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1
Resumes
Gabriel Settles Suit;
Construction Of
1992
7,
New Parish Center
HAZARD
By CAROL
Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE has resolved
its
—
St.
Gabriel Church
ever,
differences with neighbors
by buying two houses on adjoining prop-
tion granted in
community
be heard again
erty in order to build a parish center.
of Jan.
Construction crews have resumed work
on a 79,000-square-foot building
that will
increase enrollment at the church school
from 369 to 543 students. Some neighbors had objected to the expansion, fearing it would lower property values.
The church paid $323,000 to
settle
the
law suit, after losing a legal battle in December that could have delayed the project indefinitely.
The community
pected to open Oct.
1
,
after the
center
is
ex-
beginning of
the 1992-93 school year.
The school
will
be unable to accept as
many new students as it could have if the new building opened in September as originally planned.
However, two new kindergarten classes will
students.
Temporary
class-
:
story
on Page 6).
New World" exhibit of Spanish colonial art at Charlotte's Mint Museum. Painting courtesy New Orleans Museum of Art
Have Duty To
lare For Poor, Defend
Human
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
— Caring
society's poorest citizens, defending
lan rights
and protecting family
ryone's duty,
Pope John Paul
Speaking Feb. 3 to
officials
life is
U said. of Italy's
government, which includes pope said the Church and private |icies will help meet social needs, but the imment must not expect them to do io regional ne, the
ything.
The mission of the Church, he )read Christ's
said, is
message. Tied to that task
e defense of "the value of
life,
of the
Jy and of the human person."
The church
is
culty faced to
it
is
interested in every
by individuals or groups;
it
educate young people to be good
aims "to recover those who at the margins of society,' the pope said.
ens;
and
it
'
'To do
all
of
but also a
this is, yes,
human
incurred by the contractor. However,
would have been more expensive had
it
the
parish continued the battle in court, said
Father
Ed
Sheridan, pastor of
"We came out Sheridan. "We went
St. Gabriel.
alright," said Father
through a
of pain
lot
and agony but people have been supportive ... and we got what we were planning on." Under the terms of the agreement with neighbors,
St.
Gabriel will add more trees to
the property border
and assure
that noise
from air conditioning meets regulations. No changes were made in the building size or placement. Also, no other neighbors will be able to
sue on the
same grounds, since all members
ing next
fall
of a
fifth
elementary school in
Southeast Charlotte.
"According to
initial
projections,
we
Dr. Skube.
sorb
The expansion at St. Gabriel will absome of the demand, although not as
early as anticipated. St.
do
up their right
so.
As
part of the negotiations, the church
more than the tax value of the two homes after refusing to pay damages. One paid
house
will
and the
probably be used as a convent
other, a rectory.
"The purchase
fit
into our long-term
The diocese would eventually need more housing for
plans," says Father Sheridan.
nuns and
priests,
although the additional
space wasn't required at
this time,
he
seek solutions in cooperation with private
legal approval
and Church organizations known for their 'competence, honesty, morality and a strong sense of service to the community." Pope John Paul said he was not promoting the idea of a welfare state that would take total and exclusive responsibility for that lessens meeting every social need the sense of responsibility citizens feel, leads to a "loss of human energy" and
proceeded with construction
city
of Charlotte,
last fall.
How-
said.
"Now, it looks like I'll be a neighbor in a neighborhood that was against us," said Father Sheridan.
The money used
for the purchase
arranged through the diocese at a low
Gabriel, operating at all times under
from the
to
est rate.
To expedite payment,
the parish
dipping into emergency funds. using any
money from
was
inter-
It
is
is
not
the building fund.
'
—
creates a "bureaucratic logic" that replaces
human concern. The Church, he
said,
wants to cooper-
ate with the government in providing needed
with society's poorest
weakest citizens;
Rights
13.
tion signed a statement giving
students trying to get
would have been full at the start of the 1 9941995 school year, and we're full now," said
[ope Says All Citizens
December. The case was to in Superior Court the week
the building opens.
,
ie"Splendors of the
in
of the Greentree Neighborhoood Associa-
into the Catholic school system in Mecklenburg County is at an all-time high, said Diocesan School Superintendent Michael Skube. Some 1,000 new students have applied for next year. There's only room for 67 1 however, even with the openpart
week
rooms will be set up in church facilities until
The number of
is
for a
The delay was costly, although the exact amount hasn't been determined, since the church had to assume some of the losses
be added for a total of three, opening the
way for 50 new
:hangel with a Matchlock Gun, Salamiel Paxdei," a late 17th Century Bolivian Painting,
work was stopped
October 1991 and then again by an injunc-
a Christian
requirement," he
Even though the basic aims of the and government are different, their
rch
are intertwined, the pope said. The problems facing the region's soservice, health care and school systems
services in the region.
The pope highlighted
"disorder" in the regional government's provision of services and in programs for
immigrants.
"No one can flee the problems" created by recent waves of immigration into Italy, and particularly to Lazio, he said. Justice and human solidarity must mark the government's response to newcomers, he said, and "every form of racial discrimination" must be denounced.
s
"beyond the capability of single indials and private organizations" to solve, aid.
Local governments, as the interme-
y between citizens and the
state,
must
Scout Planning Session
HICKORY
—
Camporee Committee
The will
Catholic meet Sun.,
Feb. 9 at 2:30 p.m. at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory to plan the Boy
Scout Camporee scheduled for April 3-5.
After weeks of delays, construction resumed on a
following settlement of a suit filed by neighbors
expansion.
new parish center at St. Gabriel in Charlotte who objected to use of the center for school Photo by
JOANN KEANE
Catholic
News
&
February 7,1
Herald
De
Vincent
St.
Dick Miller, 76,
is
move heavy
not supposed to
Paul Society Leader Stays
furniture or appliances but the non-stop
president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Greensboro does
it
Photo by
By
As
a precautionary measure, Pat
sign on the truck.
anyway.
"He
);
On The Go
Kerwan (1) convinced Dick Miller (r) to put the identif some pretty rough neighborhoods," says Kerwar
takes us into
PAT KERWAN
Photo by
DAN MAXH.
CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor
GREENSBORO — People have his number.
And
they don't hesitate to call
morning or late at night. Chances are that's about the only time they'll catch Dick Miller. The president of the Greensboro St. Vincent de Paul Society is likely to be out and about
early in the
in
some of
city's roughest neighbor-
old.
"If
you can get him
to sit
you'd know what's going on in the whole community," says Bob Hanson, one of a half dozen people who regularly help Miller. "Between his doctor and his friends,
we try
Never mind that Miller is 76 years He's on the go seven days a week,
helping the poor.
"He's the Mother Teresa of GreensDeacon Tim Rohan of Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro. Known by the rich and poor alike, the politically influential and politically disconnected, the immediate past Grand Knight of Piedmont Council 939 of the Knights of Columbus is a familiar face in Greensboro. boro," says
He was
enrolled last year into the
Book of Golden Deeds, the top award given by the Greensboro Exchange Club to individuals
"who give sacrificially of
energy and resources to improve the quality of life in the commutheir time,
Five years ago, Miller was
named
to cool the guy, but
from
Blue Bell Inc., is in the forefront of from the unborn to the elderly. But he's also behind the wheel, picking up and delivering food, clothing, furniture and appliances for the poor. Occasionally, Miller corrals a youth group to help haul. "He runs circles around them," says Hanson. "I'd be willing to bet that by the way of energy, Dick can match a marathon runner." In this electronics age, Miller has little use for computers. He stores information in his head, although he keeps files in the St. Vincent de Paul office at St. Mary Church. He's "a walking computer," says Hanson. "I'm too busy to use a computer," says Miller. Despite arthritis in his hands, activities
personal thank you letters for any donation,
bus.
takes a
The streets of Greensboro are where
whether it
Once, while delivering furniture and
'
s
whole
for $ 1 or a
tion clinics.
response to questions about the itinerary for any given day. Four or five hours later, they're still working.
Birthright, a
He was also directo now closed support gi
for pregnant
women. "You want
how
to
lous Miller.
load the truck, Miller's "the best"
at
two years
Forever telling his helpers
"It's
good policy," says time, but
little
it's
lighten the load, friends have
suggested he use a form
letter or get
offered
at their
door,
his legs
and
him
an
Someone
a computer. Miller's not
interested.
Nun To Present Organ Workshop, CHARLOTTE
— A workshop of
of the choir/soloist and liturgical tim-
taking pains not to ding the used goods.
sings in the choir at St. Benedict pai
"Hold
door open, Miller," jest his compatriots, manuevering a refrigerator or a heavy sofa bed through a doorway." Get out of the way, Miller." Miller responds with good humor and pitches in anyway. "He does more in one day than I
would ever think of taking on," says Pat Kerwan, 22 years his junior. Described by some as the "heir apparent," Kerwan is
not willing to lay claim to the
admitting to days
in Charlotte.
Sister
at St.
Gabriel
Theophane
is
an
international organ recitalist, composer,
professor, and lecturer.
9 a.m., and three sessions round out the schedule. "Leadership in hymn playing and general service music playing" is the title of the
Miller "almost
Kerwan ac-
quiesces. "It's hard to say 'no' to him, particularly if he at his age
is
with his fellow Knights, although reportedly not very
good at it and spi
half the time in the rough looking lost golf balls.
"I don't understand
how he doe
he does," says Father Cor Kimbrough, pastor at St. Bene< "Whenever I have anybody in ne< call
him. He's always willing to
willing to
h<
See Miller, Pag
do what he does."
Managing
the Greensboro St.
Vincent de Paul Society would be enough for most people. But not for
Her Honor
Visits...
He's on the parish council
at St.
Benedict, a leader in the Fourth Degree
member of Court Watch of North Carolina, an advocacy group for single mothers and their children. For Court Watch, he monitors custody court cases and is called to testify on behalf of single moth-
Recital regional brass ensemble from Winston
In recognition of Catholic Schools >\
focus on repertoire for Lent and Easter."
will demonstrate talents that have gained
The workshops
them a reputation for energetic performances and imaginative programming. There is a $10 registration fee for the workshops. Checks should be made
Winston-Salem Mayor Martha Wood a visit to Bishop McGuinness Mem
The -
third session is
for questions
will
conclude with time
and answers.
On Feb. 9, an organ recital by Sister Theophane with
The workshops will begin with reg-
when
for
Singing and a 28-year member of Greensboro Tarheel Chorus, a bar shop song group. For rest and relaxation, Miller g
title.
"I'd rather be golfing," says Kerwan,
drags us out." Nonetheless,
He's a member of the Society
Preservation of Barbershop Qui
Salem, whose members are graduates of
ment
be held Feb. 8
that
the North Carolina School of the Arts,
team leadership, conducted by School will
'80s.
solo organ music with a special
ing."
Theophane
mid
Miller loves to sing and dance,
stuff as possible
"Enhance-
professional dialogue, performance and Sisters of St. Frances Sister
He served in the positioi
in the
of the Knights and a board
thanks."
dren rushed to greet him
arms about
the Giannini Brass
Quintet will be held at
St.
Patrick's
p.m. Sister Theophane's
payable to
St.
Mary
Patrick's Cathedral, and
Richie, Director of Music,
High School on
Jan. 28. Following j
informal lecture to juniors and sen
George Repass presented mayor with a Catholic Schools Wee shirt. Wood, a long-time friend of the sc told the students how she became Principal
istration at
Cathedral
will
portion of the concert will feature the
St.
works of Martini, Bach, Mulet, Alain,
Road, Charlotte, NC 28211. Call Richie at (704) 362-5055 for more informa-
ested in politics and that they could I
tion.
local
first
session.
Session two
nication and effective
is
"Commu-
accompaniment
i
and
stacking as
Miller. "It
so easy to say
unlisted telephone number.
their
of
much
a
to serve as director?" asked an incn
Miller.
other household items, a bunch of chil-
wrapping
set
furniture.
To
he makes a difference.
Hytrek
stops," he says, in
it
doesn't work."
by the N.C. State Council for the John Cummings award, the highest award for service conferred on a Knight of Colum-
erS-
A pro-life activist, he pickets a few more
"Just a
Miller uses a manual typewriter to write
nity."
has people to see and places to
down,
Miller, a retired merchandiser
hoods.
He
exclaiming, "Uncle Dick, Uncle Dick."
at 3
as well as a selection of her published
compositions. The Giannini Brass Quintet, noted
sent to
Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence
i
city hall"
and
by understanding the workin state government.
jruary 7, 1992
&
The Catholic News
Women
voung
H<?
Give Year Of Service To Ailing Poor
BY LAURA VOSO
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ROSMAN
Tina longs for a Connie misses nearby malls, ispite the absence of such city conve:nces, these two Philadelphia girls are
year before
sparkling blue eyes. "Don't talk to
iooI,"
lege.
Corps
wanted
major
need filled by volunsuch as Spurrier and McAvoy. Sister Jacquie, as everyone calls her, says, "I think it's wonderful for young people to give a year of themselves to
just decided to give
teers
Mercy
help others less fortunate."
go
Sister Jacquie explains that the
to Africa," she
service's primary focus
assists the physician,
Hermanny.
injections
in
up a
for the
Mercy
In addition,
she draws blood, administers
health care
is
mountain poor. "So many people fall between the cracks. They have one dollar too much (to be eligible) for Medicaid but not enough for insurance." She says its not unusual for people to sell off their land to pay bills. "Those
I
Sister Gretchen
in col-
much
to
staff.
thrilled to see this
thought that would be a major culture shock." At Frances Warde, says, "but
McAvoy a history
she says, "but not I
rules."
that the
in a
modern
Mercy Sister Jacqueline Dewer, the business manager at the project, is
kind of a domestic peace corps.
is
"I really
program sponsored by of Mercy. "I had always of volunteer work in high
So
Medicare
She explains
hospital.
about the Mercy Corps, a com-
Sisters
the
all
modest origins
the program has seen Consequently, there is a
need for additional
me
degree in nursing. She then went on to become a registered nurse while working part time in a Philadelphia children's
mity service
le a lot
solid growth.
