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Seek To Put Stamp On Lenten Season

WASHINGTON (CNS) — This Lent

dance, the use of penance, and observance

bishops and dioceses throughout the United

of Lenten fasting and abstinence regula-

States

have sought

own

to put their

tions.

special

"Lent

stamp on the Church season. They're focusing ch topics as children's needs, pa r ^T th and preparation, and the trat ad of prayer,

all

out to him our sins and failings so that he can

'To

heal and strengthen our spirits."

He added, "The heart needs not only to be healed, but strengthened. Almsgiving,

Masses

and

which the heart

in his

Lent for Catholics to be active

Parishes should tional

Niemann, director of the

on pro-child legislation. Fasting and abstinence to be under-

Parents to

— An

symbolize Lent's

Niemann

and that they

we should also be meditating on how we as

dren and family

life.

prayer services, including Stations of the

"humane"

Cross, and parish service projects such as

and divorce,

set the tone

of the 15th annual

March 27-29 at Clover, S.C. About

Lenten

|amp Thunderbird

W teens from across the diocese are exacted to attend.

Organizers say the theme "is an image |at hopes

to recognize the journey that each

particularly child sup-

on each day of our lives." Mercy Sister Carolyn Mary Coll, dioc•an director of Youth Ministry, says the ||inference brings young people together so us sets out

IfeyhavetheexperienceofthelargerChurch. [put, f

along with that comes the opportunity

attend

workshops and community buildgrowth and

activities that foster their

Ith and their understanding of the Church,"

music.

music while affirming

choose and appreciate popular

This year, Scally adds an adult

component

to her repertoire, designed to

bring adult youth leaders into a better under-

health insurance,

do more,

Kathleen Ruszkowski, associate director of

and

will not cease

While Scally

With the teens, adult youth leaders will work-

Lenten ing time or

doing so,"

activities

could include donat-

money

to charities; offering

we must also make sure that those who are bom are given

rides to shut-in neighbors; baby-sitting with-

every possible protection."

Lent or preparing it for Easter, giving clothes

said.

In his own pastoral

May Be

"But

letter, "...That

out pay; offering to clean the church during

tion Rice

Complete," issued Feb. 27, J.

O'Connor of

listed "constructive

New

developments"

Church since his ordination hood in 1945.

They included Mass

and participating in OperaBowl, the annual program of

to those in need;

Your

Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops'

York

overseas relief and development agency.

in the

Catholics should also direct their focus

to the priest-

away from

the creeping

shops, Zanzig will bring the conference

ups are held for their benefit, allowing the

as well as workshops during the weekend. Zanzig is a noted speaker and presenter

mem-

with the closing address on Sunday,

m from individual parishes. Keynote speakers for the weekend con-

See Youth, Page

commercialism of

Easter, Sister Kathleen said.

in the vernacular,

lay participation in the Church, ecumenism,

Hints she offered included joining a

the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, the

Scripture study group at a parish; going to

work of marriage tribunals, better seminary training, restoration of the permanent diaconate and more attention to the "social

together and having a meal prayer, spend-

Gospel."

reading and sharing Scripture as a family.

Cardinal

Mass more often; sharing more family meals ing

more time

together

See Lent, Page

DIOCESAN SUPPORT APPEAL February

on Sundays; and

At St. John Parish in Edmond, Okla., in

O'Connor also lamented deSunday Mass atten-

clines over the years in

will light a fire for the

home

said Benedictine Sister

the worship office in the Diocese of Erie, Pa

standing of popular music.

Ware in the experience as concurrent

to better serve their youthful

Rather than accenting the negative and giving things up for Lent, children and

teens during her opening address and work-

|ys Sister Carolyn.

rtults

said.

adults can

Cardinal John

their right to

bill,

and drug and alcohol abuse. "Our church has faced and accepted the

Joy

to listen carefully to

like an-

employment, housing, domestic violence,

She is also columnist for Top Music Countdown, anational youth-orientedmagazine, and producer and disc jockey of "One to One," a popular radio show dealing with hot youth issues; and a workshop and youth Scally returns for her second youth

said the parish itself

instead,"

care, adolescent pregnancy, child care, the

Cornerstone Media, Inc. of Santa Rosa,

conference. Last year, she challenged teens

ings of pari sh organizations. 'Meet forprayer

grams, Catholic schools, abortion, prenatal

director of

ministry training speaker.

activities.

additional

could "give up" things for Lent,

responsibility to speak about the horror of

Calif.

Niemann suggested

Father

nouncements after Mass and business meet-

Bishop Rodimer

locesan youth conference,

he added.

cluding "the indispensable role of parents,"

abortion,

leme to

lives,"

tion part

Family Leave Act

(jtzzle:

make his death and resurrec-

of our

Bishop Rodimer outlined 17 "major concerns" which can affect children, in-

Other concerns included education pro-

Tom Zanzig.

Father

said.

Christians can

port.

program

items to

explore their ministries with regard to chil-

ration

Scally and

new

days to meditate on the death of Jesus, but

welfare system, and issues related to sepa-

Scally is assistant

spiritual nature.

"In the past people have seen Lent as 40

members of their family."

evaluation by diocesan offices to

"the strength of families," a

Anna

Louis

St.

"We should simplify the interior of the

children "they

tell their

the tradi-

archdiocesan worship office.

church" rather than bring

are important

ference are

remember

church symbols for the season are

starkness and emptiness, said Father Paul

Catholics to speak out to elected

are loved, that they are special,

"Solving The Finding Your Place In God," is the

strong."

reconciliation during Lent.

taken for the protection of children in soci-

—

made

phia Catholics to receive the sacrament of

intercession to be read at Sunday

officials

ety.

Cardinal Bevilacqua urged Philadel-

for:

policies.

