or annual fees For complete details, call me!

(John

J.)

McSweeney

for their support

and for making this grant possible." The Raskob Foundation receives some 1,200 applications and awards $4 million a year with 90 percent of the awards for $10,000 or less.

Tax

To donate, write to Room at the Inn, P.O. Box 30544, Charlotte, NC 282300544. All contributions are tax deductible.

14 The Catholic

& Herald

News

December

23, 1994

Diocesan News Briefs KOf C Supper

— The Knights of

HIGH POINT

testing fee on the day of the test.

Students need to bring two #2 pencils.

$10

Columbus will sponsor supper and bingo

In case of inclement weather, a radio

Saturday, Jan. 14 at Immaculate Heart

announcement will be made. The postponement date is Saturday, Feb. 18. For more information, call (704) 335-1334.

of Mary School. Parishioners, members of the school community and Christ the

King parishioners

are

Of Appreciation.

welcome. Babyper child.

sitting is available at $1

Saturday Devotion BELMONT Begin the new year

First

Gifts

—

Winter Coats

CLEMMONS — Holy Family Par-

ish

is

FIRST

collecting winter coats for

(Forsyth Initiative for Residential Self-

with First Saturday Devotion Jan. 7 at

Help Treatment), a long-term, co-educa-

Belmont Abbey.

Rosary is at 9:30 a.m., followed by confessions at 10:30 a.m. and Mass at

tional, self-help rehabilitation center for

the Lourdes Grotto at

1 1

:30 a.m. For details, call Terri or Phil

at

(704) 888-6050.

who seek a life of independence, and purpose. To donate, call

people

integrity

Harold Reese, (910) 727-0330.

Liturgy Day Program

—

King Celebration Materials

A

CHARLOTTE The Liturgy Day Program for 1995 is Saturday, Feb. 1 1 at

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday celebration packet of resource materials is available for $12 from the National

Office of Worship at (704) 437-3 108 for

Catholic Conference for Interracial Jus-

details.

3033 Fourth D.C. 20017.

tice,

St.

St.

St.

Patrick Cathedral. Call the Diocesan

—

ASHEVILLE Healing Masses at Joan of Arc Church are the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m., followed by refreshments in the activity St.

GREENSBORO— St. Paul'sEmergency Night Shelter needs volunteers to serve and the loan of cots for the month of January. To help, call Rich Houseknecht at (910) 288-5291.

CHARLOTTE

—

Celebrated re-

John Michael Talbot will perform Saturday, Feb. 25 at St. Gabriel Church. Tickets are available at parish offices or from St. Ann Parish Evangelization Commission. Preferred seating tickets cost $15, general admission tickets cost $ 1 0 and tickets at the door will be cording

artist

sold for $12,

if

available.

Polish Mass

CHARLOTTE —

St.

Ann Church

have a Polish language Mass on Christmas day at 2 p.m. will

—

Thomas

St.

Aquinas Church has Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Fridays from 7 30- 8 3 0 p m during the month of December. :

.

:

.

KANNAPOLIS

—

Joseph

Church's New Year's Eve Party is Saturday, Dec. 3 1 from 8 p.m.-l a.m. in the Activity Center. Cost is $12 each or $20 per couple and includes admission, party favors, entertainment, mixers and breakfast. The event is BYOB and participants must be 1 8 years of age or older.

Tickets are for sale after Masses at St.

St.

Lecture

is

required in the

Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools office (MACS) by Jan. 27 Current MACS .

eighth graders are required to submit a

A

CATHOLIC

$80. For

CHARLOTTE Mary Jo Holtzman, marriage and family therapist from Catholic Social Services, will facilitate a five-part series on "Keys to Loving Relationships" at St. John Neumann Church on Sundays, Jan. 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5 and 12, from 7-8:30 p.m.There is no fee and all are welcome.

For information or pre-registration, call (704) 535-4197.

CHARLOTTE

On Medjugorje

author of two best-selling books, Medjugorje: The Message, and Letters From Medjugorje, will speak at St. Paul the Apostle Church on Monday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. A convert to Catholicism three years ago, Weible is a former newspaper publisher and columnist who writes and lectures on Medjugorje and personal experiences from his 18 trips there. For more information, call (910) 288-1484.

families

is

information, call (704) 926-3833.

Joseph Churches.

incoming ninth graders is Saturday, Feb. 4 from 8:30 a.m.-l 1 :30 a.m. on campus in the Begley Building.

new

lead the retreat. Donation

—

St.