Mc Avoy first received an associate 's
In her senior year, she read a
Dklet
changed
the facility's
new complex,
the
"They
about insurance," she groans. just
Tina Spurrier, 23, and Connie ;Avoy, 22, both graduated from vynedd-Mercy College in 1991. Still, :y had never met until after graduan and shortly before their drive down Vlorth Carolina last August. Now, not ly do they work together all day, but y also share a small cottage in nearby
e.
From
trailer to its current location in a
Insurance? Spurrier widens her
filing.
insylvania County.
Toxaway. was
work force." At the
Her duties include managing
fice.
unteering a year of their lives at the
Spurrier
hit the
reception area, billing, appointments and
ances Warde Health Service in medicallyisman, N.C., a derserviced area in western
ke
I
she works in the business of-
facility,
agie.
EKGs and
and performs a myriad of
other nursing tasks.
are the people
The Frances Warde Health Service was established in the early 1 980s by the Sisters of Mercy in order to provide
mous empathy
we
Spurrier and
(r),
a volunteer nurse at
Frances Warde Health Service
in
McCall.
Photo by
FRANK ARTHEN
McAvoy
for
ence between poor people here and
in
Spurrier says the difference
is
cities.
their attitude. "In the South, they are not
They
as angry about being poor.
more accepting." McAvoy
are
She explains that in Philadelphia, the poor live in tenement projects, and people are always fighting or getting mugged and
Sponsor a Child like
Rosman,
checks the blood pressure of patient Polly
are here for."
have enorneedy people. In the short time they have been in the area, they have been able to discern a differ-
health needs in this area of Appalachia.
McAvoy
Connie
Conch ita
$20 a month - just 650 a day!
McAvoy
"Here,"
stabbed. try to
agrees.
says, "they
make do with what
instead of taking
it
they have
out on other people."
In addition to slight homesickness,
CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION for
much
there has been
tomed
on a dirt road with no name. "No street name," she exclaims. She remembers the time not long ago when she saw two men with guns go by her kitchen window. "I jumped up and See Warde, Page
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1<
7,
;
The Pope Speaks —
VATICAN CITY (CNS) text of
Here is the Vatican Pope John Paul IPs remarks in English at his
weekly general audience.
Dear Brothers and the
regularly as a
Sisters,
The first community of the Church, as described in Acts of the Apostles, was the small group of Christ's disciples that gath-
\
ered in the upper
]
Editorial || Cardinal Roger
«
M. Mahony of Los Angeles says
the 24-year-old rating system used
~„
by the Motion
f fiSk/
Picture Association of America is "a conflict of interest" and has called for a new "family film code" to
guide the making of movies. The present rating system certainly leaves be desired. Obviously, there conflict of interest
bound
is
to
;
Anyone who
movie and video reviews carried on the youth page of The Catholic News & Herald knows what we mean. All of the movies and videos reviewed carry the
came
in the
together in obetheir fellowship
upper room was an
image of the Church's communion in Christ, a communion which is sacramentally expressed in the Eucharist.
The Church
first
appears as a community devoted
to prayer (Acts 1:14). Prayer, especially in the liturgy, is
Among
public ministry.
room, Luke makes special mention of "Mary, Mother of Jesus." Mary, who gave birth to the Sor God, was present in prayer, in silence, in commun and in hope-filled expectation as Christ's Church revealed to the world. As the mother of the Church, remains ever united to her Son, interceding with F that all mankind "may be happily gathered togethe peace and harmony into one people of God to the gl of the most holy and undivided Trinity" (Lun Gentium, 69 ). I wish to greet all the English-speaking pilgri and visitors present at today's audience. Upon you your families, I cordially invoke the grace and peaci our Lord Jesus Christ.
mand, and
regularly reads the
in order to express
self, after his resurrection,
dience to the Lord's com-
much to
when movies are rated by industry
out of line with reality.
^
*~\
be some
However, our main objection to the ratings are that
way
~
:
j-*
—
community
deepen the spiritual unity of her members. Pra produces the spiritual union that enables believer: act "with one accord" and to overcome all divisn and differences. From the beginning, the Church's commun was also marked by the prayerful presence of man the women who had been close to Jesus throughout
had told his followers to remain in Jerusalem (cf. Lk 24:49) and there to await the coming of the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1 :4). The disciples thus
representatives.
they are
room after Him-
the Ascension. Jesus
Movie Ratings
Like the first disciples in the upper room, the Chu must be devoted to constant prayer, coming toget
an essential part of the Church's
life in
those present in the up
every age.
Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Movies and videos originally made ratings of the U.S. Catholic
MPAA
for theatrical release also carry the
There
Letters To
ratings.
frequently considerable difference between
is
The
Editor
the two. It is
not unusual to see a
movie or video which the
"O" or "morally offensive" receive an MPAA rating of "PG- 13." That means that the MPAA raters think it may (emphasis ours) be
More about women
U.S. Catholic Confrence rates
inappropriate for children under 13.
We feel
that
any
To
the Editor:
Our
belated congratulations on the 20th anniver-
sary of the Diocese of Charlotte, as reported in
News &
Herald,
due
The
our mistaken
movie which can be considered morally offensive
Catholic
should not have a rating less restrictive than "R."
thinking that your reporting of the event would be
Mahony' s proposal
Cardinal
actually does not
address the problems of the rating system.
It
calls for
adoption of a pre-production code which would
tell
film makers what they cannot include in a movie.
It
would be based on the old Motion Picture Code which was administered by the Hays Office from 1933 to 1966.
We hope work. But
that a
that
—
if
it
is
—
the
we have come be no recognition or mention of those other men and women who have helped the diocese develop and who have often been the leaders in implementing the goals of the Diocesan Synod. Incidentally, a few of these people have worked for the diocese for the entire 20 years.
treated so dogmatically
(Editor's note: This letter and two others which were published earlier, were only a few of a number of letters we received on this same subject. The letters
m
to
sisters.
Very
and without deeper amplif
truly yours,
Sidney L. Baker Hendersonville (Editor's note:
which the
Council Diocese of Charlotte Sisters'
may be confusing
Our Church isn't going to become ra ecumenism-minded when questions like these tion.
came from both men and women andfrom members of the laity as well as from Religious.)
needed.
think this
to realize that there is to
MPAA will
promptly drop the ratings system, leaving parents with only their trust in the code to ensure that their children don't wind up seeing unsuitable films. We think that both the code and a more realistic rating system are
to
I
of our non-Catholic brothers and
continued in the following issue. Sadly,
code can be drawn up which will
we believe
is
for the answer.
The "Discover the Faith" sent
letter writer refers
does not originate
\
The Catholic News & Herald. It was developed by Archdiocese of Miami for use in connection with 500th anniversary of evangelization in the Amern The weekly sections, of necessity, had to be brief,
1
feel that the letter writer's objection to the answe
question
read
it,
is
the
largely a matter of interpretation. As answer does not maintain that ther
salvation only within the Catholic Church.)
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Regarding salvation
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the Editor:
To
me
You'll pardon
showing or
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1,
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1992
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my
is
your error of omission
ignorance?
refer to your boxed article
stand that there
Church. In
is
outside the Catholic
Church for those whose consciences tell them that their
own beliefs are true
—
their well-formed consciences, might add. I'm also somewhat appalled at the linkage in the words "necessary" (in the question) and "made necessary" in the Vatican Council declaration as you use it I
the Editor: I
was surprised at the knowledge Bishop Gumbk
President Bush's reason for going to war in the
Would he have been
G
pleased to see Iraq finish
development of nuclear weapons to drop on Israel other countries including the United States and the of Detroit?
M
Was
our war against Germany and Japan I suggest the good bishop travel to Irel j and put a stop to the IRA and North Ireland conflio does he consider it justified to see Catholics Protestants killing one another? Be As a Catholic, a citizen of the United States ai former Marine, I suggest the bishop is a left v unjustified?
liberal I
and most
likely a
was pleased
backer of Ted Kennedy, Fa
to see the article about
Fitzgibbons on the same page, both written by
O
Hazard.
Frank X. Maness
Monroe
Letters Policy:
no salvation outside the Catholic
fact, there is salvation
I
of Detroit (Jan. 24 issue) has of the United Nations
10, 1992, issue entitled
Number 22
Most Reverend John
is it
but
on Page 1 5 of your Jan. "Discover the Faith," where you list the question "Is it necessary for me to belong to the Catholic Church in order to be saved?" Your answer to this question cites the statement of the Second Vatican Council as follows: "Whoever knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter it or to remain in it could not be saved." Now, obviously, I'm no theologian. And, yes, I would agree that whoever was totally convinced that Christ founded the Catholic Church as the only means of salvation, and then refused to join or remain in that Church would in effect be sinning against the light and therefore lost. I do have a serious problem with the way you treated the question, especially in an issue devoted to evangelization. In short, I think you failed to go far enough in explaining your answer, that is, developing your answer. Nowhere that I know of does the Church take the I
February
Bishop Gumbleton
We welcome letters on current is&
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in guest
of
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lettei
reflect the
v\
F,ruary 7,
1992
The
Editor's By
I Like most newspapers,
we
at
BOB GATELY
The Catholic News
& Herald like to think that we
—
the 20th anniversary of the Diocese of Charlotte.
—~~i been t
~
'
strongly criticized
— and
or no mention of the
little
gious,
rightfully
—
We have
I can't speak for priests in general, but I don't think everyone is going to heaven. There are malicious people in the world. Jesus spoke of the punishment of God and
the prospect of hell about
women, both laity and Reliso much to the diocese since
some
those are just reasons.
They don't excuse
we
goofed and goofed badly. Just thinking back over the few years that I've been both lay and Religious l)lved with the diocese, I can think of countless women Ivho have made significant contributions. We should have acknowledged those
—
I I wish I.
It's
I
regret that
we
didn't.
could assure everyone that
I
it
never will happen again. But
the nature of this business that
I'spapers carry
little
"We were wrong"
we make
mistakes. That's
it
probably
why many
stories.
I In 1997, the Diocese of Charlotte will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The diocese I anning a major celebration for that one. And, hopefully, we'll be better prepared lome up with the type of stories we should have carried for the 20th. had a phone
day from Brother John-Joseph Dolan, the former He wants his friends to know I he's gradually adjusting to his new role as director of the Conventual FRanciscan novitiate program in Holyoke, Mass. But, he says he still is having troubled ling accustomed to the cold. It seems strange that a native of Buffalo who has lived in a lot of places in the I n would have trouble with the cold. The last time I was in Buffalo, I was caught III
call the other
I:esan director of the Ministry for Justice and Peace.
I
blizzard
—
mmm,
But
the fact that
in April yet.
all
will resist
His love.
I
hope I'm wrong.
their strict interpretations of the Torah they placed heavy burdens on the people. He rarely scolded the lay people. When He kicked over the tables of the money changers in
— time etc.
Gospels. Even though He died to bring His children, it is at least probable that
in the
Jesus rebuked the Scribes and Pharisees because by
1972. For that matter, there were precious few references
of lay men. There are some reasons why it happened constraints, lack of adequate files from past years,
90 times
salvation to
who have contributed
to the contributions
5
ki
By FATHER JOHN CATOIR Some people become angry with me when I write about God's unconditional love. One letter went like this: "Why don't you priests talk about hell anymore? You make it seem like everyone is going to heaven!"
making
for
Hi
One Candle
Light
Notebook
Ber goof. But, also like most newspapers, we occasionally do. And we sometimes la really good job of it. I Anyone who has been reading the letters to the editor over the past couple of weeks knows what I am talking about the issue about
Itributions.
&
The Catholic News
H
was
the temple,
it
in authority
who allowd this preoccupation
flourish. said.
"My
to express His exasperation with those
Father's house
"You have made made
is
money to He
a den of thieves."
it
common
with
a house of prayer,"
more gently, and He encourage the outcast. For instance, in Jesus' day, lepers were thought to be under God's curse. They weren't even allowed to come to temple to be purified; anyone who talked to them was considered defiled. Jesus ignored the law in reaching out to them. He wanted to tell them not to believe the teachers of Israel. "You are not cursed. No, you are blessed. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after justice." The reactionaries of His time were, of course, furious with Jesus for being so lenient with the lepers and all the others who were thought to be morally unfit. When the woman was taken in adultery, Jesus treated her with kindness. Without even asking her to repent, Jesus was ready to risk His own safety to protect her from the mob. He said, "Let the one who is without sin cast the first stone." When they walked away, He turned to her and asked, "Has no one condemned you? Then neither do I condemn you." Why don't the priests talk about hell the way the priests did years ago? I wonder. Maybe it's because they don't want to scare people into believing that God is a Jesus treated the
always
folk
tried to
legalistic monster.
ml guess maybe John- Joseph was down here too long.
Perhaps we should be more aggressive, and go after some church leaders the way Jesus went after the Scribes and Pharisees of His day, especially those
who show
compassion for their people. Maybe we should kick over those ever increasing diocesan assessments which tend to make collection agents out of our pastors. Maybe we should preach fire and brimstone to the criminal element, if only they would come to church and listen. The only people who come to church are those who are trying to be good, and I'd rather offer them encouragement and hope, the way little
re
Catholics 'Roman'?
All
Jesus did in His day.
By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN there a difference between a Catholic and a Roman Catholic? lie meaning of the adjective "Roman"? (Missouri)
Q.
Is
Father John Catoir
What
A. The word "catholic" means "universal." It was first applied to the Christians lit. Ignatius of Antioch around the year 100. We Roman Catholics often tend to
Rescues Are
liider ourselves "the" Catholic Church of the world. I While we are the largest in numbers, however, there are numerous other Catholic
Rome but distinct churches in themselves. There are the Melkite, for example, the Armenian, Maronite and Ukrainian lolic Churches, and many more.
|xhes, united with the bishop of
These churches, including the Church of Rome, have their roots in the varying styles of liturgy and expressions of faith that developed in different centers of Christianity during its early centuries. Such churches are not branches of the Roman Catholic Church. They are of equal dignity and rank with the Roman Church and with each other. (See, for example, the Vatican II Decree on Eastern Churches, No. 3.) In this context, the designation Roman Catholic simply distinguishes our part of the universal church from
other Catholic churches.
