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asked to give to help meet the needs of

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of Eastern Europe communist domination.

in the areas

>w free from

Although the collapse of comunism

But, says the U.S. bishops' Office to

Aid the Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe and the USSR, "Eastern European Catholics lack resources we take for granted for the life of the Church everything from Bibles to trained priests."

—

In 1990, the U.S. Bishops established a

brought an end to persecution and

ror, the

1992

Eastern Europe

WASHINGTON— On Ash Wednes-

Number 25 • February 28,

Wednesday Collection To Aid

)hurch

Volume

in the Diocese of Charlotte

Church

in the area faces

many

program beginning

three-year

in 1991 to

provide assistance to the Church in the

newly-freed areas. This year's Ash Wednes-

day collection is the second of the three. Underscoring the potential leadership role of U.S. Catholics, the office says the faithful

of these newly liberated societies

"are turning to us, their brothers and sisters in Christ, to help

them nurture their leaders, word

teach their children and preach God's in

wounded

society."

Although all dioceses have not reported at this time, total for

estimated that the collection

1991 exceeded $5 million.

(Although the office recommended that the collections be taken up on

Ash Wednes-

day or a Sunday during Lent, many dioceses have chosen other times of the year for the

Kent

offering. This accounts for the late reporting

transformed into a transitional homeless shelter for

a former residence hall

now-closed Sacred Heart College

women and

is elderly Polish it

woman

Lady of Czestochowa

with her image of is

one of millions

Photo by

kept the faith alive in Eastern Europe

ring

more than 40 years of communist

rule.

photo).

cases.

dation.)

Funds from the first collection already have been applied to various projects to help rebuild the Church. Media centers, radio stations and pubhshing houses have re-

Belmont, has been

children.

The Diocese of Charlotte is following the Ash Wednesday recommenin

some

Hall,

JOANN KEANE

Former Sacred Heart College Dorm

Becomes Shelter For Women By JOANN KEANE

ceived assistance for their evangelizing ef-

Associate Editor

BELMONT —

forts.

Seminarians and Religious have been role as a

eds as

iritual

center. Catholic schools

seeks to restore

its

and

sent abroad to study

and return to

seminaries and convents are being reno-

vated, Catholic education provided and

of Sacred Heart College have been resur-

shelters.

rected.

The dorm has been transformed into

a shelter for homeless

women and women

national bishops' conferences organized.

The

Sisters

of Mercy have leased the

dormitory for $1 a year to HeraStar, a nonprofit organization

ime To Share Traditions...

formed

to benefit the

economically impoverished

"We and

work with a group

women

the 23

first-

46 women and children. So far, six rooms have beds. She plans to renovate one

There

all

three residential

140 individuals.

carpet, only linoleum tile

with traces of carpet adhesive, on the cold floors.

Water pipes

burst last year during a

winter freeze, mining the carpet. ceiling

tiles,

Some

also water damaged, have been

removed.

helps people regain their lives," said Sister Pauline.

areas sharing a connecting bath. "It

The

this

shelter will serve

program

is it

women, and

in its day.

with children in Gaston County have the greatest need, explained Tribble.

The

sys-

cies,

come from community

that

There is a day shelter for women which serves 10 women during the day, and there

already done," Tribble said.

shelter,

but

way, because the screening process

DIOCESAN SUPPORT APPEAL frican-American Catholics have a distinct musical tradition which they want to share in the 1 -

See Dorm, Page 13

only

February

ser-

Red Cross. "We want to do it

needs of homeless women.

woman's

service agen-

such as the department of social

vices and the

a battered

ideal

Referrals to the shelter, Tribble said, will

tem, she said, has fallen short on meeting the

for families," said Sister Pauline.

women with children. Women and women

Photo by TIM REID

and

Kent Hall was a progressive dormitory Seventy rooms in the three story structure were set up in suites, two bedroom

work and school." "What I like about

...

for

floors are livable for

and children who seek shelter, and will offer them the opportunity to obtain skills, education, child care, and transportation from

of Asheville and their

an under-

top priority. That opens space

floor at a time, until

a real need."

vide for the physical needs of those

Drummond

revamp

Tribble 's plan to

Hester Tribble, founder and president

Shannon, and daughter, Shea, make a joyful sound unto the Lord. See story on Page

"It's like

survival, Tribble said.

like this,' ' said Mercy Sister Pauline Clifford. is

more than the public

the streets are reduced to the basics of

"There

of HeraStar, said the organization will "pro-

(p,

are powerless to the system." People

floor rooms

are very excited about opportu-

possibilities to

all

women and

children of Gaston County.

nity

"Homelessness

knows," said Tribble.

ground network, with no regulations

with children.

wurch. Darnell Pickett plays the piano while Jim and Dollie

She two men's

serves victims of domestic violence. points out that the area has

their

countries as leaders of the Church. Churches,

lurches are reopening and religious houses

seminaries are being reestablished.

The hallowed halls of

Kent Hall dormitory on the former campus

April 5, 1992

'atholic

News

February 28, 19 >!

Herald

African-American Affairs Ministry

Seeks To Overcome Differences By TIM REID It has ASHEVILLE

—

been more than two decades since Lettie Polite transferred from St. Anthony, a small church serving Asheville's black Cathothe large

lics, to

downtown

church of St. Lawrence. St. Anthony s and other black churches were being closed in order to integrate their members fully into the life of the Church. Polite has become an active mem'

at St. Lawrence, singing in the choir and participating in church get-togethers. But, she still misses the camaraderie and closeness she felt at St. Anthony,

ber

and she knows some black Catholics who no longer attend church because they don't feel they are truly welcome. The Diocese of Charlotte has been working for some years to meet the needs of black Catholics through its Ministry for African-American Affairs. Leaders in the effort say much has been accomplished while much remains to be

Tupponce volved

in the

since 1978.

said she had been inblack Catholic ministry

The main purpose, she said, though churches and

"is to help black Catholics feel as

they are at

home

in their

not just visitors."

The diocese has developed some wonderful programs for black Catholics Tupponce said. The annual Martin Luther King Day celebration in Charlotte has become a diocesan project thanks to Bishop Donoghue, she said, "It has grown from in recent years,

liturgy with a guest speaker to a full-day

event with workshops, and

last

year

added an essay contest."

The Day of Reflection which is held at Our Lady of Consolation

each year

Church

another diocesan event to

gether for an uplifting experience, she

workshop on Lutheran-Catholic inter-communion.

African-American

books,

etc,

are featured in a resource center at

Our

art,

"Things are improving," said Carl O. Foster, who directs the ministry for the diocese. "We are not complacent, and that is a step forward in my opinion. The posture that the bishop and everyone at the diocesan center has taken is a very positive one. They have demon-

"That is a beautiful place, and it is going to grow." Charlotte's Perpetual Hope Choir is

can do to help us eliminate them." Part of the problem stems from cultural differences, Foster said.

The

vice,

"We

said.

are an integral part of the

we do have

church, and

gifts that are

unique and need to be shared in the church," said Toni Tupponce, chairman of the pastoral council for the Ministry

said.

an example of the rich cultural diversity that African-Americans bring to the church, she said. The choir from Our Lady of Consolation performs at numerous churches, singing gospel music in the African-American tradition that is popular with both white and black audi-

family,

Associate Editor

people from across the diocese gathered for the third annual Liturgy Day Feb. 21 at St. Patrick Cathedral.

most important thing we do in the church," Bishop John F. "Liturgy

Donoghue

the plight of the black

said, and she would church do more to address

that issue.

"We

be dealing with some hard issues like homelessness, drugs, and alcohol abuse and teen sexuality,"

need

she said. "All those things are hitting our community pretty hard." The plight of the black family will be the focus of the Black Catholic Congress in New Orleans in July, Foster See Black, Page 13

the

told the congre-

gation after a morning prayer

Tupponce

like to see the

CAROL HAZARD

CHARLOTTE — A hundred or so

The most pressing problem facing black Catholics

for African- American Affairs.

service.

"Every liturgy has

to be a religious

experience that raises our hearts and minds to God, contributes to the well

being of our worship and puts us in touch with the living God," he said.

make

the experience of

worship as meaningful as possible. "We are supposed to have active liturgies,

not passive observations," said

Newnan, diocesan It is

feeling, seeing.

director of

a series of columns

Social Services about their experiences. In order to protect client confidentiality,

the staff members are not identified.

One of

the

many

reasons

ter

God

those

who come

to us for

assistance.

seems

that

how many downward life

has taken, there

glimmer of light. At meet, there

turns a person's

always a

faint

least within those

warm

a link with a family

spot within them,

member, a

relative

or a faithful friend.

Three clients came to our office one after walking from the Immigration office all the way to our building. They claimed they had hitched a ride from South Carolina. They had all their belongings in a paper bag and spoke very

day

little

English.

After helping them

Ham

them.

Time passed

and, one day,

re-

ceived a phone call from one of them.

He had been admitted to a local hospital and was diagnosed with a terminal ease.

He was

dis-

scared and, sensing his

end, he very humbly and sincerely asked

no matter how desperate the circumstances, no matter It

asylum applications, and after many phone calls, I found them a place to stay for a few days. Work permits were procured, and entry level jobs opened for

enjoy

working for Catholic Social Services and have stayed here for almost 1 0 years is the recurring opportunity to encoun-

fill

out their

mother in Cuba and notify her if anything happened to him. But he begged me not to tell her of his to write his

limited resources or of his suffering. I

should awaken the

and the emo-

tions."

Many

members of Catholic

singing, hearing,

affective (the feelings)

Newnan.

kept in contact with him. Several

months later, after he died, I wrote to his mother as I had promised. Sure enough, she wrote back, grief stricken and in shock. Her son, from a middle class and loving family, had to leave his country to escape persecution from the communist regime of Castro. Here, in the United States,

knew

he encountered many difficulties, died in the poorest of circumstances. Yet, he always seemed "rich," rich in the warm memories he shared of his mother.

smoi

said.

With

liturgies are disjointed, said

Traditional hymns, for ex-

ample, are selected not because they tie in with the message, but because they are known by the congregation. The

an experience not as inspiring could or should be, she said.

result is

"Our eyes were opened

new approach to looking said Newnan, summing up

to a

whole

at liturgy,"

her reaction

Day. "I hope people will have the courage to go back to their liturgy commissions and say we ought to the Liturgy

parish.

In addition, a

workshop

led

Lutheran Bishop Michael McDani highlighted a covenant between Roman Catholic and Lutheran churchf The covenant has spawned interfai worship services. Bishop McDaniel, the former he; of the Lutheran Synod of North Car lina, said the similarities far outweij

He pointed out that book, "The Common Catechism, votes 550 pages to areas in whi< Lutherans and Catholics agree. The r maining 1 14 pages outline the diffe ences, most of which are a matter semantics and "philosphers' quarrels he said. "If we could find a new comnrw the differences.

language;

could rediscover

have the presider and another person do the readings by taking parts much like a play and interject the reading with responsorial singing by the congregation.

celebrated by a "valid priest," a

some of the ideas." One idea to spark more

ment would be

involve-

"The good liturgies are the ones where people say they were 'beautiful,' because they were touched through their senses as well as the cognitive meaning of the word," said Newnan. Presenters Gary Daigle, Rory Cooney and Theresa Donohoo led the song and spoke about the importance of music in unifying an assembly of Christ. Liturgy serves to empower an ascongregation

broke into groups to attend special intt est workshops, including liturgic m preparation for Holy Week and Easl

orthodox tradition and start using Gr& orthodox," then many of the finer poir would not be so loaded, said Bishf McDaniel. The one real sticking point, ho\ ever, is ordination. "This is why v can't commune," he said. In the Cath lie tradition, the sacraments must

to try

;

-V

that perspective, participar

season, liturgical eucharistic ministe

than cognitive.

Crosswinds

and ministry to the sick, a new mus reading session and music for the smi

word of God

secondary to the actual gathering, said. "Nothing is more important th; the people of God ... Liturgy is just| symbol of the life of the church." The liturgy of music, the word God and the Eucharist should build t ward "progressive solemnity" to und( score the communion of the people, is

Participants looked at ways to weave

Chris

Crosswinds

sembly of Christ, said song writer Ro Cooney of Phoenix. While important,

a common thread through music and the

Religious Education. "Liturgy

written by stajff

CAROL HAZAF

Workshop Aims To Spark, Add Meaning To Liturgy

ences.

Afri-

can-American tradition of worship puts more emphasis on body movement, swaying and even shouting in a more physically expressive form of celebration, he said. This is frowned upon by those who are accustomed to a more reserved, European-style worship ser-

Photo by

said.

Lady of Consolation, Tupponce

ing what the problems are and what they

Donoghue greets Lutheran Bishop Michael McDaniel before the morni Day at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte. Bishop McDaniel le(

presentation at Liturgy

done.

strated that they are interested in learn-

Bishop John

bring black Catholics and others to-

prie

ordained by bishops, he said. Luther: clergy are ordained by fellow paston Yet, there is still hope. "I dor

know (what the final outcome will be; said Bishop McDaniel. "But I know th one day we woke up and the Berlin W." was down." The Office of Worship, which spo sors the annual Liturgy Day, is fund* by the Diocesan Support Appeal.

„

ebruary 28, 1992

The Catholic News &

iaston By JOANN

Woman

County

Establishes Homeless Shelter

KEANE

Associate Editor

BELMONT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hester Tribble ;en the cycle of homelessness.

nows

all

has

She

too well about the needs of

the thread that tied her to the textile mill.

