Nov. 7, 2014

November 7, 2014

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Celebrating Black Catholic History Month INSIDE, 16-19: Asheville pastor Father Wilbur Thomas, first African-American priest in the Charlotte diocese

Bishop Joseph Howze: From Charlotte to Biloxi as first black bishop to head a diocese

Famous (and not-so-famous) black popes, saints and leaders

‘Christian base communities’ reach out to Hendersonville-area Hispanics, 3

Sainthood cause for first African-American priest goes to Rome

Artesania Pachamama sweater sale returns to St. Pius X, 8, 13

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catholicnewsherald.com | November 7, 2014 CATHOLIC NEWS HERALD

Pope Francis

Bishops must be servants, not vain careerists after power, honor

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he world’s bishops are called to be servants and shepherds who use their position to care for people and the faith, not to seek power and boost their pride, Pope Francis said.

The Church has no place for men with a “worldly mentality” who are seeking a career, he said at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square Nov. 5.

“It’s sad when you see a man who seeks this office and who does so much to get there and when he makes it, he doesn’t serve, but struts like a peacock, living only for his own vanity.”

The pope continued a series of talks on the nature of the Church, focusing on the Holy Spirit’s gift of the ordained ministries, especially the role of bishop.

The catechesis began with a reading from St. Paul’s Letter to Titus (1:5-9) in which the apostle lists the virtues the bishop must hold and the vices he must avoid, such as arrogance, irritability and greed.

Through the Church’s ordained ministers, “it is Christ who makes Himself present and continues to care for His Church, guaranteeing His protection and guidance,” he said.

Through the sacrament of holy orders, he said, bishops, priests and deacons exercise the Church’s maternity by generating new children of God with baptism, giving them new life in Christ, raising them in the faith, guiding them to the arms of a loving Father and nourishing them with the Eucharist and the Word of God. In his service, the ordained minister is “supporting us for our entire lives and embracing us with his tenderness and warmth, especially during the most fragile moments of trial, suffering and death,” Pope Francis said. “This maternity of the Church is expressed in particular in the person of the bishop,” who leads his community as “guarantor of their faith and as a living sign of the presence of the Lord in their midst.”

The other important feature is the unity bishops display with one another and the pope, who is “custodian and guarantor of this deep communion,” he said. “When Jesus chose and called the apostles, He imagined them – not separate from each other, everyone for himself, but together, that they be with Him, united as one family.”

The entire Christian community, he said, is “called to nurture a sincere and deep communion” with their bishops, he said. “There is not a healthy Church if the faithful, the deacons and the priests are not united to the bishop. A Church not united to the bishop is an ill Church.”

Sister Jeanne M. McNally

The history of marriage

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o understand Church laws about marriage, the critical issues affecting marriage, and the discussions of the Synod on the Family, it is helpful to briefly review the history of marriage and the evolution of legislation addressing marriage.

In the Old Testament there is not found an explicit systematic doctrine on marriage. There are only fragments that describe beliefs and practices of the Hebrew people. Family was the primary source of the strength of the tribe. To have many children was a blessing, as the survival of the people depended on procreation.

The two Creation narratives in Genesis place human beings in a sacred context. The primitive Yahwistic tradition of Eve being formed from the rib of Adam implies that a man and woman complement each other; the flesh of one is the flesh of the other.

The sacerdotal tradition laced the origin of man and woman in the creative strength of God, who created them in His own divine likeness after having created everything else: “And God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it’” (Gen 1:28). This foretold Israel’s covenant relationship to God; He was the bridegroom, the Jewish people, His bride.

In the New Testament, the tradition of Israel was followed.

Jesus’ actions showed His esteem for marriage, and He performed His first public miracle at the wedding feast of Cana. Jesus also did not impose or initiate any new categories of marriage. In fact, while divorce was permitted under Mosaic law, Jesus taught that this was not what God intended. In St. Paul’s letters, marriage was seen as a good and as a source of sanctification.

In the early Church, Christians followed the customs of where they lived. There were some concerns: parents should respect the freedom of their children in choosing a marriage partner; those who marry unbelievers should be aware that their faith may be endangered. These were pastoral concerns, but there was no official legislation. Gradually local councils initiated the legislative process, and the first marriage liturgy appeared. The role of the priest as the “giver” of marriage increased. There was stress on fidelity in marriage.

The first of the Fathers of the Church to write a systematic theology of marriage was St. Augustine, in his writing “The Goods of Marriage.” In his time it was considered that sexual intercourse could hardly occur without sin; to be married was to be permanently exposed to the danger of sin. At the same time, these dangers were compensated by good things, called the goods of marriage – children, fidelity and the sacred commitment to each partner for life.

The matter of indissolubility was found to be a perplexing problem. At the same time, the celebration of marriage was a joyous occasion in the spirit of the Scriptures. Marriage celebrations were to be public; there were to be no secret marriage ceremonies. The Church gradually increased legislation regarding marriage, developing a judicial system.

In the Middle Ages, theologians and lawyers were more interested in the institution of marriage generally speaking than in the personal problems of married couples. There was dispute as to what makes a marriage, so Church law focused on the factors necessary for forging a marital bond, including consent.

By the 13th century, Aristotle’s concepts that this universe and human nature are good were revived and incorporated into the context of Christian theology, particularly by St. Thomas Aquinas. Sexuality could not be wrong because it is part of human nature, which was created by God. In theory, all blemish was removed from marriage. St. Thomas Aquinas saw the ends of marriage as the propagation of the human race and a remedy for concupiscence, but he gave no consideration to human love as we understand it today.

In 1563, the Council of Trent affirmed marriage as one of the seven sacraments, conferring a special grace upon the husband and wife. The council also reiterated that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, and partners could not dissolve their own marriage. For validity, marriage could only be contracted in the presence of a priest or an authorized delegate and two witnesses.

MARRIAGE, SEE page 28

National Vocation Awareness Week celebrated Nov. 2-8 National Vocation Awareness Week is an annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States dedicated to promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particular vocations.

At www.usccb.org: More information, prayer cards, videos and other resources for National Vocations Awareness Week

Your daily Scripture readings NOV. 9-15

Sunday (The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica): Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12, 1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17, John 2:13-22; Monday (St. Leo the Great): Titus 1:1-9, Luke 17:1-6; Tuesday (St. Martin of Tours): Titus 2:1-8, 11-14, Luke 17:7-10; Wednesday (St. Josaphat): Titus 3:1-7, Luke 17:11-19; Thursday (St. Francis Xavier Cabrini): Philemon 7-20, Luke 17:20-25; Friday: 2 John 4-9, Luke 17:26-37; Saturday (St. Albert the Great): 3 John 5-8, Luke 18:1-8

NOV. 16-22

Sunday: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, Matthew 25:14-30; Monday (St. Elizabeth of Hungary): Revelation 1:1-14, 2:1-5, Luke 18:35-43; Tuesday (The Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne): Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22, Luke 19:1-10; Wednesday: Revelation 4:111, Luke 19:11-28; Thursday: Revelation 5:1-10, Luke 19:41-44; Friday (The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary): Revelation 10:811, Luke 19:45-48; Saturday (St. Cecilia): Revelation 11:4-12, Luke 20:27-40

NOV. 23-29

Sunday (Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe): Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17, 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28, Matthew 25:31-46; Monday (St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions): Revelation 14:1-5, Luke 21:1-4; Tuesday (St. Catherine of Alexandria): Revelation 14:14-19, Luke 21:5-11; Wednesday: Revelation 15:1-4, Luke 21:12-19; Thursday (Thanksgiving Day): Sirach 50:22-24, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, Luke 17:11-19; Friday: Revelation 20:1-14, 11-21:2, Luke 21:29-33; Saturday: Revelation 22:1-17, Luke 21:34-36

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Recent Synod raises questions concerning annulments

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St. Barnabas, St. Thérèse parishioners package food for needy people overseas On Oct. 19, St. Eugene Parish in Asheville held a Catholic Relief Services Helping Hands (in partnership with Stop Hunger Now) food packaging event. Middle school and high school youth from the parish came together and packaged 10,000 meals to be sent to Burkina Faso in West Africa.

On Oct. 25, about 150 students, parents and other volunteers from St. Thérèse Parish in Mooresville also packaged 20,000 meals in the church’s Parish Life Center for Stop Hunger Now, the Raleigh-based international hunger-relief agency. Stop Hunger Now distributed 25 million meals in the U.S. and 25 other countries in 2012. The 15-year-old agency has distributed 2.2 million meals in Liberia and Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis. The parish’s Peace and Justice Committee sponsored the event.

— Tracy Jedd and Lisa Cash

Musical ‘Joy of Bernadette’ to premiere in Tryon TRYON —”The Joy of Bernadette: An Evening of Music and Miracles,” a world premiere by Jubilanti Artists, will be performed Nov. 13-16 at the Tryon Fine Arts Center.

Composed, written and produced by Sonja Karlsen, the musical is based on the story of Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes, France, who saw 18 apparitions of the “Lady” at a grotto in a small town in France. One of these visits led to the discovery of a miraculous spring known worldwide for its healing power and still visited by thousands of pilgrims each year.

Says Karlsen, “So much that is being foisted on the public as entertainment is low, demeaning and degrading. We become less than we are. It is said that everyone who goes to Lourdes is somehow touched by the experience. When the final ‘Alleluia and Amen’ has been sung, and the performance is over, people can leave the theater feeling joy-filled, blessed and spiritually enriched.”

The cast is comprised of local talent as well as performing artists from New York, Florida and Europe. Tryon resident Lori Moore Corda, soprano, plays the lead role of Bernadette.

Call 828-859-8322 for tickets and details.

— Kim Nelson

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Capuchin Franciscan Father Robert Williams, parochial vicar of Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville, celebrates Mass for Spanish-speaking members of a local “Christian base community.”

‘Christian base communities’ reach out to Hendersonville-area Hispanics Pamela Temby Special to the Catholic News Herald

HENDERSONVILLE — It’s Wednesday evening on Old Spartanburg Road in Hendersonville where Mauricio Zaragoza has opened his front door to friends and neighbors. Dozens of people, some clutching their Bibles, sit outside on fold-up chairs, waiting to hear Capuchin Franciscan Father Robert Williams’ homily during the Spanish-language Mass.

The message is clear: Immaculate Conception Church is delivering God’s Word to them, right in their own backyard.

These Hispanic residents are members of the parish’s 15 “Christian base communities” and meet once a week to sing, pray and to read the Bible. Mass is celebrated once a month when all the groups gather.

The communities, serving more than 100 families in Henderson County, have become a place where their Catholic faith is made personal.

“It’s a place to come and share our Christian life together,” says Father Williams, who serves as parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish. “Many cannot get off work to come to the 1:30 Mass on Sunday. Church is about building community, and for some, this is the only opportunity they have to come to Mass.”

That’s exactly why Gregorio Aguillon has come this Wednesday evening.

“I cannot stay for the whole Mass on Sunday because of work,” says Aguillon, who works two jobs. He said the previous month’s Mass celebration was attended by

more than 100 people.

Originating in Latin America decades ago, base communities in Henderson County began forming in 2002, when thenpastor Father John Salvas looked for a way Immaculate Conception Church could strengthen the Catholic faith among the growing Latino population. The number of base communities has grown two-fold since then, as has the Latino population.

“Our community is a lot closer together,” says Antonio Padrone, a Hispanic leader in Henderson County. “We’re deepening our faith, according to the Bible, the Gospel, but at these meetings, we also help support families who are having troubles. We also celebrate good news, like birthdays.”

After Mass, many in attendance petition their needs before the congregation.

Accompanied by a guitarist, they sing several songs and raise their voices to God, thanking Him for all their blessings.

Then it is time to celebrate and socialize with one another. Many of the families bring homemade food to share.

Like Immaculate Conception, many other parishes in the Diocese of Charlotte have small church communities to serve the growing Latino population. In western North Carolina alone, the count is 60.

Here, the movement is also starting to take shape among English-speaking parishioners. “(Hispanics) are an incredible community to work with,” says Father Williams. “They’re a Spirit-led and Spiritfilled people. Our job is to bring people closer to God. Spanish is their Godlanguage.”

CHARLOTTE — Among other weighty issues that impact the Church’s pastoral care for families today, one topic discussed extensively at the gathering of bishops for the Synod on the Family in Rome last month was annulments.

Pope Francis called the Synod on the Family to help gain a better understanding of what people are struggling with in modern society that may be impeding their relationship with God and their eternal salvation. He also asked for a review of the Church’s annulment process, given the number of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics who struggle to find a place in the Church today.

In an annulment, the Church declares that a marriage thought to be valid according to Church law actually fell short of at least one of the essential elements required for a binding union. It is not a type of divorce, but a recognition that the marriage bond never existed in the first place and therefore the couple’s marriage is null. The annulment process is governed by Church law and overseen by each diocese’s Tribunal, which is a Church court.

Recently, Father John Putnam, who as judicial vicar for the Diocese of Charlotte heads the diocese’s Tribunal, shared his impressions on the recent Synod and his thoughts on the annulment process and how it might be improved: “It is clear that the Extraordinary Synod expressed a sincere concern for families and the important role that families play in the New Evangelization,” Father Putnam said. “One of the difficulties that some families face today is the reality of divorce and remarriage.

Some of the Synod Fathers expressed a desire to ‘streamline’ the process for obtaining a declaration of marriage nullity. I believe that this desire has to be studied carefully.

More online At www.catholicnewsherald.com: Find links to general information about annulments, the annulment process for the Diocese of Charlotte, and annulment contacts for each parish.

SYNOD, SEE page 28

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catholicnewsherald.com | November 7, 2014 OUR PARISHES

Diocesan calendar of events ARDEN St. Barnabas Church, 109 Crescent Hill Dr.

Bishop Peter J. Jugis Bishop Peter J. Jugis will participate in the following events over the coming weeks: Nov. 7 – 7 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation St. Vincent de Paul Church, Charlotte Nov. 8-14 U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Meeting Baltimore, Md. Nov. 16 – 12:30 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte Nov. 18 – 7 p.m.

Pastor Installation of Father Peter Shaw and Sacrament of Confirmation St. Joseph Church, Bryson City Nov. 22 – 2 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation St. Matthew Church, Charlotte Nov. 24 – 7 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation St. James the Greater Church, Concord Nov. 30 – 2 p.m.

Forward in Faith, Hope and Love Appreciation St. Eugene Church, Asheville Dec. 4 – 10 a.m.

Diocesan Foundation Board Meeting Catholic Conference Center, Hickory Dec. 6 – 5:30 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation St. Mary Church, Shelby

— Natural Family Planning Introduction and Full Course: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Topics include: Effectiveness of modern NFP, health risks of popular contraceptives and what the Church teaches about responsible parenting. Sponsored by Catholic Charities. RSVP to Batrice Adcock, MSN, RN, at 704370-3230.

— Women’s Advent Program, “An Attitude of Gratitude”: 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. Capuchin Franciscan Father Martin Schratz will speak. Program also includes door prizes and raffles. All women are welcome. RSVP to Marcia Torres at 828-684-6098, ext. 306.

BELMONT QUEEN OF THE APOSTLES Church, 503 North Main St. — Young at Heart Covered Dish Supper: Saturday, Nov. 8, following 5 p.m. Mass. All parishioners 50 and order are invited.

— Community Pancake Breakfast: 8-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, in the MAK Family Life Center. Everyone welcome.

— Bingo & Movie Night: 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, in the MAK Family Life Center. Food, drinks and snacks available. Everyone welcome.

Immaculate Conception Mission, 42 Newfound St. — Byzantine rite Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. Celebrated by Father Mark Shuey, an Eastern Catholic priest. All services in English.

CLEMMONS HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, 4820 Kinnamon Road — Natural Family Planning Introduction and Full Course: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Topics include: Effectiveness of modern NFP, health risks of popular contraceptives and what the Church teaches about responsible parenting. Sponsored by Catholic Charities. RSVP to Batrice Adcock, MSN, RN, at 704370-3230.

— Rachel’s Vineyard Weekend Retreat: Nov. 21-23.

Intended for men and women to begin their healing journey after an abortion. For details, call Shelley at 828-230-4940.

OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION CHURCH, 1235 BADGER Ct. — Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir Anniversary Concert: 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, in the Parish Life Center. Our Lady of Consolation’s Gospel Choir will celebrate its 34th anniversary during OLC’s National Black Catholic History Month celebrations. Everyone welcome.

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Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte is hosting the following celebrations in honor of Black Catholic History Month: n Nov. 7, Parish Banquet: Friends and community supporters are invited to an evening of food and entertainment showcasing the parish. 7-10 p.m. in the Parish Life Center. Cost: $25 per person.

Evening attire. n Nov. 8, Family Matinee Movie: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Refreshments provided. n Nov. 9, “A Walk with our Black Catholic Saints”: The parish’s Faith Formation Ministry celebrates Black Catholic History Month as students present a short tour of black Catholic saints, 9:30-10 a.m. in

ST. ANN CHURCH, 3635 Park Road — “Teams of Our Lady” Married Couple Group: 7 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 17, in the conference room. Teams group is an international movement of small groups of married couples around the diocese. The group provides a solid spiritual direction for couples through way of life promoting growth in married love, holiness and Christian community. For details, call John and Jeannie Grant at 704-527-2100.

ST. JOHN NEUMANN CHURCH, 8451 IDLEWILD ROAD.

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— Film series, “The Popes of Vatican II: Paul VI, The Pope in the Tempest”: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, in the Parish Hall. Presented by Father Patrick Hoare. All are encouraged to attend. Bring a side dish to share. For details, visit www.4sjnc.org.

