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New Abbot Elected By Benedictines

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At Belmont Abbey Monastery

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BELMONT

Benedictine Father

Oscar Burnett was elected abbot Dec. 2 1 by the Benedictine

their seventh abbot.

Abbot since 1957 is

monks of Belmont Abbey.

Abbey

For 15 years, he was

College.

chaplain at the college.

served for six

years as executive director of the Ecumeni-

of Wake Forest University and Belmont Abbey College. Abbot Oscar has served on the Board of Trustees of Belmont Abbey College for cal Institute

Burnett, 65, has been a

monk

and a priest since 1962. His term

for eight years, although he can

elected for another eight-year term.

re-

He suc-

many years. As abbot, he now

serves as an

ceeds Benedictine Father Timothy Kelly, a

monk of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., who was serving as temporary administrator.

Located 10 miles west of Charlotte,

Belmont Abbey

Roman

15-year-old

Catholic monastery. There are presently 32

Benedictines

The abbot leader.

Belmont. is

principally a spiritual

helps and guides the monastic

community and individual monks to realize the charism expressed in the Rule of Saint

Benedict, a sixth century guide to monastic

and Christian life. The abbot is father, teacher, shepherd and administrator. all

religious

and temporal

supervises

of the

affairs

monastery.

The new abbot

man

of varied

A native

experience and accomplishment.

of Savannah, Ga., Abbot Oscar graduated

from Sacred Heart parochial and Benedictine Military schools. After a tour of duty with the U.S. II,

Army Air Force during World War

he earned his A.A. degree

State College,

and his law degree

Emory

University. After practicing law in Savan-

nah for six years, he completed his seminary education at Belmont Abbey. Abbot Burnett has held all major monastic positions of leadership at

Abbey: socius of novices, Bembrock applies a delicate touch to the inner working of one of his clocks. (See

lesuit Father John

Itory

on Page 3)

Photo by

JOANN KEANE

Belmont

junior/cleric

master, subprior, formation director, procurator

and

recently, service as claustral prior.

mo-

Associate Editor

— The

CHARLOTTE ifth

launch

its

Diocese of

observance of the

Cathedral Jan.

Bishop John brant, will accept

The

Domingo by Spanish

Its

its

makes

re-

religious education or the call to share the faith,

special to the diocese,

third year in a

decade of

says Father Vilkauskas. "It

mine how

will

be used," he

876, sent from the senior

Benedictine monastery in this country, in Latrobe,

St.

Pa The

small foundation developed slowly but steadily into an independent monastery.

nurtured at the

same time

college that today bears

its

the liberal arts

name, and devel-

oped a significant history of religious, charitable, pastoral, and educational works throughout the Southeast. See Abbot, Page

All In

A Knight's Work.

said.

Representatives from several nations at

a sign of the unity of the diocese in receiving

)onoghue.

sentatives at the inaugural prayer service as

carry flags

from their native

lountries in celebration of the ethnic diversity of the

now Belmont in

up to the

All parishes are expected to have repre-

me service will

monks of the Order of Saint The first monk came to what is

Catholic

Benedict.

creative resources of local parishes to deter-

990 by Bishop

vangelization as declared in

College.

the pilgrimage

go forth and spread the

nations proclaiming Christ.

vhich begins

the cross

from parish to parish, it will be used to stir and invigorate the spiritual renewal process,

Abbey

a monastery of Ro-

are called to do."

new

and today serves as a

significance

the presentation.

original cross called forth a

all

man

Monroe. "The hope for us in the diocese is that it will signal a new beginning of our need to share our faith, a reminder of what

minder of the call to

vord to

says Father

faith,"

zation and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in

accompanying Christopher

uid for Christ

"The cross will be a focal point to raise awareness of our

a replica of a cross that

make

Belmont Abbey

Christianity in this diverse

cel-

Columbus. State officers of the Knights of

Columbus will

of the board and as

Vilkauskas, diocesan director of evangeli-

Donoghue, the

planted in Santa

nissionaries

a.m.

1 1

land.

century of evangelization in the Ameli-

as with a prayer service at St. Patrick

/as

500 years of

also

Richmond, Va. He was dean of students and, for many years, an associate professor at Belmont

CAROL HAZARD

Charlotte will

served as an associate pastor at St. Benedict

Church

member

Chancellor of Belmont

prior.

has had responsibility for the

monks, charge of the business affairs of the monastery, and, most

500 Years of Evangelization

ex-officio

Vincent Archabbey

nastic formation of

Diocese To Begin Observance Of

ABBOT OSCAR BURNETT

Armstrong

Catholic faith in the Americas and

the

commemorative

cross, says Father

Vilkauskas.

Although the goal is to encourage evanit is never fully achieved, says

he multi-national quality of Christ's mes-

gelization,

sage.

Father Vilkauskas. Therefore, a diocesan-

After the cross

received,

will

wide reconciliation service

will

be held

George Kutcher

Presented to parishes throughout the dio-

ese as a symbolic representation marking

See Cross, Page 3

(1)

and Marvin Wynianco (with saw) of Knights of Columbus Council 770

Charlotte prepare lumber for a

ramp

at the

home

of a handicapped person. (See story on Page 3)

itliolic

News

Herald

January

Catholics Find Active Faith By KEVIN P. COX WINSTON SALEM â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When Katheryn Hines left her Catholic community in Charlotte this year for Wake Forest University, her need for a new faith community was quickly met. She found hundreds of Catholic students who participate in the university's Catholic

Students Association. "I

was surprised by

the activities

all

they have here," exclaimed Hines, a freshman who regularly takes part in

Mass, Gospel discussions and social at Wake Forest. Other activities

events

available to her include

community

ser-

vice projects and retreats.

would never have met

people," she said about

these

all

Wake

Forest

who filled a house at Christmas party. She

Catholic students, a recent

CSA

numbers them among her best friends

the university.

At the same gathering, sophomore Karen Vlahutin of Parkersburg, W.Va., echoed Hines' enthusiasm. "It was easy to get to know the people and be part of

ates attend

They usuBenson University Center for a morning service and Davis ally gather in the

Chapel for an evening service. Father Kreml offers Mass on weekdays at various times and campus locations. During fall final exams, Father Kreml encouraged the study-weary to attend a candlelight Mass one evening in a residence hall. Taking a break from late-night cramming, students answered his call to "embrace the calm and comfort that the Eucharist blesses us

when we need During Kreml also

Forest,

making up

bers of

welcomed

mem-

CSA because they are Catholic.

advantage of opportunities to practice their Catholic faith on campus each semester, says Conventual Franciscan Father Curt Kreml who has

least half take

with

the most."

same

the

period, Father

invited students to

"renew

with the Lord in the

Sacrament of Reconciliation." As a special Advent activity, Father Kreml and two other Franciscans offered the sacrament one weekday evening. A significant number of Wake Forest's Catholics are eager to under-

are

open

explains.

"They

"Some have

are hungry for

it."

clearly decided to nur-

ture their faith while they're here," Fa-

Kreml adds.

ther

"I've seen a lot of

That growth can be seen, for stance, in students

who regularly

in-

attend

cussed,

minister

associate

Shawn Adams, who

completed a master of arts degree in pastoral studies from Loyola University.

Each Sunday, Father Kreml estimates 170 to 200 Catholic students join

Adams

Photo by

campus minister

CSA

Wake

Fori

Christmas party.

LEE RUNION, Wake

faith

stories of their

own

experiences to discussions of the

readings," explains

enjoy having spiritual nourish-

ment here," says Dow, who spent fall

the

as a peer minister. In that role, she

worked closely with ters,

the

campus minis-

helping other students to see what is

on campus.

The group's other peer minister

Jen-

Slawinski, a senior from Smithtown, N.Y. From her first days on campus, Dow

nifer

has taken part in various activities, in-

says.

"They bring

campus recently

Association president, during a recent

a Christian community

significant growth."

more than

with Father Kreml

Catholic

Forest University

News Bure

and

to exploring

discovering more about their faith," he

Ichthus, Sunday evening gatherings where the day's Gospel reading is dis-

Collaborating

(1),

University, talks with senior Michelle Mullen of Maryville, Tenn., Catholic Stuck

says.

been the Catholic campus minister for three years.

Conventual Franciscan Father Curt Kreml

stand their faith more fully, Father Kreml

nearly a fifth of the undergraduate stu-

dent body. All are

(their) relationship

"They

Wake

Community At Wake Fores

together in celebrating Mass.

things," she said.

Six hundred Catholic undergradu-

Adams, who

par-

ticipates.

Raleigh junior Carrie Dow readily admits she is one who made a decision to nurture her faith at Wake Forest.

CSA's numerous

cluding the projects.

service

founded by the Baptist State Conve tion of North Carolina in 1834, became autonomous in the 1980s. St dents of all faiths have long enrolled

Wake

whose

trustees sought

new "voluntary and

fraternal" Bapt

relationship to protect academic

CSA helped provide a holiday meal

residents of the local Battered

Women's

Shelter.

The group has

also

Catholics have

Humanity and other efforts

to serve

the disadvantage.

Playing a leadership role

in the

CSA

came naturally to Dow, who recalls she was "always involved with my Catholic youth group

a signi

lation for at least a decade, the Rf

Christman estimates "Catholic students have found

Wake Forest is a quality university wh( their faith

can grow while they grow

students," he says

Students associated with other

nominations have enjoyed similar exr. Wake Forest, he adds. Si dents are served by Baptist, Methodi Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episcop

riences at

lian ministers.

high school."

Tampa sophomore Jeff Joseph found the CSA to be, indeed, much like his own youth group in Florida. The difference is that so many more people are involved at Wake Forest and the oppor-

made up

cant number of the undergraduate pop

helped with a homeless shelter, Habitat for

fre

dom

At Thanksgiving, for instance,

the

Forest,

Some

Catholic students say th

families were especially

happy that th|tv had chosen to study at a university wh( a well-rounded campus ministry

gram is available to them throughout tfc;[ week. The full-time presence of a prid nil

tunities are broader.

also pleases parents.

going on the retreats the most," says Joseph, who as chair of the CSA's spiritual life committee plays a key role in planning them. Preparing young people to take leadership roles in their Church is an important part of campus ministry, Father Curt says. "These students learn some true lead"In this ership skills," he explains. "I like

llli

Before beginning her studies at Wa ftt Forest, Asheville sophomore Johan

ecia

Hensley remembers, she and her motl paid a visit to Father Kreml on cample "She made me go up and meet hini jokes Hensley. "But, I thought he w wonderful. I was excited about meet him." b Father Kreml and Adams spe much of their time meeting with s dents on campus. They often counj with young people who are taking (of close look at their faith and grappli it ft

fcke

student-led organization, they learn to

fcr

lead from a Christian perspective."

Members of

the Catholic Student Association at

Christmas party. Trimming the tree are

(1-r)

Wake

sophomore Dawn Dusza, freshman Leslie

available to students

LEE RUNION, Wake Forest University News Bureau

its

liturgy, service, spiritual life, social

and communications committees. One must not be a leader, though, to play an active part in the Catholic community,

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;The annual North Carolina March

for Life, sponsored

by the

attended by

chapter of N.C. Right to Life, is Jan. 19 from 3-5 p.m. The rally will begin near the intersection of Jones and Wilmington streets in downtown Raleigh and will include a march around the Legislative Building the scheduled speakers are Olivia

Gans of American Victims of

a university

with a long-standing Baptist tradition, Catholics have practiced their faith on the

and the Capitol.

community members.

While Wake Forest

Wake County

Among

Many

of them, for instance, serve as liturgical ministers or as planners of monthly dinners wellthe students say.

State March For Life Jan. 19 RALEIGH

with

CSA's executive councils or as chairs of

Bacque and senior Jennifer Slawinski. Photo by

Those leadership opportunities are who serve on the

Forest University at their recent

campus

for

many

years, recalls the

Rev. Edgar Christman, university chap-

many

personal issues.

"We do

a lot of individual paste

counseling," says Adams, who worked with students under Fat Kreml's direction for more than t years.

