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Antiabortion speakers give thanks for God’s ‘amazing grace’ and healing 3

ONE YEAR LATER Solar panels exceed savings projections at St. Eugene Parish in Asheville 3

St. Peter teens take part in summer ‘Service Week’ 6

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Pope Francis

World at war needs signs of brotherhood, friendship, pope says

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n a world traumatized by war, young people gathered for World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, gave strong signs of hope and brotherhood, Pope Francis said.

World Youth Day was a “prophetic sign for Poland and Europe” and took on a “global dimension” in a world threatened by a war fought in pieces, the pope said Aug. 3 at his weekly general audience.

“Precisely in this world at war, we need brotherhood, we need closeness, we need dialogue, and we need friendship. And this is the sign of hope: when there is brotherhood,” he said.

In his main audience talk, Pope Francis reflected on his visit to Krakow July 27-31 to join hundreds of thousands of young people from across the globe who met to celebrate their faith and who answered the call to “go forth together, to build bridges of brotherhood,” he said.

“They also came with their wounds, with their questions but, above all, with the joy of meeting each other,” the pope said.

Despite language barriers, he said, the youths were able to understand each other, creating a “mosaic of brotherhood” that is “emblematic of World Youth Day.” Recalling his visit to the AuschwitzBirkenau Nazi death camp, the pope said the great silence there “was more eloquent than any spoken word.”

“In that silence I heard, I felt the presence of all the souls that have passed there; I felt the compassion, the mercy of God that several holy souls brought there to that great abyss,” Pope Francis said. “In that great silence, I prayed for all the victims of violence and war.”

At Auschwitz, he said, he learned the “value of memory” not only as a remembrance of past tragedies, but also as a warning and call to responsibility today “so that the seed of hate and violence does not take root in the furrows of history.”

“Looking at that cruelty, at that concentration camp, I immediately thought of today’s cruelty, which is very similar. Not as concentrated as in that place, but around the world.

This world that is sick with cruelty, pain, war, hate and sadness. And for this I ask you to pray so that the Lord may give us peace,” he said.

Photos provided by Father Noah Carter

OLG parishioners make Year of Mercy pilgrimage ROME — Parishioners of Our Lady of Grace Church in Greensboro recently returned from a pilgrimage through Italy for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. Led by Father Eric Kowalski, pastor, and Father Noah Carter, parochial vicar, the group started in Venice and spent 10 days traveling through Padua, Florence, Assisi and Rome. They were joined by a diocesan pilgrimage group from the Diocese of Worcester, Mass. Focusing on the Year of Mercy, the pilgrims prepared each day to pass through the holy doors at the four major basilicas in Rome.

At St. Peter’s Square on July 17, they listened to the Holy Father’s Angelus address before setting out on their pilgrim walk from the end of the street up to the holy door at St. Peter’s Basilica. They prayed the prayers for mercy and forgiveness at each station along the way as members of the group took turns carrying the pilgrimage cross.

hurch law recognizes that the Christian faithful have the same liberties as other citizens (Canon 227), and these liberties are to be guaranteed by secular governments.

The legal situation of the layperson involves two fundamental rights; the right to religious freedom within civil society and the right to freedom in secular matters within ecclesiastical society.

Both rights are indispensable for just governance and relations between civil society and the Church.

The Second Vatican Council states in “Gaudium et Spes”: “Every day human interdependence grows more tightly drawn and spreads by degrees over the whole world. As a result the common good, that is, the sum of those conditions of social life which allow social groups and their individual members relatively thorough and ready access to their own fulfillment, today takes on an increasingly universal complexion and consequently involves rights and duties with respect to the whole human race. Every social group must take account of the needs and legitimate aspirations of other groups, and even of the general welfare of the entire human family.

“At the same time, however, there is a growing awareness of the exalted dignity proper to the human person, since he stands above all things, and his rights and duties are universal and inviolable. Therefore, there must be made available to all men everything necessary for leading a life truly human, such as food, clothing, and shelter; the right to choose a state of life freely and to found a family, the right to education, to employment, to a good reputation, to respect, to appropriate information, to activity in accord with the upright norm of one’s own conscience, to protection of privacy and rightful freedom even in matters religious.

“Hence, the social order and its development must invariably work to the benefit of the human person if the disposition of affairs is to be subordinate to the personal realm and not contrariwise, as the Lord indicated when He said that the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

“This social order requires constant improvement. It must be founded on truth, built on justice and animated by love; in freedom it should grow every day toward a more humane balance. An improvement in attitudes and abundant changes in society will have to take place if these objectives are to be gained.

“God’s Spirit, Who with a marvelous providence directs the unfolding of time and renews the face of the earth, is not absent from this development. The ferment of the Gospel too has aroused and continues to arouse in man’s heart the irresistible requirements of his dignity.”

Editor’s note: This series about the rights and obligations of the Christian faithful, as set forth in canon (Church) law, has been written especially for the Catholic News Herald by Mercy Sister Jeanne-Margaret McNally. Sister Jeanne-Margaret is a distinguished authority on canon law, author of the reference guide “Canon Law for the Laity,” and frequent lecturer at universities and dioceses. A graduate of The Catholic University of America with multiple degrees including a doctorate in psychology and a licentiate of canon law (JCL), she is a psychologist for the Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte and a judge in the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Miami.

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Your daily Scripture readings AUG. 7-13

Sunday: Wisdom 18:6-9, Hebrew 11:1-2, 8-19, Luke 12:32-48; Monday (St. Dominic): Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28c, Matthew 17:22-27; Tuesday: Ezekiel 2:8-3:4, Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14; Wednesday (St. Lawrence): 2 Corinthians 9:6-10, John 12:24-26; Thursday (St. Clare): Ezekiel 12:1-12, Matthew 18:21–19:1; Friday: Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63, Matthew 19:3-12; Saturday: Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32, Matthew 19:13-15

AUG. 14-20

Sunday: Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10, Hebrews 12:1-4, Luke 12:49-53; Monday (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary): 1 Chronicles 15:3-4, 15-16, 16:1-2, 1 Corinthians 15:54b-57, Luke 11:27-28; Tuesday: Ezekiel 28:1-10, Matthew 19:23-30; Wednesday: Ezekiel 34:1-11, Matthew 20:1-16; Thursday: Ezekiel 36:23-28, Matthew 22:1-14; Friday: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Matthew 22:3440; Saturday (St. Bernard): Ezekiel 43:1-7ab, Matthew 23:1-12

AUG. 21-27

Sunday: Isaiah 66:18-21, Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13, Luke 13:22-30; Monday (The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary): 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12, Matthew 23:13-22; Tuesday: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17, Matthew 23:23-26; Wednesday (St. Bartholomew): Revelations 21:9b-14, John 1:45-51; Thursday: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Matthew 24:42-51; Friday: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25, Matthew 25:1-13; Saturday (St. Monica): 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, Jn 13:34, Matthew 25:14-30

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Anti-abortion speakers give thanks for God’s ‘amazing grace’ and healing Patricia L. Guilfoyle Editor

CHARLOTTE — God’s “amazing grace” was the theme of a “Silent No More” antiabortion campaign outside one of Charlotte’s three abortion facilities July 30.

In the shadow of Family Reproductive Health on East Hebron Street, where approximately 2,000 babies are aborted each year, about a dozen pro-life activists gathered to tell their stories of past involvement in abortion, and how they found healing and forgiveness from God and their families.

The national Silent No More campaign aims to reach out to those hurting from abortion, help them seek healing, and to educate others that abortion is harmful – physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Speakers praised God for His mercy and the peace they have found through healing and forgiveness.

“The prayers and cries of so many people trying to reach out to help, the intercession for these people in this place, day after day and year after year, has been a testament to the love of Jesus Christ, to many that have come here, to many that have driven by this area. Yet (abortion) continues,” said Katherine Hearn, one of the event organizers and Silent No More campaign activists. “Today we have decided

to bring our voices and testimonies to the battlefront.”

Hearn said she had an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in 1976. “I went alone because I was so embarrassed and ashamed. It was a day that changed everything in my life.”

“I put my abortion in the closet and I closed and locked those doors,” she said. “Yet God never left me, even when I left Him.” Callie Jett testified that she nearly had an abortion at 16. Pro-life literature and sidewalk counselors outside the Planned Parenthood clinic where she was waiting for her abortion were what saved her.

Jett said she had thought abortion would be an “easy way out,” but sitting in the lobby of the abortion clinic, she recalled, “After an emotional battle, I found the strength to walk out of that abortion clinic that day.”

Instead, Jett turned to the sidewalk counselors, who helped her get medical care, a home and a job, and an adoption plan that she was comfortable with. She praised

More online At www.catholicnewsherald.com: See video highlights from the Silent No More event in Charlotte HEALING, SEE page 13

‘I’m sorry’ anti-abortion campaign launches Charlotte pro-life activists have started a web-based public awareness campaign for those who regret their past involvement in abortion. The “I’m sorry for my involvement in abortion” campaign aims to give voice to the many people who feel sorrow for their participation in abortion and enable them to seek healing, especially during the Church’s Jubilee Year of Mercy.

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Katherine Hearn addresses people at a Silent No More campaign event July 30 outside Family Reproductive Health, one of three abortion facilities in Charlotte.

More information is at www.imsorrycampaign.org. For inquiries, email hello@imsorrycampaign.org.

Solar panels exceed savings projections at St. Eugene Parish SueAnn Howell Senior reporter

ASHEVILLE — Just weeks after Pope Francis’ trip to the U.S. last fall, St. Eugene Parish leaders completed a long-range, environmentally friendly savings project. On Oct. 28 they installed 147 solar panels atop the parish hall to help curb electric costs at the parish.

The $143,476 project was a joint effort of the parish’s Care of Creation committee, the pastoral council, diocesan officials and pastor Father Patrick Cahill. Parishioners raised the money through donations and matching grants, reaching their goal six

months after a “Solar Sunday Weekend” appeal earlier in the year.

“On March 8, 2015, when we announced the Solar Panels Project, we projected a 22 percent savings on our electric bill,” said Bill Maloney, organizer of the project. “Comparing bills from Dec. 10, 2015, to June 13, 2016, with the same period a year earlier, we exceeded our goal.”

The parish reports that the 147 solar panels reduced their electricity cost last year by $4,694 for a savings of 35.5 percent, with an environmental savings of 27 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The panels have a 25-year warranty, so the parish SOLAR, SEE page 13

Helping others learn to care for creation If your parish or school is looking for a way to reduce your electricity bill and benefit the environment, give St. Eugene Church a call. “We will be glad to share with you what we learned,” organizer Bill Maloney said. Call the parish office at 828-254-5193.

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Solar panels atop St. Eugene Church’s parish hall have helped the parish reduce its electricity costs over the past year.