— —

means by

prayer and self-denial are the

pursuing pro-child and pro-family programs

—

and cleanse our hearts we need

refresh

which many of our children face," Bishop Rodimer said.

little

— An

CHARLOTTE

Bevilacqua of

on behalf of Children. which deplores but

His five points for Catholics

Associate Editor

growth."

spiritual

to break them open before the Lord and pour

diocese called

By JOANN KEANE

we have been doing well, ifs

a five-point plan Catholics can under-

daily realities

fheme To Challenge Teens

been

or nothing to address the horrible

does

Diocesan Youth Conference

Cardinal Anthony

"I fear for a society

JOHN MAURER

we have

Philadelphia, in a Lenten message, said,

listed

Photo by

said. "If

can get back to Mass and the

letter "Put Our Children Ash Wednesday, March 4,

First" dated

Patrick at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte.

sacraments.

a pastoral

N.J., in

St.

a beautiful time to get started

a great opportunity for

and almsgi\ Bishop Frank J. Rodimer of Paterson,

take

over again," he

slipping,

fasting

window honoring

1992

13,

U.S. Bishops, Dioceses

Own

flamed glass

Number 27 • March

April 5, 1992

News

2 The Catholic

USCC,

Herald

March

Social Action Workers

Seek Federal Budget WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— Dioc-

esan social action workers set out March 3 to personally convince members of

budget priorities from weapons to health, housing and development assistance for poor

Congress

to shift the nation's

nations.

They

members of Con-

also urged

gress to approve a refundable children's tax credit as a part of any tax

bill.

They were in Washington for a conference called "Catholic Social Ministry in the '90s: Traditional

Values, Con-

temporary Changes," sponsored by the U.S. Catholic Conference's departments of Social Development and World Peace,

Shifts

and of dubious

sive

strategic value....

The (USCC) continues to seek increases programs for low income people." The USCC wants increases in nonentitlement programs including the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program, Head Start, Job Corps and housing and health care. Head Start is a program designed to assist low-income children with cognitive and language development. Job Corps provides job training to low-income high school drop-

Putting children and families

outs.

conference in Washington. Emphasis was on poor children and the challenges of

in non-entitlement

Before meeting with congressional representatives and aides from their re-

Human

spective states, conference participants

Development and Roundtable, a forum

were briefed by Ellen Nissenbaum, legislative director of the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,

the U.S. bishops'

Campaign

for

for social action discussion.

Conference participants

who

vis-

ited their congressional representatives

who

went armed with USCC issue briefs complete with "talking points" urging:

tax credit as "a fundamental issue of

— A refundable

described a refundable children's

equality and justice."

She noted

children's tax credit.

Those benefiting would be "families 'playing by the rules'" who often "have trouble making ends meet because they earn low wages and are excluded from

Senate

that the

cur-

rently considering a non-refundable

children's tax credit and the House, a

refundable earnings-based tax credit.

What Nissenbaum would

like to see is a

other govern-

refundable children's tax credit, which

aid to fight poverty. "It

morally right and politically wise for

would combine aspects of both the House and Senate proposals. A tax credit is an amount of money

a powerful country like the United States

available to a taxpayer to apply against

assistance under

many

ment programs."

— Foreign

to help

hope. is

people live with dignity and

The consequence of

isolationism

a future of increased conflict and

despair for a

—A

still

ductions in

hurting world."

"Rethe military budget should

shift in

budget

priorities.

be sought with special scrutiny given those programs which are very expen-

the

amount owed

ment.

in taxes to the

If a credit is

govern-

A More

Toward

out.

West Virginia Catholics offered six spirituality.

prayer. Barbara Halfhill,

religious education director at St. Francis

Xavier Parish, Parkersburg, said she found a rewarding experience in praying the shorter version of the Liturgy of the Hours. "I do the morning and evening prayer," Halfhill told the Catholic Spirit,

Wheeling-Charleston's diocesan newspaper. "Sometimes I go over to the I do it in my office, myself in the right frame of mind,

church, sometimes to get

—

families," one-half of

would "shut out a all

black children and slightly less than half

of all Hispanic Nissenbaum.

children,

with

said

Willumsen, assistant professor of theology at Wheeling Jesuit College, keeps it simple, with a loose, open-ended ap-

from the Scripture

it, he happens it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't. There are no blackboards in the dining room," he said. Family meal and the Eucharist. At mealtime, families can connect not nly with Christ and one another, but

said.

"If

—

Different

WASHINGTON (CNS)— A member of the House Democratic leadership

have changed. Today, the Church p vides moral leadership on issue ai

and a representative of the Bush admin-

critical

istration outlined decidedly different

America, economic issues here at h Much of Bonior's talk centen criticism of the Republican admini tions of Ronald Reagan and Geoi Bush. He dismissed the Republi policy on taxes as "bread and wafc working families, champagne fo

approaches March 4 to the problems facing children and families today. House Majority Whip David E. Bonior, D-Mich., and Joanne Barnhart, head of the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, spoke to social

Washington conference. "The poor, after all, are not a powerful enough constituency to affect change by themselves," said Bonior. "It's only when the Democratic Party has been able to forge an alliance between the poor and the middle class that change has been accomplished." Barnhart, substituting for Secretary

rich

—

issue

civil

rights,

and the working poor payin;

"The misguided genius of last

th<

decade w;

convince the middle class that their alliance was with the wealthy," he s£ noting that 94 percent of the Ameri< people describe themselves as mic t:

class.

"We

have a chance to reverse between the middle class the wealthy, by asking (the wealthy' coalition

lis

that,

eat food

made

grow any of

that.

reminds us that

When we

are con-

nected to other people's work.

becomes

—

good time ity,

lot

CCD

hospitality.

Lent

to revive the gift of hospital-

according to

esan

visible at the family table."