Tribble has been

omeless persons.

was a struggle, but Tribble defied She broke the cycle. She cut

the odds.

Tribble calls the accomplishment a

tere.

turning point for her family.

Perhaps more times than she cares recall, she and her husband and three fiildren found themselves living out of

went

out a living. Tribble took her new-found educa-

But that was an eternity ago. ribble's last experience of omelessness was in 1972. Tribble comes from a Gaston County imily that

made

their living in the

tills. She grew up in a mill village. She new the stigma associated with the :xtile tradition. "To work in a mill, you

need

ive,"

Her son her three

children has returned to the mills to eke

car.

nly

None of

to college.

skills,

not education, to sur-

she recalls.

So Tribble became

part of

what she

new. Working in the mills, on and off

tion

to her roots.

as a case worker for

college gave

human

She went

work

AFDC. "Going

work

the tools to

services."

Her conscience tugged, however, as homeless "client after client called with no place to go, and I had nothing to tell them." There was no place for them to go for shelter, much less a place where they could better their chances of be-

coming

self supporting.

Tribble decided to create such-

scraping by, raising three chil-

elfare,

back

for Social Services of Gaston County,

place.

ren.

When her daughter brought home a about an adult education program Sacred Heart Colleger Tribble de-

Dtice

ded to

visit the

campus, "just

to ask."

Her first campus encounter was with priest. She doesn't recall his name. It

May

of 1989, she established

HeraStar, a non-profit organization to benefit the economically improverished

women and children of Gaston County. An anonymous donation of $6,400 gave her the nest egg to begin her labor of love. She left her social services job in April, 1 990 to devote herself full time to the dream of a better life for those still on the streets. She was slowed by her mother's stroke, and waylaid by hit-and-miss

For Tribble, however, became the nameless Samaritan who ould change her life forever. "He Hided me papers to fill out, and I did." e told her "OK, come to class â&#x20AC;˘mmorrow night." Had it not been so latter-of-fact, Tribble may have walked

grant-seeking.

vay.

began

Desn't matter.

"Somehow, he knew what I needed,

to look up.

May

1991, things

A $15,000 grant from

Hester Tribble holds her grandson, Joshua, as she surveys Kent Hall. The dormitory on the former campus of Sacred Heart College will be converted to a shelter for homeless women

women

and

with children.

Photo by

She remembered the defunct Sacred Heart College and the compassion of the Sisters of Mercy. She visualized the vacant dormatories and

the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation gave

ture for

e stopped a vicious cycle."

her the financial beginning to realize her

with children.

During her five years of classes, the jans list student missed only five

vision.

homeless

saw

the fu-

women and women Mercy

Sister

Pauline Clifford a package with

from and "AFDC (Aid to imilies with Dependent Children) when

she said, "No one wanted to rent to us. People did not want homeless individu-

received the information; she liked the

got really bad," Tribble achieved

A distraught, but never discouraged

goal in 1984 with a degree in psy-

Tribble returned to the very place that

asses.

From

proved

With

'evail.

1979, until her graduathat determination will

financial assistance

irious grants,

lings ir

als in their

P.O.

Box 36776

and goals of HeraStar.

all

the

Sister

Pauline called Tribble the very day she

rooms that once housed young women on campus. She viewed the fallen, warped ceiling tiles, and carpetless floors damaged from burst dilapidated

See Tribble, Page 13

Lenten Guidelines

life.

The time of Lent is to be observed by Catholics as a special season of prayer, penance and works of charity. 2. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, in particular, are the most important penitential days of the liturgical year. They are days of both fast and abstinence. All Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence. 3. The rule of fasting states that only one full meal a day can be taken. Two 1

Diocese of Charlotte

The Sisters of Mercy agreed to lease HeraStar the former Kent Hall. Initial plans call for a one-year trial rental of one of the three vacant dormitories.

houses."

changed her

lology.

history,

idea.

Tribble was ecstatic. She toured the

Tribble quickly sent

The generous grant still did not provide enough cash to purchase a home that would suffice Tribble 's dream And,

3n, she

JOANN KEANE

Charlotte, N C. 28236

(704)377-6871

small meals, "sufficient to maintain strength," are allowed, but together, they

should not equal another The Chancery

full

meal. Eating between meals breaks the

drinking liquids does not. The rule of fasting obliges

February 19, 1992

all

fast,

but

Catholics from age 18

to 59.

Abstinence refers to the eating of meat. Under the present law, it does not The rule of abstinence binds

Dear Friends in Christ:

include egg or milk products, meat soups or gravies.

A little over a year ago when the U.S. Bishops committed ourselves to aiding the Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe and the USSR, we could hardly foresee the sweeping changes that have occurred in this region during the past year.

Savoring their new freedoms and encountering new challenges, the Catholic people of these long-oppressed countries are struggling to overcome the legacy of persecution. After decades of repression, the Church is weakened and lacking the most basic resources. It is a measure of the generosity of the U.S. Catholics that in the first year of this special collection, they gave more than million dollars to our brothers and sisters in Eastern Europe.

Funds from the collection are already at work enabling the Church to reestablish desperately needed youth programs, leadership training, publications, and social ministries.

This is a critical time for the Church. In these newly liberated countries, there is a great need for a strong Church that can bring the Gospel message to people who have suffered so much. Now is the time for the U.S. Church to reach out in compassion and solidarity. You will have the opportunity to support our brothers and sisters in Eastern Europe through the special collection to be taken up in all parishes of our diocese on Ash Wednesday, March 4th.

sings,

Thanking you I am

for your

support

and wishing you God's bles-

Catholics 14 years old and older.

all

The

and abstaining. The individual conscience can decide if there is a proper A more serious reason should be present to excuse from the Ash Wednesday and Good Friday penance. Self-imposed fasting on the other weekdays of Lent is recommended. 6. Abstinence on all Fridays of the year is also highly recommended. The Peace fasting

cause to excuse.

Pastoral of the American Bishops, stating that prayer is incomplete without penance, urges Friday abstinence as something all American Catholics should offer up for the sake of world peace. Parents and teachers should see to it that even those who are not bound by 7. the laws of fast and abstinence because of age are brought

up in an atmosphere conductive to a sense of penance. The faithful should be clearly and positively encouraged to receive the 8. Sacrament of Penance during Lent. There should be adequate time scheduled for Confessions before Easter. Group penance services should bot be scheduled for the last days of Holy Week. At no time is it permitted to schedule a group penance service for the purpose of giving general absolution without individual that is

Confessions.

Sin/jferely in Chrisjz?,

The

Sacramentary and the Lectionary must be observed regarding all the special Holy Week Rites. 10. Funeral Masses are not allowed on Holy Thursday, Good Friday or Holy Saturday. The funeral Rite outside of Mass can be held either in church or at the chapel on those days, with a Funeral Mass later. 1 1 The RCIA is incorporated into the liturgy during Lent. The Rite of Election is celebrated on the First Sunday of Lent. On the Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays of Lent, the Scrutinies take place during Mass. 9.

Rev. Msigr. John J. Mc^weeney, V.G. 'Tiancellor

524

Morehead Street. Charlotte. N C 28207

FAX (704) 358- 208 1

liturgical directions of the

faithfully

and abstinence is a serious Those whose work or health would be impaired are excused from

substantial observance of the laws of fast

obligation.

Catholic

News

February 28, 19

Herald

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY winged

way

his

(CNS)

— Pope John Paul

to Africa after a six-language request

man, Spanish, Portuguese and for prayers in

Build

Shortly after the morning

P\+ audience, * Senegal,

the

more than 40 years (more than 70 in some the Catholic Church in the former communist

tries.

for

left

and

the major-

the three coun-

The pope was sched-

uled to return Feb. 26.

from

"Christians in these coun-

oppression and terror.

tries are

Catholics are free to worship in their churches, to

educate their children

pope

Gambia

ity religion in

After

free

Catholic schools, to reopen

ity,

only a small minor-

but they are fervent in their faith and are actively

seminaries, monasteries and convents which have

engaged in many forms of service to society," the pope

been closed for decades and to send potential Church

said.

The general audience

leaders abroad to study.

But all of this takes money. And money is in short supply in many of the areas where the need is greatest. And that's where Catholics of the Diocese of Charlotte can help. In 1990, the National Conference of Catholic through the Office to Aid the Catholic Bishops Church in Central and Eastern Europe and the USSR established a three-year program to raise funds to help meet the needs of the Church in the newly-freed

—

areas.

The bishops called for a national collection beginin 1991 and recommended that the offering be made on Ash Wednesday although many dioceses have decided to take up the collection on a Sunday in ning

Lent or

another time of the year.

The

first

collection last year raised at least $5

That money has been used for such things as establishing a Catholic news service and a catechetical organization in Poland, send Lithuanian seminarians to Rome to study and to provide training for priests and religious, establish a pro-life program and develop a Catholic radio million with

some dioceses

still

Funds from the collection also have helped supChurch programs in Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria,Yugoslavia, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and the

port

20 minutes and

In Muslim Africa, Pope Encourages Catholic Minority To Spread Faith DAKAR, Senegal (CNS) Pope John Paul II, on the first day of an eight-day visit to western Africa, encouraged the minority Catholic communities to strengthen and spread their faith. He also told the majority Muslim communities that he hoped his visit would strengthen Catholic-Muslim ties, promoting cooperation "between sons and daughters of one

—

nation, united in a

common destiny and in service for

the common good." Arriving in the Senegalese capital trip that was to last until Feb. 26 and include Gambia and Guinea, the pope was greeted by Senegal's President Abdou Diouf.

of Dakar Feb. 19 for a

Must

independence, said Nigerian Cardinal Franc Arinze, president of the Pontifical Council f Interreligious Dialogue. These countries are seeking national unity economic and cultural development, he said in a Vatic Radio interview broadcast Feb. 19. Part of this natioi unity consists of forging harmony among diffen ethnic groups and Muslims, Christians and believers traditional African religions, he added. Christian-Muslim relations in all three countri are good, said the cardinal, who heads the Vatic? agency responsible for dialogue with Muslims. "Tl governments as such have shown openness and pr dence" toward Christians, and "we can talk of a trt 'collaboration' and 'brotherhood,'" he said. Religious freedom "is truly a pillar of develo ment, peace and justice," said the cardinal.

political

Pope Denies Formal Alliance With Reagan About Poland SENEGAL (CNS) Pope John Paul II was never "any formal understanding or

—

said the alliance

between himself and former President Ronald Reag. to destabilize Poland's communist government. T pope said a Time magazine article describing alleged secret pact used "after-the-fact reasoning" ti

an effort "to find a cause for the consequences, that for the 1989 fall of Poland's communist governmei The pope told journalists flying with him Feb. 19 western Africa that 10 years after his meeting wi '

— which — he could not remember

then-President Ronald Reagan allegedly hatched

the plot w exacl

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN Q. Recently I began working with a liturgy planning group in our parish. We're all enjoying it a lot. We need information about the Alleluia. Some of us feel it should never be used unless it is sung at Mass. Others say it is better to say it than not have at

all.

years.

are considering donating parts of

Inn

bodies, especially our eyes, to other people wl

could use them. Then we would like to be cremati with a memorial Mass afterward. Is this possibl How would we arrange for this? (Ohio)

(Texas) A. First of all

urge you to discuss your tentatr

A. A book called the Lectionary is the official ritual of the Church for the Liturgy of the Word at Mass.

urge you to be generous.

ews & Herald

, |

Be Sung At Mass?

'Alleluia'

The second of the three collections is scheduled Ash Wednesday, March 4, in the Diocese of Charlotte.

The Cathouc

Awaiting the pope in Africa were three countri on the road to developing as nations "after 30 years

what they said about helping Poland.

Ukraine.

lasted about

consisted of papal greetings in French, English, Ger-

to report.

station in Czechoslovakia.

more than

topic before issuing greetings in different language

f is

last

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week of another Lenten season, I'm reminded of my childhood from every kid was, "What are you giving up for Lent." The usual nobody in New England ever used the term "soft >ponse was "candy" or "tonic" drinks" or, if a kid really wanted to make a sacrifice, "Saturday movies." What brings this to mind is a reading of the Lenten Guidelines which appear on Page 3 of this issue. The sixth guideline recommends self-imposed fasting on the days With

start

len the question

— —

when it is not required. One way you might consider doing this is to take part in Operation Rice Bowl which provides funds for the

Dating back to the earliest days of the Judeo-Christian tradition, people worshipped God by offering animal sacrifices. Here are some of the key events in the last 4,000 years. 2000 B.C. Abraham is prepared to offer his son Isaac on Mt. Moriah as a sign of his total subservience to the will of Yahweh. Once assured of Abraham's obedience, God allows him to sacrifice a ram on the altar in place of his son. King Solomon builds the first Temple 950 B.C. to provide a holy place for prayers, hymn and animal

—

sacrifices.

of Lent

overseas charitable works of Catholic Relief Services. The idea which began in Allentown, Pa., in 1975 and

—

was adopted by CRS in 1976 is really very simple. At least one day a week (more if you like) skip one :al

or eat a very simple meal

— one eaten

meal

regularly by the poor of the Third World,

The money saved by skipping

they get any kind of a meal.) aple

a meal or eating a

then put in a cardboard rice bowl which can be obtained from parishes

from Catholic schools. Another possibility is to give up an item from your daily one which you don't really need. The money saved also goes into the rice wl. At the end of Lent, the money from the rice bowls is collected by parishes and warded to CRS which has collected more than $43 million since Operation Rice wl began. I

think you'll find

it's

a relatively painless sacrifice.

