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By JOANN

KEANE

Associate Editor

—

CHARLOTTE

District Court Judge is

North Carolina

William Constangy

unconstitutional for a public

official to

invoke God?" Weber feels

asks, "Is

Supreme Court.

this is

Attorneys for Constangy filed a Peti-

wants

taking his case to the

asking for the Supreme Court's consid-

principle of trying to put limits on the

Constangy

growing trend

asking the Supreme

down by

the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court

of Appeals in Richmond, Va. 24,

Oct.

99 1 the U. S Fourth Circuit Court ,

"There's no escaping religion in western or any society, said Weber.

"The attempt to do so is always going to enforce secularism that

of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling

n beauties at Elfrieda's Florists in Charlotte.

Pelone

Elizabeth Pelone arranges a dozen long

florists.

a parishioner

Photo by

JOANN KEANE

b End By

Human

Advocates Serving Evangelism,

ninety two years ago, with the birth of

explains, "Constangy opens court with a

exact practice

"I think the case presents important

as old as our Nation. In

and interesting questions," said Weber.

the tradition of opening courts with

The North Carolina Civil Liberties Union Legal Foundation has 30 days to respond to the Supreme Court, then

prayer and expresses reverence for God.

Constangy has time to file a reply to that

so,

Judge Constangy

gard for constitutional freedoms,

ines in parts of the world underscore the severity of the problem, she said.

a conference here

this past

Butcher, a law professor of Howard

Law

School in Washington,

"As long

used as a weapon, human rights

human

rights to education,

healthcare, she said.

"pittance"

employspends a

on education and a bundle on

military weapons.

In addition, the land of the free has

Conference

"shamefully" turned back refugees to coun-

k off the Southern Regional

Some 200

Amnesty International USA. mbers from

1 1

Southern

states

gathered

2am more about human rights violations

tries

nan rights

a worldwide

movement with

million

they have fled, said Butcher. "The

millions of people fleeing

from deportation

Particularly troublesome here and abroad is

the undermining of women and children,

and the dignity 'robbing practices

that

have

mbers working impartially toward the

kept women "at the bottom of the heap," she

ase of

said.

all

prisoners of conscience, fair

prompt trials for political prisoners and bnd to torture and executions. U.S.

mem-

400,000, up from 120,000 in the

with more than 50,000 in the

Tie majority

"Like the

fire

breathers of old,

rights suppressors

Butcher.

of conference participants

adults, reflecting

a surge in

human

have many heads," said

would take more than a "magi-

cian to conjure up" a course of action to fight

are not

considered

Butcher called on her

listeners to "leave

no stone unturned and go

I group as the result of several rock efit concerts in the last couple of years,

prisoners of consciences like a bulldog

n the opening speech, Butcher appealed o brticipants to carry forth the torch in their

human

This

human

and go forth

rights

after jailers'ttf

movement can

survive

to transform the world."

Introductory speeches were followed

of Foreign Military Police," "Race and the

Death Penalty" and

"Human

Rights Con-

cerns in Haiti and Peru."

only just begun," said Butcher,

The conference, which concluded Sunday with a performance by the monks of the

and other

Drepung Monastery, was coordinated by

0 itries are tolerated

by too many people,

Gerald Bone of the Charlotte Chapter.

willingness to trample

Constangy 's Petition Court, filed

tion,

to the

Supreme

against the North Carolina

Union Legal Founda-

poses two questions to the Supreme

Court.

"Does an 'offended observer' of an alleged violation of the Establishment

Amendment have

standing under Article

III to

challenge

that alleged violation?"

And, "Does the custom of a state judge to open each daily court-

district

room

session with a nonsectarian invo-

of the First

Amendment?"

"There are two separate issues before

Weber, associate counsel

said Walter

Speech Advocates. "The stand-

ing question asks

who

entitled to

challenge the establishment clause."

"What we hope question

in the first

establish (that) in

what you

an establishment case

more than just being offended."

A lot of

people are offended by things they think are unconstitutional,

"Someone

will object

Weber

says.

and make a rea-

sonable argument."

hsaid.

See 4assacres, tortures

said Sekulow.

need to bring

[pan rights are violated every day, and sive violations in both this

courtroom invocations and on the Judge's civil and religious liberties,"

for Free

workshops on such topics as "U.S. Training

The battle for human rights has not been

NCCLU

on both the long-standing tradition of

the court, with different significance,"

rights violations

for their actions.

reverse this obvious intolerance, to reject the

...

make oppressive governments account-

prts to abolish

and man-made fam-

See Supreme, Page 3

cation violate the Establishment Clause

without a compass."

Inesty International membership in this

V, it is

Supreme Court makes

are asking the Court to

Clause of the First

these violations, she said. "Yet,

Lth.

"We

Civil Liberties

are treated like flotsam of humanity."

rededicate themselves to the cause.

\mnesty International

response. After the case in conference, the

Happy Valentine's Day!

hear him."

|ivered an impassioned speech Feb. 8 to

e young

its

The North Carolina Civil Liberties Union (NCCLU) filed suit even though the Judge compelled no one to agree with him or even to be present to

In the United States, people are denied basic

ment and

ACLU claims great re-

not.

an Amnesty International board

'80s,

his court, preserves

prayer.

iekend.

sets the tone

Associate Editor

hasn't reached very far."

Christ.

That

non-sectarian invocation.

the decision whether to take the case or

lilance and commitment, said Goler

khip

man

began one thousand nine hundred and

suppress his right to express himself in

as food

liversity

cal-

North Carolina chapter sued the judge to

violations in this century of "un-

mber,

says.

CAROL HAZARD

lakable horrors" requires unwavering

licher,

The

endar of time used by civilized

Although the

Rights Violations

CHARLOTTE — Confronting human its

Fight

Weber

Jay Sekulow, an attorney for Chris-

and atmosphere for

Renew

hostile."

the start of his daily court session.

doing

amnesty Activists

1992 because Jesus was born

a certain year,"

brief,

at St. Patrick Cathedral.

"It is

against Constangy, barring his prayer at

tian of flowers and extra hours for

to root out historical rev-

erence to God.

Court to review the decision handed

lots

Judge

Constangys, but dealing with the broader

eration in reviewing the case.

Day means

to start with a prayer like

For Writ of Certiorari on Jan. 21

tion

entines

important not because every judge

Human

Rights, Page6

The impact of the second part, Weber

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! Rachel Myatt, a

first

grader at

St.

Ann

School delivers hearts

and flowers for Valentines Day. Photo byJOANN KEANE

Catholic

News

February

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Heart of Guld

Regional Director Sparks Enthusiasm; CAROL HAZARD

Associate Editor

—

LEWISVILLE

Her life is a series of Sound humdrum? Not if they're convened by Eunice Guld of Lewisville, Religious Education.

their dedication, especially since they're

Guld has been known to bring squirt guns inject a little fun into meetings. Or, blow

bubbles. Or,

come decked out in outrageous

volunteers."

Guld

Another came

wore

jury.

"You never know what to expect," says Mary Sorel, religious education coordinator John Baptist de

at St.

la Salle in

JOANN KEANE

and booklets for

Want season?

What Is Canon Law?

very

"She knows 1,001 ways

Harmony and

Order,

Discipline

break the ice and get people

religious education.

work

know what to do for a special "Eunice will come up with a three-

much

Sister

together and

one

appreciate

another."

time,

and

a huge success,"

it's

says Susan Brady, southern regional director

have been somewhere

for the Charlotte, Gastonia and Hickory area.

though the workshop concluded

"She knows 1,001 ways to break the ice and get people to work together and appreciate one another," says Brady. "I've never met

the group

everyone

Jeanne-Margaret McNally

Guld

who

the type of person

doesn't

else," says Guld. at 1 p.

was still talking at 2:30 p.m. "This is what catechesis is all about,"

Guld.

"It's

about sharing your

The reason Guld can

Brady.

likes her," says

won't require any costumes or

a person she doesn't like and, consequently,

By Mercy

certificati

these people cot

all

North

act play that

particularly beautiful Saturdi

workshop. "I'm sure

Fun and games notwithstanding, Guld comes prepared with lots of ideas, handouts Photo by

a meeting, despite an

she had a good turnout for a

Wilkesboro. "She's whacky, hilarious."

moment.

one

woi

attended a morning meetir

shift,

clothes, like a chicken outfit she apparently

to her daughter's ballgame before the

how one CRE, who

recalls

the night

meeting.

light

national meetings

northern regional director for the Office of

Eunice Guld shares a

on occasion,

ings and,

have a wonderful time," says Gu. "What strikes me the most is the enthusias and dedication of the people. I'm stunned

meetings.

part of the diocese

faith."

zip about the not

because she ha

who tal

"wonderful, supportive husband"

Starting this week, the Tribunal of the Dio-

See one year prior to the date of promulgation.

take over, says Brady. Rather, she "sparks the

charge and cares for their 1 0-year-old dau;

cese of Charlotte will provide weekly educational articles on canon law. You may hesitate

The books of the Code are: "General Norms;" these canons define terms and powers. They are basic concepts drawn mostly from canonical tradition and

meetings, gets them moving, creates the

ter

spirit."

beneath

Roman law.

puts 1,000 miles

of interest but

to find this

try

it,

you might

it!

a question and answer column.

1 1 will not be

Canon law requires the canon lawyer study each case and situation as a unique and individual case. It is difficult to make generalizaperhaps not possible. Certain generali-

tions,

zations could be

injustice to

— —

"The

as regional director,

Guld covers

the

area from Ashboro to Blowing Rock. She

on her car every month,

15 parishes in the diocese's

visiting the

while she's on the road. "He's the

wings," she says of her husba

Tony.

Guld served

for

one year as element

school consultant for the diocese before

appointment two years ago as regional dir

People of God;" this sec-

northern parts and meeting with 27 religious

tor.

education directors and coordinators. She

Family

tion contains

attends regional meetings, diocesan meet-

CRE

was a

Prior to that, she

Clemmons and then the DRE Immaculate Heart of Mary in High Poir & in

a particular the constitution

person or

situation.

of the Church,

The

norms of the Catholic Church canons. The Catholic Church, a

rules or

are called

universal and ancient church, has acquired many rules over the centuries. These norms or canons

are directed to the governance of the external life

of the church. Church laws or canons have to do

Parish Takes Journey Through

the rights of

Canon law is a very complicated document. composed of doctrinal statements, theo-

istry, hierarchy,

MONROE — Has anyone ever asked you

parishes, pas-

and

tors

reli-

It is

votional

life

of the church, philosophical ideas,

constitutive laws, procedural laws

and

the largest section of the Code.

— "The Teaching Function"

rights,

to afford stability to society

and to educate the community in values.

The law tells you what value to choose and then you make your choice because you are a

Do we need laws if we are mature

persons? Yes, even without original

would

need laws. Even

still

spirits

sin,

bump

into

each other!

The

divided into

Code

Code of Canon Law is seven sections called books. The

revised 1983

contains

tain all the

,752 canons.

does not con-

norms or laws of the church but

books and documents. Special agreements with individual nations, called concordats are

Some particular laws or

such as diocesan

rules,

and constitutions

of religious institutes are not in the Code but are

always in keeping with the Code. applies only to the Latin or

Western Church. The Eastern or Oriental Church in union with Rome have their own

Code of Canon Law. Incidentally, the revised Eastern Code has been in effect since Oct. 1, 1

99 1 having received the approval of the Holy ,

ners through

"Sanctions in the Church" provides for

appropriate punishments for crimes in the

church.

—

trials in

church courts and special

The purpose of the Code of Canon Law was described by Pope John Paul n, when he promulgated the Code in 1983: "The purpose of the Code is not to substitute for faith, grace, charisms, the life of the

On the contrary, its very purpose is to

"Each individual must make an

Sullivan.

informed decision, as an

adult, to follow

their life

ordered development

is facilitated in

Jesus."

Father Sullivan asked

anyone remem-

bered their baptisms. Very few did. Chances are 'you were baptized against your will;

of the individuals

who

belong to

it."

Next week's article will be about the history of canon law followed by the interpretation of

canon law.

were baptized into someone else's faith. You walk into the chruch; you were carried

in.

Your parents were told to keep the light of

Christ in your life until

you were old enough

Moving on to the sacrament of Confirmation, Father Sullivan referred to the Book of

ant.

someone? We're

said.

We're

into religion.

We're

the

day of the

Spirit

first

Pentecost ar-

were locked

"They were

afraid.

a room,"

But when the

practicing Cathi

doing. Stop

start

one

who

That's

the chi

for."

Most people cheer for their favorite s

Father Sullivan, challenging the congre tion to share their faith. "Jesus rose

the dead, conquered sin

up fl

and became

savior of the world. Isn't that somel get excited about?"

Closing the

first

night's service, Fa

Sullivan invited parishioners to renew j

receive the Holy Spirit in renewed Coi tion.

The sacrament of

healing and anoi

was the subject for the second

"It takes

a great sinner to

lover," said Father Sullivan.

son Jesus appeared to

after

make

"The

a g

first

His resurrec

came upon them with power,

they went out and began to preach and

tell

tti

closet Catholics,

We're

all sinners.

relations

did you

We're ck

afraid.

ing you're not worthy.

the sick

rived, the disciples

Holy

who had not read it

so.

"When he

"When

Baptismal vows and be anointed with o

to decide for yourself."

Acts, encouraging those

Jeanne-Margaret McNally has a master's degree in nursing, a doctorate in psychology and a license in canon law. She is a Judge and the Defender of the Bond in the Tribunal ofthe Diocese ofCharlotte. She teaches canon law courses and is a canonical consultSister

you

the

of the ecclesial society as well as in the lives

"Does everyone here have a with Jesus?" he asked.

team, but few get excited over Jesus,

create an order in the ecclesial society, so that,

does, they won't be abk

Stop practicing and

a conscious deliberate decision, said Father

the

Sullivan.

Christians.

and especially char-

Church or of the Christian

God

and accept

to love

share that love with others, said Fat

The experience of being "bom again" is for all Christians, not just Protestants as some

A person is not bom again by ritual, but by

Until people learn to accept God's love

them and come

2-6.

might believe, said Father Sullivan.

God

speaking the language of love.

tell

administrative procedures.

ity in

"A Journey Through The Sac-

"Procedures" contains the judicial pro-

cesses for

Jesus,

community of love."

selves as

thought provoking

this

raments," a five-day renewal program Feb.

didn't

matters which are found in other

The Code

and build-

and bequests.

while giving priority to love, grace and charism,

For example, the Code does not regulate

rules,

—

wills

all

Code of Canon Law.

not found in the Code.

and rules concerning

faithful.

the laws of the church are in accord with the

liturgical

ings,

question, Father Sullivan led the parishio-

goals, facilitating the

and provide protections for personal

free person.