Family

Human

Services Louis

Sullivan, said the administration's

said. "I don't

other people

Anne Comeaux,

coordinator. "It

share in the rebuilding of this countr lift

humanity.

all

Willumsen

dioc-

would be a

are "to strengthen families and

promote

"We

See Steps, Page 13

office

was

font

programs for children and families, s stt

ment on children's issues "could used as a statement of

ciples," she said.

administration's position and goals

The

social action directors

tending a

March

were

at-

1-4 conference spon-

sored by the U.S. Catholic Conference

Department of Social Development and

Cam-

paign for Human Development and Roundtable, a forum for social action discussion. It was titled "Catholic Social Ministry in the '90s: Traditional Values, Contemporary Challenges." The talks by Bonior and Barnhart were followed by a discussion of budget and tax matters from a Catholic perspective. Participants in the conference then spent the rest of the afternoon lobbying their representatives in Congress on the

—

whose

1991 to coordinate existing fedt

need to help our children and families develop priorities based on prin-

Lent we are going to reserve for worship and hospitality," she said. "No matter how busy we are, we are not going to go to the grocery store, and we will invite our neighbors over for a

Healthy families spontaneously include others, Willumsen added. Spiritual companionship. "One of the things that is lacking today is taking time to reflect on our experiences and to pray those experiences," said

Barnhart, in

parts of the U.S. bishops' recent

self-sufficiency."

World Peace,

cup of coffee and dessert," she said. Hospitality can be extended outside the home, she added, to shut-ins or people in nursing homes.

Bonior added.

two

goals to improve the plight of children

nice idea to decide that Sundays during

the U.S. bishops'

She quoted Sullivan as describ first, best and m important department of human vices" and said the Bush administrat wants to "encourage and assist but the family as "the

aye

bcia pj

replace the family."

Barnhart traced many of the pr lems facing American families toda] an "unwillingness to treat charac morals and values as the important

Aft

It'll

sues they are."

She urged support for

efforts

as the nationwide anti-drug

si an

campa to

which has succeeded in reducing the of some drugs by teen-agers. "Pri\

he,

h He.;

voices give strength to public actior Ivica

she said.

issues.

Bonior, a Catholic, spoke of the

importance of the Church's role in helping form U.S. public policy. "For much of American history, Catholics in political life were looked

on with suspicion," he

said.

"But things

Barnhart also endorsed the B administration's proposal to link v

tCo

fare benefits to participation in job

education programs, saying that

gives participants "responsibility foe i

gives them hope."

Governor Proclaims March 29 Knights Of Columbus Day

proach. reading, the family will talk about

Take

Approach To Family, Children's Problems Officials

of Health and

"Take, for example, a loaf of bread,"

Scripture as a family. Kris

If questions arise

publican Party in the

to get ready for the day."

— Using

Reinhard, Bread

throughout the United States at a special "afternoon on Capitol Hill" during their

little

Spiritual Lent

areas for developing a healthy family

— Family

(CNS photo by Rick

sis

WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS)— Lent an excellent time for families to grow together in faith, according to Catholics in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. Patience is an important part of growing in faith, they said, because it takes time and effort to begin something new and see it through. Families might not feel they can begin something new and continue it on a regular basis, but Lent gives them an it

in this election year.

World)

who owe

quarter of

opportunity to try

the focus of last week's Catholic social minist

both."

or no taxes

the

was

action directors from Catholic dioceses

not available to workers

all

Church's social teachings

first

non-refundable —

Families Urged To Take 6 Steps

13, 1'2

RALEIGH

—

than 6,500 Catholic their

honor of more

men who

serve

Church and community, Gov. Jim

Martin has proclaimed March 29 Knights of

Columbus Day

in North Carolina "This recognition is most welcome

The Knights of Columbus was charMarch 29, 1882 by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. It has 1 .7 million members and more than tered

relations

and appreciated," said Ray Gatti, public chairman for the North Caro-

10,500 councils in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Guatemala, Cuba, the Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands and the

lina State Council.

Dominican Republic.

In 1991, the Knights of

of North Carolina led dollars per

member

all

Colum

other state

raised for chai

Operation Lamb program, which the mentally handicapped, rai $552,000. Since 1 974, the Knights h lts

contributed $4.4 million to assist

tally handicapped citizens of North C;

Una.

fe-

ilj

The Catholic News

jch 13, 1992

Newest Spiritans In Diocese Come From Varied Backgrounds The newest Spiritans to come to the Diocese of Charlotte are Fathers John McAndrew and Martin Conroy. Catholic News & Herald contrihuter Marion Cardoza, a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes in Monroe, spoke to both priests about their decisions and callings to become members of the Spirtan or Holy Ghost Fathers. Father John J. McAndrew "For the gifts and callings of God are irrevocable."

Norman Bevan (second from left) meets with McAndrew, Ed Vilkauskas and Martin Conroy during a visit

I ritan Provincial Father I) John

Photo by

lirdes in Monroe.

(Roman

1 1

:29)

Spiritan Fathers to

Our Lady of

CAROL HAZARD

FATHER MARTIN CONROY

Bring Charism Of

[ipiritans

and even contemplated marriage,

yer,

How-

although neither came to pass.

Vangelization To Diocese

what did materialize was an op-

ever,

portunity to help an elderly priest run a

CAROL HAZARD

parish. "I

Associate Editor

ferred to as a lay ministry," he said.

MONROE

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The

world

for spreading the Gospel.

,ter

their

And the

for

poor children. They also

participate in Habitat for

Nine years

N.H., urged McAndrew to contact the bishop of Manchester. Several meetings and many discussions later, McAndrew returned to the seminary in

could not otherwise afford them. Moreover, the Spiritans have taken under their wing Sacred Heart Mission in Wadesboro, about half way between Monroe and Hamlet. The order has 3,800 members in more than 50 countries. Its missionary focus is Africa for it was there that the order's co-founder, Francis Libermann, sent his first clergy in 1843 to begin what was considered a radical ministry. While the Spiritans of an older order had been content to serve the white French colonists in Africa, Father

the spiritual journey of Spiritan Father

Libermann's missionaries were sent into the bush country to work with the black

ily

Evangelization

their charism, or '

founders

followers.