ST. MATTHEW CHURCH, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy.

— Protecting God’s Children Workshop: 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 11, in the Banquet Room. All volunteers must attend a workshop. The program is intended to educate volunteers to recognize and prevent sexual abuse. For details, visit www.virtus.org.

ST. Thomas aquinas church, 1400 suther road — Christmas Craft Fair: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. More than 30 vendors, raffle and barbecue sale.

Sponsored by the Columbiettes Auxiliary and Knights of Columbus.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Church, 6828 Old Reid Road — Arts and Crafts Fair of hand-crafted items: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. Jewelry, scarves, photography, wreaths, monogrammed items, and more. For details, email preschool@ stvincentdepaulchurch.com. All proceeds benefit the parish’s preschool.

CLEMMONS HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, 4820 Kinnamon Road — Natural Family Planning Introduction and Full Course: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. Topics include: Effectiveness of modern NFP, health risks of popular

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the Parish Life Center. Light continental breakfast afterwards in Parish Life Center atrium. n Nov. 9, Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir 34th Anniversary Concert: Come hear a performance from the award-winning Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir, 3 p.m. in the Parish Life Center. Free will offering. n Nov. 14, Family Fun Night: Black Catholic History themed event for parish youth, sponsored by the Ladies Guild, 6-9 p.m. in the Parish Life Center. n Nov. 22-23, Thanksgiving Bake Sale: Homemade goods from parishioners will be on sale after all Masses.

For details, go online to www. ourladyofconsolation.org.

contraceptives and what the Church teaches about responsible parenting. Sponsored by Catholic Charities. RSVP to Batrice Adcock, MSN, RN, at 704370-3230.

GREENSBORO Our Lady of Grace Church, 2205 West Market St. — Mass in the Extraordinary Form: 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9.

For details, call Sid Cundiff at 336-918-5132.

St. Pius X Church, 2210 N. Elm St. — Hope for the Holidays: 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16.

Holidays can be difficult for those mourning the loss of a loved one. The Grief Ministry would like to invite you as they share suggestions for coping with mourning during the holiday season. For details, call the parish office at 336-272-4681.

HIGH POINT Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 4145 Johnson St. — Protecting God’s Children Workshop: 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 in St. Edward’s A Room. All volunteers must attend a workshop. The program is intended to educate volunteers to recognize and prevent sexual abuse. For details, visit www.virtus.org.

HUNTERSVILLE ST. MARK CHURCH, 14740 Stumptown Road — Parish-Wide Consecration to Jesus through Mary; 6:15 -8 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 5-Dec. 8 in the Parish Hall. The program is a retreat, with daily readings and reflections preparing the participants for their consecration. Book by Father Michael Gaitley “33 days to Morning Glory” will be available. For details, call the parish office at 704-948-1306.

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Sister Mary Louise Wiesenforth, dies aged 100

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Volunteers from St. Paul the Apostle Church in Greensboro gather after working on Community Housing Solutions’ “Neighborhood Blitz.” (Below) St. Paul’s high school youth group volunteers Isabella Guzman and Christopher Bouton were part of the Neighborhood Blitz paint crew. Community Housing Solutions received a $4,000 local CCHD grant to fund repairs and renovations this past summer in two neighborhoods in Greensboro facing economic stress. In a letter of gratitude sent to Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte, CHS President and Executive Director Gene Brown said, “Your (CCHD Grant) support makes you an ambassador for our work allowing us to make homes warmer, drier and safer for individuals that can’t physically or financially afford to do the work themselves.”

Upcoming 2014 National Collection supports local, national grants Joseph Purello Special to the Catholic News Herald

CHARLOTTE — In the Diocese of Charlotte, Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) activities are coordinated by Catholic Charities Office of Social Concerns and Advocacy. The theme of this year’s diocesan CCHD collection, taking place in parishes during the weekend of Nov. 22-23, is “Working on the Margins.”

With funds generated by the annual CCHD collection, grants are awarded at both the national and local level to fund projects to promote community economic development and to assist people living at the margins of society to engage in projects in which they themselves participate in the planning and implementation.

Each year the CCHD collection raises funds for grants, with 75 percent of distributed funds going to support national grants and 25 percent of distributed funds supporting grants for non-profits in the diocese.

As a result of last year’s CCHD collection in the diocese, $107,741 was sent to the CCHD national office in Washington, D.C.. to fund economic and community development grants across the nation.

One of these national grants was awarded this past spring to a textile manufacturing cooperative in Morganton.

Opportunity Threads (www.opportunitythreads.com) is a worker-owned cut-and-sew textile company committed to revitalizing sustainable textile manufacturing in North Carolina.

Opportunity Threads produces products for a range of clients across the nation who value high quality and reliability, and who support sustainable production methods from a U.S.-based company. Opportunity Threads has seen its workforce grow from eight to 20 workers over the past two years.

St. Charles Borromeo Church in Morganton is a community neighbor of Opportunity Threads and a strong cheerleader of the organization. In their letter of support, Father Kenneth Whittington, pastor, and Deacon Edward Konarski stated that Opportunity Threads “is an outstanding example for the community of how to conduct a successful business in solidarity with workers rather than treating people as merely an economic commodity.”

With its 2014 grant of $60,000, Opportunity Threads plans to produce and market products under its own label. In response to a note of congratulations to Opportunity Threads upon its receipt of Burke County’s 2014 Minority/Female Owned Business of the Year Award, Opportunity Threads’ General Manager Molly Hemstreet expressed in return her gratitude to CCHD and Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte, stating “we thank you for helping us be the agents of change that we are for our county. Thank you for your kind and generous support.”

In addition to this National CCHD grant recipient, this past May 11 non-profit organizations in the diocese shared $41,379 in local CCHD grants to fund a broad range of activities, including: reducing poverty, improving childhood nutrition, assisting with home repairs, preparing people for employment, offering English as a Second Language courses, and providing pregnancy support and infant care. These local grant recipients are located in nine cities of the diocese: Asheville, Bryson City, Charlotte, Gastonia, Greensboro, Hayesville, Murphy, Rutherfordton and Waynesville.

St. Joseph Church in Bryson City received $2,500 to expand its Respect Life Ministry “Baby Love” project, enabling the project to assist families for up to six months with such items as diapers, baby care products and formula. According to one of the project coordinators, Carol Paler, “most of the young families who are receiving the free baby supplies are truly in need,” adding “some are single moms, making their needs even greater.” Paler sees this project as helping those “who have chosen life.”

Habitat for Humanity of Rutherford County used a $5,000 local CCHD grant to support its Hopeview Estates Revitalization Project in Spindale. Various repairs were completed on homes in this housing development where Habitat for Humanity is sponsoring new home construction. With the help of many volunteers, bathrooms were renovated, roofs were repaired, floors replaced and electrical wiring updated. Kim Freeman, the non-profit’s executive director sees such repairs as a way to ensure that people have a decent place to live, to build pride in one’s neighborhood, and to help keep people in homes that might otherwise overtime become uninhabitable.

“With your generous grant donation,” Freeman said, “both Habitat and homeowners have benefited.”

BELMONT — Mercy Sister Mary Louise Wiesenforth passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, at Marian Center, Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont. She was 100.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Oct. 27, 2014, in Cardinal Gibbons Chapel at Sacred Heart Convent by Benedictine Father Christopher Kirchgessner. Interment followed at Belmont Abbey Cemetery.

Mary Ann Wiesenforth was born Dec. 17, 1913, in Troy, N.Y. She attended St. Vincent Elementary School and Catholic Central High School there. When she was 19, she professed vows as a Sister of Mercy and chose the name Mary Louise.

Sister Mary Louise graduated from Sacred Heart College and pursued graduate studies at The Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She devoted most of her 80 years of ministry Wiesenforth to elementary education and administration. This ministry took her to Newton Grove and Wilmington, N.C.; Greenport, Long Island, N.Y.; New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; and Guam.

In 1946 Sister Mary Louise, along with two other sisters, established a community of the Sisters of Mercy in Guam. There they started Catholic education with the opening of Cathedral Grade School and the Academy of Our Lady of Guam in 1949. She ministered there for 19 years as a teacher and director of the formation program for postulants and novices, before returning to the U.S. in 1965 to continue teaching.

Sister Mary Louise retired to Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont in 1982. She continued to assist in the duties of the convent until her eyesight deteriorated and she moved to Marian Center. Although her ability to see was limited, she participated in arts and crafts projects and was quite creative.

Wherever Sister Mary Louise ministered, she was noted for her dedication and faithfulness to everything she undertook. She was quiet and unassuming, but ever ready to assist wherever she could.

In an interview for her 80th jubilee, Sister Mary Louise said the most memorable day of her life was Feb. 3, 1939, when she made her profession of vows as a Sister of Mercy: “The most profound moment of my life was on my profession day, when I consecrated my life to service to God and His people.”

She is survived by nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Sisters of Mercy, 101 Mercy Dr., Belmont, NC 28012.

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In Brief Eastern Catholic liturgies planned in Canton CANTON — Father Mark Shuey, an Eastern Catholic priest from Cary, will celebrate Byzantine rite Vespers and the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom at Immaculate Conception Mission in Canton on Saturday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Dec. 20. Vespers will begin at 4 p.m. and Divine Liturgy (Mass) at 5 p.m. Services will be celebrated in English. Participating in Divine Liturgy fulfills the Sunday obligation for Catholics of any rite.

Immaculate Conception Mission is located at 42 Newfound St., Canton.

A priest of the Ukrainian Catholic eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, Ohio, serving under Bishop John Bura, Father Mark is pastor of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Mission in Cary and St. Basil the Great Ukrainian Catholic Mission in Charlotte.

Blessing, prayers at new location for Mint Hill church MINT HILL — St. Luke parishioners gathered on their church’s new property Oct. 25 as Father Paul Gary, pastor, blessed the site with holy water and led everyone in praying the Stations of the Cross – the first service on the land that is the future home of the growing Mint Hill parish. The outdoor Stations, featuring wooden benches for prayer and contemplation, were built by St. Luke’s Boy Scout Troop 198, led as an Eagle Scout project by Jeremy Sasser. The 30-acre site is located at exit 43 off Interstate 485 in Mint Hill, less than three miles from the church’s current location. The parish will complete $985,000 its capital campaign to pay for the land, “Building Peace on a New Piece of Land,” in mid-2015 and hopes to begin construction of the new church and multi-purpose building in the near future.

At www.catholicnewsherald.com: Read more about the parish’s building campaign and its recent growth

— Deacon Kevin Bezner

New Catholic Charities regional director hired CHARLOTTE — Justin Reilly has been hired as the new Western Regional Office Director with Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte and began his duties in late October.

Reilly earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of South Carolina.

He holds a Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt University and is currently writing his thesis, on the topic Reilly of Catholic Charities USA, to graduate with a Master of Public Administration from East Tennessee State University.

Prior to joining Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte, he was director of the Office of Social Ministries in the Diocese of Richmond, Va., and before that was a regional coordinator at Commonwealth Catholic Charities.

He has served on the Catholic Charities USA Parish Social Ministry Leadership Team as well as numerous local faith-based advisory boards.

While earning his degree from Vanderbilt, he was also the director of an inner-city after school program at his neighborhood community center.

Women invited to Advent program in Arden ARDEN — “An Attitude of Gratitude” is the theme for the Women’s Advent Program to be held Saturday, Nov. 22, at St. Barnabas Church in Arden.

The free program for all area women will feature Capuchin Franciscan Father Martin Schratz, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville.

Mass will begin at 9 a.m. followed by brunch at 10 a.m., the program at 11 a.m., followed by recitation of the rosary.

Reply by Nov. 18 to Marcia Torres at volunteer@saintbarnabasarden.org or 828684-6098, ext. 306.

— Claudia Graham

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Praying for life HUNTERSVILLE — Father Paul McNulty, parochial vicar at St. Mark Church in Huntersville, leads a rosary procession and prayer vigil Oct. 25 outside A Preferred Women’s Health Center, an abortion facility on Latrobe Drive in Charlotte. St. Mark Church hosted the Mass and Procession for Life, sponsored by the Charlotte chapter of Helpers of God’s Precious Infants and the parish’s Respect Life Ministry as part of Respect Life Month. More than 30 people from various Charlotte-area parishes participated, joining parishioners from St. Ann, St. Patrick Cathedral, and St. Michael the Archangel who were leading their own prayer vigils in front of the abortion mill that morning as part of the 40 Days for Life campaign. Also joining in the prayer vigil were Father Timothy Reid of St. Ann Church, Father Jason Christian of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Father Noah Carter of Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury, and Deacon Brian McNulty of St. Patrick Cathedral.

The Procession for Life is a Catholic pro-life prayer event held four times a year outside Charlotte’s abortion facilities and led by diocesan clergy. The next one will be held Saturday, Jan. 31, starting with Mass at 9 a.m. at Charlotte Catholic High School, followed by prayer outside Family Reproductive Health on Hebron Street led by Father Matthew Kauth, Charlotte Catholic’s chaplain. For more information, visit www.CharlotteHelpers.com.

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Mercy Sister celebrates a century of life BELMONT — Mercy Sister Josephine Maria Thomas celebrated her 100th birthday Oct. 29 at Marian Center and Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont with her Mercy community and members of her family. She is in her 79th year as a Sister of Mercy.

Sister Josephine was born in 1914 in Raleigh. Her secular name was Josephine Maria Thomas. Initially, she took the name Sister Mary Redempta upon entering the religious order of the Sisters of Mercy on June 19, 1935; however, she reverted to her baptismal name of Josephine Maria in 1968.

Sister Josephine Maria is a graduate of Newton Grove High School in Newton Grove, and from Sacred Heart Junior College in Belmont in 1936. She attended The Ann-Reno Institute in New York City; Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y.; and Mount Mercy College in Pittsburgh, Pa., before receiving her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Belmont Abbey College. Later, she attended postgraduate programs at Appalachian State University in Boone and at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

In 1938 she began her ministry in education as a teacher at Sacred Heart School in Salisbury, where she taught first, second and third grades. From 1938 to 1942, she taught at three parochial schools in the Diocese of Charlotte, including the O’Donoghue School, Charlotte; St. Leo, Belmont; and St. Michael, Gastonia. In 1948, she served one year as principal of the parochial school in Newton Grove and as local superior at the convent.

In 1949 she was asked to serve in Inarajan, Guam, as local superior and to teach religion to students who were attending public schools. In 1950, she became principal of the

newly-established school in Dededo, where she served as local superior and taught fourth and fifth grades.

By 1952 she was serving as regional superior at Tai, Guam. A one-year trip to the States came in 1953 when she was assigned to teach at St. Mary School in Wilmington.

She returned to Tai in 1954, where she served as regional superior through 1960 when she became assistant director of novices.

In 1962 Sister Josephine returned to Wilmington to sueann howell | catholic news herald teach sixth grade before Mercy Sister Josephine Maria Thomas, 100, blows out her birthday candles moving to Greenport, Long with help from her sister, Marie Thomas of Salinas, Calif., at her birthday Island, N.Y., to serve as celebration Oct. 29 at the Sisters of Mercy South Central Community principal and local superior at Motherhouse in Belmont.

St. Agnes Elementary School.

She remained there for six years before being assigned left her ministry as a teacher at Sacred to St. Gabriel School in Charlotte, where she Heart School in June 1997 and returned to served as principal and local superior. From Belmont to live. However, as a very active 1973 to 75, she was principal at Our Lady sister, she was not ready for retirement. of Assumption School in Charlotte. Then Instead, she began a new ministry visiting she went to Florida, where she spent a year the shut-ins of the local Catholic parish, as principal and superior at Sacred Heart Queen of the Apostles. In that ministry, she School and Convent at New Smyrna Beach and her long-time friend, Sister Mary John before she returned to teach at St. Mary’s, Madden, who died in 2010, visited the sick at Wilmington, through 1988. home or in hospitals, followed up with their Twenty-eight years as an educator and families, and provided respite care until administrator merely whet her appetite 2007. for more, because Sister Josephine was Throughout her life, Sister Josephine assigned in 1988 to Sacred Heart Elementary has been known for her gift of pleasant School in Salisbury where she served in conversation, her deep spirituality and her a variety of administrative, teaching and compassion for others. community positions.

— Myra Joines, communications director, Sisters of With nearly a half century devoted to the Mercy of the Americas South Central Community education of Catholic youth, she officially

MiraVia celebrates 20 years of helping women and children SueAnn Howell Senior reporter

CHARLOTTE — Smiles, tears and laughter filled the Crown Ballroom at the NASCAR Hall of Fame Oct. 23 for the 20th annual MiraVia banquet honoring the work the outreach ministry has accomplished since its founding in 1994.

Jeannie Wray, MiraVia’s executive director, told the more than 1,000 people who gathered at the event over the past two decades a total of 6,090 mothers and children have been helped in either MiraVia’s residential or outreach programs. This past year, 505 mothers and children received assistance.

Wray emphasized that MiraVia donors and the faith community made this possible with their gifts this past year of 42,640 diapers, 15,986 pounds of food and 1,419 bags of clothing.

“You did this! Your sharing spirit did this!” she said with emotion.

The new residential facility at Belmont Abbey College has become a haven for college-aged moms and their children, she noted. It now has five moms in residence and four babies, with another baby expected in early 2015. This “center of hope, family and laughter” as she called it, enables the mothers to finish their college studies, receive life skills training and support.

Two of MiraVia’s mothers were at the banquet with their baby boys. In a video presentation, one mother said that when MiraVia came to her aid, she realized, “I knew there was a God.” “I am forever thankful,” she said.