GREENSBORO— Wayne Weible,

A completed admissions application

Waters Catholic

Reflection Center. Dorothy T. Foss will

Series On Relationships

New Year's Eve Party

Catholic High School placement test for

for

Jan. 27-29 at Living

Ultreya Meeting Charlotte

of their

Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament

James and

CCHS Placement Testing CHARLOTTE — The

some

center.

CHARLOTTE Winter Concert

formation classes at St.

in faith

recently donated

Healing Service

Paul's Shelter

Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte Halloween candy and personal items to Navy personnel aboard five ships taking part in the Haiti operation. EN2 Sipos and ET2 Stewart of the Naval and Marine Reserve Center in Charlotte pick up boxes containing the 1 ,000 packages to go to the ships. Perishable items like chocolate candy were donated to the Salvation Army soup kitchen. It is the second year for the program. In 1993, the gifts from the children went to Army troops in Somalia.

Children

N.E., Washington,

movement will have

—

The Cursillo

a monthly Ultreya

meeting at St. Gabriel Church in the Fellowship Hall Dec. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news briefs. Good photographs, preferably black and white, also are welcome.

Please submit news releases and photos at least 10 days before the date of publication.

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&.

1

1 raid

World and National Briefs CHAMPAIGN,

111.

was rewas issued because no one is

punishment. The original

Another Study Shows U.S. Church Giving On Decline

(CNS)

— U.S.

leased in again,

November

Horkan

1984.

said,

letter It

Christians continue to give less money to

saying anything against the death pen-

their churches, a new study says. In

alty.

the average

1

992

American spent three times

as much on gambling as the average U.S.

church member gave to church, it says.

In an analysis of lifestyle costs, it suggests that one of the big reasons for a decline in church giving is that Americans are spending ever bigger chunks of

income on material comforts and luxuries. It was released Dec. 9 by Empty

The

intended to stimulate addressed to all Florida

letter,

discussion,

is

church members. "A moral consensus in opposition to the death penalty has developed within the leadership of our communions," said the letter signed by Florida church leaders, including the state' s eight active Catholic bishops.

their

Michigan Supreme Court Decision

Church was not among denominations analyzed, but several other studies in

involved in the debate," Cardinal

a nonprofit Christian research

and service organization in Champaign.

Funding was provided by the Lilly Endowment, which gives extensive support to research in religion.

recent years have

The Catholic

shown that the typical

Catholic gives considerably less to the

Church than the declining

more

and have been

typical Protestant

that Catholic rates of giving

rapidly than Protestant

rates.

Provost Says In U.S. Anyone Can Succeed But Needs Right Tools

SAN JOSE, Calif.

(CNS)

—

In the

United States, where success is "not a matter of birth but of your own will," youths need to be given the right tools so "they can make it," the provost of

—

J.

Maida of Detroit said Dec.

lic

ments

and

14.

Adam

Catho-

pro-life leaders said they

were

pleased with the decision, which said

nate U.S. and Vatican aid efforts.

The

early

November

people

throughout the world, sources told Catho-

efforts with various Catholic charities

to the pope in late November, but said he

operating in world trouble spots.

could not release the message.

Sources said Clinton told the pope that "in a world with too many man-

ried that foreign aid money to some of the

made and States

natural disasters" the United

and the Vatican should explore system to facilitate

ment

Valentin, assistant press officer for the

PEORIA,

111.

(CNS)

— The Dio-

lics in

both dioceses, they characterized

following up on a suggestion once

better coordinated and more effective

if,

French bishops' conference. No specific dates have been proposed for the 1996 and 1997 visits, and the Vatican has not officially replied yet, said Valentin.

pope

The

expected to announce the site of the 1997 youth event when he is in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 15 during the closing Mass of the 1995 youth day. Paris is the main site being considered for the 1 997 event, said Church sources involved in planning the youth day. is

made

by Cardinal Pio Laghi, former papal pro-nuncio to the United States, that dioceses with

many

priests help those

its

erty

Timor Court Sentences NonCatholic For Host Desecration

—

KEFAMEN ANU, Indonesia (CNS) A district court in western Timor

Irish

Deacon Ordained For Russia

Where Most Priests Are Foreign MOSCOW (CNS) An Irish semi-

—

become

the

re-established in April

first

Catholic

1991. Philip

expected to work in Russian parishes for much of his pastoral ministry, was ordained by Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, apostolic administrator of European Russia, at a special

is

Mass attended by the Irish ammembers and friends.