Villanova University, Villanova,

Beginning with

'Temporal Goods of the Church" contains rules for the church's monies, lands

its

providing good order and reliable procedures; to protect

Sanctifying Function" contains the

sacraments and acts of divine workshop.

the achievement of

common good;

of the Augustinian Preaching Apostolate

catechesis and preaching.

The functions of law are: To aid a society in

again?"

Monroe by Father Michael Sullivan, OS. A.,

disci-

plinary laws.

"bom

parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in

speaks of

Catholic schools, missionary activities,

— "The

you've been

everybody the good news about

eryone understood them because they

The question was posed to more than 200

It is

logical opinions, statements covering the de-

MARION CARDOZA

ordained min-

gious institutes.

with order, harmony and discipline.

The Sacrament

members, the

See Journey,

Paj

February 14, 1992

Peace And Justice Activist To Teach

Fiery By

Russia

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

NORTH WILKESBORO — At an

)

age

when most people kick back and settle into an unharried

Helen Latour is crossing

life style,

cultural divides to teach in the Soviet Union.

The

Appalachian State University

retired

professor

week

left last

for North Ossitian

ing adults to read. "I pestered people and

with the Lord," said Father Alagia. She

stomped on some

unafraid and willing to take risks.

received a $1,000 grant from

Neumann

Moscow.

least the

North Wilkesboro,

spend

will

next six months there, teaching

volunteer are on

Before

She has a Ph.D.

comparative

in English from Boston College and amaster ' s

from

in religious education

versity in Collegeville,

St.

John's Uni-

Minn.

what America

really like," Latour told77?e Catholic News

to learn

earth. I'd like to disillusion

them."

life in

America.

MARTIN KELLNER

Rather, she's listeners

Latour,

about the U.S. recession, a growing

inordinately high illiteracy rate.

A social activist, Latour "fights for justice

Had Faith, Historians Say .incoln

and everybody's

"And

—

Latour doesn't said.

God

partner,

John

Stuart,

Lamon, said Lincoln was not a church mber "nor did he believe in the divinity of or the inspiration of the Scriptures."

Lincoln's birthday

observed nation-

God was murky, and

an 1846

hgressional race, preacher Peter Cartwright

him of being an

infidel.

he was not a

arch,

but did

member of any

little

moved

Lincoln to

God and

Scripture grew more frequent. The Bible was one of the few books to Lincoln in the small

lunty, Ind., settlement

Spencer

where he grew up

|m age 7 to 2 and he read it several times 1

The

D. Elton Trueblood, author of several

on Lincoln's religion, says Lincoln's Bents were Baptists and he was once a forks

member of

entering

new

a church in Indiana, but he probbaptized.

make

Thomas Schwartz, Lincoln

territory.

until last

summer

for the

director.

Ever active, however, she helped set up an

she said.

Latour speaks very

does she

little

Russian.

program

John Baptist

at St.

know what her living arrangements

la Salle. »

Nor

in the right direction,"

Marty Kellner,

the parish's former reli-

"She steered said

will be, although she's requested a first-floor,

gious education coordinator. Kellner recalled

one-bedroom apartment near the

how a strange woman showed up at the first meeting he called for catechists. The woman

The

uncertainity,

university.

however, doesn't seem to

bother her.

had apparently heard about the meeting while

"Like a mountain climber, I'm going there," said Latour.

"Nothing stops Helen," said

attending the area

Jesuit Father

from her

spirituality,

said.

with the Scriptures

called to

...

"She and

deeply

feels very

to Russia."

Mass at the parish before moving to

and joining the

parish.

Helen Latour," the stranger an-

and

"Some of Kellner.

would

us say she

"She

stirs

like to

help

a prophet," said

things up, gets things

going and stands back." She pricks peoples'

Her nature is to do things for other people, flows from a "genuine relationship

that

consciousness,

makes them uncomfortable

and prompts them

into action.

he had reservations about

Trueblood writes

that

Lincoln regularly

tended weekly prayer meetings

at-

at the Pres-

byterian church and had an active prayer life.

However liefs

unclear Lincoln's religious be-

may have been

before his presidency,

James Hickey, a noted Lincoln scholar from Elkhart, HI "There was some kind of change in his spiritual life at that time," Hickey added. "My feeling is, if you read (Lincoln's) works and

letters

during his presidency, you see a

change." Lincoln is quoted as having told a group

culties

"Amid the

administration,

when

Supreme (From Page Each lishes a

Shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg,

he learned of it "I went to

down on my knees

when

my room and got

in prayer.

Never before

year, the

Supreme Court pub-

Law

summary

of the previous years

Law; Thomas Monaghan and Walter

Weber of Free Speech Advocates; and

One-hundred twenty-five of those were argued and submitted. The Supreme Court s decision whether or not to review Judge Constangy 's case

for America.

"What's great about Lincoln is that he has the elements and characteristics of being a

torneys defending Constangy before the high Court is headed by Jay Sekulow, of

sublime Christian model, yet he neverclaimed

Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism

and paid

pew rental at a Presbyterian church "He didn't mind attending

According to Schwartz, Lincoln "knew

was something beyond ourselves," but knew what it was."

not sure he

many

Christian principles.

or boasted about

it,"

Schwartz

said.

School professor of constitutional

work. The incoming caseload in 1990-91 showed a total of 6,319 cases docketed.

in Springfield

;OANN KEANE

plified

Church

Photo by

Court Judge William Constangy

District

could

would place my whole reliance in God, knowing that all would go well and that he would decide for

not see any other resort,

North Carolina

greatest diffi-

Irch" but never formally joined one, he

that

rough."

diocese as a regional religious education

She's

^Washington.

Jre

in the

Latour worked a university ex-

had I prayed with as much earnestness." Schwartz said that Lincoln may not have been what his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, termed "a technical Christian," but he exem-

said Lincoln attended services at First

iiinnual

have nothing but praise for

president reportedly once told a con-

Lincoln told Gen. Daniel Sickles that

curator at the

Dnois State Historical Society in Spring-

Isbyterian

adult education

recently started a

the right."

Lincoln was secretly baptized.

fid,

...

diamond

little

confessions of faith."

There were several claims, none proven, flt

first

honest and not afraid to challenge

anyone

joining churches "with long and complicated

he did with any other books he could

was not

totally

almost certain no other Americans are there,

in love

She

hips.

of visitors in 1863,

jfy

prophet...

people upgrade religious education."

House years. "He realized something, a superior being, a God, made it possible for him to make decisions forced upon him by the war," said

he religious reflection, and his references

nounced. "What

else to clarify his reli-

>use years apparently

rden

She stirs things up, gets things going and stands back."

a Hot Springs mission. Her courage stems

they appear to have matured during his White

But scholars today say the tragedy of the I vil War and personal setbacks in his White

say she

"She's

Vincent Alagia of Chapel of the Redeemer,

particular

j)us views.

jiilable

"Some of us

said.

outspoken about cer-

program for Wilkes County, teach-

gressman

A handbill

icoln issued after his election confirmed it

on people be-

grate

In "Theologian of American Anguish,"

Until his presidency, Lincoln's language

;used

"Sometimes she can

Close to her heart is the right to an

artificial

literacy

de Feb. 12.

out

the

change program, the former Latin and French

offend people, she

Yet, Latour marches onward, even with

two

irist,

years

Blue Ridge Mountains and the

because the mountain

her "brisde," she said.

that

had scribed the future 16th president as "an owed and open infidel." Another 1 9th-century biography, by Ward law

Frank

it."

education, and injustices in this area

law partner of Lincoln, wrote first

who visited as a tourist several

during his

William Hemdon, a biographer and onencoln 's

try to

However, she

tain issues.

isidency, historians said.

beau-

for the

it's

community or the church, said Father Alagia.

green parts of the Rockies.

John Baptist de la Salle.

she steps on a few toes doing

but he appears to have grown in his

and understanding of

rights," said Father

Cintula, pastor of St.

SPRINGFIELD, El. (CNS) Abraham ncoln may never have joined a church lief

"It's

She described the region as a combina-

tion of the

likely to tell her curious

disparity between the rich and the poor and an

Scially,

said.

in the

country with beautiful people," said

before leaving for

la Salle

Photo by

everything she does, whether

Russia. Latour

novels and a few English Bibles.

yet,

clouds and her feet are on the ground," said Father Alagia. Although it's difficult for her to get around, Latour takes action and puts her heart into

to other counties, she

packed her woolies, some Garrison Keillor

tiful

is realistic,

"Her head

And

sugar coat information about John Baptist de

she

cause she's so upfront," he

professor

The soon-to-be 67-year-old is not likely to

lissia.

expand the program

ago.

think we live in never never land, paradise on

one on one.

said.

Herald two days before her departure. "They

Latour teaches an adult education class

tutoring

from Appalachian State a

First, however, is her tour in

literature

from Emmanuel College in Boston, amaster

|;len

staff,

retiring

program in Watauga County. She would

English to Russian English teachers.

"They want

John

St.

buy books

year and a half ago, Latour started a literacy

Latour, a parishioner at St. John Baptist de la Salle in

parish in Charlotte to

and get the program off the ground. Some 50

University in Vladikavkav, about 1 ,000 miles

south of

She

toes," said Latour.

"We

Civil rights and religious liberties at-

Dame

Women

have an excellent coalition of

lawyers," said Constangy.

team of lawyers, this

not expected before March.

(C.A.S.E.); Charles Rice, Notre

Jordan Lorence of Concerned

that

different

experienced in

type of case with experience going

before the Supreme Court."

February

14, 19<

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY (CNS of Pope John Paul LT audience Feb. 5.

)

— Here

the Vatican text

s remarks in English at his weekly general

Temple and

which the

in the Eucharist

first

Christians

homes (cf. Acts 2:46). The sensd fellowship in the early church was so strong that the belief

ebrated together in their

held everything in common and thus provided for the need}

Dear Brothers and

Sisters,

From the beginning the church was present as a communion in the small group of disciples who, after the Ascension,

the poor (cf. Acts 4:32-34). At the center of the life of community was Christ himself, to whom the apostles b witness by their preaching, teaching and example.

returned to Jerusalem at the

Lord's command in order to

Editorial "We more

Union

was signed

787,

have

tried

—

and

successfully

in vain

—

after all,

document

The

that defines

our freedom to do

ratified constitution,

Rights

American

to chip

away

—

of the community as

life

members

'devoted them-

selves to the apostles teach'

at the

breaking of bread and the

As St. Luke tells us, "the company prayers" (Acts 2:42).

so.

on behalf of the people of

amendments

of one heart and soul" (Acts

the

the keys to the continuing protection of

who believed were

of those

this

—

4:32).

The

liberties.

of believers in the body of Christ which

communion was

the church. 1

sharing of spiritual and material goods remains the sign oft

fellowship and, by the working of the Holy to its further growth.

Spirit, contribi

From Christ, through Christ and in Chi

by the power ofthe Spirit ofLife, the church is built up as atx through the proper functioning ofeach of its members (cf. E 4:16). I

extend a

warm welcome

to all the English-spe

pilgrims and visitors present at today's audience.

greeting also goes to the pilgrims from Thailand.

welcome

the students groups from the United States'

America, including the professors and students fronC

Rome center ofLoyola University in Chicago. Upon all of

invoke the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Chi

I cordially

heart of this

with Christ in the mystery of his passi (

ing and fellowship, to the

our constitutional right to challenge the very

nation, instigated passage of the first ten Bill

its

was formed.

very foundation on which this country It is,

the

has been challenged. Slowly, groups and individuals

After Pentecost, this

communion was strengthened and made manifest in

..."

Since the Constitution of the United States 1

Spirit.

form a

the People of the United States, in order to

perfect

await the coming of the Holy

Challenging Religious Freedom

Communion

death and resurrection gives rise in every age to the commurJ

prayer, both in the

The First Amendment guarantees religious freedom. Laws cannot be passed to stop people from following their

own religion. Under the same amendment, Congress cannot make laws that stop people from speaking and

writing

what

they wish.

Judge's courtroom prayer, claiming

Unless, that District

to the

is,

you are a Catholic Judge in the deep South.

tutional rights.

Court Judge William Constangy has filed his case

Supreme Court, asking

for review of lower court

decisions banning the 67-word, non-sectarian prayer that

come and go

free to

— and

talk

—

any time before

violated their consti-

Constangy now exercises his constitutional

Letter Policy:

We welcome

on current

letters

issued

rights with

Letters must be signed originals of250 words or less aru I

the opportunity to challenge the lower court decision in the

must include the address and daytime telephone numbe I

higher court.

of the

We hope the Supreme Court will give Constangy his day

once opened his daily courtroom. Courtroom participants

were

They were upheld in the fourth district court.

in court.

will

or during the invocation.

Justices in their

The judicial system is heavily rooted in religion. The ten commandments are etched in marble on the wall of the Supreme Court. The bailiff crys "God Save this Honorable

calls out

how

interesting to see

commandment-etched

the

style

Letters are subject to edition for brevifX

any person. Opinions expressed

Supreme

columns do not necessarily

court, as the bailiff

'God save this honorable Court,

writer.

and taste and must not contain personal attacks o\

newspaper or

will judge a fellow

its

in letters

reflect the

or in guesf

views of

publisher.

lawyer.

Court."

Some

claim religious phrases such as

"God

save

this

honorable court" are nothing more than formalities, that the

GUEST COMMENTARY

words have been repeated so often and for so many years that has long been

their religious significance

Our

religious

freedoms are challenged every day.

symbolism

inevitably,

lost.

will offend

Any

subject to a court case, because,

someone.

The following editorial appeared in

the Jan.

issue

o/The Southern Nebraska Register, newspaper of the Dioc

of Lincoln.

In this day and age, if something offends you, the knee-jerk

response

to take

Such was

to court.

the case with Constangy.

A coalition of North

Carolina Civil Liberties Union attorneys, took issue with the

Style

Over Substance &

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apartheid in South Africa: the release of hostages in the

we disagree with his positions on important issues, buti

Middle East; the beginning of peace talks between Israel and its Arab neighbors; and many more we have not room

he has never been able to detach his opinions from

important issue, Mr. Turner has produced and broadi

list.

followed them.

Someone, of course, will say that we simply do not Ted Turner. To be sure his style leaves much to be desii Mr. Turner

not the best person

we can imagine to h

various networks' reporting on issues.

It is

not simply

To mention just'

several stridently pro-abortion propaganda pieces

ur.

brains were addled.