"Often, students feel uncomforta about their struggles with faith dur their col lege years," she explains. "C role

to put

them

at ease, to

affirm

inevitability of these questions

doubts.

It's part

of the college

HQ] i

exp(1|fc 10l

ence." "If you can respond to their doul concerns and struggles, they will i

Abortion and the Rev. Benjamin Sharpe of the Durham Declaration. Sponsors, who will be listed in the program brochure, are being sought. Cost is $30. For more information, call (9 1 9) 848- 1 827. The annual national March for Life in Washington is Jan. 22.

lain.

cerely

from St. Leo Winston Salem began coming onto campus to minister to the growing number of Catholics there. Gradually, the diocese began assigning a priest full-time to the university, which was In the 1960s, a priest

Church

embrace what

their faith offei

observes Father Kreml.

Kevin Cox is media relations o Wake Forest University an member of Our Lady of the Rosar) cer for

Lexington.

Nil

The Catholic News

January 3, 1992

Jesuit Priest Occupies

Time With Time By

Spare Clocks, That

JOANN KEANE Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — It's unlikely that John Bernbrock

Jesuit Father late for

will be

Mass.

As a matter of fact, he has no excuse any kind. Inside the rectory of St. Vincent de Paul, clocks are everywhere. The clocks, evidence of Father Bernbrock's handiwork, chime, tick, and bong out the hours; reminders of the hours he painstakingly for tardiness of

see-through design, which allows

half,

Any doubts on his

specialty gift shop, Grodzicki 's, in Char-

pricey items. While

is filled

away

inside the

with broken fragments of

lotte.

the clocks created

defeats the retail

clocks of time gone by; baskets filled

concept, Father Bernbrock says the shop

with the once-chiming clock bellows,

owner confessed she

faces, hands,

and

intricate parts that

of the clock

once formed gracious time pieces.

Some of the into new works clocks;

likes the presence

shop.

in the

(Father Bernbrock' s 1909 replica

parts

become recycled

that

he has designed.

Father Bernbrock schematically designs

Exodus"

the mass appeal of dismissed as you enter the

shop

In an alcove tucked

are taking part in "Operation

work

parish rectory, Father Bernbrock's work-

works of wonder.

Columbus councils

and hour chime out a friendly,

familiar chorus.

Prominently displayed is one of by Father Bernbrock. The 1909 period replica with green stained glass, quartz movements and a pendulum is at home in the shop which specializes in unique, and sometimes

puts into the creation of these timeless

Vlany Charlotte area Knights of

all

movements of the clock to be viewed as the minutes give way to hours. Quarter,

some simple, some with elabo-

clock was sold by the shop as a Christ-

mas gift. A

store spokesperson says the

store will try to get another of his clocks for the shop.)

rate designs that incorporate his other

—

oprovide accesible living to handicapped persons.Council 770 members (1-r) John Ciepierski,

hobby

Marvin Wynianco, Jack Armstrong and George Kuteher are pictured with Doris Struther and he new access ramp at her home.

Beside the baskets of clock works, broken fragments of stained glass oc-

stained glass.

Crosswinds

cupy box after box. The gamut of the rainbow is represented in his collection

Knights of

Columbus Councils

Join Forces To Aid By JO ANN

of bits of stained glass.

Handicapped

KEANE

boy

fell

from a skateboard and

suf-

damage, Knights of Columns Council 9560 rallied to help. Members of the St. Vincent de Paul ouncil were moved by the parishioner's able brain

ramp

to help the family ad-

;quately deal with caring for their teen-

The council voted to sponsor md build the ramp that would facilitate ige son.

he boy's wheelchair.

"The house had 1 0 brick steps to the Grand <Jiight for Council 9560. With Knight unding, and additional help through ionated lumber, the Knights took on the woject. Some 750 man-hours later, the spectacular ramp was completed. ront door," said Steve Poutier,

Poutier says they did everything iccording to the building code.

When

he inspector came to check the project, lis

only

comment was "you

nit the

sion of helping handicapped people help

Columbus Councils area and PAL.

seven-county

of participating councils.

Guidelines

voted to become participating

members. Chester Helms, director for

PAL

says they met with Knight reprentatives

Providing proper train-

and services,

cracks to qualify for assistance for hous-

ipens doors to independence for people ng, information, support

provides the resources allowing

ing modifications. "Modifications that

iccess to a livable lifestyle for the handi-

they called for were anything from ramps

capped.

PAL provides accessibility through lousing and lical

home

modification; tech-

expertise for individuals and orga-

nizations regarding accessibility; transportation through lift-equipped minibus service;

education for care of the

handicapped; counseling for people with disabilities;

and information and

refer-

rals.

PAL

officials contacted

Council

?560, and a partnership developed.

For Council 9560, what had begun jks

a one-time project has blossomed

nto "Operation Exodus," with the mis-

few

for the St. Vincent de Paul

Donated

grab bars in bathrooms to handrails. a stroke, they would be

someone had

unable to leave in an emergency." "Thanks to the Knights, it's turned around," says Helms. Referrals are now being made to the Knights. "It has made a difference in the lives of individuals

who now can move

freely inside (their

homes) and outside." "We meet with the grand knight and one other council member. They take referral, go and look at project, draw up a blueprint cost estimate, and take

for fundraising,

didn't take long for people to realize

Father Bernbrock's angels were a ne-

own homes. Orders and Father Bernbrock found himself backlogged with angel orders. came

Working were

against the clock,

to the council to vote. If the

council approves, they start work," says

all

orders

promised, and delivered in time to grace the mantels and tables of

confidentiality, the staff

Looking around his workshop, it's where one project leaves and another begins. The stained

glass begot clocks, clocks begot glass; delicately intertwining to

While the glass clocks are striking.

form a perfect stunning, the

The designs Father

Bernbrock brings vary clock by clock. Each timepiece takes on some small characteristic different from the one

members

will

not be identified.. In our waiting room each Wednesday at 4:30, a family of four two boys and their parents would arrive to wait for their one-hour counseling session to would begin. The boys, ages 8 and 1 enthusiastically would you believe do their homework. (They really were very well behaved. ) Their mother would stare gloomily at the floor, while their

—

father attempted to

make

—

light

conver-

sation.

Serving as the receptionist,

filled as

grateful parishioners.

off,

Crosswinds is a series ofoccasional by staff members of Catholic Social Services about their experiences. In order to preserve client articles written

in,

union.

and "discussed the kind of projects throughout Charlotte and Mecklenburg County that were needed for people with disablities." There are people, he says, who too often fall between the

PAL

made

craft fair.

ceeded one council's resources, and a plan was designed to develop a network

astically

instru-

ments. The angel project started as he

The St. Vincent de Paul Council 9560 volunteered to sponsor Operation Exodus. The Council realized the geographical area served by PAL far ex-

dus. Across the board, councils enthusi-

a non-profit organization,

song books, and a myriad of

difficult to see

ultimate compliment for these

on the project captured the attenion of Programs for Accessible Living, i United Way agency dedicated to servng the needs of handicapped people.

bodies and white translucent wings held

councils in the seven-county area.

were established and each council was

vith disabilities.

This Christmas, Father Bernbrock

cessity for their

paid a visit to explain Operation Exo-

An article appearing in a local news-

in a

Realizing the need to help handicapped people help themselves, and a penchant for "hands on projects," St. Vincent de Paul Council 9560 took on the responsibility of sponsoring Operation Exodus; coordinating efforts for

laper

the greek

those words spell

first effort,

veekend builders.

From

works Ex, meaning out and Hodos, meaning way, Operation Exodus was born. Operation Exodus is a cooperative effort between participating Knights of themselves.

overbuilt."

For a

become stained glass pieces of art, some worked into the designs of his clocks.

Beautiful angels with blue stained glass 15-year-

fered a cardiac arrest, resulting in irrepa-

leed for a

will

created a choir of stained glass angels.

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — When a )ld

Some

soon

learned from the boys, as the parents

were involved in their session, that the mother did not want to be uprooted from her home, neighborhood and friends to move and follow their dad's job one

time.

Intuitively,

knew she had had it Dream and corporate

with the American

living. Her heart was here and how could her husband have the audacity to expect her to move again?

My heart went out to this wife. like her peer,

and so

was easy

felt

for

keep this family in my prayers. By the end of the first month of their counseling sessions, I saw a smile come back on her face along with a caring and sharing to

before.

In a downstairs sitting room, a unique grandfather clock commands the attention of the room. Some 7 feet high, it is all glass. Beveled glass frames the

attitude of love.

As they bid farewell move to the job, I

before leaving to

knew God had been working in all of our Helms. For the Knights Council 9560, it has been just over a year since their partnership formed with PAL. A dozen or so projects have received Knight approval. Ramps, grab bars, rails and general accessibility repairs have filled a void for those previously denied accessibility to the outside world.

The Knights have had a positive impact on PAL. Helms says it "frees us up to allow us to ensure more with disabilities are able to access the commununity." Everytime someone gets a ramp, once a ramp is built, accessibility and freedom are at hand for the handicapped. "Once the home is addressed, and the person gets back on

That night, I apologized to my husband for the resistance I had put him lives.

through, not that long before!

Cross (From

Page

year's end to acknowledge shortcomings in efforts to spread the

Good News

to all people.

"While we celebrate the positive dimensions of proclaiming the faith, we are aware it is not always done effectively," said Father Vilkauskas. Still,

the cross

expected to serve

as a catalyst for evangelization during this

year of observance, he said.

they can't go, or place they can't work,

The Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus commissioned the crosses and offered them to bishops and individual dioceses. More than 100 dio-

or volunteer."

ceses have requested the crosses.

their feet emotionally, there's

nowhere

News

aiholic

January

Herald

3, 19j>

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

In a world scarred by war and famine, Christ's birth brings promises of peace and unity, Pope John Paul II said in his Christmas message "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the

forms of coexistence and are striving with great hop to reconcile their individual histories and to harmonn

world).

Before reading the "Urbi et Orbi" message, the pope ^ recited Christmas greetings in 54 languages, 20 of which are spoken in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. His third greeting was in English: "May the joy of Christmas and the peace which the birth of the Savior brings into the world be in your hearts forever." In the Christmas message and in his homily during midnight Mass, the pope said the birth of Jesus enables all people to become children of God and brothers and sisters to each other. In Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Central America, he said, there are signs that people are recognizing their ties to one another and are working for peace and unity. "In Europe, after the collapse of the walls of division and misunderstanding, there is a growing desire to know one another better and a yearning for mutual understanding and cooperation," he said. The papal message was read just hours before Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev relinquished his power and made way for the new Commonwealth of

grudges not yet laid to rest," he said. In a world marked by "epochal challenges," th pope prayed that Jesus would reveal "the glory happiness to come." Hopeful signs cited by the pope included: Middle East peace process; greater respect for humd rights and basic freedom in several African nation Ml "faint signs of a reawakening of the sense of justice peace" in Asia; and in Central America, a "striving abandon the suicidal spiral of violence through an evij greater mutual understanding." He pleaded for "an end to the war in Yugoslavi; an end to the war in the beloved land of Croatia and the neighboring regions where passions and violenc are defying reason and common sense." He called for "an end to indifference and silem before those who seek understanding and solidai before the cries of those still dying of hunger ami wastefulness and abundant wealth." In his midnight Mass homily, the pope said th birth of Jesus was a unique gift to humanity he is th source of eternal salvation. "Only God can bestow on humanity the goo which does not know evil; only God can give men women life which does not know death; only God save," he said. "A son is given us," he said, quoting the prophi Isaiah. "Once again we welcome this gift. Joy per etrates our hearts and lips begin to sing in the languag« and dialects of the whole world: the song of Christma the song of joy and exaltation." North American College, the U.S. seminary i Rome, provided the altar servers and other ministei for the pope's Christmas morning Mass. After finishing his Christmas Day duties, the pop

Independent States.

went

suffering,

"Enough of hatred and oppression," he

said Dec. 25 from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, where he called for an end to the war in Yugoslavia. jgk Th e prayers of petition at 4"* the pope's midnight Mass ~ were read in six languages and included pleas for peace J \ in the world and for unity

Editorial *

Give

A Try

1992. Another year older, and deeper in debt, the old song goes.

Resolutions made, and most likely, resolutions

When

broken.

the resolutions are resolved in the first

come

place, does faith

Quite likely, not solved to be a

bit

into play?