Raymond Arroyo, the host of EWTN’s weekly news program “The World Over,” gave the keynote address, praising MiraVia for its work.

“It’s a life-affirming, joyful place,” he said after touring the residential facility. “We must strive to preserve hope…This is the way it is going to happen. We will show the world a different way: a way of joy and hope.”

The decline in value for human life, which abortion demonstrates so harshly, ignores the fact that God has plans for each life He creates, Arroyo said. Even people from the most humble or unwanted beginnings can, and do, grow up to make incredible

Photo provided by Deacon Ruben Tamayo

Supporters of MiraVia hear about the past year’s success stories, and celebrate the crisis pregnancy organization’s 20th anniversary, during its annual banquet Oct. 23.

Raymond Arroyo, host of EWTN’s “The World Over” gave the keynote address. impacts on the world.

“Every life is of inestimable value,” he said. “We are called to be people of hope.”

The 2014 Outstanding Service Award was given to Peter Baker of 1060 Creative for his work on MiraVia’s annual videos.

Supporters of MiraVia, particularly those who helped the organization at its start, were thanked for their years of service, and longtime supporter Connie Keffler of Charlotte was also remembered during the evening.

In her closing remarks, Wray said, “It is astonishing to me that MiraVia has been around for 20 years. It has been a miraculous way indeed.”

For more information about MiraVia, go to www.mira-via.org.

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Banquet celebrates, supports Room at the Inn of the Triad Georgianna Penn Correspondent

GREENSBORO — Hundreds of supporters gathered Oct. 16 for Room at the Inn of the Triad’s 15th annual benefit banquet, themed “Pray for Life,” to hear from 40 Days for Life founder Shawn Carney and to celebrate the previous year’s successes in helping expectant mothers in need.

The annual fundraiser at Embassy Suites in Greensboro raised $80,000 from sponsors, including St. Pius X, St. Paul the Apostle, St. Leo the Great and Holy Cross parishes.

Local Knights of Columbus councils and others in the community also strongly supported the event.

The 40 Days for Life campaign has grown to 3,039 campaigns in 539 cities across the U.S., and its prayer vigil participants are equipped with information to provide abortionminded women with hope and lifegiving alternatives. Those alternatives include pregnancy care centers and maternity homes such as what Room at the Inn of the Triad offers.

“There’s not a more beautiful representation of peace than the love of a mother for her child,” Carney said. Pro-life alternatives to abortion can give these vulnerable women the hope, mercy and practical support they need to carry their babies to term.

Room at the Inn of the Triad provides food, shelter, clothing, counseling, transportation and life skills education to homeless, single pregnant women with or without previous children.

During their fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, all of its maternity home graduates transitioned to permanent housing. Fourteen babies were born, and all of them tested drug free and 93 percent of them had birth weights of 5.5 pounds or more.

During a video presentation at the banquet, one mother said Room at the Triad changed her life. “Things are looking up,” she said. Another new mother said, “Room at the Inn turned out to be a miracle.”

Another young mom, struggling with addiction, already had two children in protective services when she realized she was pregnant again.

Feeling overwhelmed, she felt her only option was abortion. While saving up money for her abortion, someone told her about Room at the Inn of the Triad. Not only did she turn away from aborting her third child, but her two children were returned to her and she is now considering entering the Catholic Church. One of her children attends St. Pius X School, and she has enrolled in the parish’s RCIA program.

Marianne Donadio, vice president of development for Room at the Inn of the Triad, said the annual celebration “went better than expected. It was supernatural intervention making the event what it was.”

Learn more about Room at the Inn of the Triad online at www.roominn. org or call Donadio at 336-391-6299.

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Artesanía Pachamama sweater sale returns to St. Pius X Church Rico De Silva Hispanic Communications Reporter

GREENSBORO — St. Pius X parishioners in Greensboro will have the opportunity once again the weekend of Nov. 7 to 9 to purchase colorful Peruvian sweaters to keep warm this winter. And, in the process, help their sister parish of El Apostol Santiago in Mañazo, Peru, during St. Pius’ annual Artesania Pachamama sweater sale.

The hand-knitted and beautifulpatterned sweaters are the labor of love of the Peruvian women who make up Artesania Pachamama. The women live in the small village of Mañazo, located in Peru’s Puno providence – tucked in the southern part of the Andes Mountains.

The Puno region is one of the poorest in Peru, and for the women of Artesania Pachamama, the annual sweater sale at St. Pius X Church is their one ticket to sustenance and economic self-sufficiency for the next 12 months.

Artesania Pachamama is a cooperative, which means that an assembly of members makes all decisions. The female members elect a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and heads of technical, quality, store room, internal activities and exportation committees.

The sweaters are made of alpaca wool.

Alpacas are long-haired domesticated mammals in the llama family. Alpacas are kept in herds which graze on the level heights of the Andes of southern Peru, northern Bolivia, Ecuador and northern Chile. Alpacas are much smaller than llamas and are bred specifically for their fiber.

All proceeds from the annual sale go to the Artesania members. Each woman receives $25 per sweater she has produced.

Besides receiving training for knitting, the women also take business administration classes, and they oversee their sweater inventory, design and quality control.

In May 1999 after the Peruvian terrorist group known as “the Shining Path” was defeated, several parishioners from St. Pius X visited Mañazo to reconfirm the sister-parish relationship that began with El Apostol Santiago Church in the 1980s.

At that time, Artesania’s USA coordinators were located in Cincinnati, Ohio, but the coordinators could not continue in their role due to poor health.

Parishioners Michael Roberto and Sharon Weber returned from the trip to Peru determined to promote Artesania Pachamama. The distribution center in the U.S. was then moved from Cincinnati to Greensboro.

In 2000, several St. Pius X volunteers and Sister Mary Barbara established Artesania Pachamama USA as a nonprofit corporation in Greensboro. Since then, annual sales have increased dramatically.

Currently, there is an Artesania board in the United States. Artesania USA board members and the women of Artesania in Peru are presently developing a business plan to ensure the long-term success of the cooperative.

Pamela A. Rohlman, director of operations for Artesania USA, said that sweater sales have declined since 2010 due to several factors, but she cited the sluggish economy as the primary reason.

Another reason? The quality and

Photo provided by Pamela Rohlman

Pictured are ladies from the Artesania Pachamama cooperative in the village of Mañazo, Peru. durability of the product, she said. “But how many Alpaca sweaters can one buy and wear? They last, literally, for years! I have probably eight, and so do most of the board members!” Rohlman said.

To offer more options beyond only sweaters and to help boost sales again, Rohlman and the board members decided to expand their product line.

Rohlman explained, “I sought to

complement the sweater sales with accessories as well, beyond the ones we make (Christmas stockings, handbags, monederos, tapetes, mandiles, etc.) to include nacimientos, jewelry, silvadores, evillas and winchas, etc., to maintain a certain level of sales. The SPX buyers have been extremely generous, year after year, and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts. They are our main support.”

Living mercy in action St. Matthew Church hosts Divine Mercy Day of Healing Ralph Sullivan Special to the Catholic News Herald

CHARLOTTE — Hundreds of people attended the day-long event “Mercy-in-Action, Divine Mercy Day of Healing” Oct. 4 at St. Matthew Church.

The program began with Mass, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, singing of the Divine Mercy chaplet, anointing of the sick and benediction, followed by a symposium on “Mercy in Action.” The theme of the event revolved around the maternal guidance of Mary as the source of graces to help us live mercy in our daily lives.

Jeannie Wray, the executive director of MiraVia, shared her story of receiving Mary’s grace at Lourdes, France, and also how Divine Mercy touched her and led her to Krakow, Poland, and to the Shrine of Divine Mercy. There, during Mass, she experienced a lifechanging gift of mercy.

With a background in museum management and fund raising, Wray was offered the opportunity to join MiraVia, formerly known as Room at the Inn. The move meant a change in her retirement plans, Wray said, but enabled her to serve pregnant women who otherwise might choose abortion.

Wray shared stories of the women served by MiraVia and the hope provided to build confidence in their futures. This innovative college-based maternity assistance program is spreading to other states and has brought visitors to its home at Belmont Abbey College to learn how it might be adopted elsewhere.

This example of mercy in action, under the maternal guidance of Mary, is an example of the many ways that the sacredness of life can be respected from its beginning, she said.

Dr. Gratton Brown, assistant professor of theology at

Belmont Abbey College, addressed the topic of “When There is No Cure,” emphasizing the value of suffering as an aid to spiritual growth and the real recognition of how valued everyone’s life is until natural death.

He spoke of his friend and colleague, Dr. Marty Damore, who recently published “The Joy of Suffering: My Life with ALS.” Damore was inspired to write the book to help his children understand that even though his body was deteriorating from an incurable disease, his faith and his spiritual life remain full of blessings.

Brown explained that mercy is shared between care giver and the person being cared for, and that throughout someone’s physical suffering both can find strength, hope and the grace to trust in God. Also during the program, Father Mark Baron, MIC, the superior of the Marian Scholasticate in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., accepted the parish’s inaugural Divine Mercy Evangelization Award on behalf of Dr. Bryan Thatcher, founder of the Eucharistic Apostles of The Divine Mercy, an apostolate of the Marian Fathers from Stockbridge, Mass.

In his remarks, Father Baron spoke of Mary, the mother of mercy, and the many reasons she deserves that title as she bestows the graces and blessings that her Son charged her to share with the world. He noted Mary’s journey in accepting and submitting herself to God’s holy will in being the first vessel of Christ. It was at the foot of the Cross – the ultimate sacrifice and act of mercy – where she offered up the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of her dearly beloved Son, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins.

Fr. Baron emphasized that we are created from mercy and we continue to receive His mercy, so therefore we are expected to show mercy to others in our lives, especially by following Mary’s example.

Photo provided by John Kenny

Hundreds of people attended “Mercy-in-Action, Divine Mercy Day of Healing” at St. Matthew Church Oct. 4. The all-day program began with Mass, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, singing of the Divine Mercy chaplet, anointing of the sick and benediction, followed by a symposium featuring several speakers.

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Celebrating confirmation Bishop Peter J. Jugis recently celebrated the sacrament of confirmation at the following parishes:

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Sixty-six youths and four adults were confirmed Oct. 16 at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Winston-Salem. Pictured are Betsy Avila and her sponsor, Bernabe Hernandez Santiago, with Bishop Jugis and Deacon Joseph Schumacher.

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OLM celebrates ‘Fiesta-val’

Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville on Oct. 21 Photo provided

WINSTON-SALEM — Carmen Levya leads her group of dancers in a “Baile de Jalisco,” a traditional dance from the Mexican region of Jalisco, during the inaugural “Fiesta-val’ Sept. 24 at Our Lady of Mercy Parish. The celebration was held in honor of the parish’s patronal feast day and the growing diversity of the Winston-Salem parish.

The OLM parish is a diverse one, with families of many cultures, and those cultures all had a chance to celebrate together – sharing food, music, dancing and fun. Many of the parish families brought their ethnic foods to share, including Mexican, Columbian, Salvadoran, Karenni, Indian, and local Carolina barbeque. A children’s chorus sang in both English and Spanish, and there were several traditional Mexican dances performed. The Winston-Salem Fire Department brought one of its trucks for the kids to explore, and the Winston-Salem Police Department’s Downtown Bike Patrol Unit came to run a Bicycle Rodeo and Bike Safety Day hosted by Joshua’s Friends Foundation. The OLM Council of the Knights of Columbus hosted its annual Soccer Challenge during the event, and Our Lady of Mercy School and Our Lady of Mercy Parish Hispanic Ministry hosted many game booths and inflatable rides.

OLM’s new pastor, Father Carl Zdancewicz, said he was pleased with the turnout. “I was very happy that so many families joined us for the day and worked together to benefit our parish community.”

“I am overwhelmed by the generosity of our community and thought the event was a huge success,” said Melissa Garcia, Our Lady of Mercy School’s PTO president and member of the event planning committee. “We’re already looking forward to next year’s event!”

Fall festival held in Boone BOONE — Parishioners of St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country Church recently celebrated their annual fall festival, which featured a pie and chili cook-off, as well as a birthday cake for Father David Brzoska, pastor.

St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville on Oct. 25 Photo provided

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Parish picnic attracts more than 450 parishioners St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country Church in Boone on Oct. 12 Amber Mellon | Catholic News Herald

HIGH POINT — More than 450 parishioners of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church attended their annual parish picnic Sept. 7 at the City Lake Park in Jamestown. The Bishop Hafey Knights of Columbus Council 4507 provided hamburgers, hotdog and all the fixings. The event also included kids’ games, face painting, a train ride, miniature golf and dancing.

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Bowling tournament a success

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MURPHY — For the 32nd year, St. William Church in Murphy sponsored the Angie Harris Memorial Bowling Tournament for mentally and physically challenged adults at Franklin Lanes in Franklin Oct. 3. Other sponsors included IOI (Industrial Opportunities Inc.) in Andrews and MCE (Macon County Enterprises) in Franklin. The tournament was organized by co-chairpersons Carole Johnson and Jean Hobbs. Medals were given to every athlete who participated in the tournament, as well as awards for the individual and team winners.

In Brief

— Mike FitzGerald, correspondent

St. Thérèse’s feast day celebrated MOORESVILLE — Little Way Preschool students celebrated St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s feast day Oct. 1 with Jesuit Father Donald Ward, parochial vicar. The children then presented St. Thérèse with white roses and baby’s breath.

The entire parish community also celebrated its patronal feast day with a reception after the morning Mass.

— Lisa Cash

GLOBAL CATHOLIC TOURS OF VIRGINIA 2014 PILGRIMAGES

9 Days HolyLand. — Aug 17-25, 5 nights in Jerusalem and 2 nights in Nazareth.

With Fr Bartlett from Winchester, VA. $2,800

— Raphael Winters

From Dulles AP. 2 nights Warsaw, 1 night Czestrochowa, 3 nights each in Krakow & Prague. Visit Wadowice, Divine Mercy Shrine.

With Fr McGinnis from Huntington, WV 6 Days Mexico. — Dec 8-13 Anniversary of Our Lady of Guadalupe. With Fr Goldsmith from Harrisonburg, VA.

For brochures or information, contact John Tagnesi PH 1-888-544-4461 or jtag1964@ verizon.net

— Denys Davis

King holds blood drive

Baby shower benefits MiraVia DENVER — Holy Spirit Parish’s youth group recently held a baby shower to benefit MiraVia (formerly Room at the Inn). Debbie Capen came from MiraVia to give a presentation to the teens and parents gathered. They all brought gifts of

KING — Good Shepherd Church’s Labor Day Blood Drive was a huge success, surpassing its goal by collecting 26 units of whole blood from 38 donors, including one first-time donor.

Holiday blood drives can sometimes be difficult, an American Red Cross coordinator said, but once scheduled, they can be among the more successful blood drives.

— Annette Tenny, correspondent We welcome your parish’s news! Please email news items to Editor Patricia L. Guilfoyle at catholicnews@ charlottediocese.org

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3 nights each in Dublin and Galway, 2 nights Killarney, 1 night in Limerick. With Fr Donald Higgs from Elkins, WV.

11 Day Poland -Prague. — Sep 28-Oct 8

CHARLOTTE — Father Patrick Hoare, pastor of St. John Neumann Church, recently presented a $3,300 donation to Dr. Larry Sladek of Agape Dental Group from proceeds from the parish’s annual SonFest celebration.

Agape Dental Group provides free dental care to underprivileged residents in the Charlotte area.

Patients who qualify financially are offered a full range of dental services, administered by a staff of volunteer dentists, hygienists and dental assistants.

KERNERSVILLE — Holy Cross Columbiettes Auxiliary 8509 celebrated the 20th anniversary of their charter on Oct. 8. The celebration was held in conjunction with Mass at Holy Cross Church. Festivities included reading the names of all the charter members, done by current President Patti Dmuchowski and former President Maureen (Heuglin) Logan. Charter members were: Beverly Armstrong, Ruth Bailey, Virginia Beiles, Debra Connor, Linda Connor, Ann Earhart, Melanie Feeney-Lewis, Dorothy Flynn, Virginia Foote, Cynthia (Gilbert) Martin, Patricia Henderson, Paula (Hudak) Johnson, Maureen (Hueglin) Logan, Kimberlyn Keith, Margaret Kopp, Ann Lailey, Lois Lamendola, Deborah Lawrence, Donna Leonard, Maria Lewis, Salley Lewis, Jeannette Livelsberger, Margaret Marron, Maria May, Jamie Missbach, Lorraine Nowicki, Candy Petite, Fran Petticord, Linda Ruttle, Martha Schaefer, Saundra Scudder, Sheila Smolder, Janet Tennyson, Barbara Tesh, Pamela Tucker, Diane Villaneuva, Chari Ward and Mary Wilks.

NEW DVD – JUST RELEASED!

11 Days Catholic Ireland — Sep 7-17

4 nights Madrid, 1 night Burgos, 2 nights Santiago de Compostela, 3 nights Fatima, 1 night Lisbon.With Fr Dan Pisano from Wellsburg, WV.

Dental group receives donation from SJN

Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary celebrated

12 Day Pilgrimage to Italy. — Aug 31-Sep 11, 3 nights Venice, 2 nights Florence, 1 night Assisi, 4 nights Rome. Visit Padua and Siena. With Fr Mattingley from Williamsburg, VA. $3,880.