Out of all the great figures of 1991, Time picked, of all people, Ted Turner as Man of the Year.

the disguise of reporting the news, without ever giving

Now, we understand Time's argument. Mr. Turner owns the Cable News Network, which in 1991 assumed the mantle of the world's best known and most followed news source. CNN made its breakthrough in the popular mind early this year when it provided nearly blow-by-blow

this process,

Iraq.

other

news source

Millions found themselves watching

CNN's

coverage

was a vast contrast with the 1 0 minutes news that characterized American television's coverage of the Vietnam War, a conflict that at the time was the most heavily covered war in history. throughout the day

or so on the evening

other side equal time; and when pro-life leaders objecte

Mr. Turner referred

to all pro-life peoj

"Bozos." This

reporting.

not the temperament that

makes

for

good n

But Time's Person of the Year selection is ba

on how much a person has affected the world, not whether that effect was good or bad, so our opinion ol Turner's ideas is irrelevant. The broader problem is selecting

Mr. Turner, Time has given

style over substance.

in to the elevatia

America's largest news magazine

accepted the notion that those

who produce the

imagej

Time's judgment of Mr. Turner as the person who most affected the world in 1991 For all of CNN's news style, it

more important than those who produce events themselves. The greatest historical events thai world has seen crammed into a single year for pert centuries are subordinated to the owner of the network told people what was happening. A popular athlete ha; some time been hawking goods with the slogan, "Sty

remains just a television network. Mr. Turner can hardly be

everything."

all

other subscribers. Second-class postage paid at Charlotte

control over a major news organization.

could cover events in so striking and compelling a manner.

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte,

a year,

for

events of the year rather than a man whose network mei

it.

most significantly in the year just past. must have been particularly difficult this year, given the monumental historical events that crowded the days of 1991. These include the Persian Gulf War, the forging of Germany into a single nation once more; the failed Soviet coup attempt; the end of the Cold War, the final death of the Soviet Union; the mortal wounding of task

coverage of the war against

Roman

1524 East Morehead

The

judge to have

Indeed, the task must have been so difficult, the editors'

Sullivan

Office: 1524 East

Printing:

affected the world

seems to us it would have been far more appropriat have recognized one of the people involved in the gi

son, of the Year," the person the editors

ews & Herald

raised to the ranks of great public figures merely by own

But as remarkable as the coverage was, both then and in the great historical events that followed,

hardly warrants

events are

Apparently he

right

r,nj

The Catholic News

1992

F ruary 14,

Does Divorce Sin Against the

(The Editors Notebook will return next week.)

Commandment?

Sixth

& Ua

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN I am a high school CCD teacher and have a question based on our text. The cher's guide on the Sixth Commandment lists divorce and unreasonable denial of

lb.

irrital

rights

among

the

don't understand

main

this. I

sins against this

A. I've received several recently,

^^^jH|

and

First, the basic

Hp ...

along

same

this

line

What

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR Abraham Lincoln was a courageous visionary. His principles were rooted in the belief that human dignity must be upheld at all costs, and he was ready to fight for message to Congress Dec. 1, 1862, Lincoln revealed would fail in his duty. "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or

his principles. In his annual his greatest fear; that he

contem-

are the real reasons'?

there a

history

The

...

fiery

dishonor, to the latest generation."

The slavery

genuinely honest cause for what I'm doing?

lit/

jaft

Sincerely responding to these questions

^^^jM

from:

^^dtif

Kjj

letters

moral questions to be asked

plating a divorce are:

*"*

(New York)

share your concern.

just

not interested anymore.

a long

m Âť

way

as equals under the law.

simply want to get

you want more

and depth about what

detail

needs to be said clearly once again: The church does not

We'll discuss

this

Or,

still

in marriage,

very

priest with

even a few years of parish experience

inadequate manner in which

iselves for marriage. or this and other reasons, everyone, riages have over the years become iical or emotional abuse,

totally

many

couples,

we do today

some

priests included, is

only too familiar with the

Catholics included, prepare

aware today

radically dysfunctional.

that

numerous

They manifest

serious

impossible expectations on the part of one or both

Iiers and other evidences of a badly diseased relationship.

may exist from the very beginning of a marriage, which

Mtf course, this type of condition â&#x20AC;˘there annulments

come

into the picture.

Ii these violent circumstances a legal divorce

may

not only be allowed.

sometimes

>mes an outright obligation on the part of the innocent party in order to protect the tional, spiritual

and even physical health of one or both partners and perhaps also of the

iren.

ursuing a divorce in this kind of situation, which

not nearly as rare as most couples in

stable marriages suppose, is understandably not sinful.

his is not to say, >st

of course, that some grave sinfulness, at least objective sinfulness,

not

hat sinfulness may

do with the Sixth Commandment or sex. The tragic Iructiveness I mention above has much more to do with charity, personal respect and trust, lity to promises and plain caring. I is violation of these virtues by one or both spouses, not the legal action at the courthouse, ^constitutes the

have

little

major part of any "sin" involved

in divorce.

people of his time thought

have a profound effect on future generations. He was determined conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men (and women) are created equal, (would) never perish from the earth." Because of Lincoln, we have remained one nation under God, and slavery is past. In my years of doctoral study at Catholic University in Washington, I often will

that this "nation,

went downtown to stand in reverent silence before that majestic national shrine, the Lincoln Memorial. I believe Lincoln is one of the great heroes of all times. Every country reveres their national heroes, but few can boast of a man like Lincoln. His courage validated the ideals contained in the Bill of Rights. The foundation of the Constitution of the United States was at stake in the conflict we now call the Civil War, and Lincoln prevailed in his determination to save the union. Now, having said all of the above, permit me to raise some uncomfortable questions. In light of our contemporary debate on the just war theory, and considering the horrible devastation of the Civil War, the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the destruction of cities and vast areas of the South, was Lincoln right to press on for a military victory? Should the North have capitulated and allowed the South to continue its support of slavery? Was it a just war? Most

Americans would say

always involved in what leads up to the divorce,

Many

Lincoln did assume a prophetic role. He had the wisdom to see that life is consequential. He knew that what

and

Commandment.

describing

on visions or

Lincoln to be an impractical dreamer. Though he would never have called himself a prophet,

we need to address more directly your question

lit divorce being a sin against the Sixth

oughly

fidelity

in character,

relies or tends to rely

fanciful Utopian.

church.

Ilowever, since the church takes very seriously the sacred obligations of

promised

can imply a weakness

impractical ideas. In this latter sense, a visionary

believe, divorced people

excommunicated from the Catholic Church. They are not separated from the aments, including penance and the Eucharist; and they are not dismissed to the fringes not

that are

someone who

a moment,

bntrary to what numerous people, Catholic and otherwise,

nanence

people called him a fool

The word "visionary" according to Webster has two meanings. It can refer to a person who is inspired; one having the power to see prophetically into the future.

this

consider getting a divorce automatically a sin of any kind.

Many

for thinking as he did.

involves, think about the following. It

was dividing America. He

issue

envisioned a future where people of all races would live

out." If

One Candle

commandment

thought divorced people sinned only if they engage in sexual activity with other people or remarry. We would appreciate your clarification.

Light

yes.

say, "war never again," and mean it. After all, we are a peace loving people. But if the Civil War had not been fought, we would probably still have the institution of slavery. In my opinion, Lincoln was not a war monger. He was a genuine hero who gave up his life so that America could begin the long, difficult process of living up to its

In the abstract

we can

Ii Catholic doctrine and law, marriage is a personal covenant commitment between a man

ideals.

la woman,

(For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "We Hold These Truths," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St., New York,

between them a partnership, a community of the whole of life. Ihose are awesome words. We need to consider them seriously when we speak of these lers, and not reduce them, and possible sins involving them, only to external omissions, establishing

N.Y. 10017.)

Father John Catoir

jisofar as they relate to Christian marriage, this applies to the Ten Commandments as well.

director of The Christophers.

News Service

People Enriched Through Stewardship; The Giving of Time, Talent and Treasure I

The Diocese of Charlotte is committed to stewardship, encouraging and assisting use their gifts of time, talent and treasure. Efforts to communicate this message 'ved from the 1987 Diocesan Synod, with the hope that people may be more spiritually

fyle to

Hied.

from this diocese rank favorably and have won national recognition for awareness and program materials. With this edition. The Catholic News & Herald begins a bi-monthly column by Jim Kelley, diocesan director of Stewardship

efforts

across the country,

development.

He will address specific questions on steward-

ship.

if that is

an area of expertise, or as a cantor

one

gifted with a pleasant voice.

gifts, yet when it comes to serving God and His people, this measure of giftedness is far different than the way in which we might otherwise measure such things. Each of us possesses the ability to offer ourselves in service to others, and an honest and prayerful self inventory would surely reveal

Often people will exclaim that they really don't have any talents of

those opportunities.

Our treasure commitments also provide an opportunity to share our blessings, and may that this means they should tithe 10 percent of their income. It is true that some people choose this Biblical norm as a stewardship of treasure commitment. Others might start their giving at three or four percent and work upward. Yet more important than how much we give is 'how" we give. Scripture says it clearly, The Lord loves a cheerful giver." So the key is to give prayerful consideration to what we can give, then make that commitment in gratitude to God for what we have been given. be made to support worthwhile church and

What

is Stewardship? Could stewardship mean

different things to different

people? Perhaps so, in the way that it is lived out. Yet stewardship in its truest sense is based on the spiritual principles of the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus; and

where it has been implemented, both givers and receivers lives have been changed. Stewardship is a way of life. A way of thanking God for all His blessings by returning a portion of the ,

talent

and treasure

allotted to us.

jThe giving of time and talent

may

Stewardship involves intentional, planned and proportionate giving of time, talent and treasure.

In order for our giving to be

planning.

munity activities, as well as time devoted to God

talent to the

church might be exercised

in areas

in prayer.

church and

For some, the giving of time

such as being on the financial council,

most meaningful,

deserving of deliberation and

We begin by assessing our talents and financial resources and the opportunities

that exist to use

them. Then as

we plan to put those talents and resources to work, we begin

and live stewardship as a way of life. committed to stewardship engenders a spirituality

to understand

A life

with the Lord. Those

be exercised through involvement

lives.

way

who

practice stewardship

embody

As more and more parishioners across the diocese

life,

our diocese

will continue to

be enriched.

that

deepens our relationship

that spirituality in their

everyday

are introduced to stewardship as a

;

The Catholic News

Herald

February

14, 19'

Haley

A Christ Figure,' Says Archbishop Lyke

'Like

Sister

Mary Ann Walsh

WASHINGTON (CNS)-PulitzerPrize-

famous for "Roots: The Saga of an American

ography of Malcolm X," died of cardi arrest in a hospital in Seattle, the day befc he had been slated to speak at Bangor Na\ Submarine Base, 15 miles away. His fame from "Roots" was not withe

Family."

blemish, however.

winning author Alex Haley was "like a Christ-figure," Archbishop James P. Lyke of Atlanta said after the death of the author

"A spirit of self-esteem and liberation was

ment

who

brief passage

from a Courtlander novel,

settled out

1977 and attracted millions of view-

Catholic bishops in the United States.

(Haley)

his

shadow

Photo by

human rights organization.

Human Rights (From Page Bone, a parishioner

was sparked by of

sanctity

Peter parish in

at St.

Amnesty

Although the human

non-dedominational,

many

pouses concerns of

rights it

Christians

es-

and

Catholics in particular, he said.

existence at the time of Christ,

(From Page

had been in

a slave to America.

She loved much because she had been

for-

Father Sullivan stressed the need for love to Jesus'

com-

God and your neighbor. "How can we love God if we don 't love all

either.

Amnesty

not easy.

wasn't easy for Jesus

Love and forgiveness of the

ing to do with

letters

it.

By not forgiving others, you

anything that gets in the

members apply

International

human

rights violations to

monitor and

...

These are the same three things Catholics

way of relationships

and drink in the receiving of communion,

eat

and they*talk

God

At the close of this, his final service, Father

Commenting on "The Lord

said,

February 22

Mark

Monday: James

1-11;

Tuesday: James

12-18;

Luke

6, 17: 20-26.

11-13

Mark

14-21.

Wednesday: James

19-27;

Mark

22-26.

raises us

was centered on

fifth service

The

Friday:

James

2: 14-24,26;

Mark

8: 34-9, 1.

Peter 5: 1-5;

Matthew

16: 13-19.

The

cross

was presented

cross,

which stayed

in the

church

overnight, will be returned to the parish for the

first

week of

cross planted

Lent.

It is

a replica of the

500 years ago by the

first

Christian missionaries to the Americas.

marriage union." is

27-33.

Father Vilkauskas by John Kelly, Grand

church as the bride of Christ.

how

Christ

Father Vilkauskas and Father John

good times'and bad

times;

Mc Andrew, associate pastor of the parish, led

we give ourselves to Jesus If a man makes his

the congregation through a special service of

an example of

loves us through

the

Knight of Council 10615 of the Knights of

"Priests are the product of the

Mark

going."

Columbus.

sacrament of holy matrimony," said Father

2: 1-9;

up through one

nation as symbols of the relationship of the

"There can be no priesthood without the

Thursday: James

We know it's within us. Let's keep

another.

The

topic for the next evening revolved

a reminder of how

without reservation

...

dedication in the sharing of faith.

"We have all been renewed and refreshed

wife queen, he will be her king."

The presence of Jesus in the Eucharist was the subject of the closing talk given

by Father

Sullivan.

who Jesus is for us," said Father Vilkauskas. "Now, we must consider how we will share the faith how we will love it out. The Lord has given us a gift. Don't be the person who in

...

"Many is

find the virgin birth unbelievable.

what we

what appears

believe.

We also believe

be bread and wine

Jesus present sacramentally.

Lady of Lourdes,

around the sacrament of marriage and ordi-

believe

Corinthians 15, 12:16-20;

the program, Father

Vilkauskas, pastor of Our

the Americas.

Sunday: Jeremiah 17:5-8;

Saturday:

the congregation.

the second night.

Yet,

Of February

Sullivan received a standing ovation from

anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in

Yet, this

Readings For The Week

through prayer."

prayer for the healing of memories to close

that

on behalf of prisoners of conscience. It

Quincentenary Cross, marking the 500th

"Marriage

Irish-Catholic roots in his fam'

tree.

"The Autobi-

together?" he asked. "They eat, drink and talk

God and man."

Sullivan.

had found

also wrote

his be-

Father Sullivan led the congregation in

The

press conference in Detroit announced

Africa to America."

record the extent of the violations.

are acts of the

Feelings have noth-

will.

harm yourself with negative energy. Sin with both

Haley, a Protestant, spent 12 years searching his genealogy and during a 19

African- Americans

also sends observers into regions suspected

to love

intellect, acts

ended with the death p

do when they come together in church. They

and forgiveness, referring

It's

about the importance of the voyage from

who

believe

a gift

to believe

it.

It's

not easy.