How

at all.

faithful in

you

often have

Mass

re-

attendance, to

take part in parish activities, to go to that adult educa-

workshop,

tion

Not very

to help fight social injustice?

often? Oh, perhaps a fleeting thought, but that's as far as

goes.

aggravating

It is

Christmas to look around the

pews and wonder where these folks other 51 weeks out of the year. Have they

filled-to-the-brim

are the

resolved, as they

homily,

sit

listening to the Christmas vigil

maybe next year will be the year to return Look at the calender folks. ..it's next year.

that,

to the fold?

Granted, Christmas evokes the spirit of the season. People are friendlier, more likely to help the needy. Contributions increase. For a fleeting few weeks, a spirit of compassion fills the air. Dec. 26, it sometimes

seems

was

When

all

for naught.

the headlines are filled with local killings,

do you say, gosh, that's awful, it must be stopped, as the remote control flips to another channel, and then resume watching another program. Has watching the plight of the homeless become so routine that you can simply walk by and not feel compassion to help? When the parish plans a project, are you there in support, or mumbling under your breath; one of the silent supporters, or

Silence

The pope

Christians.

said, "Different nations are seeking

new

Letters To

worse, silent objectors?

dpi'

their respective cultures."

The efforts continue despite "age-old tensions an

H i

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summer residence Rome.

to his

south of

The

at Castel

Gandolfi

Editor

just that.

Help those who cannot help much as your schedule allows. Don't dismiss the prospect with, / don't have time. Sure you do. Give up a golf game. Postpone that Get

among

**vL

out. Join in.

themselves. Volunteer as

trip to the mall.

Support Father McCreesh

the Editor:

Regarding the

Better yet, find a project that involves the entire family.

Even small children can be helpful

And children

small way.

some

by doing, and watching

learn

their parents involvement.

Try

it.

A The Ca

tholic

^News & Herald January

Volume

"'Hi

"There are limits"

The Lord God came down from heaven and became one of us, human. He gave everything He had for us. He gave His life for us. So what does this loving, compassionate, forgiving Jesus call us to do? "Whatsoever you do to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you do to me." Larry Wnetrzak for us.

Charlotte

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the Editor:

It is with dismay and sadness that I feel compelled respond to Mary Miller's letter in the Dec. 20 issue of The Catholic News & Herald. The only comment that I can agree with her on is the welfare state. There certainly are limits in life. Many of these limits, though, are fostered by our unwillingness to be charitable. Most of the problems we face today can be traced to greed and avarice. Most of us have much more than the shirt on our backs. In fact, if you think about it, how many of us are satisfied with what we have? Don't we always want more? Don't we decry what we don't have, instead of praising God for what we do have? Ms. Miller seems to blame Mexicans for our economic demise. When is the last time she did migrant work? Has she ever slaved 14 hours a day in a sweat shop? Menial jobs abound. It is high paying jobs

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lived according to the will of God, I'm sure no on would be homeless or hungry. Many of the nations th; are experiencing over population are not Catholic, n less Christian, ie.

China and

India.

often the result of cultural

Over population mores rather tha

religious conviction. iroi I hear many who are concerned with our enviroi g ;oufl ment, and rightly so. My wish, is that these same sou were as concerned for their environment in the nexttliil as they are concerned with life on earth. Life on e is short. Heaven and Hell are for etermity Our willinj ness to love God and our neighbor will determine on .

1992

Number

letter entitled

(Dec. 20 issue), Jesus did not place limits on His love

of the "illegals"

worldy death. McCreesh, I'm sure he very aware of our national debt. He sees what we hav done and what we have failed to do. We've been on materialistic spending spree abetted by politician both left and right, who promise much and deliv< little. The Father McCreeshs' of this world nag at oi environment

after

With regard

to Father

We know the truth but neither see We don't like to have our comfort factor upse

consciences.

hear

it.

it nci

We live in a world where those that have

give

little

it, keep it. and care less. May God have mercy on William Barker

There are more

Letters Policy:

who come

to this country

perform work we are unwilling or find too demeaning to do. Our nation is suffering from and paying for economic complacency. We are no longer competi-

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The Catholic News

inuary 3, 1992

The

Editor's

Light

Notebook

One Candle

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR By

BOB GATELY

When anyone

over ~ or at least it will be by the time you ;ceive this first 1992 issue of The Catholic News & Herald. I can't say that I'm ompletely sorry to see the holidays come to an end. Our grandchildren — enjoying a long Christmas vacation from school — are still having a ball. But, their mother and my wife and I are worn out. Trying to keep up with two girls ages 8 and 13 has a tendency to do that. My stepdaughter's family has a tradition of a family gathering for the exchange of gifts and a festive meal a couple of nights before Christmas. It used to be on Christmas Eve but that got to be too much of a hassle with trying to get to Mass and getting ready for Santa Claus. This year it was Dec. 23. On Christmas Eve, it was back to Carol's to join her and Well, another holiday season

the kids

believe

it.

The

you

tells

all Americans favor laws requiring parental consent performed on a minor, and 87 percent are in favor of laws that would require giving information on alternatives to abortion before any abortion could be performed. A surprising 56 percent believe that the right of the unborn to life should prevail "when the heart starts beating" or earlier. That happens three weeks after conception. Ninety-three percent of Americans would like to see more restrictions placed on abortions than currently exist. Fifty-one percent of all Americans think that rape or incest account for 20 percent of the abortions performed. The fact is that less than 1 percent of abortions are for such is

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— —

and Carol's aunt for the children's Vigil Mass and gift exchange — this time for

reasons.

all

Ree's sister

Ree swears >

Here are some interesing facts about abortions: About one third of all abortions are performed on teenagers, generally without parental knowledge and/or

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of these preliminaries, Ree was using whatever spare time she had reparing a Christmas dinner for her sister and elderly aunt who live alone. On hristmas day, it was pack up the car, pick up her sister and head for the aunt's house, .nother big meal and more gift exchanging. After the festivities, pack up the car gain, take

home

she's never

and, finally, head

least, I

know now

for sure

home

to collapse.

why

all this

again.

they say that Christmas

hey 're the only ones physically able to handle

consent.

— Forty percent of previous — Two American all

abortions are performed on

basically for kids,

it.

women who

have had

abortions.

couples are on agency waiting

million

Next year, everything has Of course, she says that every time we do it.

going through

be confined to one day or night.

polls

— Sixty-seven percent of

before an abortion

the six of us.

During

Group

statistics indicate that:

another big meal and more ist

Americans are pro-choice, don't and the Alan Guttmacher Institute

that the majority of

recent Wirthlin

lists

for child

adoptions.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973 more than 21 million have been destroyed in the womb. As estimated 1.6 million abortions are performed in the United States every year, one every 20 seconds. lives

However, for those who believe in the sanctity of life, the picture isn't one-sided.

had one piece of good news during the holidays. After 16 weeks of ublication, The Catholic News & Herald finally has received a second class lailing permit from the U.S. Postal Service.When we filed the formal application i Sept. 4, the day the first issue was actually printed, we were told it would take Dout 30 days. Actually, I guess were were lucky. I've heard about one paper which

More than 3,000 pro-life centers staffed mostly by volunteers have been established to provide every form of support needed to help women have their babies. The

aited a year for the permit.

According to pollster Louis Harris ("Inside America"), 68 percent of all Americans thought "it is against God's will to destroy the life of an unborn baby," and 60 percent believe a "fetus should have rights, just like all other human beings." What does all this mean? I think Supreme Court Justice Byron White said it best: "Roe v. Wade implies that the people have already resolved the debate (over abortion). I believe it is clear that the people have never not in 1 787, 1 79 1 1 868 or at any time since done any such thing." (For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "To Save a Life," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St., New York,

The second f

mean an improvement in mail delivery received that many complaints lately about slow

class mailing status should

the paper, although

haven't

livery.

The permit also means that we now can accept paid advertising. We're working and it should be ready in a few days. Meanwhile, Happy New Year from all of us to all of you.

the rate card

Abuse Grounds For Annulment?

formation of such groups as Lutherans for Life, Methodists for Life, Presbyterians for Life and the Choose Life Society, a national Jewish pro-life organization, demonstrates that abortion is not simply a Catholic issue.

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N.Y. 10017.)

Father John Catoir

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN need to ask something that bothers me concerning annulments. I was tarried for a little over a year to a man who became terribly physically abusive, had no indication before the marriage that he would be this way. Shortly after, Dwever, his verbal and physical abuse became intolerable. I tried for a while to urge him to counseling but he kept blaming me for his anger. He would accuse me of disloyalty, didn't allow me to visit my friends or family, and was extremely jealous and lost his temper if dinner wasn't prepared fast enough. I finally left before things got worse. I realize that domestic violence is not grounds for annulment and I wonder why not. It seems unfair that a woman must remain unmarried because of something that was done against her. Will it be possible for me to ask for an annulment in such a situation? What must I do? (New York)

Pax

Bonum By

director of The Christophers.

few years ago,

BROTHER JOHN-JOSEPH DOLAN

preached

Charlotte in order to raise

at all the

money

Masses

at St.

John Neumann Church

for our Franciscan missions, especially in Costa

Rica and Brazil. My opening remarks produced a few laughs. I had always wanted to be a missionary. It was one of the reasons I left home in 1969 and joined the Franciscan Order. I then spent 12 years in upstate New York, primarily in inner city parishes and a year teaching in rural Wisconsin. When the Brothers of St. Francis of Assisi were disbanded in 1982, I found a home with the Conventual Franciscan Friars, who had been our chaplains. After a year on Staten Island for recycling,

wanted

to study Spanish.

spent two

years in central Massachusetts, working in a Polish speaking

two days a week. was ready for the Third World missions and ended up in Hoboken, N.J.! After I had volunteered to respond to the

parish and studied Spanish

A. You are correct in saying that severe physical and emotional abuse is not in itself grounds for annulment of a marriage, though it might always be justification for ••paration.

However, a pattern of such abuse of one partner by another

some types of personal or emotional

grounds for a declaration of

The

marriage may,

disorders that could

nullity.

you describe reveals a severe dysfunction somewhere. Please you can confide in, tell your story and ask his advice.

relationship

nd a priest

We find your questions and answers very helpful in understanding our We would like to know your comments on confession or the sacrament

Q. ith.

minister general's request for friars for a

| reconciliation by telephone. I hope you will explain a little bit and not pass off lightly as some others have done whom we have asked. (New Jersey)

A. The answer to your question is not that complicated, but must be seen in the of our understanding of the meaning of all the sacraments. The sacraments fundamentally are always actions of Jesus Christ exercising his

»ht

power in his Church. However, the nature of the sacraments means that he always acts through human iings, the ministers of the sacraments involved, and through the outward sign of ord and action that makes up the sacramental encounter between him and the

new foundation

found myself in Charlotte, N.C. In my request, I had stated I wanted to work in a growing local Church, where the Order was not established. I guest North Carolina fit the bill! In all of this, I see myself as furthering the mission of Christ's Church in the best way Franciscans do the witness of our community life. It was for this reason, I reluctantly responded to the needs of my province and will be relocating soon to assume directorship of our pre-novitiate program back north. I have been touched by the I have loved my stay in the "Old North State." enthusiasm and dedication of the diocese, the involvement of the laity, and the strong ecumenical ties. I leave you a better Religious for having been here. With tar on my heels, I hope to return. Please keep me in your prayers, as I will you. Pax et Bonum. Conventual Franciscan Brother John-Joseph Dolan has recently completed a four-year assignment as director of the Ministry for Justice and Peace for the Diocese of Charlotte. Africa,

et usually does, point to ;

—

iving

£rson receiving the sacrament.