13 Days Spain-Fatima. — Sep 14-26

Holy Cross Columbiettes Auxiliary celebrates its 20th anniversary

— Jennifer Noto

CHARLOTTE — More than 100 people gathered to pray and celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary Oct. 7 at St. Patrick Cathedral, led by visiting priest Father Anthony Rice, a member of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius from the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Recitation of the rosary and a candlelight procession around the cathedral featuring a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, carried by members of the Knights of Columbus Council 770, followed Vespers.

— Doreen Sugierski, correspondent

— Karen M. Francis

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Mary Anderson and Marine Corps Reserve Col. Mike Griffin cross the finish line as part of Team AMS in the Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 26 in the nation’s capital. The team raised more than $50,000 for the archdiocese.

Team AMS crosses finish line in 39th Marine Corps Marathon Surpasses goal of raising more than $50K for the Archdiocese for the Military Services Taylor Henry Special to the Catholic News Herald

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A team of 48 runners representing the Archdiocese for the Military Services in the 39th Marine Corps Marathon and 10K surpassed its goal of raising $50,000 for the archdiocese.

Team AMS comprised 48 men and women from all over the country who converged on the nation’s capital for the Oct. 26 races.

They included archdiocesan staffers, military personnel, a priest-chaplain and seminarians.

Richard Blank of Woodbridge, Va., led Team AMS marathon runners across the finish line, completing the 26.2-mile race in three hours, two minutes and 41 seconds.

Among Team AMS women who completed the marathon, Grace Stevens of Grand Rapids, Mich., finished first at four hours, two minutes and 37 seconds.

Marine Corps Reserve Col. Michael Griffin, a parishioner of St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte, was among Team AMS marathon runners. Crossing the finish line at four hours, 45 minutes, and 22 seconds, he said, “I feel OK. It wasn’t that bad.” But, he laughed, “I wanted to stop probably from mile 20 until the end.”

For Griffin, who spent seven years on active duty in the Marines, running to raise money for the AMS was personal. The AMS supports, endorses and provides faculties for Catholic priests to serve as military chaplains.

“I’ve always looked for the Catholic chaplain in every Marine battalion I’ve served with,” he said, “and they’ve never let me down.”

All told, 27,394 completed the marathon, and 7,635, the 10K. Army Specialist Samuel Kosgei came in first overall, finishing at two hours, 22 minutes and 12 seconds. The top female finisher was Army Captain Meghan Curran at two hours, 51 minutes and 47 seconds.

Military Services Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio expressed his appreciation for the team effort, particularly the role of staffers who organized and coordinated participation.

The Archdiocese for the Military Services was established as an independent archdiocese by Pope St. John Paul II in 1985 as the only Catholic jurisdiction responsible for endorsing and granting faculties for priests to serve as chaplains in the U.S. military and VA medical centers.

AMS-endorsed priests serve at more than 220 U.S. military installations in 29 countries, making the AMS the nation’s only global archdiocese. AMS-endorsed priests also serve at 153 VA medical centers in the U.S. The AMS service population also includes American Catholic civilians working for the federal government in 134 countries.

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os orígenes de la celebración del Día de los Muertos en México son anteriores a la llegada de los españoles. Hay registro de celebraciones en las etnias mexica, maya, purépecha y totonaca. Los rituales que celebran la vida de los ancestros se realizan en estas civilizaciones por lo menos desde hace tres mil años. Entre los pueblos pre-hispánicos era común la práctica de conservar los cráneos como trofeos y mostrarlos durante los rituales que simbolizaban la muerte y el renacimiento.

Es una festividad que se celebra en México y en algunos países de América Central, así como en muchas comunidades de los Estados Unidos, donde existe una gran población mexicana y centroamericana.

“La santa muerte”

El culto debido los difuntos, en las últimas décadas se ha visto muy relacionado con el culto que algunos le dan a la así llamada Santa Muerte o Santísima Muerte. Es una figura popular mexicana que personifica la muerte y es objeto de culto. Recibe peticiones de amor, afectos, suerte, dinero y protección, así como también peticiones malintencionadas y de daño a terceros por parte de sus fieles. Por eso, la Iglesia Católica rechaza y condena su veneración, considerándola diabólica.

En ocasiones su culto es vinculado a distintos tipos de delincuencia como el narcotráfico, asaltantes y personas de distintos estratos sociales que se dedican al comercio informal, ambulantaje o piratería.

Halloween

Paralelamente a la fiesta de todos los fieles difuntos tenemos la fiesta de Halloween. Últimamente varios autores han escrito sobre sus orígenes y su propósito. Sin embargo, lo que más llama la atención, sin lugar a duda, son los disfraces que se usan y que cada vez más son más tenebrosos. Pareciera entre más horrorosos y satánicos llevan a un acercamiento al mundo de las tinieblas y del abismo.

Ahora bien, en la Iglesia Católica el día 2 de Noviembre recordamos de una manera especial a todos los bautizados que ya descansan en la paz del Señor.

Desde los primeros siglos la Iglesia

acostumbraba a celebrar el aniversario de la muerte de un mártir en el lugar del martirio. Frecuentemente, los grupos de mártires morían el mismo día, lo cual condujo naturalmente a una celebración común. Durante la persecución de Diocleciano, el número de mártires llegó a ser tan grande, que no se podía separar un día para asignársela. Pero la Iglesia, creyendo que cada mártir debía ser venerado, señaló un día en común para todos. La primera muestra de ello se remonta a Antioquía en el Domingo antes de Pentecostés.

En un principio, sólo los mártires y San Juan Bautista eran honrados por un día especial. Otros santos se fueron asignando gradualmente, y se incrementó cuando el proceso regular de canonización fue establecido; aún, a principios del año 411, había en el calendario caldeo de los cristianos orientales una “Commemoratio Confessorum” para el viernes. En la Iglesia de Occidente, el papa Bonifacio IV, entre el año 609 y 610, consagró el Panteón de Roma a la Santísima Virgen y a todos los mártires, dándole un aniversario.

El papa Gregorio III (731-741) consagró una capilla en la Basílica de San Pedro a todos los santos y fijó el aniversario para el 1 de Noviembre. Sería el papa Gregorio IV quien extendiera la celebración del 1 de noviembre a toda la Iglesia, a mediados del siglo IX.

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Hay que recordar a nuestros difuntos?

Claro que sí, pero de una manera cristiana, como lo enseña la Iglesia Católica. Poniendo sus nombres por escrito para orar por ellos, sobre todo en la Santa Misa. Esto no sólo el mes de Noviembre, sino siempre.

Hay que disfrazarse el día de Halloween?

Claro que sí, pero de personajes positivos y edificantes. Como ya lo están haciendo algunas parroquias, donde los niños y jóvenes se disfrazan de un santo o santa. Además, se les invita a conocer la vida del santo a quienes están representando. Esto les lleva hacia una mentalidad más sana y cristiana.

El Padre Gabriel Carvajal-Salazar es el Vicario Parroquial de la Parroquia de San Gabriel en Charlotte.

Padre Franciscano Capuchino Robert Williams, vicario parroquial de la Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción en Hendersonville, celebrando Misa para los miembros de las “Comunidades Eclesiales de Base.”

‘Comunidades Eclesiales de Base’ llega a la área de los hispanos en Hendersonville Pamela Temby Especial para el Catholic News Herald

HENDERSONVILLE — Es la noche del miércoles en el Antiguo Spartanburg Road en Hendersonville, donde Mauricio Zaragoza ha abierto la puerta a amigos y vecinos. Decenas de personas, algunas agarrando sus Biblias, sentados en sillas plegables, esperando a oír la homilía del Padre Franciscano Capuchino Robert Williams en español.

El mensaje es claro: La Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción les esta entregando la Palabra de Dios, en sus propios patios.

Estos residentes hispanos son miembros de 15 parroquias de “Comunidades Eclesiales de base” que se reúnen una vez a la semana para cantar, orar y leer la Biblia. Misa se celebra una vez al mes, cuando todos los grupos se reúnen.

Las comunidades, que atienden a más de 100 familias en el Condado de Henderson, se han convertido en un lugar donde su fe católica se hace personal.

“Es un lugar para venir y compartir nuestra vida cristiana juntos,” dice el Padre Williams, vicario parroquial en la parroquia de la Inmaculada Concepción. “Muchos de ellos no pueden salir del trabajo para asistir a la misa de 1:30 p.m. los domingos.

La Iglesia se trata de la construcción de la comunidad, y para algunos, esta es la única oportunidad que tienen para asistir a Misa.”

Eso es exactamente por qué Gregorio Aguillón ha llegado este miércoles por la noche.

“No me puedo quedar a oír Misa los domingo porque tengo que trabajar,” dice Aguillón, quien tiene dos empleos. Según Aguillón, asistieron más de 100 personas en la celebración de Misa el mes pasado.

Originado en Latino América hace décadas, las Comunidades Eclesiales

de base en el Condado de Henderson comenzaron a formarse en el año 2002, cuando el entonces párroco Padre Juan Salvas buscaba una manera en que la Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción pudiera fortalecer la fe católica entre la creciente población latina. Desde ese entonces el número de Comunidades Eclesiales de Base ha crecido más de dos veces al igual que la populación latina.

“Nuestra comunidad es mucho más unida,” dice Antonio Padrone, un líder hispano en el condado de Henderson.

“Estamos profundizando nuestra fe, de acuerdo con la Biblia, el Evangelio, pero en estas reuniones, también ayudamos y apoyamos a las familias que están teniendo problemas. También celebramos buenas noticias, como los cumpleaños de los feligreses.”

Después de Misa, muchos de los asistentes peticionan sus necesidades delante de la congregación. Acompañados por un guitarrista, cantan varias canciones y levantan sus voces a Dios, dándole gracias por todas sus bendiciones.

Después es la hora de celebrar y socializar con otras personas. Muchas de las familias llevan comida para compartir.

Al igual que la Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción, muchas otras parroquias de la Diócesis de Charlotte tienen pequeñas comunidades, cual sirven a la creciente población latina. Solamente contando en el oeste de Carolina del Norte, el recuento es de 60. Aquí, el movimiento también está empezando a tomar forma entre los feligreses de habla Inglés. “(Los hispanos) son una comunidad increíble con quien trabajar,” dice el Padre Williams. “Son un pueblo llenos del Espíritu y guiados por el Espíritu. Nuestro trabajo es llevar a la gente más cerca de Dios. El idioma español es su lenguaje a Dios.”

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GREENSBORO — La Parroquia de San Pio X en Greensboro tendrá su venta anual de suéteres peruanos este 7 al 9 de Noviembre. Las mujeres indígenas de la Cooperativa Artesanía Pachamama en Mañazo, Puno Perú confeccionan los suéteres a mano para la venta anual todos los Noviembres en San Pio X. La Artesanía Pachamama es una cooperativa compuesta de mujeres indígenas de la Villa de Mañazo que está localizada en la parte sur de los Andes Peruanos a unas 30 millas del famoso Lago Titicaca. Todo el dinero recaudado durante esta venta anual va directamente para Artesanía y cada mujer recibe $25 por cada suéter que ella confecciona y es vendido durante el evento.

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dƌĂŶƐŝƚŝŽŶŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶĐLJ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝĨĨŝĐƵůƚ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ŶĞǁ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͘ ZŽŽŵ ƚ dŚĞ /ŶŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ dƌŝĂĚ ŽĨĨĞƌƐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞƐĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJ ƚŽ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůLJ ŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŐŽĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƉŝƌĂƚŝŽŶƐ͘

DĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ,ŽŵĞ͗ >ŝĐĞŶƐĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ E ,ĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ,ƵŵĂŶ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚŝĂů ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ĐĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ DĂƌLJ ͘ EƵƐƐďĂƵŵ DĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ,ŽŵĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƐŚĞůƚĞƌ͕ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ĐĂƐĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ůŝĨĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ ŝŶ Ă ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞĚ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ >ŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ 'ƌĞĞŶƐďŽƌŽ͕ E ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐ͕ ƉƌĞŐŶĂŶƚ E ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ϭϴ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŽůĚĞƌ͘ ůŝĞŶƚƐ ŵĂLJ ďƌŝŶŐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ x ϴϮ й ŽĨ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ϭϴ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĂŐĞ Žƌ ŽůĚĞƌ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ x ϭϬϬ й ŽĨ ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ŚŽŵĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ƚƌĂŶƐŝƚŝŽŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ŚŽƵƐŝŶŐ

DĂƚĞƌŶĂů ĂŶĚ /ŶĨĂŶƚ ,ĞĂůƚŚ͗ ĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ďŽƚŚ ƉƌĞͲŶĂƚĂů ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐƚͲŶĂƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƚŝĂů ĨŽƌ ƉƌĞŐŶĂŶƚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ /ŶĨĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽĚĚůĞƌƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ĐŚĞĐŬͲƵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ͘ ƐŝŐŶŝĨŝĐĂŶƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ ƐƵĨĨĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĂďƵƐĞ ĂŶĚͬŽƌ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŶĞĞĚ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƵŶƐĞůŝŶŐ͘ ĚĚŝƚŝŽŶĂůůLJ ŽƵƌ ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ŚŽŵĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ůŝĨĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ůŝǀŝŶŐ͕ ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ŶƵƚƌŝƚŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐĂĨĞ͕ ŶƵƌƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ŚĞĂů ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽĚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵů͘

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ϭϰ ĂďŝĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ďŽƌŶ ϴϲй ŽĨ ďĂďŝĞƐ ďŽƌŶ ŚĂĚ W' Z ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ŽĨ ϴ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ϵϯ й ŽĨ ďĂďŝĞƐ ďŽƌŶ ŚĂĚ ďŝƌƚŚ ǁĞŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ϱ͘ϱ ůďƐ͘ Žƌ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ϭϬϬ й ŽĨ ƉƌĞͲŶĂƚĂů ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŬĞƉƚ ϭϬϬ й ŽĨ ďĂďŝĞƐ ƚĞƐƚĞĚ ǁĞƌĞ ďŽƌŶ ĚƌƵŐ ĨƌĞĞ

ŝdžŽŶ ^ĞůĨͲƐƵĨĨŝĐŝĞŶĐLJ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͗ dŚĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ŚŽŵĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂƚŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ ǀŽĐĂƚŝŽŶĂů ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ĚĚŝƚŝŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ůŝĨĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŽƉŝĐƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ďƵĚŐĞƚŝŶŐ͕ ũŽď ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ͬ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ͕ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ͕

ƚŝŵĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŽƉŝĐƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ŽŶͲƐŝƚĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ŚŽŵĞ͘ x ϭϬϬ й ŽĨ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ Žƌ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ǀŽĐĂƚŝŽŶĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ x ϵϭϲ ^ĞůĨ ƐƵĨĨŝĐŝĞŶĐLJ ĐĂƐĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚͬĐŽƵŶƐĞůŝŶŐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ x ϭϯϭϭ ^ĞůĨ ƐƵĨĨŝĐŝĞŶĐLJ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂƚŝŽŶ ƚƌŝƉƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ

WƌĂƚƚ ^ƉŝƌŝƚƵĂů ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͗ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ŚŽŵĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ WƌĂƚƚ ^ƉŝƌŝƚƵĂů ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ WĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƚŚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ĂŶĚͬŽƌ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ͘ WĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ ƐƉŝƌŝƚƵĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ͕ ĐĂƌŝŶŐ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ WĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂƚŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ǀŽůƵŶƚĂƌLJ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ĐůŝĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĚĞŶŝĞĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĚĞĐůŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘

ĨƚĞƌĐĂƌĞ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͗ dŚĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ĐŽŶƚŝŶƵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĞǀĞŶ ĂĨƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďŝƌƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ YƵĂƌƚĞƌůLJ ĂůƵŵŶŝ ŵĞĞƚŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ŚŽŵĞ͘ ůŝĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĨŝǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂĨƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďŝƌƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘

DŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ĂƚƚĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ

ŽůůĞŐĞ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͗ 'ƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ŚŽŵĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ Žƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ĂƌĞ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ >ŝǀŝŶŐ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ^ŝŶŐůĞ DŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚƚĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽůůĞŐĞ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƚŝŽŶ ƚŽ ŚŽƵƐŝŶŐ͕ ǁĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ĐŚŝůĚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͕ ĨŝŶĂŶĐŝĂůͬŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚƵƚŽƌŝŶŐͬůŝĨĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ͘ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚŝĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚŝĞƐ͗ dŚĞ ŵLJΖƐ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŶĞdžƚ ĚŽŽƌ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŵĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ŶĂŵĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŵLJ ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ ŝƐŶĞLJ dŚĞ ĂĐŬ zĂƌĚ DŝŶŝƐƚƌLJ ŝƐ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌƌLJ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ hŶŝƚĞĚ DĞƚŚŽĚŝƐƚ ŚƵƌĐŚ ŝŶ <ĞƌŶĞƌƐǀŝůůĞ͕ E dŚĞ ^ĂŵĂƌŝƚĂŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŝƐ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ &ŝƌƐƚ ŚƵƌĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƚŚƌĞŶ ŝŶ ĚĞŶ͕ E x ϭϬϬ й ŽĨ ƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ

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^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŝŵĞ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ϭϰ ďĂďŝĞƐ ďŽƌŶ ĂŶĚ ĂĨƚĞƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŚĂĚ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ŚŽƵƐŝŶŐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƐ ǁĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ŽƵƌ ŵŽŵƐ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ Ă ďĞƚƚĞƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŶƵƌƐŝŶŐ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ Ă ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘ tĞ

ĂůƐŽ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ŽƵƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ŝĨ ƐŚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƌĞůĂƚŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ĐŽƵŶƐĞůŝŶŐ͘ dŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŐŽƚ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚĂďůĞ ůŽǀŝŶŐ ŚŽŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘

ŚĂŶĐĞ ͙ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϰ ďĂďŝĞƐ ďŽƌŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ͊

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Celebrating Black Catholic History Month What is Black Catholic History Month?