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Bishop Peter J. Jugis will participate in the following upcoming events: Aug. 4 - 4 P.M. Mass of Thanksgiving for Priest Jubilarians St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte

Aug. 18 – 10 A.M. Diocesan Foundation Board Meeting Catholic Conference Center, Hickory

Aug. 27 Respect Life Coordinators Conference Christ the King High School, Huntersville

Aug. 10 – 6:30 P.M. Sacrament of Confirmation Holy Trinity Church, Taylorsville

Aug. 22-24 Provincial Assembly of Bishops and Priests Atlanta

Aug. 29 – 6 P.M. Sacrament of Confirmation St. John Neumann Church, Charlotte

Aug. 15 – 10 A.M. Holy Mass St. Joseph College Seminary, Charlotte

Aug. 26 – 7 P.M. Sacrament of Confirmation Holy Infant Church, Reidsville

Diocesan calendar of events August 5, 2016

HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS

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Notre Dame High School: In September at Emerald Isle for all alumni and spouses of Notre Dame High School in Greensboro. Located first in Southern Pines, the Catholic high school was moved to Greensboro in 1957 into the former location of St. Leo’s Hospital, which had closed in 1955. Notre Dame was a girls boarding school first, then changed to an integrated, co-ed day school, with teachers from the Sisters of Mercy. Students came from Burlington, High Point and Greensboro. It closed in 1968. Contact kdowd01@att.net for details.

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THE Ignatian ‘Daily Examen’: Presented by Jesuit Father Joseph Koterski, a philosophy professor from Fordham University, on Thursday, Aug. 25, with two programs in Asheville: n 1-2:30 p.m. , at St. Lawrence Basilica’s Laurentine Hall, 97 Haywood Road. Light lunch provided. n 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Eugene Church, 72 Culvern St. Offered in English and Spanish.

Sponsored by Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte. RSVP by Tuesday, Aug. 23, to nphaskell@ charlottediocese.org. For details about both events, go to www.ccdoc.org/education.

Respect Life Conference: 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 27, Christ the King High School, Huntersville, to promote the respect and protection of human life, particularly human life at its most vulnerable stages. Keynote presenter: Jesuit Father Joseph Koterski, professor of philosophy at Fordham University.

The free conference includes workshops on a variety of topics, including post-abortion healing ministries; resources for parents experiencing a pre-natal diagnosis; and end-of-life ethics. Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. in the school chapel before the conference. Get details at www.ccdoc.org/respectlife. Registration required by Aug. 22 with jmganser@charlottediocese.org. Sponsored by Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte.

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING NFP Introduction and Full Course: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., Charlotte. Effectiveness of modern NFP, health risks of popular contraceptives and what the Church teaches about responsible parenting. Sponsored by Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte. RSVP to Batrice Adcock, MSN, RN, at 704-370-3230.

PARISH MISSION “God’s Love in Our Broken Lives”: A parish mission of St. William Church in Murphy and Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission in Hayesville, led by the blind Father Patrick Martin.

Aug. 20-23 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission, 1433 Hwy. 64 West; Aug. 27-30 at St. William Church, 765 Andrews Road.

He has preached in 1,300-plus parishes worldwide. Mass and the sacrament of reconciliation will be offered. Mission talks

will be part of Sunday Masses. Weeknight services start at 7 p.m. Free tapes and brochures will be provided. Contact either church office for details at 828-389-3758 (IHM) or 828-837-2000 (St. William).

PRAYER SERVICES & Groups Pro-Life Rosary: 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at 901 North Main St. and Sunset Drive, High Point. Outdoors, rain or shine. Parking available nearby. For details, call Jim Hoyng at 336-882-9593 or Paul Klosterman at 336-848-6835.

ANOINTING MASS: 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at St. Luke Church, 13700 Lawyers Road in Mint Hill, for anyone who wishes to received the sacrament of anointing of the sick. Anointing is typically presented to those who need healing from physical or mental illness or someone who will be under-going surgery. Refreshments will be served following Mass, sponsored by the parish’s HOPE Committee. For details, call Mary Adams at 704-545-1224.

POLISH MASS: 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Road in Charlotte. The fifth annual Polish Diocesan Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Czestochowa and St. John Paul II will be celebrated

by Polish priest Father Jan Trela. The Mass will be said in Polish, with the homily given in both English and Polish. This Mass will fulfill the Sunday Mass obligation.

Confessions in Polish and English at 1 p.m. After Mass, venerate a first-class relic of St. John Paul II: a drop of his blood on a fragment of his cassock from the day he was shot in 1981. A dessert reception will follow. For details, call 704-290-6012.

CHARLOTTE Maronite Mission: Masses are offered weekly at 12:30 p.m. Sundays, at St. Matthew South Campus, 4116 Waxhaw-Marvin Road, Waxhaw. The mission’s pastor is Father Elie Mikhael, who can be reached at 704-543-7677, ext. 1043. The Maronite Mission of Charlotte is an Eastern rite Catholic Church in full communion with the pope.

Healing Mass and Anointing of the Sick: 2 p.m. every third Sunday of the month, St. Margaret of Scotland Church, 37 Murphy Dr., Maggie Valley. Individual prayers over people after Mass by Charismatic Prayer Group members.

For details, call the church office at 828-926-0106.

Evening Novenas: Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Christ the King Church, 1505 East Kivett Dr., High Point. All are invited to pray the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Join them in praying for the needs of your families and for our hurting world. For details, call the church office at 336-883-0244.

SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING “Protecting God’s Children” workshops are intended to educate parish volunteers to recognize and prevent sexual abuse. For details, contact your parish office. To

register and confirm workshop times, go to www.virtus. org. Upcoming workshops are: ARDEN: 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, St. Barnabas Church, 109 Crescent Hill Dr. ASHEVILLE: 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, St. Lawrence Basilica (parish office building basement), 97 Haywood St. CHARLOTTE: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, and 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept 1, St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy; 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, St. John Neumann Church (parish hall), 8451 Idlewild Road; and 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, St. Gabriel Church (ministry center, first floor), 3016 Providence Road GREENSBORO: 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, or 6 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 11, St. Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Road HUNTERSVILLE: 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, St. Mark Church (Room 201), 14740 Stumptown Road KANNAPOLIS: 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, St. Joseph Church (parish activity center), 108 Saint Joseph St. SUPPORT GROUPS MOTHERING WITH GRACE: Second Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. in the Assembly Room at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid, Charlotte. For details visit www. motheringwithgrace.org.

Shining Stars Adult day respite: Meets on Mondays and Wednesdays at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Road, Charlotte. Shining Stars is a nonprofit adult day respite program for members of the community with early to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.

For details, call Suzanne Bach at 704-335-0253.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver and Family Support Group: Meets the first Monday of the month, 6:30-8 p.m., in Family Center Room 203 at St. Mark Church, 14740 Stumptown Road, Huntersville. Organized with the Alzheimer’s Association, the monthly meetings are for the caregivers and family members of people with Alzheimer’s. For details, email Janet Urban at jgraceart@yahoo.com.

YEAR OF MERCY Divine Mercy Holy Hour: Every first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m., in the Daily Mass Chapel at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy.

Everyone is welcome to attend and pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, venerate and be blessed by the parish’s first-class relic of St. Faustina Kowalska. Recite Divine Mercy prayers and read Scripture and excerpts from St. Faustina’s diary. Each month’s Holy Hour will be for the following intentions: Sept. 1, catechists; Oct. 6, Marian Jubilee Dedicated to Mary; Nov. 3, prisoners; Dec. 1, healing of the family. Sponsored by the Cenacles of Divine Mercy.

Year of Mercy website: Keep up to date on all Jubilee Year of Mercy events, download catechetical resources on the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, watch videos on the theme of mercy, and much more, at the Diocese of Charlotte’s Year of Mercy website: www.yearofmercy.rcdoc.org.

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OLC parishioner named to top post in Catholic Daughters of the Americas Under motto ‘Unity and Charity,’ CDA holds convention

CHARLOTTE — A Catholic fraternal association for business leaders has launched a chapter in Charlotte.

Legatus, founded by former Domino’s Pizza CEO and Catholic philanthropist Tom Monaghan, is aimed at top-level executives and their spouses. Named from the Latin word for “ambassador,” its mission is to enable like-minded CEOs, company presidents, managing partners and business owners to become “ambassadors for Christ” in their personal and professional lives. Legatus has more than 5,000 members spread throughout 95 chapters in the United States, Canada and Ireland.

The Charlotte chapter was inaugurated during a Mass June 30 at St. Patrick Cathedral, celebrated by Bishop Peter Jugis. It is the first Legatus chapter in the Diocese of Charlotte and in North Carolina.

Walmart Foundation gives $50,000 grant to Catholic Charities

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Libby Ramirez, past national regent of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and Essie Walker, a newly elected national director, are seen July 23 during a Mass to install new leaders for the organization at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh. she has always been compelled to build connections in the community. She sees the organization as an opportunity for women of the Church to establish connections with one another.

“I feel that the CDA allows women to bond with one another through their faith,” Walker says.

Walker has held other leadership positions in the CDA, beginning as treasurer and rising to state regent for North Carolina.

“My philosophy as a leader is: to be a good leader you must learn to follow,” Walker says.

Walker sees her position in the CDA also

as a way to encourage more women to get involved in the Church.

“I hope other African-Americans will see an opportunity through my election. I hope I inspire other women to strive for their goals,” she says.

The CDA convention featured a keynote speech by Bishop Donald J. Kettler of St. Cloud, Minn. Outgoing national regent Shirley Seyfried welcomed the newly elected national officers, who were installed at a Mass and ceremony July 23 by Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik.

— William Cone of Catholic News Service contributed.

Legatus chapter starts in Charlotte Patricia L. Guilfoyle Editor

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Gift will support nutrition in three regional food pantries

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CHARLOTTE — Essie Walker, a member of Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte, has been elected a national director of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas – the first African-American from North Carolina in this top leadership position.

Walker, state regent of North Carolina for the CDA, was named to the post during the organization’s 56th biennial national convention in Pittsburgh July 20-24. One of nine national directors, she will begin a two-year term starting in September.

The CDA is the oldest and largest Catholic women’s group in the Americas.

Formed in 1903 in Utica, N.Y., as a women’s auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus, today it numbers 68,000 members in more than 1,300 courts in 45 states across the country, as well as Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

The national convention emphasized the CDA’s motto, “Unity and Charity,” and Walker sees the role of the CDA within the Church as one of fostering unity and inclusion.

The first African-American from North Carolina to hold the position of national director, Walker emphasizes the importance of unity in her own leadership style, making it a personal mission to connect with other members of the CDA. “I believe that the best way to serve your people is through including everyone,” she says.

Walker has been a member of Our Lady of Consolation Church for more than 30 years, where she helped to start a seniors group. Beginning in her parish and continuing with her service in the CDA,

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Sharon Kucia, president of Mission Advancement Services for The Pelican Group, is president of the local Legatus chapter. Kucia first joined Legatus in the Diocese of Savannah, where she often traveled for work. As the Charlotte diocese grew, she realized the value in starting a Legatus chapter for Catholic business leaders in the Charlotte area, and worked with Legatus’ regional leaders to establish the chapter.