The Church's awareness of this always means that personal presence itween the minister of the sacrament and the one receiving it.

required

be ordained or a baby baptized over the telephone, so one |tnnot receive the sacrament of penance that way either. It needs to be said, of course, that a person for whom the sacrament of penance not possible at the time is not spiritually abandoned.

Just as a priest cannot

As even our catechisms have always made clear, the

individual's spirit of faith,

God, sorrow for sin, and desire for the Eucharist and reconciliation can bring forgiveness of sins and the other helps from God that these sacraments are intended trust in

to provide in such a time of need.

(A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about receiving the Holy Eucharist is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.) Copyright 7997 by Catholic News Service

oiic

News

Herald

Letters To

The

Hispanic Christmas Play

Editor

Concern for environment

the Editor:

The article about the Cullasaja River controversy in the Dec. 13 issue stirs a few thoughts. Particular environmental questions

— even

large ones like coastal

development, the New River, the Randleman dam near Greensboro end up pitting economic growth against

—

environmental protection. Or, as in the case of the Cullasaja,

leads to fighting

about the validity of the politically created regulatory system. In both types of

each other. In the Cullasaja case, the argument that the river is "wild" and has "spiritual value" skews the question for one side while the argument that the rules were followed and the sewage system should actually improve the water quality skews situations, people talk past

your paper not cover the game and point out the savagery of the opponents, and your editorial denounce their savagery, rather than highlight the restroom prob-

lem? During Operation Rescue, abortionists were breaking off arms, tearing off legs and cutting heads off the bodies of unborn living babies on purpose in the dirtiest of slaughters. Your paper did not point out the savagery of the abor-

chose to point out the "outrages" of prolife and to suggest pro-lifers need to change our ways to get more fans. You chose to enervate the loving Operation Rescuers rather than encourage them.

the question for the side.

My question is how are we going to

Have you ever done so? You

tionists.

A few months ago, Pope John Paul and most of the active cardinals gath-

ered together. Their priority topic of

through to trust beyond fear of exploitation, misinformation and what

consideration was the pro-life issue,

might be seen as excessive criticism? Surely the environmental stewardship ethic of our religious heritage offers a covenant context from the Creation Story to Jewish law, the prophets and especially the life and message of Jesus on which we can agree. Insights from these sources, grappled with and applied to environment, the questions of today employment, waste management, commight help us mon rights in property all break through to the Kingdom. Despite comments and commitment from our bishop and others, I don't think we in the Catholic Church have demanded that kind of leadership or inquiry on the part of ourselves, our pastors or moralists. Are we perhaps limiting our options by focusing on the para-

abortions each year throughout the

report regarding the German bishop who

locked into some sort of individualistic

questioned whether the Church was "un-

duly burdening" people by banning artificial contraception and remarriage

break through this quandry? Can talk

100,000,000

particularly eliminating

To mark

end of Advent, the Hispanic Alliance presented a Posada, a traditional at St. Joan of Arc in Asheville.The Posad is a devotion with its origins in Hispanic culture, particularly that of Mexico.The celebratioifc Photo by MATT DOYLIJai included a dinner procession and traditional pinatas. the

Christmas mystery play about the birth of Jesus,

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dise in the hereafter?

Or worse,

are

"just-me" salvation model? Unless attain a

covenant

level, all the

debates

will continue in the "talk-past"

Good places to

mode.

might be participation in the Lex Mathews Conference in March or dialogue in the Land Stewardship Council of North Carolina's newsletter, Cry, North Carolina! We can't ignore the fundamental Kingdom of God questions in this nor can we toss the burden on the backs of the poor. We can't ignore it and leave a hopeless mess for our children. We, as Church people, need to look to ourselves and our own ethics to educate ourselves so we can move into action to promote Kingdom ethics for the good of start

all.

John O'Sullivan, Greensboro

Former diocesan representative, Land Stewardship Council of North Carolina

Pro-life activities

the Editor:

I read the coverage and editorial of The Catholic News & Herald (Nov. 29 issue), and also the Dec. 1 3 letters to the editor and the editorial concerning the Nov. 23 Operation Rescue. I am edified by the strength of convictions of Diane Hoefling, Father Donald Baker and Yvonne Ford in expressing the Catholic Church's undiminished pro-life stand. Your paper's coverage and editorials, on the contrary, were lifeless about life. If your paper were reporting on a Central Catholic football game and the opponents were breaking our players' arms, legs and heads on purpose in a iirty game and, at the same time, the ooms were closed to the fans, would

world, especially in their particular part

of the world. This is the reinforced stand of the Catholic Church. As the diocesan Catholic paper, The

News & Herald

Catholic

sponsibility to

emphasize

this pro-life

stand of the church in positive pro-life

language. Are you up to

Knights Rescue

Burning Greensboro House

it?

GREENSBORO

Father John Murphy, O.S.F.S.

Thomasville

— Minutes

after

participating in the Greensboro Christ-

mas parade, members of the Knights of Columbus rescued a woman from a fire started by a cigarette in an old woodframe

Disputes

German

bishop

the Editor: I

was dismayed

after divorce (Dec.

to read the

CNS

3 issue); sentiments

expressed, I'm afraid, even by

some of

our American bishops. The reality is, of course, that the ban on remarriage after divorce is not the Church's teaching but Christ's (Matt. 18, Mark 10, Luke 16:18), and His Bride cannot be unfaithful to His Word without betraying Her very mission,

which

is to

bring souls to salvation.

The ban on

artificial

contraception,

.while not explicit in the

New

Testa-

founded on Old Testament teaching (the sin of Onan) and supported by the "constant teaching of the Church (Sacred Tradition). At a time when every tenet of JudeoChristian moral teaching is either denied or ignored by the world at large, Christ's appointed shepherds need to ever more forcefully and courageously proclaim His Truth rather than capitulate to those who, out of a false sense of compassion, would have us turn away from the cross. After all, it was our Lord Himself ment,

solidly

who laid down the criteria for those who would be His disciples: "If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself, take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find

it.

For

what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul in the process?" (Matt. 16:24-26) For the sake of our Holy Catholic Faith, let us not forget to pray for our

sheperds daily, that they be given the

remain faithful to the teaching that was handed on to them. Estelle Wisneski

fortitude to

Charlotte

The woman, Diane Martin of 401 Eugene St., had fallen asleep whili smoking a cigarette, she later t firefighters.

"I'm sure she would have been

boarding house.

sick (from smoke inhalation) if we hai

Seven members of Piedmont Coun939 were towing their float back to St. Benedict Church when a woman approached them and pointed out billowing smoke from a window in a two-

helped her," said Carty. "If we had helped her, it's not likely anyone on else would have since most of the othe

cil

Woman From

has the re-

story building.

residents in the building didn't evei

know

there was a fire." They were glad to help. "We

real

Without a moment's hesititation, the Knights parked the pick-up truck on the street where it was stopped at a light. One Knight ran to tell a policeman on

he said. "We j reacted. If we had thought about it, w probably would have realized the build ing looked like a firetrap and could hav

parade duty to call the fire department. Others raced into the building, up the stairs and into the smoke-filled room. Finding a tiny, frightened and confused

gone up

woman,

they lifted her up and carried

her out of the building.

The Knights went back

into the

building, tossed a smoldering mattress

and boxspring down the stairs from the woman's room and pounded on doors to evacuate the building. At that point, the acrid smoke began to overwhelm them, said Ken Carty, one of the rescuers. The fire department arrived minutes later.

didn't think about

it,"

like a crackerbox."

"No one was

concerned fo Knight Tor O'Hanlon. "Our concern was gettin the people out. It's nice to see the people do respond to people in trouble Other Knights who helped in th rescue were Marshall Perry, Pat Roonej Ed Humburg, Norm Taylor and Bi really

their personal safety," said

Ruickoldt.

"The Knights always do thos Deacon Tim Rohan of Ou Lady of Grace. "They do anything t

things," says

help anybody out

at all

hours of th

day."

Please pray for the following deceased priests

during the month of January. Rev. Arthur J. Racette, 1975 Msgr. Lawrence Newman, 1981 Msgr. Eugene H. Livelsberger, 1987 Rev. Bernard J. McDevitt, 1942 Msgr. Michael A. Irwin, 1952 Rev. Charles E. Sweeney, 1958 Rev. Robert J. MacMillan, 1962 Rev. Cletus J. Helfrich, 1971 Rev. Philip J. O'Mara, 1975 Msgr. Charles J. O'Connor, 1976 Rev. Kenneth I. Parker, 1976 Rev. Thomas E. Curran, 1983 Msgr. Edward T. Gilbert, 1983 Rev. Herman Grones, OSB, 1936 Rev. Matthew Graz, OSB, 1942 Rev. Gerard Rettger, OSB, 1944 Rev. Benedict Rettger, OSB, 1952 Rev. Maurus Buchheit, OSB, 1975 Rev. Paul Milde, OSB, 1979

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I cr

The Catholic News

1992

Miliary 3,

Was Bad

Year For Movies 3ut There Were Bright Spots 1991

By GERRI PARE

NEW YORK (CNS) —While movjgoers have

little

to celebrate looking

ack on 1991, some of the better films

manage

themes

to treat slippery

substance.

/ith

This

no top 10

listing,

given that

written before screenings of

"The

rince of Tides" and "JFK." However,

some highlights for 1991. "Boyz 'N the Hood" zeros in on

notes

ervasive, violent crime in a black, iner-city

neighborhood without ever ex-

loiting

who

or glamorizing those

from it. It's a stunning cry for hange and a reminder to fathers of the jsponsibility they have as parents. The ilm, which was marked with violence, utter talk and brief bedroom shots, was

A-IV

— by

ons

—

adults, with reserva-

the U.S. Catholic Confer-

nce.

audience. Hollywood was startled

came off as a cool dude, not the least it corny. The USCC classification was

—

adults and adolescents.

Man

"Little

Tate" tackled the

rickly subject of a sensitive, gifted hild caught between the emotional suport

of his

mom

and the much-needed

itellectual stimulation

/oman who wants es.

of a possessive

expand his abiliThe cheery ending seems tackedto

but didn't turned

away the audience,

was classified A-II. "The Fisher King" proves

old "101 Dalmatians" pulled in families all

f-control fantasy.

—

was

classified

A-

adults.

one

man

confronts his long-sub-

lerged ethnic identity as

smacks up

gainst all he has stood for as a cop.

/as classified A-III.

$60 million), was classi-

There's a message there. Despite

economy, if it's good, they come. 1 The Christmas releases are 1 99 s last hope and are crucial to an industry where Orion, despite its two bona fide the sagging will

blockbusters this

— "Dances With year

sensational subject

Lambs" when

— had

to declare

bankruptcy

Hollywood learned

that big

—

takes

a serial killer

— and

/ho skins his female victims

ocuses on the teeth-gritting determinar

of a rookie federal agent to get the

pulsive job done, without sacrificing

Bruce Willis drew viewers as star of two "Die Hard" movies, but his big-budgeted pet project "Hudson Hawk," classified A-III, quickly

— and deservedly

couldn't revive the grimly titled

erts,

"Dying Young," which arrived DOA at the box office.

cally

Many

practiIt

was

does not assure

hit

n unforgettable French duo,

original

and already has grossed over

$200 million. This sci-fi odyssey, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a slick testimony to incessant, chilling It makes the flopped sequel, "Return to the Blue Lagoon," classified A-III, seem almost appealing. Well, not quite, but for all its insipid sweetness

relatively harmless,

deadly cynicism of "T 2."

"My

and calculated

them except escalating seems to

ave an audience.

With AIDS awareness at an all-time |igh not to mention the primary

Actor Billy Crystal as a

New York

stars in "City Slickers"

salesman

who

heads west

with his two best friends for a few days of it's

lmost shocking to see a movie like the British import "Twenty-One" that admires its heroine as she flaunts her pro-

The movie is so out of touch must be the same as the film baker's IQ. The USCC classified them miscuity.

male bonding on a

Finally, iou

remember

ie truly

offensive.

you have

to chuckle

when

that the distributors of

awful "The Pope

Teammate Sealey

says that

jealous," but strongly notes

Must Die"

all

go.