Q. I was surprised to read in our Catholic paper your response concerning parishioners and their parishes.
know any
who attends the same church for all liturgical Hons and other events. You can't expect a parish priest to be "all things to nen (and women!)." Some are very gifted with youth and the running of a school, some to the
I
don't
Catholic
irly, others to family life and some to singles. Each one's spirituality directs dTerent need. The priest of today, even if very holy and directed in his prayer,
not reach all these elements in our society. |As a matter of fact, my local church is very involved in charismatic prayer lips, among other things, whereas a church close by offers 24-hour euchaSc devotions before the monstrance (which, you must admit, is quite rare!). |r
Some parishes, too few I believe, fail to focus on the international Church iiure and know little of what the Church is involved with in our world. I think one must search for the blend that nurtures one's spiritual growth, Ishould we have to travel to attain this, then I say amen to that! No church can serve the needs of all. (New York) A. Your
letter is typical of the ones I received in response to that column. seems to me you perhaps identify the parish too much with the priest, though n is done in any parish and who does it, obviously, will depend enormously on Remperament, vision and theological development of the pastor. Whatever the theories or the technicalities, I believe many, if not most Catholics, recognize themselves in your words. Copyright © 1992 by Catholic News Service
It
is
director of The Christophers.
Justified By
I
am
the director of Action
KAREN League
M.
GRAHAM
for Life, a Charlotte-based pro-life organi-
zation not to be confused with Operation Rescue. Action the
November
League for Life sponsored
rescue mission in Charlotte which this newspaper has criticized.
Action League for Life believes, as does the Church, that conception and should be protected without exception from that
life
begins
moment
at
until
natural death.
God reveals to us through scripture that we must rescue those who are sentenced unjustly to death. (Proverbs 24: living in their mothers'
1 1 )
Who is more innocent than the pre-born children
wombs? Who is more in need of rescuing than these innocent
who are condemned to die by abortion? During the November rescue mission, a group of people went to the Metroview Building and they a Charlotte office building that houses an abortion chamber sat down at the doors. This action allowed time for sidewalk counselors to offer compassion and the truth about abortion to women who were in crisis pregnancies. Forty-two children were scheduled for execution that day. Our sources reveal that four women entered the building and aborted their children. We grieve for those children whose lives were snuffed out. But, we rejoice that 38 children received at least a stay of execution. One woman even told our counselors that she would go to Catholic Social Services or another supportive agency for ongoing Christian children
—
—
counseling.
For these children's lives, some people were momentarily inconvenienced while trying to get into the building for other purposes. (Our counselors notified the
when people were trying to get into the building for other purposes and the moved aside to let them into the building.) Other people 19 of them, including Father Conrad Kimbrough were arrested for rescuing the children. Is this paper trying to tell us that those 1 9 heroes of the faith were wrong to rescue those little babies who were condemned to die that very day just because they were rescuers rescuers
scheduled for execution in a
—
—
facility that
houses other businesses?
seems to me that if we are to rescue those drawn unjustly to death, except if they are dragged to death in a multi-purpose facility, we are allowing exceptions to It
our pro-life doctrine.
God created all children, even children who are scheduled to die in multipurpose facilities. Likewise, we are to protect all children, even those who are scheduled to die in multi-purpose facilities. Furthermore, this was not the first rescue Action League for Life sponsored at such a facility. (Three of Charlotte's four killing centers are located in office buildings.) I have held in my arms children who were once scheduled to be killed in such facilities but were spared from death because people were willing to sit at the doors of the building. These people risked arrest, risked inconveniencing apathetic
i
See
Graham, Page
6
Catholic
News
&
Herald
February
Spanish Colonial Art Exhibit Opens At Mint
CHARLOTTE —
In celebration of
the Quincentenary of Christopher
Co-
lumbus' voyage and the culture born of the meeting of Europe and the Americas, Charlotte's Mint Museum of Art will present Splendors of the New World: Spanish Colonial Masterworks, through April 26. Ecclesiastical and secular paintings, precious metalwork, sculpture, furniture and decoraFeb.
1
tive arts
from the 17th through early
1750.
could not shake his belief that what he discovered by accident was indeed a
He went
tured.
mous changes
the
to his
European encounter
with the Americas would produce. After
uled, including gallery talks, lectures
initial
exploration, the
Con-
and concerts. On March 29, Father Silverio Rueda, chaplain of the Hispanic Catholic Center and Hispanic editor of The Catholic News & Herald, will
quistadors set out to conquer and colo-
lecture in Spanish.
Christianity.
new
nize the
lands, fueled
by a burning
desire for gold, wealth and a fervent
conviction to convert native souls to
The speed at which this was accomplished was aided by endemic circumstances. Constant wars among Indian cultures allowed the Spaniards to play Indian nation against Indian nation. initial
The
mysticism of the foreign Europe-
ans also contributed to the Indians' demise. Spaniards were outside their cus-
tomary view of the known world and initially thought of as belonging to other worldly realms. Indian myths and beliefs had long suggested the coming of powerful gods who would rule the land. To the native mind, these armored, helmeted creatures on horseback with their strange language and loud firearms certainly fulfilled any such prophecy. It was advantageous for the Spaniards to encourage such a supernatural interpretation. Coupled with new-.diseases introduced from Europe, the colonization of the New World nearly decimated the Amerindian population. 17th
with silver, gilded throne,
47 inches high.
Art in the
New World
first
served
the Church. Paintings arrived with the
ships of
Columbus, whose
tours are available in both
Mary, and the
saints
Conquistadors, while missionary friars
and community organizations Tuesdays through Sundays (except holidays.) Reservations must be made one month in advance and are scheduled on a first come, first served basis. For information call the education department at (704) 377-2000.
carried illustrated Bibles.
Splendors of the New World is organized by Charles L. Mo, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Mint,
from material selected from the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Mint Museum of Art and private collections.
The exhibition is made possible with funding from NationsBank. "Visitor appreciation of the merged culture evident in Splendors of the
World
New
be enhanced by the Mint's exceptional Precolumbian gallery with its presentation of Amerindian cultures as well as by the material on display in the European Renaissance gallery," stated Mo. "A truly unique art form evolved expressing distinct influences will
Indian idols
were smashed by the Spaniards
to
As
God."
pacification proceeded, paint-
ings were needed not only to decorate the
many churches
nishes came from Precolumbian sources
of plant, animal, earth and mineral origin.
Hispanic colonial art is far from being a mere transplant of European forms. It grew out of the union of two powerful civilizations that in many ways
one another. The Indian's sense of color and form, his
were the
antithesis of
technical heritage and inclinations
modulated the imported style. The work of native painters is permeated with devotion.
It
often has the folkish touch
of "outsider" art and a disarming naivete
which contributed ter.
The
to its special charac-
flatness of the design
and the
unique gold "tooling" whereby garments
on favorite figures in paintings were embossed with elaborate arabesques, rosettes and flower petals in precious metals producing an icon-like effect, were original breaks from European conventions. New elements were added such as mirror decorated frames. Indian and mestizo artists selected themes pertinent to their own understanding, creating individual work full of vitality. The discovery of silver near Potosi in 1545 enabled the Spanish empire to amass great wealth. The affluence of the Viceroyalty of Peru, which encompasses nearly all of present-day South America, staggers the imagination. Such
accumulated wealth benefited the Church as well. No expense seemed too great for the construction and embellishment of cathedrals, churches, monasteries and nun-
Feb. 22 at
but also to serve in
The increasnumber of colonial buildings and the need for more and more altars and decoration made it necessary to teach the instruction of converts.
ing
native-born artists the various crafts for
whom
such work would be manifestations of devotion. At first, a small number of European artists established schools to instruct native talents. Essential ingredients such as oils, primers, varnishes and linen canvas imported from Europe remained scarce and very costly. The majority of Peruvian paintings were executed on cotton fabric, using mixed media, sometimes combining oil, tempera and water colors on the same picture. Pigments and var-
CHARLOTTE — The third annual Liturgy
Day at St. Patrick's Cathedral is
5)
people who had other business in the buildings, risked their reputations, risked their jobs and, in fact, these people put their lives on the line to rescue those babies. I defy anyone to hold those children in their arms and say to them, "You should be dead because those people from Action League for Life had no right to block the entrance to a multi-purpose facility, even if you were scheduled to die there."
is
Charlotte director of Action League for Life.
1
and deco
ings, sculptures, furniture tive objects.
are
Of
particular importar
works from the Cuzco School,
centuries the dominant political,
nomic
and artistic center Precolumbian and Colonial So America. The exhibition concentri on New World forms derived from intricate culture created of foreign
indigenous forces which producec golden era from the middle of the sev< teenth century through the eighteei
The
works speak of
a c
ture that constituted the first great
flc
century.
art
ering of European traditions beyond
t
European borders. Admission to the Mint Museum Art is $4 for adults, $3 for senior c zens, $2 for students 13 years and free to Mint members, children 1 2 ye and under and student classes on assi; ditional
ment.
more
Discounts for groups of 15
The Museum
are available.
Tuesday from 5 to p.m. and the second Sunday of e; month. Mint Museum hours are: Tues< open
free every
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.,
Wednesday
throi
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunda 6 p.m., closed Monday.
Day Set Cathedral
Feb. 21, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in) Cathedral. The cost for the Friday cj
scheduled for Feb. 22. Featured presenters will be Gary Daigle, Terry Cooney and Theresa
cert
Donohoo. The Charlotte workshop will build around major presentations by Daigle, Cooney and Donohoo on the Liturgy of the Word in the morning and the Liturgy
ners and presiders, musicians and
of the Eucharist in the afternoon. Smaller
Carolina Catholic Bookshoppe.
workshops for eucharistic ministers
to
and the Saturday workshop
The Liturgy Day
is
is Si
designed
fo
those involved in liturgy including j j
and eucharistic ministe Sponsors include the Diocesan fice for Worship, the Oratory Centei I ers, lectors
Spirituality in
Rock
and j
Hill, S.C.,
For more information and
rese
the sick, for liturgical planning for Holy
tions, contact the Office
Week and Easter, for Lutheran-Catholic
1621 Dilworth Road, East, Charkj NC 28203, (704) 334-1805, or con the Oratory, P.O. Box 11586, Hill, SC 29731, (803) 327-2097.
dialogue on communion, for musicians
and choirs will also be offered. For the first time, the Liturgy Day will include a concert on Friday evening,
Food For The Poor Seeks Help For
— With
based F^od for the Poor
is
stepping up
efforts to provide assistance for resi-
Karen M. Graham
New World
Viceroyalty of Peru through 92 pai
St. Patrick
DEERFTELD BEACH, Fla. (From Page
Splendors of the
dresses the artistic achievements of
Third Annual Liturgy
the situation worsening in Haiti, Florida-
Graham
pi
be
replaced with "the gentle figure of the the Christian
itself felt in b<
and pictures of open air fies appear as do hunting and battle seen allegories from medieval or classi literature and other secular subjec Secular life developed a lavish lifestyj often imitating life at the Spanish ro; court, in which aristocratic privilej and wealth centered around the Vicei and his office.
accompanied the
English and Spanish for school groups
Mother of
1725-
were Banners
bearing pictures of Christ, the Virgin
Group
made
traits
sails
adorned with holy symbols.
luxury
worldly and ecclesiastical society,
Fourteen
years and four voyages to the New World
grave failing to comprehend the enor-
Wood
As Sterling silver Bolivian chest, ca.
translators fluent in Arabic to inter-
Spain's most prized colony, are fea-
Century.
village churches.
two
portion of the Orient.
"Christ of Sorrows," Ecuador, late
and accoutrements ha proved astonishing. Towering sih altars and tabernacles were commc place. Glistening, golden altarpiec laden with paintings and sculptures i peared in even the poorest of InJ
passage to Asia, he took with him official documents addressed to the most exalted rulers of the Orient as well as
19th centuries Viceroyalty of Peru,
Special public programs are sched-
The wealth and beauty of ecc
siastical vessels
from dissiimilar cultures." As a measure of Columbus' confidence that he would find a westward
pret his journey's purpose.
Museum neries.
Program To Feature Lecture By Father Rueda Of Hispanic Catholic Center
7,
dents of the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Food
of Wors
j
Haiti
spiritual and social conditions of poor throughout the Caribbean, cially Jamaica and Haiti. Mahfood, a native of Jamica \] now lives in Florida, has used his e> tise as an importer and exporter and I
for the Poor, an interdenomi-
financial support of his family busirl
Third World poor. Food* works with churches and r
national, non-profit charitable organi-
to serve the
was founded in 1982 by Catholic businessman Ferdinand G. Mahfood to
the poor
zation
attempt to improve the health, economic,
I
See Food, Pag)
F
&
The Catholic News
1992
>ruary 1,
Can't Believe
Ate This.
I
A Teen
Being
Is
!
Not So Bleak
By JEFF SHOVELIN
— Webster's Dic-
CHARLOTTE
people that you think of as more than a friend (the guy or girl, whatever the case
Scientifically speaking,
it
is
during
grows and
Your teenage years are also the time where you have the least amount of major choices to make. How many of you out there have to make a mortgage payment or support a family? For most of the teenage population, making diffi-
look
and
Most teenagers
at
the
down side of being a teenager see the real fun in being an
fail to
adolescent. Junior high and high school are going to be,
years of your
Bushman, John Ganshert, Ryan Dunn
hman won.
Photo by
wartime love
story. Brief violence
bedroom
fleeting
JOANN KEANE
—
NEW YORK (CNS) — The follow-
lare capsule reviews of movies rel:ly reviewed by the U.S. Catholic Inference Office for Film and Broad-
ling.
iish adolescent (Marco Hofschneider) 1'ives the
Holocaust through an
in-
'
End of the World" (Warner
Bros.)
these are the "best years of our lives,"
Vaguely futuristic road movie in which a thrill-seeking woman (Solveig Dommartin) joins a wanted man (William Hurt) on a mysterious mission around the world, one step ahead of her ex-boyfriend (Sam Neill) and assorted bounty hunters. Wim Wenders writes and directs a long, strange, beautifully photographed story that starts well but
yet
youth school. Writer-director
superb script is d with ironic humor and a rich porof a youngster grappling with coning identities. Subtitles. Some war-
|i
violence, fleeting sexual situations
occasional male nudity. holic
—
The
F.