That same sixth guideline also recommends abstinence from eating meat on all not just those during Lent. The recommendation originally s made by in their Peace Pastoral by the U.S. bishops who urged that American tholics offer up the sacrifice for the sake of world peace. Since the collapse of communism (at least in most of the world outside Cuba and

—

days of the year

inland China),

many Americans have come

world peace if not at hand is at least just around the corner. A look at a daily newspaper or evening television news should be enough to disabuse anyone of that notion. It's anything but a peaceful world with ethnic violence in various areas of what :d to be the Soviet Union and in the appparently breaking up Yugoslavian eration, the contimuing trouble in Northern Ireland and the potential for more titing in other parts of the world. Unfortunately, there is still a need of prayers for peace. I

—

think

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

BOB GATELY

One Candle

Light

Notebook

to the belief that

The

priests kill pigeons,

lambs and

cattle,

and

sprinkle their blood on the central altar in atonement for sin.

587 B.C.

—

Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzer and burns the Temple, sending many Hebrews back to Babylon as slaves. There, they pray for deliverance from this humiliating defeat. 541 B.C. Some Hebrews are allowed to return from Babylon. They build a second Temple for the purpose of worshipping and appeasing Yahweh by means of animal sacrifices. Greco-Syrian King Antiochus drives the Jews out of the Temple and 67 B.C. turns it into a pagan shrine. conquers

Israel

—

— 165 B.C — Two years Maccabees Temple, priesthood and blood 30 A.D. — Anointed One, 1

later, the

restoring the

the

Jesus, the

rise in rebellion

and retake the

rituals.

drives the

money changers

out of the

Temple, charging that they have made it a den of thieves rather than a house of prayer. He teaches the people that mercy toward one's neighbor is more pleasing to God than bloody sacrifice. 70 A.D. The Romans destroy the Temple and animal sacrifices gradually

— 90 A.D. — As

become priests.

obsolete.

It is

new

the Christian era begins, a

called the

ritual

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and

develops, presided over by serves as a memorial of the

suffering and death of Jesus Christ. In this ritual, Jesus, the in

atonement for 1536 A.D.

Lamb of God,

offered

sin.

— The

Protestant Reformation claims that Scripture

the sole

Mass and the priesthood are irrelevant. The Council of Trent (1547 A.D.) condemns this view as heretical. The first Vatican Council condemns the 9th century Rationalists, 879 A.D. affirming that there are truths of faith which are entirely beyond the natural poweres of reason to comprehend; God's unchanging love being the most significant. 1992 A.D. Catholic priests continue to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in atonement for sin as they celebrate the knowledge of God's saving love, revealed authority for Christians. For them, the

—

Covenant

Jtheran/Catholic

to us through Jesus Christ.

As Lent approaches,

By FATHER

GEORGE KLOSTER

on the on-going Lutheran-Catholic dialogue owing the signing of the Covenant by our bishops on Pentecost of 99 1 Its focus le status of the Anglican-Roman Catholic (ARCIC) international dialogues. The 'pose is to determine what lies ahead for Lutherans and Catholics in the light of This article

part of a series

ARCIC

experience.

of the ARCIC I Commission was published in 1 982 and sent to and Canterbury for official responses. The Anglicans responded at the f>8 Lambeth Conference, a worldwide gathering of Anglican bishops every 10 Its. The Vatican's response was released Dec. 5, 1991.

The

it's

good

remember

that

throughout the long history of

worship, God's merciful love has been a constant source of strength.

May the Lord be your strength and your joy. (For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Spirituality, Happiness and Health," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St.,

New

York, N.Y. 10017.)

Father John Catoir

director of The Christophers.

final report

I Vatican

Among irch,

les

the topics discussed are the eucharist, ordination, authority in the

the papacy,

Marian dogmas, apostolic succession, Scripture and

of interest to Lutherans and

Roman

tradition;

Catholics as well.

As might be expected, the Vatican response

indicated a

number of areas "which

which thereby prevent It also acknowledged which notable progress has been achieved by those responsible

§iot satisfy fully certain elements of Catholic doctrine and

speaking of the attainment of substantial agreement."

Ime other areas

jthe redaction of the report."

As examples of the

latter

category, the Vatican

Ihe eucharistic doctrine that the

document

states: "It is in respect

members of the commission were

able to achieve

Imost notable progress toward a consensus." It goes on to say, "With regard to Iiistry and ordination, the distinction between the priesthood common to all the Itized and the ordained priesthood is explicitly acknowledged." I On the thorny issue of authority, the Vatican statement makes the observation I:

the

ARCIC

Final Report does not claim substantial agreement but only "a

lain convergence, which

first

step along the path that seeks consensus as a

Other areas which the Vatican concludes need more work are papal Marian dogmas and the Petrine ministry in the church. In two other areas, the Vatican response offers reflections on topics not :ifically as part of the ARCIC agenda but which surfaced in an indirect way and ch, historically, have been sensitive issues for the Roman church, apostolic cession and the interpretation of scripture concerning the role of tradition. Noting that the Vatican II document on the church, Lumen Gentium, "affirms, 'unbroken lines of episcopal succession and apostolic teachings stand in causal itionship to each other," it would seem that a message is being sent that Rome jnds no alteration or new interpretation of this teaching. In a similar manner, the |ican document takes issue with implications of the ARCIC report which tie ther scripture, tradition, the magisterium and their inter-relationship and calls lude to unity." 'llibility,

the

Kmore study in these areas. In the concluding section of the response, the Vatican expresses appreciation for iwork done by ARCIC I, indicates the need for further study, acknowledges "the larkable progress that has been made in respect of authorty in the church," and Icludes with a quote from the common declaration made by Pope John Paul II and nbishop Robert Runcie, then Archbishop of Canterbury in 1989: "We here do :

Dmnly recommit ourselves and those we represent 1

and

full ecclesial

communion

...

to seek

to the restoration of visible anything else would be to betray our

Lord's intention for the unity of his people."

The Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, called the Vatican reponse "another significant step along the road toward visible unity." He said he also appreciated the care and time taken in the formulation and the tone and warmth of the response. He noted that the 1988 Lambeth Conference "recognized that not in the report was expressed in the terms, language, thought forms and even theology of the 39 Articles and Book of Common Prayer. Nevertheless, we believed that the documents on the eucharist and on ministry and ordination were 'consonant with the faith' of the Anglican Church." A certain disappointment in the Vatican response was indicated, however, when the Archbishop states, "If either communion requires that the other conform to its own theological formulations, further progress will be hazardous." He continued, "Humility is required of both communions so that, having distanced themselves from some of the more polarized language and theological formulations of the past, they may discover new possibilities through the Spirit of God." In April, a group of Lutherans will be going to the Vatican to discuss the present

everything

status of Lutheran-Catholic relationships.

document would not seem to bode well

The Vatican response

for the

immedicate

to the

ARCIC

status of many of the

same

issues in the Lutheran/Catholic dialogue.

Yet, what is happening at the level of the dialogues as well as at the local level, both Dicoese/Synod and parish, is of significant values. The issues are being discussed and increasingly the sense of "consonance" which guided the Anglican

Lambeth is being appreciated. We have in the Roman Church the model who, decades before Vatican II, pursued studies of the liturgy when there was no sign on the horizon that any changes would be made in the way Catholics worshipped. Yet, when Vatican II arrived and Pope John XXIII led the Church to "discover new possibilities through the Spirit of God," the liturgists were bishops

of the

liturgists

ready to lead the bishops to the renewals of the Council. Important seeds are being sown. Karl Rahner, probably the foremost Catholic theologian of this century, entitled his last book Faith in a Wintry Season. Recognizing the slowing of the renewal process (and even some reaction against it),

he stated that it cannot always be spring, summer or fall; there are also barren periods. Yet, the winter season is not a time of stagnation, but preparation. The leadership of our bishops in promoting the covenant, the relationships which are developing, the realization at the level of the local congregations of convergences not dreamed of two

generations ago

—

all

of these point to progress toward "the restoration of visible

unity."

See Kloster. Pace 6

nolic

News

Herald

February 28, 199

Regional Religious Education

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? Interpretation

Is 'Natural' In By CAROL HAZARD

Of The Law

Job

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE teacher, Susan

SISTER JEANNE MARGARET MCNALLY One can ask legitimately how one is to know what the law means. One may also ask quite rightly who can tell me what the law means. Canon lawyers are famous or On the other hand." infamous for speaking with their hands: "On the one hand Now that the law is translated into the vernacular, any one and everyone may feel they know the law. Yet, I recall distinctly that while I was studying canon law, we were told from the beginning that canon lawyers know they don't know the law,

Director

MERCY

Brady

— is

A dynamic

a natural in her

position as southern regional director of religious education.

She is a "wonderful, gifted teacher," says Eileen Andrews, coordinator of

...

meaning it is our responsibility to continuously study the law and to interpret the law But are canon lawyers the only interpreters of the law? No. Who are interpreters who wrote the law, courts, doctors of law, and the

of the law? They are the legislator

God

—

law.

To apply

the law exactly as

instances, could be an injustice.

norms

written, in

Canon law

itself

some

provides

for interpretation.

Know yourself. The individual interpreter's attitude, style and mood affect the

he/she practices the law and 2.

its

legal interpretation.

Be prudent. This means take counsel, make a decision about a course of action

and decision and put this into practice. 3. Practice epikeia. (This together with equity and oeconomia or economy will be explained in the next column.) 4. Do equity. This places a legal notion in the context of a juridical system with

and the

results of consultation

a spiritual purpose. 5.

Book of Isaiah, Andrews

says, "She palm of her hand. She was able to lift us up and, at the same time, interject humor."

Be economical. Economy

kind of compromise, which

all in

the

—

a mitigated rather than a strict

by a legitimate pastor of a certain safeguarding both dogma and divine law involves application of norms for the sake of the salvation of is

Mel Shook, Queen

director of religious education at

of the Apostles in Belmont. "But besides that, she's also very caring and

sincere."

Susan Brady, southern regional director

Says Brady, "I love being close to God's word. And I love the thrill people get out of discovering God and His word." As a regional director, Brady helps DREs and CREs develop religious education programs and serves as a resource for training on the sacraments. She roves among some 10 urban and 20 rural parishes and missions in the southern region of the diocese, meeting with educators and conducting training sessions for catechists.

Corriden wrote of the "Rules" for interpreters: .

Recalling a talk given by Brady on the

"Effervescent," says

—

James Church

Concord.

(the faithful).

What are the qualities of an interpreter? The interpreter should be aware that his/her interpretation is an historical event. The interpreter describes the law at a specific point of development. The broader the horizon of the interpreter, the closer he/she comes to the truth. By horizon is meant the extent of the field that the researcher can embrace. This means not only one's intellectual knowledge of different fields (philosophy, theology, scripture, psychology, anthropology, law, etc.), but also one's capacity to assimilate existentially the world, religious and human. The interpreter who can use more sophisticated categories is more likely to find the right meaning of the

way

had us

according to the rules of interpretation.

people of

religious education at St.

the concession

—

She also leads the "God Squad," a group of DREs and CREs from eight

loli

religious education.

Photo by JO ANN

KEAN!

humor is essential." The boon for Brady is working wit people who are "generous and gem of

inely nice," she says. "It's thrilling

1)1

work with people who really want tod their jobs."

Brady's forte as a teacher

is tb

She recently finished conductin an evening class on the Old TestameJ Bible.

at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Charlotte took her five years to get through

Now,

she's starting

on the

New

Teste

parishes in the northern reaches of the

ment.

southern region. The montly meetings

"She brings the Old and New Test; ments alive," says Tom Calabro, coo dinator of religious education at St. Ar Church in Charlotte. "She applies it 1 life today and and brings forward t richness of heritage of the Old Test i\

are a godsend, particularly for people

who

occasionally feel isolated.

"She provides us with spiritual affirmation," says Andrews. "She's caring.

And she's funny, and

gift.

with

all

that's a great

sometimes get bogged down the demands, and a good sense

tol

ment." See Brady, Page

the faithful. 6.

levels,

Consider your people,

economic conditions,

e.g. the culture, the size

of a community, educational

political situation. In other

words, take the situation of

Kloster (From Page

the people seriously. 7.

Custom

that the 8.

law

When

the best interpreter of law.

The practice of the community, the way meaning of the law.

usually applied there, clarifies and confirms the

the

Church does not accept

it,

a law had

effect.

Non-observance

sometimes perfectly justifiable when a law misses its mark. 9. Remember what the law is for. The ecclesial community is founded in fact, and the law is subject to that reality. The supreme law is the salvation of soul. 10. Law is subordinate to faith. It is not by law that we are saved, but by faith. 1 1. The council governs the code. This means the spirit, direction and attitude of Vatican Council II. 12. Attend to the authority of the law. There are many kinds of official documents. Some have legal authority, some have no bearing on law and some have explanatory value. The interpreter determines the authority of the one issuing a document, the nature of the document, the form of pronouncement and the extent of the obligation and the relationship to other laws. 3. Grasp the meaning of the words. Use the defined or accepted canonical sense of the terms. Use the defined or accepted canonical sense of the terms. The meaning of words is found in the text and the context of the law. 14. Look up parallels. This means find other places in Church law where the same matter is treated under a different aspect. 15. The purpose of a law is all-important. The time and the place of the law's origin, the social situation and the historical occasion, the discussion that preceded the enactment, the legislative history, early drafts and finally an understanding, in terms of the law, of the "mind of the legislator" when he wrote the law. 16. Seek the mind of the Church. 7. Interpret strict laws strictly. Laws which impose any kind of a burden require

What we do at the local level is very important. Reform from the bottom up is usua more rooted and thus more enduring than top-down decrees. In the words of Rahne "It's part too

of Christian hope that

we don't interpret these wintry times as a prelu<

Each one of us should instead see these times as a person work so that the inner core of faith becomes alive. Then of course tl

to ultimate death.

challenge to

Church

itself will

again shine radiantly."