“There is a real need for something like this in Charlotte,” Kucia said.

Praying and spending time with other Catholic business leaders through Legatus has “touched her heart,” she said, and she hopes the new chapter will enable more opportunities for such fellowship among Catholic professionals in the Charlotte area.

The Charlotte chapter has grown to 21 member couples since meetings began last fall, including some members who were active in Legatus chapters elsewhere before moving to Charlotte. Its chaplain is

Benedictine Abbot Placid Solari of Belmont Abbey.

Other local officers are: David Piejak, vice president; Mary Beth Soignet, director at-large; Rick Caron, program chair; Billy Hughes, membership chair; and David Anderson, membership vice chair.

Legatus chapters meet monthly for Mass, followed by fellowship and dinner, where they hear from speakers about how to live their Catholic faith in their families, their businesses and their philanthropic efforts, especially in an increasingly challenging and secularized environment. They also network with fellow Catholic business leaders who have committed themselves to the Legatus mission to “study, live and spread the Catholic faith in their business and personal lives.”

Legatus is chartering another chapter for the Greenville, S.C., area this month.

Membership is by invitation only, and specific business criteria apply. Learn more at www.legatus.org.

CHARLOTTE — Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Walmart State Giving Program for its WellnessWorks program. The grant funds will be used across Catholic Charities’ three regional food pantries in Charlotte, Asheville and Winston-Salem to provide people in need with fresh fruits and vegetables, proteins, dairy and items that qualify as low sodium or no added sugar. The agency will also provide nutritional guidance and information services to clients, assisting them with dietary needs.

More than 13,000 people will be served through this grant.

The grant award was presented to Sharon Davis, Catholic Charities’ social work and program assurance director.

“For families struggling to keep food on the table, it’s hard to have enough nutritious food,” Davis said. “With this grant, we are able to increase our inventory of nutritionally sound foods so that our clients will be able to improve their diet.”

WellnessWorks is Catholic Charities’ program that is nutrition focused by providing healthy food and opportunities for clients to receive nutrition education and materials to enable them to make changes in their diet, shopping habits and food preparation.

“Many clients tell us that they often eat unhealthy food, but that they have no other viable options. WellnessWorks acts to change this,” Davis noted.

The mission of the Walmart Foundation is to create opportunities so people can live better, enriched lives. The foundation aims to positively impact the communities in which they serve, through grants and volunteer opportunities, to meet the needs of the under-served by directing charitable giving toward the core areas of focus: opportunity, sustainability and community.

“We are thankful for this funding from the Walmart Foundation and their partnership with us to serve our community,” Davis said.

Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte serves the poor and vulnerable regardless of race, ethnicity or religion. The agency provides a variety of services: adoption and pregnancy support, counseling, family outreach, refugee resettlement, immigration services, food pantries, economic development, disaster relief, respect life, social concerns education and advocacy.

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Three campers at St. John Neumann Parish’s Exodus-themed summer camp show off their creation.

Summer campers experience ‘Exodus’ at St. John Neumann SueAnn Howell Senior reporter

Photos provided by Joan Guthrie

St. Peter teens take part in summer ‘Service Week’ CHARLOTTE — More than 50 young people at St. Peter Church in Charlotte took part in “Summer Teen Service Week” July 18-22, helping more than 1,000 people in various locations across the city.

The fourth annual service project enabled the teens at the Jesuit-run parish to put their faith into action and give back to the community, serving others with hard work, compassion and mercy while also practicing Ignatian spirituality. Through the people they served, fellow youth and their own inner movement towards God, the teens were able to grow in their relationship with Christ.

Each day began with prayer and discussion before the teens set off for service projects at Holy Angels, Alexander Youth Network and the soup kitchen at Ascension Lutheran Church, among other locations.

They cleaned up a creek and built a wheelchair ramp for a woman in need, built “talking lap desks” for schoolchildren in South Sudan, and played bingo with residents at McCreesh Place.

They also heard from guest speakers Patricia Shafer and Jordan Koletic of Mothering Across Continents, Suzanne Wittebort and Jean Miller of Druid Hills Academy, Dave Zablotny of the Kino Border Initiative, Julie Glaser of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and Allain Andry of the parish’s

Ignatian Spirituality team.

On the final day, they ate a humble “Rations of Hope” lunch of beans, rice and bread – a learning experience in memory of the refugee camp experiences of the former “Lost Boys” of Sudan.

“Teen Service Week really helped me see what some people have to live like, and I felt God telling me through all of the people that I worked with that I should start doing something to not only help them but to show them God’s light, just like they showed me. I will definitely be coming back next summer for more,” said participant Sarah Porter Kuhn.

CHARLOTTE — Affordable summer camps can be hard to find. With that in mind, St. John Neumann Parish created a low-cost, faith-filled alternative offering four “tracks” for children to choose from this summer. For only $30 per child, the parish was able to host more than 130 children for the week of July 18-22, where they could enjoy arts, sports, drama and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities.

Sixty-five adult and teen volunteers helped run the weeklong camp.

Christina Stevens served as the assistant camp director this year.

“This year’s theme was Exodus, the story of Moses, and how God led His people to freedom,” Stevens explained. “We started each day with a prayer and our theme song, ‘Alive’ by Hillsong Young and Free. After morning snack, we broke into our tracks for an hour and a half, focusing on different skills each session.”

Campers made everything from prayer stones to stained glass windows, learned how to take pictures and put different textured pictures together to make a collage. Some learned how to run flag football plays, pass the ball and block, as well as the value of good sportsmanship and teamwork.

STEM track campers learned about science each day, including chemistry, geology, physics and engineering, and flight and space. They had fun using everyday household items and food, such as graham crackers and marshmallow fluff, to explain plate tectonics. The theater track learned about blocking (finding your place on the stage), making props, setting the stage, and memorizing lines.

“Each day, lunch was sponsored by a different company or group, including our very own Knights of Columbus,” Stevens said. “Once lunch was over, we split into two groups, rising first-fourth and rising fifth-eighth graders, for our one-hour devotional sessions, where we were able to focus more on the story of Moses and the surrounding themes of teamwork, faith and being set free. Our campers had the opportunity to put their faith into action in their afternoon tracks.”

To bring the campers’ attention back in, camp director Meg VanGoethem, and Stevens would say “SJN Summer Camp!” and the campers would respond “Let my people go!”

Campers ended the week by celebrating with an art exhibit, a STEM exhibit with their experiments, a theater performance of “The Prince of Egypt,” and flag football games.

Campers and volunteers also had the opportunity to share the new things they learned or ways that they saw God in each other throughout the week by writing them down in the “Book of Glory Stories and Good Things.”

One camper wrote, “Since this is my last year as a camper at SJN Summer Camp, I wanted to say thank you to everyone for making camp awesome! I can’t wait to come back next year and be a counselor!”

An adult volunteer wrote, “I am so excited to see so many teens involved in sharing their faith this week!”

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Singing praises for Eleanor Organist retires after 60 years at Hamlet parish Patricia L. Guilfoyle Editor

HAMLET — Organist Eleanor Adeimy has been the melody of St. James the Greater Parish for 60 years. Every smile, every hug and every good turn have been the notes she’s played just as deftly as she’s fingered the keys.

Now, at 93, Adeimy is ready to retire, and on July 23 the close-knit Hamlet parish family gathered to say thank you.

Mass was offered by Father Jean Pierre Swamunu Lhoposo, pastor, who only half-jokingly noted in his introductory prayer, “We pray God to send us another organist – another organist who is as patient, as kind as Eleanor.”

Adeimy started playing the organ for the parish in 1956.

The young wife, mother and nurse also played the piano, and thought her musical gifts could be put to good use. All three daughters grew up playing and singing beside her, which they say greatly enriched their faith and family life.

Adeimy now has 10 grandchildren, 16 greatgrandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. All three daughters and many more family members and friends were at the Mass to celebrate with her.

Also there were Father John Starczewski, the former pastor of St. James, and Benedictine Father Kieran Neilson of Belmont Abbey, who gave the homily.

Adeimy and Father Neilson have known each other for years. In his homily, Father Neilson recalled the many pilgrimages they had taken to Fatima, and he thanked her for her years of joyful service to the Church.

He encouraged parishioners to practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, especially during this Jubilee Year of Mercy, and he entreated, “Pray that God will give you those things that you persistently pray for, and don’t give up.”

Appreciate what gifts God has given you, he also told them, and “use those gifts to the best of your ability, for His honor and glory and for the honor and glory of those with whom you live and those with whom you associate.

“God has given us life, He has given us everything we have. Let us, then, not take for granted those gifts.”

His message was echoed by members of the parish council after Mass, who expressed gratitude for Adeimy’s gift of music to the parish over the past six decades.

“Your ministry of music has constantly lifted our hearts in praise and worship for the glory of God,” said one parish council member.

They presented her with a crystal sculpture engraved with Psalm 40:3: “He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God.” Father Lhoposo also presented “our young sister” Adeimy with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis.

Adeimy was at a loss for words in reaction to others’ compliments and messages of thanks, but her face beamed as she laughed and talked with parishioners after Mass.

“When I was 75, I tried to retire,” a smiling Adeimy told well-wishers gathered in the parish hall. Since 75 is the

Parishioners at St. James the Greater Church in Hamlet recently honored Eleanor Adeimy for her 60 years as organist. She is pictured holding a papal blessing from Pope Francis, and playing the organ alongside fellow parishioner Gayla Eichorn.

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retirement age for bishops, she joked, “I thought I’d do the same.” But a friend told her, “Eleanor, we can replace the bishop. We can’t replace you!”

Parishioners agreed that Adeimy may be replaced as organist, but she is irreplaceable.

“She has been a gracious, uplifting, righteous person who has been kind and outgoing,” said parishioner Ella Ratliff.

Butch Adeimy, one of her nephews, noted, “Had it not been for Eleanor, there would not have been any music in our church.”

Gayla Eichorn has served alongside Adeimy for years.

They divvied up the weekend Masses between them, and the two ladies have sung and played together for years.

Eichorn sang the Communion hymn at the July 23 Mass, standing beside Adeimy, who was seated at the organ just as she has done so many times before.

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“It was a huge gift to have her come up and play with me,” Eichorn said afterwards. “Eleanor taught me how to pray. She taught me that when you sing, it’s a prayer, not a performance.”

For her part, Adeimy thanked Eichorn for their musical partnership over the years. “She has stood by me for almost 30 years. She has been very special to me. I couldn’t have done it without her,” Adeimy said.

Besides her musical ministry, Adeimy has been active in other aspects of the parish. She helped start the parish’s annual barbecue several years ago, and still lends a hand at the successful fundraiser. She also encourages others to get involved in parish life. In fact, many parishioners nodded in agreement when Eichorn commented, “It’s absolutely impossible to say no to Eleanor Adeimy.”

“That’s what she does: she runs things,” Butch Adeimy said.