I
'
Brief sex scene with fleeting nu-
and sexual references. I U.S. Catholic Conference classiItion is A-III adults. The MoI Picture Association of America iplus lesbian
—
restricted.
War II esOSS colonel
Blandly romantic World
_|age adventure has an fchael Douglas) penetrating Nazi to rescue his spy-girlfriend
is
—
A-III
adults.
tion Picture Association of
rating
is
R — restricted.
Junior High
Life has
its
The MoAmerica
Is
the
tough ones. Junior high
is
one of
latter.
|er (Liam Neeson). Miss Griffith
performance seriously
David
ager
is
trying to please both friends and
Our parents grew up
in a
time
when
our Catholic values were more acceptable. Drugs were unheard of and there
One Of
We are expected by parents and teachers we are becoming, to be mature and responsible, but we are not given any of the freedoms that adults to act like the adults
have.
The teenage years can
also be very
difficult. In these years,
of our
lives.
Tara Servatius is a senior at Charlotte Catholic High School.
Life's
There may be some lucky kids who smoothly from sixth grade right into junior high school without the storm and misery the rest of the world lives through. I just have a hard time imagining who they might be. The junior high body starts doing weird things. One day it is perfectly happy with the way it was put together, the next day everything starts changing. It's uncomfortable getting up in the morning with no idea what will be looking at you from the mirror. And so junior high kids spend an incredible amount of time worrying about their
Seltzer's
A guy's voice does weird tricks. It squeaks and croaks and cracks on its way down from a high note to a fullgrown tone. This always happens when it
feels
wrong.
—
whether it's getting taller, or changes it can feel any other normal alteration like
—
you just grew a new arm right out of left ear and you feel like a maxi-
your
mum
Downs
gomer.
If
it
you're in junior high,
90 percent chance that you spend part of every day at school absolutely certain that everybody is look-
ing right at you, thinking that you're a
Some body changes seem girl,
wear a
really needing to
like
im-
one of those bra.
When-
—
ever that happens it s the wrong time either too early or too late, or just too ,
embarrassing.
'
me believe that I didn't look ridiculous. It was worst if a girl I knew was walking behind me, and I'd do all I could to get behind her. I would wait until the hall had cleared out as much as possible. And more than once I was late for class because of all these extra ma-
neuvers.
Looking back, it is sort of sad. There was, an otherwise ordinary eighthgrade kid, obsessed with the idea that I
Grownups have a way of forgetting how it feels. They say supposedly helpful things like: "There's nothing wrong with the way you look. Don't be so self-
my body was
conscious!"
I learned I wasn't unusual because most junior high kids think they're freaks. It just comes with all the changes the body goes through. And second, it always gets better. After a year or two, the body settles down into new patterns, and the obsessive focus on your own body gradually fades away. It's a real relief all around. Copyright 1 992 by Catholic News
you aren't sure your shirt goes with your slacks. Self-conscious is a tiny
how
it
little
feels
when you're sure that everybody is starbody and laughing. was in seventh grade, my legs began to grow. It was two years before the rest of my body caught up, and I had these long legs dangling below ing at your
When
I
an otherwise normal body. Guys in the hall teased me about wearing my belt
below I
my
shoulders.
will never forget
how humiliated I
walking between classes. I knew that everybody was looking at my stupid long legs. Nobody could have made felt just
distorted and sure that everybody in the school was making fun of me behind my back. But I've learned two very valuable lessons. First,
Self-conscious is how you feel when
discomfort compared to
there's at least a
is
make him feel worst. As soon as your body makes any
will
slide
portant markers. For a
<en writer-director
tra-curricular activities, the average teen-
Definitely
ups and downs, good
le of a high-ranking Third Reich
plot implausibilities
are a confusing
time between childhood and adulthood.
By CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS
freak.
J
in a
live the rest
ianie Griffith) who is determined to |ofilm crucial war documents in the
Ks a bright, believable
growing up
world that has become extremely competetive, and although most teenagers don't have "bills to pay and mouths to feed," we do face pressures from many sources. We are expected to excel both in and out of school. In addition to worrying about grades, college, and sports or other ex-
U.S. Catholic Conference classi-
bodies.
ining Through" ( 20th Century Fox)
jnany
The teenage years
of.
are
intense.
vio-
bank
However your body may change, 5
or no pressure to have sex or to Today's teenagers constantly have to cope with pressure from friends, television, movies, etc. to "do what everyone else is doing." little
ing nudity and minimal rough language.
really
Heels" (Miramax) [Unappealing Spanish melodrama iit an estranged mother and daughter irisa Paredes and Victoria Abril), of whom are suspected of murderthe daughter's husband (Feodor jine) who was also the mother s lover. |e of the sappy, manufactured emo5 rings true in writer-director Pedro odovar's kinky soap opera whose ic overtones fall distinctly flat. Sub-
—
We
was
drink.
family, and at times the pressure can be
Momentary
times and bad, easy periods and really,
R
we face difficulties our parents never
dreamed
Not Easy
robbery, brief bedroom shots with fleet-
—
jjgh
lug is
concerning their future
and well being are generally left up to parents. The most common choices for young people today are basically whether or not to follow the crowd and "do what everyone else is doing." Jeff Shovelin is a senior at Charlotte Catholic High School.
is
ricted.
i.
cult decisions
U.S.
Conference classification adults.
emotional involvement
lence, uncritical attitude towards a
The Motion Picture Jociation of America rating is R II
life
responsiblity and the least
we are learning and growing more than we ever will again, and we are faced with making decisions that may influence the way we
fication
lieszka Holland's
It's
"Until the
fis an Aryan and being sent to Hitler ;
Maybe.. .But
being a teenager is not always all its "cracked up to be." We are told that
The
s
your
and
By TARA SERVATIUS CHARLOTTE — In today s world,
ilible series of events, including pos'
closest friends
restricted.
or intellectual interest.
which a
Stirring, fact-based story in
the best
during this time
and do things with those friends (you know, the kind of things that would get you grounded for weeks if anyone found out) that you will remember for the rest of your life. Not only do you develop relation-
—
fails to sustain
Iiropa Europa" (Orion Classics)
It is
in
The U.S.
scene.
Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R
I
and should be,
life.
you make your
that
Billy
from you in and keeps you from listening in class because you are concentrating more on him/her.) How many of you will forget your first date or your first love? be, that sits diagonally
develop into a mature adult.
ing one can be a blast!
(1-r)
may
class
Personally speaking as a teenager, be-
starts to
Catholic High School students
friends,
between the ages of thirteen and nineteen." As most of you teenage people out there know, being a teenager is more than just being between two certain
these years that a person
Matt Bloch were contestants in a pie eating contest sponsored by the Student Council,
you consider
but you also formulate relationships with
ages.
xlotte
ships with people
tionary defines a teenager as, "a person
at all
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Fathers in the "real worl attention than they feel they received from their own fa-
mm Y=z
thers.
the roles of fathers are changing, so are the chalIf
jr
1=
lenges. So much about child rearingtoday seems less clear
and more demanding. For toward authority, especially parental authority, are dramatically different.
There we were, two grown men sitting on the floor stacking building blocks with 4-year-olds. We were taking our turn as teachers' aids in our children's cooperative preschool. Later that morning while we were supervising the children on the playground, I asked my partner what he did in "the real world." He said he was a lawyer. But without a trace of sarcasm he added that for him the morning's experience was the real world. "My work can be pretty unreal at times," he said, "but I find working with these kids to be very satisfying." How many men would have said that 20 or 25 years ago? For that matter, how many fathers would have taken leave from work to spend a morning assisting at their child's preschool?
At the same time, there is a refreshing openness with today's children that often didn't exist years ago.
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from the one
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT mind-boggling reality parents contend with is the fact that each child is every other child not just different from other people's children, but different in important ways from one's other children. It sounds wonderful, all this uniqueness. And of course it is a wonderful result of God's creation. But it also helps to reveal why there is no completely satisfactory map of the highways and byways of parenthood. This is a key reason why parenthood is a complicated vocation. The commitment to love and accept each child is not conditioned on his or her growing up just like another child in the family, on his or her fitting into a mold. All of which suggests that a parent is unlikely to succeed in the vocation of guiding children and fostering positive goals within them unless some real communication takes place with each one over a period of time. Each child needs to be listened to understood as an individual with unique, God-given gifts, and guided within the context of that uniqueness. think this is a major responsibility of parenthood. But don't think it is easy.
—
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what world
vastly different
I
David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!
in."
we
kids'
fail
miserably and struggle
w,
and guil the same wi
feelings of both inadequacy
think many fathers feel In many respects, we are trying to, what we think needs to be done in a \ vastly different from the one in which,
We are experimenting as we go alo and sometimes the journey is painful i frightening. We wonder from time tot if we are doing more harm than goo Still, we must give what we What we have that is best, I'm convia
Diana thinks I know what a good father is, but
our time, our presence, ourselves, We need to give children lots of ati tion and affection because that is w they need most from us. They sin: want to know we love them, that we in there trying and that we will stan< them. Ultimately, we give our children stuff that went into changing us fi boys into men. Some of it was pretty! but a lot of it was rich and good and v derfully life giving. And so it can be
she
them
immature; but that's what they feel, and fathers should try to understand still
them." is
only
6,
"You know what a good daddy is. You're a said,
daddy."
are
we think needs to
want to give their children more love and
One
We
understand their
feelings. Kids' feelings are
Diana, who
many
think
fathers feel the
same
One evening our 15year-old daughter and two of her friends were in the kitchen with my wife and me. Glancing through a | teen magazine, the girls began to discuss an aron sex. Showing no
to
Inadequacy and
But change diapers? Wipe runny noses? Put the kids to bed? Cook? Shop? Today, many men desire a more active role in their children's upbringing. Some recognize this as a responsibility that is legitimately theirs. Others want the many pleasures that go with involved parenting. Still others
different from
grew up.
!
inhibitions in our presence and, quite the contrary, easily including us in their conversation, they spoke in turn of premarital sex, AIDS, condoms and pregnancy out of wedlock. Media is, of course, partly at issue here. Whether found in magazines, television, movies or radio, the content is often highly explicit. Like it or not, for good or for ill, kids today are being influenced in hundreds of ways that extend beyond our guidance as parents. As a result, we face the perplexing challenge of nurturing and guiding our children towards greater human and spiritual maturity in a world that in many ways is pulling them in other di-
Fathering has changed a lot in recent
their mistakes."
While many a father might consider talking hack by children impudent and disrespectful, today's As a father, "I often kids don't see it that way. They view talking fail miserably and back as their basic right, struggle with a means of expressing feelings of both legitimate feelings.
ticle
times. Years ago there seemed to be a sharper distinction between mothering and fathering. Generally, that meant that when it came to taking care of the kids, mothers did most of the work. Fathers saw themselves more as providers, heads of household, ultimate authorities.
often
Denise, 12, put it this way: "A good father wants to spend time with his children and cares about where they are and what they are doing. He trusts them enough to let them do things they can handle." Then she added, "Fathers should try
example, children's attitudes
By Neil A. Parent Catholic News Service
In asking my own children what for a good father, Elena, the eldest, said: "A good father supports his children and cares for them. He will still love them even if they do something wrong. And he will help them learn from
makes
is
only partially right.
I
know intellectually what
I
should be doing
is
basically
— which
what my two
other girls call for me to do. But the truth is that I
is
as well.
(Parent is executive director of National Conference of Diocesan Di tors of Religious Education in Wash ton, D.C.)
CNS
photo by
Tom
I
Fatherly priorities By
need to find God in my own way." With this approach, our children can't wait to grow up and "search" for God the way daddy does. Someone once said, "You may not get to heaven based on the stuff you do, but you might make it based on who you hang out with." Our faith calls all of us, even dads, to hang out with other believ-
Kehrwald News Service
Leif
Catholic
my family that encourage me in my .thering role. It's a good thing I have I'm lucky.
Over the years,
is s aid things
bank
lis
of
encouragement
to
draw
om, because fatheringtoday is no small b.
Not taking anything away from moth-
am challenged to make my family a
I
my athletic my offspring, what about them
giving
feel
something of
my spiritual
iority.
well-being?"
Our children love to play soccer and other sports, and thanks to their loving, talented and generous father, they have learned how to kick, catch, bat and throw. Yet, is it only the mom's job to worry about faith and religion for the children? If I take time to share my athletic
The workplace atmosphere says all loudly and clearly that everything it work should be secondary. Career >o
ust be
take the
prowess with
challenged to make the f aith formation of my children a priority equal with their athletic and recreation formation. Finally,
I
time to share
ers.
hood, today's fathers are also greatly lallenged. As a Christian father, I feel tree specific challenges. I
"If
"Numero uno"
in your
life.
And
family finances tighten, it is all the isier to get sucked into this message. Yet we know that for their sakes and ur own, family members must occupy ie No. 1 slot. This challenge calls for any little choices each day, for example, i
prowess with my offspring, what about giving them something of my spiritual
membering to call home, making it to school program during lunch.
well-being? (Of course, this presumes I occasionally visit my own spirituality.) If I volunteer as soccer coach this season, what about considering the role of catechist next year? If I'm committed to delivering a child to every practice and
ie
And it
occasionally calls for a major Loice, perhaps forgoing a job promotion avoid relocation or choosing Catholic hools over a health-club membership. Second, as a Christian dad I am chalnged to be a belonger as well as a be-
Over the generations, many of us have out of the religious practice of the mily. We've said, "Oh, I believe in God, it going to church just isn't for me. My ith is different, perhaps even deeper. I
)ted
The Father of the Family,
know some other Christian
Perspective, by Clayton C. Barbeau,
dads. I'm lucky because my wife and children support me in these challenges. They convict me when I'm falling short: "Didn't you promise not to travel overnight more than once a month?" And they affirm me for my efforts, however
every game, how committed am I to each confirmation class? I'm lucky because I have a few fatherfriends trying to respond to the same challenges. We may not share as deeply as a group of mothers would about their issues, but there is a "knowing" between us, and we draw strength from that. One friend sees his children only on
iver.
weekends. Staying connected is doubly hard for him, but he is determined to succeed. It's worth the effort to get to
A little
affirmation goes a long way. in your
—
father is only to contribute to the material
life.
welfare of his family, then the father of a family could easily be replaced by a
director of Family Life for the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore.)