Father George Kloster, pastor ofSt. Michael Church in Gastonia, is ecumenic officer for the Diocese of Charlotte and a member of the North Carolina Luthera Catholic Covenant Committee..

•fh ros;

strict interpretation.

18.

Study the canonical

traditions. Include the great collection

of canonical

matters from earliest times.

These are the "rules" for interpretation of canon law. In law, there is the problem that every law is general and operates not considering individual circumstances.

Laws

in the abstract

regulate the action of justice. All

laws are impersonal. "Justice is blind." In real life, situations are particular. Aristotle said that when the law is general, abstract and impersonal, you must also bring into play other complements and attitudes which are correctives to the law, correctives

which would be another manifestation of justice. There are the virtues of justice, which reside in persons. They are equity, epikeia, dispensation and oeconomia or economy. (To be continued) ercy Sister Jeanne Margaret McNally, a licentiate in canon law, is a judge and defender of the bond for the Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte.

CT- CADROE WAS THE SON OF A SCOTTISH PRINCE. HE

STUDIED AT ARMAGH, IRELAND, WHERE HE BECAME NOTED FOR HIS

ST CADROE

LEARNING.

HE RETURNED TO SCOTLAND AS A TEACHER OF PRIESTS BEFORE LEAVING SEVERAL YEARS LATER ON PILGRIMAGE TO VARIOUS ENGLISH SHRINES. WHILE VISITING IN LONDON, HE REPORTEDLY MIRACULOUSLY CAUSED A HUGE CONFLAGRATION TO SUBSIDE.

HE THEN WENT WITH SEVERAL COMPANIONS TO FRANCE, WHERE HE FOUNDED ST MICHAEL'S MONASTERY AT THI^RACHE. HE BECAME A BENEDICTINE MONK AT FLEURY, THEN ABBOT OF WAULSORT, AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE BISHOP OF METZ, REFORMED ST CLEMENT ABBEY THERE. CADROE DIED IN 976, HIS FEAST

MARCH

fevi

:bruary 28,

The Catholic News

1992

Herald

Colleges Join Campaign \gainst Alcohol Use On Campus of ERIE, (CNS) — have drinking )atholic

Presidents

Pa.

like all colleges,

policies

Htholic colleges in Pennsylvania have

already in place, they are joining the

with their counterparts at other

statewide effort to address more comprehensively the problem of alcohol abuse on their campuses. The report

lined iblic

and private

cam-

institutions in a

ign to eradicate the widespread abuse alcohol on campus.

calls for a

campus and

more vehemently now,"

alcohol abuse.

said Wil-

im Garvey, president of Mercyhurst jllege in Erie.

Feb. 10, Garvey joined Msgr. Rubino, interim president of annon University, and Carlyle aaland, president of Thiel College in eenville, in presenting the findings of

Task Force on Submce Use Issues on Pennsylvania Coll<t and University Campuses. The announcement at St. Mark Presidential

Center in Erie coincided with ws conferences on the task force's

ttholic

lal

report at

1 1

other sites in the state.

The report is the result of a two-year Pennsylvania and Universis by the Pennsylvania Department of :alth. It cites alcohol as the most widely ed "drug of choice" on college camidy requested of the

isociation of Colleges

ses today.

"We cannot solve the drug problem we solve the alcohol problem," the k force said in an executive summary

"Alcohol does more dame to college students than any other ig, by a very wide margin." the report.

report cites alcohol as a factor

70 percent of property damage campus, violations of rules or inci-

150 to

of violence.

nts

Msgr. Rubino specifically cited which college presidents

ought to act: Establishment of an interdisciplinary group to introduce a comprehensive alcohol and drug program. Inexpensive health insurance coverage for all students and employees, including standard alcohol and other drug treatment. Provision of alcohol- and tobacco-free housing alternatives or "wellness wings" in dormitories. Haaland called on the state government to enact "Good Samaritan" legislation that would enable college officers to fight substance abuse without fear of

— — —

civil

or criminal litigation; to increase

the state tax on beer; and to require a

deposit on

all

glass and

aluminum con-

unclaimed deposits dedicated to alcohol and other drug programs at the postsecondary level. tainers, with the

til

The

legislative fronts against

three areas in

avid

two-pronged attack on the

"We 're going after it (alcohol abuse)

"While we recognize

won't be end to the problem, we hope it is a DStantial beginning of the end to the this

)blem," said Garvey at the Erie

news

nference.

Although Mercyhurst and Gannon,

None of the college presidents at the Erie news conference thought he will be able to eradicate alcohol altogether, but three believe they can encourage

all

responsible use of

it.

are home videocassette reviews from

U.S. Catholic Conference Office for

im and Broadcasting. ingo" (1991) Contrived fantasy has an amazingly ver little mutt save a half-drowned y (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.) and tail |n cross country to become part of his hily. Director Matthew Robbins' appy comedy is no more than a series ;utesy dog tricks in search of a movie.

"What we need to inculcate is responsible drinking," Garvey said. "We're not trying

to eliminate it."

"Defenseless" (1991) Lurid murder mystery has a Los Angeles police detective (Sam Shepard) tightening the screws on an attorney (Barbara Hershey), who is defending the wife (Mary Beth Hurt) of her murdered client-lover. Director Martin Campbell maintains suspense with a capable cast but favors the sensational

dense and derivative plot. Intermittent gory violence, recurring sexual innuendo, fleeting partial nudity and

some rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV

—

to a

adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of

f id and frequent toilet humor.

The

America rating

slapstick violence,

Catholic Conference classificaIn is A-II adults and adolescents. e Motion Picture Association of nerica rating is PG parental gidance suggested. (Columbia Tri-

IS.

—

lir,

$92.95)

Ifarre

nightclub setting provide

S'lllenging fare

for grown-ups.

some

i'n

A-III

—

adults.

—

The Motion

— On Sunday,

Youth Group members from Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro joined

Jan. 19, 13

about

,000 other people in Raleigh to

take part in the state Pro-Life Rally and

listened as

members of the

peer pressure and lances sexist attitudes with some sensitivity but gets only lukewarm results. Implied premarital en-

some sexual innuendo and

quent rough language.

fre-

The U.S. Catho-

Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Asso-

America rating

—

re-

stricted. (Warner, $92.99)

Mom

forced for us the truth of our Church's

Roe

vs.

Wade

decision.

lesson

learned that day rein-

stand for preserving

After two hours of speeches in 30to 35-degree temperatures, we took off

Boys Town

human

life.

Joe Murphy, a ninth grade student, is a member of the Youth Group at Our Lady of Grace.

Director

Says 'Safe

Sex' Really 'Safe Promiscuity' OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) — Safe sex "Imagine people being concerned and "safe promiscuity" are "the same

with the harm shoplifting does to small

thing," said Father Val

business," Father Peter said. "So they

tive director of

Peter, execu-

Boys Town.

develop a marketing campaign called

"Promiscuity, however free from

'safe shopping.'"

never safe," Father Peter said in a column written for the Feb. 2 issue of The Catholic Voice, Omaha's archdiocesan newspaper. "It destroys our lives together and destroys our civi-

"The message is that when you shopalways make sure you only steal from large stores so no one gets hurt. We'll call it 'safe shopping.' 'Do your duty.' 'Protect others from harm.' 'Shop

lization."

safely.'

pregnancy,

lift,

"So-called safe sex/safe promiscu-

"People

who would talk about

'safe

mean

an attack on all of these," he added. Father Peter wrote the column as a response to a letter from Scranton, Pa., which asked for his views "on what they

shopping'

call 'safe sex.'"

but not in the case of sex?" he asked.

ity is

in this

context actually

'safe stealing,'" Father Peter said.

"Why can we see the fallacy

of this

'special pleading' in the case of stealing

"Because sex beguiles us like nothWe want to believe it can

springs of human yearnings, even

With Mom in Australia for the summer, five kids enjoy vision

life

when their elderly babysitter dies

the Babysitter's

Applegate) to juggle a fashion job and pay the bills. Director Steven R. Herek's contrived comedy is really a female adolescent success fantasy that sags for long stretches after

premise wears

its

smoking pot

as well

as occasional sexual references and vulgarities.

The

U.S. Catholic Conferadults. is A-III

—

ence classification

The Motion Picture Association of parents are America is PG-13 strongly cautioned that some mate-

—

rial

may

be inappropriate for chil-

dren under

13.

(HBO, $94.99)

when

can't."

Father Peter used a biblical allegory

"What man, if his son asks him for bread, would give him a stone?. The adults of America are being asked in asking,

their children for

something

nourishing and lasting and ing

that is

are giv-

them condoms." Civilization, he said,

one-joke

thin. Uncritical depic-

tion of teen-agers'

we know

without super-

tina

part of a game to find the ugliest date. Director Nancy Savoca examines male

Dead" (1991)

many

people brought little children with them. This event was in inspiration because we had a chance to fight for the unborn babies who might be aborted.

The

(Lily

romance with the shy waitress Taylor) he originally picked up as

"Don't Tell

march through our state

Interestingly enough,

provide us instant access to the well-

night stateside in 1963, finds friend-

ciation of

for an elaborate capital.

spoke out against the Supreme Court's

ship and

—

annual

clergy and state and national legislators

suddenly, leaving a 17-year-old (Chris-

lie

in the

ing else.

"Dogfight" (1991) Coming-of-age story about a teenage Marine (River Phoenix) who, on his

counter,

Greensboro take part

MURPHY

restricted.

The

B. Catholic Conference classifica-

By JOE

GREENSBORO

(LIVE, $92.98)

last

|abaret"(1972) Bouncy Liza Minnelli stars as an l)loited and exploiting U.S. showgirl Nforming in a decadent Berlin cabaret ~pa 1930. Showing a nation headed if ard moral and political bankruptcy ft spirited musical format results in an ertainment with several levels of laning given sharp ironic bite by di*tor Bob Fosse. Themes of Nazi bruity, twisted sexual relationships and a

Our Lady Of Grace Youth Group Inspired By State Pro-Life Rally

in this

menace

Ime

Our Lady of Grace in Raleigh.

try.

—

and March

state Pro-Life Rally

March.

Drinking "is clearly part of the college experience," Msgr. Rubino said, "but it's too easy to run away from it." He pointed to the effective campaign to reduce smoking throughout the coun-

Picture Association of America ratparental guidance suging is PG gested. (Warner, $19.98)

NEW YORK (CNS).— The follow-

Members of the Youth Group

"a very frag-

and precious achievement" and democracy "even ... more fragile and preile

cious."

Father Peter added, "The rule or law 'sex belongs in marriage'

one of the

building blocks of civilization. as important, if not

rule 'thou shalt not steal.'

It is

just

so, than the

Both rules

make living together possible and worthwhile."

.iholic

News

Herald

February 28,

Pinpointing

powerlessness By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS Catholic

News

Service

Here is how I quit smoking. I was teaching in Chicago. I had begun smoking about 12 years earlier during graduate studies in Europe. Lately I was smoking a lot more, especially while working at my desk or getting ready for class, and I knew I was smoking too much. The members of my family and my friends who were non-smokers did not like to see me smoke. I could see it on their faces when I lit a cigarette. From time to time, they would suggest how much better off I would be not smoking. I tried quitting a few times. Once I actually stayed away from cigarettes for at least three months. But then, out with friends for dinner at a restaurant, I accepted an after-dinner

u it

the difference. Without them, think

smoke.

friends to a parish of my religious order

near Green Bay, Wis. If I really

would have

wanted

smoking means.

to quit

to take the

began by telling my friends I was quitting and asked them to hold me to it. They said they would try. Every time I felt a strong urge to smoke, I would take a walk outside in the freezing cold. I deliberately left my gloves in Chicago. It would be too cold to

smoke! In addition

water next to

would keep a glass

me while

reading or sitting in the lounge. Every time I felt the urge to put a cigarette to my mouth, I would take a sip of water. That was 15 years ago, and I have not had one cigarette since, convinced that even one might bring me right back where I started. It is not worth the risk, though I never feel like smoking now. I knew I truly had quit when one night I had a dream that I was at a restaurant with friends and someone offered me an after-dinner smoke. I took it, but as I lit up a voice shouted within me, "What am I doing?" and I flung the cigarette across the room. With that I woke up, my hand sore from banging against the wall. The resolution never to smoke again was implanted in my subconscious and had broken out in my dream. For a long time, when I told the story of how I quit smoking I would credit the

achievement to

Personal change

drinking prolj" lem, or a violent temper,

who is restless and unat

would have kept right on

to hold a steady job. change him," she says. They marry, only to dii

with a little help from the weather, and to my pride after telling everyone this time was different. I am sure all those things played a part, but I do not think they were enough

one thing to know what is right. another to do it. Personal change may be difficult, but it is possible. Reflecting on

know

Today I realize that by myself I never would have been able to quit smoking. Determination, cleverness and personal pride were not enough. It is family and my friends, people who love me, that made the difference. Without them, I think I would have kept right on smoking.

"It's

other and look for that person's

how

quit smoking,

goo>

willing to abandon a long-standing hab or attitude. But that does not mean we actual will do so. For that we have to welcon the other person's love and friendshi When we realize that people 1_ ily, friends love us and care for us, makes change all the more possible. That is when I quit smoking.

energy necessary to quit, although I long thought I actually had done that. The will and energy came from the love and friendship of family and friends It is not that we can change other people by loving them.