"The potential here

our rism is great," said Spiritan ProvinNorman Bevan during a recent visit 3ur Lady of Lourdes in Monroe. North Carolina, with a growing but itively small Catholic population, vides ample opportunity to share the h, said Father Bevan. In keeping with Bishop John F. noghue's call to make the 1990s a :ade of evangelization, the three ritans serving in the diocese can be hful to their charism while being to exercise

natives.

nplementary to the local church, said

Father Libermann, who converted to Catholicism from Judaism, founded the Congregation of the Holy Heart of

her Bevan.

Mary

am grateful to the openness of the

hop to receive our charism," said her Bevan.

announce and establish the Holy Gospel among the poorest and most neglected souls in the Church of God." "to

ast,

Puerto Rico, Paraguay, the Re-

Under his expert diplomacy, the order was merged in 1848 with the Order of the Holy Ghost, which was nicknamed the Spiritans. The Order of the Holy Ghost had been started in 1 703 by Claude Francois

)lic

of South Africa and Tanzania in

Poullart des Places,

I Father Bevan, the superior to 130 In, typically meets with his "confreres"

a year, traveling from the Spiritan

|:e

vincialate in Bethel Park, Pa., out-

of Pittsburgh, throughout the East

Africa.

He'll ;

make a second trip to Monroe

year, returning in

May

for the 50th

Our Lady of Lourdes. Ed Vilkauskas, pastor of the

liversary of

Father

ish,

arrived in the diocese four years

head the Office of Evangelizai. He was joined last year by Father in Mc Andrew, who serves as paroal vicar of the parish, and Father rtin Conroy, pastor of St. James Par>

Hamlet.

In addition to spreading the Gospel, Spiritans bring a concern for justice R the

poor. Since a "considerable num-

of the real poor" live in North Caroi, t

nary in Paris for poor students. Although the congregation earned pres-

orthodoxy and care for the poor, it was almost snuffed out during the French Revolution. Father Libermann's persistence to recruit vocations for missionary work threatened the Holy Ghost Fathers' existence. As the Congregation of Holy Heart of Mary continued to attract candidates, relations with the Holy Ghost

tige for its

Fathers deteriorated.

was in this hostile climate that the congregations were united. Father Libermann, who was anxious to develop native clery, gained from the It

the area again lends itself to living

Spiritans a pool of highly educated priests with

At Our Lady of Lourdes, Father jkauskas recalls a meeting with pa|ioners who wanted to do Christmas ikets for the needy. "Is that all we're sng to do?" he asked, Responding to the challenge, paiioners began raising money and doing items to Turning Point, a shelter battered women, and the Lullabye |

who founded a semi-

the Spiritan charism, said Father

Wan.

after leaving the semi-

who

projects, building homes for people

given by God to the order

today re-

nary, a Spiritan father from Manchester,

For here, the Spiritans, or Holy ost Fathers, are actively involved in

Humanity

)cese of Charlotte is a pearl.

ingelization.

League

was doing what

seminary expertise. The Spiritans were assured of their survival. Father Libermann, a controversial figure who suffered from health disorders and bouts of epilepsy, was not ordained until he was 39. Yet, in his 1 years as a priest, he made new inroads for the Catholic faith.

Not limiting his vision to Africa, Father Libermann deployed personnel so widely and thinly that he was criti-

FATHER JOHN

MCANDREW

The passage is an apt description for John McAndrew,

joined fellow

Ed Vilkauskas last NoOur Lady

Spiritan Father

vember

who

as parochial vicar of

of Lourdes Church in Monroe. The second son in a family of six boys and one girl, Father McAndrew

was born

in Fall River,

moved

would-be

Mass. The fam-

to Tiverton, R.I.,

where the

priest attended public school

for eight years.

high school

He spent his first year in La Salle Academy oper-

ated by the Christian Brothers in Provi-

dence.

The

McAndrew worked

McAndrew to the priest-

father, attracted

as a parish priest.

Yet, he wasn't able to

go of the

let

confrontation he'd had with his Spiritan

had always bothered me. I things might have been What would have happened if

superiors. "It

wondered different. I

had

tried to

work

things out.

told

others about the importance of recon-

'What about yourself?'

ciliation.

was

forced to ask myself." Father

McAndrew came

to realize

his true vocation lay with the Spiritan fathers.

Reconciliation was brought about

Christian atmosphere there,

along with the influence of a parish priest who was a Spiritan or Holy Ghost

with

little

difficulty after

spending an-

other year as a novice, said Father McAndrew. In August 1979, just before his 50th birthday (during his Jubilee

hood. So, at the age of 14, he entered in

1943 the junior seminary of the order. Several years later as he prepared for ordination, McAndrew had a falling out with his superiors, which caused

him

1965 and was ordained a priest for the Manchester Diocese in May 1967. For the next 1 1 years, Father

to leave the seminary.

Returning to his parents' home, he spent the next

1 1

years working on the

family farm and as a handyman around town. He considered becoming a law-

year, the anniversary all

when

Bibilically

debts are forgiven), Father McAndrew

was ordained a Spiritan priest. Asked if had adjusted to the changes brought about by Vatican II, Father

McAndrew said, "I enthusiastically and totally support Vatican Council II. However,

regret that in

some cases

the

teachings and directives of the council were imposed and implemented without proper and adequate preparation and explanation to the people."

cized by the French Church and govern-

In closing, he said,

Father Libermann, however, world was waiting to hear the whole the

word of

there

must be

there

ment.

Christ.

Like their forefathers, the Spiritans of today are dispersed in remote areas of the world, bringing the Gospel to all, especially the poorest and

most ne-

glected.

Although their largest province is in France, homebase for some 900 Spiritans, their fastest growing province is Nigeria. There, they have 80 to

90 theology students preparing for ordination.