“There’s nothing that she hasn’t stepped up to do for people in need,” said Connie Lindstrand, from cooking meals, sewing blankets and donating a wheelchair to sharing a smile and a warm hug with everyone she encounters.

“She believes in the good of all of us St. James family,” added Kim Kondrat, who has known Adeimy since she was 8.

Parishioner Don Meany recounted the day he met Adeimy 30-plus years ago. After burning his hand, he had to go to the local doctor’s office every day to have the dressing changed. Adeimy was the nurse who tended to him during each visit, and when she had to be absent one day she called in the other nurse to explain how to change his bandage just the right way.

“From that moment on she has been a very special person in my life,” Meany said.

Every time he sees Adeimy, he said, “I could always expect a warm smile, a gentle hug and always a kind word.

“There’s just nobody like her.”

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Joseph Baldi: At 99, still giving generously

New iconostasis graces sanctuary of St. Basil Mission CHARLOTTE — St. Basil the Great Ukrainian Greek Mission in Charlotte recently installed an authentic Byzantine iconostasis for the sanctuary of the chapel at St. Thomas Aquinas Church where the community worships. An iconostasis is a screen, decorated with icons, that demarcates the sanctuary from the nave.

The iconostasis also acts as a veil for the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies. The central doors, or holy doors, have the Annunciation depicted on them to show that heaven and earth meet in the church just as heaven and earth were united in the womb of the Mother of God at the Incarnation. The opening and closing of the holy doors occurs at different times during the Divine Liturgy, or Mass, displays the different events of Christ’s saving work being made present. The iconostasis also points to the Sacred Mysteries that cannot be seen but must be contemplated with the heart. New World Byzantine Studios in Charleston, S.C., designed, constructed and installed the iconostasis.

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WINSTON-SALEM — At 99 years old Joseph Baldi is more active than most people half his age. He lives independently, tends his vegetable garden, cooks meals (his mother’s special spaghetti recipe is a favorite), cuts his own lawn and walks one mile each day with friends. He is also an active member of St. Leo the Great Church in Winston-Salem, where he ushers and has recently honored his late wife Margaret with a special endowment fund.

Baldi worked as a senior project engineer assigned to government projects for more than three decades before retiring from Lucent Technologies in 1981. He met Margaret, a nurse, while they were both working at Western Electric in New Jersey.

“When I injured my back on the The Foundation of the Diocese job, my supervisor of Charlotte now has more than sent me to the 220 endowments totaling $31.4 company doctor,” million. To learn more about planned he recalls. giving options, contact Judy Smith “Margaret was at 704-370-3320 or jmsmith@ the nurse that day, charlottediocese.org. and the next day I saw her again on the bus on the way to work. We started talking and two years later we were married.”

They spent the next 60 years together. During that time, they raised a son and a daughter and lived in Germany, France, Japan, Hawaii and Thailand for his work on various communications projects.

“When I was released from the service, my first assignment was with Project Mercury, the man in space program. Then I was reassigned to the Government Services Department, which took us to Paris for four years, and we also spent four years near Heidelberg, Germany. My daughter learned to speak both French and German and we enjoyed our time there.”

When they returned from Europe, Baldi was offered another job opportunity – this time in North Carolina.

“I was asked to be a project engineer on the Safeguard Project. So we moved here in 1972 and have lived here ever since,” he says.

A self-proclaimed “outdoors person,” he says, “I am busier now during retirement than when I worked! I love gardening and grow more than I need so I can share my harvest with neighbors.”

He has also decided to share with his parish, specifically with the children of St. Leo School. After learning about the Robert and Gladys Vitelli Memorial Endowment Fund, Joseph was inspired to give back in the same way.

“I thought an endowed fund was something I could do, too,” he explains. “I had heard that some of the children who wanted to attend St. Leo School could not afford the tuition, so I created the Joseph and Margaret Baldi Fund to provide tuition assistance.”

Baldi, who has also provided support for his parish and Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte through charitable gift annuities, says he liked the idea of honoring his wife with this special gift.

“We have four grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren, and I know my wife would have loved the idea of a gift that helps children get a good Catholic education.”

— Reprinted from “Your Legacy,” a Planned Giving newsletter for the Diocese of Charlotte

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Photos provided by Father Deacon Kevin Bezner and Father Deacon Matthew Hanes

Boy Scout troop wins top award WINSTON-SALEM — Boy Scout Troop 958, chartered with St. Leo the Great Church in Winston-Salem, recently received the 2016 Charlotte Diocese Catholic Boy Scout Troop of the Year Award, also called the Bishop Michael J. Begley Award, from the Ancient Order of Hibernians Sons of Erin Division. Pictured are the Scouts and (from left) Scout leaders Dave Adams, Joe Fernald, Carlos Martinez and Brian Higgins.

This was the fifth annual presentation of this award, created by the late Brother Tim Lawson, past N.C. state president of the AOH, charter member of the Sons of Erin Division 1, Charlotte, and first past president of Division 1.

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In Brief Polish Mass to be celebrated in Charlotte Aug. 21 CHARLOTTE — The fifth annual Polish

Diocesan Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Czestochowa and St. John Paul II will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte.

Polish priest Father Jan Trela will be the main celebrant and Deacon James Witulski will assist as deacon. The Mass will be said in Polish, with the homily given in both English and Polish. This Mass will fulfill the Sunday Mass obligation.

Confessions in Polish and English will be heard beginning at 1 p.m.

A Polish choir will provide music and singing during the Mass. Anyone owning traditional, native Polish attire is encouraged to wear it to

the Mass.

After the Mass, the faithful will have the opportunity to venerate a first-class relic of St. John Paul II: a drop of his blood on a fragment of his cassock from the day he was shot in 1981.

There will also be a dessert reception with other light refreshments. Your donation of these refreshments is appreciated and can be dropped off before the Mass at Aquinas Hall, located across the courtyard from the church.

If you are of Polish heritage, or just love Our Lady and St. John Paul II, or if you would like to experience another culture, you are invited to attend.

St. Thomas Aquinas Church is located at 1400 Suther Road in Charlotte. For details, call 704290-6012.

will be provided. n 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Eugene Church, 72 Culvern St. This is a bilingual event, offered in English and Spanish.

RSVP by Tuesday, Aug. 23, to nphaskell@ charlottediocese.org. For details about both events, go to www.ccdoc.org/education.

Back to school kickoff for MACS families CHARLOTTE — Families of students enrolled in Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools are invited to “A Night at the Ballpark” starting at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. Enjoy a night of baseball, fireworks, fun and fellowship with the Charlotte Knights at BB&T Ballpark, located at 324 S. Mint St. in Charlotte. School supplies for needy children will be collected by Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte. Discounted tickets for a special reserved section are available: see your child’s school website for details.

Learn about the ‘Daily Examen’ ASHEVILLE — Jesuit Father Joseph Koterski, a philosophy professor from Fordham University, will speak on “The Daily Examen – An Ignatian Tool for Praying Daily with GRACE” on Thursday, Aug. 25, during two programs in Asheville sponsored by Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte: n 1-2:30 p.m. , at St. Lawrence Basilica’s Laurentine Hall, 97 Haywood Road. A light lunch

Boone Knights raise money BOONE — The Knights of Columbus from St. Elizabeth Church sold hot dogs, tacos and other food at a local outdoor concert in Valle Crucis July 22 to raise awareness of the Knights in the local community. The $180 they raised went to help the Knights’ charities.

Eucharistic Congress volunteers CHARLOTTE — Volunteers are still needed for the Diocese of Charlotte Eucharistic Congress, set for Friday-Saturday, Sept. 9-10, at the Charlotte Convention Center. Particularly needed are Children’s Track guides for Saturday from noon to 3:30 p.m., and ushers for Saturday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. All volunteers receive a free Eucharistic Congress T-shirt or polo shirt, free parking, and catered lunch on Friday. Volunteers must have taken Protecting God’s Children training. For details, go to www.goeucharist.com and select the “Volunteers” tab.

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Success in School Starts Here Hundreds of refugees arrive in North Carolina each year. Children living in refugee camps and war-torn countries have limited access to education and often arrive years behind educational standards.

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Padre Huver Navarro-Vigo

‘La Casa mis Abuelitos de Cochachinche’

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a Iglesia desde sus inicios ha sido generosa y fervorosa en el amor a Dios y al prójimo, en la oración y en la partición de los bienes materiales. Por ejemplo, en el Libro de los Hechos de los Apóstoles encontramos como era la vida de los primeros cristianos. Se nos narra que todos los creyentes estaban muy unidos y compartían sus bienes entre sí, vendían sus propiedades y todo lo que tenían, y repartían el dinero según las necesidades de cada uno. Además, se nos dice que aquello que les animaba a vivir de tal modo era que todos los días se reunían en el templo, y en las casas partían el pan y comían juntos con alegría y sencillez de corazón (Hechos 2, 44-46).

Desde sus inicios, la Iglesia ha dedicado tiempo y espacio para Dios, a la oración, y también para hacer las obras de caridad y misericordia a favor de los pobres y necesitados.

En este sentido católico, que nos llega como una herencia de fe y amor de los primeros cristianos, la Diócesis de Huánuco en Perú vive y celebra la fe con intenso fervor como lo hacían los primeros cristianos que alababan a Dios y eran muy estimados por todos (Hechos 2, 47). A su vez, la Diócesis se preocupa también de socorrer y atender las necesidades de aquellos hermanos y hermanas en necesidad.

Por ello, desde hace algunos años, se viene llevando a cabo, en la Diócesis de Huánuco, el proyecto del “Centro Médico Nuestra Señora de la Salud.” El centro médico está abierto a todos los pobres que son atendidos por nuestro equipo de médicos, enfermeras, obstetras, odontólogos, laboratoristas, psicólogos, técnicos, etc. Todos los días, alrededor de 300 personas, son curadas de diferentes enfermedades. Sin embargo, el proyecto aun está en marcha. Aun hay mucho por hacer.

Así mismo, en este Año Jubilar de la Misericordia, el Papa Francisco nos llama a escuchar el llanto de los ancianos ya que esta es la voluntad de Dios. En el Libro de los Salmos leemos la Palabra de Dios que encarna ese grito angustiante de los ancianos que piden ayuda: “No me rechaces ahora en la vejez, me van faltando las fuerzas, no me abandones,” (Salmo 71, 9). Es el clamor del anciano, que teme el olvido y el desprecio. El Papa Francisco llama a la Iglesia a despertar el sentido colectivo de gratitud, de aprecio, de hospitalidad que hagan sentir al anciano parte vida de su comunidad. Los ancianos son

Foto proporcionada por Juan Olascoaga

Miembros Hispanos de la Parroquia de San José en Asheboro viajaron al Estado de Chiapas en Mexico el pasado 7 de Julio. Los nueve peregrinos misioneros vivieron con la gente del área de Chenalho en equipos de dos del 8 al 17 de Julio pasado. “Como misioneros nosotros nos quedamos con ellos y los llamábamos ‘familia,’” dijo Selena Cecilio, quien formó parte de la misión a Chiapas.