(Kehrwald
is
bank account or a trustfund. ButChrist has warned us that it is not by bread alone that people
What fathers
times were like
in biblical
vider, a nourisher, sincerely concerned
By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service times a man was defined fatherhood, just as a woman was tied by motherhood. The patriarch aham's greatness was indicated by name, interpreted as "father of a titude." his was more than a banal biblical
allude to this paternal trait as a pale
example of God's response to his children when they turned to him for help. "What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a CNS
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son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son,
Underscored his power as an itanding figure in society. 0 be a father in biblical times
my son!" (2 Samuel
to exercise authority. In the y days a father's authority
bellion against David! Mark tells of a synagogue
extended to power over the and death of family members, ely did anyone carry things to extreme, however, and as time t on the power was strictly ted by law.
cial
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whose
critically
ill.
little
The
a
He
human being, bound to his chilHe was an anxious pro-
by love.
of
in
cry.
that one of the most for God was "Father" and that Jesus' unique relationship to God was expressed in his sons hip. For Jesus God was uniquely "abba," not just father but papa. Jesus urged his followers to consider God precisely as "our Father." It is significant
common metaphors
offi-
daughter was
came
to
(Father Castelot
—
"The biggest challenge cially
scholar, author
humiliated himself pub-
and
is
a Scripture
lecturer.)
being a father today?
"It's the same as always. It's being compassionate and Ron Novotny, Clearwater, Fla. each day."
children don't
a father
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5:22-23).
Fathers were strong characters, but were secure in their strength. They did not feel the need to protect their image by hiding their tenderness. Strong men
in open re-
official
but he was
(Mark
Now, there was no love lost between Jesus and the religious
fing.
times was not a petty tyrant.
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father
feeble.
Try it with the father
A
know how
is
forgiving
— wiping the slate clean
of
grudges and hurts
at the
beginning
them to be 1 8 because there is so much out there in the world that is really dangerous. The themselves. They run headlong into things. try to do a lot of talking with my children, espeFrank Lavinder, Toston, Mont.
getting
to protect
about drugs and alcohol."
—
I
"Gaining the respect of your children. In previous generations, that came more easily than it does now. Today there are so Joe Beranek, Elmhurst, III. things for parents to do that they don't have the time to follow up with their children."
—
many more
"Assuming
responsibility.
— Francis Hairy Chin, Rapid "Putting aside
children need."
With so many problems — drugs, gangs, alcohol — fathers
enough time
to
be there
for the children.
— Ben Mokry, Jackson, Miss.
An upcoming would
like to
really
have
to
be there
for their children."
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Benefit Fashion
Surprises, Aids By
Show Provides Women's Shelter
MARION CARDOZA
—
MONROE order of the day
at
Surprises were the
anniversary, which takes place this year.
a combination fash-
In keeping with the veneer of the
show and shower at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Monroe on a recent Sunday afternoon. The event was planned by the Community Life Comion
occasion, Rosemarie Miller
won
the
dressed as a dilapidated Christmas tree, depicting Christmas past leading to
"door" prize, a pair of cabinet doors. "It was a joy!" exclaimed Spiritan Father Ed Vilkauskas, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes. "It was a wonderful expression of the wider community coming together." About 100 people from the parish and community attended the benefit. Admission was 50 cents and a wrapped household gift. Some people gave monetary donations. The gifts and a check for $80 were given to Turning
spring.
Point.
mission to benefit Turning Point, a Monroe shelter for battered women and their children.
With Eunice McLendon acting as "mistress of ceremony," the show opened with parishioner Sean Pueschel
A
spring coat, fashioned and
eled by Sandy Francis, literally had springs attached to
it.
Next
to take the
was Elizabeth Jablonski, wearing
stage
her interpretation of a slip-over sweater,
worn over a sweater. A tea gown by Dee Wesley was covered with tea a slip
bags and accessorized with a
1
Father Vilkauskas also expressed
mod-
0-carrot
necklace. Yes, you geussed it. The neck-
had 1 0 carrots of the variety usually found in soups or salads. A new uniform for a Candy Striper, a hospital volunteer, worn by Dot Emerson was a dress covered with candy canes. Not to be outdone, Sarah Dalley came up with a permanent press ensemble, a dress covered by permanent scorch marks made by an iron. lace
Edith Myers presented baggies,
amazement
at
a huge
number of
gifts
which he and Community Life Chairperson Amelia Tade later delivered in a van to the shelter. "It was just wonderful," he said. "Everyone had fun while doing a good work at the same time." The event was planned to provide a received
at the benefit,
fun afternnon while gathering
much
needed gifts for the shelter, said Tade. "The women (seeking shelter) often arrive with only the clothes on their backs," she said.
Refreshments were served by husbands of the ladies who created and
modeled their outfits. Marion Cardoza is a parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes in Monroe.
A sack dress by Joanne Jablonski
was replete with canvas sacks and shopping bags. A flower dress by Melissa Brown was covered with silk flowers, and a coffee coat by Irene Patrus had
Cancer Center To Expand Care ASHEVILLE
coffee bags. Patrus topped off her outfit
with a hat that resembled a coffee mug.
A
stunning bush jacket and bell
bottoms was a benefit favorite. The outfashioned and worn by Linda DeRoneris, sported foliage attached to her jacket and tinkling bells on the bot-
U.S. Bishops
Could Retire This Year WASHINGTON (CNS)
— When
Bishop Albert H. Ottenweller retired Jan. 28 as bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, it was the first of what could be up to 15 resignations for reasons of age by U.S. bishops in 1992. Under church law a bishop is asked to submit his resignation to the pope when he reaches his 75th birthday. The pope is not required to accept it immediately, but he usually does so then or within the next few months. As 1992 began, among active American bishops of the Latin rite there were two who were already 75 and eight facing their 75th birthday before the end of the year. One bishop who turns 75 next year has said he hopes to retire this year.
pital, St.
ter and
—
St.
Joseph's Hos-
Joseph's Regional Cancer Cen-
tom of her trousers. The inspiration of Mary Onisick was an ensemble that included a checked skirt with capped sleeves made of cancelled checks and baseballs caps and a
28 appointment of Msgr. Gerald R. Barnes as auxiliary bishop of San Bernardino, Calif., brings the
number of
U.S. Hispanic bishops to 21 and the number in California to five. The 46year-old bishop-designate was born in
Phoenix and raised in Los Angeles but has been a priest of the San Antonio Archdiocese since his ordination in 1 975 In 1987 he became the first Hispanic rector of Assumption-St. John's Seminary in San Antonio, which is the most
T-shirt
A
made of golf tees.
cotton dress modeled by
Lynda
Brown was covered with cotton balls. And last but not least was a print dress worn by Pat Goss. Her Victorian styled outfit was an elaborately layered dress with matching shoes and parasol,
all
covered with newsprint. To close the show, Sean Pueschel made a second appearance, portraying Christmas '92. He was decked out as a freshly cut tree adorned with ornaments
commemorating
the parish's jubilee
Center immediate access to the abilities of a leading national research and treatment institution," said John Coli, president and chief operating officer of St. Joseph's Health Services Corp. "The Duke Cancer Center is one of a select few institutions in the nation designated by the federal government as a comprehensive cancer center." St. Joseph's Regional Cancer Center is a division of St. Joseph's Health Services Corp.
Chrisfl
of
La
i
Salle University in Philadelphia
since 1 977 has been named president o The Catholic University of America h ,
Washington. He will replace Jesuit Fa. ther William J. Byron in June. Fathe Byron, who will be 65 in May, an; nounced last spring he would resigi after 10 years as head of the U.S. bish
make up about
42-membe|
half of the
Father Fox Rejects Return To Do minican Province; Dismissal Looms
CHICAGO sial
(CNS)
— Controver
theologian Father Matthew Fox dk
not return to his Dominican order's pro
Chicago by imposed by his provin cial, Father Donald Goergen. Fathei Goergen told Catholic News Service ir a Jan. 28 telephone interview that Fathei Fox s case would come before a Jan. 3 vincial headquarters in
<
Jan. 25 deadline
'
priests for bilingual, bicultural minis-
"We would
Although Bishop-designate Barnes is U.S. -born, he traces his roots immediately back to Mexico on both sides of the family. His parents and grandparents all were born in Mexico. try.
Named
In Ohio, California
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
—
Pope
Thanks To
St.
flc
board.
Feb. 2 meeting of the provincial board
John Paul II accepted the resignation of Bishop Albert H. Ottenweller of Steubenville, Ohio, and made three U.S. episcopal appointments Jan. 28. He named Auxiliary Bishop Gilbert I. Sheldon of Cleveland to succeed Bishop Ottenweller, appointed Auxiliary Bishop Sylvester D. Ryan of Los Angeles as bishop of Monterey, Calif., and named Msgr. Gerald R. Barnes of San
"This professional partnership will give the St. Joseph's Regional Cancer
—
the country and
cer patients.
ties.
(CNS)
University board of trustees. Bishops
fit,
the agreement, cancer spe-
WASHINGTON
tian Brother F. Patrick Ellis, president
63, serves at the pleasure of the Catholic
Bishops
from Duke Medical Center will be available as needed to consult with patients and staff at the Asheville facili-
Of
Named To Head CUA
Salle,
Is
have announced an affiliation to expand services to Western North Carolina can-
Under
Christian Brother, President
ops' national university. Brother Ellis
Bernardino Auxiliary 21st U.S. Hispanic Bishop WASHINGTON (CNS) —The Jan.
Duke University Medical Center
cialists
Antonio as auxiliary bishop of San Beri nardino, Calif. The changes were an| nounced in Washington by Archbishc Agostino Cacciavillan, papal pro-nunB cio to the United States.
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Hispanic Catholic theology school in is devoted to training
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added he had received a
letter fron
Father Fox Jan. 27 in which "he indi cated he wouldn't be returning and tha
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ship has
Boy Scouts and their Ann's Boy Scout Troop #162 was happy to oblige. Armed with tools, the scouts and idea to ask the
Ann
dads."
away from
Ichool in Charlotte, miles |ie
St.
nearest boat landing.
However, the 24-foot wooden
1
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hardly sea-worthy. Built of plywood,
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has been designed to depict a 15th
much
bntury sailing vessel, [lips
dads took to the parish parking lot, spending a couple of weekends sawing and hammering, painting and putting
he sailed across the ocean
boat
in
"We wanted to show the whole com-
Iiunity lid
:
it
is
painted to resemble a
plank ship, decorated with the coats of arms that graced the Santa Maria in
492. I
The wooden-
together a project for the school.
navigated by Christopher Colum-
ns as
St.
their
like the
1492.
was Catholic Schools Week,"
Saint Joseph Sister Helene Nagel,
(From Page
3)
form.
she says.
She had
to
be
reminded that during hunting season, this was a normal occurrence. She says wryly, "If someone walks around with a gun in Philadelphia, it's for a different reason."
McAvoy says that young girls who come into the facility don't know what to make of her in her crisp white uni-
Sister Helene's concern about to
what
do with the boat after Catholic Schools has been alleviated as well.
do a double-take as they drive Avenue. In open view, one concern for Sister Helene was potential vandelism. The closest the school has come to damage was the driver looking at the craft and not the road. The driver ended up on the sidewalk, stop-
site in
"We were going
to
dock a real boat
nthe lawn," said Sister Helene. "Thinktg fiat
it
over,
we
iuilding a
came
boat
Other passers-by have stopped for a and Sister Helene says a number of people have returned with
Thus, the idea of up.
"We
got the
written by staff
434 Charlotte Avenue P.O. Box 11586 Rock Hill, SC 29731 (803) 327-2097
9:30 a.m.
A
5,
10:00 a.m.
DR. is !
happy
professor of
New
-
14,
my work at Catholic
Social Ser-
The experience, they
say, has
opened their eyes, and they are eager "to see what else is out there."
The name Frances Warde honors one of the first Sisters of Mercy who came from Ireland to the United States.
1992
4:00 p.m.
Sandra Schneiders, Ph.D., for the
Testament and Spirituality for the Jesuit School of Theology
at
life.
In brief encounters,
she told us she could not talk about
Then, another teenager in our town and Lynn felt within her-
killed himself
self a real desire to reach out to the
hurting parents, and she did. This opened
to touch
some of
the elements of
and her job as a physical therapist. She seemed so very self-confident. Then, one day, her world fell apart when her teenage daughter committed suicide. Suddenly nothing meant anything to Lynn anymore. She kept working, ily
social invitations, keeping her
all
phone
disconnected and just generally with-
her heart and a lot of love came forth that
had been so bottled up and stored under layers of guilt and self questioning. Shortly after this, she went to our pastor and with his help started a group for bereaved parents. Suddenly, she could talk about her daughter and about her trust in God' s saving love for her and for herself as a sorrowing mother.
The small group spread to another church and another, until it was a citywide program. By helping so many families face and deal with their grief, Lynn grew closer to her daughter again, she told me, and regained faith in the ongoing purpose of her life.
Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union.
All are
'
welcome as guests of the Oratory. Beverages
to bring a
:j
will
be provided for those
who wish
bag lunch.
MARY AND MARTHA 8:00 p.m. Friday 'The itells
28, 1992
home of Mary and Martha was a place of hospitality for Jesus. The Gospel of John us how much Jesus loved these sisters and their brother, Lazarus. They were family
Bfor him,
and
March 27 - 5:00 p.m. Saturday March Fr. Conrad Hoover, CO.
and he shared with them experiences
pain, life
and death.
On
this
Lenten
common to life - prayer and activity, faith we will look into these experiences with
retreat
Hhese friends so bonded by love.
$40.00 $15,00 for commuters
Pre-register by
March
13
it,
vices, gratefully, only occasionally
but hardly talked to anyone, refusing
Newman Lecture. She
drawing from
have
friendly and active, busy with her fam-
from the Oratory.