—

There was never any pressure from his family to be the best. Rather, there

adults and adoles-

The Motion Picture Association's rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappro-

cents.

priate for children

successful.

men

ranch.The

emotional and action-packed cattle drive. The U.S. Catholic Conference classificationis A-II

this transition is

analogous to thinking in a foreign language. The foundations have been mastered, but the success beyond is found in a natural reaction to the events of the game itself. That is what makes Kyle so

and love during an

cattle

learn a lot about life

tie title

O — morally

November, Bachmeier flew to from

Kyle's description of

iolence. Unfortunately, that

jll

Bachmeier continues to play soccer for the Winston Salem Under- 1 6 Twins. He cites the tremendous encouragement given him by the early coaches when he first began to play and recognizes that point in a sports career when you make the transition from the "basic skills" to making the game a part of your life.

icon's

—

other.

Kyle, but a wish that they could

"Stone Cold" and "Out for Jusce" were typical of a dozen movies, lostly about kickboxing, that had noth-

onsideration of basic morality

novels, Bachmeier sees himself as "determined" and enjoys the atmosphere of a smaller school. Fellow soccer players Nick Verano and Chad Sealey agreed that the team admired their youngest player. Although being the youngest member was "tough at the beginning," the team developed into a potent unit in that all the members supported each

that it was a jealousy directed not against

indiffer-

—

as his favorite subjects.

Despite a penchant for Steven King

"we were

nce to the feelings of friends and famy she used.

ig going for

and three assists in 24 games, Bachmeier is an unassuming athlete who enjoys the

cer team.

see

be one of the most miserable movie

elf-adulation

mates and fellow students, freshman Kyle Bachmeier is awesome and a "cool guy." The only freshman on the Bishop McGuinness High School varsity soc-

North Carolina to join 7 1 other students from across the nation to compete for the Under- 17 U.S. National Team. That was an honor not only for Bachmemer individually, but also for the whole soc-

— gen-

pop

By MICHAEL STREICH WINSTON SALEM— To his team-

Dallas, Texas, the only student

innocence of childhood. There also were real disasters.

xperiences ever, given the

Greenboro entertained patients

Maryfield 1-

Bishop McGuinness Soccer Star Scores Big As Player, Student

compared to the

"Madonna: Truth or Dare" had }

Christmas celebration. Pictured are (standing

Greg Thomas, Erin Murphy and Kristy Maggard; (kneeling 1-r) Seth Inhofer, Jason Barr, Colin Templeton, Megan Neijstrom, Mike Votta and Jamie Fulton. Not pictured is Patrick Kinlaw, who accompanied the group on the piano.

ogy and English

"Terminator 2: Judgment Day," classified O, which dwarfed even its own

them is 3 be transported to a simpler time and to Castle," classified A-II.

its

competition of sports while listing biol-

— and "My Mother's

patronage

ral

part of

office heaven.

this year's foreign films is

'ather 's Glory," classified A-I

High Point as

Unfortunately, an exception was

ny of the nearly unbearable suspense, was classified A-IV.

Among

cer team, with a record of eight goals

sequels likewise found that

following up on a

box

Home

crash-landed.

Even Hollywood's hottest actress, surefire box-office magnet Julia Rob-

it's

Nursing

names

don't necessarily guarantee big bucks.

—

The youth group from Our Lady of Grace

other releases languished.

ultraviolence.

"The Silence of the Lambs"

ion

(read

fied A-I.

that the

"Homicide" poses ethical questions s

summer long

beyond expectations.

far

classified A-III.

leme of redemption can be handled dth thought despite confines of a movie lat is part crazed comedy and part outII

when

Disney's second reissue of the 30-year-

Wolves" and "The Silence of the

"City Slickers" was immensely ntertaining and the main character made clear he took marriage vows seriously,

-II

Youth Group Entertains Patients.

were so desperate to attract an audience, any audience, that they tried to make it less offensive by changing its title. They made "Die" into "Diet," but the movie still went belly-up at the box office. The USCC classified it A-IV. Perhaps studio moguls will be more open next year to movies for the family

rofit

lassified

under

13.

(CNS photo

from Castle Rock Entertainment)

support and encouragement. Accord-

ing to Kyle, his greatest perceived weak-

ness

is,

"to be too nice. ..and to give in

too easily." There statement.

It is

no arrogance in that

both humble as well as

a prelude to those leadership characteristics that will

eventually propel this

freshman into mature leadership

in his

upperclass years;

evident in the

traits

current senior players

whose own sup-

made Bachmeier feel a part of a winning team. Soccer has always been synonymous with Bishop McGuinness High School. Winning as a team with an attitude of dignity and respect is an ongoing achievement. As an exceptional player, Bachmeier fits that mold in the same way the team as a whole demonstrates those positive port

goals.

Michael Streich is a teacher at Bishop McGuinness High School.

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reads the

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Our own Catholic press surveys show the readership is aging. What will happen when they ve all died off? What '

will

of the Church in 20 or 30

left

years?

Ok, kids, this is your Church, and The Catholic News & Herald is your newspaper for the future, and we need your input today. Your heritage;

the thread

the fabric of your

all

your

life.

Your Catholic out

faith is

woven through

is out to wash you don't read the

press

the ideas that

you don't give a flip about We don't buy into that theory. We have given space on this page for a forum for youth across the diocese. Great. Now we need the words, pictures, and thoughts. paper, that

what's going on.

Make

New

Year's resolution to

share your faith with others.

are

seeking teens to write about issues faced

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News

January

Herald

1992

few 10 Commandments I

tear i

COMMUNICATION

of POOR

FMS

By Brother Cyprian Lamar Rowe, Catholic

News

Service

oor communication is the fruit of a dangerous

H H

— the "human-relating"

tial for

good or for

tree,

with

all its

poten-

evil.

We try to communicate with others because it human beings. We want to form

in the nature of

community and experience intimacy. We want to be loved, and we want to be understood, and we want to be valued. At the same time, we live with the fear that we will not be loved and valued. fl[

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So, in effect, we try to structure everything so as to assure that things turn out exactly as we want them to. Then we feel safe. But that is our mistake. Poor communication is born out of this rigidity, out of this attempt to control the creativity of the world and everything in it.

that trw

of cts oj

, jacts fn tKg real

Jesus listened. Isn't it remarkable that he did not seem to have any

difficulty

listening? 7.

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He listened so well that everybody wanted to be near him. His way communicating was quintessentially loving. Poor communication is ultimately a failure to love others on their own terms a refusal to "validate" and "ratify" others unless we can see ourselves produced in them. It is a refusal to let them be themof

—

hearing one

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j*H out

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.^^ and -eanrn^

selves.

My aforementioned

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bring them «<p not relevant or

commandments

up the

failure to listen

of poor

communi

and the failure to 3n love. Look back on conversations that have broke; isdown, communication events that have been frus trated and ask which of these commandments was

cation point

violated.

A friend of mine, when reading these command ments, started laughing. "You hit me right there,' she howled. "How in the world did you do that?" "It was easy," I answered. "Think about all the times you have felt unvalued and unloved by some one you were talking to, and see what happened. "And since you say you do those things, look at the response of people close to you. Don't they respond negatively when you do it to them?" "My fiance tells me some of these very things." "You had better change them if you want to keep love alive."

(Brother Rowe

is a research associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.)

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When communication breaks down at home, what do you think are the main causes? "Busy schedules. Everybody

too busy to take time to communicate."

"Hurt feelings, pride, not being willing to be the

first

person to say

"Living Recovery,

— Debbie Hardin, Jackson, Miss. — Lois Doyle, Vermillion, or to

sorry'

start talking."

S.D.

"Our

first

reaction

(when there

a problem or

conflict) is that

the other person's

fault."

— Bob Kearney,

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Wayne,

men and women in programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. It provides an in-depth look at 22 tools for recovery from

addictions which

Ind.

Inspirational

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kinds of

make genuine

communication so nearly im"Often people are saying the

same

thing, but the explanation isn't clear. For

you think your positions are diametrically opposed. But when you Barbara LaBarbera, Beverly Hills, Mich. "Lack of trust

one another; a fear

of being

open and honest."

talk

about

it,

example, you're talking about retirement and you find that you're not that far apart."

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many

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"Alcoholism is the root of a lot of communication problems. People will begin to say to the alcoholic person that maybe they need to slow down and that person gets defensive because they haven't recognized the problem. It leads to a lot of communication problems." Ed Gravel, Sturgis, S.D.

An upcoming

possible. Among the topics treated

are

tion; criticism;

a sense

of inade-

quacy; a lack of hope; dishonesty. (A Hazelden Recovery Book, Ballantine Press, Fridley, Minn.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

When Communication Breaks

Down By Father David K. O'Rourke, Catholic News Service

Home

ask for help, they

k like? First let me narrow 3 meaning of a communican breakdown. For the realis that communication gative communication titinues even during real

around? First,

you have

to see a

need to

change.

— —

Second, you

have to want to

uble. Irecall one couple who came

change.

me for counseling. As y slipped into the two wooden chairs

see

life,

with mar-

did not really in-

watching football on television and shopping. As she said at one point, "If the kids leave home at the end of football season and before paychecks arrive, we're not going to have anything to talk about." This, too, is a picture of a marriage with little serious communication. The church's new law code describes marriage as "a union of the whole of life" and "a community of life and love." When we talk about a real

to turn things

ns are due to a breakdown in

front of

breakdown in communicawhat we mean is that that union and that community are coming

sir

unglued.

my desk, they turned so that backs were to each other. Clearly they were angry with each ler and were not talking. But they tainly were communicating! The room was so thick with their rt, resentment and anger that you ild almost touch it. But by the very :t that they had come to see me they 10 were communicating a willingness look at what was going on. And they re letting me know by their posture d silence that they weren't about to 'e me any help in getting started.

tion,

That can happen when people, for whatever reason, stop trying. Or they can recognize that they really don't want that kind of closeness now. Or perhaps they never wanted it in the first place. Not infrequently, people never develop communication that reaches a level any deeper than banter. What do you do to turn things around? First, you have to see a need to

— change. — Second,

you have

want

change.

Examples like this, however, are rare, unfortunate, for situations like sse can usually be resolved. What is >re common, and more troubling, is a at's

breakdown

in communication.

What does this breakdown look like?

me give

a few brief sketches. think of one couple, married 14 ars, who had begun to go their sepate ways. They had their own friends d different interests, they spent little ae together and talked to each other ly about the house and their childrens' t

looling.

If you don't believe it is possible to change to begin to communicate -or if you don't want it, nothing will happen.

—

But when people

do,

they usually will

find the way.

Talking, kindness, appreciation, words of support and understanding are the ingredients. And most of us know how to put them to good use, or can learn to do so. (Father O'Rourke is pastor of St. Dominic's Parish isBenicia, Calif., and

a free-lance

commu-

writer.)

message another wants

we know how

to deliver.

—

Their time and energies went into raising children, maintaining the house,

What do you do

ually claim that their prob-

nmunication. What does this breakdown

riage and family volve each other.

For

express ourselves don't we? Well, for one marvel at how many times am misunderstood, even when energetically trying to be clear. Unfortunately, communication breakdowns are common. They can be damaging. At home, a communication breakdown can leave people feeling disconnected. It is possible to learn better communication skills. But this is more than a mental process. It requires a willingness to repeatedly practice what is learned. to what another person Try listening quietly perhaps without speaking at all is telling you. This is hard to do, but worthwhile. You become better attuned to what another person thinks and feels. And try when expressing yourself to take more time, to speak with patience, until what you want to say is clear. calls into Finally, remember that good communication especially at home play more than listening and speaking. It calls upon you to care about the person you But

interests, while compatible

years ago I was trained as a irriage and family counselor. So over years I have spent long hours with ople whose marriages or families were the verge of breaking up. When these stresses push

it?