"We like to think of ourselves as an international family sharing the cultural

riches

from one country

to another

sharing the perspective of what

and

means

be followers of Christ," said Father Bevan. "It's a big world and there's a lot of work to be done."

"Be not

the first

whom the new is tried not yet the last

to lay the old aside. In certain things unity, in doubtful things

liberty, but in all things there

must be charity." Father Martin J. Conroy Father Martin Conroy made the decision to become a priest because he wanted to "share Jesus with others," he said.

As a boy, he'd been impressed with who helped the poor during the

priests

Great Depression. "The deprivations of the period lent themselves to the calling," he said, reflecting on the possibility that faith flourishes in times of adversity.

Ordained in 1954, Father Conroy has been involved in ministries that have taken him

to 10 countries

and 40

See Conroy, Pa

News

jtholic

Herald

March

13,

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

Here is the Vatican Pope John Paul IPs remarks in English at his

text of

weekly general audience March

In contrast to these signs of hope,

•

and the respective governments for their kind invita-

Editorial 4|l

Unanswered concerns

tions.

also express my grati-

tude to the

JjP(

There are in this issue of The Catholic News & Herald a number of stories referring to the concerns of the U.S. iCatholic Conference, various bishops and diocesan social ministries workers. There are numerous such concerns but the one raised most frequently is about the needs of children. About one-fifth of the children in the United States live in poverty. Children now make up a large segment of the nation's homeless population. Catholic leaders have been speaking out for months about the problems of the children who represent the future of our country. We are beginning to wonder whether anyone has been listening to them. This is an election year with candidates for president and other national and state offices criss-crossing the country seeking votes. They're making all sorts of promises but they don't seem to be addressing the concerns of children. Of course, as Jesse Jackson pointed out in a recent

order to thank the bishops

ies

many missionar-

and native clergy and

religious carrying out the

challenging task of evangelization.

Our

daily celebrations of

the Eucharist

showed

the

growing inculturation of the Church among the peoples of Africa and the enrichment which Africa's Catholics bring to the universal Church. The young Christians of these countries are able to build on a traditionally dynamic lay apostolate, and they offer great hope for the Church's future. The importance of interreligious dialogue, especially "the dialogue of everyday life," was made clear in my various meetings with representatives of the Islamic communities, which form the

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ROME

(CNS) Pope John Paul II said Lent should be a time of "interior repentance" for Christian

they're not talking about either.Precious

disunity.

little

has

class.

(We must admit that Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton make a passing reference to children during a

did

recent candidates' debate. But

was

We can

see

why

candidates might think they can

vote and they don't have the money to make big campaign contributions. We might point out to the candidates, however, that there are large numbers of people in this country who are concerned about our children and the future.

And

these people can vote.

Maybe

enough people do

pressing for

start

addressing the

really important issues.

The Catholic

New World, we nee<i \ renew our faith in the Redemption won for us by Je f Christ, who embraces in a special way those whohB' suffered most at the hands of others. At the beginning of our Lenten journey, letfl resolve once again to spend this time of conversion interior renewal in listening more attentively to word of God, in prayer and in the daily exercise charity toward our neighbor, I extend a warm welcome to the group of pri< from the United States taking part in the theolog renewal course offered by the Pontifical North Am II can College. May your time in the eternal city dee] your love of Christ and His Church and help you tc ever more effective preachers and witnesses of Gc rate the evangelization of the

word.

song.

Upon

visitors

also thank the choirs for their praise of Go<

all the English-speaking pilgrims invoke abundant divine blessings.

resolving continuing tensions between Catholics

Orthodox

;

Basilica of Santa Sabina.

world."

"We wish that this holy day and the

whole Lenten

way by the interior

repentance called for also by the painful observation of the continuing lack of unity among Christians," he said.

Prayer for unity

especially appropriate as Chris-

tians prepare for the Easter

commemoration of "the

dispersed sons and daughters of God and His glorious life

with sincere prayer and fraternal Orthodox churches of the East together with the communities and confessions that arose in the West from the Reformation," the pope said the day after a Vatican-Russian Orthodox meeting aimed at all

science."

"Man

law inscribed by God dignity lies in observing this law and by it he wili judged," the pope said, quoting the Second Vati has

in his heart a

Council.

"This interior sanctuary ity," the

pope

the center of our hum

said. "Individuals are

most

fully

th<

selves thanks to the interior truth of their thoug

of the world."

"We embrace

love

in the

In his Mass homily, the pope spoke of Lent time "to recover the interior sanctuary of the c

death of Christ on the cross to gather together the resurrection for the

answers, some candidates will

to "rept

March 4. The pope made his plea for Christian unity at the end of Ash Wednesday services celebrated at Rome's

Catholics and other Christians should mark the 40 days of Lent with "a particular union in penitence and prayer" and by forgiving each other for injuries which have contributed to Christian division, the pope said

period be permeated in a particular

safely ignore the concerns of children. Children can't

command

former Soviet Union. The churches must follow Christ's example how to pray, asking each other's pardon "with a sine heart" and asking forgiveness from God, he said. The pope prayed that ecumenical initiatives wo continue to the point of "finally resolving the dif; ences which still prevent full unity" and that Christi would grow in their awareness of their "comn responsibility in announcing the Gospel to the wli

just a passing

reference.)

recall Christ's

in the

majority in these countries.

television appearance, there are a lot of other things

been said about minorities, women, the homeless and the poor. Most of the talk, at least by presidential candidates of both parties, has been about the problems of the middle class. We might note that they seem to have trouble deciding who constitutes the middle

Gospel" (Mk 1:15). In a spirii penance, therefore, we must acknowledge the c which the slave trade inflicted on the peoples of Afn Still, we know that "where sin increased, grace aboum" all the more" (Rom 5:20), through the mystery of 1 Redemption. In this year in which we also commer W and believe

visit to

Goree recalled the brutality of the Afti slave trade. Today, as the church celebrates

Wednesday, we Dear brothers and sisters, Today, I wish to refer to my recent pastoral visit Senegal, the Gambia and Guinea in West Africa,

island of

the

words and works." For that reason, he said, people must listen to voice of God, not let sin become a habit and drive anything that would obscure the truth.