Foto proporcionada por el Padre Huver

El Padre Huver Navarro-Vigo con algunos de los ancianos residentes de “La Casa mis Abuelitos de Cochachinche.” hombres y mujeres, padres y madres que estuvieron antes que nosotros en el mismo camino, en nuestra misma casa, en nuestra batalla por una vida digna.

(Amoris Laetitia 191).

Animado por estas palabras del Papa Francisco, el Padre Oswaldo Rodríguez Martínez, Vicario General de la Diócesis de Huánuco, y por el amor a Dios y a los ancianos, ha abierto un asilo para los ancianos que son abandonados y descartados por la sociedad. El Padre Oswaldo está animando a nuestra sociedad huanuqueña a cuidar de los ancianos. Por ejemplo, el sábado 23 de julio del presente, ha realizado la segunda gran cruzada, en la ciudad de Huánuco, a favor de los ancianos “Mis abuelitos de Cochachinche.”

Actualmente, hay 21 ancianos que han sido recogidos de las calles. Pero el proyecto está planificado para albergar a 40 ancianos.

El Padre Héctor Román Cruz y un servidor, hemos visitado la Parroquia de San Vicente de Paul, aquí en Charlotte, para presentar a los fieles estas obras de misericordia en las Misas del 30 y 31 de julio del presente. Con el corazón lleno de alegría a nombre de toda la Diócesis de Huánuco, agradecemos al Padre Mark, al Padre Casey, y a todos los fieles de la Diócesis de Charlotte por la amistad, la hospitalidad y el apoyo económico que han venido ofreciendo para las obras de misericordia en Huánuco.

El Padre Huver Navarro-Vigo es un sacerdote de la Diócesis de Huánuco, Perú, y está visitando la Parroquia de San Vicente de Paul en Charlotte hasta mediados de Agosto.

Miembros de la Iglesia de San José en Asheboro hacen viaje misionero a Chiapas Rico De Silva Hispanic Communications Reporter

ASHEBORO — Un grupo de 9 miembros Hispanos, jovenes y adultos, de la Parroquia de San José en Asheboro viajó a Chiapas, México, el 7 de Julio pasado, como parte de su primera misión parroquial a esa pobre y marginada región mexicana.

Los nueve misioneros fueron: Maribella Vences, Jose Pilar, Adriana Garcia, Diana Luis Moreno, Juan Garcia, Maria Guadalupe Xinastle, Selena Cecilio, Kevin Martínez y Daisy Maya.

Los peregrinos compartieron videos y fotos de sus experiencias del viaje misionero con el resto de la Parroquia de San Jose, el pasado Domingo, 31 de Julio.

El grupo visito las pequeñas comunidades de Chenalho, la cual se encuentra en el área San Cristóbal de las Casas, Provincia de Chiapas. Los peregrinos se divieron en equipos de dos personas, y vivieron con la gente de diferentes comunidades de esa area hasta el 17 de Julio, un dia antes de su regreso a Asheboro.

“Estas familias indígenas han sufrido a través de la historia, y su dolor todavía se refleja en el día de hoy,” dijo Selena Cecilio, uno de los peregrinos a la misión de Chiapas.

“Muchos de ellos viven en pequeñas villas, en donde es raro que exista el agua potable, y más raro aun que exista un escusado.

Estas personas duermen sobre la tierra, y solo algunos tienen los suficientes medios para dormir sobre un pedazo de madera.

Como misioneros, nosotros nos quedamos

con ellos y los llamábamos ‘familia,’” continuo Cecilio.

El viaje misionero fue organizado por el Consejo Pastoral Hispano de la Parroquia de San José. “Las comunidades que recientemente visitaron nuestros hermanos misioneros carecen de lo más básico, como ropa y agua,” dijo Isidro Fuentes, coordinador del Consejo Pastoral de San José. Fuentes también agregó que a veces los habitantes de esa región “acaparan agua de las lluvias y muchos no cuentan con letrinas para hacer sus necesidades.”

El viajes a Chiapas fue auspiciado por el Consejo Pastoral Hispano de la parroquia.

La comunidad Hispana de San José recaudó fondos para el viaje y para los necesitados de Chiapas por medio de venta de comidas, donaciones, y también contaron con el apoyo económico de su Párroco, el Padre Philip Kollithanath.

La joven Cecilio dijo que el dinero recaudado fue “una bendición para múltiples comunidades, tanto como para salvar vidas, donando Biblias en su dialecto indígena, e incluso proveyendo a algunos de ellos con agua y una estufa para que ellos se reunieran después de Misa.”

“Los niños no pueden asistir a la escuela porque no cuentan con los medios para conseguir útiles escolares,” agregó Fuentes.

Cecilio expresó agradecimiento a su regreso, “No tengo palabras para expresar que tan agradecida estoy y cuanta humildad este viaje me ha mostrado. El trabajo no ha terminado, y sinceramente espero que este sea el primero de muchos viajes futuros.”

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‘Bad Moms’ A stressed-out suburban mother (Mila Kunis) rebels against her taxing daily routine, demanding that her kids (Emjay Anthony and Oona Laurence) start fending for themselves in minor ways and indulging herself by skipping work, drinking and relaxing. Aided by two other like-minded moms – one a timid housewife (Kristen Bell), the other a raucous loudmouth (Kathryn Hahn) – she also takes on the bullying head (Christina Applegate) of her local PTA. Strong sexual content and pervasive sexual humor, profanity, and constant rough and crude language.

CNS: O (morally offensive); MPAA: R

In theaters

‘Ice Age: Collision Course’

‘Jason Bourne’ Matt Damon returns in the fifth big-screen outing for the memory-damaged and monosyllabic government agent who first appeared in the novels of Robert Ludlum. Director Robert Greengrass, who co-scripted with Christopher Rouse, bookends the story with extended car and motorcycle chases, with the result that vehicle casualties considerably outnumber the body count from weapons. Although the number of shootings does necessitate an adult rating, the film’s lack of gore and relatively mild language makes this possibly acceptable for older adolescents. Frequent gun and physical violence, fleeting profanities.

CNS: A-III (adults); MPAA: PG-13

Weak fifth installment in the animated franchise for children finds the good-hearted but overprotective father (voice of Ray Romano) of a family of woolly mammoths leading his levelheaded wife (voice of Queen Latifah), sunny daughter (voiced by Keke Palmer) and soon-to-be son-in-law (voice of Adam Devine) on an unlikely quest: They’re out to use magnetic rocks to divert a giant asteroid that’s headed for a potentially cataclysmic collision with the Earth. Their guide on the journey is an eccentric, British-accented weasel (voice of Simon Pegg). Occasional peril, mildly scatological and anatomical humor.

CNS: A-II (adults and adolescents); MPAA: PG

‘Nerve’ This teen-geared drama starts with an intriguing premise: an online game in which viewers pay to watch players fulfill real-life dares in exchange for

significant sums of money. Yet, as a straitlaced New York City high school senior (Emma Roberts) tries to shake her reputation for conformity by participating, directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s adaptation of Jeanne Ryan’s 2012 novel dissipates its energy trying to check too many boxes. Potentially disturbing scenes of lifethreatening peril, rear female nudity, nongraphic casual sexual activity, some scatological humor, crude and crass language, an obscene gesture.

CNS: A-III (adults); MPAA: PG-13

‘Star Trek Beyond’ The 13th big-screen outing for the sci-fi franchise that began as a TV series in the 1960s is, overall, a rousing and rambunctious 3-D adventure. Capt.

James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) of the Starship Enterprise and his crew (including Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Karl Urban) respond to a distress call in a remote part of the galaxy. It’s a trap set by a reptilian megalomaniac (Idris Elba) bent, like many a villain before him, on the wholesale destruction of humanity through use of the ultimate weapon.

With its skillful blend of thrills and quieter moments devoted to character development, director Justin Lin’s film could normally be endorsed as a fun popcorn movie. However, the inclusion of a scene revealing that helmsman Sulu (John Cho) is gay – he’s briefly shown with a male partner and a young daughter – sets the filmmakers at odds, however incidentally, with Christian values. Given the broad cultural impact of this widely loved franchise, and the clear intent to make a statement, even grown moviegoers need to take note of this unwelcome development. Considerable mostly bloodless violence, including torture, a benign view of homosexual acts and a fleeting sexual reference.

CNS: L (limited adult audience); MPAA: PG-13

On TV n Sunday, Aug. 7, 10-11 p.m. EDT (EWTN) “Franciscan University Presents: Lessons From the Early Church.” Author Mike Aquilina addresses the lessons we can learn from the early Christians in this discussion led by host Michael Hernon.

They’re joined by two panelists -- professor Scott Hahn and Franciscan Father Sean O. Sheridan. n Thursday, Aug. 11, 5-6 p.m. EDT (EWTN) “Saint Francis and Saint Clare.” A look at the life and spirituality of St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) and the influence exerted on those aspects by her great contemporary St. Francis. n Monday, Aug. 15, noon-1:30 p.m. EDT (EWTN) “Solemn Mass of the Assumption.”

The Eucharistic liturgy for the Feast of the Assumption, broadcast live from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. n Saturday, Aug. 20, 8-10 p.m.

EDT (EWTN) “Edith Stein: The Seventh Chamber.” A portrayal of the heroic life of Jewish philosopher and Catholic convert Edith Stein, who was martyred under Germany’s Nazi regime in 1942.

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Father Pat Hoare, pastor, celebrated Mass for the campers twice during the week, incorporating the Exodus theme into his homilies. Campers helped serve at the Mass and sing in the choir. They also participated in Eucharistic Adoration on the last day of camp.

Father Pat said the parish’s long-term goal is to find a way to include more students so the parish can open the program to the surrounding community.

“I can think of no better way to introduce a family to the Catholic faith than through a fun, wholesome summer camp opportunity that taps into their God-given

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pro-lifers for their public witness, and she encouraged abortion-minded women to pursue adoption instead.

“No person grows up to expect to choose abortion,” she noted. “Whatever situation you may be in, give yourself and your baby choices. There are people outside the abortion center who truly want to help you.”

Robert, who didn’t give his last name, talked for the first time about his participation in an abortion. At 19, he learned that his girlfriend was pregnant.

When his girlfriend told him she wanted an abortion, he recalled, “I gave it 30 seconds of thought and just said, ‘OK.’ It was that easy. How sad is that?”

Now married 25 years with a family of his own, he has turned his pain and regret into activism for the pro-life cause. But the self-examination and healing continues, he said, even after receiving the sacrament of reconciliation and sharing his past with his wife.

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anticipates savings will continue as the cost of electricity rises.

“An added bonus is that part of the project cost was sales tax,” Maloney explained. “After filing with the IRS, the parish expects to receive back $5,059.”

“When St. Eugene’s Care of Creation Committee presented this solar panel proposal, I thought it a great idea and we supported the project,” said Pete McHugh, who served as a past chair of the pastoral council and was on board from the beginning of the project’s inception.