SANDRA SCHNEIDERS, IHM
to present
Both girls are impressed with the friendly
kept her in our daily prayers.
the staff members are not identified.
A member of our church and a good
gift to parish secretaries
Saturday March
is
rent a lot of
In order to preserve client confidential-
acquaintance of mine was always so
1992
2:30 p.m.
-
a series of columns
members of Catholic
it.
THE 12TH ANNUAL CARDINAL NEWMAN LECTURE
:The Oratory
"We
family or their boy-
and we, her friends within our church,
bring forward
Lunch include.
I
When
Social Services about their experiences.
SECRETARY'S DAY Thursday March
is
do I on the topic of suicide. At times I borrow from an experience I had where I used to live and work, and try to
THE ORATORY
day of prayer, reflection and sharing.
May.
Crosswinds
better look,
In
A
a
"But
Crosswinds
ity,
i
am
ping short of ramming the boat.
did not want to assume
responsibility."
I
is,
nature of the people and the beauty of
The Knights of Columbus will resupcoming state convention in Charlotte. They will urrect the vessel for their
reconstruct the boat at the convention
I
Or, as Spurrier says,
definitely
down
the construction of a
tells
if you're a Catholic, you can't marry, can you?" McAvoy runs her hands through her thick, brown hair. "I try to explain it all to them." The girls receive only a small stipend and live very simply. On weekends they relax, do laundry and read.
the area.
Prominantly displayed on the front lawn of the school, the boat is causing Hillside
"Are you a nun?"
ask,
them, "No, but Catholic." Their next question
Week
drivers to
i'olumbus-motif craft was a natural.
They
in
FRANK ARTHEN
friends visit, they explore the region.
their cameras.
theme for schools week was fiscovery, and the discovery ship ties lto the theme for diocesan fifth cente|ary celebrations,
Frances Warde Health Service
movies!"
chool principal and boat instigator, lince the
at
McAvoy
KEANE
iropped anchor on the lawn of
business office
Photo by
shrieked,"
By JOANN
in the
Rosman.
Please pray for the following deceased priests during the month of February. Rev. Lawrence Hill, 1985 Rev. Edward Beatty, 1990 Rev. George A. Watkins, 1948
Richard E. Barrett, 1959 Francis K. Brennan, 1962 Clarence F. Hill, 1966 James W. Kennedy, 1970 Vincent J. Mahoney, 1977 Rev. Francis J. Tait, 1988 Rev. Melchoir Reichert, OSB, 1940 Rev. William Regnat, OSB, 1953
Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev.
file
Catholic
News
&
Herald
February
1992
7,
Qmtmiquemonoj Ser Tu Mismo CLARA INES JARAMILLO Mucha gente trata de manipularnos
Por
a su manera de pensar, restringiendo nuestra libertad de actuar.
La conception
mismo es
dejar de imponer
demas y de imponerle tu sistema de
actuar con espontaneidad, lo la
mas duro
vida es algo que no eres. Ser uno
mismo
es mirarse con sinceridad, sin
mentirse, sin ponerse un rotulo para
toda la vida. Ser uno mismo es descubrir el propio yo, quienes somos y para
Foto por
Hay que Evangelizar con Encuentro Nacional Hispano de Pastoral - Miami) La Iglesia es la continuation de la mision de Jesus. Nosotros podremos realizar mejor nuestra mision cuanto mejor comprendamos la de Jesus. "Evangelizar significa llevar la Buena Nueva a todos los ambientes de la humanidad y con su influjo trasformar desde dentro, renovar la misma humanidad. La Evangelization abarca
el
Sr.
Rafael
RODOLFO EZQUIVEL
Ejemplo
todo: la vida familiar, la vida comunitaria, la
sociedad, la vida international, la paz,
la justicia, el desarrollo etc".
Miremos a nuestro alrededor; como es la realidad que nos rodea? en la familia, en la escuela, en la polftica,
en en la economfa, en lo social, en los medios de comunicacion y en cada una de estas fases, evangelicemos con el ejemplo. Solo basta saber actuar bien y las buenas acciones arrastran. Cual fue y como las diversiones,
realizo Jesus su mision?
Jesus anuncia
el
En primer lugar
ordenar. Ser uno
mismo
es decirle al
I
a los pobres a anunciar la
quingentesimo Americas, orando
el
aniversario de las por la paz. Ciudad del Vaticano (CNS) - El Papa Juan Pablo II dijo que el senalaria el
quingentesimo aniversario del
descubrimiento de las Americas orando por la justicia y la paz para la America Latina y el resto del mundo. El papa durante una bendicion al
medio
hora del angelus, en el 5 de enero, dijo que el deseaba hacer una "peregrination dfa,
Vaticano
el
Por PADRE SILL RUEDA La santidad de la Iglesia viene de su fundador. Jesucristo, Hijo de Dios, es santo porque El mismo es Dios, uno
mundo
entre todos, que al venir al
nosotros somos la
Los documentos abarcan a los 100 anos posteriores al viaje de Colon en 1492 al nuevo mundo y arrojan luz historica sobre los cursos de action
papales referentes a los indfgenas y a la colonization.
Los documentos redactados por 13 papas, hacen enfasis sobre la evnagelizacion y reflejan las tentativas de los ponti'fices de separar a la actividad eclesiastica de los cursos de action
secretos del Vaticano. Los docuemntos abarcan desde 1493 a 1592 y estan casi todos en latin, su idioma original.
la
Iglesia se
quingentesimo aniversario del viaje de exploration de Cristobal Colon a las Americas, porque el mismo trajo el cristianismo al nuevo mundo. el
El Vaticano publica documentos papales que reflejan al cristianismo
en
el
nuevo mundo
Ciudad del Vaticano (CNS) - El Vaticano ha publicado dos volumenes de documentos papales que trazan la historia temprana del cristianismo en el nuevo mundo.
paz interior, pero esta paz no se encuentra en la vuelta de la casa, sino que tenemos que construirla, dfa a dfa. Y recordemos: El ser uno mismo, se encuentra en uno mismo.
Es Santa
Locales Museo Mint de Charlotte Desde el 1 de febrero al 26 de abril, estara abierta al publico la gran exposition "Explendores del Nuevo Mundo", en el museo Mint de la ciudad de Charlotte, con piezas de arte, producidas durante cuatro siglos en el Virreinato del Peru, colonia muy apreciada por Espana. Estas obras de arte expresan la cultura que nacio del encuentro de las civilizaciones de Europa con las de America. Esta exhibition
hemos
La santidad de
la Iglesia consist!
pues, en la union directa de todos sus
miembros con
Jesucristo.
Cuando
los
Iglesia.
consiste santidad.
Josef Metzler, prefecto de los archivos
propom'a celebrar
dfa ante
la
menos
toda circunstancia
mas importantes
nuevo mundo. El Papa dijo que
el
Si
hizo semejante a nosotros en todo,
momento y en como lo hizo Jesus. todo
semanales
del
que tuvimos en
dichas para asf ser alguien en vida. Ser uno mismo es encontrar la las
preguntan al Senor: "Que debemos hacer para trabajar en las obras de Dios?", El responde: "La obra de Dios es que creais en aquel que El ha enviado" y el ceer conlleva a seguirle Esto produce los efectos de la santidad y hay que saberlos discernir en Nuestra
se
en el pecado, para ensenarnosenque
a la hora del angelus, recordando a las iglesias y los santuarios
-
envfa a nosotros a continuar su misma mision, dando ejemplo a los demas en
coloniales de Espana y Portugal. La publication de 1.528 paginas y dos volumenes fue editada por el Padre
espiritual" durante sus charlas
la
o
libertad a los cautivos, a curar a los
enfermos etc. En tercer lugar Jesus es el reino de Dios presente entre nosotros. En los Evangelios los milagros de Jesus son signos que prueban que el Reino de Dios ya esta presente en el mundo. El lo hace presente en el amor, en el perdon, en la misericordia de Dios. El es el Hijo enviado por el Padre que a la vez nos
Noticias Breves Papa senalara
los fracasos rior
Nuestra Iglesia
Iglesia
El
li
hicimos? para asf mejorarlo. Ser uno mismo es tener pensamientos positivos para asf crecer en armonfa con uno mismo y tener metas y valores en grande, para cosechar frutos grandes. Ser uno mismo es reconocer que tenemos a alguien superior a uno, pero este es un Dios en quien creer y es Uno para cada uno aunque seamos diferentes Ser uno mismo es madurar dfa a dfa con
reino de Dios diciendo
que hay que convertirse y creer en la Buena Noticia. En segundo lugar Jesus predica el Reino de Dios diciendo que el Espiritu de Dios lo ha enviado a traer la
Buena Nueva
donde vamos. Ser uno mismo es darnos cuenta que estamos rodeados de personas de las que podemos aprender mucho, pero por un egoismo que nos come dfa a dfa, nos impide acercarnos a esas personas y aprender de ellas. Ser uno mismo es no exigir de nadie que haga algo. Podemos guiar, asesorar o aconsejar pero nunca
(III
si
de ser y de pensar.
con animo el nuevo dfa y ante tod reflexionar en el interior; como
en
de San Patricio. Primer piano
modo
escuela.
valores. Ser uno mismo es ser autenticos,
la catedral
saludarlo
Ser uno mismo es tene responsabilidad de trabajar con ganas
a los
Grupo de Sacerdotes Diocesano en
hiciste bien",
tocarlo, quererlo y sobretodo tolerar
de uno mismo, quien soy, la adquirimos principalmente en la familia y en la Ser uno
Torres.
"Lo
otro:
porque
recibido el
Apostoles
le
La Iglesia tiene el aspecto de unidac
como ya
lo
habiamos explicado en
el
capftulo anterior, pero a la vez de
porque
bautismo, entonces tambien estamos llamados a la santidad, aunque muchos
movilidad,
cuerpo movil de
Cristc
sigan caminos diferentes.
que esta vivo y resucitado y
sigue
Las doctrinas que la Iglesia ensena son santas y de ahi su caracter de santidad. Ella ensena a sus miembros lo que es necesario para llevar una vida santa, cosa que no se encuentra en muchas otras creencias o sectas. Hemos comprobado a traves de la historia que con estas ensenanzas y metodos de la Iglesia, muchos hombres y mujeres de diferentes razas, en diferentes tiempos y lugares, de todo genero de vida han llegado a ser santos y hoy son reconocidos por todo el mundo.
creciendo sin cesar.
En todos
estoi
"La mision de la Iglesia nos invita ÂŁ contemplar la huella de Cristo a travel de los siglos: verdadera trayectoria que crea la historia; la historia con su sentide y el valor que comunica a la historij humana, que en otro caso no sabe donde buscarlos o donde encontrarlos" Este quiere decir como dice el autor de h
sera con el fin de participar en la
traves de Jesucristo, el unico santo sobre
simbolizado
Sobre
La
el
Bautismo
celebration del Bautismo para
los ninos, sera el tercer domingo de cada mes en la catedral de San Patricio, durante
misa en espanol a las 7 de la noche. Habra dos charlas de preparation antes la
de laceremoniadel Bautismo, laprimera y segunda semana de cada mes. Para mas informaciones comunfquese con Edwin Rodriguez al telefono: 563-69 1 6.
en
ella
esti
aspectos, la santidad es indispensable
porque es
el factor
sobre el cual
fundamentada nuestra
fe
este
y nuestrc
herencia eterna.
frase,
celebration del V Centenario del descubrimiento de America. Para mas information al respecto, comunfquese con este telefono: 704-337-2000.
el
buscar
la
santidad de la Iglesia
todos los santos.
Asi pues, el misterio de la Iglesu consiste en poder captar las do; identidades de Jesus, su naturalezi humana y su naturaleza divina Comprobar que Jesucristo y la Iglesi son una misma cosa, una mismi identidad. La persona de Jesucristo es 1< misma persona de Dios, pero El la revestido de una naturaleza humana pars que pueda obrar y comunicarse con lo: hombres directamente y a la-ve; ensenarles facilmente el misterio de li santidad.
(continua)
hi m 5:
J
The Catholic News &
ebruary 7, 1992
Draws Rave
International Dinner
Reviews At
Joan Of Arc
St.
By TIM REID ASHEVILLE Members
—
of St. Joan of Arc in Asheville shared their ethnic backgrounds and their cooking skills at the church's recent Interna-
every one of them. Susan Blanchard's eggplant parmesan had six or seven kinds of cheese and drew raves even
tional Dinner.
like eggplant.
The former school gym was
from people who thought they didn't
Tom
filled
Saturday evening Mass as church families streamed in with their favorite foods
cased their Italian heritage with a big pan of mouth-watering spaghetti made
hande down through generations. Each family was invited to prepare
from scratch.
foods reflecting their ethnic background,
to-your-ribs turkey noodle casserole that
and the variety was impressive and tanThere were plenty of Irish and
had some ladies of the parish asking
Italian dishes,
of course, but
Tom Wood made some of her popular eggplant parmesan
to
Dave Hazinski
at
Joan of Arc Church's International Dinner. Parish members prepared foods reflecting
leir
authentic English
many other
In addition to the foreign foods,
was a lot of "good old Southern cooking," said Mary Lee Eby, who brought corned beef and cabbage rethere
a rich dessert
containing a zillion calories and worth
flecting her Irish heritage.
ethnic heritage and the recipes will be used in a church cookbook.
TIM REID
to be shared in the
parish
is
"It
r
Wahl Re-elected Provost At The Oratory
ather
—
Oratorian
Wahl was
re-elected
The Rock
31 to another three-year term as
established in
HILL, S.C.
ather Joseph A. an.
rovost (president) of the congregation t
the
Rock
Hill Oratory.
congregaFather David 'altierra, Father William Pentis, Father Dhn Giuliani and Brother David Boone, Deputies elected
ather Pentis also
at the
/ice president)
was
elected vicar
of the congregation.
Each Oratorian congregation is an utonomous house. There are no provgovernment. Members )in a congregation with the intention of pending their lives in the community lces or central
provides for the spiritual needs of people in the area.
onal meeting were
which was York County in 1934,
Members staff three parishes
and serve Winthrop College, local hosand nursing homes, prisons and
sey City, N.J.