Others don't. Faith to

from God. What we find hard

what

easier to believe

will only recognize Jesus to the

we recognize Jesus

...

degree that

one another."

says, 'Not

Lord. rest

me, Lord. I'm too busy. Not

try to

keep the

faith separate

from the

of my life. Not me Lord. I didn't shout for

your cmcifixion. anything.

Not

don't shout for

until others

much of

shout will

take a

stand'."

In closing, Father Vilkauskas said, "Jesus calls

Using the analogy of families celebrating

us to take a stand in the workplace, the

marketplace, in our hearts and in our homes."

special occasions together, Father Sullivan

talked about^the church as an extended fam/.

What

dr>families

do when they

get

Haley's father.

given much."

people?

book nor the ej The Nt

sequel, "Roots:

Bone.

"we would

was Mary Magdalene, a reformed prostitute.

mandment

letters

its

pressure on government officials by writing

If the 30-year-old organization

Journey

have written thousands of half," said

his belief in the

life.

movement

Inter-

and

Black Catholics, said Haley "raised the

Haley, 70,

Charlotte, said his interest in

national

CAROL HAZARD

the impact of the

series

The part-fact, part-fiction story toldHale;

Beverly Carroll, director of the National

many

own family story and began in 1750 with birth of Kunta Kinte, who at 1 7 was taken

into

Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat consciousness of

of court. Haley contended

Generations."

eternity."

for

arc

"He

work follows him

lifted!

came from "something somebc* had given me." The blemish, however, could not ovi

a cherished and unforgettable

memory, and

claimed Haley

passage

amazing what God accomplished gift of one man named Alex," said Archbishop Lyke, one of 1 1 active black

Peter parishioner

Courtlander,

"It is

St.

infringj

One

Archbishop Lyke as he recalled Haley's

through the

a regional conference for the

him.

ers.

dismissed, but a second, brought by Hare

ABC in

and coordinator for the Charlotte Chapter of Amnesty International,

Two

filed against

at fever-pitch in the bones of our people," said

1976epicworkandthe 12-hour TV miniseries based on it. The miniseries ran eight nights on

Goler Butcher, Amnesty International board member, chats with Gerald Bone,

were

suits

Marion Cardoza

Lady of Lourdes.

a parishioner at Our

Father Michael Sullivan

Our Lady of Lourdes

(1)

shares a laugh with Father

Monroe.

Vilkauskas in Fellowship Hall after

Photo by

servi(

MARION CARD

ebruary

The Catholic News

1992

ope Urges U.S. Cadets To Consider Challenges They Face VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

Sailing

500 years

across the Atlantic

ast

after

hristopher Columbus sailed west iould be an occasion for young Amerians to think of the challenges their

eneration faces in the

new

world, the

ope said.

During a Feb. 3 Vatican audience, ope John Paul

met more than 200

and staff members of the lassachusetts Maritime Academy in uzzards Bay, Mass. The group, on a training cruise ward the Patriot State, set sail from adets, faculty

uzzards

Bay

Jan. 10. Its first stop

was

Italian port of Genoa, birthplace of olumbus. They visited Rome after jcking in Naples, Italy, and were scheded to visit Barcelona, Spain, and

challenges which your generation will face in a rapidly changing world."

"In the end," he said, "the effective-

ness with which you meet those challenges will depend not only on the knowledge and technical skills you have mastered, but also on your personal maturity and discipline, your moral integrity and your commitment to working gen-

erously with others in pursuit of the

common He

seen the importance of all of those quali-

academy Feb. 25. Most of the cadets are studying for (erchant Marine licenses. Pope John Paul said the commemotion of Columbus' voyage "offers you opportunity to reflect on the new ie

which are the same ones needed for team effort of running a ship. Another value of the training cruise,

ties,

the

isbon, Portugal, before returning to

good."

said the cadets probably have

he said,

the opportunity

the cadets to

has given

meet other people and see

other cultures.

"Whatever your eventual plans, I encourage you to be sensitive always to the needs of others, to place their good above your personal interests and to show genuine concern for those less fortunate than yourselves," he said.

town, finds himself strongly attracted to a visiting U.S. actress (Beverly

D'Angelo) old enough to be his mother, despite the vehement objections of his alcoholic father (Donal McCann). Irish-

NEW YORK (CNS) — The followg are home videocassette reviews from e U.S. Catholic Conference Office for

born writer-director Neil Jordan's inconclusive melodrama toys with incest and is overwhelmed by the story s drawn-

lm and Broadcasting.

out predictability, though the setting

Each videocassette is available on HS format. Theatrical movies on video

and some nice performances provide marginal interest. Brief sexual encounter, occasional rough language and minor violence. The U.S. Catholic Con-

a U.S. Catholic Conference classi-

ive

and Motion Picture Associaof America rating.

:ation >n

Captains Courageous" (1937) Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for his

boy (Freddie artholomew) rescued at sea and turned o a good shipmate by the kind-hearted

—

ference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of

America rating

—

restricted.

"The Rocketeer" (1991) Nitwit story set in 1938 Los Ange-

where a gangster (Paul Sorvino) and a movie star-turned-Nazi (Timothy les

Dalton) conspire to recover a stolen

vides a gruff but appealing picture of

rocket-powered backpack from a daredevil pilot (Bill Campbell) by kidnapping his girlfriend (Jennifer Connelly). Director Joe Johnston's lively but cornball adventure features amusing special

aboard the fishing boat backed by

unsentimental transformation of the character under Manuel

uth

ce.

Youngsters

s influ-

may get teary-eyed at

anuel's death but

all is

emotionally

olved in the lad's homecoming.

The

effects

which help

offset the hero's col-

violence.

The

U.S. Catholic Confer-

ence classification

by the Motion Picture Associan of America. (MGM/UA, $19.98)

and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested.

—

ted

low the West Was Won" (1962) Sprawling Cinerama epic tracing way West from the mountain men kmes Stewart and Henry Fonda) to the piers coming by river boat (Karl ilden and Agnes Moorehead), wagon lin (Debbie Reynolds and Gregory |ck) and railroad (Richard Widmark George Peppard), with a Civil War bpover at Shiloh (John Wayne and tnry Morgan). Mostly directed by pry Hathaway, with John Ford dipting the Civil War sequences and I

jorge Marshall the railroad segment, result is picturesque entertainment,

Ireotyped history and bloated melopma. Some tense but stylized vioice.

The

U.S. Catholic Conference

Ossification is

A-I

— general

pa-

rage. Not rated by the Motion Pic(*e Association of America. (MGM/ h $29.98) 'he Miracle" (1991)

motherless teen-ager (Niall

|Erne) in Bray, an Irish seaside resort

Our Lady of the Lake School

Jersey's state fish.

A-II

— adults

—

(Disney, $94.95)

Classic Western about a former gun-

Ladd) who is befriended by a farm family (Van Heflin, Jean Arthur and young Brandon De Wilde) and saves them from being run off their land by a rancher's hired gun (Jack Palance). Directed by George Stevens, it's

an epic

tale

of the conflict over land

rights pitting the cattlemen's six-shoot-

ers against the homesteaders' titude

and family

moral for-

MOUNT ARLINGTON, (CNS)

— To be

N.J.

good fisherman,

takes patience and perseverance. at Our Lady Mount Arlington

Eighth-grade students of the Lake School in

utilized those qualities in their four-year

campaign

have the

state legislature

New

declare the brook trout, native to

Jersey lakes and streams, as the state fish.

In January, the students finally

have the brook

trout

when New Jersey came to Hopatcong,

step,

Young.

according to student

Richard Barnes, "was to get busy and write all 1 20 members of the state Assembly and Senate to find a sponsor for a bill to make the brook trout the state fish."

Said Frank Tracey about his fellow

"We all took the project really

seriously.

really thought that our

New Jersey."

reeled in the big one,

choice was perfect for

Gov. Jim Florio

The students' hopes were raised when a state senator and an assembly-

near the school, to sign a

bill

making

man agreed to sponsor the

official state fish.

legislation in

ended a long and arduous process that began when the students were fourth-graders involved in the study of New Jersey as part

their respective houses. Students at the

of their social studies curriculum.

visited the state hatchery to learn

"We

visit

noticed the other state stan-

Rev. George

Brown School

in Sparta,

N.J. Joined the letter-writing campaign.

The Our Lady of the Lake students more

about the brook trout and went to Tren-

New

dards, like the state animal (horse), state

ton, the capital of

and state tree (red oak), were selected through the efforts of schoolchildren," said Patrice Kopec, one of the students involved in the cam-

campaign. They came home thinking the brook trout was on its way to being named the state fish as the Assembly version of the bill passed. "We thought it would be easy from there," said Miss Kopec. But, said Tracey, "there was a lot of

insect (honey bee)

paign.

"We

thought

we could do

and

bring recognition to our school," she said.

"We

decided to concentrate on

finding a state fish since

we live so close

Lake Hopatcong." The students wrote to then-Gov. Tom Kean recommending the trout as the state fish, "and he wrote back and to

Roy Hill's action comedy is solid entertainment, though some may find it more than a

little

contrived.

The Depression-

era setting includes a house of prostitu-

The

U.S. Catholic Conference adults. The classification is A-III tion.

—

Motion Picture Association of America rating

—

parental guidance suggested. (MCA/Universal, $19.95) is

"Treasure Island" (1950) Disney version of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic stars Rob-

Motion Picture Association of

ert

America. (Paramount, $14.95)

John

Newton

as a scenery-chewing

Silver, with little

Bobby

Long

Driscoll

as a suitably serious Jim Hawkins. Di-

"The Sting" (1973)

rected by

Robert Redford and Paul Newman team as Chicago con men who concoct an elaborate scheme involving a phony betting parlor to get revenge on a New

fairly intense at

York gangster (Robert Shaw ) while turning a handsome profit. Director George

said student Nicole

students,

The U.S. Catholic Conadults ference classification is A-II and adolescents. Not rated by the

—

suggested zeroing in on the brook trout,"

The next

roots. Stylized fron-

tier violence.

Mt. Arlington, N.J., show off

(CNS photo by Tom Lynch, The Beacon.)

"Shane" (1953) fighter (Alan

campaign

Students Succeed In Four- Year Campaign To Name State Fish

orless personality. Sporadic comic-book

Catholic Conference classifican is A-I general patronage. Not

New

The governor's

Fleming

declared

brook trout the

(LIVE, $89.98)

3ry of a spoiled rich

teran sailor. Director Victor

eighth graders from

rformance as Manuel, the simple Porguese fisherman in Rudy ard Kipling

Happy

a T-shirt which was part of their succesful four-year

Byron Haskin, the action gets

The

times but the kids will

U.S. Catholic Conference is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Associageneral tion of America rating is G audiences. (Disney, $19.99) love

it.

classification

—

mote

Jersey, to pro-

their

pressure for other fish, like the snub-

nose sturgeon. the brook trout

Some

legislators told us

was too common

While the students kept writing

named

the state fish."

Trenton regularly as they advanced from grade to grade, the bill foundered in legislative committee. Maryellen Soriano, the fourth-grade teacher who helped initiate the project and named her students the "Trout legislators in

at Hopatcong Middle School and got students there interested in helping in the campaign.

Shouters," went to teach

"We

learned the legislative process

many twists and turns," said Miss Young. "But we also learned to be patient and keep at it." Felician Sister Julienne Marie can take

Kruper, principal of Our Lady of the Lake School, described the campaign as

"a great experience for our students and our school."

"They showed you can make a difif you try hard enough and don't

ference

give up," she said.

Tracey agreed. "To think students at a small school like ours can be famous, that's great," he said. "It sends a good

message

to other students

so can you."

— we

did

it.

holic

News

February 14, 199S

Herald

All

What

contents copyright

CNS

a strong

family really like? By Father David Catholic

News

O'Rourke,

The roles our society now reserves to the family are very limited. We can think offamily roles in leisure time andrecreation, or coordinating services others

Service

Several years ago the American bishops' commission onmarriage

andfamily provide. life decided to make a major statement So the need for families to survive in in support of families. order to assure the survival of society Several meetings produced a prelimihas diminished to a lower point than nary sketch, many notes and a lot of good ever been before. ideas on what the stateI mention this because ment should say, along what we are looking at here "Back in the last century with the conclusion that is strong families, espewhen most Americans cially what it is that makes it was time for a writer to pull it all together. That's

where

came

lived

on the farm,

in.

All these papers ended

up on my desk: "Turn this

families

they had

made

because

to. Families

had

into a text we can circulate

comments, rewriting and final action." So I spentthe summer at my computer thinking and writing about fami-

for

and what makes them work. It was enjoyable, for as I worked I was lies

to educate their children,

nurse the sick, control the wayward, provide

work and income and,

Now we have

able to ask questions and get answers from bright people in the area of family studies.

For

the

the end, bury their dead.

summer was

that do

institutions

all this."

families strong. The first characteristic of the strong family, put simply, is that the family members do not buy into our American system of treating the family almost as a convenience. Families develop their strengths because they choose to do so and work at it. What does this mean? Let me give an example.

In my friends' case it is not easy for all the youngsters, some with fiancees, to

make it home for Christmas but everyone makes the effort to be there.

elderly neighbor couple was invited to dinner as a way of making kindness concrete. And with the large number of people in the house it was not easy to turn the day into a memorable family celebration, but everyone pitched in to

make it festive. In their city there are an almost unlimitednumber of diversions on the holidays, but they all stayed together for the day. The message was clear to everyone: In all our eyes, this family counts. So the first characteristic of a strong family is that it takes its own sense of family seriously, much more seriously than our society needs or expects. A second characteristic of the strong family, connected to the first, is that it sees the family as more than the sum of its parts.

During the past Christmas holidays I

visited with friends who made the celebration of Christmas

both a major event and a family event. Like many families they gathered to open presents, attend Mass and then, later on, have a

a crash

course in why some families prosper and others do not. The American family has been stud-

big family dinner.

analyzed and measured from just about every point of view in the years

ied,

since World War II. It is possible to describe what it is thatmakes families

work.