(Father LaVerdiere is senior editor magazine.)

We all have seen it too often. A young woman falls in love with a young man

Emmanuel

own words, what is the meaning off Lent?

one

point

to continue growing."

tighten our belts

on the journey

and get a

of faith

— Sister Catherine

little

when we

Hertel,

more focused on God."

look again at

—

B.S.,

Cheboygan, Mich.

where our journey has

led us

and the

call that

God

giving us

Bend, Ore.

is a time to reflect on who we are, where we are at, where we are going and who we are becoming. It's especially a time those preparing to join the church at Easter and the whole community with them to reflect on what areas in their lives they need to die to ... so they can enter into the resurrection of Jesus at Easter." Peggy Undwell, Lexington, Mass.

"Lent

—

for

"It's

not

a matter

become more

of giving things up.

the Lord

"Lenten self-sacrifice Matt Calhoun, Utica, III.

An upcoming would

like to

how

live

It's

a time

my life."

—

grow

spiritually

— Rena Monti,

and see how

Virginia

—

my life

is reflecting

Jesus.

—

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a time when we

"Lent

friendship, but ourselves

we set aside our own likes and dislike f?* We are then in a position where we ai

would not have been able to generate within myself the will and the

life.

and

When we focus our attention on ai

It is

For me, as for many, to quit smoking was quite a change. If making such a change, even one so obviously beneficial, were that simple we would all have a lot less trouble in

your

love

It is

after 12 years

prejudices.

make the difference.

FAITH IN THE

cover there is no changin him. It becomes painfully clear even o the honeymoon that there are roug waters ahead. It is not others we change throug

not easy, especially when it involves a long-standing habit like smoking. It is even more difficult when it is a matter of deeply ingrained attitudes, feelings, fears and

determination, to

my cleverness in finding effective means,

who has a

smoking," powerless to change.

"One, just one, could not possibly do

any harm!" That "one" was followed by another "one," and I was back where I started. But this time I felt very determined. It was well into November, and I was to go for Thanksgiving weekend with some

my family and my friends, who love me, that made

people

would

like to

Beach, Va.

intended to contribute not only to our holiness, but also to the holiness and well-being of others."

—

edition on ecology asks: We ssy that God's physical creation is good. Tell something that la good about K. If y«| respond for possible publication, please write: Faith Alive! 3211 Fourth St N.E., Washington, O.C. 20017-1100.

"P0

How

Paul coped with hopelessness

3y FatherJohn J. Castelot Catholic

News

could save

Service

werlessness takes many forms, but a real or perceived inabilli change one's situation or even :lf. It can lead to frustration, even

JJjally it is

*tir.

lople who take seriously Lent's call aversion are often painfully conIs of their powerlessness to effect I x>sitive or meaningful change in spiritual lives, in their relation-

with God and

with each other

—

with themselves.

Paul gave anguished voice to this of hopelessness in a passage in Romans. He is speak

lening sense

us •_

him from

relying solely

himself.

a representative of humanity in -al when he writes: "I do not do s

m I want, but I do what I hate.... 'take delight in the law of God, in members lner self, but I see in i ler principle at war with the law of kind, taking me captive to the law of lat dwells in my members. Miser-

lone that I am!" (7:15,22-24). )wever, Paul did not sink into deiency. Instead, he was led to reale is dependence on God, who alone

An honest realization of one's powerlessness is the first necessary step in the conversion process. Conning yourself into believing you can get everything under control is a barrier that keeps you from availing yourself of the only power able to rescue you from misery. Eventually a person hits bottom, and then the only direction to look is up. Paul coped with his powerlessness by looking up confidently to God. Afflicted by a mysterious ailment, he cried out repeatedly to God for relief. The answer he got was: "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." He concluded from this: Therefore I

am content with weak-

ness, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Corinthians 12:8. . .

10>-

The

struggle against are, in all likelihood, different from Paul's, but the principle remains the

same:

difficulties

When

weak, then

strong.

How helplessness sets the stage for change had permanent By Father Robert Catholic

News

Kinast

Service

irome was resistant. "I'm not an Italic." is son, a recovering alcoholic, exiled: "Dad, 12-step programs are not

for alcoholics. They're for all kinds of e ile who feel overwhelmed and helpto

change their

lives."

qualified for

disability

many

income and she

social services;

had a loving family and friends. Today Kathy is a self-employed writer of children's books. She did not change all by herself. She was helped. Help. The hospital where Kathy received physical therapy had a support group. Its members helped Kathy see positive as well as the negative.

They did more. They convinced her that only she could change her life.

strange and xpected emotions: anger, impaIce, fear. Through his son's gentle Biding, Jerome joined a group of widI and widowers at his church, like many other "self-help" or supgroups, this one was based on inits from the 12 steps of Alcoholics insights that aid those >nymous feel powerless to change their lives, ionesty. Nothing changes until pie honestly admit what their situafelt

tough. Its

Her fiance ended the engagement. felt life was over and became I-hdrawn. It took months before she I.

Kathy I'ld

acknowledge the positive aspects Her mind was alert; she

lier situation.

a Scripture

some of the human relation-

of dealing with realities of

ships. Often our expectations of others

set us

for

a big letdown. Says the

author, the stories

meant

in this

book "are and

to illumine the setups

letdowns that comprise all of our and they suggest how each may be a vital part of our never-ending search for God" how the process invites change within us. (Resource Publications Inc., 160 E. Virginia St., Suite 290, San Jose, Calif. 951125848. 1989. Paperback, $7.95.)

journeys,

—

lecturer.)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Everything feels wrong about powerlessness! When you feel powerless over a to make another person change destructive behaviors like those associated with alcoholism, for example you probably experience frustration, confusion, anger. Any kind of powerlessness rubs against the grain! Faced by a sense of powerlessness, one almost instinctively sets out to develop better methods of approaching and controlling a problem. When that fails, a person has two choices: either to lose all hope or to become more hopeful than ever. The latter choice requires that people begin to change what they can: to take care of their own health and happiness (changing themselves rather than others), and to open up to God's power. It is difficult to assess why some people, grasping their own powerlessness over a situation, begin precisely at that moment to grow in faith. Naturally, the growth that begins at that point must unfold gradually, over time a day at a time, they'll tell you. If you talk with others who have been there, you'll find that they see the discovery of their own powerlessness as a great blessing one that paved the way to a quite different personal future. situation

—

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

She was more afraid for her two

iiathy, a teacher, was a recent college Iduate engaged to marry. She was a I onber of her county's volunteer rescue tad. B3ne night during a rescue operation I: was struck by a passing car. The lident left herparalyzed and impaired I' speech. She could not continue teach -

ways

complex

self and that he could become even more

violent.

—

and

into

Phyllis learned that lesson in a shelter for abused women. She felt trapped, afraid that if she left her husband she could not support her-

children. The shelter's support

(Father Castelot scholar, author

stories to help readers gain insight

her situation with complete honesty, the

died suddenly six months before 50th wedding anniversary. Jerome devastated. All their plans evaporat-

Iforse than that, he

3:13-14).

by Salvatorian priest Andre Papineau, contains 25 brief Biblical Blues,

—

hat description fit Jerome. His wife

FURTHER NOURISHMENT

This sounds like gobbledygook but, like all paradoxes, it expresses a profound truth: Only when I honestly acknowledge my powerlessness do I turn to the only source of power that can bring me the success I seek. Often a person is overwhelmed by the painful memory of past failures, sighing: "What's the use?" Once again Paul gives the key to changing: "Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead, I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus" (Philippians

group was members encouraged Phyllis

to be honest about her motives and feelings. They offered alternatives. They pledged help but never relieved Phyllis of her responsibility to make her own decision. They didn't give answers; they

gave hope. Hope. Hope means honestly assessing a situation and pursuing the best that can come from it each day. For alcoholics, it is one day of sobriety. For Chuck, it is one day without work. A real-estate broker, Chuck was spending more than 12 hours every day of the week calling clients, showing homes, checking properties, negotiating loans, studying regula-

"The groups Jerome, Kathy, Phyllis and

Chuck Joined were not explicitly religious. But they

acknowledged a which accompanies people."

tions.

One day

CNS

'higher power*

the firm's president told

Chuck she was considering him for a promotion. But he had to meet one condition: join a workaholics anonymous group.

Chuck did so, thinking only of his promotion. But the group taught him what the president had hoped. Worka-

have power; they have a problem. holies do not

Chuck now builds

into

each day a one-hour break from work and takes one whole day off each week. He learned that hope forms habits which help realize goals. The groups Jerome, Kathy, Phyllis and Chuck joined were not explicitly religious. But they acknowledged "a

higher power" which accompanies people

Illustration

with photo by Chris Sheridan

Individuals experience this in different ways. Jerome finds strength in his church. Kathy senses God in the children she writes for. Phyllis discovers graceinthewomenshe now helps at the shelter. Chuck prays for his clients and co-workers during his "workday sabbatical."

(Father Kinast is a Florida-based pastoral theologian and writer.)

Catholic

News

Herald

February 28

Abortion Foe Seeks Presidency... Bishop Says Campaign Shows Discontent With Politicians

MANILA,

alleging that delays in publication of the

(CNS)

Philippines

—

Retired Bishop Antonio Fortich of Bacolod, Philippines, said reported efforts to field him as candidate for governor of Western Negros province reflect a climate of discontent with the province's politicians. "Graft and cor-

ruption in this province are from top to

bottom," said Bishop Fortich, 78, adding that some people must feel only a

govern honBut the former bishop of the country's sugar capital, 285 miles southeast of Manila, said he will not be running, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. the bishop "It is a great surprise for me, said. "I am a religious, and I cannot get involved in politics in that way." religious can be trusted to

estly.

The Princess And The Pauper Nun Meet At Rome Convent

ROME (CNS) — Britain

Princess

Diana, fulfilling a longtime personal

Rome

wish, jetted to

for a 20-minute

personal encounter with Mother Teresa

of Calcutta. The princess and the pauper

nun met Feb. 9 at a convent and retreat house run by the Missionaries of Charity, the religious order founded by Mother Teresa to help the world's destitute. Arriving in a black limousine and bearing a bouquet of flowers, Princess Diana was greeted by Mother Teresa at the doorway, where they embraced and kissed each other on the cheek. After speaking privately for 20 minutes, the two removed their shoes and entered the convent's chapel, where they knelt in prayer for a few minutes. 1

Wronged Oregon Migrant Worker Accepts Catholic University's Pledge

—

(CNS) A migrant farm worker who was serving a

PORTLAND,

life

Ore.

sentence for murder until a court

dramatically overturned his conviction

has accepted a Catholic university's

pledge of a four-year scholarship

made

him while he was in prison. Santiago Ventura Morales, 24, began classes this semester at the University of Portland, which is staffed by Holy Cross Fathers. Ventura's conviction was overturned after several jurors from his original trial came forward saying they had made a mistake in voting to convict the Mexican Mixtec Indian in the 1986 fatal stabbing in Oregon of a fellow laborer, to

Ramiro Lopez

Dead Sea

Feb.

—

book

15 issue of America, the Jesuit

Fitzmyer, professor emeritus of biblical studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington, said the book The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception by

Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh insinuated that church authorities brought about the delays to block challenges to traditional views of Christian origins.

"As it turns out," the priest said, "if there is a 'deception connected with the Dead Sea Scrolls, this book is it." '

Patrick

Mahoney,

a Protestant minister from

Operation Rescue abortion protest movement,

School Official Urges Teachers To Look At Bias Against Girls

president.

(CNS photo from The Globe)

Brady

(From Page

Boca Raton, is

Fla.,

and a leader

of the National Catholic Educaurged schools to look at bias against girls in the wake of a national report alleging pervasive one-

of the law to the

says.

tional Association

sidedness in public schools.

The

offi-

The depth of her understanding Calabro. She

able to apply "the spirit

Holy Names Sister Mary Burke, said the problem "is a cultural phenomthat affects non-public as well as

public schools. She called for in-service

and teacher-training programs to adit. Course work on gender issues,

dress

she said, should include

women and

"new research

bias in classroom inter-

action patterns."

Operation Rescue Leader Seeks Democratic Presidential Nomination SIOUX CITY, Iowa (CNS) A

—

leader in the national Operation Rescue

movement has begun a campaign

that

many Jews, could not be addressed in the dialogue conducted by pressed by

the commission. Cardinal

Edward

Cassidy said his commission had no competence to discuss diplomatic relations, and the question was one for the Vatican Secretariat of State and the government of Israel. The absence of relations thus far, he suggested, has been due to the reluctance of the Israeli government to deal with questions that the Secretariat of State has said must be answered before diplomatic ties will be possible.

Patrick

Mahoney, a 37-year-old social activist who lives in Boca Raton, Fla., is

Philippine Nun Links Economics And

targeting working-class Catholics, al-

Environment In Poor Province SAN JOSE, Philippines (CNS)

though he is an ordained Protestant minister. He promotes a pro-family, pro-life agenda, "combined with social justice."

Mahoney, ordained a non-denominational minister at the Faith

School of

Theology in Maine, strongly believes that the key to getting the nomination is making his beliefs known as one who is "dismayed at what the Democratic Party represents now." Diplomatic Ties With Israel Not Part of Catholic- Jewish Dialogue presi-

dent of the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews said Feb. 13 that Vatican diplomatic relations with Israel, an issue strongly

within

of the law,"

strict

catechists or the parents."