sentenced a Protestant to four years in

bassador, family

he was arrested for illegally consuming a consecrated host at a Mass

Archbishop Kondrusiewicz has repeatedly warned that more Russian priests are needed to give permanence and legal

jail after

CHD' s total funding for 1 994 has reached

in

more than $8 million, the highest amount

security to the church's mission.

ever for a single year. Recipients of $7.2

crowded streets outside the courthouse in Kefamenanu awaiting the verdict on

million in self-help grants were announced

Herman Kanu.

rently

March 1994. Some 3,000 Catholics

Catholics in

Atambua

tered Catholic parishes.

gymen are Russian.

of Columbia and

UC A News, an Asian church news agency

Puerto Rico. There are funded projects in 1 17 Catholic dioceses.

based in Thailand. Kanu, 30, attended Sunday Mass at St. Nicolas Church in Kefamenanu March 27 and joined those

Death Penalty No Deterrent, Florida Catholic Official Says TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CNS) 'The more we execute people, the more

receiving

crime we have," said the executive director of the Florida Catholic Conference as a 1 0-year-old letter about the death penalty in Florida was reissued. The Catholic official, Thomas A. Horkan Jr., joined the Rev. Walter Horlander, executive director of the Florida Council of

mouth.

states, the District

—

Churches, Nov. 29 in reissuing a Letter to Christians in Florida opposing capital

working in the country' s 63 regis-

verdict in the desecration

reported

Communion. He was recognized as non-Catholic when parishioners saw him make the sign of the cross with his left hand before putting the host in his

starving children

— we have

life-saving efforts," Flynn said.

for the blind.

Pope Tells Bosnian Widows Their Sacrifices Help Homeland LORETO, Italy (CNS)— PopeJohn Paul II told widows from BosniaHerzegovina that their sacrifices and continuing faith in Christ would help bring peace to their homeland. The pope met Dec. 10 with 200 widows from Sarajevo and other parts of the former Yugoslav republic during a one-day visit to Loreto. The papal visit marked the end of a nine-month prayer campaign for Italy and the beginning of the 700th anniversary celebrations of the Holy House of Loreto, which tradition says was Mary s house in Nazareth, flown by angels to Italy in 1294 after a brief stop in Yugoslavia. During the visit, Pope John Paul spoke at length about the need '

for Italians

—

the vast majority of whom

are baptized Catholics

—

to put their

faith into practice in political,

and social

economic

life.

Turkish Leader Warns Of Growing Gap Between Islam, West On Bosnia LONDON (CNS) —Turkey s Prime Minister Tansu Ciller has told Western Europe that its actions in the former Yugoslavia are widening the gap between the traditionally Christian West and the Islamic world. "We should try to '

avoid a clash of cultures and religions," she said in an interview in the Dec. 9 London-based weekly newspaper, The

Help From Church, Pope Says FamiVATICAN CITY (CNS) lies with disabled members deserve help from Church communities in overcoming emotional trials and forms of dis-

rights "regardless of ethnic origin, reli-

Families Of Disabled Need

—

Pope John Paul II said. The Gospel accounts of Christ's

crimination,

attention to the

—

Two of the cler-

— feeding

European. "What is emerging in the Muslim world is a feeling that if the Bosnians had not been Muslims, but Christians, the European attitude would have been different," said Ciller. The murder of Bosnian Muslims goes against the European ideal of defending human

pope cited

French Bishops Invite Pope For 1996 Visit, 1997 Youth Day PARIS (CNS) The French bishops want to give Pope John Paul II a champagne tour of France in 1996 and host his 1 997 World Youth Day in Paris The invitations for the two papal trips

A total

of 54 priests from 15 nations are cur-

Diocese said they were satisfied with the trial,

some kind of supervised

"Those of us who have seen what

Andrews, who

sis-

ter-diocese arrangement started in 1 993,

is

U.S. aid is doing in Rwanda and Somalia

ness outside the diocese.

tance and care." Discussion about a

"think this

president specifically said that

The

Catholic Church's domestic anti-pov-

46

most desperate parts of the world would be cut in the current U.S. budget battle.