M sue

JBtl

Earlier I mentioned how we hat turned over what were once family fui tions, like education and care of the sic to specializedinstitutions. I am not si m gesting that we turn the clock bacjl schools and hospitals are great inve tions. But I am saying that the use family makes of these institutio should be decided by the family. For example, there may well comt time when a family decides that wha

ton

hospitalized relative needs most now to come home and be taken care of in miliar surroundings. Or parents may decide tha child needs a differe teacher or perhaps different school, p they do have the right oversee their childrei education.

p tee

^ ^

The point here is tr families should be t masters in their households. They are r mere passive partners The strong family ph an active role in determini the shape and the style of

farm, families made it because they had to. Families had to educate their children, nurse the sick, control the wayward, provide work and income and, at the end, bury their dead.

own life (Father O'Rourke pastor of St. Domini Parish in Benicia, Cal

and a free-lance writei

have institutions

that do all this. Schools care for kids from the earliest years on, even from the earliest hours of the day as both parents go off to work. Hospitals nurse the sick, the police control the unruly and nearly everyone works outside the home.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT People usually don't like to miss an important family event like a wedding, a birthday or baptismal celebration. The food tends be good and plentiful at these times but that is not really the main attraction. What matters most is the sense of being together with those one really "belongs" to. On these occasions they could be called family rituals the message is clearly conveyed in non-verbal ways that this particular family has an identity, a history and a purpose. Rituals are an important characteristic of strong families. So is the togetherness these rituals and other occasions offer. To provide a needed balance, however, strong families also allow space and a measure of privacy for family members. Because no family member can become a carbon copy of another, all need some time to themselves. Strong families help their members address problems and support efforts to heal negative qualities. But the positive attention strong families offer each person's strengths is their greater virtue. The term "strong family" could be misleading if it suggests that some families out there are perfect. Most families probably would say they are pursuing strength but have not yet achieved it on the level they wish. Families, you might say, are in this together. David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

—

some of the delegation of its roles to oth institutions that marks our generatk

society.

Back in the last century when most Americans lived on the

Now we

My friends make the effort they because they see family life as a good itself. Their Catholic faith has two cc, crete points of focus: their family a their parish. In some way, each of the is a place where the entire chur touches down. The third characteristic of the stro family is its willingness to take ba

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hi ireo

IF $>ruary 14, 1992

Surfacing family strengths Yet every family, e v en the so-called dysfunctional ones, carries with it through life a bag of strengths and sur-

By David M. Thomas Catholic

?or

News

Service

more than a century a powerful

vival skills.

spiracy convinced most of us that we flawed human beings, 'm not claiming that this negative iroach toward ourselves was intenlally created. But it ex-

ssed for the most part the lion of those psychological orists and therapists who t reminding us of our lack

This was the conclusion of a massive and pioneering study carried out at the University of Nebraska. The results of the study have been brought to the public's attention by a series of "Every family, even conferences and training programs which are known under the so-called the title "Building Family

dysfunctional ones,

erfection.

carries with

The importance

of this

em-

phasis on the positive is that bag of we deal with everyday challenges from our strengths. Our strengths and strengths alone are able to as-

rhe result of this focus on iknesses and liabilities through life a

we became more

that

Strengths."

ne to "negative thinking" survival skills.... sist us. ut ourselves. Most of us Good therapists bring pertie off a whole litany of Strengths are the sonal and family strengths to rtcomings before we begin rock foundation for the surface so that they can use if we II ame our strengths building the home, them effectively in dealing get that far. with whatever problem there D Vhat's particularly botherthe life of the might be. le about this approach is family." Strengths are the rock fount we may develop an anedation for building the home, personal self-esteem. Furthe life of the family. r, we can begin to feel disempowered So how do you know what your family eal with life's challenges. Most nastrengths are? Here are some key questal surveys underscore this lack of tions and strategies to get you going on §onal power felt by many citizens. composing your list. Vhile I am not blaming the profesThink about a recent family problem. tal psychological establishment for How did you solve it? Didyou talk it over? situation, particularly because Maybe one of your strengths is the abilry professionals in the field attempt ity to communicate. eate exactly the opposite effect, I am Did you work it out together? Maybe n e and more convinced that we have a strength of your family is collaboration. m\ misled. Did you laugh about it? Humor can i\irning to family life, we confront a ftlar situation. When families are be a wonderful strength. Ask a friend to tell you about your to name their gifts or good qualifamily. Sometimes we are the last to W, they often respond in silence.

—

know

of our good points and it is often our friends who give us the good word. In fact, don't stop with one friend. Ask many because everyone has his or her own little piece of the puzzle. Identify good qualities of your family of origin. These are often passed on from family to family. Go back as many gen-

erations as you can.

Name those families you admire. Often we see qualities in others that we also possess, and that's tracted to them.

why

we're at-

Try to observe your family from the

Look at family pictures and calmly reflect on what you see as good in outside.

that family

— which happens to be your

own. Finally, raise this issue within your family and talk about it.

own

I often am surprised by the wisdom of our own children. Maybe you will be surprised by the wisdom of your children

too.

And is that also a strength? I suspect it is.

(Dr. Thomas is director of the Graduate Center for Community Leadership, Regis University, Denver, Colo.)

FURTHER NOURISHMENT

Ray Guarendi's Back to the Family, How to Encourage Complicated Times, focuses on the day-to-day practices and attitudes which make a happy family. This book is the result of visits and interviews with 100 families throughout all 50 states who were cited by award-winning teachers as being exceptional. Some parents surveyed note: "For most parents, uncertainty peaks somewhere in the teen years.... During adolescence you are sometimes forced to plead ignorance and hope the kids have mercy. Never, but never, though, give up your status as a parent, the one who expects certain behavior, as the one who makes the rules." (Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 201 E. 50th St., N.Y., N.Y. 10022. 1990. Hardback, $18.95.) Clinical psychologist Dr.

Traditional Values in

Family ingredients: love, adaptation,

compromise scheme worked and they were together

By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service family in any culture is a network of Ijrpersonal relationships. larly on in the Bible, the usual chalJes of family life were complicated by

ustom of a man's having not only a

again, they confronted the matter of her childlessness. Following the laws of the day, he asked her if he could have her maid as a sort of surrogate mother. She consented, but when Hagar, the maid, had a child, Sarah regretted her decision.

but a concubine. This led to ine vile tensions. .braham and Sarah were devoted to at other. When they were forced to shelter in Egypt, where she might |ubjected to harassment, he devised

heme

to protect her.

the

make life miserable for Sarah. Then, when Sarah had her own child, Isaac, there

was trouble between the

two boys. Furious at what she perceived as the mistreatment of Isaac by Ishmael, Sarah

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When

The maid used her now superior status to

two

characteristics of a healthy family.

The family has to be dose — both religiously and just in terms of tier. A healthy family spends a lot of time together doing fun things i

iole family can do together."

J "Communication (brk out

— Juda Beldina,

everything.

your problems together.

^ep trying

work things

out."

—

Huttonsville,

knowing each

— things the

W. Va.

When you communicate, you

stay together and also important to have faith in each other and to Jim Ratterman, Louisville, Ky.

"We try to honor each other and honor God. We try to pick each other up and bear Pen other's burdens." John Fritsch, Vermillion, S.D.

—

"Love and understanding of each other.

ner's views.

We listen carefully to each other. The

Wspend time with and fnhurst,

We talk to each other and

respect each parents also have to care enough

discipline respectfully their children."

—

Millie

Wenner,

III.

"the brat" and his mother. As much as it broke his heart, Abraham agreed. Sometimes one must make hard decisions, compromise, if the basic family relationship is to be safeguarded. Love, adaptation, compromise: These are necessary ingredients in any family relationship. Jacob fell in love with Rachel but, thanks to the craftiness of his uncle, Laban, Jacob ended up with the less favored Leah as his wife. His temporarily frustrated love led him to work seven more years for Laban to win Rachel's hand.

tearful reunion followed. Forgiveness, too, is essential for fam-

Still he was faithful to both. Leah gave him 10 sons and Rachel two. They were a rowdy bunch of boys and gave Jacob not a few headaches. Understandably, Jacob had a special love for Rachel's two boys and made the mistake of openly favoring Joseph. The

others were livid at this favoritism

you would

tike to

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respond for possible publication, please Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

St. N.E.,

write: Faith Alivel

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much so that they sold Joseph as a slave to

an Egypt-bound caravan.

Fierce sibling rivalry, violence, deheartbreak: enough to tear any family to shreds. Still, after Joseph rose to prominence in Egypt and his brothers went there looking for food, he was not vindictive. ceit,

An upcoming edition asks: When a problem seems beyond your control and you ask God to take over, are you freed of further responsibility? Why or why not? If

demanded that Abraham get rid of both

sent

them back

for their father.

ily integrity.

The family of Jesus is honored as the holy family. This family obviously was pious and devout, but "holy" really means "whole, integral, authentic." Mary and Joseph were devoted to each other and to Jesus. But they had difficult moments, too. Their son baffled them, and his career seems to have embarrassed them (Mark 3:21). Yet they remained a loving, whole, integral family with strong interrelationships. Biblical families were not always role

models, but they are instructive object lessons. They were reassuringly human.

(Father Castelot

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

0 The Catholic News

Herald

February

People

Mother Teresa Visits Pope As She Resumes Globe Trotting VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Less

than two months after emergency heart treatment, 81 -year-old Mother Teresa

The News

ciples that

as citizens of the Unit

States revere," the cardinal said letter

in,

dated Jan. 28.

of Calcutta resumed her globe-trotting career on behalf of the poor by traveling

Judge Says He Aimed To Give Hi

Why Th

Rome for a private meeting with Pope

tians

John Paul U. The 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner arrived Feb. 4 and was received by the pope the following day. The Vatican announced the meeting but did not say what was discussed. Mother Teresa stopped in Rome before continu-

Fled

ing to her headquarters in Calcutta, In-

Haiti the chance to

dia.

leave for economic reasons." Judge

Chance To Show

PALM BEACH GARDENS,

— The U.S.

district

—

Father Eric Albertson, associate pastor of

St.

Lawrence Parish

on the shore of a small lake in Alexandria where he rescued a thin ice.

(CNS photo by Ann M. Augherton,

in Alexandria, Va., stands

man and dog who fell through

Arlington Catholic Herald.)

Saves Man, Dog From Lake After Fall Through Ice

Virginia Priest

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CNS)—"I've never saved a

life

taken 30 minutes.

before," said Father

Eric Albertson, associate pastor of St.

aim was

said his

to allow those fleei

show "they did

ington suburb.

But

that's

what he did

late Jan.

by pulling a near-drowning man who had fallen through the thin ice of a nearby lake. "I

was really at the right place at the

right time," Father Albertson said. "I feel very privileged to

have been

there.

I didn't think much of it. I just kind of responded to the situation." Father Albertson, 32, told the Arlington Catholic Herald, diocesan newspaper, that he was returning to his temporary home the rectory was being renovated near midnight. As he was getting out of his truck he heard someone yelling at a dog. He originally thought someone had been mugged in the nearby woods. He entered the woods and heard the voice again. Following the voice a half-mile into the woods, he then heard it clearly say, "I've fallen through the ice." Father Albertson looked over a ridge and saw a man in the middle of the lake who was unable to get out. "I shouted, 'Don't worry. No problem getting you out.' I lied," he said. When the man, Dana Moro, said he had been in the water 45 minutes and was weakening quickly, Father Albertson said he made a split-second

—

decision to help the for help.

Paramedics

Moro would have three

man

rather than

around Moro's legs, the jacket around his body and the scarf around his face, which had been cut by the ice. "I thought it would be faster for me to get help than to carry him back myself," the priest said,

but

Moro got upset

dog was still stranded in the water. It was Moro's attempt to save his dog which had stranded him. that his

Father Albertson told to the

dog

ran for help.

Moro

to talk

"keep him busy," while he The priest got blankets and

a flashlight from neighbors,

who called

for the rescue squad.

The dog but

priest tried twice to save the

the ice,

weakened from Moro's

rescue, began to crack

around Father Albertson. By then the paramedics arrived and told him to get off the ice. Before leaving, he slid the tree toward all

where the dog was. The dog was able to climb up on it, straddle it to rest and pull itself out of the water. Moro had a body temperature of 90 degrees when reached by paramedics. Although being treated for hypothermia, he was expected to make a full the hole

recovery.

Father Albertson caught a cold during the episode.

also overslept the

next morning and missed the early-morning

Mass he was

to celebrate.

in the water.

Pro-Life Ad Raises Controversy

Father Albertson took off his jacket,

them on the

The Rev. Robert Lewis, pastor of one

shore. Wearing only a T-shirt and slacks, he pulled a small dead tree from the

of Arkansas' largest fundamentalist

ground and inched his way out onto the ice on his stomach.

commercial which he produced was

sweatshirt and scarf and left

Moro was unable to grasp the tree because of the cold. "I really got scared," Father Albertson said. He inched closer. him to keep him calm. I him he had to work with me," said

"I talked to told

Father Albertson, an Eagle Scout in his youth. "I grabbed him under his

arm and kept talking to him. The ice was making kinds of noise."

all

Father Albertson was able to pull 220-pound Moro out of the water and onto the ice. He slowly edged himself back and pulled Moro behind him the

across the ice to the shore.

ilize at the

at the

Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyc

Palm Beach Gardens that his rulin "centered solely on whether they we able to

make that presentation." Atkii

emphasis" on choice, Quayle said in answer to questions from Catholic News Service after he met with Catholic schools representatives Jan. 3 1 "I think

home.

committed and anybody who doesn't believe that he's strongly committed to

Jesuit Becomes Acting Head of Pub

programs benefit non-public school students and denied the issue got short shrift in the State of the Union address. "I don't think that there

was so

little

didn't

time the whole process had

congregations, said a pro-life television in-

to choice

choice doesn't

know the president like I

do," Quayle said.

Bishop Maurice Dingman Dies; Was Social Justice Leader DES MOINES, Iowa (CNS) Retired Bishop Maurice J. Dingman of Des Moines died of pneumonia Feb. 1 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines. He was 78 years old. His funeral Mass was Feb. 5 at St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines, with Archbishop Daniel W. Kucera of Dubuque and Bishop William H. Bullock of Des Moines as chief concelebrants. As head of the Des Moines Diocese from 1 968 to 1986, Bishop Dingman was an outspoken advocate of rural American values, social justice and peace.

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NEW YORK

(CNS)

— Cardinal

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later told the priest

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more minutes

Father Albertson put his sweatshirt

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lawed,' Catholic Official ST. LOUIS (CNS)— President Bush's iposal for health

is,

care reform "is funda-

flawed, sidesteps major problems

therefore, inadequate," according to

head of the Catholic Health Association.

John E. Curley

Jr.,

president and chief

cutive officer of the St. Louis-based

by Bush

ociation, said the plan outlined

Says

The CHA president said "election-year have made it "nearly impossible" Bush "to develop a health care reform

politics"

for

program that is both coherent and credible." "The U.S. health care system is in need of fundamental reform but the devil

much

in the details,"

very

said. "If the presi-

dent suggests a larger role for government

on the chin

Cleveland Feb. 6 and in other appear-

or higher taxes, he'll take

es around the country will not solve the

New Hampshire and other Republican pri-

maries. If he proposes to finance his reforms

ion's health care crisis.