He
entered the
Rock
ate in sacred theology
other institutions.
lic
Hill
from The Catho-
University of America in 1958.
Over
the Diocese of
Oratory in a number of positions,
and surrounding areas by conducting a Center for Spirituality which provides
cluding director of vocations, formation and planning and as provost from 1 966-
on
the Bible, theology, spiritual direction
and lay ministry. The Oratory also provides space for
it,"
Commission, sponsors of the sup-
foreign languages.
the years, he has served the
Charleston, the Diocese of Charlotte
retreats, spiritual direction, institutes
was worth
Working on the project with Eby were her husband, Phillip, Tom and Nancy Sparacino, Lynda Webb and Maureen Cook. Cook's daughters, Jennifer and Melissa, made posters that said "hello" and "goodbye" in various
a native of Jer-
Oratory in 1 947 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He earned a doctor-
pitals
The Oratory serves
is
it
who is chairman of the Family
per.
organizations and agencies in the area.
Father Wahl, 62,
the
took some work decorating the
ages and utensils, but
meetings of various parish and diocesan
Hill Oratory,
cookbook which
gym and seeing that everone had bever-
Life
which they have joined.
fami-
preparing.
said Eby,
ROCK
Some
thoughtfully provided their recipes
lies
Photo by
for
the recipe.
a big hit with his
trifle,
sister,
Father Morris Boyd prepared a stick-
countries were represented.
t.
Lynda Webb, show-
with
talizing.
usan Blanchard served up
and Nancy Sparacino, along
Tom's
with balloons and travel posters after
The Family Life Commission spon-
in-
sors such get-togethers in order for parish members to mingle and get to know each other, Eby said. "Such contact makes the worship experience even more meaningful," she said.
He also has served as pastor of St. Anne in Rock Hill and St. Catherine in 77.
Lancaster, S.C.
"I
Other Oratorian congregations in the United States are located in Pittsburgh; Monterey, Calif.; Pharr, Texas; and Brooklyn, N. Y. New congregations are being formed in Plainville, Ct., and
Long
know we moved down here from Island, N.Y., in February,
getting to
know
and
the people of the parish
has filled a real need for my husband and me," she said. "St. Joan of Arc is such a warm church, the people are so friendly.
Philadelphia.
a welcome change from our church up north, where they said 13 Masses on a Sunday." It's
The Confederation of the Oratories of St. Philip Neri was founded in Rome in 1575.
Miller (From Page
11
.CUAL ES EL PAPEL DE LOS
SANTOS EN LA
"1GLESIA?
Los santos son miembros sobresalientes de nuestra familia A naves de su fidelidad a la voluntad de Dios, ellos disfrutan ahora de la vida eterna con El en el cielo. cristiana.
santos no se les adora. Solo Dios es adorado. Los santos son venerados como modelos que nos inspiran a imitar su santidad. Acudimos a ellos como amigos que se interesan en nosotros y en el Reino de Jesus. Les pedimos a los santos que oren por nosotros. Marfa, la Madre de Jesus, es la santa por excelencia, siempre dispuesta a interceder por cualquiera de nosotros que se lo pida. Al reflexionar sobre la vida de los santos, en particular nuestro patron de bautismo o confirmacio'n, aprendemos a imitar a Jesus.
En nuestras devociones, recibimos su patrocinio para nuestra jornada en esta vida.
Los santos nos recuerdan la llamada universal a la santidad, la Iglesia, ya pertenezcan a la jerarqufa o esteh bajo su cuidado, estan llamados a la santidad, segun los Apostoles que (I dicen: "La voluntad de Dios es que se hagan santos." Tesalonicenses 4:3; cf Efesios 1:4) (Constitution Dogmaiica Sobre la Iglesia, 39, Concilio Vaticano II) "..
,
I
Todos en
imagenes, las pinturas y las estampas, mantenemos vivos en nuestras mentes y en nuestros corazones a estos heroes seguidores de Cristo.
Mediante
las
every year
Years ago, Miller would receive from social service agencies. Now, he gets 10 to 15 calls a day, doing what he can for people who fall through the cracks. His budget for the St. Vincent de Paul Society is about $2,000 a month. the
sky," says Miller.
money." Parishes donate money and some funding comes from foundations. As a careful steward, Miller checks out every
baby with no money visiting a
pany
companies.
Operations shut down for two weeks
TELEPHONE
to
ASHEVILLE
;
•
groceries,
for cook-
com-
pay for her hook-up, or calling
writing a thank you
FUNERAL HOME
252-3535
buy
snow
family that needs gas for their car. He'll be down to pay as soon as he finishes
good cause."
hOCe
to
using
a service station to say he's sending a
Good policy, says Miller. "People money and assume we use it for
give us a
woman
ing water and going to the water
request and personally delivers payments to utility
Christmas while Miller, a
His North Carolina friends welcome the respite. But Miller is as busy as ever, visiting his son in Buffalo, daughter and sister on Long Island, unforgotten friends, and reuniting for song and festivities with his old glee club at a parish in the Bronx. Then, it's back to Greensboro to deliver food to a couple expecting a
money comes out of the "We've been very and never made an appeal for
"Somehow
at
30-year Greensboro resident, returns to his old stomping grounds in the Bronx.
three to four referrals a week
fortunate,
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acholic
&
News
February
Herald
Working For
Diocesan News Briefs Calling St. Michael's School
—
GASTONIA
Alumni
School in Gastonia is celebrating 50th anniversary during 1992.
its
Part of the celebration will include a reunion of alumni
the
and former teachers
weekend of June 26. Anyone who attended St. Michael's
asked to send Liz Elkin, 1919 Bershire Dr., Gastonia, NC 28052.
or
a former teacher
is
is
name and address
their
to:
Calix Society Meeting
CHARLOTTE — The
ety ics
CHARLOTTE — A
video presen-
on the Divine Mercy Devotion, and a teaching/discussion on the Holy Father's Encyclical, Rich in Mercy, sponsored by Catholics United for the Faith, will be held on Feb. 2 1 at the Catholic Center, 1524 E. Morehead St. A business meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Rosary, and the program will begin at 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (704) tation
364-9568.
made up of members of AlcoholAnoymous and other 12 Step protheir recovery
by ex-
Handicapped Center
SWANNANOA
McCune Handicapped 16 at 2 p.m.
covered dish dinner and discussion follows. On Feb. 9, the meeting will consider Scriptural meditations
on the Steps. For more information, contact Brian, (704) 344-9228, or Doug, (704) 3757231.
St.
Margaret
Mary parishioners will visit the Marjorie
The Calix Society meets every second Sunday for a 4 p.m. Mass at St.
A
Visit
—
ploring Catholic traditions.
Matthew.
f
Calix Soci-
is
grams deepening
Center on Feb.
A group of retirees from St. Eugene's Men's Club in Asheville is working two days a montl
The parishioners
and assist patients with the serving of punch and cookies. Marjorie McCune Handicapped Center is located in Black Mountain, and is sponsored by the Lions Club. For more information, contact St. Margaret Mary, (704) 686-3243. will visit with
Humanity homes under construction
to help Habitat for
six
are (front,
Awards
GREENSBORO
— Our Lady
Knight Funds Raised of
Grace awarded four Cub Scouts the
emceremony during Mass on
—
CHARLOTTE The Knights of Columbus Councils of North Carolina
Parvuli Dei, the Catholic religious
received donations of $551,752 during
blem,
their 1991
Feb.
at
a
2.
"Operation
Lamb"
drive.
It
brings the total raised in the state to
Ryan Brown, Cornelius Short, Joey Carley, and Michael
Mode
Cub
are
homes
for
low income
families. Habitat currently ha
area.Members of the group from St. Eugeni Jack Witzel, Chuck Kilcoyne, Jim Coughlin and Dan White; (rear, \<4
1-r)
its
17-year history,
St.
Margaret's council has been appointed, since too few parishioners
made an elec-
tion impossible.
There were 32 nominations, of which the 1 8 with the most nominations were put on a ballot.
$4,452,195.
The recently elected members spent
Scouts in Pack 111
Approximately 85 percent of net funds raised are returned to local Knights
Grace, and attend
of Columbus Councils for distribution
together,
School.
to local charities.
and the election of
Ukrainian Egg Class
St.
at Our Lady of Our Lady of Grace
build
in the Asheville
Deacon Lou Rinkus, George Dumer, Carl Zenisek and Jim Utterback. Not present for th> picture were Father James Solari, pastor of St. Eugene, Nick Giliberti, Paul Junger and Loi Numann.
During Parvuli Dei
Habitat...
Rich In Mercy
Michael's
St.
for
members of the
— The
third
Margaret Elects
1st
Parish Council
MAGGIE VALLEY
annual Lenten craft retreat of Our Lady
Columbus hall. The party is sponsored by the Chai lotte Vicariate
learning their duties, attending
Mass
and holding their first meeting
HICKORY
— The
first
elected parish council of St. Margaret
March 10 through April
fice Jan. 25, inducted
17.
Classes
from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. $20 fee covers materials and in-
will be held
A
struction. Registration deadline is Feb. 16.
Church
in
Maggie Valley assumed
of-
by Father William
Evans.
Named
to the council were:
Dick
Donahue, chairman; Maxine Martin, vice Ann Woodall, secretary; and Ron Van Dyke, Tom Quirk, Theresa Sowa, Helen Tabacek, Jim O'Neill, and Frank Parisi.
chariman; Jo
For more information, contact
Ann
Michele, (919) 766-1435, or after 6:00 p.m., (919) 766-8843.
officers.
Greene, (704) 331-1720.
Oratory Religion Camp ROCK HILL, S.C. The Orate Religion Camp, a one-week resider
—
—
St.
^ANTONINUS
ANTONINUS WAS BORN
IN
PICENUM, SOUTHERN ITALY HE BECAME A MONK IN HIS YOUTH, MIGRATED TO CASTELLAMARE, NEAR SORRENTO, AND WITH THE BISHOP OF CASTELLAMARE AND ST CATELLUS, HE BECAME A HERMIT ON TOP OF NEARBY MONTH
ANGELO. AS THE RESULT OF A VISION OF ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, THEY BUILT AN ORATORY TO ST MICHAEL. ST CATELLUS WAS CHARGED WITH NEGLECTING HIS DIOCESE AND WAS IMPRISONED IN ROME, BUT ANTONINUS REMAINED, AND BY HIS HOLINESS ANP VISION
MADE
IT A PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE. ANTONINUS RETURNED TO SORRENTO AT THE SUPPLICATION OF THE INHABITANTS ANP BECAME ABBOT OF ST AGGRIPPINUS MONASTERY. HE IS REPUTED TO HAVE REPULSED A SARACEN ATTACK ON THE CITY BY A MIRACLE AFTER HIS DEATH
IN
830.
HIS
©1992 CNS Graphics
FEAST
IS FEB. 14.
taking applications
fid >t
.
Mountain State Park. The camp is open under 13 years of age,
to girls in
and boy
us
grades 2-7.
The camp
is
$75 per camper, and
deposit of $25
is
required upon applic
with the balance due at check ir For more information, contac Oratorian Father William Pentis, (803, tion,
Adventures
Learning GREENSBORO— The Shepherd's Center of Greensboro will host the winter session
in
327-3236.
of Adventures in Learning, until Feb. 27.
Programs
be held at First Baptist Church, and open to all seniors 60 and older. A $6 registration fee covers the session. For more information, contact St. Paul the Apostle, (919) 294-4696.
saints
is
summer sessions. Two sessions wi: be held, July 1 2- 1 8, and July 1 9-25 Th camp is located at Camp York in King
Calling
OLA
Alumni - The end of
CHARLOTTE
will
e
1
the
Aloysius will hold its annual parish dance on Feb. 29 at Performance Place in Hickory at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 per person. Volunteers are still being sought, and can offer services by calling Bev Killian, (704) 322-4223.
on Thursdays,
^
Council on Aging. Fc
more information, contact Rache
a day with Franciscan Sister Jean Linder,
Parish Dance
of Mercy Parish will be held on Tuesday nights in the Newman Center from
Charlotte Vicariate
50 years plus, will be held on Feb. P from 1 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Knights c
experience,
WINSTON SALEM
7, 199
th
school year will close a page in histor
Marriage Encounter
Our Lady of Assumption School o Shennandoah Avenue. The new schoc on Shamrock Drive will open in the fal Alumni are planning a ceremony t mark the closing of the school, and ar
HICKORY "Give your spouse and yourself a special valentine this
pile in a historical display at the ne\
year."
school
—
The next Marriage Encounter weekend will be held Feb. 14- 1 6 at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory. For reservations, call (919) 274-
for
searching for old memorabilia to com;
site.
Any former
students of
OLA
wit
old yearbooks, trophies, pictures, an
other memorabilia are asked to ca Terisita Staub, (704) 545-4206.
4424.
Early Adolescent Institute
CHARLOTTE
Reverse Raffle Dance
GREENSBORO— A
reverse raffle
dinner dance benefiting St. Pius X School 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 money. Other prizes will be awarded during the event. Raffle tickets are $100 each and include one dinner. Additional dinner tickets are
$25 each.
For more inforamtion, contact Mary
—
The diocesa
Offices of Youth Ministry and Reli
gious Education have teamed up present the Early Adolescent Minis Institute,
Feb. 21-22.
The workshop will allow parish school leaders to improve their ministr effectiveness with early adolescents, an to assist parish and school leaders i developing more responsive early adc
programming. For more information, contact
lescent
th"
Office of Youth Ministry, (704) 3 1717.
Virginia Lazorchick, (919) 275-6273, or Carole Kihm, (919) 288-3024.
Valentine
Fun
CHARLOTTE— A Valentine party
The Catholic News & Herald comes parish news for the diocesan new! h briefs. Submit releases 10 days befo '
publication.