On July 24, 1990, the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus of the United States designated November as Black Catholic History Month to celebrate the history and heritage of black Catholics. November is significant because two important black saints are commemorated within the month: St. Martin de Porres’ feast day (Nov. 3) and St. Augustine’s birthday (Nov. 13). With All Saints and All Souls’ Day, we also remember the saints and souls of Africa and the African Diaspora.

African-American Catholics by the numbers There are 3 million African-American Catholics in the United States.

Of Roman Catholic parishes in the United States, 798 are considered to be predominantly AfricanAmerican. Most of those continue to be on the East Coast and in the South.

About 76 percent of African-American Catholics are in diverse or shared parishes, and 24 percent are in predominately AfricanAmerican parishes.

As of April 2014, there are 15 living AfricanAmerican bishops, of whom eight remain active, and six U.S. dioceses are headed

by African-American bishops.

— USCCB

Father Wilbur Thomas, diocese’s first African-American priest Former NAACP youth leader, now diocesan priest, a catalyst for change in western N.C. SueAnn Howell Senior reporter

ASHEVILLE — Father Wilbur Thomas, pastor of St. Lawrence Basilica and the first African-American priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, came of age in Lexington, N.C., during the tumultuous time of the Civil Rights Era. He became a Catholic at the age of 12, attending Mass at Holy Rosary Church, now known as Our Lady of the Rosary Church.

“When I entered high school, I left the segregated school systems of Lexington city and Davidson County and entered the integrated Catholic school system (Bishop McGuinness High in Winston-Salem, now Kernersville),” Father Thomas explains.

“The Catholic Church in North Carolina under the leadership and decree of (Raleigh) Bishop Vincent S. Waters was, at least on paper, a desegregated diocese of parishes, schools, etc. Bishop Waters took the lead in desegregating the parishes and schools in 1953.”

Father Thomas recalls that he “did not experience some of the trauma that many black Catholics experienced in various North Carolina Catholic churches prior to 1953 and until the late ’60s for many.”

He recounts his experiences of racial discrimination as an African-American man as mostly connected with the South in general, and Lexington and Davidson County in particular.

“Both my parents served as president of the Davidson County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). After I entered high school, I became more involved with the black community of Lexington. I was eventually elected president of the Davidson County NAACP Youth Chapter.”

He believes that this position of leadership, the subsequent organizing of young people for participation in non-violent demonstrations, picketing, etc., in support of adults who had borne the effects of deep-seated segregation, helped to shape the priestly ministry he would later undertake.

“During these very stressful times of the early ’60s and throughout my high school years working in the civil rights movement, I was greatly supported by my priest pastors and the parishioners at Our Lady of the Rosary Church (then called Holy Rosary).”

Father Thomas remembers once being arrested on a trespassing charge because he organized young people to ask for tickets to the main entrance of a Lexington theater rather than be seated in a segregated balcony. His fellow parishioners were well represented in support of the move to desegregate the theater, as well as other public accommodations in Lexington.

“Because of my leadership in the NAACP, it was imperative that I not only be a youth leader but a spiritual leader as well,” he explains. “I often had the opportunity to ‘preach’ or ‘exhort’ the people who attended mass meetings in churches in the black community in Lexington. I also led common prayers and uplifting music (spirituals, freedom songs) especially prior to

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Father Wilbur Thomas leads a veneration of the cross service at St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville in 2012. beginning a campaign of non-violent demonstrations. These efforts helped us face some very hostile individuals and crowds with calm, order and peaceful spirits.”

Father Thomas entered seminary in 1965. He had eight years of priestly formation at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, before his ordination for the Diocese of Raleigh in 1973.

“I was the only African-American in formation at the Josephinum during that time (1965-1973). This prepared me for the experience of having no other African-American priests in the Diocese of Charlotte at the time I began ministry.”

One month after his ordination, Father Thomas was asked by Bishop Waters if he would like to stay in Raleigh or move to the newly created Charlotte diocese, where his parents still lived in Lexington.

“It was decided by Bishop Waters and Bishop Michael Begley (the first bishop of Charlotte) that I be given this choice,” Father Thomas explains. “I was in an ordination class of three. Each of us was given the choice, but I had already written letters of inquiry to the Charlotte chancery about my transferring to Charlotte (as a seminarian) just prior to my ordination to the diaconate on March 25, 1972.

“I was told by Bishop Begley that Bishop Waters desired to ordain me to the priesthood. I would be the third AfricanAmerican priest ordained by him for the Diocese of Raleigh.

But he understood that because my parents resided in Lexington and were members of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, it would be better if I was closer to them and thus begin FR. THOMAS, SEE page 19

What is the diocese’s AfricanAmerican Affairs Ministry?

On May 17, 1985, a group of 10 people calling themselves the Committee for Concerned Black Catholics met to discuss issues and concerns that were particular to black Catholics in the diocese.

They urged then Bishop John Donoghue to coordinate efforts of black Catholics in the diocese.

In July 1985, the ministry was officially begun as the Diocesan Committee on Black Catholic Ministry and Evangelization, and was a part of the diocesan Ministry for Justice and Peace. In 1989 it became a separate office to address and serve the needs and concerns of black Catholics in the diocese.

Since then, the African-American Affairs Ministry has grown. Its main goal is make visible the work, contributions, traditions and culture of black Catholics to the Church and to society, and to propose adequate diocesan responses to racism and other social injustices.

— www.charlottediocese.org

Celebrate at OLC Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte is hosting several celebrations in honor of Black Catholic History Month.

For details, see the diocesan calendar of events on page 4.

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Predominantly black parishes in the diocese

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At www.catholicnewsherald.com: Read more about these parishes

The diocese has four parishes with an African-American Catholic heritage:

n Our Lady of Consolation Church, Charlotte (1955, combining the former St. Mary and Our Lady of Perpetual Help parishes)

n St. Mary Church, Greensboro (1928)

n St. Benedict the Moor Church, Winston-Salem (1940)

n St. Helen Mission, Spencer Mountain (early 1900s)

Education a vital part of African-American Catholics in the diocese from the earliest days

Our Lady of Consolation School opened on Jan. 28, 1957. It was staffed originally by three AfricanAmerican Oblate Sisters of Providence, founded by Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange (read more about her on page 19). Fifty African-American students were enrolled. Later, enrollment grew to about 150 students in grades K-8. The Oblate Sisters of Providence withdrew from the school in 1983 and only grades 4-8 were offered after that time due to low enrollment. The diocese closed the school in 1988. Pictured are two Oblate Sisters of Providence with first-grade students.

Photos provided by Diocese of Charlotte Archives

This 1957 photo depicts Mercy Sister Mary Rose Carroll with a student at the former St. Benedict School in Belmont.

On Sept. 28, 1936, the Franciscan Sisters of Alleghany opened St. Anthony of Padua School in Asheville, who also ran a girls’ school in Winston-Salem. The school, which served primarily African-American students, was attached to St. Anthony of Padua Parish. The sisters remained until 1969 when the school closed. The parish was later combined with that of St. Lawrence Basilica.

Pictured are the parish’s Franciscan priests and sisters with students in front of the school.

Biloxi’s retired bishop has historic local ties Bishop Emeritus Joseph L. Howze of Biloxi, Miss., was the first priest of the Diocese of Charlotte to become a bishop and the first black Catholic bishop in the 20th century to head a diocese. At the time of his retirement in 2001, he was the top-ranking active black Catholic bishop in the U.S. A native of Daphne, Ala., he converted to Catholicism in 1948. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Raleigh on May 7, 1959, and his first assignment was at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte.

When the Diocese of Charlotte was carved out of the Diocese of Raleigh in 1972, then Father Howze was serving as the pastor of the Parish (now Basilica)

of St. Lawrence in Asheville. Soon after, he was consecrated auxiliary bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Miss., and in 1977 he became the first bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi. He retired in 2001.

The bishop recently shared some recollections of growing up in the segregated South and how racial healing was gradually brought about through the 1964 Civil Rights Act. “I think I was about 9 years old when the Depression came on,” he said. “I remember that there was very strong segregation in Alabama, especially in Baldwin County. We went to public schools and the schools for the black kids were closed in March so they could work in the potato fields. The other schools were not closed. So that shows

you the difference between the races during that particular time. Segregation was pronounced.”

However, Bishop Howze said his family was fortunate in that they were never the targets of serious racial backlash.

Nevertheless, Bishop Howze said that, as a young boy, he wondered about different aspects of racial segregation. “I wondered why, when we got on a public bus, we had to sit in the back with a curtain drawn in front of us and things like that,” he told the Gulf Pine Catholic, newspaper of the Diocese of Biloxi. “But there was no racial violence directed toward me and my family when I was growing up.”

— Catholic News Herald and Catholic News Service

Photo provided by Diocese of Charlotte Archives

Then Father Joseph L. Howze (second from right) is pictured following his priestly ordination in Raleigh in 1959. Installed as the first bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi, Miss., in 1977, he was the third African-American priest to be ordained a bishop in U.S. history and the first black Catholic bishop in the 20th century to head a diocese.

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Black Catholic popes, saints and leaders

lack Catholic history can be traced to the Acts of the Apostles (8:26-40) when St. Philip the Deacon converted the Ethiopian eunuch – one of the first moves the Apostles made to evangelize outside Jerusalem and thus sow the seeds for the universal Church.

Christianity spread throughout North Africa, and the region featured prominently in the early Church as the birthplace of saints, popes and Western monasticism.

Three popes of the early Church were born in north Africa: n Pope St. Victor I (189198 or 199): He was the first pope to celebrate the liturgy and write Church documents in Latin rather than Greek. He is most famous for decreeing that Easter be universally celebrated on a Sunday, a practice already common in the West, but not so in Pope St. Victor I the East. His feast day is July 28. n Pope St. Miltiades (also called St. Melchiades) (311314): He was pope when Constantine the Great defeated his enemies and assumed control over Rome, paving the way to the end of persecution of Christians. Constantine gave the pope the Lateran Pope St. Miltiades palace (now known as the Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), which became the papal residence and seat of Christian governance. He was the last pope to be buried in a catacomb. His feast day is Dec. 10. n Pope St. Gelasius I (492496): The first pope to be Pope St. Gelasius called the Vicar of Christ, he is most famous for affirming the primacy of the papacy based on Jesus’ command naming Peter the “rock of the Church.” He promoted a type of “separation of Church and State” but emphasized that Church authority is always superior to civil law. He ordered reception of the Eucharist under both species, and he used his own funds and the papal lands to feed the poor of Rome during a severe famine. His feast day is Nov. 21.

The Scillitan martyrs

The Scillitan Martyrs were the first documented African martyrs. The 12 Christians, seven men and five women, were martyred in 180 in Scillium (in what is present-day Algeria and Tunisia) for refusing to call the Roman emperor their god. Unlike other Christians, they were not tortured but put on trial and offered 30 days to change their minds. When they still refused to recant their faith, they were put to death by the sword.

“The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs,” a contemporaneous account of their trial and execution, is considered to be among the earliest documents of the Church in Africa and also the earliest example of Christian Latin.

Their feast day is July 17.

St. Perpetua and St. Felicity Just after the death of Pope St. Victor I, St. Perpetua and St. Felicity underwent their martyrdom in Carthage, around 203.

St. Perpetua was a young, well-educated noblewoman and mother living in Carthage in North Africa. At the age of 22, she was jailed for her faith. While in prison she continued to care for her infant child and put up with tortures designed to make her renounce her faith. St. Perpetua was sacrificed at the games as a public spectacle.

St. Felicity was a pregnant slave girl who was imprisoned with her. Little is known about her life because, unlike Perpetua, she did not keep a diary. Only a few days before her execution, Felicity gave birth to a daughter, who was secretly taken away to be cared for by some of the faithful.

They share the feast day of March 7, and their names are forever mentioned together in the Roman Canon of the Mass.

St. Moses the Black St. Moses the Black was a thief, murderer and adulterer who through the grace of conversion was transformed into a pacifist, priest and martyr.

A large, imposing figure, he became the leader of a gang of bandits who roamed the Nile Valley spreading terror and violence.

Attempting to hide from authorities, he took shelter with some monks in the desert near Alexandria. The dedication of their lives, as well as their peace and contentment, deeply influenced him. He gave up his sinful ways and joined the community.

At some point, he was ordained a priest and became the leader of a colony of desert hermits. At about age 75, about the year 407, word came that a group of renegades planned to attack the colony. The brothers wanted to defend themselves, but Moses forbade it. He told them to retreat, rather than take up weapons. He and seven others remained behind and greeted the invaders with open arms. All eight were martyred by the bandits.

His feast day is Aug. 28.

St. Martin de Porres The only black saint from the Western Hemisphere so far, St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579. His mother was a freed slave from Panama, and his father was a Spanish gentleman who did not want him. Early in his life, he demonstrated humility, charity for the poor and a love for animals, and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the age of 11,

he took a job as a servant in the Dominican friary in Lima and performed the work with such devotion that he was called “the saint of the broom.”

He spent the rest of his life in the friary – as a barber, farm laborer, almoner (church worker in charge of distributing money to the poor) and infirmarian (person who nurses the sick in a monastery), among other tasks.

St. Martin’s love was allembracing, shown equally to humans and to animals, even vermin, and he maintained a shelter for stray dogs and cats.

In recognition of his devotion, his superiors dropped the stipulation that “no black person may be received to the holy habit or profession of our order” and Martin was vested in the full habit and professed solemn vows as a Dominican brother. Afterwards, he became more devout and more desirous to be of service, establishing an orphanage and a children’s hospital.

A close friend of St. Rose of Lima, he died on Nov. 3, 1639, and was canonized on May 6, 1962. His feast day is Nov. 3.

St. Charles Lwanga and Companions The Society of Missionaries of Africa (known as the White Fathers) had been in Uganda for only six years but had built up a community of converts who were soon gaining new converts themselves.

Many of these converts lived and taught at the royal court, where the violent ruler and pedophile King Mwanga routinely forced himself on the young boys and men who served him as pages and attendants.

After other Christians were martyred by the king, Charles Lwanga took over instructing the young Christian community – and the charge of keeping the boys and men away from the king.

When the king learned that another page was being taught the faith, he thrust a spear through the young man’s throat and sealed the royal compound. Knowing what was coming, Lwanga baptized four catechumens that night. The next morning Mwanga separated the Christians from the rest, saying, “Those who do not pray stand by me, those who do pray stand over there.”

He demanded of the 15 boys and young men (all under 25) if they were Christians and intended to remain Christians. When they answered “yes,” he condemned them to death. They were marched 37 miles to Namugongo, where those who were not killed along the way were burned to death on June 3, 1886.

The White Fathers were expelled from Uganda, but when they returned after Mwanga’s death, they found 500 Christians and 1,000 catchumens waiting for them.

St. Josephine Bakhita Josephine Bakhita, born in 1869, was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Canossian nun in Italy, living and working there for 45 years.

She was known for her smile, gentleness and holiness. She even once said, “If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today.”

She died in 1947, and in 2000, she was became the first African woman to be canonized in modern times. She is the first person to be canonized from Sudan and is the patron saint of the country.

Her feast day is Feb. 8.

Other notable black Catholics Father Augustus Tolton (story at right) is among four African-American Catholics whose sainthood causes have been opened.

The other three are: n Venerable Mother Henriette Delille, foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans A free woman of color living in New Orleans in the 19th century, Delille wanted to be a religious but legal and social restraints 20 years before the abolition of slavery and the Civil War prevented local communities from accepting her. Therefore, she and two other free women sought to form their own. The Church gave them permission to form a pious society that took no vows and whose members were free to withdraw as they wished. They aided the poor, the sick, the elderly and helpless, the lonely, and the uninstructed who needed care.

Hundreds of more women soon followed them in consecrating themselves to God’s service as Sisters of the Holy Family, and Delille was named their leader. Known as the “Servant of Slaves,” Delille died in 1862. n Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence Elizabeth Clarisse Lange’s parents were refugees who fled to Cuba from the revolution taking place in their native Saint Dominque (present-day Haiti). Her father was a gentleman of some financial means and social standing. Her mother was a Creole.

However, in the early 1800s young Elizabeth left Santiago de Cuba to seek peace and security in the United States. Providence directed her to Baltimore, where a great influx of French-speaking Catholic San Dominguios refugees was settling.

She was a courageous, loving, and deeply spiritual woman, and a strong, independent thinker and doer. Although she was a refugee, she was well educated and had her own money. It did not take long to recognize that the children of her fellow refugees needed education. She determined to respond to that need in spite of being a black woman in a slave state long before the Emancipation Proclamation. She used her

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own money and home to provide free education to children of color, and eventually founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first Black Catholic order in the United States.