“We were unsure what the actual savings in electricity usage would be, but we believed that there would be some substantial reduction and carbon emissions would also be reduced. We believed then, and still do, that this was a direct response to (Pope Francis’ encyclical) ‘Laudato Si.’ ” Parishioner Cynthia Gibbs agrees that this project has had a positive financial and environmental impact.

“I think it is imperative that we evaluate and invest in projects that will reduce our carbon footprint, and I was thrilled with St. Eugene’s plan to install solar panels. Not only have we reduced our electrical bills, but we are following the spirit and theme of

gifts and talents,” he said. “And I am amazed, and humbled, by the generous response of so many volunteers who lovingly share their artistic, athletic and intellectual skills with the next generation.

God is so good!”

invites Diocesan Parish Respect Life Coordinators and all people of good will to join together in prayer and educational engagement to strengthen our efforts

“Jesus paid the debt that I owe. I love Jesus for that,” he said, adding tearfully, “I regret the abortion of my child, whose soul awaits me in heaven and wants me to know that I am forgiven. I pray God may bless you and continue to reveal His love and fill you with His amazing grace.”

Paul Deer noted that it can be frustrating for pro-life witnesses to continually come out to abortion mills, seeing the parade of women and men going inside to kill their children. Too many people either don’t want to know the truth or they defend “this abomination,” he said.

But, Deer emphasized, “We are not called to win this battle, but to fight it. The battle has already been won. It’s been won on the cross.”

More than 40 years after the legalization of abortion, Hearn concluded, “the silence is deafening.”

People must continue to offer their testimony of the pain that abortion causes, she insisted, to help others who are still wounded. And they must continue to give thanks to God for His “amazing grace.”

“It must begin here,” she said. “We must never leave this place until this place of death is one day a haven of life.”

Pope Francis’ ‘Laudato Si’ in taking care of our common home. It makes me so proud.

“I believe all North Carolina parishes should take a look at our success with solar panels and consider installing solar panels themselves.”

“To see the savings in the electricity bills to date is very exciting, to say the least, and certainly justifies the worth of this project,” McHugh said.

As a result of this project three parish families have installed solar panels on their homes and are also seeing significant savings.

to promote a respect for human life, particularly at its most vulnerable stages.

Fr. Joseph Koterski, S.J. Conference keynote speaker

Saturday, August 27, 10:30 am – 3:30 pm Christ the King Catholic High School 2011 Crusader Way, Huntersville, NC 28078

Mass in the Chapel of Christ the King Catholic High School will be celebrated by Fr. Koterski, S.J. at 9:00 am.

Coffee and light refreshments from 9:45 to 10:30 am.

Keynote presentation begins at 10:30 am, followed by lunch and workshops.

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Catholic Charities is pleased to host this event in gratitude for the ministry of parish Respect Life Coordinators. Accompanying guests and those interested in promoting the Church’s work to respect human life are welcome. Please RSVP by email to CCDOC Respect Life Program Director Jennifer Ganser at jmganser@ charlottediocese.org by August 22, 2016.

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called for a national day of prayer for peace in our communities, to be held Sept. 9, the feast of St. Peter Claver.

Pro-life Democrats have message for party: ‘Bring us into your big tent’

In Brief Archbishop Gregory to chair USCCB task force on race WASHINGTON, D.C. — Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta has been appointed as chair of a new task force of the U.S. bishops to deal with racial issues brought into public consciousness following a series of summertime shootings that left both citizens and police officers among those dead. The task force’s charge includes helping bishops to engage directly the challenging problems highlighted by the shootings. Task force members will gather and disseminate supportive resources and “best practices” for their fellow bishops; actively listening to the concerns of members in troubled communities and law enforcement; and build strong relationships to help prevent and resolve conflicts.

“By stepping forward to embrace the suffering, through unified, concrete action animated by the love of Christ, we hope to nurture peace and build bridges of communication and mutual aid in our own communities,” said a July 21 statement from Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

In addition to creating the task force and appointing its members, Archbishop Kurtz also

PHILADELPHIA — At a time when the official party platform advocates for removing current legislative restrictions on obtaining abortions, pro-life Democrats came to Philadelphia with a counter message: You can’t win big without us.

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has called for repealing the Hyde Amendment, which forbids federal funding for most abortions and continues to be included in many federal appropriations bills for abortions. Her stance has been endorsed in the party platform, which also calls for eliminating the Helms Amendment, which prohibits U.S. foreign aid from being used to fund abortion-related activities.

But Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats for Life of America, notes that since 2008, when President Barack Obama launched his first term, the party has lost 11 governorships, 30 state chambers, 69 house seats, 13 seats in the U.S. Senate and 912 seats in state legislatures. While the pro-life Democrats agree with 99 percent of their party’s views on issues like paid maternity leave and a living wage, Day said the Democrats have become a party of the Northeast and the West.

“We’ve got to open up the big tent,” she said.

“Voters want to come back to the Democratic Party, but the party platform and the extreme positions we have been taking prevent them from doing so.”

Measure to protect gay students’ rights said to target religious colleges WASHINGTON, D.C. — A small independent Catholic college in Escondido, Calif., has joined the opponents of a state law aimed at banning discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students by depriving colleges of state and federal student-aid funds.

The president of John Paul the Great University, which has an enrollment of 350, said the bill would prevent some students from enrolling and the college from having policies in line with Catholic teaching, and could force Catholic colleges to host same-sex weddings in campus chapels. Derry Connolly said his school doesn’t discriminate against gay or transgender students and has had no discrimination complaints since it was founded in 2003. The matter of same-sex weddings “seems to be the biggest concern,” he said.

The Catholic Church opposes same-sex unions. It upholds marriage between one man and one woman and teaches that sex outside of traditional marriage is a sin. The Church also teaches that homosexuals must be “accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided.”

Clinton’s VP pick, a Catholic, faces criticism for his stand on abortion WASHINGTON, D.C. — Only a week after Donald Trump chose as his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who was raised a

Catholic and today is evangelical, Hillary Clinton chose as her vice presidential running mate U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a practicing Catholic who has never lost an election. Kaine grew up in Kansas outside Kansas City, Mo., and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism before taking time off from Harvard Law School to work in Honduras with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. He has been a member of St. Elizabeth Parish in Richmond, Va., for 30 years and is an on and off choir member. Still, the vice presidential candidate has faced criticism from Catholics for his stances on issues such as abortion and the death penalty.

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, R.I., posted on Facebook July 23 that Kaine’s positions on abortion and same-sex “marriage,” among other issues, “are clearly contrary to well-established Catholic teachings.”

“Senator Kaine has said, ‘My faith is central to everything I do.’ But apparently, and unfortunately, his faith isn’t central to his public, political life,” the bishop wrote.

Charges dropped against Planned Parenthood video creators HOUSTON — The last remaining charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were dropped July 26 by the Harris County district attorney’s office. Daleiden, who founded the pro-life Center for Medical Progress in California, and investigator Merritt created a series of undercover videos last year alleging Planned Parenthood affiliate officials committed improprieties regarding fetal tissue and organs.

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marketing and sale of fetal tissue with Daleiden and Merritt, who posed as representatives of a mythical fetal tissue procurement firm.

Planned Parenthood said any allegations it “profits in any way from tissue donation is not true” and that any money it received from labs were processing fees.

Daleiden and Merritt had been charged with a felony and a misdemeanor for tampering with government records and using fake IDs to enter a Planned Parenthood facility, the Houston Chronicle reported. A grand jury convened in September 2015 to decide the case but had taken no action by December, when it was put on hold until last January. On Jan. 25, the jury indicted Merritt and Daleiden, who posted bond and went to court in February, rejecting plea deals.

Catholics urged to fast, pray for peace; group plans novena for nation MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bishop Peter A. Libasci of Manchester is urging Catholics to pray and fast for peace in response to the ongoing violence in the U.S. and around the world.

“The current civil unrest in our country, the acts of unspeakable violence in Orlando, Dallas, Baton Rouge, and in Nice, France, the violence and political instability in Turkey, and the ongoing suffering in the Middle East -- all are clear expressions of a rampant evil in our time,” Bishop Libasci wrote in a July 17 statement, saying: “Individual Catholics as well as the Church as a whole must do more.”

The letter, addressed to New Hampshire Catholics, asked them to commit to a day of fasting and partial abstinence Aug. 12. He also directed that special prayers for peace be said at Masses Sunday, Aug. 14, and urged Catholics to also go to Mass Aug. 15 to say additional prayers for peace.

Meanwhile, the Holy League based in La Crosse, Wis., and the Men of Christ are organizing a novena for the nation to take place Aug. 15-Oct. 7.

In his letter, Bishop Libasci also asked “religious leaders of all persuasions, and all people of good will” to join Catholics in solidarity “as a visible sign of hope in our world.”

Government seeks public input on ways to implement disputed HHS mandate

the government can comply with religious employers’ refusal on moral grounds to cover contraceptives for employees and at the same time make sure those employees get such coverage.

On July 22, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor, published a five-page document in the Federal Register opening a period for public comment on the issue. Comments must be submitted on or before Sept. 20 by electronic means, regular mail, express or overnight mail, or by hand delivery or courier. Details on how to submit comments are available at http://tinyurl.com/howehxb.

The move by the Obama administration follows the May 16 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Zubik v. Burwell, a consolidated case of challenges to the contraceptive mandate filed by several Catholic and other religious entities.

The Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling sent the case back to lower courts, vacated earlier judgments against those parties opposing the mandate, and encouraged the plaintiffs and the federal government to resolve their differences.

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Piazza acknowledges his Catholic faith at Hall of Fame induction

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Mike Piazza, the superstar catcher inducted July 24 into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, gave credit to his Catholic faith for his success during his induction speech. “My mother gave me the greatest gift a mother can give a child. She gave me the gift of my Catholic faith. This has had a profound impact on my career and it has given me patience, compassion and hope,” Piazza said. He quoted retired Pope Benedict XVI: “’One who has hope lives differently.’ Mom, you raised five boys, mostly on your own, and you’re always there for me.” Piazza said, “Above all, my religion is a source of personal strength, not a reason to impose your will or put down those who are different. My belief in God has driven me since my childhood and formed my core values of hard work, faith and belief in yourself.”

He added, “It means feeling a need to give back to your teammates, to your community, to your children. Nobody on this stage with me who has shared this incredible honor got here without teammates, community support, and mentors. We all have a responsibility to future generations.” Piazza, 47, toiled 16 seasons behind the plate, principally for the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers, with one year each for the San Diego Padres and Oakland A’s at the end of his career. Piazza also spent one week with the Florida Marlins between his tenures in Los Angeles and New York, calling then-Marlins manager Jim Leyland, whose brother is a priest in Ohio, “one of the game’s true treasures.”

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KRAKOW, Poland — Take risks and do not let life’s obstacles get in the way of encountering the true joy and life that Jesus can give, Pope Francis told more than 1 million young people.