Brady, in the position since S tember 1991, says she's still feeling way. Yet, she is particularly "impre: with the enthusiasm of the people

DREs

and CREs)

in the parishes

As people

for the catechists, the scon

who

teach Sunday and

weeks and caring for their families, are "the unsung heroes of our fi says Brady.

ore.

—

Concordia Villaram spends her days matching landless villagers and empty, eroding land in a program to help families and the environment in the Philippines' Antique province. The nun heads the Antique Human Development Program, which leases the denuded, steep land of the province from absentee owners and provides it to local people. Her program is part of a consortium of private agencies Sister of St. Joseph

that

work

in the

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Brady has her heart with the peor. says Calabro. "She takes time to lis and help, whether it's with the DF

CRE,

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Readings For The Week Of March 1 - March 7

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serves her well as regional director, says

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enon"

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WASHINGTON (CNS)— An official

NEW YORK (CNS) — The

Book On Dead Sea Scrolls Called 'Catholic-Bashing' By Scholar (CNS)

have been due

weekly, Jesuit Father Joseph A.

Fidel.

NEW YORK

Scrolls

Vatican pressure is the latest form of "Catholic-bashing," according to a Catholic scholar who has been involved in study of the scrolls. Writing in the

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chi vi toi, vi

cung Ngai ghe vai vac Thap Tu tren buoc duong

de theo Ngai.

"Toi co the tim thay Thien Chua o dau thua Thay?

bay gid.

hay ngdi ben cua so am tham nhin tdi chdi.

lam nhu

Ngai da minh chung long minh bang

mudn cho tdi mot cd

dm cham lay toi, nhung co the ba nghi rang neu

tai

do khong chay ngay

kho, xin ban hay nho rang Ngai dang d gan ban, Ngai hieu ban va Ngai dang nhin ban voi doi 1 1 * •> — i a V 1 / ^ a a iV mat au yem va trai tim thong cam. Ngai tin rang ban da truong thanh du de co the tu minh giai

cung cam thay Chua qua xa voi. Toi nghi ngd long thuong cua toi

-2

sao ngiidi say ruo'u khong tim thay nha cua nan ta?"

tdi

sue nhd den hinh anh ma me

lai

/ A -Doi khi toi

trong nhung tru'dng hdp niong tu

"Vay

i)6i khi trong cuoc song,

Ly do

id dien.

tai

ii. Nhung tdi

n toi.

thiet.

v — ai a Mua Chay nay, neu ban thay minh i

•

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tdi

nguoi vdi

da co

toi

"Ngai dang d ngay trudc mat ban."

cho

biet

vi iy

om cham lay tdi nhat la nhung luc co

I ve moi mat. Rieng

khong he hay

rat tinh

de Ion len tu tin hdn va cd the tap xa ba dan dan vi cd nhu vay toi mdi co the tru'dng thanh toi, tdi

doi buoc.

ddn nhat cua ngay nhung bang each nao do Ngai khong xuat dau

nay, de

ngu'di

cho

ba phai hy sinh "xa"

lau the.

"lam loan" nhu vay me toi khong ghe qua nha de am bong toi nua. Rieng

tiep tuc chdi

roi rat

toi

ldi

— A' a neu muon

Her.

mot bong hoa do va cai vao Ion toe den nhanh cua toi.toi giut hoa vat di. Ba bao toi v. i a r / k nghe tieng chim hot trong rung sau nha, toi lai cang khoc thet to hon nua. Trong tham

nigat

yem. Ba sung suong vo cung

xem

khong co

thi

do do

rat

* ~ ^ _ chi ban ngay thoi. Vi ba toi di lam xa thanh

xom ben canh coi tdi dum me

co mot cua tiem nho. Toi

m du rang

Gdi nhd

tai

sao

toi

khong nhin thay Ngai?"

Sau do ong thay noi ban phai thuc

tiep

"ban hay tim

tinh." (trich trong tap

xem cai

da lam cho ban

say.

De nhin

thay

Mot Phut Khon Ngoan cua Anthony de Mello

Chua

SJ.)

Imembering By SISTER CECILIA TONG, ACJ I

remember, when I was 3 years old, my mother used to ask the lady next to take care of me, because she had to go to the little cloth shop she owned. I hated the days I had to stay home with the baby sitter even though it was daytime. My mother had to work because my father worked far away from home. Every afternoon when the hot sun brought flowery shadows dancing on the whitewashed wall, my mother stopped by and embraced me for a while. She was so happy to see me. Every time she said goodbye, I showed my sorrow with a loud shriek. I wanted to rush after my mother but I could not because of the restraint of the baby sitter. In order to pacify me, the lady took me to her garden where she picked a red blossom to put on my black hair. I took it and threw it on the She told me to be quiet to listen to the birds singing in the wood nearby, but still

even louder. In my heart of hearts, I did not understand why I could not be with nother.

3ecause of

lore. It did not

repeated scenes,

bother me

if I

mother did not return home

did not see her around.

at midday became delighted in my

Jtime. I\fter

hious.

—

in fact a many Lenten seasons passed, I became a grown woman Now I knew exactly what my mother did then. She told me that she kept

midday but did not want me to know. She used to sit about 15 window hidden from view just to watch me playing. She ot want me to know that she was there but just to watch me in silence because

Ing back jites l

—

near the

—

she wanted to give

her for

my own

good.

a chance to be myself, to I

did not

know

grow up

anything about

a bit

until

more detached from

now.

Sometimes in my life, it seemed that God was far, far away. I questioned His love I remembered immediately the scene of my mother sitting hidden away in the corner of a window watching me playing. She undoubtedly desired to run forward to pick me up in her arms but she probably thought if she did so it might not be helpful for my process of growing up. Precisely for that reason, she must be absent from me for a little while. This Lent, I believe that God is very near and very dear to me. There were moments that I thought He was just there ready to embrace me even in the loneliest moment of my day but somehow He did not pick me up. He did not show Himself to me for His own reasons just like my mother had her reasons for not running to me when she saw me crying in pain. Dear friends, if you find yourselves in this similar situation during these weeks of Lent, when you are sad and disheartened, when you are being misjudged and misunderstood, when you are in pain, please remember He is there. He understands you and He is looking at you with His loving eyes and compassionate heart. He believes that you are on the road to spiritual maturity and He trusts that you will not cry as a little girl of 3. Or perhaps He is trying to use this occasion to put you into His training school of love. Just trust Him. He has proved His trustworthiness by His very life and His death on the cross because of me, of you and of the whole of for

me. But

humanity. Let us rejoice and together with Him let us carry the cross of our follow Him on our journeys. "Where can I find God?" asked a disciple of his Master. "He is right in front of you."

"Then why do

fail to

see

life to

Him?"

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February 28,

(^mimiquemorws Todos estamos llamados a Por

PADRE

SILL

servir

Los Frutos de

Vida Cristiana

Por Mons. Antonio Gonzalez

RUEDA

Servir es una de las cualidades

Zumarraga

mas

(Tornado de

Vida Pastoral)

la revista

hermoso y cause admiration por

grandes del hombre. El servicio es la realization de varios actos en favor de

Ya en el Antiguo Testamento se nos dio como criterio para conocer la calidad

altura,

demas. Cuando se sirve con gusto y con alegria, se siente en lo mas profundo del ser, una satisfaction indescriptible y esta es la que le da sentido a la vida. La vida no tendria valor en el hombre sin el servicio; sin la entrega a los demas, sin compartir con el otro. De ahi la importancia de buscar siempre la ocasion propicia para hacer el bien o simplemente

de una persona, el conocer los frutos que esa persona produce en pensamientos, palabra y obras. Como la criba separa el

mide por

los

desecho que lo acompana, asi la bondad o la maldad de los hombres se reflejan en sus reflexiones y palabras. Lo mismo que los arboles se conocen por sus frutos, asi los pensamientos y los corazones de los hombres se traslucen en sus palabras y en sus obras. Tambien Jesucristo emplea la comparacion del arbol y de sus frutos para discernir el valor y la solidez de la trigo del

servir.

Hay muchas como personas,

clases de servicios

gustos caracteres y tendencias encontramos en el mundo. Jesus nos enseno siempre en el Evangelio a servir. El mismo lo dijo: a este

vida cristiana.

"No he venido

mundo a ser servido, sino a servir"

y dijo tambien: "El que sirve a uno de estos pequenos, asi sea con un vaso de agua, en

mi nombre, me

sirve a mi".

.'Que importante es pues el servicio! Y que necesitados estamos de el. Hoy cuando el mundo se vuelve cada vez mas egoista, muchos sienten una sed inmensa de servicio y parece que sus manos no se alcanzaran para todos. En

cambio otros continuan con su mentalidad cerrada y a la vez su soledad y no son capaces de salir adelante. Un adagio popular dice: "Que hay que hacer el bien sin mira a quien", sin esperar recompensa, con amor y generosidad.

Jesus paso toda su vida

sirviendo a los demas, curando a los

enfermos, dando de comer a los hambrientos, ensenando lo que sabfa, perdonando los pecados y compartiendo todo lo que tenia con los otros. Asf nos enseno a conocer en que consiste realmente el servicio.

En hacer las cosas

para los demas, porque ellos las necesitan

y nosotros sabemos hacerlas, con amor, generosidad, alegria y bien hechas, sin paternalismos, ni intereses de ninguna clase.

Los que hemos visto y presenciado el servicio abnegado de algunos a su comunidad, quedamos asombrados del cambio radical que experimentan muchas personas que reciben el servicio y la manera como ellos se transforman tambien en servidores de los demas. Como quien dice el ejemplo arrastra. Solo basta ver en nuestra epoca, misioneros, hombres y mujeres, religiosos y laicos que con muchos sacrificios y luchas se preocupan de los suyos donde trabajan y con gran espiritu de servicio emprenden empresas que para muchos parecen descabelladas. Y sin ir muy lejos, nosotros tambien tenemos madres y padres de familia hispanos que dfa a dfa sirven en sus hogares con el mismo entusiasmo con que comenzaron. Dentro de nuestra Iglesia catolica necesitamos mas servidores que se hagan responsables de sus oficios en la liturgia, en el templo, con la asamblea, como ministros de la palabra y de la eucaristfa, como servidores del altar y de las ofrendas etc. Todos estos trabajos son los que hacen viva la Iglesia de Jesucristo y transforman la asamblea de los creyentes, en una asamblea viva y

Todo servicio es importante. (CNS

foto de

Fabvienen Tayllor, Mississippi Today)

Entre los muchos milagros que obro

Hay algunos que poseen un extraordinario sentido humano de

Jesus.

compasion y de ternura, que en otras palabras no es mas que un servicio por amor. Una ternura divina y humana impulso a Cristo a salir al encuentro de los pecadores y enfermos, para sanarlos y liberarlos de sus propios males. Nosotros tambien podemos hacer lo mismo para liberar a muchos de sus males, segun nuestra capacidad. Nuestro

mal comportamiento puede ser un dolor permanente para otros. La irresponsabilidad de algunos esposos es

una tortura para su familia. Las malas acciones de algunos hijos es una verguenza para sus padres. La pereza de otros es un atrazo para la comunidad donde viven. Tenemos que servir, servir a diario y en cualquier parte. Todos estamos llamados a servir y a transformar la sociedad en que vivimos o mejor dicho como decia Baden Powell; "dejar este mundo en mejores condiciones de como lo hemos encontrado", todo por el

La autentica vida cristiana

conoce por

buenas obras, como el arbol bueno se conoce por los frutos que produce. "No hay arbol sano que de fruto danado, ni arbol danado que de fruto sano. Cada arbol se conoce por su fruto" Es mal arbol el que produce solamente espinas, grandes hojas relucientes, quizas flores que luego se marchitan; es malo aunque parezca se

los frutos

las

Centenario

son ataques contra

unidad

Ciudad del Vaticano (CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Monsenor Tulio Chirivella Varela, Arzobispo de Barquisimeto, Venezuela, dijo que algunas protestas contra el V Centenario del Cristianismo en las Americas son ataques disfrazados contra la unidad de la America Latina. Lo unico que realmente une a la America Latina es dijo

la religion catolica,

Monsenor Chirivella Varela,

Vicepresidente del consejo episcopal

latinoamericano

(CELAM).

Hay quienes estan interesados en no permitir la unidad de esta region y por lo tanto atacan a la Iglesia Catolica, que el.

Hay

campana

bien

predica esta union, dijo

actualmente

una

organizada contra la celebration del descubrimiento y nadie nos escucha cuando reiteramos que no estamos celebrando ningun descubrimiento, sino antes bien la llegada de la fe a la America

del arbol sole

cantidad y la calidad de

frutos.

Con

juzgar

la autentica

esta

comparacion se

put

vida cristiana

los cristianos

que pue(

aparentar diversas clases de grandez

sabiduna

honores:

humai

cualidades de organization, capack

de dirigir a los demas

puede ser ante

etc.

Todo

mensaje de Jesus p apariencia. hojas que enganan, ^ recubren la falta de frutos. Lo importa, lo que determina la calidad la vida cristiana son los frutos de buei obras, las obras concretas que se realh por amor a Dios y a los demas. Segun el sermon de la llanura c nos relata San Lucas, los frutos de vida cristiana son amar al enemigo, sin esperar la devolution, hacer el b hasta el final sin exigir compensation no eriguirse en gufa o dictador de demas, abrirse al Reino como un pob Las buenas obras son por lo tanto frutos de la vida cristiana. el

ttio

inicii

berc

rials

sue

vol

Por PADRE SILL RUEDA La continuidad y responsabilidad de

la Iglesia

Catolica se fundamenta en

pues bajo su autoridad, Cristo su fundador ha dejado todo el trabajo para la extension de su reino. Ella es sacramento de salvation y los Apostoles,

servidora universal.