We know how to listen don't we? Maybe not very well. Human beings are adept at missing the real

They went through all the motions of being spouses and parents. But their

Many

ople to

Communication between individuals should be easy, shouldn't employs two such basic skills: listening and articulating.

nicating

—

are communicating with.

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

God Wired Us By Father John Catholic

News

for

Communication monologue brought a stinging aware-

Castelot

ness of alienation. This was just the

Service

first effect of the pictured chatting amicably refusal to communicate. Not only was with human creatures in the book of the relationship with God sundered; Genesis. The author implies all other communication that God strolled with them soured. "The punishment of "in the garden at the breezy The man turned on his people's attempt to time of day" (Genesis 2:8). wife and blamed her for the build a great city God communicated with break and, in the process, without any reference snidely incriminated his bethe whole universe, but in a special way with the only to God Is significant nevolent creator: "The creatures capable of rewoman whom you put here 'That Is why It Is sponding in an interpersonal with me she gave me fruit called Babel (a play way by entering into diafrom the tree, and I ate it" on the word balal, logue: creatures made in the (Genesis 2:12). Communica-

God

—

image

of God.

Someone suggested that the "original sin" was humanity's prideful insistence on turning this dia-

confusion), because

tion then begins breaking

the Lord confused the

down all along the line. Other creatures, once

speech of the world"'

now are perceived as hostile: "The serpent tricked me into it," says the friendly,

(Genesis 11:9).

logue into a self-centered

monologue, thus breaking off communication. The results were shame and the terror of loneliness. When God came looking for them, the man and his wife hid. Seeking to reestablish communication, God called and asked, "Where are you?" The man replied, "I I

heard you

in the garden;

but

was afraid, and I hid myself" (Genesis

2:10).

A terrifying sense of nakedness and powerlessness overcame the man. The

woman

in self-defense.

Soon brother turns on brother in the story of Cain and Abel. It is one disaster after another.

The punishment of people's attempt without any refer"That is why it is called Babel (a play on the word balal, confusion), because the Lord confused the speech of all the world" (Gento build a great city

ence to God

significant:

esis 11:9).

The

result

was a general

failure of

From their point of view this arrange;nt was satisfactory. Then one of their o children became seriously ill.

communication, with inevitable misunderstanding, suspicion and hostil-

At that point the stress of the illness, support, the need plan medical care jointly and the aspect of having to sacrifice personal ae to child care required that they face

The whole Bible is an account of God's repeated offers to re-establish communication and of humanity's resistance. God's establishment of a covenant was such an offer: "Ever present in your midst, I will be your God, and you will be my people" (Leviticus 26: 1 2). But the people eventually repudiated this relationship, over and over again, with frightful results. In a poignant passage, Hosea portrays God as lamenting this breakdown: "When Israel was a child, I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son. The more I called them, the farther they

e need for emotional

limits in their relationship.

Did they want to turn to each other the support they now needed, or uld they separate and find some other iy

to live?

What they had, they clearly recogsed, was a relationship with very little aimunication, too little to support a irriage that had many of life's usual

oblems and stresses.

Another couple, maintaining they little communication, recognized at the communication was never there begin with in their marriage.

ity.

went from me" (Hosea

11:1-2).

This long, sad story of the break-

down

of communication between God and humanity is a dramatic portrayal of the tragic consequences of broken communication on all levels of human

experience. When dialogue turns to monologue, the result can be only monotony, loneliness, bitterness.

God wired us

for

communication.

(Father Castelot scholar, author

and

a Scripture

lecturer.)

News

•!holic

The Shining

Herald

January

1992

Light By SISTER CECILIA TONG, ACJ

Evenings in winter become desolate. Gusts of wind pierce one's skin. The young artist was thinking wildly. What can he paint? The world in winter ? Perhaps it is a good subject for him to paint any way. He dreamt, "I would paint one of the most beautiful scenes that I have seen." He took out the painting pad, placed it near the window. He tried to capture the winter scene but he became disappointed because everything was dark outside. Any way he tried to be busy and used all of the skills possible for his painting. His right hand was very busy on the canvas. Little by little, the dark grey scene appeared, filling up the white canvas. One could see the little house nestled neatly in the pine forest. The house was located in a dark corner of a field giving a melancholy look. He took his brush and dotted

white snowflakes, making his dark lines against the grey sky.

thought to himself, "I wanted to

ful

winter scene but instead

life.

Maybe this it?" He talked

make

most beauti-

the

a sad looking one as

it is

has

if it

a correct scene of the world right now,

isn't to himself, "The world nowadays is dark and dismal exactly as this painting. Just look at the bad economy that we have right now; the unemployment rate rises high. Powerful men control the fate of the whole world and are seeking more power. They can create a bad scene for all people; they can keep the whole world under their thumbs so to speak. Who can take us out of this misery?" the young artist thought. After giving his last touch to the winter scene, he stood away from the window gazing at the painting, then he decorated it over and over again. His face wore a sad, melancholy look. The winter sky was already sombre, now his painting seemed even darker. He added and added more strokes, wondering how he could make it brighter and more cheerful. Suddenly he took out a clean brush and dipped it into gold- paint and, with broader strokes, added to the painting. One could see that his face was brightened with smiles. Then the painting came to life and it exuded an air of extraordinary warmth and hominess. The truth is, he has put light in this darkness, warmth in this cold night. It is the LIGHT that gives joy to the dark and sad scene. This same light that gives joy, hope and love to this young artist. He turned his attention to some small figures at the window. He elaborated the figures with light. He wanted to put the family members in the scene. A scene of patient waiting for someone to come in. A young girl was kneeling to embrace light in her bosom. Is she the representative of the whole human race who was waiting for her Savior? The artist smiled to himself and seemed to be satisfied. It is his masterpiece, he thought, for the young girl was incredibly beautiful. She seemed to

bear light within her.

Coordinate Disaster Assistance WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catho"meet needs

Reed of God has decribed a wonderful scene that I was as if the human race were a little dark locked and latched. The wind of the Spirit had beaten on

house, without light or

air,

USA

Charities

and the American

Red Cross have agreed

to coordinate

aid to victims of disaster. J.

Harvey, president

USA, and Ameri-

said.

Father Thomas

can Red Cross President Elizabeth H. Dole signed an agreement Dec. 20 to facilitate working relationships between

Mrs. Dole praised the "commitment and strength" of Catholic Charities, say-

two organizations. The agreement called on Catholic dioceses and Red Cross chapters across

the

look

world we

at the

we need

the LIGHT of the world." This eternal light shed family thousands of years ago even to this age. Just

shall Jcnow

how much darkness that is surrounding us.

We need hope to uplift our spirit. We need how

children to teach us

prayers to cheer

to pray.

An article that I have read impressed me with the words that we are living in the ENCHANTED WITH DEATH. It is re-echoing the words of the bishops of Latin America who recently met in Argentina and wrote with great

-Dem lung.

muon

Ta ve

mot buc

buc tranh

mda

tuyet

Mac dau vay chang thoat tren

khung

am 9am,

mua dong

Ngudi

mai nhaddn

cdi.

nghi ngdi: "Minh

Hay

thay

vong

that

mpt

ma'i

cung cd cam tuong

ve mot buc tranh

nhin chung quanh, kinh

cd quyen

thi

doc

tai

nhung khung ca*nh

mot 3e

Nha hoa

tre tud'i

dang duoc chu

tai

y'.

tuyet

mua dong

nam gon gang

Mat anh

xuohg doc tham

hai, ke" that

tham buon, vua ve chang

viia

noi bat, linh (long, chua hon.

tide

tren

ca'hh

ma trong"dd moi

Red Cross

vong va quyen

toi ca.

trong lum thong

ket

qua

troi

lai la

xam

mot

am dam nhu

xam

the gioi. loai.

Hp cung

Ho dieu

nhung

bile tranh

Nhung

ngiioi tao

khien ca van

toi

ngiidi

troi,

rary housing,

relationship with

to disasters

will allow the organiza-

and

first

by providing food, shelter

aid to disaster victims.

COME LORD JESUS COME!

so de nhin ro buc tranh, roi anh ta to

lam sao cho

bile tranh

buon.

birth

them

co hon. Thinh linh chang

thay nha hoa sy mini ciioi rang la

lung

xam chiem. Thi

ra £(hh

Anh cho them nhan vat vao buc hoa. Mot

ngu6i"dang kien nhan chdddi mot

NHAN VATquan trpng sap den. Mot

tii

uy.

Nha van

nhii sau:

Caryll Houselander trong truyen

"Nhan

luc

loai la

mot can nha be nho

can nha duoc cai then khoa

bang nhifng canh hong

ngay ca

bao

Ngai da phai dung

kin.

tdi

Cay Say cua Chua'da dien

tarn toi,

Gid Than Linh dap

Than Linh ne'm nhung

nho.

be'

nhdng dan go chac

manh. Mac du vay. Than Linh van phai doi ngoai. Cho

director

mot khung

tdi

khong cd anh sang cung nhu khong

ciia,

lay

dong

ciia

soTdap nhe

tren kinh

nhdng

ciia kinh,

hat.giong vang anh vao

nich-loi tien

mot ngay

kia,

doan cua cay Thap Tu-de go

mot co

be" gai

md*ciia va ngoi

nha nho be do dddc quet sach va gieo hudng gid mat. Ngoi nha ngup lan trong bien sang va anh sang

chiem ngu ngoi nha. Roi mot Hai Nhi raddi, va Hai Nhi do chinh

ChuaGiesuda chang tuyen bodosao: "Ta "dinh nhan loai ca

pha tan bong

mot

Sy CHET. Nhung tai

toi.

toi toi loi.

Toi da doc

bai loi

Chung Chu'ng

A Can-Dinh.

can anh sang, can hy vongcle vudn

can

lai

cho

Cac Ngai la :"

tre la

tho de day chung

hau qua chung

chpn neu chung

biic tranh the gioi.

ch£t trong

Muc Chau My

"Van hoa cua chet choc dang

Giam Muc

that vay, thegioi

Nhung quan

minh anh sang va

lan tran

hien gi6

the gioi

muon. Chung

ME HO AC BOI

Latin khi cac Ng;

Chau

tre

My La Tinh." v

em chet doi." (Celam

hay co gang ngan chan "dau oc

chung tadang bop nghet anh

rrle

sang va mani song.

cd the trd nen nha hoa sy

trpng hdn the nua chung

mam sohg cho nhan

Cau nguyen giup chung

cau nguyen.

keu gpi cua hang Giam

XXIII) Ngay ca due Thanh Cha cung keu goi

giai tren gia

cua chung

chung ta^dang ngup an trong mot van hoa

toi l6i

noi:

len.

gidi

pha thai.ngua thai.chpn chet em.tan pha va"de

hoac bdi Than Chet" (May, 1 99 1 )

anh sang vao

Thien Chua.

anh Sang the gian" anh sang naylla chieu

bad vdi nhande

nay g$i

nanh vuot cua Than Chet

-Do'chinh

may ngan nam cho t6i bay gid. Chung ta hay nhin xem the

"dang bao trum bong

dung nen

m£nh muon ngiioi

hop ban

ciia

bde tranh. Nguoi

troi

cokhi

nhe, chang

buc tranh nay.

nghiep nhan nhan dau day.

Mot ve am cung va

sangda chiem doat, anh sang reo vui cho ca khung

khung

new working

canh tudng

Cifu Tinh cho xa hoi nay?

chpn but ve mdi qu^t tung hoanh mau vahg

Buc tranh

sponse office coordinates relief efforts in domestic disasters including tempo-

chapters nationwide help people respond

its

cd thechpn de

tro

tre

diem

nen co gai

loai.

c6 be gai dang quy loai

dang ch6

chimdam trong anh sang huyen dieu.

Cuu The? Nha hoa sy mirh

dieu cua chang

ta,

mot

vi trinh

Phai chang co

cuoi sung stldhg

dai dien cho ca gia ciinh

man nguyen.-Day nan

nhan

mot buc tranh

nu-mot trang tuyet thegiai nhan, trong nang chua ca mot

troi

Lay Chua, uoc

chung con

m6 rpng tarn hon.mi rong cua,m6 rang the gidi de do'n Chua den.