“Don’t be afraid to say ‘yes’ to Him with all your heart, to respond generously and to follow him,” the pope told pilgrims at the closing Mass July 31 for World Youth Day. “Don’t let your soul grow numb, but aim for the goal of a beautiful love which also demands sacrifice.”

“When it comes to Jesus, we cannot sit around waiting with arms folded; He offers us life. We can’t respond by thinking about it or ‘texting’ a few words,” he told the young people, thousands of whom had spent the night camping at an area dubbed the Field of Mercy.

The lack of sleep and morning heat seemed to have little impact as the young men and women energetically waved their flags and ran as close as possible to the popemobile to greet Pope Francis.

In his homily, the pope reflected on the Gospel story of Zacchaeus, a reviled tax collector who, due to his short height, climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus.

The obstacles Zacchaeus faced – including his short stature – the pope said, can also “say something to us.”

“Even today we can risk not getting close to Jesus because we don’t feel big enough, because we don’t think ourselves worthy. This is a great temptation; it has to do not only with self-esteem, but with faith itself,” he said.

By not accepting themselves and their limitations, Christians deny their “real stature” as children of God and see themselves as unworthy of God’s love.

At the same time, he said, people will try to convince Christians that there are others who are unworthy of God’s love.

“People will try to block you, to make you think that God is distant, rigid and insensitive, good to the good and bad to the bad,” he told the young people. “Instead, our heavenly Father ‘makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good.’

He demands of us real courage: the courage to be more powerful than evil by loving everyone, even our enemies.”

The pope noted that Jesus looks at all people with the same gaze He looked at Zacchaeus, not taking into account his sins, wealth or social standing.

“God counts on you for what you are, not for what you possess. In His eyes the clothes you wear or the kind of cell phone you use are of absolutely no concern. He doesn’t care whether you are stylish or not, He cares about you! In his eyes, you are precious and your value is priceless,” the pope said.

Another obstacle, the pope continued, is the “paralysis of shame,” one that Zacchaeus overcame by climbing the sycamore tree at “the risk of appearing completely ridiculous.”

Pope Francis encouraged the young men and women to not be ashamed in bringing “everything to the Lord in confession, especially your weaknesses, your struggles and your sins.”

“Don’t be afraid to say ‘yes’ to Him with all your heart, to respond generously and to follow Him! Don’t let your soul grow numb, but aim for the goal of a beautiful love which also demands sacrifice,” the pope said.

Zacchaeus’ final obstacle, he noted, did not come from within but from the “grumbling of the crowd” who first blocked him and then criticized him” for being a sinner.

God challenges Christians to be more powerful than evil by loving everyone and to risk being ridiculed for believing “in the gentle and unassuming power of mercy,” he said.

As he did with Zacchaeus, Jesus looks beyond appearances and faults to the heart – something young people are called to imitate, the pope said.

“Don’t stop at the surface of things; distrust the worldly cult of appearances, applying makeup on our souls so we seem better than we are,” he said. “Instead, establish the most secure connection, that of the heart that sees and

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Pope Francis arrives for a July 30 prayer vigil with World Youth Day pilgrims at the Field of Mercy in Krakow, Poland – one of many events the pope attended during the four-day international event. The pope told young people they are not called to be couch potatoes, living boring lives, but should leave their mark in history and not let others determine their future. “Today’s world demands that you be a protagonist of history, because life is always beautiful when we choose to live it fully, when we choose to leave a mark,” he said. transmits goodness without tiring.”

Although the Mass brought the World Youth Day celebrations to an end, Pope Francis invited the youth to continue along the path that began with their pilgrimage to Krakow and bring the remembrance of God’s love to others.

“Trust the memory of God: His memory is not a ‘hard disk’ that saves and archives all our data, but a tender heart full of compassion that rejoices in definitively erasing every trace of evil,” the pope said.

Before concluding the Mass with the recitation of the Angelus prayer, the pope invited the youths to carry the “spiritual breath of fresh air” back to their countries and communities and “wherever God’s providence leads you.”

That same providence, he concluded, is “one step ahead of us” and “has already determined the next stop in this great pilgrimage begun in 1985 by St. John Paul II!”

“So now I am happy to announce that the next World Youth Day – after the two that will be held on the diocesan level – will take place in 2019 in Panama,” Pope Francis told the youths.

The Panama delegation in Krakow greeted the announcement with shouts of joy – dancing, bouncing and high-fiving each other.

Pope Francis invited bishops from Panama to join him at center stage in blessing the crowd.

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Pope Francis touches the death wall at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, July 29.

Humankind’s cruelty did not end with the Holocaust, but rages on in the suffering of those living through war, homelessness and persecution, Pope Francis said. “This cruelty exists today. We say: ‘Yes, we have seen cruelty, 70 years ago; how they died shot, hanged or gassed.’ But today, in so many places in the world where there is war, the same thing happens,” the pope said in remarks at the end of the day focused on the suffering of innocents. He began the day with a silent prayer at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, followed by a visit to a local children’s hospital and participation in the Way of the Cross with young people at Blonia Park. Calling it “a day of sorrow,” the pope said that in following the Way of the Cross, Christians were united in Jesus’ sufferings.

Pilgrims from the Diocese of Charlotte visited the place Saint John Paul II was baptized in Poland.

Kevin, a Belmont Abbey student at left, proposed marriage to Ania at the Sanctuary of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland during the week of World Youth Day. See more at facebook.com/ wyd2016krakowcharlotte.

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Muslim teacher from Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, told the AFP news agency. “We are here so that we can get along together.”

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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Father Jacques Hamel Aug. 2 outside the cathedral in Rouen, France. Father Hamel was killed July 26 in an attack on a church at Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen; the attack was carried out by assailants linked to the Islamic State.

At Father Hamel’s funeral, Rouen archbishop urges forgiveness ROUEN, France — During the Aug. 2 funeral Mass for Father Jacques Hamel, killed a week earlier by two men claiming allegiance to the Islamic State, Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen stressed the need for forgiveness.

The knife-yielding attackers entered the church, Eglise St.-Etienne, in Saint-Etienne-duRouvray near Rouen, during Mass and slit the throat of 85-year-old Father Hamel. They also injured two others before they were fatally shot by police.

“As brutal and unfair and horrible as (Father) Jacques’ death was, we have to look deep into our hearts to find the light,” he told the congregation of more than 1,500 at the Notre Dame Cathedral, while hundreds more watched the ceremony on a big screen outside in the rain. In his homily, the archbishop said the beloved 85-year-old parish priest tried to push away his attackers with his feet, saying “go away, Satan” twice.

With those words, the archbishop said the priest expressed “faith in the goodness of humans that the devil put his claws in.”

The world, not religion, is waging a war in pieces, Pope Francis said the day after Father Hamel’s murder. While it “is not at as organic” as past world wars, “it is organized and it is war,” the pope told journalists July 27 on his flight to Krakow. “Someone may think that I am speaking about a war of religions. No, all religions want peace. Others want war,” the pope said.

“This holy priest who died precisely at the moment he was offering prayers for the whole Church,” he said. While lamenting the priest’s death, the pope added that was one of countless innocents butchered by a war fought in pieces. “How many Christians, how many children, how many innocents?” he said. “We are not afraid of saying this truth: The world is at war because it has lost peace.”

Father Hamel’s gruesome murder also prompted sorrow and outrage from Muslim leaders around the world.

“This attack in a place of worship and on innocent worshippers in particular demonstrates that there are no boundaries to the depravity of these murderers,” wrote Imam Qari Muhammad Asim, senior imam at the Makkah Mosque in Leeds, England. “In this extremely difficult time for the Catholic community, we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of all faiths,” the English imam said in a statement. “An attack on any place of worship is an attack on a way of life of faith communities and therefore an attack on all of us.”

Muslims and Jews attended Father Hamel’s Aug. 2 funeral at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Rouen. “It was a duty,” Hassan Houays, a

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has appointed six men and six women to a commission to study the issue of women deacons, particularly their ministry in the early Church. In addition to the 12 members named Aug. 2, the pope tapped Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to serve as president of the commission.

The pope set up the commission at the request of the International Union of Superiors General, the organization for the leaders of women’s religious orders around the world.

Meeting the group in May, Pope Francis said that while his understanding was that the women described as deacons in the New Testament were not ordained as male deacons are today, “it would be useful for the Church to clarify this question.”

The International Theological Commission, a body that advises the doctrinal congregation, included the question of women deacons in a study on the diaconate almost 20 years ago.

While its report, issued in 2002, did not offer recommendations for the future, it concluded that biblical deaconesses were not the same as ordained male deacons.

In June, Pope Francis told reporters that he had asked Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the doctrinal congregation, and Sister Carmen Sammut, president of the superiors’ group, to suggest scholars to include in the study group.

At least one of the members Pope Francis named to the commission – U.S. scholar Phyllis Zagano -– has written extensively on the role of women deacons in the early Church, arguing that they were ordained ministers and that women can be ordained deacons today. Zagano is a senior research associate in the religion department at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Another U.S. scholar also is among the 12 commission members: Augustinian Father Robert Dodaro, president of the Pontifical Augustinian Institute in Rome and a professor of patristic theology specializing in the works of St. Augustine.

Pope issues rules to help contemplative women be beacons for world VATICAN CITY — In an effort to help contemplative women religious renew their life and mission in the Church and the world, Pope Francis issued a series of new rulings dealing with formation, assets, prayer life, authority and autonomy. The new rulings include a mandate that “initially, all monasteries are to be part of a federation” based on “an affinity of spirit and traditions” with the aim of facilitating formation and meeting needs through sharing assets and exchanging members. Monasteries voting for an exception from joining a federation will need Vatican approval.

All institutes of contemplative women religious will need to revise or update their constitutions or rules so as to implement the new norms and have those changes approved by the Holy See. Titled “Vultum Dei Quaerere” (“Seeking the face of God”), the document focuses on the life of contemplative women religious. Dated June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, it was released by the Vatican July 22, the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. The 38-page document contains 14 new articles ruling on various aspects of life within monasteries and their jurisdiction, including a regulation outlining the criteria needed for a monastery to retain juridical autonomy or else be absorbed by another entity or face closure.

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The mysterious sword of Christ

ach day, it seems the world becomes more troubled. The Christian message is one of love and humility, and if all people would simply love as the Gospel calls us to do, there would be world peace in a matter of days. Yet there is a perplexing verse in scripture that seems to belie the promise of peace, uniformity and inclusion which the Gospels convey. Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Mt 10:34) As Jesus was being taken away and arrested, Peter cut off Malchus’ ear to defend Jesus. Jesus told Peter: “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”(Jn 18:11) Jesus had to complete His salvific mission, and a physical defense was contrary to this goal. Additionally, there was a much more powerful sword that Jesus wanted Peter to use: one which was required to build His Church, to rescue those who had fallen into darkness and were slaves to their passions. It was not a physical sword; it was the sword of truth.