Those wielding the budget ax, he said,

U.S. and Vatican aid efforts could be

WASHINGTON (CNS) The Campaign for Human Development, the

276. The projects are located in

was wor-

welfare program."

information sharing."

deacon ordained in Moscow since the 1917 Marxist revolution, and the first in a major part of European Russia since a formal Catholic Church structure was

is

said he

were confirmed Dec. 13 by Bruno

to create "a

207 parishes and missions; Rapid City has 77 priests for its 109 parishes and missions. Three Peoria priests filled in this summer for Rapid City priests who were vacationing or tending to busi-

September. The total number of 1994

The ambassador

Into Sister See Agreement

for

in

One of Flynn' s goals as ambassador tance programs and to coordinate aid

narian has

grants

were a better

sador to the Vatican, confirmed Dec. 14

with fewer priests. Peoriahas 305 priests

program, has awarded $817,183 in economic development grants to 35 lowincome groups involved in creating jobs and businesses in their communities.

Bishop James H. Garland of Marquette, Mich., chairman of the U.S. bishops' CHD committee, announced the national grants Dec. 9. With the newest grants

said, if there

that he had delivered a letter from Clinton

Dec. 5 issue.

—

it

coordination of relief efforts.

has been to promote humanitarian assis-

the relationship as one of "mutual assis-

In Economic Development Grants

Available resources could be used more effectively,

Two U.S. Dioceses Enter

have entered into a sister-diocese relationship believed to be a first between U.S. dioceses. In a joint letter issued by Bishops John J. Myers of Peoria and Charles J. Chaput of Rapid City to Catho-

CHD Gives Additional $800,000

world has sorely taxed the internacommunity's ability to respond.

to make sure people understand these are

in a keynote speech to kick off an

to be.

tional

News Service in Rome.

Raymond L. Flynn, the U.S. ambas-

You're born with a blank slate and you always have a chance in this country," saidRice,She is the youngest, the first black and the first woman to serve as provost of Stanford. She was recently included among 50 people named as young leaders by Time magazine in its

want

and problems.

The letter reportedly said that the number and scale of humanitarian crises in the

letter praised

the Church's "invaluable material and

lic

sibilities

through their diplomatic representatives, they shared "field reports" on humani-

ceses of Peoria and Rapid City, S.D.,

Seton School in the Diocese of San Jose.

She is the honorary chairwoman of the funding campaign. "The best thing about America is that you can be anything you

manitarian diplomacy" to better coordi-

tarian assistance needs, distribution pos-

ways

made the com-

endowment fund drive for St. Elizabeth

Presi-

dent Bill Clinton has written to Pope John Paul II proposing a system of "hu-

no constitutional right to suicide and which affirmed a previous state law that had set penalties of up to five years in prison and a $ 1 0,000 fine for assisting in a suicide. The previous law expired in November, and the two houses of the Michigan Legislature failed in December to agree on a permanent ban.

there is

Stanford University told a Catholic audience. Condoleezza Rice

Coordinate Humanitarian Efforts VATICAN CITY (CNS) —

spiritual support" to suffering

Against Assisted Suicide Praised DETROIT (CNS) The Michigan Supreme Court's Dec. 13 decision upholding the state's ban on assisted suicide points up the need for "clear and continuing education on the moral issues

Tomb,

Clinton Proposes U.S.,Vatican

gion, color or sex," she said.

handicapped and said

local churches should likewise welcome

the disabled in their midst. "Liberating the

human being from evil and from the

discrimination caused by his difficulties requires the willingness to be with that

person in order to share his condition," he said in remarks to an Italian move-

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News

& Herald

December

Gears

Shifting

Annual Prep Holiday Basketball Tourney To Benefit Holy Angels

College Grad Jumps Off Fast Track To Join Jesuit Volunteers

—

BELMONT The Third Annual Holy Angels Holiday Tournament, sponsored by Charlotte Catholic High School, is Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 28-29 at Charlotte Catholic High School. Boys and girls basketball teams from Char-

JOANN KEANE

By

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — The next step he takes could change the course of his life

At 23 years of age, Chris Keber is putting his professional dreams on hold to answer a calling to help others.

As one of the newest members of the Jesuit Volunteers International, Keber forever.

lotte Catholic,

game with members of

Dec. 27, Keber boards a transPacific flight. Five days later he'll arrive east of the international dateline, in the

New Year

CHRIS KEBER

celebration coincides with a fresh ap-

proach to life.

He' s not running away; life has been good for the 1 993 Georgetown graduate with a major in international relations.