The Catholic News &
February 7, 1992
World and National Briefs Proposals Called Too Little, Wrong Direction flush
—
WASHINGTON
Presi(CNS) Bush was criticized for not going enough in his proposals for health
:are
GU
nize
February decided to recogChoice, a campus abortion-
rights group, granting
Jush "seems content with the status quo
it
Archbishop Roach Urges U.S. Recognition
PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS)— Two Florida church officials allowed to visit
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said Haitian boat people held there were well-clothed and well-fed but housed in overcrowded tents and the U.S. naval base at
lacking legal representation. Phyllis
Joys Town To Open Center For Troubled Children In Capital WASHINGTON (CNS) Unlike >ther agencies that come to Washington vith a political agenda, Boys Town is
—
held there. "The two messages we clearly
But "talk
We
is
heard from the refugees were that they were fleeing for fear of their lives, and
cheap.
are trench fighters.
that they
Ve do more healing than hollering."
land
ather Peter said his non-profit organi-
?
;ation
was coming
to
he objective of saving children >rder in a city
—
a
if
wanted to return to their home-
(Haitian) President (Father Jean-
Bertrand) Aristide were brought back,"
Washington with
Mrs. Jepson
tall
said.
with growing crime and
Senate Slams Doors On Private School Choice Plans
iolence.
23 the U.S. Senate twice shut the door on proposals to include private schools in federally funded plans to improve U.S. education. In a 96-0 rate votes Jan.
—A
vote
it
rejected an
amendment to permit
rred in saying that canonical reasons
private and parochial schools to partici-
>revented him from ruling on the group
pate in President Bush's proposal to
'
s
create new, experimental schools around
riginal request. In an appeal to Cardilal
Hickey dated Jan.
1
the country.
4, the Georgetown
Policy Committee has urged the U.S. government to "join the growing international consensus" by recognizing Croatia and Slovenia as independent republics. The Jan. 17 letter from Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis to U.S Secretary of State James A. Baker was released Jan. 23 in Wash.
On
Jan. 13, the Vatican recog-
On a separate amendment it
IS
THE ROLE OF THE SAINTS
IN
THE CHURCH?
!
|
are
the
outstanding
Through their faithfulness to God's Him in heaven.
members will,
they
of
now
our Christian family. enjoy eternal life with
Saints are not worshipped or adored. Only God is adored. But saints are venerated as models inspiring us to imitate their holiness. (turn to saints as to caring friends, interested in us and in the Kingdom of Jesus. ask the saints to pray for us. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is |a saint par excellence-powerful in her position, her example and her readiness to intercede for anyone who turns to her.
We
We
—
Ja-
pan produced some widely read stories and occupied more news columns than usual during 1991, and most of the coverage dealt with controversy. One story that captured public interest and involved a Catholic program for distributing food to Tokyo inner-city homeless.
— Japanese and
The
foreign
parishioners
— of
a
Tokyo
by using imported American rice in the hot meals they provided to the impoverished Tokyo residents. American rice is cheaper than the Japanese-grown crop, but rice imports are also severely restricted by the government in a bid to protect and preserve Japanese farms. parish caused a
stir
church leaders are expected to give some final touches to draft legislation proposing to allow ordination of women. Leaders are also expected to debate a report voted on in the church's 44 dioceses, all but six of which approved the draft. It is expected that advocates of women's ordination will argue that the results of
,cf.
Ephesians 1:4) (Vatican Council
II,
Dogmatic Constitution on the
Through statues, paintings and holy cards minds and hearts these heroes of the followers of
we
keep alive
Christ.
in
our
— Two
November 1 989 murders of six Jesuit priests
Rene Mendoza received 30-year sentences.
the
maximum,
A court official said
three other officers implicated in the
crime, which drew worldwide protests, received three-year suspended sentences.
The sentences were announced Jan. 24 hours
24,
Salvadoran legislature passed an amnesty law that left the door open for prosecution of the worst human rights abuses committed during El Salvador's 12-year civil war. less than
after the
Croatian Catholics, Serbian Orthodox Oppose Violence
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
— Repre-
sentatives of the Croatian Catholic and
Serbian Orthodox churches have opposed violence as a way to settle differences between their people. The current fighting "is not a religious war nor a conflict between two churches as such," said a joint communique issued Jan. 23 after three days of talks in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Vatican Radio published
communique. The delegaand Orthodox bishops and laity. The representatives agreed to meet again, but no date was the text of the
tions included Catholic
set.
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ENNEAGRAM — "The Nine Faces of God" essentuially
jChurch, 39)
to say the vot-
(CNS)
ence and for private dreamwork.
self-discovery.
saints are helpful reminders to us of the universal call to (holiness. "...All in the Church, whether they belong to the hierarchy or are cared for by it, are called to holiness, according to the Apostles' saying: 'It is God's will that you grow in holiness.'" (I Thessalonians 4:3;
is
SAN SALVADOR
military officers convicted of the
Feb. 14-16
we receive their patronage for our journey through this life.
The
there
Sentences For Jesuit Murders
"Dreams: Journeying through the Inner Life"*** Designed to explore the use of dreamwork in our ongoing spiritual journey, the workshop emphasizes the use of a dream journal to facilitate the exploration of the unconscious. Time is provided for theoreticval input,, dream sharing, prayer experi-
This workshop
our devotions,
show
sufficient support for their position.
Opponents are expected
By reflecting on the lives of the saints, in particular our own patron from Baptism and Confirmation, we learn how to imitate Jesus. In
saints
Jan. 24.
have been sentenced to 30-year prison terms, a court official said. Col. Guillermo Benavides and Lt. Yusshy
the diocesan balloting
Saints
.
Japanese Media Gave Religion More Coverage in 1991 TOKYO (CNS) Religion in
'
WHAT
1
Two Salvadoran Officers Get 30-year
Anglicans Preparing Final Stage of Debate On Women's Ordination LONDON (CNS)— The Church of England is preparing to launch into the final stage of its deliberations on whether to ordain women. The issue is on the agenda for the church s Feb. 18-19 general synod meeting. At that meeting,
11.
— Pope
John Paul II said Christians should take advantage of new mass media technologies to better proclaim their faith. "We have Christ's message and it is our joy to share it with every man and woman of good will who is prepared to listen," the pope said. This means making use of new communications instruments and adopting a language that is "intelligible to the worldwide mediaconditioned culture," he said. The pope made the comments in a message marking World Communications Day, celebrated May 3 The English-language message was released at the Vatican
Yugoslavian authorities they should not view recognition of the breakaway republics as an act of hostility toward their government.
riled the authorities
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In sepa-
iroup Contends Cardinal Erred n Georgetown Status Ruling WASHINGTON (CNS) group hat had asked Cardinal James A. Hickey if Washington to revoke the Catholic tatus of Georgetown University said he
The
ington.
ngton to get something said," said FaPeter.
—
head of the U.S. bishops' International
nized Croatia and Slovenia and told
humanitarian conditions facing Haitians
J.
Slovenia
(CNS)
and Father Frank O'Loughlin, director of Migration and Refugee Services for the Diocese of Palm Beach, were part of a 30-member group that visited the base Dec. 31 to report on
"Most come to Wash-
Val
Of Croatia,
Pope Says Christians Should Use Media To Proclaim Faith VATICAN CITY (CNS)
—
Jepson, chairwoman of Pax Christi Florida,
noving to the nation's capital with little p say but a lot to do, according to its
her
cational choice for their children.
ing provided by student fees and to other
To
shows a fundamental division on the
existing private
university benefits.
Haitians Held At U.S. Base Said Be Well-fed But Overcrowded
28 State of the Union address, Jush proposed a health insurance tax :redit of up to $3,750 for low-income amilies and said he would announce ater a plan to reform the health insurmce market.
H'teeds are real.
let
and parochial schools take part in a three-year, $30 million program establishing six experimental demonstration projects to give poor parents more edu-
WASHINGTON
Jan.
:xecutive director.
Hatch, R-Utah, to
access to fund-
continuing to rely on the use of the
narketplace to improve the system. "In lis
issue.
officials last
the Catholic Health Association, said
)y
ing
asked Cardinal Hickey to revoke Georgetown's status after university
reform, tax credits for children and
unding for Head Start by spokesmen or the Catholic Health Association and Thildren's Defense Fund. John E. Curley r., president and chief executive officer )f
voted 57-36 after an hour's heated debate against a proposal by Sen. Orrin
in
lent
ar
was "incorrect"
concluding that the original petition was "flawed." The group of Georgetown students, faculty and alumni originally
Ignatian Society said he
an investigation into a rich and challenging approach to holiness and While at one level the Enneagram can be seen as a personality study,
is
it is
a "spirituality of conversion."
Feb. 20-23
Donation: $120 Director: Rev. Bernie Tickerhoof,
TOR
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News
.itholic
&
Herald
February
7, 19S
Hornets Score Big With Special Olympic Athletes
Charlotte Hornets guard
Muggsy Bogues
helps Special Olympics athletes during the
Photo by
Hornets annual SpecialOlympics Basketball Clinic.
By JOANN
JOANN KEANE
KEANE
Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
The Charlotte
Larry," they chanted as 6-7 forward
Hornets may have been nursing an overtime sting from the previous night's loss, but you'd never know it. Less than 1 2 hours after their loss to the Detroit Pistons on Jan. 28, the Hornets were back on the court, this time sharing their skills and time with Spe-
Larry Johnson bounded onto the court.
cial
Olympic
Athletes.
Olympians from Mecklenburg and four surrounding Special
counties turned out for the Hornets'
second annual Special Olympics basketball clinic. This year's clinic expanded to include members of Great Adventures, a group sponsored by Holy Angels for those with and without dis-
Assistant
Together, 130 special ath-
hours honing their with members of the
letes spent several
basketball skills
Hornets.
The Olympians squealed with proval as
Hugo
the Charlotte
few
^
Hanzlik
di-
The Miami Heat, a.k.a. Great Adbeaming with excitement as they rotated through each of the stations. Each group had the opportuventures, were
nity to
ing pointers from the professionals.
the Hornet,
ap-
mascot for
NBA team, did backflips a
from their seats. Amidst the roar of excitement from the Special Olympians, the Hornets entered the areana. As Hornets were announced player by player, the Olympians would call out to the players. "Yeah, feet
5-3
Muggsy Bogues. The smallest NBA
player delighted the Olympians with
quick passing
drills.
As
the basketball
went from Bogues to Olympian, and back, the enthusiam of the Special Olympic particpants mounted. "It's been really fun for the kids to see the excitement on their faces and to see the Hornets interact with kids," said
community
Mercy
all
the
Nancy Nance, director for Holy
Sister
relations
Angels and coordinator of the Great Adventures group. Every rotation brought a different aspect of the
game
into play.
They
dribbled, they shot hoops. Their atten-
waned. fun to watch them take a shot
tion never "It's
Charlotte Catholic
Wins 3 Of 4 Games
Hornet guard/forward Dell Curry lifts Trey up for the dunk. Trey in
Belmont.
and light up like it's Christmas," said 68 forward Kenny Gattison. Working with Special Olympic kids is nothing new to Gattison. "It's something I've been doing since I was in college." Working with the Special Olympians, he says, "gets our minds off the serious side of basketball, and its good for you."
Head Coach Allan Bristow agrees. makes you appreciate not everything is hung on winning or losing in this world. Sometimes I think we get caught up on winning or losing in this world ... when you come out and appreciate the special kids that participated, it makes you feel good to see the smiles on their faces to see Muggsy Bogues or Larry Johnson, Kendall Gill, Rex Chapman, "It
J.R.
Reid and those guys (Hornet play-
ers) get involved."
JOANN KEAN
cial
Olympics
the players.
clinic. But it wasn't ju; Coaches were joined b
player support personnel in rolling oi the red carpet for their special guests.
Hornets trainer, Terry Kofler, gav groups an inside look at the locke areas. "The nice thing is, this is an are a lot of people never get to see. It' all
usually restricted to players, staff an
media, so this gives them a good ideac what goes on behind the scenes." sai
r
Kofler.
Even
as they took a tour of th
locker rooms, their attention was fixec Their eyes opened wide with surpr
"This
is
the locker
room?
It's a\
some," exclaimed one Great Advent "It's a great
to
come
opportunity for the
1
out and be part of the cor
and to have the opportunity to alio who have never been to Coliseum or seen a Hornet to be ir volved in a basketball clinic," said Spe nity
Back To Work.
these kids
High School's basketball teams had three wins out of four games last week. The boys' team won 70-60 in a Jan. 28 game over Piedmont High School. Chuck Wittman was Charlotte Catholic's high scorer with 29 points. Jeff Brookman had 15 points. The girls' team lost 54-51 to Piedmont. Jenny Hoist was the high scorer with 19 points. Jennifer Simms had 12
cial
Olympic volunteer, Bob Bowie
"It really builds their self
confidence.
They
really
esteem an had a goa
time."
"The kids were
terrific," |ai
Bristow.
Food
(From Page
6)
denominations
points.
sionaries of
Both teams had wins Jan. 3 1 over West Stanly High School. The girls won 59-53 with Erin Ryan scoring 22 points and Hoist, 13 points. The boys won 76-60. Wittman scored 29 points. Brian Munn and Brookman each had 1
alleviate the suffering of the poor.
points.
lis
Spe participated in the second annual Sp
participant.
CHARLOTTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Charlotte Catho-
'
Ange
a resident of Holy
and two from the injured
roster
All 14 players, 12 from the active
lic
w
is
Photo by
spend time with different Hornet
players, learning techniques and receiv-
A particular hit was Hornets guard,
The coalition from Great Adventures came with a couple of Holy Angels residents.
Bill
dozen smaller drill groups, dubbing each group with a name of a NBA team. Spurs, Hawks, Bulls, and Lakers, were among the team names quickly adopted by the athletes as they prepared to meet each of the Hornet players.
abilities.
-
Coach
rected the Special Olympians into a
all
to hel *
was founded, Food for th Since Poor has sent more than $100 million it
i
food, clothing, medical and educatiom supplies, building materials, job
Ed Sheridan confers with project supervisor Randy Hawkins new parish center at St. Gabriel in Charlotte (Story on Page 1
Father the
as
work resumes on
Photo by
JOANN KEANE
trair
ing equipment and agricultural tools the Third World, primarily in the
bean.
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