Lange practiced faith to an extraordinary degree. In fact, it was her deep faith which enabled her to persevere against all odds. To her black brothers and sisters she gave of herself and her material possessions until she was empty of all but Jesus, whom she shared generously with all by being a living witness to His teaching. She died in 1882. n Venerable Pierre Toussaint, brought to New York as a slave and later became a well-known philanthropist Coming to New York from Haiti in 1787 with his owner, Jean Bérard, Pierre Toussaint was apprenticed to a New York hairdresser. He became a friend to the city’s aristocracy by dressing the hair of wealthy women, and when Bérard died penniless, Toussaint financially supported Bérard’s wife and nursed her through emotional and physical ailments. She granted him his freedom in 1807.

His stable income allowed him to buy freedom for his sister and his future wife, and to be generous with many individuals and charities, including an orphanage and school for black children. He not only provided money, but manifested genuine care and concern for the afflicted. He cared for the ill when yellow fever swept the city and opened his home to homeless youth, teaching them violin and paying for their schooling. His wife shared in his philanthropic efforts, and their home became a shelter for orphans, a credit bureau, an employment agency and refuge for priests and poverty-stricken travelers. Proud to be black, Toussaint generously supported the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore.

In his later years, Toussaint still worked to help others. Two years after his wife’s death, he died in 1853 aged 87.

Sister Thea Bowman Bertha Bowman was born in a small Mississippi town in 1937, the granddaughter of

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my priestly ministry in the Charlotte diocese.

He was very gracious and understanding. I, of course, was very happy with the decision.”

Father Thomas became a priest of the Charlotte diocese on April 26, 1973, one month after his ordination. His first parish was St. Leo the Great Church in Winston-Salem, where he was assigned as an assistant pastor (also called a parochial vicar).

“I was very happy when the Diocese of Raleigh (under Bishop Joseph Gossman) ordained several African-American men,” he recalls. “But across the state we were, and remained, few in number.

Fortunately, the Charlotte diocese has increased the number of ‘priests of color’ with African, Latin American and Asian men.”

He and Monsignor Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor of the diocese, are currently the only two African-American diocesan priests in western North Carolina.

“I have been greatly supported by my membership in a national association of black bishops, priests, seminarians, deacons, and lay brothers (National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, or NBCCC). Together with the National Black Sisters Conference, we gather annually for what is called the ‘Joint Conference.’

“It is during these gatherings that I feel most connected with the black Catholic community throughout the U.S. It was the National Black

a slave. Raised a Methodist, she fell in love with Catholicism from the teachers at her school, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. She converted to Catholicism and at 15 joined the order, taking the name Thea, meaning “of God.” She was sent to La Crosse, Wis., where she studied and taught until 1961, when she returned to her hometown to teach at her alma mater before pursuing doctoral studies at The Catholic University of America. She later taught at Catholic University and at Xavier University in New Orleans.

After 16 years as an educator at the elementary, secondary and university level, she was invited by the bishop of Jackson, Miss., to become a consultant for intercultural awareness. For the rest of her life she dedicated her life to building up the Black Catholic community and sharing the Gospel message through prayer, song, teaching, writing and preaching.

She was instrumental in the creation of many Catholic multicultural and African-American projects such as the first edition of “Lead Me, Guide Me,” an African-American Catholic hymnal. She helped found the National Black Sisters Conference in 1966.

In 1984 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but she did not let her declining health slow her down. Confined to a wheelchair, she gave an historic address to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1989, and she continued to inspire others with her love and joy even in the midst of her suffering.

She was posthumously awarded an honorary doctorate in theology from Boston College, the first to any African-American woman.

— Sources: Catholic News Agency, www.catholiconline. com, www.AmericanCatholic.org, www.catholic.org, EWTN, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Wikipedia

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Catholic Clergy Caucus that instituted the observance of Black Catholic History Month in November.”

Every five years the National Black Catholic Congress meets. The Congress brings together laity, those in consecrated life and ordained delegates from every archdiocese, diocese, and various ministries in the black Catholic community throughout the U.S., including those named above.

“Representatives of parishes and ministries within the Diocese of Charlotte are participants,” he says. “I am always happy to be with our diocesan delegation at this event.”

Father Thomas reminds us that “black Catholics in the Diocese of Charlotte remain a minority within a minority.”

He notes that there are very few parishes where a significant number of AfricanAmerican young men can be encouraged to consider the priesthood. However, whenever he has had the opportunity, he has encouraged young African Americans to consider a vocation to the priesthood, diaconate or religious life.

“The demands of life and the influences with which young black men have to contend in this country are many. Many of the black seminarians I know come from professional and educational backgrounds, which help them better negotiate the present program of priestly formation in the U.S.” He added that he is pleased that the diocesan permanent diaconate program also has interested more black men and their wives for formation in ministry.

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Evidence collected for Father Tolton’s sainthood cause heads to Vatican Michelle Martin Catholic News Service

CHICAGO — With prayers, songs and sealing wax, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago formally closed the investigation into the life and virtues of Father Augustus Tolton Sept. 29 in a ceremony in the St. James Chapel at the Archbishop Quigley Center.

The prayer service marked the binding and sealing of the dossier of local research aimed at making Father Tolton, the first African-American diocesan priest, a saint. Cardinal George opened the cause in 2010.

Now the cause for Father Tolton’s canonization moves to the Vatican, where the documents collected by supporters of his cause in the Archdiocese of Chicago will be analyzed, bound into a book called a “position,” or official position paper, and evaluated by theologians, and then, supporters hope, passed on to the pope, who can declare Tolton “venerable” if the pope determines he led a life of heroic virtue.

Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry, the postulator of the cause, said the collected evidence – which includes everything from newspaper articles to correspondence to eyewitness testimonies – certainly indicates that is the case.

“Everything in the record of the case demonstrates that we had a saint among us and we hardly noticed,” Bishop Perry said. “Father Tolton leaves behind a shining example of perseverance.”

He was born a slave in 1854 on a plantation near Brush Creek, Mo. His father left to try to join the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1862, his mother escaped with her three children by rowing them across the Mississippi River and settling in Quincy, Ill. Young Augustus had to leave one Catholic school because of threats; he found a haven at St. Peter Parish and School, where he learned to read and write and was confirmed at age 16.

He was encouraged to discern his vocation to the priesthood by the Franciscan priests who taught him at St. Francis College, now Quincy University, but could not find a seminary in the United States to accept him. He eventually studied in Rome and was ordained for the Propaganda Fidei Congregation in 1886, expecting to become a missionary in Africa. Instead, he was sent back to Quincy, where he served for three years before coming to the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1889.

He spearheaded the building of St. Monica Church for black Catholics, dedicated in 1894, and died after suffering heat stroke on a Chicago street on July 9, 1897.

Cardinal George, who is to retire when his successor, Archbishop Blase J. Cupich, is installed Nov. 18, called the opening of Father Tolton’s cause one of the most important, if not the most important, thing he has done in his more than 17 years as archbishop of Chicago.

“The Church, over the centuries, has ordained many priests, most of them quite holy, in some ways, some in great ways,” the cardinal said.

Father Tolton was one such holy priest, who “devoted himself to his people, quietly and in his own way,” he said, despite great difficulties and setbacks.

“Virtue has consequences, and virtue is stronger than evil,” Cardinal George said. “History is what God remembers. The rest passes.”

If the pope declares that Father Tolton indeed led a life of historic Christian virtue and is to be called venerable, the next step is to look for evidence of a miracle attributed to Father Tolton’s intercession. The dossier sealed Sept. 29 includes letters already written to Cardinal George telling of favors granted after praying for Father Tolton’s intercession.

In general, one confirmed miracle is needed for beatification, and a second such miracle is needed for canonization.

At the moment, Father Tolton is among four African-American Catholics whose sainthood causes have been opened.

The others are Mother Henriette Delille, foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans, who has been declared venerable; Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence; and Pierre Toussaint, who was brought to New York as a slave and later became a wellknown philanthropist, also declared venerable.

More online At www.catholicnewsherald.com: Watch a video about the accomplishments of Father Augustus Tolton and the work by the Archdiocese of Chicago on his cause for sainthood At www.toltoncanonization.org: Learn more about Father Tolton’s life, his priestly studies in Rome and his ministry in Chicago, and his sudden death when he was only 43 years old

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who helped with the delivery are pictured (from left): Julia Errington, Julia Kane, Anna Marrujo, Delaney Findling, Anna Trego, Emma Bristol, Meagan Bashan and Lily Hiser.

— Jeff Stoller

Sacred Heart flag pole park dedicated SALISBURY — Sacred Heart Church and School officially dedicated its new flag pole park Oct. 23, in a special ceremony led by Frank Cardelle, principal, and Father John Eckert, pastor. The park now features the American flag, the North Carolina flag and the Vatican City State flag.

Attended by parents, parishioners and local law enforcement and fire departments leaders, Sacred Heart students took part in the program by saying the Pledge of Allegiance (first-grader Maggie Antosek), singing “The Star Spangled Banner” (sixthgrader Caroline Clark), reciting a poem about why we honor our flags (Jack Fisher), and making presentations to the local charities of the Salisbury Police Department and Fire Department (Caleb Fleeman and Sydney Edwards), and thank you card presentations to local law enforcement and fire departments (third-grader Soyer Cornelison, and secondgraders Addison Trout and Krish Kumar).

The school’s color guard (Riley Dillon, Brody Dillon, Keegan Dillon, Blaine Shellhorn, Walker Shellhorn, and Harrison Parrott) presented and hung the flags.

Students dress in pink for former teacher HUNTERSVILLE — The children of St. Mark Preschool in Huntersville recently dressed in pink and gathered to pray for one of their former teachers, Karen Zaleski, who is fighting breast cancer.

— Mary Stapleton

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A hands-on safety lesson WINSTON-SALEM — Our Lady of Mercy School parent and Winston-Salem fire fighter Justin Przybylowicz drove over to the school Oct. 23 in his company vehicle: a ladder truck from the Winston-Salem Fire Department’s Station One, where he serves with Truck Company One. Truck Company One is responsible for responding to emergencies involving structural collapse. The students toured the 100-foot ladder truck and its equipment, including the “Jaws of Life,” and learned basic fire safety tips such as “stop, drop and roll” to escape from a fire. He also stressed the importance of having everything clean and stored neatly in the proper place so it can be found and used quickly in an emergency.

— Robin Fisher

SPX students collect food GREENSBORO — St. Pius X students enjoyed donating non-perishable food items to dress in non-uniform attire. More than 20 large boxes of food items were collected to benefit the Greensboro Urban Ministry.

Students also took part in their annual schoolwide CROP Hunger Walk Oct. 16 on the school grounds, part of a national campaign to raise money to alleviate hunger and poverty in this country and overseas.

— Jean Navarro

BMHS team assists animal shelter BMHS students raise money KERNERSVILLE — The Bishop McGuinness for breast cancer awareness Lady Villains volleyball team recently held a collection drive for the Guilford County Animal Shelter. Senior Delaney Findling coordinated this project for the fourth year. Bishop McGuinness students choose to give back to their communities in many ways. Each year the Lady Villains collect items during home volleyball matches to deliver to the shelter. The first year started small with approximately 500 pounds of food and other items donated. Each year the goal has increased, with this year’s goal being set at 1,000 pounds. Thanks to the generosity of parents, classmates, teachers and friends, the Lady Villains exceeded their goal and delivered over 1,000 pounds of pet food and litter to the shelter Sept. 27. All members of the team contributed to the effort. Those

KERNERSVILLE — Members of the Bishop McGuinness volleyball team and members of the Bishop McGuinness student community recently combined efforts to raise more than $600 for breast cancer awareness. The volleyball team sponsored a “Men in Pink” game in which male students from each grade competed against each other in a volleyball tournament. Each student paid $5 to register to play. In addition, the junior varsity and varsity girls volleyball teams also played a “Dig Pink” game Sept. 29 against Community School of Davidson and hosted a bake sale at the game as well.

— Jeff Stoller

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OLG students learn about fire safety GREENSBORO — In honor of Fire Prevention Week Oct. 5-11, Our Lady of Grace School’s pre-kindergarten class visited Greensboro’s Fire Training Station, where they toured the fire station, met a very nice Dalmatian, and learned a lot of fire safety tips.

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producer (Zach Galifianakis). Director Alejandro G. Inarritu devotes most of his film to angry speeches, making his protagonist’s quest a sad, bilious journey for viewers. Frequent profanity, pervasive crude language.

CNS: A-III (adults); MPAA: R

‘John Wick’

‘Before I Go to Sleep’ The cherished amnesia plot gets dusted off for this thriller, which fans of the genre should enjoy, although it offers only one big twist.

Writer-director Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of S.J. Watson’s novel recounts the story of an assault victim (Nicole Kidman) whose memory erases nightly. As she works with a psychologist (Mark Strong) to recover her past, she recalls her own extramarital affair as well as the one her husband carried on with her best friend (Anne-Marie Duff). Yet now her spouse (Colin Firth) seems so kindly and attentive. Occasional physical violence, a few instances of profanity and crude language.

CNS: A-III (adults); MPAA: R

‘Birdman or (The Unexpected Value of Ignorance)’ This talky, pretentious black comedy is filled with existential angst when the characters aren’t preoccupied spitting curses. Michael Keaton stars as a former comic-book film superhero now struggling to redefine himself as a serious Broadway actor. Though undermined by a rival (Edward Norton), he receives the support of his current girlfriend (Andrea Riseborough), his ex-wife (Amy Ryan) and his

Action thriller starring Keanu Reeves as a retired hit man who returns to his murderous ways after becoming the victim of a random crime while grieving the death of his wife. The Russian mobsters he goes up against don’t stand a chance in this ultra-violent effort, which is set in New York City’s glamorous criminal underworld and which plays like a long commercial for a fancy imported beer.

Longtime stunt coordinator Chad Stahelski doesn’t choreograph the action with any appreciable verve and the noir atmosphere he aims for is neither original nor convincingly rendered. Pervasive bloody violence involving guns, knives, martial arts combat and the brutal treatment of a priest. Rough and some crude language.

CNS: 0 (morally offensive); MPAA: R

‘Fury’ Set during the last stages of World War II in Europe. Assigned to a veteran tank crew, despite having been trained for a desk job, a novice gunner (Logan Lerman) has difficulty killing the enemy until subjected to the savage mentoring of the vehicle’s commander (Brad Pitt) and the peer pressure of his newfound comrades. As he navigates the kill-or-be-killed environment into which he has been thrown, the neophyte warrior gradually learns to follow the lead of his superior, suspending some aspects of basic morality while keeping other facets of his humanity intact. Mature moviegoers will require a high tolerance for harsh visuals to endure the graphically portrayed circumstances. Pervasive wartime violence with much gore and numerous uses of profanity.

CNS: L (limited adult audience); MPAA: R

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On TV n Monday, Nov. 10, 12:30 p.m. (EWTN) “Forming a Catholic Conscience: Peace and Police.” Father Edward Krause uses the Catechism of the Catholic Church and an encyclical of Pope St. John Paul II as a guide to discuss just war and our duty to defend innocent human life from assault.

n Thursday, Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m. (EWTN) “The Jasper Wall: The Persecuted Church.”

Powerful documentary on the persecution of Christians in Pakistan, the late Shahbaz Bhatti, former Pakistani minister of minority affairs, and Jamshed Sardar, who was falsely accused of blasphemy and forced to flee the country. n Friday, Nov. 14, 6:30 p.m. (EWTN) “At the Gates of Zion: The Christians in the Holy Land.” Discover the land where Our Lord lived and walked and the difficult situation of the Christians living there today. n Saturday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m. (EWTN) “Brother Joseph and The Grotto.” A German Benedictine monk’s masterpiece of a miniature city built in the Alabama woods of St. Bernard Abbey.

n Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1 p.m. (EWTN) “The Grunt Padre in Vietnam.” The life of Father Vincent Capodanno, who committed his life and ultimately gave it up for the service of U.S. Marines fighting in Vietnam. (W/PIC) n Wednesday, Nov. 12, 4:30 p.m. (EWTN) “Bernadette: Princess of Lourdes.” The story of a small town poor peasant girl in mid-19th century France, transforms into the Princess of Lourdes when the beautiful Queen of Heaven favors her with revelations.

n Saturday, Nov. 15, 11 p.m. (EWTN) “Syria’s Christian Exodus.” Elisabetta Valgiusti presents the stories of Syrian Christians who have been forced to flee to neighboring countries due to extreme threats from radical Islamic groups. Cardinals, patriarchs and bishops give their own insights on the situation. n Sunday, Nov. 16, 4 p.m. (EWTN) “Miles Christi: Soldiers of Christ in America.” Learn about this religious order of priests and brothers in Argentina, who provide spiritual retreats and direction for the sanctification of the laity.

Additional reviews: n ’Addicted’: CNS: O (morally offensive); MPAA: R n ‘Ouija’: CNS: A-III (adults); MPAA: PG-13

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Cardinal Dolan says NY parish mergers tough, but address shifts in population Beth Griffin Catholic News Service

NEW YORK — In a long-awaited but nonetheless stunning announcement, the Archdiocese of New York said Nov. 2 it would merge 112 of its 368 parishes into 55, effectively shuttering at least 31 churches

by Aug. 1, 2015.

Twenty-four of the merged parishes will continue to celebrate scheduled Masses and sacraments at two sites.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said the painful reorganization is a necessary adjustment to historic parish infrastructure that will strengthen the

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Catholic Church in the archdiocese. “The parish is the people and the people have to be cared for. What’s most important is the faith continues, the Eucharist continues and the sacraments continue,” he said.

“It’s about what Pope Benedict said, ‘The vine has to be pruned once in a while if it’s going to grow,’” the cardinal said, “and it’s about what Pope St. John Paul II said, ‘We’re into mission and not maintenance’ and it’s about what Pope Francis said, ‘The church is not about building structures.