"Unfortunately, the president's health

by holding down spending in existing health

begin to address the real

programs, the beneficiaries of those pro-

e plan doesn't

iblems facing the

90 million Americans

who have

o have no health insurance or Iculty

paying for

it,"

Curley

and vouchers

working

to help the

and moderate-income Americans pay

health insurance

and tax deductions for

would be meed primarily by limiting growth of the eral Medicare and Medicaid programs. Tax credits will not "help the poor, the / income or the unemployed afford the se in higher income brackets.

y high up-front cost of private health jrance," Curley said. "It won't help them

enow dit

that the

check

or voucher

—

in this case

will

grams won't vote

a tax

be in the mail

for him.

And

if his

plan

contains none of the above, no one else will take

said.

Bush's plan includes a system of tax dits

seriously."

The Catholic Health Association, through a 20-member Leadership Task Force on National Health Policy Reform,

working to produce its own plan for reforming the U.S. health care system. force hopes to present the

its

The

task

proposal to

final

CHA board this spring. The CHA plan, now the

also does not address the

blems of "the uninsured

who

already

e an' illness and can't obtain insurance,"

board, independent from the legislative and

executive branches ofgovernment; state

social

Lenore Rischer and

(1),

Priscilla

Andonie of

the

New

sells the rosaries

Yugoslavian village where Mary reportedly has appeared.

to raise funds for trips to Medjugorje, the

Photo by

FRANK METHE

New Orleans Women Send Cord Rosaries Around

community

grated delivery networks" of physicians,

and

Pelligrini

subject of

foresees establishment of a national health

hospitals, nurses

Diane

Orleans group, Mary's Children, knot rosaries out of cord. The group of about 60

CNS

regional meetings throughout the country,

health organizations to assess

CORDS OF PRAYER

NEW ORLEANS

needs and distribute resources; and "inte-

T."

The plan

Hen

Health Plan 'Fundamentally

lush's

ntally

workers to pro-

vide care.

thing

(CNS)

string? Is this

and knotting

that calls itself

the string they're

destined to

become

a cord rosary.

The saries

s Children have

made

thousands of cord rosaries since two

New

women

first

met Buck Weaver, an

gives

Texas, in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia.

helps pay for youth trips to

still

away many

rosaries, including

a batch

of 1 ,500 rosaries sent to Yugoslavia for dis-

among Croatian soldiers. not the

rosaries

time that the cord

first

have been

to war.

They were

called

to duty during Operation Desert Storm.

"We

ex-Marine drill sergeant who is now a deacon in

fund-raising aspect of die cord ro-

Medjugorje, she added, but the group also

tribution

Members of Mary Orleans

"promote

cord rosaries."

Pelligrini, Priscilla

And

Mary's Children.

to the rosary through making and distributing

members of a group

twisting

are they doing twisting

some kind of therapy?

Andonie and Leonore Fischer are among the 60-plus

dren, said the group's purpose

prayer by our members and to foster devotion

is:

Not exacdy. Diane

said.

first

are these

you ask yourself

women and what

— The

Who

The World

them 'Operation Desert

called

Calm,'" said Mrs.

told them about how he rndde cord rosaries to

Pelligrini.

Thomas Kinney, who

Father

served

overseas as a chaplain during the war, and

spread devotion to the rotary. ]

The women, Seton Jenkins and Teresa Shank, brought the idea back home as a way to raise funds to send

Medjugorje, where to

young people

Mary has been

reported

appear since 1981. In the past

few

years, through cord

rosary sales, Mary's Children has paid for

Medjugorje by some 400 young

trips to

Mary's Children

Father Walter Austin, chaplain

who was

called

as a Louisiana

National Guard chaplain, asked for rosaries for the troops.

"We'd write the soldiers that 'we don't know if you are a Catholic, but if not, you can give the rosary to a Catholic or keep yourself

you wish.'

got

letters

for

back

people whose parents wouldn't have been

saying they were glad to have the rosaries

able to afford such a trip, said Mrs. Andonie.

even from those

Mrs. Fischer, president of Mary's Chil-

Mrs.

who

weren't Catholics,"

Pelligrini said.

Nun Wins Photography Contest They PETERSBURG, (CNS) —

Franciscan ST.

camera, so

Fla.

Franciscan Sister Mary Felix Mushel saw the it on film. was that her eye for photography would win her a prize. Sister Mushel was chosen as a winner in the "Let Freedom Ring" photography contest co-sponsored by Parade magazine and

shot of a lifetime and captured

What

she didn't realize

Kodak. Entrants were challenged to capture a moment expressing the meaning of the Bill of Rights, the

first

10 amendments to the

The nun's entry shows

6-year-old Akeen

Bumey holding his 6- year-old sister, Mae. The two appear

Mass

at St.

be deep

Callie

in thought

Joseph Parish

in St.

Petersburg. "I was extremely surprised," said Sister Mushel in aphone interview with The Florida

Bs photograph of 1 6-year-old Akeen Bumey with his arms around his 6-year-old sister, Callie Mae, Bing a Mass llvas

at St.

Joseph Parish in

one of 100 winners

Nigazine

St.

Petersburg, Fla.,

won a prize for Sister Mary

a "Let Freedom Ring" photography contest co-sponsored by Parade

and Eastman Kodak Co.

(CNS photo by

Sister

Mary

Felix Mushel)

"The children

in the

photograph were

witnessing the baptism of other children, and I

took their picture.

didn't

"So

this

summer,

(a friend)

encouraged

me to enter the contest. I went through some boxes of photographs and picked thought to myself,

'Why

this one. I

not? I've got noth-

ing to lose.'"

Her

picture

and 99 other winning photo-

graphs from throughout the country were

chosen from among more than 200,000 entries.

ish,

spread throughout the par-

and the children found

pretty excited about Sister

it,"

out, they

were

she said.

Mushel, a self-described photogra-

phy hobbyist, was awarded $100 for the picture. She purchased gifts for the children and said she would also like to buy a flash for her camera. After being exhibited in the American

Catholic.

Felix Mushel.

notice.

"When word

Constitution.

during a

even

turned around and

saw them.

had

at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center through Jan. 10, die photographs were to travel throughout the count!

Adventure Pavilion

U atholic News &

ine

Herald

February 14,

19<

(^muniquemorioj Nuevo Obispo Auxiliar de San Ber-

de Obispos latino-americanos el 1 de octubre proximo. El Cardenal Nicolas de Jesus Lope Rodriguez, de Santo Domingo, dijo qi

nardino es vigesimo-primer Obispo Hispano de los E.U.

algunos Obispos latino-americanc habfan pedido al Papa que adoptara algur

Washington (CNS) El nombramiento el 28 de enero de Monsenor Gerald R.Barnes como Obispo

accion especial como serial de preocupacion de la Iglesia por estos d( grupos. El consejo episcopal conocitl por sus iniciales CELAM en espanol, reunira en Santo Domingo, capital de Republica Dominicana y sede de i

eral

Noticas Breves

—

Auxiliar de San Bernardino California,

aumenta nuevamente

la cantidad de Obispos hispanos en los Estados Unidos a 21 y la cifra de California a cinco. El Obispo designado de 46 anos de edad, nacio en Phoenix y fue criado en Los Angeles, pero ha sido Sacerdote de la Arquidiocesis de San Antonio desde su ordenacion en 1975. En 1987 llego a ser el primer rector de origen hispano del Seminario de la Asuncion, en San Anto-

nio.

CELAM

Presidente de pronostica gesto Papal hacia indigenas y negros.

New York (CNS)

—

El presidente

del consejo episcopal latinoamericano

una entrevista en New York que el pensaba que el Papa Juan Pablo II estaba considerando un gesto especial dijo en

para los indigenas y afro-americanos cuando inaugure la cuarta asamblea gen-

nuevo Abad de

Abadia de Belmont en

el di'a

JOANN KEANE II

Amor todo Por

puede

hay nada mas necesario e la vida que el amor. Como

amor El amor

dice San Pablo a los Corintios, el

todo lo puede y todo lo soporta. es el unico que puede cambiar a los hombres y a los pueblos, sin necesidad

de guerras ni armas. El amor es el que hace trasformar los aridos campos en maravillosos jardines de flores y frutos.

amor es

que cambia los corazones de piedra, en corazones de ternura y sensitivos a todo dolor humano. No hay nada mas grande que el El

Por

PADRE SILL RUEDA

importante en

amor. Pasaran los tiempos, se acabaran los reinos, pero el amor seguira existiendo por toda una eternidad a pesar de los siglos. Que tiene pues el amor que dura tanto?

La eso San Juan dice en su Evangelio que Dios es amor y quien vive unido a El, permanece en el amor. El amor es algo

—

Ciudad del Vaticano (CNS) I Papa Juan Pablo II, durante una visitac una semana de duracion al Afric celebrara tres reuniones con dirigenti musulmanes y visitara a una isla qi alojo a los africanos del oeste de

continente destinados a las Americf el trafico de esclavos. El Vaticano publico un itinerar completo para el viaje, entre los dfas

durante

y 26 de febrero, a las nacion< primordialmente musulmanas de Senegs Gambia y Guinea.

Es Santa an

traves de su fundador Jesucristo

•enl

La Iglesia aparece en su simbolisn &

como la "esposa de Cristo", porque segi decir de ella que es una, santa, catolic

santificadosen su

apostolica y universal y a la cual es

nombre

como

la constitution la

podemos confesar

siempre dirigida nuestra mirada de

dice el "padre

Ser santo en

la Iglesia

fe,

signifi

nuestro". "Si la

continuar a Cristo de alguna manera

Iglesia es una

nuestras vidas, con nuestras acciones

especie

actitudes para poder extender el reino

Quien

sacramento o de

Dios entre nosotros. Cristo esta vivo

puede seguir los pasos de aquellos misioneros, que dejandolo todo, van en

signo de nuestra

sigue actuando en cada uno de miembros y especificamente en it sacramentos que son el camino m

union con Dios, por lo tanto es

busca del pobre en las barriadas de la ciudad, o del indio en las selvas

instrumento santo, establecido por Jesus

tropicales, para ayudarles y ensenarles, sin recibir ninguna recompensa, solo

dor personal". Asfdice el Padre Cogan en

lleno a sus hijos para sacarlos adelante

que no es envidioso, como una campana que timbra fuerte y da buen sonido. Esto para explicar que el amor verdadero se convierte en accion y en servicio, abnegado y desinteresado a los demas. No hay que confundir el termino ni el significado genuino del amor. Hoy en dfa cuando nos parece que esta palabra tiene mas significado; nos desenganamos sabiendo que su uso es muy superficial y su contenido no llena plenamente las ambiciones del hombre y por lo tanto hallamos desequilibrios y vacios en muchos seres humanos. El amor tiene que ser en el hombre, la primera palabra de su vida, la claridad que disipe las tinieblas de su alma, la luz que ilumine mas fuerte su sendero. Por

Africa.

divinidad y asi o o s s

enfermedades, de los climas mal

sanos, de las barreras culturales?

amor noes egoista,

servicial,

Papa se reunira con Musulmanes

visitara antigua casa de esclavos

uno para todos su propia

universal porque Jesus es

pesar de las guerras, de los fracasos, de

guiados por la grandeza del amor? Quien

que es que es

PADRE SILL RUEDA

no se puede comprar. Algo tan grande que no se puede medir. Quien puede medir a aquel que es capaz de dar la vida por los demas? Quien puede penetrar en el corazon de aquel que solo desea servir a sus hermanos a

Que tiene el amor que nunca se acaba? Que tiene el amor que conoce todos los secretos del mundo? San Pablo sigue diciendo que el

santidad de la Iglesia tambien es

tan valioso que

las

la diocesis mj antigua del hemisferio occidental.

Nuestra Iglesia

de su instalacion Foto por

Obispo desde 1511,

puede comprender a una madre o padre de familia que se entregan totalmente de

para unirnos a El

como

a nuestro Salva-

su Catecismo para adultos. es asf, porque

no hay

otra

amor del

cual nos habla

Evangelio, no aquel superficial y effmero que se acaba en una noche de parranda o que termina en un bar lleno el

de licor. O aquel que se corisigue por dinero o por cualquier otro interes. O aquel que se da a pedazos y nunca se completa. El amor de Dios al mundo fue tan grande que entrego a su unico Hijo Jesucristo para que al padecer en la cruz, muriera por nosotros, para rescatarnos del mal y llevarnos a una vida nueva. Jesus sirvio de borrador de nuestras culpas, para limpiar nuestra imagen caida el pecado y darle una nueva dimension y esperanza en el

y deteriorada por futuro.

Todo

esto por amor.

la salvation.

Para Jesus comunicarnos su santid 1*

Y realmente

de un

manera mas

concretos y accesibles

clara de entender este misterio, sino es a

que

como

modo

visible utiliza sign al

hombre, sign

son familiares a todo el

momen

lac

agua, el aceite y la luz en

Como el pan y el vino en Como los anillos en matrimonio. Como la palabra y el perd en la confesion etc. Como todo aquel bautismo.

contra toda adversidad en la vida? Este es el verdadero

seguro a

El dfa del amor que celebramos cada ano en febrero con tanto entusiasmo, nos tiene que llevar a descubrir el verdadero amor en el mundo que vivimos. Un amor que se convierta en servicio y no simplemente un amor de targetas y regalos bonitos y vanas palabras que no duran

mucho. El dfa de San Valentin o del la

amor y mas

amistad, tiene que nacer en lo

humano y vivir allf Tenemos que regarlo de buenas acciones para que no muera y hondo

del corazon

para siempre.

alimentarlo de sentimientos positivos y generosos para que se llegue alguna vez a parecer al

amor de Dios que

maravilloso y sublime y nunca muere. El amor todo lo cambia y todo lo transforma, sin el

tiene sentido nuestra vida.

eucaristfa.

que indirectamente nos lleva a ponem en contacto con El. La naturaleza, animales y el mismo hombre.

San Juan dice en el Evangelio que no nos amamos entre nosotros mism diario, como podem amar a Dios a quien no vemos de modo directo o singular. Y si no fan amor en la Iglesia, tampoco puede h santidad. La una y la otra van unidas podemos decir que la santidad de la Igle: se mide por el amor de sus miembros.

que nos vemos a

si la

porque a diario s aman, como Cristo

Iglesia es santa es

participantes se a su Iglesia.

ion

ibruary 14,

The Catholic News

1992

Sacrifices

ENT HOME

Worth

For School

Mom

BY JOANN KEANE Associate Editor

—

CHARLOTTE Aispuro

may

That

Shelly and Felix

s three children ride the bus to school

seem so unusual, except them. They ride a city

not

their mother rides with

bus to Our Lady of the Assumption school,

—

since only one parochial school

—

Patrick's

offers

St.

bus service.

Four years ago, when Aispuro applied

for

kindergarten admission for her oldest daughter,

When

the family lived near the school.

moved

they

nearly a dozen miles further

away, Aispuro opted

keep her children

Our Lady of Assumption

instead of switch-

ing to schools closer to home.