Por eso nada

humano tiene que

f aw*

defectos

los Apostoles recibieron el

milagros.

Decimos que la Iglesia es Apostolica porque bajo la sucesion de los discfpulos el.

ensena de palabra y de ejemplo y envfa de dos en dos a predicar bautizar en su nombre. Les da podere autoridad sobre cosas y personas antes no conocfan y los enfrenta

Pedro

la Iglesia naciente

lo ha le di<

"Tu

eres Pedro y sobre esta piec edificare mi Iglesia". partir de

momento y con la llegada en Pentecosi del Espiritu Santo, ellos se hacen amani

y responsables de su mision y a partir la resurrection de Cristo ellos compart sus labores con otros hombres y muj< escogidos por ellos mismos y marcac con la imposition de las manos.

Jesus impuso las

manos

discfpulos, estos hicieron discfpulos

otros y asi sucesivamente ocurrio ha:

Ahora los Obisp a los nuev ordenados y estos Sacerdotes Ilegar a los Obispos.

imponen

las

manos

'â&#x20AC;˘}

convierten en los nuevos Apostoles lit

la Iglesia del Senor. Por eso decim que la Iglesia de Jesucristo es Apostolic porque su continuidad viene en lin directade los Apostoles y especialmer de Jesus.

(continua)

Servicio Social

El Arzobispo fue entrevistado el 6

de febrero por se hallaba en

Evangelico. Cristo esco para su Iglesia en la tierra a hombi pecadores y comunes del pueblo,

situaciones diffciles.

encargo del Maestro de Galilea de ir por todas partes anunciando la Buena Nueva, comprendieron que ellos solos no podian hacer nada, porque iban como ovejas en medio de lobos y colocaron en el Senor toda su confianza y fue alii cuando comenzaron las cosas a cambiar. Se llenaron de optimismo, de valor, pudieron predicar con palabras de sabiduria, no tuvieron temor a nada e inclusive en el nombre de Dios hicieron

Latina, dijo

de Jesus se organizo eclesiasticamei

cabeza de

pecadores yllenos

el ministerio

ser extrano a ella,

hombres Cuando

Es Apostolica

ya que su mision es la de continuar la tarea de Jesus en medio de los

humanos.

muchos

de sus ramas,

tin

servicio. el

la solidez

La bondad

Nuestra Iglesia

Protestas contra

por

su fronda.

la radio del la

Vaticano. El

Santa Sede para una

reunion, los dfas 3 y 4 de febrero, a fin de planificar las festividades del ani versario en la Republica Dominicana,

a las que asistira el Papa Jaun Pablo

II.

El Senor Guillermo Giraldo ofre sus servicios de reparation completa

casa o apartamento, en terminado

banos y cocinas, pintura interior, piso; techos, carpinteria y electricidad e

Los interesados pueden llamar telefono 552-6194. Si no se encuenU

participativa.

deje su mensaje.

The Catholic News

Binary 28, 1992

Black (From

Catechism Nears iompletion; Approval Expected niversal

said.

will

Page

be a national meeting

The Diocese of Charlotte

will

Ision of cardinals and bishops unanilusly approved the final version of the

dinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the

pay for transportation and lodging for 10 delegates and five observers, and Bishop Donoghue is also planning to

Vatican's doctrinal congregation, and

attend, Foster said.

iposed universal catechism and forded the text to Pope John Paul II, the lican said. 1 The pope was expected to approve I catechism soon, Vatican sources |l. But the work of translation and

includes two U.S. prelates: Cardinal

will develop a pastoand the delegates and observers will come back and work to implement that plan in the churches of the

1 VATICAN CITY (CNS)

I>lication

will

still

— A com-

require several

The commission

headed by Car-

William W. Baum, head of a Vatican tribunal, and Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston. Archbishop William Levada of Portland, Ore., worked on the catechism as a member of the editorial staff.

Evangelization 2000 this phase, too, the

I;," the statement said.

WASHINGTON

ian,

Portuguese, Spanish and Latin.

The catechism was first proposed in 5 as a reference work to aid in the jaration of local and national catisms. Vatican officials

have stressed 400 pages

the catechism, about g, is

meant

for religious educators

(CNS)

worldwide Cathopromote the 1990s as the

gelization 2000, the lic

effort to

decade of evangelization, treats for U.S. priests at

1992. to Holiness

and Mission,"

ruction.

Arlington, Va., and June

new work

will

as "an effective instrument for ouncing the Christian message," the

He thanked

heritage and background

1-15 at

University

will

be held

Marymount University

in St.

-5 at St.

Louis

Louis.

Co-directors of the retreats will be Redemptorist Father Tom Forrest, in-

would be won-

"Just saying that

appreciate your gifts and

use them would

Some

mean

would

like to

so much."

of the issues which the Min-

istry for African-American Affairs deals

ral

when

the pasto-

council met in Asheville to hear

concerns of some black members of St. Lawrence Church.

Jim Drummond and Roscoe McWilliams expressed their frustration over unsuccessful attempts to get per-

they cannot accept alcoholic

13-

Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, Fa-

they have no detoxification

Champlin, Doris Donnelly and Precious Blood Father Clarence

only stipulation for potential residents

Williams.

transitional,

six years of

the

work on

project.

The preparatory commission made decision at a Vatican meeting Feb.

nges in the text. Joining the

nber commission was a seven-bishop

and several other experts. The group decided that the modifions responded well to comments criticisms made during a 1990 surorial staff

involving the world's bishops, the

ement

said.

William Rucker expressed

ternational executive director of

groups and events

intended to involve them

that are

in particular.

Council members agreed that it is a black Catholics should participate fully and the Church should welcome them and utilize their gifts. Tupponce said that leadership from the pulpit could go a long way toward resolving many problems. "If people's cousciousness is not raised from the pulpit, you've got to work that much j

two-way street

—

harder."

Council members pledged to help Lawrence's parishioners resolve their

St.

concerns,

commending them

for stay-

Church despite things

Polite said after the

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she said. "I think things are improving."

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that she

there years ago.

homelessness to permanent housing. "From

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much more welcome at St. Lawrence now than when she first came

feels

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active role in the Church, par-

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Evanwhich recently moved its headquarters from Rome to Washington, and Redemptorist Father Jim McManus of London. Guest presenters will be Archbishop

ican statement said.

imission for

14,

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May

the

among church mem-

derful," he said.

world," McWilliams said. "If

will hold re-

two locations

er than individuals taking religious

The pope hopes

— Evan-

McWilliams said he did not want to impose the minority's style of worship on the majority but there needed to be some accommodation to make everyone feel welcome in the church. "Everybody knows the contribution of black music to this country and the

Foster said.

know

church to

tradition.

bers to reach out to black Catholics,

they

The catechism

be published in English, French,

to be a "raising of

"Just recognizing and stating that

Plans Retreats

at the

sing in the African-American gospel

tration that black Catholics

cooperation

local episcopates appears indispens-

mission to form a choir

bring our music to the church, what can

diocese, Foster said.

consciousness"

iiths, said a Vatican statement Feb.

I "In

The congress

ral plan,

There needs

attended by delegates from across the country.

mean

lot,

she said,

need to speak more and smile

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Diocesan News Briefs BELMONT — The First

Saturday Devotion Pilgrimage to the Grotto at Belmont Abbey College will be Mar. 7. The Rosary will be said at 9:30 a.m., with confession following at 1 0:45 a.m.

Mass will begin at 1 1:30 a.m. For more information, contact Phil

or Terri DeLuca, (703) 568-5

retreatants provide their

own

food.

Six rooms are available. After May, the cost increases to $175.

For further information, contact Father John Hoover, Elijah's Cave, P.O.

Box

543, Highlands,

NC 28741, or call

(919) 526-2418.

18.

Prayer and Reflection Retreat

DURHAM — "Christians Praying

CHARLOTTE— St. Peter will host a "Suffering Redemptive Value" lenten

suit

reflection presented

Father John Haughey

9:30 a.m. Father Haughey

Je-

March 7

and Reflecting Together" is the theme of a planned retreat Mar. 6-7 at Avila Retreat Center.

Father Jude D. Weisenbeck, direc-

tor of the Catholic

former pastor of St. Peter and is presently professor of religious ethics at Loyola University in Chicago. He is a member of the board of directors of the Wall Street Round Table for Financial Ethics, a consultant to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, a member of the board of directors of Bread for the World and a writer on the subject of ethics as well as lecturer and retreat master. For more information, call St. Peter, (704) 332-2901. is

Secular Franciscan Meeting

CHARLOTTE

—

Ecumenical and

sion.

For more information, call the Avila

dinner dance benefitting

St.

Pius

X will

be held March 7 from 7 p.m. until midnight at Bryan Park Enrichment Center. First prize is an all expense paid trip for two to Hawaii plus $1 ,000 spending cash, along with other prizes to be awarded. The dinner dance will be $100 per ticket, which includes one dinner. Additional dinner-only tickets may be purchased for $25. For more information, contact Mary Virginia Lazorchick, (919) 275-6273, or Carole Kim, (919) 288-3024.

Knights'

St.

Bill

GREENSBORO

— Counseling

price of

schedule an appointment, call

(919) 274-5577.

CHARLOTTE — Tax filing assis-

tance

Shepherd's Center. To schedule an apopintment, call (704) 334-4637. Appointments will be set

up on Wednesday and Friday morn-

ings at

Myers Park

Baptist Church.

—

at 7:30 p.m. Music, dance, refreshments and good fun are planned.

Mardi Grae Party St. John Church Hall

CCHS

St.

CHARLOTTE

—

The Refugee

Office of Catholic Social Services

is in

need of the following for newcomers: pots, pans, mixing bowls, glasses, knives, cutting boards, towels and lin-

To donate

Andrew Latsko Ordained As Deacc HALES CORNERS,

Wis.

drew Latsko, a seminarian for the cese of Charlotte, was ordained transitional

deacon Feb. 8

in the

$100 per week, when

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from Cardinal Stritch Co sive and will receiv master of divinity degree from Sa M( Heart on completion of his studies, w studies

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Point, Wis.,

will be ordained to the pr F.

Donoghu

May

Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte

same

time.

items, contact Sonia

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John Fagei (704) 559-9574

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and Marve Wyniei served as co-chairmen for the toi Bill Jarrell

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offering "recession-priced

retreats," for

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St. Patrick's

March 14. The festivities begin

Fr.

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will host its first social

will consist of six

3:00

golfers.

Jpcomlng Diocesan Events Tryon,

lines.

Host families are needed. One parent must be in the home during the six weeks, June 20-July 31. For more information, call Barbara Carter, (919) 299-5680, or Barbara Sullivan, (919) 282-0543.

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weekly meetings, approximately onehour each on various days of the week and various times. Meetings will be held in the homes of group members. For more information, contact St. Therese, (704) 664-3992.

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Piedmont Irish Children's Summer program brings Catholic and Protestant boys and girls aged 9- 1 1 from Northern Ireland for six weeks in a safe enviornment and creates

St. Patrick's

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$30 a couple includes

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825-6671.

plans a Lenten Renewal program begin-

Mar.

Elijah's

—

Club on Sunday. The Coral B Resort served as headquarters to t

chapel of Sacred Heart School of ology in Hales Corners.

offered free to senior citizens by

hit the links at Lite. tch

Plantation on Saturday, and the if!"

for the Person with Alzheimer's Dis-

Tickets are $5 per person.

Tax Help For Seniors

dinner, beer, wine and set-ups.

Call

Services office located in the Franciscan Center in Greensboro. Fees are on a sliding scale according to income; therapy is offered by experienced mental health profession-

Scarborough.

The

$20 fee will cover registration, lunch and "Understanding and Caring

available through the Catholic Social

p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

For more information, contact the

Columbis will hold a St. Patrick's Day dinner and dance on Mar. 21 from 6:30 will be provided

:45 p.m. round table panel discus-

Office of Continuing Education, (704)

GREENSBORO — The Knights of

Music

Stessed, Anxious, or Depressed?

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Paddy's Dance

suffer,

ease," a booklet for participants.

MOORESVILLE

GREENSBORO— A reverse raffle

who

Retreat Center, (919) 477-1285.

Lenten Renewal Reverse Raffle

will provide a better under-

sources available for those

Beach. Duffers

both patients and caregivers. The seminar will begin at 8:30 a.m. with registration, and conclude following a

the retreat.

standing of the disease and provide re-

In-

St.

Maximillian Kolbe Fraternity will hold inquiry sessions during the months of March, April and May for those interested in the Secular Franciscan Order. The March session will be held March 8 at 2 p.m. at St. John Neumann in the council room. For further information, contact Jennye Johnson, (704) 357-3322 or Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Bellow, (704) 536-6520.

Disease.

Center and ecumenical officer for the Diocese of Nashville, will present terfaith

als.

The

This conference will help clergy, pastoral visitors, and all those who visit the sick to better understand Alzheimer

Lenten Reflection

morning of

Alzheimer's Workshop BELMONT Helping Families Face Alzheimer's, A Conference For Clergy (and others who work with Alzheimer's patients and families) will be held Thursday, March 19, at Belmont Abbey College in Grace Auditorium.

—

Grotto Pilgrimage

10:30 a.m.

4:00

p.m.