Following graduation, he formed a limited partnership exploring land develop-

ence for volunteers, as their own spirituality develops while in service to others.

ment. Recently, Keber watched a PBS which he helped proelection special air nationally. He planned to go duce

August; summer in the city and hot, as he

—

law school. Keber was fast- tracking.

In June, he went on a five-day silent retreat run by the Jesuits in Wernersville, to

Pa.

Keber

listened closely to his con-

words of his spiritual with newly discovered

science, and to the advisor.

He

wisdom

that sent

left

him

in pursuit of self-

less service to others.

came

an understanding that I neither deserved nor earned any of the advantages I had received, and felt a strong calling to help others," says Keber, a 1989 Charlotte Catholic High School "I

to

graduate.

Back

in

Washington, D.C., he con-

tinued discussions with his advisor, as his calling

began

to manifest.

"Volun-

came up, and I started looking at different programs. The Peace Corps was one, the Jesuit Volunteers Interna-

teering

tional the other," says Keber,

who

be-

came disillusioned with the precise crite-

"I

little

frustrated," says

waits for his morning bus. Although the dream of serving in the volunteer corps

PBS production.

He climbs on the bus and slumps into an available seat. A young woman settles

is

an independent orga-

from

the Society of Jesus. Volunteers

work

alongside Jesuits, assisting in schools, pastoral and social service projects. Since

1956, JVI in collaboration with Jesuits,

has helped infuse spirituality into the volunteers at work, in

community and

"As

a parting shot,

I

say that

open up —

if

if anyanything happens to one goes on medical leave or an emerI'm ready to leave in gency arises January," says Keber. "Put my name on the list," he says. "If anything happens,

—

"The

came about 90 minutes

call

after lunch," says

Keber.

A position had

opened in Micronesia. The Jesuit Volunwere trying to fill it immediately.

By the way, it starts in January, the office tells

Located

halfway between the Philippines and Hawaii, his assignment takes him to a Third World country. This is no trip to Club Med. Keber' s existence will parallel that of an islander. It's an isolated village, and the international relations major embraces the challenge. Four days later, an accepted volunteer, Keber undergoes a makeshift orientation, and a barrage of malaria and gamma globulin

Keber pursued the Jesuit Volunteers International, and hoped for an assignment in Belize.

Timing became his enemy. It was August and Keber was ready and willing

"As the meaning of the words set in, the depth of the commitment starts to become obvious/' says Keber. "My life

institution;

apply in the late

fall,

receive

notification in the spring, with assign-

ments beginning the following August.

JVI receives approximately 1 50 volunteer applications each year, mostly from recent, single college graduates.

The two-year commitments are more than just Jesuit efforts to

fill

personnel

vacancies in Third World and emerging countries. It is an encompassing experi-

has been a pure frantic existence since I leaned about this. It's amazing what it takes to put your western life on a shelf and basically drop off the face of the

Keber admits earth for two this is exactly what he should be doing.

Some say Keber is stepping off the years." Yet,

fast track.

He

says this

is

his track.

Jesuit Volunteers International has

main offices on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington,

its

on donations to support lay volunteer efforts. The address is P.O. Box25478, Washington, DC 20007.

D.C.

It relies

.

tournament.

The

of four games begins

first

p.m. Wednesday.

at 3

On Thursday the first

game begins at noon. The boys' championship game is at approximateely 4:30 p.m. Cost

is $3 per day or $5 for both days of the tournament. Student admis-

sion

is

$2 per day.

The children have invited the players visit

them

at

Holy Angels before the

Time's 'Man Of Year' NEW YORK (CNS) — naming summer' U.N. Conference Is

In

moral

many see values

declining.

"For such rectitude

—

Time's

Man

zine said in

its

on Population and Development as a "formidable and controversial example" of his influence on world affairs.

The papal

conflict with prevailing

secular policy and belief at the population conference exemplified the pivotal

or reckless-

ness as his detractors would have it is

International

s

Pope John Paul II its Man of the Year for 1 994, Time magazine called him "a moral compass for believers and nonbelievers

— he

of the Year," the maga-

role he is playing in a global conflict over

"different paths of reason and standards of truth," Time said.

"His major goals have been to clarify

Dec. 26- Jan. 2 issue, out

on newsstands Dec. 19.

Pope John Paul is only the second pope to be make Time's end-of-year cover. Pope John XXIII was Man of the Year in 1962, the year he opened the Second Vatican Council.