It’s about welcome, love, mercy, service, embracing and inviting. It’s about going ahead and not getting bogged down in the past.”

The cardinal said the math shows an awkward, lopsided distribution of parishes that is inconsistent with Catholic population, especially in Manhattan. He said 25 percent of the parishes of the archdiocese are located in that borough, yet only 12 percent of the Catholic population is there. In Manhattan, 28 parishes will merge to form 13 and nine sites will no longer hold weekly Mass, although they may be used on special occasions.

Cardinal Dolan said the process was not an easy one and the announcement caused understandable anger and hurt. “We know there’s going to be a lot of tears, a lot of shouts, a lot of cussing and we need to be patient with people and listen to them, but there’s a lot of trust and growth and strength that come out of this.”

Cardinal Dolan said the restructuring is not the result of a shortage of priests, but from a shortage of the faithful. “They’re not coming anymore and we have to get them back.”

“We have to turn from being shepherds to being fishermen and (the mergers) will free us up to do that. We will have better utilization of priests, trained lay ministers,

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Jesuit Father Mark Hallinan greets a young girl following a Spanish-language Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in the Staten Island borough of New York Nov. 2. Founded in 1877, St. Mary is one of more than 30 churches that the New York Archdiocese will close by August 2015 as part of a reorganization initiative that will merge 116 parishes into 56. religious women and men who are involved in leadership who aren’t going to have to spend all their time propping up places and are going to be better used at, granted, fewer, but much more vigorous and solid parishes,” he explained.

Cardinal Dolan said people at the parishes that will receive new parishioners are “probably breathing a sigh of relief,”

because they’re “still at home.” But in the 31 parishes that will no longer have regular Masses, he said, “that’s where the sting is and that’s where the tears are because those 31 sites will be more or less shuttered after Aug. 1. On rare, extraordinary occasions ... those parishes could every once in a while, have a Mass. But in general, literally, the people have to move.”

Judge grants Ave Maria University temporary injunction on HHS mandate Catholic News Service

TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida has granted Ave Maria University’s motion for a preliminary injunction to keep the Catholic university from being forced to follow the latest procedures that nonexempt religious employers must use to opt out of the contraceptive mandate.

The Oct. 28 ruling from Judge James S. Moody of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida came as Ave Maria was days away from having to pay fines to the government for noncompliance.

The university’s employee health insurance plan is set to be renewed Nov. 1, which is when fines would have kicked in, at $1,000 a day per enrollee in an employer’s health plan.

Moody said his injunction would remain in place pending resolution of an appeal filed by the Eternal Word Television Network with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta.

Moody said the 11th Circuit panel’s holding in the EWTN case “supported the issuance of a preliminary junction” for Ave Maria.

“This is a significant victory,” said Jim Towey, the university’s president. “It is the first federal court case since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case and the subsequent issuance of the so-called ‘augmented’ regulations by the Obama administration.”

But “while this victory is significant, the battle is far from over,” he said in a blog post. As part of the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requires nearly all employers to cover contraceptives, sterilizations and some abortion-inducing drugs for all employees in company health plans. It includes a narrow exemption for religious employers that fit certain criteria.

To opt out, nonexempt religious employers must follow a procedure to inform the government of its religious objections to the mandated coverage.

The government in turn informs a third party – such as the employer’s insurer or the administrator of its plan – that it must provide the coverage at no cost to the employee.

Many religious employers that have sued

over the mandate argue that even filling out Form 700 makes them complicit in providing coverage they find objectionable.

Under the latest procedure, an eligible organization must advise HHS in writing of its religious objection to contraception coverage. HHS itself will then notify the insurer for a health plan, or the Department of Labor will notify the thirdparty administrator for a self-insured plan, that the organization objects to providing contraception coverage. The insurer or third-party administrator must provide the coverage at no cost to the employee.

“After dozens of court rulings, the government still doesn’t seem to get that it can’t force faith institutions to violate their beliefs,” said Eric Baxter, senior counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The law firm represents Ave Maria and dozens of religious employers in their HHS suits.

“Fortunately, the courts continue to see through the government’s attempts to disguise the mandate’s religious coercion,” said Baxter. “We congratulate Ave Maria for its courage, even under the threat of crippling fines.”

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In Brief Creighton criticized for giving benefits to same-sex spouses of workers OMAHA, Neb. — Archbishop George J. Lucas of Omaha said he was disappointed that Creighton University’s president said the Jesuitrun institution will extend health care benefits to the same-sex spouses of employees in 2015.

Same-sex marriage is not legal in Nebraska, and the beneficiaries are in same-sex marriages performed in states where such unions are legal. An amendment to the Nebraska Constitution that was approved by voters in November 2000 defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman and prohibits recognition of same-sex relationships under any other name. Jesuit Father Tim Lannon, Creighton’s president, announced the benefits would be extended in an Oct. 27 letter to university trustees. In his statement issued the same day, the archbishop said he strongly disagreed with the priest’s decision. “Despite Father Lannon’s claim that this is not a statement of approval of same-sex marriages, this is precisely the message that the university is giving,” he said.

“I am dismayed that the recommendation of the University Benefits Committee is thought to supersede divine law regarding marriage.”

Father Lannon in his letter said he had informed Archbishop Lucas before he announced the decision and acknowledged “his disagreement and disapproval.”

Panelists examine role of religion in Supreme Court justices’ ruling WASHINGTON, D.C. — The influence of religion on U.S. Supreme Court justices has grown more prominent in the last 50 years, according to five panelists who convened Oct. 27 to examine how the religious beliefs of the current justices affect their interpretation of the Constitution. The panelists spoke about past and contemporary Supreme Court cases and considered how religion shaped the justices’ decisions. “When you think about the justices, they all have an interesting connection to religion, I think,” Washington Post reporter Robert Barnes said. “Now, I don’t know that any of us could say how that impacts the way they decide cases. I do think, however, it has a big impact on the way the advocates and those going to them for opinions act.” The Supreme Court includes six Catholics and three Jews. Lyle Denniston, a journalist who has reported on the Supreme Court for more than 50 years, said he thinks the plurality has increased the role of religion both in and out of the court. “The steady movement toward expanding the sphere of religion in the public square is in considerable part a product of the comfort with which certain faiths, particularly the Roman Catholic faith, have in ... co-opting the government in order to advance the principles of that faith,” he said. Marshall Breger, a professor at The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, said people should not overestimate the role of religion because it is “one of many things” that influence justices.

Churches urged to develop better pastoral approach to divorce, marriage ST. LOUIS — Eastern and Western Catholic and Orthodox Churches would do well to challenge one another about how they handle divorce and remarriage, said a presenter at

a canon law conference. A pastoral approach that doesn’t renounce the indissolubility of the sacrament, yet doesn’t automatically exclude the faithful from full communion with the church is needed, according to Maronite Chorbishop John D. Faris, an assistant professor of canon law at The Catholic University of America.

He spoke to about 350 people Oct. 16 at the 76th annual Canon Law Society of America convention in St. Louis. In a flight to Rome from Rio de Janeiro in 2013, Pope Francis spoke to reporters about the need for a stronger pastoral approach to marriage and divorced people and made a parenthetical reference to how Orthodox churches handle the breakup of marriages. “The Orthodox have a different practice,” he said. They “follow the theology of ‘oikonomia’ (economy or stewardship), as they call it, and give a second possibility; they permit” a second marriage, the pope had said. That offhand comment has sparked the interest of canonists “seeking alternative approaches for the pastoral care for the millions of remarried Catholics who cannot receive the Eucharist,” Chorbishop Faris said. But he stressed that the Orthodox Church and Catholic Church have failed in two areas: teaching the faithful about the holiness and permanence of marriage; and providing an effective pastoral, healing response to those whose marriages have failed.

ministering to survivors of abuse.”

Philadelphia priest arrested on child pornography charges, put on leave PHILADELPHIA — Father Mark J. Haynes, 55, a Philadelphia archdiocesan priest and parochial vicar at a West Chester parish, was placed on administrative leave immediately after he was charged with six counts of possessing and disseminating child pornography. Chester County police arrested Father Haynes, who had been at SS. Simon and Jude Parish in West Chester since 2013, Oct. 22. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia called the charges “serious and

disturbing” in a statement Oct. 24. Besides being placed on leave, Father Haynes no longer resides at the parish rectory. The statement said no allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have ever been lodged against the priest, and there were no prior indications he was involved with child pornography. While on administrative leave, Father Haynes is not permitted to exercise public ministry, administer any of the sacraments, or present himself publicly as a priest. Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said in a statement that county detectives traced Father Haynes’ Instagram account as the source of sexually explicit photographs of children posted on the social media website.

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Three Cincinnati priests on leave for misconduct have been laicized CINCINNATI — Three priests of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati who have been on administrative leave because of allegations of improper behavior involving minors have been dismissed from the clerical state by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. “I hope that this resolution will bring some measure of closure and healing to anyone harmed by these priests,” Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati said in a statement issued Oct. 28. He said that with this decision, all the cases presented to the doctrinal congregation “have been dealt with and we have no more priests of the archdiocese on administrative leave.” The three former priests are Thomas Kuhn, Thomas Feldhaus and Ronald Cooper. Following a canonical process, the archdiocese said, they have been permanently removed from both the rights and the obligations of the priesthood. It said the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation affirmed a decision made by a panel of three judges in another diocese that the men be laicized. All three had served as associate pastors and pastors in numerous parishes over the years since they were ordained. “I deeply regret that any representative of the local church has ever harmed a child under our care,” Archbishop Schnurr said. “We remain committed to enforcing our policies to provide a safe environment for children under our care, and to

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Cardinal Pell calls for ‘no doctrinal back-flips’ at next family synod Robert Duncan Catholic News Service

ROME — Looking ahead to the October 2015 world Synod of Bishops on the family, Cardinal George Pell said the task for Catholics “over the next 12 months” is to explain “the necessity of conversion, the nature of the Mass,” and “the purity of heart the Scriptures require of us to receive holy Communion.”

The cardinal’s comments came days after the conclusion of the 2014 extraordinary synod on the family, which debated making it easier for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion.

“We will be counterproductive if we have anger or hate in our hearts, if we lapse into sterile polemics against a surprisingly small number of Catholic opponents,” the cardinal wrote.

Cardinal Pell’s remarks came in a homily he had prepared for a celebration of Mass in the extraordinary form Oct. 24 at Rome’s Church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims.

The cardinal was unable to celebrate the liturgy, part of

the Populus Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage to Rome for devotees of the traditional Latin Mass, on account of bronchitis. In an additional prepared text, he assured those present that his sickness was the only reason he was unable to attend.

In the cardinal’s absence, his personal secretary Father Mark Withoos celebrated the Mass and read the homily.

The “college of bishops and all synods work by consensus,” Cardinal Pell wrote. Before next October, Catholics have to work to build a consensus “out of the present divisions,” he wrote.

“Pastoral practice and teachings can only be change by consensus,” he wrote.

“Doctrine does develop, we understand truth more deeply, but there are no doctrinal back-flips in Catholic history,” the cardinal wrote. “The apostolic tradition announced first by Christ and founded in the Scriptures is the touchstone for truth and genuine pastoral practice.”

“We, and especially you young people, must live this in love, giving reason for your hope,” he wrote. “This is a unique opportunity, which we must seize in God’s name.”

Cardinal Pell also wrote about the importance of the papacy in defending and developing doctrine.

“The role of the successor of St. Peter has always been vital to Christian and Catholic life, especially as the touchstone of doctrinal fidelity and as a resolver of disputes, pastoral as well as doctrinal,” the cardinal wrote.

“The church is not built on the rock of Peter’s faith,” he wrote, “but on Peter himself, despite his faults and failings.”

“Pope Francis is the 266th pope and history has seen 37 false or antipopes,” he wrote.

“The story of the popes is stranger than fiction,” the cardinal wrote, and today “we have one of the more unusual popes in history, enjoying almost unprecedented popularity. He is doing a marvelous job backing the financial reforms,” he wrote Cardinal Pell concluded his written remarks with a prayer “I was taught as a child: May the Lord preserve the Holy Father, Pope Francis, and give him life. Keep him safe on earth and deliver him not up into the hands of his enemies.”

Pope: Evolution, Big Bang do not push aside God, who set it in motion Carol Glatz Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY — The Big Bang theory and evolution do not eliminate the existence of God, who remains the one who set all of creation into motion, Pope Francis told his own science academy.

And God’s existence does not contradict the discoveries of science, he told members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Oct. 27.

“When we read the account of creation in Genesis, we risk thinking that God was a magician, complete with a magic wand, able to do everything. But it is not like that,” he said. “He created living beings and he let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave each one, so that they would develop and reach their full potential.”

God gave creation full autonomy while also guaranteeing his constant presence in nature and people’s lives, he said.

The beginning of the world is not a result of “chaos,” he said, but comes directly from “a supreme principle that creates out of love.”

“The Big Bang, which today is held as the beginning of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator, but requires it,” he said. “Evolution in nature is not at odds with the notion of creation because evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve.”

Members of the academy, many of them renowned scientists and philosophers, were meeting at the Vatican Oct. 24-28 to discuss “Evolving Concepts of Nature.”

Science, philosophy and religion have all contributed to how people see the world, how it began and what it all means, said the introduction to the academy’s program.

Despite many scientific advances, many mysteries remain, said Rafael Vicuna, professor of molecular genetics and molecular biology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. While Charles Darwin

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Pope Francis smiles as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 22. shed light on the origin of species, one of the most perplexing questions is the actual origin of life, Vicuna said.

How is it that inert, inanimate matter turned into something living, and how is it that the first living single-celled organisms were still so amazingly complex, he asked.

Chemistry, biology and genetics have been able to identify the tiniest components and basic building blocks of living organisms, but there is something more than just what they are made out of that makes them “living,” he said in an interview with the Catholic newspaper,

Avvenire.

“I can know perfectly what a cell is made up of, but how it works deep down, what really is the dynamism that makes it move – that is, life – I don’t know,” Vicuna said. “A refrigerator and a car are complex structures that move, but only with an immense amount of energy from the outside. Life, in its deepest essence, remains something that escapes us.”

In his talk to academy members, Vicuna said the laws of chemistry and physics “do not suffice to grasp the whole of life ... that life is more than molecules.”

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respect the international humanitarian law and fundamental human rights,” Archbishop Auza said in a statement released Oct. 21.

Pope Francis says Pope Benedict was a ‘great pope’

In Brief Nuncio says ‘unfair situation’ in Middle East needs ‘adequate response’ UNITED NATIONS — Peace in the Middle East “can only be sought through negotiated settlements and not through unilateral choices imposed with the use of force,” said Archbishop Berardito Auza, the Vatican’s U.N. nuncio. “The Holy See has always followed the situation in the Middle East with great interest and concern. It has always pleaded for negotiations and dialogue among the parties involved,” said the archbishop, who heads the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations. “It has always tried to do all it could to help the victims of violence,” he added in a statement to the U.N. Security Council, which held an open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including “the Israeli-Palestinian question.” “Given the rapidly deteriorating situation in the region during these last months, Pope Francis has intensified his efforts to push for negotiations and call all parties to

VATICAN CITY — Retired Pope Benedict XVI is a perfect example of how intellectual knowledge and scientific curiosity do not lead a person further from God, but can strengthen their love for God and for his human creatures, Pope Francis said.

“Benedict XVI was a great pope,” he said: “Great for the power and penetration of his intellect, great for his considerable contribution to theology, great for his love for the church and for human beings, great for his virtues and his religiosity.”

Pope Francis praised his predecessor Oct. 27 at a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The academicians invited Pope Francis to unveil a bronze bust of Pope Benedict at the academy’s headquarters in the Vatican Gardens.

Praise God, pray for the persecuted, pope says VATICAN CITY — Prayer and mission are the very breath of the Christian life, Pope Francis said. “When we inhale, by prayer, we receive the fresh air of the Holy Spirit. When exhaling

this air, we announce Jesus Christ risen by the same spirit,” Pope Francis told members of the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships. The pope met Oct. 31 with about 1,000 charismatic Catholics and their Protestant guests who were participating in a conference about the charismatic movement and new evangelization.

Although most of his speech focused on the charismatic practice of prayers of praise, Pope Francis also encouraged prayers of intercession, “a cry to the Father, for our Christian brothers and sisters who are persecuted and murdered, and for the cause of peace in our turbulent world.” The charismatic movement, which focuses on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, is by its nature an ecumenical movement, the pope said.

Christian unity is “the test of the credibility of Christians and of Christ himself,” and Christian divisions make evangelization more difficult.

While theological dialogue is important in bringing about the formal unity of divided Christians, he said, “spiritual ecumenism” -“praying and proclaiming together that Jesus is Lord and coming together to help the poor” -- is something to which all Christians are called.

“This must be done.”

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‘Many in this world are stubborn in not wanting to follow Jesus, instead making themselves busy with persecuting those who do follow Jesus.’

Peggy Bowes

How deep is your love?

Why do we need young martyrs?

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ust 86 years ago, a 14-year-old boy gave his life for the Divine Son of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Jesus.

José Luis Sánchez del Río died on Feb. 10, 1928. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on Nov. 15, 2005. He was killed when the Mexican government of Presidente Plutarco Elías Calles began a war on religious freedom, murdering 60,000 Catholics. Government soldiers tried to force José into saying “Death to Christ the King!” Instead, José acclaimed, “¡Viva Cristo Rey!” He was imprisoned, subjected to psychological and physical torture, slashed by machetes, stabbed by bayonets and shot. Throughout this ordeal, the 14-year-old continued his proclamation of faith: “¡Viva Cristo Rey!” Defending the right to worship and live out one’s faith in public, witnessing to Jesus and then going to heaven, were always the desire of young José.