ANH SANG, xin GIESU NGAI HAY DEN! Sister Cecilia Tong,

ACJ

disaster re-

its

Chang

nhetren rrmnh viion nho va phu"day

rdi

mot buc tranh den buon,

Sau net cham pha cuoi cung, nha hoa sytlung gah net.

dang

thatdep the

day d$c nay cho giadinh nhan

la vj

lo-

with the whole Catholic community

nghfngpi

moi vat chung quanh chang deu den

nha nho nhan

chuyen che va nam ca van menh

clen toi

dudi ngoh tay hp. Ai se

rd.

dac sac. Chang lay gia ve dat gah cua so. Chang co gang ve mpt

"dam, vo hon." hinh nhu the gidi hien nay cung

day

the

Sau nhung net cham pha den dac doc ngang phan chieu bau

muon

its

Tong of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of the Vietnamese Apostolate for the Diocese of Charlotte.

co gang dung moi nang khie'u san cd de hoan thahh buc tranh. Tay chang thoan

pha mau trang day do khien tren

services nationwide and

Sister Cecilia

No 6m chat mot goc ddngden toi cang lam cho khung canh u bu6n va xd xac them. Nha hoa s"y cham

x it.

that

nhung chang cam thay

vai trang.

1,200

anh sang

tung chap c6n gid tham buot Ian da.

day? the gi6i cua mua dong?

tranh

USA's

cal chapters provide a variety of human

experience as the nation's largest

Come LIGHT,

concern about "a culture of death advancing over Latin America." They also named the dangers of this culture: "abortion, contraception, euthanasia, violence, hunger

mong

efficient services during crises."

Catholic Charities

and infant malnutrition." (Celam XXIII) Pope John Paul II also wrote to all the bishops of the world about "death mentality" ( May 1991). It is true that our world is squeezing out its light and life. And it is our own doing if we choose it. We can become that young artist who put light in his painting. But more that that we can all become that young girl who embraced LIGHT and LIFE in her heart. Lord! that we may open to you our hearts and souls.our homes and our world.

We need

culture actually

Chieu ve dong vo cung

use

emergency feeding, counseling, financial aid and medical care. The American Red Cross' 2,700

and the

human

light to dispel darkness.

us up,

and

response activi-

private social service organization, ties

work "enables

relief organizations to provide effective

the country to develop local agreements to coordinate disaster

Red Cross and the family of disaster

ing the organization's

the

ties'

Jesus declared before: "I

for

to join other

of Catholic Charities

the door; rattled the

rays onto the whole

community

voluntary organizations that have pledged to work with Red Cross," he

flung golden seeds against

its

the Catholic

and feeding. Father Harvey said Catholic Chari-

—

way

"This agreement paves the

emergency

their resources in providing

who are hurting after a disaster."

people

sheltering

windows, tapped on the dark glass with the tiny hands of flowers, it, even in hours of storm, lashed it with the bough of a great tree-the prophecy of the Cross and yet the Spirit was outside. But one day a girl opened the door, and the little house was swept pure and sweet by the wind. Seas of light swept through it, and the light remained in it, and in that little house a Child was born and the Child was God."

the varied

tions to better

lic

such as training, preparedness and the use of Catholic church facilities for

like to share with the readers: "It

Red Cross To

Catholic Charities,

ties,

Caryll Houselander in The

would

American Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole and Father Thomas Harvey, president of Catholic Charities USA, announce the groups will coordinate resources to provide emergency aid during disasters. (CNS photo from Catholic Charities USA)

Xin

ipo

The Catholic News

nuary 3,1992

atholic Editors Call Gulf WASHINGTON

(CNS)

editors voted the Persian

e top 1991

news

story in

—

CathoGulf War as the world of

Gorbachev was ranked

The

failed

Kremlin coup and revo-

sixth

Union

ligious

because of

personalities, barely

five.

The Gulf War provoked a wide range of moral and religious concerns, from a wide-ranging debate on the conditions

by the November referendum Washington state on physician-assted suicide, was a close third.

who

among news

missing the top

;pecially

personalities

Story Of 1991

and political freedoms through Eastern Europe. This year, Gorbachev came in

ime in second. The new euthanasia bate in the United States, sparked

Among

his role in the restoration of religious

ligion.

tionary changes in the Soviet

first

War Top

of a just war to questions of nuclear

and the shape of a new world order, from the problems and

proliferation

affected

news, editors picked new Su-

opportunities the war presented for Chris-

tian-Muslim-Jewish relations to the relief efforts launched by churches and humanitarian agencies for the war's victims and refugees.

The poll was the 30th annual survey conducted by Catholic News Service among editors of U.S. and Canadian Catholic newspapers. This year's ballots were distributed Dec. 3 and the deadline for returns was Dec. 13. Editors were asked to vote for the top 10 news stories from a list of 33 selected by CNS editors. They were asked to select the top five newsmakers from a list of 24. Votes were weighted by the ranking editors gave, 10 points

jpreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as voted the top

for top story, nine for second, etc.,

newsmaker of 1991.

and

five for top personality, four for second,

^NS photo by Michael Hoyt, Catholic

U.S. Marines on maneuvers in Saudi Arabia last January just before the start of the Persian Gulf War. Catholic editors in the United States and Canada voted the war the top story of

(CNS photo from

1991.

Reuters)

the opening of the Second Vatican Council.

etc.

andard)

—

reme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, hose confirmation hearings provoked lajor national debates on abortion and

He edged

;xual harassment.

)hn Paul II as the year It

was

top newsmaker.

row

editors submitting ballots

the highest

—

number since 49 voted

that

chose another personality over le pope, who is always a natural connder for the world's foremost reliious newsmaker. In 1989 and 1990, len Soviet President Mikhail

iitors

ses, the

number of

first-place votes re-

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Persian Gulf War, 377 points (24

was conducted in 1962, the overwhelming choice for top story for that year was

events, 265 (9). 3.

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Qmtmiquemorws 1992

Ano Nuevo

Por PADRE SILL RUEDA Las paginas de un nuevo libro se han abierto, para escribir en ellas, dia a dia, la historia de nuestras vidas y los acontecimientos que este ano de 1992 nos trae a cada uno. Hemos entrado en un periodo nuevo de nuestra historia. Somos artifices de un nuevo aho,de una nueva vida. Comenzamos como el niho en su primer ano de escuela a deletrear el nombre 1 9 9 2, a llenar nuestros cuadernos de buenas lecciones, de cosas nuevas o quizas tambien a llenarlos de manchas y borrones y tareas inconclusas...

Vamos a planificar los di'as, a llenar el calendario de compromisos sociales o de trabajos. A sonar en el manana y a esperar en el futuro. A comenzado un ano mas en nuestras vidas. A comenzado un ano nuevo que tenemos que emplear para darle gracias al Senor por todo lo que de El hemos recibido. Un ano que tenemos que llenar con nuestras buenas acciones desde el principio hasta el fin, con la semilla para la buena siembra, para saber recoger al final con dignidad, los frutos de la buena

cosecha. El aho de

ha acabado con

muy

pocas alegrias para algunos. Con un horizonte incierto para muchos y

empanado

a nivel mundial, por los acontecimientos dolorosos que hemos visto de, terremotos, accidentes, guerras

y ruidos poh'ticos en

muchas

partes.

hora de hacer una evaluation personal en nuestras consiencias y preguntarnos a nosotros mismos, en que la

hemos contribuido para disipar el dolor del mundo o en que hemos contribuido tambien para acrecentarlo. Es

hora

Los Sacramentos

amor hacia

Todo

SILL

unos 587 ahos antes de nacimiento de leemos que: "De Saba vendran todos trayendo oro e incienso y Cristo,

proclamando las alabanzas del Senor." Los camellos con sus pesadas cargas caminan pausadamente por los polvorientos caminos inhospitos de Mesopotamia, Arabia y Persia, con sus jinetes cargados de regalos. Y esta

PADRE

SILL

RUEDA

El Sacerdote de Cristo del cual es

hombre indicado para predicar la fe qui

bueno que tenemos, viene de Aquel que

participation y el Sacerdocio comun de los fieles, dentro del cual actua, permiten

luego ha de llevar a su crecimiento traves de los sacramentos y del cult

una vision mas clara y precisa del ministerio sacerdotal o como mas

divino.

nosotros.

en esta navidad pasada nos dio a su hijo amado como nuesto Salvador y como la luz y la esperanza de nuestra vida.

Confiamos que

este

aho nuevo este

comunmente se le

Iw.

'^^mL

llama,

para todos lleno de buenos augurios,

deseos y realizaciones amorosas en famila. Que este radiante de felicidad y de esperanzas en cada hombre que lucha por descubrir lo bueno y positivo de la vida. Que este lleno de deseos de trabajar, para poder edificar un mundo nuevo. Que este lleno de hombres y mujeres, jovenes, ancianos y nines que unidos por sus manos abracen al mundo de paz. Si algunos todabfa tienen en su

memoria

los recuerdos dolorosos del

aho anterior, por perdidas de seres queridos, enfermedades o desastres de toda clase; lo unico que les digo es que no hay que desmayar. El nuevo ano que hemos comenzado debe ser tenido en cuenta como una inmensa oportunidad de dfas mejores que nos ofrece el Sehor, para que trabajemos en su servicio, para que mejoremos nuestras condiciones espirituales de vida, para que descubramos lo positivo que hay en el uni verso y hagamos con ello un derrotero nuevo para nuestras vidas.

del

Sacerdocio Ministerial.

Partiendo del

hecho de que

los

Presbfteros son S$ c p n s t i t u i d o s p r 6 v i d o s cooperadores del

Orden Episcopal, hay que comenzar destacando algunos elementos estructurales que determinan en importante medida la situation del Presbiterado:

Dependencia del

ministerio Episcopal, cuya cabeza visible es el Papa. 2) Caracter de unidad entre todos los Sacerdotes. 3) Consagracion sacramental. 4) Servidor de la palabra bfblica. 5) Su funcion es la del culto y los sacramentos, en la preparation del pueblo de Dios y 6) Servidor de la comunidad donde trabaja. De esta manera el Sacerdote es el

Todo

esto centrandose en \

eucaristfa como presencia de Cristo em

hombres. Por eso a nadie mas que el corresponde la direction espiritual d la comunidad. El Presbftero en razon de s configuration con Cristo y cabeza mediante el sacramento del orden y en su calidad de cooperador con los' Obispos, asume la paternidad espiritual de la comunidad,*para transformarla en verdadera familia y darle sentido de cuerpo vivo. El sacramento de las Ordenes Sagradas convierte a ciertos hombres y los asemeja a Jesucristo, concediendoles el sagrado poder de servir al pueblo de Dios al ofrecer el sacrificio de la Misa, % perdonando los pecados y ungiendo a no los

Por lo tanto a los Sacerdotes se les debe tener respeto

santa de Belen, encienda

una luz

inestinguible en cada corazon hispano,

para que brille todos los dfas en este ano

nuevo y nos de

como FELIZ

niho,

la alegria

de adorar

los pastores lo hicieron.

AhO DE

1992

Reflexion para

del Oriente.