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The Catholic News

binary 28, 1992

World and National Briefs aitian

Leader Says Country's Bish-

Have Not Spoken Out WASHINGTON (CNS)

—

Al-

jugh Haiti's bishops have not spoken t clearly against the country's current

Church's grass-roots leadhave spoken and become targets of

uation, the j

oression, said a Haitian leader visiting

United States. She also said the best ty to stem the tide of Haitian refugees to return

Father Jean-Bertrand

istide, Haiti's

democratically elected

istide 's administration, said Haitian

hops "do not say much, and what have said is trying to be neutral or

ibiguous."

sidered or began formation, and those

who

objections by the Diocese of Wheeling-

men who

recently either con-

entered religious

life in

1985 or vows.

Blamed For Frustrating itholic Groups In Guatemala Two PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS)

—

Charleston, the Paul VI Pastoral Center

Kentucky

and residents of Clearview, W.Va., near Wheeling, state authorities have given

Texas Bishop Issue Pastoral Letters On Abortion LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) Kentucky s Catholic bishops have called the policy of abortion on demand a Prelates,

—

cannot "hide behind the evasion" that they personally oppose abortion but feel it's a matter of choice. Bishop Rene H. Gracida of Corpus Christi, Texas, in a

tatemalan church workers have arged that Pentecostal churches in tatemala frustrate the work of small itholic communities trying to improve nditions in their neighborhoods, hristian-based communities have heme a non-violent way to reform op;ssive systems," said Eva Hernandez, juatemala City church worker. Ms. rnandez and German Paz Alvarado, a low church worker, began a tour of U.S. West Coast by telling a Univer-

Justice, issued Feb. 13, said the right to

y of Portland audience that the small mmunities can be a model for minis-

U.S.

in Latin

America.

separate pastoral

letter,

linked abortion

Kentucky bishops, Reverence for Life life

of the unborn

human

' '

The

in their pastoral, ...

Down, Study Finds

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A study

teaching brothers found that while rsonal contact with a brother helps ter vocations, there is less

contact

iween brothers and male students than the past and brothers are extending ver invitations to join them.

The study

however, said

it tailored the permit in response to those who opposed strip mining. Conditions on the five-year

permit include placing a flagman on one

the "fundamental

weekdays and daylight hours, and reducing the area of mining within sight ing to

of the pastoral center.

Church Prepares To Aid New Philippine Volcano Refugees

MANILA, Parishes in the

diocese of Lipa are preparing for an

from a volcano that is

threatening to erupt. The volcano,

Service Tries

To Heal

100- Year

Roman-Polish Catholic Rift SCRANTON, Pa. (CNS)

Roman

— Top

Catholic and Polish Na-

tional Catholic representatives apolo-

at a joint Service of Healing in Scranton Feb. 15. The Vatican's chief ecumenist, Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, attended the service, and Polish-born Pope John Paul II, who has taken a personal interest in healing the U.S. schism, sent a message. The Polish National Catholic Church was formed in the late 19th and early 20th century when a series of Polish Catholic

—

(CNS) southern Luzon Arch-

Philippines

influx of evacuees

rights issue of our day."

Taal, located north of Lipa,

Mount

one of the

country's five most active volcanoes.

one of 35 cones and 47 craters in the middle of Lake Taal, a 78-square-mile body of water. Volcanologist Leonila Bautista said that on Feb. 16 "rumbling sounds" came from the mountain, followed by a large flow from the main crater, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. is

Feb. 17 the Philippine Institute of

Volcanology and Seismology recorded 20 high-frequency tremors on the volcanic island.

Bishops

Among Church

Leaders

Protesting Trident Deployment Ten Catholic (CNS)

LONDON

bishops were

—

among more

than

100

British church leaders protesting the British government's decision to continue deploying submarine-borne Trident nuclear missiles. Four Scottish bishops and six from England signed a declaration which cited the changing political situation resulting from the transformation of the Soviet Union as one reason why the missiles should not be

deployed. The declaration also cited the escalation of British nuclear firepower

14.

WHY DO WE

RECEIVE

THE

SACRAMENT

CONFIRMATION? At Pentecost Jesus fulfilled His promise and sent the Holy Spirit upon the Church. The apostles, who had gathered in fear, became fearless witnesses of Jesus. The Holy Spirit strengthened their faith. The Spirit

became the

driving force of their lives.

witnessing to our Faith. In conferring the sacrament, the bishop imposes his hands and anoints the forehead with a holy oil called Chrism. He says, "...be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit." The rite symbolizes the calling down of the Spirit, the commissioning and the sanctifying of the one who is

dictatorship.

Pope Says Strong Families Essential For Church, Peace VATICAN CITY (CNS) Strong

—

Church and for peace between peoples, the pope told representatives from a number of international Catholic organizations. The group was at the Vatican to participate families are essential for the

in a

study session

preparation for the

Year of the Family, which the United Nations has set for 1994. Pope John Paul

addressed the participants Feb.

14 during their meeting, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family.

Pope Says Modern Civilization Idolizes Money, Sacrifices Values ROME (CNS) Pope John Paul II said modern civilization has made an idol of money and profit while sacrificing basic Christian values. The pope made the remarks Feb. 6 while visiting a parish in one of Rome's poorer neigh-

—

borhoods. He preached the beatitudes to several thousand parishioners, but said

much

of the world has forgotten these

basic teachings of Jesus. "In a civilization like our own, 'having' prevails over 'being,' and money becomes an idol to which every other value is sacrificed. Only the call of the evangelical beatitudes can free us from the struggle for material things and can make us redis-

cover the true hierarchy of the reality that counts," he said.

Pope Says Church Committed To Better Relations With Orthodox Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) John Paul II, welcoming Greece's new

—

ambassador to the Vatican, said the Church remains committed to better relations with Orthodox Christians despite recent ecumenical troubles. "The ecumenical commitment must be one of Misunderstandings and any given moment should not bring our journey to a halt," the pope said Feb. 7. He said he hoped for a climate of "mutual understanding and cooperation" in which real ecumenical our

priorities.

difficulties at

progress can be registered.

Vatican Denies Helping Nazi Fugitives

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— The

needed for the Trident program at a time when the United States and republics of the former Soviet Union were seeking a

Vatican has denied that it provided travel documents to help Nazi war criminals

reduction in nuclear warheads.

"This idea is historically false," said Joaquin Navarro- Vails, Vatican spokesman. Navarro-Valls said that it might

Philippine

Cardinal

Attacks

President's Choice For Successor

MANILA,

Philippines

(CNS)

—

Philippine Cardinal Jaime Sin dropped It is the wonderful Confirmation is our personal Pentecost. sacrament in which Jesus sends His Holy Spirit upon us in a special way. it completes the transformation begun in us at Baptism, fully initiates us into the Body of Christ, and anoints us to share in proclaiming and

in power in a 1986 popular revolt, said former defense chief Fidel Ramos was a turncoat who had propped up the Marcos

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with racism, saying that abortion proponents are "acting out of racial fear.

gized to one another for nearly a century

rsonal Contacts Between Brothers,

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later but left before taking final

"national scandal" and said Catholics

ntecostals

immigrant communities, angered by Irish and German priests and bishops who seemed insensitive to their needs and concerns, formed their own parishes and banded together into their own national structure and hierarchy.

Mining Permit Approved Near Retreat Center WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS)— Over

students,

who was

ousted in a Septemr coup. Claudette Werleigh, adviser Prime Minister Rene Preval in Father ;sident

found that morale among brothers is high, and that almost every student who said he knew a brother also said he had at least one brother as a friend. The study, conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University in Washington, surveyed brothers, their colleagues, male

a bombshell into the country's election

campaign by attacking President Corazon Aquino's choice of her former defense chief as her favored successor.

The influential Manila cardinal, who helped topple the late President Ferdinand Marcos and put Mrs. Aquino

escape from Europe after World

War II.

have been possible for war criminals hiding their identities to get lost in the millions of war refugees seeking to leave

Europe who were aided by the InternaRed Cross and the Vatican. But the Vatican's activities were "under the surveillance of Allied authorities," he tional

said.

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confirmed.

Confirmation is a call to the confirmed to show, by the example of and the witness of their speech, the new person they put on at Baptism and the power of the Spirit by whom they were strengthened jat Confirmation. The Sacrament of Confirmation reminds us that each [member of the Church has the opportunity and the responsibility to participate in the struggle against the effects of original sin and in the 'struggle to transform our world by the ideals of the Gospel. their lives

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Asheville Mardi Gras Steeped

Christian Tradition

Tom Sparacino sprays silly string at St. Joan of Arc's annual Mardi Gras, which has adults and children making merry before the start of the Lenten season. Photo by TIM REID By TIM REID ASHEVILLE Parishes

—

wanting

a unique get-together before the Lenten

season of fasting and abstinence

draw

from

may

Joan of Arc Church, where Father Morris Boyd has instituted an annual Mardi Gras celebrainspiriation

St.

tion steeped in Christian tradition.

"The Christian custom of celebrating before the start of Lent originated for very practical reasons," Father Boyd said. "During the Middle Ages the Lenten fast was very strict. It forbade not only meat but eggs, milk, cheese, lard and other items, so there was a real necessity in the period before Lent to get rid of all these things in the house."

Christians also

knew

there

would

be no parties, dances, plays or other

forms of entertainment during the 40 days of Lent. So the Tuesday before Lent, called Mardi Gras or "Fat Tuesday," was a time to enjoy the foods and festivities they would soon give up. Father Boyd said he started the Mardi Gras custom at St. Joan of Arc because, "It's a good excuse for a family gettogether. It brings attention to Lent itself and is good family fun. Also, I wanted to share part of the culture of Mobile, Ala., where I'm from, with the people here." When St. Joan of Arc's pastor announced plans for the "first annual Mardi Gras" two years ago, parishioners expected the usual church get-together. They figured it would be another potluck supper with the addition perhaps of a

few streamers

—

nice but predictable.

What they got was an all-out evening

St.

Joan of Arc's pastor, Father Morris Boyd, gets into the

spirit

purplish costume, complete with parasol.

of Mardi Gras

Photo by

wilii

TIM

of fun orchestrated by Father Boyd. The former school gym was festooned with

Mardi Gras decorations as church members settled

down

for a feast.

Night Watch, a professional band led by church members Ken and Lonnie Gentile, belted out songs that had young and old dancing or stomping their feet to

cesses associated with

the beat.

tian tranditions, Father

Finally fanfare that

make

was announced with great "the emblem" was about to

his appearance.

masked

figure entered the

room

emblem" made repeated passes through the crowd tossing

silver doubloons,

peanut butter and serpentine

are concen-

rades and balls.

These are year-round social organizations that also undertake charitable

—

wide-eyed and shrieking with laughter, but soon everyone started getting into the act. They covered the gym floor with streamers and competed with the band with their noisemakers, having a joyous time on the eve of the Lenten figure,

•sammm

December but

societies" that sponsor pre-Lenten pa-

"The emblem" danced with the women, he cavorted, he pranced he was the life of the party. At first it was the children who followed the masked

TIM REID

ally start in

festivities re-

Moon Pies, plastic beads, gold

streamers.

Photo by

said.

out a zany assortment of prizes. These

kisses, saltwater taffy

youngsters and adults.

Boyd

Mobile is even older than New Orleans and was originally a French settlement, Boyd said. Its Mardi Gras celebration reflects both its French and

weeks before Mardi Gras, Father Boyd said. The city has a number of Mardi Gras "mystic

and

with her clown suit and bag of treats for

Gras celebration that is more familyoriented and more in keeping with Chris-

trated in the last three

included

a big hit at Mardi Gras

Orleans'

annual celebration, Mobile has a Mardi

Spanish heritage. Mobile's Mardi Gras

landish hat, "the

New

Looking like a cross between Zorro and a peacock in his bright blue pantaloons, cape and out-

carrying a sack.

Nancy Sparacino

While many people associate Mardi Gras with drunkenness and other ex-

projects

and sponsor other social events.

They have whimsical names

like the

Order of the Inca, the Polka Dots, the Mystics of Time, Maids of Mirth, Order of Athena and Crew of Columbus. Each group has an emblem that represents the spirit

of their party.

Parties are generally held in the

season.

evenings and are beautiful affairs, Father Boyd said. Each ball has a queen, and presiding over all the city's festivi-

Finally "the emblem" removed his mask and revealed it was none other

Gras.

King and Queen of Mardi The drunken revelry for which

ties are the

than Father Boyd, to the delighted sur-

New

prise of parishioners.

not tolerated in Mobile, Father

Orleans' Mardi Gras

famous

Boyd

said.

Mobile's Mardi Gras traditions v

1850s and still cei around the figure of Joe Cain, who influential in starting Mardi Gras, started in the

ther

Boyd

Jtt*

By.

said.

Another tradition is the "king ca made with cream che^tJ ciyw sugar and cinnamon and baked in a rich pastry

like coffee cake.

It is

decorated

Mardi Gras colors of purple, gold green, and hidden inside the cake little figure of a baby representing

Dy fc

Christ-child.

sy,ai

"They say the person whose slic cake contains the baby will have g

fa\

year," Father Boyd said expected to pay for the king c for next year's Mardi Gras." bish St. Joan of Arc's third annual W Gras is scheduled to begin at 6:30 [I Feb. 29. Church members have a g

luck also

all

time each year trying to guess

who

be "the emblem" and whose costu: will win the title of King and Quee

Mardi Gras. Thanks to Father Boyd's fondi for the rich Mardi Gras tradition: Mobile,

this

very Christian approac

merrymaking seems firmly in Western North Carolina.

establh