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in a small

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didn't have to worry about the

druggies and the creeps that

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know this because of what Join

looking

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this

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Sincerely, *0i

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Mass

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Aims

to Spark,

Add Meaning

on "Works

to Liturgy" (Feb. 2

cities

See Letters,

Land of the free and home of the brave? What about the bloody murders of poor, innocent babies in their mothers' wombs? When my parents were children, mothers brought their babies into the world.

They

did not abort them. to this next generation?

What has happened to the raising of today's kids? The reason why all this has happened is because the country

is. i

of America now.

So what has happened

me and from just

When you

1th or 12th grade.

to school because, usually,

town.

has strayed from God.

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GATELY

By BOB

For something like 200 years, the St. Patrick's Day parade has been a fixture in Wv York City, enjoyed by thousands of Irish and "Irishmen for a day." But, if some officials have their way, the March 17 parade is going to become a thing of the 33-

Mayor David N. Dinkins and

—

Commission

the city's

Human

Rights

are seeking to ban the parade because the

sponsoring Ancient Order of Hibernians refused to allow a homosexual group to march as a unit. Dinkins has characterized the refusal as a "very serious, very troubling" violation of the city's

Maybe

missed

papers, but

outrage

since

don't recall

human I

rights law.

rarely see the

New York

Mayor Dinkins expressing

when homosexual groups disrupted Masses at St.

Patrick's Cathedral or attempted to disrupt appearances

by Cardinal John J. O'Connor. Whose rights were being violated then? I imagine that at least some members of the which is causing the trouble for the parade Lesbian and Gay Organization

—

Now

deceitfulness.

"What seems to be bad within you

Catholic New York the newspaper of the Archdiocese of New York, notes that

the very fact of your observing

based his mayoral campaign on the theme of bringing all New Yorkers Now, it says, he "is going out of his way to alienate the city's Catholics." The newspaper points out that the parade is a celebration of Irish Catholic tage and is run under Catholic auspices. (The AOH limits its membership to lolics.) It

seems strange

me that a group which publicly opposes Church teaching on

ntially a

Catholic event.

has the "right" to participate in what

seems even more strange

that city officials

should

e with the group.

Somewhat

surprisingly, the

arnians, saying the

parade

New York

Civil Liberties

Union agrees with

3n laws, but an activity of public expression protected by the I

sure hope the courts agree.

the

accommoFirst Amendment.

not a public event subject to the public can't

imagine New York City without a St. Patrick's

parade.

Of Unwed Parents Be Baptized?

in Infant

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

son and his non-Catholic fiance had a beautiful baby

girl several

They recently moved to our state from Mississippi. They tried to baby baptized in a Catholic church without success because they are married. They do plan to get married in the future. Both prospective parents are Catholic, as is the father of the baby. Must this innocent baby ler because the parents have sinned? They made a decision not to abort the ly, and now the Church is turning its back on them. What are they to do? pida) iths ago. e

the

A. As I explained in some detail not long ago in this column, the fact that a mother and father are not married is no automatic obstacle to the baptism of their child. Church regulations for baptism do require that the priest have a solidly founded hope that the child will be raised a Catholic. Normally this means that at least one of the parents is a practicing Catholic, one who can give that child the guidance and example of a basic Catholic sacramental life.

You

don't give enough information for

to say any-

your son practicing his faith at all? Why are they not married? What about their attitudes toward marriage and their effort to live a moral and honest

thing further.

style?

Unless questions like these have some positive response, any priest is correct in ting to help that couple work out their own spiritual lives before consenting to

The fact that the godparents are good Catholics is a help, cannot substitute for some basic Catholic practice on the part of

baptism of their baby. it

realistically

one parent. I am concerned more by your remark about making an innocent baby suffer. I e you are not implying that without baptism a baby is totally spiritually deprived [jjod. Or that only through baptism does a child become loved and cared for and iced over by God. I have even read of some priests speaking that way; before baptism a baby is a Id of the devil," whatever that means, and only afterward becomes a "child of 1." Such talk is nonsense from a Christian point of view, and indefensible in :ast

yiolic

theology.

From Jjl's

moment of any

the first

creative love,

person's existence that

life

comes

straight out of

moment by that same love and care, of Christ, who as we say at Mass shed

held in existence each

a recipient of the redemptive grace plood for every person. It is an old axiom of Catholic theology that God gives grace for salvation to all act according to their lights and ability. Or put another way, He does not deny Jjgrace to anyone who does not deliberately place a sinful obstacle to that grace, ifaon't know how God works all that out, but your infant grandchild shares in that lit is

ijne

elievers.

lit

It is

call the

an essential element of

sacraments of

full

community

entrance into that community, one of

will

grow purer from Avoid fear ...

in yourself.

in attain-

ing love.

"Don't be too frightened even of your evil actions. "I am sorry I can say nothing more consoling to you; for love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. Love in dreams is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed; hoping that all will be looking on applauding, as though on a stage. But active love is labor and fortitude. "But I predict that just when you see with horror, that in spite of all your efforts you are getting further from your goal instead of nearer to it, at that very moment I predict that you will reach it, and behold clearly the miraculous power of the Lord who has been lovingly and mysteriously guiding you all the time." Dostoyevsky's character, Father Zosima, reassures us that a little worry about our spiritual state is a sign of God's grace working in us. Do not be afraid of your sinfulness, he says. With perseverence, you will prevail. That's why it's so important to pour out your heart to God and receive His forgiveness. You can be sure you're on the right path when you stop making excuses for yourself. And don't blame others for your situation. You are responsible for your own happiness, no one else. Keep your hope alive and all will be well. Be patient with your slow progress. Begin each day, with a new confidence, not so much in yourself, but in the Spirit of God living in you, the Soul of your soul. Give thanks to the Lord in all circumstances for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18. (For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "The Fruits of Hope," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St., New York, N.Y. 10017) Father John Catoir is director of The Christophers.