Existieron realmente los tres reyes

magos que acudieron a adorar a Jesus en Belen? De los cuatro Evangelistas, solo San Mateo, habla de la adoracion de los magos. Hay muy pocos documentos historicos para creer en la existencia de esos reyes que embellecieron el pesebre con su presencia; como tampoco hay datos que comprueben cuantos eran, de donde venian y como se llamaban. Existe tambien la posibilidad de que los magos hayan sido personajes reales que visitaron al niho Jesus y que un grupo de ellos estuvo en Jerusalen un tiempo antes del nacimiento de Cristo, segun el pensar popular. La palabra "magus" procede del Persa antiguo y se usaba para designar a sacerdotes del antiguo medio oriente que se dedicaban a la adoracion a traves de la astrologi'a. La idea de que los magos eran tres, proviene del numero de regalos que le ofrecieron

niho, oro, incienso y mirra y sus nombres solo los encontramos en los evangelios apocrifos y en leyendas al

populares de esa region. Sin embargo

numero de magos en una epoca fue de

obediencia y agradecimiento por todo 1c

que hacen por la comunidad de fieles Siendo pues ellos imitadores de Cristo M en la tierra a pesar de sus limitaciones.

brii

Ano Nuevo

le ICSC

Que

aho de 1991. Vamos a grandes pasos hacia la eternidad. La vida es tan corta, que solo nos da tiempo de prepararnos a una

inmenso y nos obliga a aprovecharlo. El tiempo es implacable y no retro cede, no depende de nostras, no podemos

santa muerte.

podemos hacer

rapido paso

Con el aho que empieza,

detenerlo ni cambiarlo, lo unico que h

es aprovecharlo o

perderlo. El tiempo, es fuente de grandes

de nuestra vida al final de la jornada, es decir a la hora de la muerte tenemos que presentar esas paginas llenas de meritos, de buenas obras y sin un solo borron. El tiempo es

cuando esta bien administrado, pero tambien de grandes remordimientos cuando lo usamos mal o lo

nuevo capftulo del

porque hemos sentido en lo mas intimo del alma la presencia de los Reyes Magos

Kim

PARA

leyenda encantadora que se ha entrado en nuestras vidas hace ya muchos ahos, nos vuelve a traer recuerdos de la nihez,

cat

los enfermos.

Que la misma esperanza de. la familia

RUEDA

En el libro profetico de Isaias, escrito

Por

infinito

Los Reyes Magos de Oriente PADRE

Orden Sacerdotal

trascurso del aho que ha terminado y

darle gracias a El de todo corazon por su

TODOS.

Por

para repasar las bendiciones de Dios en

se abre

libro

alegrias

desperdiciamos.

Tengamos presente que

moneda con la cual compramos la eternidad. Cada segundo de nuestra vida

no solo tenemos que dar estrecha cuenta de lo malo que hicimos, sino tambien dar cuenta de lo bueno que dejamos de

es irreparable, por lo tanto su valor es

hacer.

doce y en otras aparece en grupos de dos, seis y ocho, pero las escrituras no dan detalles al respecto, ni hay una tradition que lo soporte. El viaje de Gaspar, Melchor y B altazar pudo haber comenzado en algun lugar de la lejana Arabia o mas alia del Tigris o del Eufrates o por las regiones de Persia, lo sierto es que habiendo

a la puerta del

':!(!'

*fei

Y le dije al Angel que estaba parado

"Donde Rey de los Judios? Porque

llegado a Jerusalen preguntaron esta el nacido

nosotros vimos en oriente su estrella y

hemos venido con

el fin

de adorarle."

Los presentes de los tres reyes magos llegados de lugares desconocidos y distantes es un sfmbolo mas del homenaje que hoy tributa gran parte de la humanidad a Jesus hecho hombre. La realidad de estos acontecimientos puede ponerse en duda, pero nunca se pondra en duda la alegrfa que este acontecimiento trae cada aho a chicos y grandes y la ternura que se siente al escuchar la historia de la carabana que se dirige a Belen cargada de regalos para

niho Dios. Olvidemonos de la ciencia y de la autenticidad y vayamos con los Reyes a la cueva de Belen para adorar a el

Jesus.

Nuevo Aho: Dame

por

favor una luz para entrar sin miedo y seguro en lo desconocido.

Angel

contesto:

"Pon

mano en las manos de Dios. Pon tu fe en su infinito

amor y en su

providencia.

que una luz y mucho mas seguro que un camino conocido. Y no olvides, ahadio el Angel, que Dios es Luz, Amor y Caridad". esto sera mejor para

Noticias Locales 'air

Para el sabado 4 de enero tendremos W

una celebration religiosa especial, a las 1 1 am. en la catedral de St. Patricio,cor presencia del Sr. Obispo, la conmemorando asf los 500 ahos de la Evangelization de America.

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fa hi rfern

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La Cruz Roja Americana ofrece dos clases en espahol de

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jiuary 3, 1992

Former hostage Terry Anderson, who was held captive in Lebanon for 81 months, walks with his daughter, Sulome, during a welcoming ceremony Dec. 12 in Washington. The release of Anderson and other American hostages was a highlight of the closing weeks of 1991.

John Paul

ipe

signs his 1991 encyclican Centesiwns

niversary of Pope Loe XIII's Rerum Novarum.

Annus

mark

the

(CNS photo by Al Stephenson)

100th

(CNS photo by Arturo Marti, L'Osservatore

Glance

mano)

Europe Church Receives

Eastern

11)

from Soviet Union.

MARCH:

W6 For Catholic Education

(From Page

Kurds

and Saddam.

Iraqi Shiites in south

in north revolt against

Uprisings are eventually crushed, leav-

— The Catholic

WASHINGTON

lurch in the United States has pro-

ded learning materials to a Polish theogical

academy

an effort

to help

and facilities of educational institutions roughout Eastern Europe after years communist suppression. The 65 scientific, theological and storical publications were provided >on request to the library of the PonIcal Academy of Theology in Krakow, tiich has survived in various forms

Theology functioned as the inspiring power in spreading love and hope by proclaiming God's truth in learning and enriching knowledge with wisdom," said

store the resources

Father

atholic

existence

The

Swierzawski, the rector.

was a confirming

Poland during the time of Reformation, partition and World War II, he faith in

said.

The newly created academy continues the mission of research and evange-

although resources are scarce. The academy operates without buildlization,

naries, monasteries and parishes

e Office to id

Aid

Church

the

in Central

Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R., an

fice of the U.S. National

many

dent states of the region have received

from the

NCCB

for Catholic grade

schools and high schools, theological

funds for the restoration of facilities and

similar projects to

learning materials, especially for books

Ip the Church in the region rebuild Uowing the collapse of communism. Pope John Paul II transformed the rakow university into a Pontifical cademy of Theology in 1981. In 1397, e Queen Hedwig and Pope Boniface £ instituted the Faculty of Theology at e Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

that are not

widely circulated in the

region.

More information about NCCB's efforts in Eastern

Europe can be ob-

tained by writing the

NCCB

Office to

Aid the Church in Central and Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R., 3211 Fourth St. NE, Washington, DC 20017-1194.

ones. Senate hearing reconvenes under

U.N. terms for per-

glare of live national

manent

cease-fire.

Pope convenes Vatican to discuss

abortion and other threats to

human life

and Church's problems with

sects.

MAY:

Pope issues new social encyclimarking a century of modern Catholic social teaching. U.S. Supreme Court upholds federal regulations banning funding of family planning programs

cal

JUNE: Pope

visits

Poland, repeatedly

condemning laws permitting abortion. Pope installs 22 new cardinals including two Americans. Louisiana adopts strict abortion law aimed at reversing Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decisions. Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia, leading to expansion of war against Croatia by Serbian nationalists and Yugoslavian

Supreme Court, sparking new debate on Supreme

AUGUST: Failed coup attempt against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev brings dissolution of Soviet

traves de la Iglesia Catolica Romana. La Iglesia va delante en del Padre. Fue fundada por Jesus. Es una, santa y animada por el Espfritu Santo. Jesus hizo a Pedro cabeza de la Iglesia, la roca sobre la que fue construfda. (Mateo 16:18) El nombro" a los

apostoles los primeros obispos y les dijo: "Vayan por todo el mundo y anuncien la Buena Nueva a toda la creacidn." (Marcos 1 6:1 5) Les prometid que estarfa con ellos hasta el fin del mundo (Mateo 28:20). En Pentecostes, El envio' al Espfritu Santo para que habitara en la Iglesia, asegurandoles que serfa una, santa, universal o catdlica y lapostolica, capaz de ensenar en forma inf alible, inagotable en su jayuda espiritual hasta Su nueva venida al fin del mundo. (Hecho de los

Apostoles 2:1

Como

Pope

gary. Operation

ff,

33; Juan 14:16-17, 16:13-16)

toca hacer presentes y como visibles a Dios Padre y a su Hijo encarnado, con |la continua renovacidn y purificacidn propias bajo la gufa del Espfritu Santo." (Constitution Sobre la Iglesia en el Mundo Actual, 21)

declard

Concilio Vaticano

II,

NOVEMBER:

Washington state votwould let doc-

ers reject proposal that

commit

suicide. U.S.

bishops approve statements on environ-

nist Party.

amor

sexuAnita Hill 1 0 years earlier. Senate confirms Thomas to Supreme Court. Orthodox world's Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I of Constantinople dies. Pope visits Brazil. Mideast peace talks open in Madrid. ally harassed

tors help patients

Court and abortion.

•COMO PUEDES APRENDER Y HACER LO QUE JESUS Y EL ESPIRITU SANTO ESPERAN DE Tl?

investigate

Thomas

that include abortion counseling. Vatican

narian turned Episcopalian, to

Discover The Faith

TV to

allegations that Clarence

convenes consultation with U.S. bishops on planned pastoral letter on women.

JULY: President Bush nominates Judge Clarence Thomas, former Catholic semi-

Gorbachev answers U.S.

formally ends with

army.

"For many years, the Faculty of

OCTOBER:

Aristide.

Iraqi acceptance of

schools and seminaries. The aid includes

is re-

Catholic Bishops. onsible for

Conference

NCCB

The

throughout Krakow. At least nine countries or indepenaid

coup ousts President

APRIL: Gulf war

world's cardinals

ings, sharing space with the curia, semi-

inception in 1397.

Pope convenes summit of Middle East and selected other bishops to assess Church role in wake of war.

Its

factor for

texts

its

ill

ing hundreds of thousands of homeless

refugees.

nuclear cutbacks with broader Soviet

be used by professors and students r research and evangelization, the dual nctions of the academy. The publications were provided by

ice

the new executive body, recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Bush announces unilateral nuclear arms cutbacks. Two Salvadoran army officers are convicted for 1989 murder of six Jesuits. Haitian military cil,

Commu-

visits Poland and HunRescue ends summer of

abortion clinic sit-ins in Wichita, Kan.,

with large

rally.

SEPTEMBER:

Soviet parliament

makes sweeping changes in central government structure. Soviet State Coun-

Thanks To

St.

Jude

ment and child poverty, reaffirm six holy days after debating proposed changes. Eastern Orthodox synod elects Metropolitan Bartholomeos of Chalcedon as new ecumenical patriarch. Basketball star Magic Johnson says he has

la Iglesia

DW, DAR, LB, BM, RB

virus,

provokes new

DECEMBER: Ukraine votes independence from Soviet Union. Heads of Ukraine, Russia and Byelorussia declare union dissolved, plan to form new "commonwealth of independent states." Synod of Bishops on Europe, convened Vatican, concludes after airing major Orthodox-Catholic rift. at

Second Grader Helps Needy Family FORT PIERCE,

Fla.

(CNS)

—A

needy family got a Christmas dinner with

all

the fixings, thanks to a 7-year-

old Florida boy.

Fred Blakeslee of Fort Pierce was watching television news several months ago when he saw a story about a woman with a sign asking for food. With the encouragement of his grandmother, Jo Blakeslee, athletic director at St. Anastasia Schoo, Fred developed a plan to raise money for the hungry.

"He

aluminum odd jobs and saving his money, which can be a lot

started collecting

cans, doing

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

AIDS

"safe sex" controversy.

'tooth fairy'

age," said Mrs. Blakeslee. Fred, a second-grader at St. Anastasia, raised $50 and his mother, Tina Blakeslee, took him on a shopping spree for food for one family. at his

Catholic

News

January

Herald

The Old Boys Can

Diocesan News Briefs

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3, V.

Lin

Run...

American Foreign Policy

And

Social Justice

CHARLOTTE —

Gumbleton,

Bishop Thomas

assistant bishop of the

diocese of Detroit and former president

of Pax Christi, will speak on "American Foreign Policy and Social Justice" at Charlotte's

main

public library audito-

rium, 310 N. Tryon

St.

on Jan. 15

p.m.