Time said Pope John Paul, as head of

Church doctrine

—

believers

may expe-

rience doubt but should be spared confu-

sion

— and

to reach out to the world,

seek contacts with other faiths and pro-

claim to all the sanctity of the individual,

body and

soul," the

magazine

said.

nearly a billion Catholics worldwide,

has "the world' s bully- est pulpit. Few of his predecessors over the past 2,000 forcefully as he."

"His power rests in the word, not the sword ... He is an army of one, and his empire is both as ethereal and as ubiquitous as the soul,"

it

it

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events during the

as his duty to

much that the

stands solidly against

secular world

piscopal Calendar

next few weeks:

trouble the living stream of modernity.

He

E

said.

"John Paul sees in the

shots.

were nonexistent. JVI operates on a schedule similar to that of an educational

Pope

Keber.

Keber spends the weekend

Regina Moody, executive director of Holy Angels.

After the tournament, the Kays Gary MVP Award, named in honor of the retired columnist for The Charlotte Observer and long-time friend of Holy Angels, will be presented to the most valuable male and female players of the

tournament begins

years have spoken from it as often and as

me a call."

give

members

of the community to get to know us," said

Troupe."

opening line, Keber draws a blank. He' late for work, and a thousand thoughts cloud his mind. Ten blocks later, they strike up conversation. As fate would have it, she works in the Jesuit Volunteers office and recently returned from a two-year stint in Belize.

They meet for lunch and her stories convince him further; he must become a Jesuit Volunteer. She agrees it's bad timing.

also be a great opportunity for

of all the high school basketball teams to

vision in a world where

prayer.

to go. Unfortunately, volunteer posts

game against student coun-

"The tournament will not only raise to support the services and programs provided by Holy Angels, but will

money

members. Half-time entertainment during the boys' championship game will feature the "Holy Angels Dance cil

alike," forcefully reasserting a

library, researching Micronesia.

nization, incorporated separately

a basketball

next to him. Although trying to muster an

for JVI.

worldwide. JVI

the Charlotte

Great Adventures, a club for adults with and without mental retardation, will play

weighs heavily, he turns his thoughts to the

teers

enlists lay volunteers for assis-

I

was supposed to be doing."

He' s down but by no means out. It is

by the Peace Corps. Categorically, Keber is a young enthusiastic college grad hoping to make a difference.

Had he been a civil engineer, the Peace Corps would have accepted and shipped him off immediately. Keber' s background and desires made him a natural candidate

tance in Jesuit-run provinces located

^.

was a

Keber. "I really thought that was what

ria outlined

JVI

will

between the second and third games on Wednesday. At approximately 3 p.m Thursday, just before the girls' championship game., members of Holy Angels'

On

—

will

Catholic High School student council

years.

sub-tropical Pacific. Keber' s

will

participate in a wheelchair basketball

Micronesia as a grammar school teacher

two

Sun Valley, Providence

Day and Piedmont high schools compete in the events. Proceeds benefit Holy Angels.

Several Holy Angels children

has accepted a challenge; taking a hiatus from his professional life, heading for for the next

23, 1994

deems

progressive: the

notion, for example, that

humans

share

with God the right to determine who will and will not be born," the magazine said.

It cited his successful opposition to

language supporting abortion

December 24 Midnight Mass St Patrick Cathedral

December 25 10:30 am Mass St Patrick Cathdral

at this

December 25

Michalski To Direct Half-time

Show

At

Carquest Bowl For the

fifth

consecutive year, Dr.

Stanley F. Michalski, music coordinator for the Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools, will coordinate the half-time activities

of the Carquest

Bowl football

Miami. The game will match West Virginia and South Caro-

game

Jan. 2 in

2 pm Mass at Holy Angels in Belmont, and visitation with the Sisters of Mercy Infirmary,

Mercy

Motherhouse, Belmont

December 31 Day of Recollection Motherhouse of Dominican Sisters

of Nashville

January

1

10:30 am Mass, Cathedral

St.

Patrick

lina.

Michalski also will serve as a band adjudicator for the Junior

Orange Bowl

Parade Dec. 29 in Miami.

Michalski is a former conductor of bands at Clarion University in Pennsylvania. In recent weeks, he has served as guest conductor and adjudicator for musical events in Cary, N.C., Indianapolis and at the University of Illinois.

January 3 Host luncheon for seminarians

January 7 6 pm - Bless new St. Luke Church, Mint Hill