We know that to be authentic Christians, we must embrace and strive to conform to the immutable teachings of Jesus Christ. Since the earliest days of Christendom, the Church has fought against false notions of what Jesus taught, and the guarantee that His Church would prevail implies that His teachings will be preserved in their fullness and exactness to the end. If this were untrue, then the Church would have ceased to exist long ago.

So why must there be a sword for the Christian? A sword may cause division and conflict, such as the sword that Jesus reveals whenever the teachings of the Gospel run counter to the prevailing moods and whims of the times. Since Jesus walked the earth, there has never been an age that has not experienced this, and its reality is all too clear in our own time.

However, lest we think that the sword of Christ, His sword of truth, has weakened due to the many battles waged against it throughout the centuries, we must remind ourselves the opposite is true. It has been perpetually strengthened precisely in the crucible of trials beset upon it throughout the centuries: the blade, ever sharpened through the blood of martyrs, the councils of the Church, and the exhortations of the Magisterium; the scabbard; decorated and bejeweled by the writings of the saints, the sacred art, cathedrals, and the very foundations of western civilization itself.

It was this sword that the saints brandished. It was this sword for which the blood of the martyrs flowed, who gave their lives to follow Christ and His teachings, which are inseparable from His very being.

These people followed Him however contrary, undesirable or absurd they appeared to the worldly sentiments of their times.

Truth is beautiful, inspiring and noble. It is also written in our hearts. This is why we can become disturbed when hearing or reading about Catholic moral principles, because in our consciences the truth corrects us by illuminating those behaviors and perceptions that we need to improve – exchanging tendencies to self-aggrandizement, vice and internal division for those of compassion, virtue and integrity of being.

We ourselves may feel the sword penetrate us inwardly on occasions of hearing the truth. In response, we can humble ourselves and begin anew, or we can well up in pride and become obstinate. The choice is always ours to make.

Christ gave His followers the sword so they would never mistake humility for timidity. The true Christian is a fearless person, because they have access to the sword. This sword was not made with little effort or cost. It was initially forged in Christ’s pain on His way to Calvary, hammered into shape by the thorns and the nails, and fired in the furnace of His love in His agony on the cross. It was quenched in the purity of the immaculate heart of His mother. This sword is invincible, and we must not fear to wield it for the sake of mercy when needed, for it will shine victoriously at the end of the age.

Fred Berretta is a member of St. Matthew Church in Charlotte.

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n the 1950s, if you were “hip,” you were “cool” because you could “dig it.” In the 1960s, what was cool became “groovy.” In the 1970s, if something was cool, it was “radical.” But in today’s vernacular, “radical” is often seen as politically incorrect.

When it comes to the Gospel, however, being radical is what we are called to be. And we do so by following the example of our Savior, Jesus, who changes the world from the moment of His birth to His public ministry and then to His death and resurrection.

So how radical was Jesus?

This list is not conclusive and I recommend that you open your Bibles, because God’s word is where the radicalization begins. I’ve given book, chapter and verse, but it’s up to you to dust off the cover and read the life-challenging text: 1. With righteous indignation Jesus cleanses the temple: John 2:13-17 2. Jesus condemns the scribes and Pharisees: Matthew chapter 23 3. God’s Son challenges manmade laws and performs seven miracles on the Sabbath: John 5:1-18, John 9:1-16, Mark 1:21-28, Mark 1:29-31, Mark 3:1-6, Luke 13:10-17 and Luke 14:1-6 4. The Sermon on the Mount starts with the Beatitudes. These snippets of wisdom were the opposite of what was being taught. Matthew chapters 5, 6 and 7 were considered radical teachings: I’m supposed to forgive? Do I really have to give to the poor? I can’t judge my neighbor? Do to others whatever you would have them do to you? Now, that’s radical.

5. The people say Jesus teaches with authority: Mark 1:21-22 and Matthew 7:28-29 6. Jesus speaks to Satan, squelching evil by quoting God’s word: Luke 4:1-13 7. Jesus’ birth was radical. Read Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25 for the details. Christ’s birth started with the Angel Gabriel, who proclaimed a virgin shall give birth. Mary, of course, played a pivotal role with her radical acceptance of God’s plan.

Then there were shepherds, wise men, a bright star, angelic choir, no room at the inn, and the newborn Jesus laid in a manger.

Radically yours 8. Jesus’ childhood was radical because He obeyed His parents: Luke 2:41-52 9. Jesus feeds 5,000 by praying over five loaves and two fish: Matthew 14:13-21 10. Jesus walks on water: Matthew 14:22-27 11. Jesus calms the wind and sea: Matthew 8:23-27 12. Jesus makes wine from water in His first miracle: John 2:1-12 13. Jesus talks about paying taxes: Matthew 17:2427 and Matthew 22:15-22 14. Jesus could read hearts: Matthew 9:4, Matthew 12:25, Matthew 26:21 and Luke 5:22 15. Jesus curses the fig tree: Mark 11:2-14 and Mark 11:20-25 16. Speaking of the devil, Jesus removes unclean spirits: Mark 5:1-20 and Luke 9:37-43 17. Jesus follows God’s will: John 4:34 and John 6:35-40 18. From the beginning Jesus was with God: John 1:1-5 19. Jesus humbles Himself to be baptized by John: Matthew 3:13-17 20. Jesus quotes scripture: Matthew 22:31-33 21. Jesus predicts the destruction of Jerusalem: Matthew 24:1-2 22. Jesus predicts His death and resurrection: Matthew 16:21-23 23. Jesus says He is God: John 5:23, John 8:24, John 8:58-59, John 10:30-31, John 14:9-11, Mark 11:27-33 and Matthew 11:27 24. Jesus willingly gave up His life for His sheep: John 10:11-15 and John 15:13-14 25. Jesus has prepared a place for us: John 14:1-3 If we are to be like Christ, we are to be radical witnesses to the Gospel. In Romans 12:1-2, the radical Apostle Paul sums it up: “I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.”

Barbara Case Speers is a writer who lives in Hickory.

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Deacon James H. Toner

What we know that ain’t so:

“What you think is the right road may lead to death” (Prv 14:12)

Just call me ‘Bob’ What we think is the right road

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n recent decades, we have made great progress in no longer being stuffy and pompous. We have finally scrapped many of those oldfashioned titles. A cardinal may still be addressed as “Your Eminence,” but many clergy now use first names, with optional titles, as in the case of “Father Bob.” Many high school teachers and college professors have caught the spirit, too, using only their first names.

But it’s the wrong road Except for more “exalted” positions (such as cardinal, president or colonel), we have largely lost a certain “social distance” which used to mark positions of authority. We celebrate this – mistakenly, in my judgment – by assuming that informality is a great good. Even parents are sometimes referred to by their first names instead of as “Mom” and “Dad.” And the priest who prefers “Father Smith” to “Father Bob” – or even just “Bob” – runs the risk of appearing unapproachable or anti-social.

In fact, this “name game” is a minor social revolution. When I was in high school about 90 years ago (that’s hyperbole, by the way), my Latin teacher was “Mr. Harrington,” not “Tom”; my pastor was Father Hoey, not “Father Richard”; and my basketball coach was “Mr. Costa,” not “Tony.” Had Ralph Waldo Emerson I ever called my Army drill sergeant by his first name, I would have done 500 push-ups (well, at least I would have been told to do that “Pride and many).

Prejudice,” Teacher, priest,

by Jane Austen coach, Army sergeant – they all had an office. They all had the responsibilities of that office. The manner in which I addressed them continually reminded me – and them – of their particular duties. They were not my friends. They had legitimate authority over me; they were, in one way or another, in charge of me. My calling them “Mr.” (or “Professor”), “Father,” “Coach,” and “Drill Sergeant” was not an amusement but verbal recognition that their authority was grounded in their obligation to teach, shepherd, coach and train me according to the office they held.

Teachers and coaches normally do not have 24-hour duties toward their students or athletes.

Priests and military officers, by contrast, normally do have that duty. Good priests and

‘Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.’

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good military officers are never off duty.

We recognize that duty by referring to the priest, not as “Bob,” but as “Father Smith,” for he is a priest forever. Soldiers recognize their officers’ rank and responsibility by referring to them as, say, “Colonel” or “Sir” or “Ma’am.” As for the parents whose children address them by their first names, well, the children will have many friends with whom they will be on a firstname basis; but they will normally have just two parents, their Mom and their Dad, whom they should honor (Ex 20:12) by respectfully addressing them by their titles.

Spiritual directors used to spend considerable effort in teaching the virtue of detachment. That includes the duty of responsible authorities to commend and to correct, to applaud and to admonish, to pat on the back and to kick, well, lower – as circumstances may require.

Correction, admonition and punishment require detachment. Even as a former soldier, I can admire this succinct Marine Corps expression: “A Marine on guard duty has no friends.”

If we understand the noun “friend” in the sense of one whom another can rightly and reasonably favor over others, then Father Smith, Colonel Jones and Professor Brown have no friends; they have parishioners, soldiers and students whom they must always guide and guard and whom, from time to time, they must admonish. That can be tough enough for an appropriately detached Father Smith; it is very much tougher, I suggest, for the jocund “Father Bob.” A few months ago after Mass, I saw a teenaged boy pass by the tabernacle, wave and say, “Hi, God!” I tried gently but firmly to correct him, saying something such as “That is the God who lived, died, and rose again for all of us. It would be better just to genuflect as an act of reverence than to say ‘hi.’ Don’t you think so?”

Informality is carried to blasphemous lengths, of course, when we refer to God as “the big Guy Upstairs.” Be careful, therefore, lest informality become profanity or irreverence. If it’s true – as I believe it is – that we speak what we believe and that we believe what we speak, an easygoing informality could lead to laxity, not just in personal names, but in moral norms. Familiarity may not always breed contempt, but familiarity rooted in what psychologist Edward Jones called ingratiation (pleasing people in a possibly manipulative manner) is the utter opposite of the spiritual good of detachment.

In June 2008, we were instructed by the Church that, in liturgical celebrations, songs and prayers, we should not speak the name “Yahweh.”

Always, we must preserve the greatest respect for Almighty God (see Ex 3:13-15) and for the sacred name of Jesus (Phil 2:9-10, at mention of which every head should bow). We must never use the sacred names in vain (Ex 20:7, Dt 10:12).

Informality – excessive familiarity – toward God is blasphemy. That is a reason for retaining the devout language of “thy” and “thou,” which denote reverence because they are a distinctive manner of addressing Our Lord and Our Lady.

So should we show respect for the sacred office of priest and for him who is privileged to hold that office, by referring to him, not as “Bob,” but as “Father Smith.”

Deacon James H. Toner serves in the Diocese of Charlotte.

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A different sort of confirmation prep GREENSBORO — Among their year-long preparation for receiving the sacrament of confirmation, young people at Our Lady of Grace Church visited four religious orders in the Diocese of Charlotte to learn more about religious vocations and the varied lives of the women religious who serve here.

Pictured with the candidates are some of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul at their convent in High Point. This personal encounter with religious serving the Church is an inspiring idea!

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