Their day begins early. They

4:30

rise at

a.m. and catch a bus at 6:30 a.m.

Two

buses and more than an hour

they arrive

at their destination.

later,

The

three

children scurry off to wait for their friends,

and Aispuro heads

work

in the school

cafeteria.

Aispuro,

who doesn 't drive, takes the long

town

trek across

in stride. "It doesn't bother

where I want my kids to don t care if I had to take three buses to get here, I'd do it," she says. Her children don't complain about the early hours or the long bus rides. "They know that's what they have to do to come me, because

be," she says.

this is '

here," Aispuro says.

Shelly Aispurocleans upafterthe lunch rush in the cafeteria of Our

Photo by

"I look

about, but there is," says Aispuro. "It

our

says of Aispuro.

Off the top of her head, Aispuro can name who have food allergies and

certain dishes, but not to Aispuro.

home. The U.S. Supreme Court recently cleared the way for the forced return toHaiti of

be sent

ugees already at the camp, a

move denounced by Catholic

migration

spirit

of Assump-

for prayers

answered and favors granted.

C.E.M.

12.

QUE SON LOS SACRAMENTOS? <fPOR QUE SON IMPORTANTES PARA LA SALVACION?

Jesus

esta" siempre presente

en Su

She's their confidant. like

having 100 kids,"

Aispuro says with pride.

She never seems to tire of talking about her "kids." Inherthreeyeartenure,she'swatched

Her

awkward grade school girls blossom into young teens. When a group graduates, Aispuro suffers from empty nest syndrome.

smile and hello

for the students,

welcoming a new school day. Our Lady of Assumption is a community of caring and family, coupled with support, says Murphy. It is the blending of all our gifts, drawing on the strengths of each other, that make a community, she says. Aispuro echos Murphy's view of the community bond of the school.

When Assumption school relocates to its new

location next

fall,

Aispuro and her chil-

dren will be faced with an increased distance. "It will

be a longer ride, but it's worth it," says

Aispuro. "I can't imagine not being here," says

Aispuro. "I love it"

Crosswinds

especialmente por >u presencia y poder en el maravilloso don de los sacramentos. Los acramentos fueron instituidos por Cristo y confiados a la Iglesia [homo medios para comunicarnos la vida divina. Son acciones pgradas por las que, mediante Cristo y el Espfritu Santo, se expresa, ;e nutre y se celebra la fe, se rinde culto a Dios y se efectua la •antificacion del ser humano. Los sacramentos contribuyen en el nas alto grado al establecimiento, el fortalecimiento y la nanifestacidn de la comunion de la Iglesia. (Codigo CanonJco, vanon 840)

it's

Some mornings, Aispuro greets the littlest warm

St Jude

what

They flock to her. They come to her

"Being here

officials.

students as they exit from their carpools.

for Aispuro, the students are

about.

to talk.

tion," says Patricia

(CNS photo from Reuters)

Thanks

As all

Murphy, principal of Our Lady of Assumption. "She believes in a Catholic education, the Gospel values."

who prefer macaroni to tuna casserole. students may turn up their noses to

The

she is involved in as many school activities as

woman in the refugee camp at Guantanmo Bay, Cuba, cries after learning that she is going

they order lunch, they get a greet-

those

"Shelly exemplifies the

being

Murphy. "She probably can tell you what they order every day," Murphy

During the day, Aispuro assures that nearly

rlaitian

when

household chores.

time allows.

ing," says

the children

are served each day. In addition,

"She knows each of the children by name, so

Once off the bus and back home, the race is on to get dinner on the table, juggle homework and and squeeze in some time together."

"It's

with family and friends than work."

regroup, to talk about the days activities.

"You'd think with me working here, and them in school, there would not be a lot to talk

JOANN KEANE

forward to coming to work every-

day." says Aispuro,

The foursome uses the bus trip as a time to

200 meals

Lady of Assumption.

Iglesia,

Cuando se recibe a una persona en la Iglesia por el Bautismo, el mismo Cristo el que bautiza. Por el Sacramento de la

In our efforts to avoid recidivism

point pregnant teenagers in

—

since

lates

new

and

directions

believe teenage pregnancy re-

direcdy to low self-esteem and the need

be important

someone's eyes

light of the enormity

— and

of the problem, we have

turned to volunteers for answers.

would never be able to make her life worthwhile now that she was pregnant. We started to meet each other on a regular basis until we had a volunteer willing and trained to work with her. Once introduced, the two matched up like "peanut butter and jelly.' She and the volunteer met on a weekly basis and I began to see that the young '

We offer the volunteer structure, training, support and the opportunity to make a differ-

woman felt supported, encouraged and better

ence in someone's life. Then, we sit back and

about

watch, intervening

life in

general.

When the time came for her delivery, the

appropriate.

who was referred to our

volunteer went with her to the hospital and

agency regarding her untimely pregnancy,

stayed with her during a very long labor.

People

Debido a que son signos, los sacramentos tambien instruyen. >on auxilios visibles para ensenarnos los efectos espirituales del

had very low self-esteem and was receiving little help or guidance from her mother. She came from a single-parent home and the mother was distracted by her work at a low

did they have.

iacramento que se esta celebrando.

paying job.

courage and asked

The young woman, during a home visit, was given information about our program

relationship to this

a los pecadores con Dios y la Iglesia. En uncion de los enfermos, Cristo alivia a los enfermos.

ij'enitencia, Cristo reconcilia »ja

El ministro de la Iglesia garantiza que Jesus esta'presente en ifacramento que se esta" celebrando.

One

15-year-old,

and the opportunity kept her head

Hay

sacramentos: Bautismo, Confirmacidn, Penitencia o teconciliacion, Eucaristra, Matrimonio, Ordenes Sagradas y Uncion le los Enfermos. siete

spoke

scared and

soft,

to participate in

down most of

it.

the time

She and

shy voice. She said she was

felt alone.

She

said she

mother argued constandy and she

and her felt

she

at the hospital wondered who this woman was, why she gave so much attention

to the

young teenager and what

One

relationship

nurse mustered up her

out: "What is your young mother?" The volunteer responded simply, "She is my flat

friend."

A few weeks later, we received a beautiful from the young mother thanking us for friend and the love and support that of us gave her in her time of need.

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her all

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vorced, and remarried Catholics are in-

1992-93 school year. For more information, contact Gerard Carter, (919) 725-4247.

vited to a St. Valentine's

— Separated,

GREENSBORO

Day

6:30

home

the

di-

potluck

dinner and get together on Feb.

beginning

I<;

Trading Places.

Bishop McGuinness Registration Bishop WINSTON SALEM McGuinness Memorial High School is

—

14,

15,

or Marie

Dodd. Liturgy and Sacrament

Workshop

CLEMMONS — A liturgy and sac-

rament workshop will be presented at Holy Family on Feb. 21 - 22 by St. Joseph Sister Carol Zinn. Workshops are sceduled on Feb. 2 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Feb. 22

from 9:30 a.m.

Pre-registration

Call

required.

more information.

own

For more information, contact Dodd, (919) 292-6597.

Spaghetti Dinner

MOORESVILLE

—

will celebrate Valentine's

to 5 p.m.

(919) 722-0028 for

Bring a dish to share, your beverage, and a $1 donation.

St.

Therese

Day

with a

spaghetti dinner on Feb. 15 following the 5:30 p.m. Mass.

Tickets are $5 for adults, $2.50 for

Trip The Light Fantastic

HICKORY

—

children 12 and under or $15 for an

Aloysius Parish

St.

dance will be held Feb. 29 at Performance Place in Hickory from 7:30 p.m. midnight.

until

Tickets

$5 per person will be sold

Masses on Feb. 16 and 23, or

after

through the parish office. Local DJ Rick Reynolds will pro-

Harmony McClean of Asheville Catholic Community School (cent Mercy Sister Patricia Ann Pepitone (r) looks on. Dur Schools Week, students "shadowed" teachers to learn leadership. SherylOlij

Eighth grader

assumes the Catholic

entire family.

The menu includes

spaghetti,

meat

and sausage, Italian bread, salad and pound cake. For more information, call St. Therese, (704) 664-3992.

role of principal as

and daughter Lauren are

balls

the

Shake Off The Cold

MAGGIE VALLEY

—

St.

weekend of June 26. Anyone who attended St. Michaels, a former teacher

asked to send their name and address to: Liz Elkin, 1919 Bershire Dr. Gastonia, NC 28052. or

vide the music. Soft drinks and coffee

Margaret's is planning a winter shindig on Feb. 9 in the parish hall. Beginning at 6 p.m., the evening festivities include a

ner,

Clowning Around

CHEROKEE

—

Senior citizens

from Our Lady of Gaudalupe are planning a trip to the circus in Asheville on Feb. 22, for the matinee performance. For more information, contact Father Tom Field, (704) 488-6766.

Fry Fun

Stir

THOMASVILLE

—

Chinese cooking course will be taught by Kathy Laskis on Feb. 26 and 27 in the friendship hall of

from 7:00

Our Lady of the Highways, 9:00 p.m.

covered dish din-

games and surprise entertainment. For more information, contact Leigh

Donahue, (704) 627-9822.

Awakening The

HICKORY

charismatic re-

newal and retreat day will be held at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory on Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The cost will be $12, payable at the door, and $4.25 for lunch, or brown bag it.

For more details, contact Hugo or Bobbie May, (704) 327-8692. The Mays are presentors for the workshop.

Potential gourmets are asked to sign

up early. The cost will be determined by the number of attendees. The food purchase costs will be divided by those attended.

For more information, call Our Lady of the Highways, (704) 475-2732.

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grimage

GASTONIA

—

St.

Alumni

Michael's

School in Gastonia is celebrating 50th anniversary during 1992.

its

Part of the celebration will include

a reunion of alumni and former teachers

saints

'nOBERT WAS BORN IN NORFOLK, j\ ENGLANC? IN 1562, THE SON OF A FAVORITE AT THE ROYAL COURT HE WAS SENT ABROAP TO STUDY AT POUAI ANP THEN PARIS. HE JOINED THE JESUITS AT ROME IN 1578 ANP BECAME PREFECT OF STUPIES. HE WAS ORPAINEP IN 1584 ROBERT WAS SENT ON THE ENGLISH MISS/ON WITH FR. HENRY GARNET JN I58*>, BECAME CHAPLAIN TO COUNTESS ANNE OF ARUNPEL IN LONPON IN 1587. ANP MINISTERED TO ANNE5 HUSBANP IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER- HE WAS BETRAYED BY ANNE BELLAMY, DAUGHTER OF RICHARD BELLAMY, WHOM HE WAS VISITING AT HARROW. HE WAS REPEATEPLY TORTURED OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS BEFORE HE WAS BR0U6HT TO TRIAL, CONDEMNEP TO PEATH FOR BEINS A CATHOLIC PRIEST AND HANGER DRAWN, ANP QUARTEREP AT TYBURN ON FEB. 21, 1595, AT AGE 33. ROBERT WROTE A LARGE NUMBER OF POEMS, MOST OF WHICH WERE PROBABLY WRITTEN IN PRISON TO ENCOURAGE HIS FELLOW CATHOLICS ? BUT WHICH SOON BECAME VERY vX " POPULAR AMONG BOTH CATHOLICS ANP PROTESTANTS. HE WAS CANON IZEP IN 1970 BY POPE PAUL VI AS ONE OF THE FORTY MARTYRS OF ENGLAND ANP WALES. HIS FEAST

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The

third anr

be held Feb. 22

Liturgy Day is designed for all thi involved in liturgy, including plann

and presiders, musicians and greetf lectors and eucharistic ministers Also included is a concert on F 21, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Cat

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Spirit

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jbruaiy 14, 1992

World and National Briefs emocratic Governor Urges Party To

Requiring Abortion Support PennWASHINGTON (CNS) /lvania Gov. Robert P. Casey, a lifeng Democrat and abortion opponent, is called on his party to end its "litmus st" on the issue for presidential candiites. In a Jan. 27 speech at the National ess Club in Washington, Casey also id Republican economic policies have lapped a mortgage on the American earn for generations to come." The tmbination of failed Republican eco>mic policies and the Democratic top

—

irty's rigid

support of legal abortion

who

are attracted

the Democrats'- social

concern but

ive alienated

>pose

its

voters

abortion platform, Casey said.

evorkian Arrested For 2 Deaths He Assisted

DETROIT (CNS)

Murder

—

Dr. Jack

vorkian, the "suicide doctor"

who

ovoked a heated national debate on by helping three women II themselves with machines he denned, was arrested Feb. 5 on murder arges in two of the deaths. The Oakid County prosecutor's office said

edical ethics

during a Jan. 31 -Feb. 2 meeting of the provincial council.

The request now goes

Dominican Father Damian Byrne, the Rome-based master general of the Do-

Royal Oak, Mich., and was to appear nvicted of murder he could be sent to ison for life.

The charges stem from

and jury investigation into the Oct. 23 aths of Sherry Miller, 43, antz, 58, in a

and Marjorie

secluded cabin in a

unty park. Police said the ;re

women

connected to suicide machines

;vorkian designed.

minicans, and his general council.

CHICAGO (CNS) — The Chicago

Dvince of the Dominicans has forllly

asked for the dismissal of contro-

rsial

Matthew Fox order. Dominican Father

theologian Father

>m the

head of the council's Islamic Affairs Bishop Fitzgerald confirmed a news report by Irna, the Iranian state news agency, that Father Michel had arrived for the ceremonies and already had begun contacting Muslim leaders. is

office.