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Priests Should

Speak About Punishment

By ESTELLE WISNESKI One Candle" column, in which he tried to some priests no longer speak of hell "the way priests did years

Father John Catoir's Feb. 7 "Light explain the reason

ago," might more aptly have been

titled, to

paraphrase a recent Hollywood film,

"Silence of the Shepherds."

Though

poll after poll reveals Catholics are virtually indistinguishable

from

unbelievers in their thoughts and actions regarding the sins of contraception, abortion, fornication, adultery, divorce and remarriage and sodomy, there continues

emanate from many Catholic pulpits a puzzling silence with respect to these "sins of the flesh," even when the Scripture readings for the day explicitly condemn and warn against them. Even the fact that our Blessed Mother told the three children at Fatima more than 70 years ago that more souls go to hell for sins of the flesh than for any others doesn't seem to convince some of our shepherds of the urgent need to preach against these sins and call for repentance and conversion of heart. This problem of the "silence of the shepherds" is, evidently, not entirely without precedent in the history of Christ's Mystical Body. Fourteen hundred years ago, to

Pope

St.

Gregory the Great wrote

in his Pastoral

Guide:

"An imprudent silence may leave in error those who could have been taught. Pastors who lack foresight hesitate to say openly what is right because they fear losing the favor of men. As the voice of truth tells us, such leaders are not zealous pastors who protect their flocks; rather they are like mercenaries who flee by taking refuge in silence when the wolf appears. "When a pastor has been afraid to assert what is right, has he not turned his back and fled by remaining silent? Whereas if he intervenes on behalf of the flock, he sets up a wall against the enemy in front of the house of Israel. "The word of reproach is a key that unlocks a door, because reproach reveals a fault of which the evildoer is himself often unaware ... God tells us through Malachi: 'The lips of the priest are to preserve knowledge, and men shall look to him for the law, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.' .... That is also the reason why the Lord warns us through Isaiah: 'Cry out and be not still; raise your voice in a trumpet call.'"

Father Catoir reasoned that priests no longer talk about hell the way they did "maybe they don't want to scare people into believing that God Yet, the psalmist tells us: "Happy the man who never follows monster." legalistic is a years ago because the advice of the

plan.

Certainly tremendous graces are bestowed through baptism into the

never be frightened at your own faintheartedness

kins

losexual behavior should think

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

Lent has begun, try to be more patient with yourself. You are closer to your God than you think. If you're having trouble becoming the loving person you want so much to be, don't be discouraged or frightened. Becoming a genuinely loving person is never easy. Persevere in the will to love and brush aside any feelings of sadness over your imperfections. Who is perfect? Dorothy Day entitled one of her books, "Love Is a Harsh and Dreadful Thing." It's a phrase taken from one of my favorite passages in Dostoyevsky's book, "The Brothers Karamazov." Through the character of Father Zosima, Dostoyevsky answers those who are discouraged about their weakness: "It is enough that you are distressed ... Much good is happening in your own soul, since you know yourself so deeply." oar"I believe you are sincere and good. If you are not fully happy, always remember that you are on the right road, and try not to leave it. Above all, avoid falsehood of every kind, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your that

vere involved in those disruptions.

:ther.

One Candle

Light

Notebook

wicked or

loiters

on the way

scoffers but finds his pleasure in the law of

night."

And

that sinners take or sits about with

Yahweh and murmers His law day and

our Lord Himself warned us: "It is easier for heaven and earth to little stroke to drop out of the law." (Luke 16:17)

disappear than for one

initiation.

See Dietzen, Page 6

See Wisneski, Page

atholic

News

March

Herald

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? The

Christian Faithful In By FATHER

Columbian Squires

13,

Circle Formed...

Canon Law

FRANK CANCRO

Events of the past few months have convinced us once again of the raging power of water. When the heavens open and rain pours down, there is little we can do to stop it. Its force can sometimes cause damage to our homes and environment. Flooding, similar to the devastating water in eastern Texas in the early winter, can move homes from foundations and interrupt the every day life of individuals without more than a moment's notice. Even some years after the hurricane named Hugo, we in the South still shudder when we hear of the possibility of driving rains along our coasts or in our cities.

no mere coincidence that the symbol used Church is that potent, powerful symbol of water. Yet, we rarely stop to think that the waters of baptism into which we were plunged or which trickled lightly over our heads has something to do with the same kind of powerful reality I've mentioned above. The good news is, it does! In our Church life, we've often found it easy to link power to certain jobs, to people with a certain status. We know (sometimes from unfortunate personal experience) that a pastor in a parish can shape the life and worship of a given community. It's easy for us to find comfort in the role of a bishop as a teacher and Water has tremendous power.

It is

for initiation into the life of faith in our

administrator within his diocese.

One of the things

in Christ

by baptism, are constituted the people of God. For this reason, they have been made sharers in their own way in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly functions of Christ. According to their own proper condition, they are called to exercise the mission which God has entrusted the Church to fulfill in the world." Imagine that! Any baptized Christian, ordained or lay person (canon 207,1); all of us, priests, prophets and rulers. It is a sobering thought to know that the power of baptismal water flows us into that kind of relationship with the world. At the very

canon challenges us

connected to our baptism as responsibility calls us to be

to believe that there is an live

immense

responsibility

sponsored by Clark,

St.

at St.

Dorothy

like Christ

who

the priest, prophet and

and king.

Members of

(front, 1-r)

Andrew Simmons, Steve Raber and Ryan Koender;

the grc

Michael Gerlits, Ja

(rear, 1-r)

David Linger! "

Jr.