Although we might simply want to condemn the actions of Presidente Calles, dismissing them as the imprudence of an atheist, we owe it to Blessed José, all the Cristero martyrs, and indeed to all those who have ever given their lives in witness to Jesus – with the numbers increasing year by year right around the world – to think this out more thoroughly.

Indeed, we owe it to ourselves and to all whom Jesus calls us to help lead to heaven, not only those who are the most cynical and violent of atheists, but also for those who are falling into despair because of their weakness and sin.

May we all have the grace to participate in the sacraments, especially confession!

The entire universe and all mankind are centered upon Jesus, regardless of how much anyone might want to disregard Jesus. The very fact that the Divine Son of God has come into this fallen world to save us and bring us to heaven weighs heavily upon the soul of every human being, from Adam until the last man is conceived at the end of the world. We’ve all crucified the Son of the Living God with our sins, from original sin onward. But Jesus is always working on all of our souls, including the souls of atheists, so as to encourage us turn to Himself and, if we choose to cooperate with that grace, be on our way to heaven.

Many in this world are stubborn in not wanting to follow Jesus, instead making themselves busy with persecuting those who do follow Jesus. This persecution is wrought perhaps not so much out of pure hatred, but more likely in an attempt to see if the goodness and kindness of Jesus will continue to be manifested in the lives of Jesus’ little flock even in the midst of great distress. The cynicism of an embittered atheist is a knot which can only be loosened with steadfast love.

We have a great example in those priests and religious and men and women who forgive their persecutors even while being tortured and put to death. But this witness, this martyrdom, is sometimes not enough for those who suffer a terrible darkness of heart and soul. For these enemies of all that is good and holy, it is only in seeing the goodness and kindness of Jesus in the hearts and souls of the children that they torture until death that will finally bring them to their knees in repentance and humble thanksgiving to Jesus.

The sacrifice of children is a common theme in every culture, in every place and time ever since Cain murdered his younger brother Abel. It is understandable that children will sometimes test their parents, wanting to see if they are still loved by their parents even if these children show their worst behavior, but it is truly frightening when adults test children, wanting to see if mere children remain steadfast in love and forgiveness when adults show their worst to them, including torture and murder.

The purpose of a government persecuting the faithful never stops with the closure and destruction of churches, of soup kitchens and schools, or even by forbidding freedom to express and act upon one’s religious belief, or even with the imprisonment and murder of adults. This provides a

‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.’ — John 15:13-14

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cultural context in which testing of the religious resolve of young people can take place. We call to mind the seven sons who were tortured and put to death as related in 2 Maccabees 7. We call to mind the hundreds of beatified and canonized young martyrs both in the early Church and today, including young José.

In the entire history of persecuting the Church, those who are not strong in their faith, who quickly deny Jesus and the Church, are ignored by evil governments, for such weak people will not provide the witness to Jesus that is desired.

Instead, men, women and children who are faithful to Jesus are tortured and put to death.

People have a need to see the love of Jesus in our lives.

Jesus, being ripped to bleeding shreds of flesh on the cross, gave everyone this right to see His love in us. If people are not provided this witness to the love of Jesus within us, they will surely take that witness by pushing people with torture and death. Instead of making martyrs of those who are unfaithful – which is a futile exercise – martyrs are made only of those who are faithful: first men, then women, then children. It always ends with children. Jesus said that children will be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. In fact, He tells us that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to children and to those who have, by way of the sacraments, the purity of heart and agility of soul of children.

Embittered atheists think they prove that God does not exist by torturing and killing children. They think that if God did exist, He would surely intervene and stop them from doing these terrible things. And then they see that God does intervene, giving these children a superabundance of His goodness, kindness and capacity to forgive. And with this intervention of Christ the King in the lives of our young people, many are brought to Jesus. Thank God we have their witness and their martyrdom to give us hope that, with the love of Jesus, we might do as they have done, bringing others to eternity in heaven by showing the truth and love, the goodness and kindness of Jesus shining out from within us.

Long live Christ the King!

Father George David Byers, CPM, is the administrator of Holy Redeemer Church in Andrews and Prince of Peace Mission in Robbinsville.

magine this scenario: You are relaxing at home with your family after a long day at work. Everyone is in the living room, eating popcorn and laughing at a favorite TV show.

Suddenly you hear a crash, and the front door splinters into pieces. Four men, dressed all in black with hooded robes, burst into the house and surround your family, guns pointed directly at your heads. The leader asks if you are Christians, and you automatically nod your heads. You are given a choice: Convert to Islam, leave immediately with only the clothes on your back, or die. What do you do? Are you willing to become homeless for your faith? Are you willing to die for your faith?

Although this scenario is not likely to happen in the United States, it is being played out in other parts of the world, especially in the Middle East. Yet, sadly, today’s feel-good, “I’m a good person” brand of modern Christianity does not lend itself to martyrdom. We Americans certainly give honor to those brave men and women who die for our country, but to die for a religion?

Seems a little odd.

Honestly, how can we be willing to die for a God we don’t really know? Sure, we show up for Mass every Sunday, maybe even go to confession once in a while, but do we really know and love the God who was willing to die for us? Most of us would be willing to die for our families and closest friends because we know them, so if Jesus is not your most cherished friend, how could you lay down your life for Him? The answer is to get to know Him. Certainly saying prayers, such as the rosary, will help deepen our relationship with our Savior, but we must also spend time talking to Him, as if He were a close friend. The best place to do this is during Eucharistic Adoration or in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Start with just 10 or 15 minutes every other week or so, and gradually make your visits longer or more frequent.

Not only will you receive blessings and graces from such a practice, but you will also begin to develop an intimate relationship with Christ.

It is also important to read, study and meditate upon the Word of God. Father John Riccardo, a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit and my favorite Catholic speaker, often says that if you don’t hear God talking to you, it’s because you aren’t reading His Word. Jesus is the “Word made flesh,” and He speaks to us through Scripture. The more often you read and study the read the Bible, the more often the words will come to you at times when you most need them. After all, a relationship involves not just talking, but also listening.

Jesus has called you His friend and laid down His life for you. Could you do the same?

Peggy Bowes is a parishioner at Holy Angels Church in Mount Airy. She is a motivational speaker and author of “The Rosary Workout” (www.rosaryworkout.blogspot.com).

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Many do not know about St. Gianna Beretta Mollo On July 20, 2014, Archbishop Charles Chaput announced that Pope St. John Paul II and St. Gianna Beretta Mollo have been chosen as the patron saints of the World Meeting of Families which will be held in Philadelphia Sept. 22-27, 2015. The theme of the meeting will be: “Love is Our Mission-the Family Fully Alive!”

Much is known about Pope St. John Paul II, but many Catholics do not know about St. Gianna, who was canonized on May 16, 2004. St. Gianna was a physician, working mother, loving wife and pro-life witness. The sacrament of marriage and the Christian family were very important to her.

During St. Gianna’s last pregnancy, she faced many serious complications. Her physician told her that one of the options was to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. She refused and chose life for her unborn child. She gave birth to a baby girl, Gianna Emmanual.

One week later on April 28, 1962, St. Gianna died of sepsis at the age of 39.

St. Gianna’s feast day is April 28. She is called the “Martyr of Maternal Love” because she offered her own life to save the life of her unborn child. St. Gianna is the saint of family holiness and the sanctity of human life. Learn about her at www.saintgianna.org and then spread the word about this very special pro-life saint.

Patricia A. Rodite is a member of St. Matthew Church and her parish’s Respect Life ministry.

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n J.R.R. Tolkien’s great opus “The Lord of the Rings,” we see in the final segment of the trilogy a drama being played out at the gates of Mordor. A valiant attempt is made to deflect the attention of Sauron from Frodo’s approach to Mount Doom and so the company approaches the deadly gates and calls out a challenge to the Dark Lord. When the call is finally answered, we are visually assaulted by the grisly character known as the “Mouth of Sauron.” It is said in Tolkien’s book that he was a worshipper of Sauron, having forgotten his own name, and that he was “enamored of evil knowledge.” He also tells us that the Mouth of Sauron “knew much of the mind of Sauron; and he was more cruel than any orc.”

His character is brilliantly portrayed in the movie, accurately reflecting the essence of his being and clearly showing forth the one whom he serves. He is one who has become so enmeshed in the foul arts that he has completely lost his identity and can only speak the words of the one he serves.

Pause.

This should bring each one of us to reflect on what type of treasure we hold within our hearts and how we use the gift of speech entrusted to us. Who or what has formed the basis of our knowledge, which in turn forms our hearts and actions?

Every good gift we have been given is meant, in turn, to glorify God. One of the most powerful gifts we have received is the gift of speech: vocalizing the thoughts of our heart. Yet, how often do we examine our conscience on the words we speak in a single day? Do we take time to reflect on our interaction with others to see if what we conveyed was worthy of God? It is a rather sobering thought to realize that we have a responsibility before God for the words we have spoken. It is even more sobering if we picture ourselves standing before God on the day of our death: there will be nothing but absolute truth and clarity at that point, nothing to hide behind, no excuses given or accepted.

Imagine our accountability for a lifetime of words! And, not only words, but the heart and intention with which they were uttered. That is not all; we will also know how our words either wounded the Heart of God, or how they built up His Kingdom.

We will know the impact and influence our words had on the life and eternity of those around us.

We can spend our lifetime either being transformed into the likeness of God and bringing others closer to Him, or becoming disfigured through our sinful choices and destroying the lives of others. If this seems a bit much and that words have little to do with our eternal salvation, consider a few passages culled from Scripture: the book of Wisdom tells us: “… a stealthy utterance does not go unpunished, and a lying mouth slays the soul.” St. James reminds us that even though our tongue is “the smallest of members” it has power for great destruction. He even goes so far as to say that “no human being can tame the tongue!” This is especially true if we have long-established habits of using our tongues for spiteful and cruel purposes. If

we have well-established barriers to grace in place within our souls, these cause us to lose our identity as children of God. It seems a daunting task, until we remember that “the Word became Flesh, and dwelt among us.” Jesus, the Eternal Word of the Father, outlined a clear program of holiness for us. We are to imitate Him in our speech, to always have in view the end to which we wish to attain, and to have recourse to the means of help He has provided. Meditating on the life of Our Lord compels us to make His life part of our very own. A life of virtue grows and is strengthened by everyday decisions. The knowledge we fill our souls with and the companions we keep form our characters.

The sacraments we receive should have an impact on the way we live.

Ultimately, we must decide: Whom do we wish to serve? Whose image do we wish to mirror for all eternity? We must make the choice, choose the path, and set upon it now. Here is a “litmus test” of sorts: This week as we leave church, let us take with us the remembrance that we have just received the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We have come from the foot of Calvary with Our Lady and St. John, gazing upon the torn body of Jesus, who just breathed His last breath and gave us life through His opened side.

We praised God in song and psalm, and now we are walking out the door of the Church, re-entering time and our everyday lives. Let us be attentive to the first words we speak. Do they reflect the mind of Christ? Or are they in the service of some

other lord?

Perhaps if we take up this beautiful Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Word made Flesh, it will set us on the right track: “Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I consecrate myself to Your Most Sacred Heart. Take possession of my whole being. Transform me into Yourself. Make my hands Your hands, my feet Your feet, my heart Your Heart. Let me see with Your eyes, listen with Your ears, speak with Your lips, love with Your Heart, understand with Your mind, serve with Your will, and be dedicated with my whole being. Make me Your other self. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, send me Your Holy Spirit to teach me to love You, and to live through You, with You, in You and for You. Come Holy Spirit, make my body Your temple. Come and abide with me forever. Give me the deepest love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in order to serve Him with my whole heart, soul, mind and strength. Take possession of my intellect, understanding and will, my memory and imagination. O Holy Spirit of Love, give me the fullness of Your sevenfold gifts, fruits and beatitudes. Most Holy Trinity, make my soul Your sanctuary.

Amen.”

Mother Dolores Marie is abbess of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, St. Joseph Monastery, in Charlotte.

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Protecting God’s Children We proclaim Christ to the world around us by our efforts to provide a safe environment for all people, especially the young and the vulnerable.

In 2002, the bishops of the United States issued the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. The charter addresses the Church’s commitment to respond effectively, appropriately and compassionately to cases of abuse of minors by priests, deacons or other church personnel.

DIOCESAN REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING MINISTRY-RELATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR 1. Any individual having actual knowledge of or reasonable cause to suspect an incident of ministry-related sexual abuse is to immediately report the incident to the Chancery.

2. The Chancery will then report the incident to the proper civil authorities. The individual reporting the incident to the Chancery will be notified of the particulars regarding the Chancery’s filing of the incident with civil authorities.

3. This reporting requirement is not intended to supersede the right of an individual to make a report to civil authorities, but is to ensure proper, complete and timely reporting.

Should an individual choose to make a report to civil authorities, a report is still to be made to the Chancery.

The charter can be found on the diocesan website, Charlottediocese.org, click on the tab, “Safe Environment.”

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MARRIAGE: FROM PAGE 2

The Church’s first Code of Canon Law (1917), compiled under Pope St. Pius X and Pope Benedict XV to organize the Church’s various legislation, stressed the institution of marriage. The procreation and education of children was the primary end of marriage, and the secondary end of marriage was mutual help and “the allaying of concupiscence” (Canon 1013 §1).

In a mixed marriage the conscience of the non-Catholic could not be considered.

The Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution On the Church in the Modern World, “Gaudium et Spes,” called marriage “a communion of life” in which mutual love was stated as an ingredient in marriage for the first time. The equality of man and woman in marriage was also affirmed. Marriage maintains its value and indissolubility of the whole of life, it also reiterated.

“Gaudium et Spes” followed the biblical pattern of marriage, stating that there were no ends to marriage. Marriage is not instituted solely for procreation. Its very nature is an unbreakable contract between a man and a woman, designed for the growth in mutual love between the spouses and for the welfare of children: “By their very nature, the institution of matrimony itself and conjugal love are ordained for the procreation and education of children, and find in them their ultimate crown. Thus a man and a woman, who by their compact of conjugal love ‘are no longer two, but one flesh’ (Matt 19:6), render mutual help and service to each

SYNOD: FROM PAGE 3

“The marriage law of the Church was revised and explained with more clarity in the instruction ‘Dignitas Conubii’ in January of 2005. It must always be remembered that our object in the Tribunal is always to determine the truth of the question concerning the validity of marriage. I believe the present process works very well when it is utilized properly and when diocesan authorities realize the importance of this ministry in the life of the Church.

“The present process ensures that the marriage in question enjoys the presumption of validity. This is clearly necessary in order to uphold and protect the Church’s teaching on the indissolubility of marriage. With that being said, this presumption will and does give way to evidence that proves the contrary.

“In our own diocese, we have expended a great deal of effort and resources to ensure that those coming to the tribunal (the petitioners) have the assistance of those who understand the process. These advocates are appointed by the bishop to aid petitioners in the tribunal process and assist them throughout.

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other through an intimate union of their persons and of their actions. Through this union they experience the meaning of their oneness and attain to it with growing perfection day by day. As a mutual gift of two persons, this intimate union and the good of the children impose total fidelity on the spouses and argue for an unbreakable oneness between them.”

The Second Code of Canon Law (revised in 1983) upheld the primacy of the institution of marriage and the importance of the human person. It reiterated that marriage is no longer considered a contract, but rather is a covenant raised to the dignity of a sacrament among baptized persons: “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring, has been raised

by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament between the baptized.” (1055 §1) The essential properties of marriage are unity (one man and one woman), and indissolubility (Canon 1056). These will be discussed further in future articles.

Mercy Sister Jeanne-Margaret McNally, Ph.D., JCL, is a psychologist for the Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte and a judge in the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Miami. Some of this information has been extrapolated from “Marriage and Canon Law,” by Jesuit Father Ladislas Orsy, an eminent canon lawyer, theologian and former professor of the writer, with his permission.

Read her previous commentary “What is Marriage?” online at www.catholicnewsherald.com.

Coming next: What makes a marriage work?

“Hence, I believe that the Charlotte Tribunal does an exemplary job in implementing the law of the Church while at the same time being responsive to the pastoral needs of those who seek our help. If there are delays in the process, they normally arise due to a difficulty to obtain necessary documentation or needed testimony and not because of a failure to properly implement canonical norms.

“With that being said, I am sure there are areas that could be examined for modification that would assist in a more expedient response from the Tribunal, such as those with a very brief common life or where there is a preponderance of evidence of nullity. Nonetheless, any modification would have to be carefully considered to ensure that protection of rights and the ascertainment of the truth.

And, Father Putnam added, “Apart from the Tribunal processes, I would imagine that many of my confreres would agree that a great deal more attention needs to be paid to marriage preparation, both remote and proximate. Regular preaching should include coherent presentations on the beauty of Christian marriage along with ensuring that our faith formation and education programs explain the Church’s teachings clearly.”

Last month’s extraordinary synod was only the opening stage of the Synod on the Family. The two-week synod issued a final report concerning a variety of issues concerning pastoral care on families, and it is now being studied and the topics further discussed by dioceses around the world. The bishops will return to Rome Oct. 4-25, 2015, for the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to develop recommendations for Pope Francis. The World Meeting of Families, which will be held Sept. 22-27, 2015, in Philadelphia, will also offer an opportunity for discussion of issues concerning families.