Cardinal Hickey Says Catholic Colleges Have Re-evangelization Role

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— Catho-

High Court Ruling On Haitian Repatriation Seen Based On Hysteria WASHINGTON (CNS)— The U.S.

jor role to play in re -evangelization,

bishops' top migration official said a

ton said at

Supreme Court decision allowing U.S. repatriation of Haitians was based on "hysteria" and what he believes was an unsubstantiated report that some 20,000 U.S. -bound Haitians were poised to exit

homeland. Jesuit Father Richard Ryscavage, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Office of Migration and Refugee Services, in a Feb. 3 interview, said that report and what he called "exaggerated" claims that an unusually high percentage of U.S. -bound Haitian boat people had tested positive for the AIDS virus "fed an alarmist feeling in Washtheir

was urging members of Congress to "put on the fast track" a bill to halt the repatriation. Such ington."

bill, if

said his office

approved, could face a veto by

President Bush.

colleges and universities have a

lic

ma-

Murders Boosted Salvador Church

Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washing-

Madre

y Maestra University in Santiago de los Caballeros, Domini-

Peace Effort, Archbishop Says

can Republic. "I am convinced that Catholic higher education remains a uniquely powerful way of communicating the Gospel in all its fullness to new generations of leaders who will serve both the church and civic society," Cardinal Hickey said Jan. 25. But before reevangelizing, Catholic colleges must be re -evangelized themselves, he said.

the Christian martyrs

SAN SALVADOR

the deaths of Catholic

said the archbishop of

dor peace agreement in Mexico City Archbishop Rivera Damas told a San Salvador radio station that the killing of clergy forced the

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a re-

sponse to the political rhetoric

which cost the country 75,000 lives. "The Church has its own casualties," he

New

Hampshire this winter, more than 150 social and religious organizations have teamed up in an effort to focus attention on domestic issues. The first of such campaigns planned for states with presi-

told the listeners of El Fonografo. "It

shows

that

when people speak the truth want known there can

that others don't

be a violent reaction culminating ending of precious lives."

in the

New

Ukrainian Catholics In U.S.

dential primaries, "Reinvest in

Hampshire" was pulled together by

Australian Court Bars Ordination

groups as diverse as Network, a Catho-

Of Anglican Women

— Ukrai-

lic

announced they would begin to update and revise a series of 33-year-old stat-

shire Association for the Elderly;

utes as part of the further refinement of

new Code of Canon Law for Eastern-rite churches. The Eastern-rite code the

poses.

The updated statutes are intended

laws and regulations of significance for Ukrainian-rite Catholics in the United States today. Archbishop Stephen Sulyk of the Ukrainian Archdiocese of Ph i lade lph a has asked other U.S. Ukrai nian-rite bishops to designate qualified to enact

social justice lobby; the

WHY ARE THEY

WHAT ARE SACRAMENTS?

SANE/

Freeze, a nuclear-freeze advocacy group;

His Church.

Especially

power in His wonderful gift of the sacraments. The acraments were instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church as leans of communicating the divine life to us. They are sacred actions by the faith is expressed, rendered to God, and the is anctification of human kind is effected. The sacraments contribute in le highest degree to the establishment, strengthening and manifestation f the Church communion. (Code of Canon Law, Canon 840)

through Christ and His Holy ourished and celebrated, worship

when

and the Catholic Diocese of ManchesN.H. The New Hampshire report

prayers answered

ter,

an ordination service planned for Feb.

looks at the status of education, health

But the head of the Anglican Church in Australia, Archbishop Keith Rayner, expressed dismay at the decision and

care, housing, environment, children,

and economic

taxes, military spending

have been affected by

way resolves the question of the ordinawomen," he said.

political policies.

Amnesty Report Says Church WorkBy Haitian Military LONDON (CNS) Church mem-

Poland To Try Two Generals For 1984 Murder Of Activist Priest WARSAW, Poland (CNS) Two

The two could

alty

—

bers seen as supporters of Haiti's ousted president. Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide,

have been among those targeted by Haiti's armed forces, said a January report by Amnesty International. The report said that shortly after the September coup that ousted Father Aristide, more than 50 Catholic priests went into hiding. Lay workers and members of church-sponsored development groups are at risk, said the report, which also documented arrests and threats against the church workers. "Haiti: The Human Rights Tragedy" documented human

984 murder of

face the death penconvicted, Justice Ministry spokesman Andrzej Cubalahe said Feb. 5. Gens. Wladyslaw Ciaston and Zenon Platek, who held senior Interior Ministry positions in communist-ruled Poland, were arrested in October 1990 on suspicion of instigating and organizing the priest's abduction and murder.

rights violations since the coup.

Spirit,

Mark

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

—

cians, students, children,

human

Vatican official involved in CatholicMuslim dialogue traveled to Iran to attend Feb. 1 1 ceremonies marking the 13th anniversary of the fundamentalist

Islamic revolution. The official, Jesuit

Father Thomas Michel, was also scheduled to meet Catholic and cials, said

Muslim

offi-

Bishop Michael Fitzgerald,

cyclable.

of the sick Christ brings relief

W0Ce Because they are signs, sacraments also instruct. They are visual ds teaching us about the spiritual effect the sacrament is having. is

present to us

the

There are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Penance, Holy Matrimony, Sacred Orders and the Anointing of the Sick.

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imself

oil

treatment of religious, peasants, politi-

secretary of the Pontifical Council for

By the

tion of

ers Targeted

said.

a court barred

said further legal action was possible. The decision to halt the ceremony "in no

conversion and development. Similar materials are being prepared for other key primary states, localized to emphasize how economic and social needs

Vatican Helps Iran Muslim Revolution

resent by His

fhich,

— Op-

ponents of a plan to ordain Australia's first Anglican women priests had their

ported killings, torture, arrest and mis-

IMPORTANT FOR SALVATION? in

Priests

SYDNEY, Australia (CNS)

New Hamp-

nian-rite Catholics in the United States

darity priest, Poland's Justice Ministry

Ibcharist,

Church

take a stand during the 12-year conflict

Father Jerzy Popieluszko, a pro-Soli-

nners to God and the Church. the ailing.

San Salvador.

Jan. 16,

To Focus Debate On Re-distributing Tax Dollars

with masterminding the

always present

in El

Shortly after the signing of the El Salva-

—

churchmen

colleagues' efforts to rebuild the nation,

secret police generals will be charged

Jesus Christ

the

To Update Statutes PHILADELPHIA (CNS)

quest to seek Father Fox ' s ouster came

— Like

Salvador's civil war strengthened their

anald Goergen, provincial, said the

(CNS)

who sowed

seed for future generations of faithful,

Coalition Seeks

took effect Oct. 1. It calls for each rite under the code to legislate additional canons for its own administrative pur-

>minican Province Asks For ither Fox's Dismissal

Interreligious Dialogue. Father Michel

first

stages of the revision.

jvorkian was arrested outside his home court later in the day to enter a plea. If

clergy and laity to take part in the

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February

Vatican Recognizes New States; Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia

Moving Along...

— The

VATICAN CITY

sponding to the redrawn

Vatican, re-

map

political

Eastern Europe, announced

was

statement said.

establish-

tempted to send a papal legate to 1920, but the diplomat had to turn back

and Slovenia

the state

home

of an estimated 5 million

CafhoUcs, became the

first

ex-Soviet repub-

The Vatican

Union

forces and the federal Yugoslav army, i|

December.

republics of

need of a "new resurrection."

"Founded on a precious

were formally recognized as inde-

and

Europe's newest

on schedule. Construction crews have benefited from mild winter

states.

year.

JOANN KEANE

Photo by

the Vatican to monitor

problems encountered by the churches in

Vietnamese

Spiritual

HOUSTON — Six members of the Vietnamese Catholic community from

the Dio-

In Ukraine, the Catholic

Father Tran, pastor of the diocese's Viet-

namese Catholic community,

will

make pre-

cese of Charlotte are in Houston for a Cursillo

sentations during the weekend.

weekend. The team

Nguyen Xuan Long, Do Trong Ky, Nguyen Van Tinh, Le Van Trieu and Nguyen Hieu Tuoi. The Houston weekend is a precursor for

renewal program so they can help

spiritual

bring

learning about the

to Charlotte.

Redemptorist Father parochial vicar of St.

Joseph mission

Vang Cong

Tran,

James parish and

St.

Concord, asks for your

weekends that will be offered begin-

ning in June to Vietnamese Catholics in the

prayers "so they can be effective in whatever

Diocese of Charlotte. Dates and locations

they receive there."

will

be announced

embroiled

—

Siberiaand the Russian Far East, some Catholic

communities

still

worship

menical activity,"

the bishop responsible for the area.

Because of their nities

isolation, these

The Vatican

Catholics belong to the

1946 but re-emerged under the reform

have yet to learn that religious freedom

Joseph Werth, the 39-year-old apostolic administrator of Siberia said.

and eastern Russia,

Spreading the news

"the distances are

is difficult

because

enormous and communi-

cations are difficult." "It's

not something you can

do by

tele-

"We

said.

combs, but they,

are leaving the cata-

too, are leaving a very

He said it is common to be asked by young adults who have mixed Catholic and an Orthodox parentage what

faith they

decide for yourself."

The bishop

"Cases

bishop

should

said he responds, "First, well, then

how

many Catholics or how many Catholic com-

Blair, the first

have not found them

all.

I still

"Still,

every

munities, not only in the cities, but a

little

responsible.

First,

clandestinely."

The

priests.

Then, he

still

living

third task is to establish

"a minimum of church bureaucracy" to keep

and

Catholics in his jurisdiction are ethnic Poles

train catechists and, finally , to build churches.

The next item of his

Russians, "but they are few and

appears to me." rela-

and the Orthodox have ac-

one

right

of things to do

before a similar decision by the Eurorj

Community.

A Yugoslavian official sai move was

"di

interference in the internal affairs of slavia."

Last August, the Vatican said

their

Bonnie's

at St.

Matthew

mas Day

father, Charles,

have two Catho-

died on

1989, one day after watching

daughter practice one

last time.

Since the 1988 Olympics, Ms. Blair

however, permits

"stayed in skating and done very well,"

"She has won every f said. and 1,000-meter event she's been in

Wisconsin, Colorado and Alberta the cham-

year."

time to be in Champaign. Ms.

mother

The medalist

pion skater spent just two weeks of the past years in Champaign. Blair, 27,

won

the 500-meter race

oval at 39.10 seconds.

classes at

She was expected

compete Feb. 12

in the 1,000-meter

event in 1988, and

placed eighth in the 500-meter race in the

1984 Olympics

in Sarajevo,

Yugoslavia,

maintaining a rigid training schedule upon graduating from high school in 1982.

Mrs. Blair and more than 40 friends and

were

in Albertville for the

Winter

Games to see the young girl who used to help her mother serve coffee and doughnuts after

Montana

Before the

State University,

Advertise

Call

on hold. 1988 Olympic triumpf

four-year degree

1,500-meter race and Feb. 14 in the

,000-meterrace. Ms. Blair also won abronze

s training schedule alsop

mathematics. She has since attended s(

Alberta she set the world record on an indoor

the

havoc with college studies. Ms. Blair completed two yean Parkland College before the 1988 Olymj majoring in physical education and mina

is still

Calgary, Mrs. Blair said her daughter

work as a flight attendant, fame of Olympic gold could change eventually

Last July 4 Ms. Blair return Champaign to dedicate a monument to 01; pic athletes at a local park. She has t featured in Sports Illustr ated, People,

Today and the St. Matthew parish bulk which in 1988, her mother laughed, wis her good luck in "Calvary."

the Catholic

News &

Herald

When build-

complete the city, which has more than

churches.

Mass.

a long-term problem," he

.4 million inhabitants, will

lic

The Vatican announced Jan. 1 3 that it recognizing Croatia and Slovenia two c

now, houses work."

struction in Novosibirsk Jie said.

ing

At a time when Catholic-Orthodox

last

"For

list

A cathedral and chancery are under con-

come from

atheism, not from Orthodoxy, at least

tions are tense

"This said.

member

training schedule,

relatives

marriages.

and Germans deported to Siberia under Stalin.

a lifelong

little

medal

he needs 40 to 50

The bishop, who was bom to an ethnic German family in Kazakhstan, said most

There are also Ukrainian Catholics and some

fi;

racked Croatia

Blair's mother, Eleanor, said after training in

her

do" than count the number of

track of things like Catholic baptisms

said.

— Bonnie

(CNS)

onds. In the 1 988 Winter Olympics in Calgary,

must seek "groups of Catholics

week we discover new com-

everywhere," he

Slovenia has largely escaped the

ever to win the 500-

out of place," the

Catholics or Catholic communities for which

One has to look for

them, the Catholics."

HI.

woman

Feb. 10 in Albertville, France, in 40.33 sec-

said.

things to

Her

munities exist in his territory, "because

independent nation and be able to mal

Olympic Gold Medalist Bonnie Blair A Lifelong Catholic

very frequent, but to

Bishop Werth said he has "more urgent

Bishop Werth said he does not know

peace and freedom a

pendence from the Soviet Union

Ms.

like this are

speak of proselytism

building in Novosibirsk.

will also enjoy

contribution to European culture.

Parish in Champaign.

than issues with local implications.

Catholic newspaper.

lie,

the Cathohc-Orthodox schism of 1054, the

pics, is

be "diplomatic" problems, rather

you must know each of them

its t

and Estonia which had declared

seem

interview with Awenire, the Milan-based

who gave him a chalice to use in the cathedral

and

3 centuries, it s

never been completely severed, even after

tensions in the newspapers, he said, but they

follow.

II,

verted to Christianity. These relations have

meter speedskating competition in two Olym-

phone," Bishop Werth said in a Feb. 9

met privately Feb. 6 with Pope John Paul

Rome go back

The Vatican said it hoped Slovenia, wJ some 83 percent of the population is Ca

Prince Vladimir of Kiev con-

CHAMPAIGN,

Catholics and Orthodox read about the

The bishop, who was appointed last April,

tions with

the time that the Vatican

Vatican statement noted that relations

when

percent of theft

1 1

recognize the Baltic states ofLithuania La

difficult period."

has been instituted in the country, Bishop

poli-

former Soviet President Mikhail

80 percen

Catholic, while,

history of the church there

that has

which was suppressed in

thodox make up about

The

me-

Most Ukrainian

said about

Croatia's population

faith-

"Frankly, for us the problem does not exist,"

commu-

tried unsuccessfully to

Eastern-rite church,

cies of

said.

Bishop Werth said he and local Orthodox

leaders get along fine.

in secret, said

and organizational

diate the conflict.

988,

cused Catholics of proselytizing their ful,

a mi-

between Ukraine and Rome began in the year

Some Siberians Have

In the vast expanses of

and has been

Gorbachev.

later.

Not Heard About Religious Freedom MILAN, Italy

in property

The Vatican has

Bishop Says

Church

nority of about 10 percent

disputes with the Orthodox in recent years.

Participants are

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all

three countries.

Renewal Weekend Planned

will

The presence of nuncios will allow more directly the

nuncios.

September for the 1992-93 school

be markec

peace, prosperity, justice and genuine

the appointment of papal ambassadors, called in

which one hopes

treasure of 1

looks towasjl

future,

expected to be followed in coming weeks by

open

now

history, Croatia

pendent by the Vatican in January. They are

The Vatican announcement Feb. 8 was

will

statement said Croatia,

lowing months ofbloody warfare with Ser! i

Catholic,

right

bee

later

part of the Soviet Union.

Croatia and Slovenia, both predominantly

in fighting bel

Vatican following the breakup of the Soviet

The former Yugoslavian

The new elementary school

was overrun

Russia and Poland. Ukraine

Russia to be recognized by the

after

lic

weather.

Holy See

also noted that the

ing diplomatic relations with Ukraine, Croatia

Ukraine,

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