For 1991 Blood Donations CHARLOTTE

—

Two

Catholic

churches cleaned up at an American Red Cross awards ceremony for blood donations given in 1991 by churches in

Mecklenburg County. St.

award

for blood donations

at a fixed site. St.

Matthew won

the Traveling Trophy for donations given

during a bloodmobile drive.

The awards were presented by the Greater Carolinas Chapter of American

Red

Cross, the regional headquarters

for five states. St.

Ann

averaged 32 units of blood weekends,

for each of four blood drive

Married love mirroring the love of God in the world; single life directed toward goals and objectives that clearly show the Gospel as a guiding force; family life that teaches the values of the Christian life and instills attitudes based in the Gospel into

winning the highest award for "outstanding support of the weekend and holiday programs at a fixed site." Also, parishioners donated 43 pints Christmas weekend to win an award for the most donations during a holiday week-

the hearts of

end.

Prophet Prophets don't predict the future. Their words and actions give clarity to the present. For us to be prophetic

means that we must be honest about the

lives

we lead:

all.

Other commitments and relationships that are built on the Word of God living and active that speak into your heart and assist you in letting the way you smile, work, play, pray and interact with others reflect the truth about God's presence and power

St.

ning the Traveling Trophy for standing support of a church blood p gram, especially through bloodmobi

Both parishes won certificates Ms: meeting their quotas. Other Catht churches that met their 1 99 1 goals w Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Vine de Paul and St. Thomas Aquinas "We are called on to be good titb namely in giving 1 0 percent of our tii talent and treasure," said Msgr. Rich Allen, pastor of St. Ann. "When we g a pint of blood, we give 1 0 percent of blood to others and that is what the L Hie calls on us to do, to be good tithers In addition to these awards, Vincent de Paul, St. Ann and St. Gab won awards for excellent donor grams and the highest percentage b

Lini

Ann won the Traveling Trophy,

the highest

given

connected to sacrifice (remember the stories of the Hebrew Scriptures?) For us to share in Christ's priesthood means that our lives must in some way or another be given over, emptied out, in order to be filled up with him. This happens when we abandon prejudices, give over our attachments to money, people, ideas and attitudes. It happens when we are willing to cling less to things that make us comfortable and are willing to accept the will of God bit by bit in our every day lives. That kind of priesthood witnesses to others and can nourish them in such a way that they feel strong enough to do the same with their lives!

in Lincolnton.

Dorothy Council 8664 of the Knights, are

Red Cross Honors Parishes

out day in and day out. At the very best, that

Priest "priest"

of Columbian Squires, the youth organization of the Knif

that readily identifies us as Catholic is

become one of them? Baptism! Canon 204, 1 says: "The faithful are those who, inasmuch as they have been incorporated

The term

fifth circle

of Columbus, was formed recently

Timothy Daugherty, Shane Freeman, Chris Patton and Robert Jordan

our recognition of the pope's supreme authority within the Church. But the Code of Canon Law reminds us that there is another group of people that possesses power as well. Who? The code calls them the christifidelis, the Christian faithful. How does one

least, this

North Carolina's

Matthew gave more than 90 two drives, win-

units during each of its

li.il

is a

member

participation.

than

parishioners from St. Gabriel, the

tV 1

gave blood last year. About 1 80 churches in Mecklenb

est parish,

County contribute linas

to the Greater

tsio

Chapter blood donation progr;

you.

[

Mil

Ruler This isn't about sitting on a pedestal or being fed bon-bons by underlings. rather understanding that

are to orchestrate the bulding of a

It is

kingdom, God's

kingdom.

we are molds kingdom. All our actions help to set the timetable that determines when the work of this kingdom will be complete and able to be inhabited. We are rulers like King Jesus who overcomes death for no other reason than to restore life not just for Himself but for all of us. Did you ever imagine you had that much responsibility for the life of the Church and the unfolding of God's kingdom? Baptism does that. All the baptized, Catholic and non-Catholic, make up this people of God who are called to be priests, prophets and rulers. It is powerful water, isn't it? Father Frank Cancro, a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte and a member of the Society of St. Sulpice, is vice rector of the Theological College at The Catholic University of America in Washington. All

say and do lays the foundation for that kingdom. All that

ST. PATRICK WAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF _J KILPATRICK JN SCOTLAND IN 387. AT 16

the life of that

Dietzen (From Page

But to grow and flourish and come to fulfillment, baptismal grace normally needs to be nourished in some context of faith, the faith of the parents and others who through the years will consistently be part of, and a connection with, that child's faith

community. This

precisely the reason the

Church

insists

on the above requirements before

a priest or anyone else can lawfully baptize a baby into the Catholic faith.

(A free brochure outlining marriage regulations in the Catholic Church and explaining the promises in an interfaith marriage is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N.

Main

fcrH

StpATMCK

HE WAS CAPTUREP BY PIRATES AND SOLD AS A SLAVE TO A CHIEF IN IRELAND. HE WAS ley PUT TO WORK AS A SHEPHERD AND PRAYED CONSTANTLY AS HE ENDURED HUNGER AND C01 AFTER SIX YEARS, IT IS SAID, GOD TOLD HIM IN A DREAM TO RETURN TO HIS OWN COUNTRY. YEARS LATER HE BECAME A PRIEST AND RECEIVE HIS APOSTOLIC MISSION FROM POPE CELESTINE PATRICK WANTED TO GO BACK TO IRELAND. HE WAS CONSECRATED A BISHOP AND SENT THERE DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM HIS RELATIVES AND THE * CLERGY, WHO SAID HIS EDUCATION WAS DEFECTIVI HE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT IRELAND, BAPTIZING A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. HE ORDAINED MANY PRIESTS, ENCOURAGED WOMEN TO LIVE IN CONTINENCE, CONSECRATED VIRGIN* TO CHRIST, REPLACED DRUIDISM WITH CHRISTIANITY, INSTITUTED MANY MONASTERI AND FILLED THE COUNTRY WITH CHURCHES

AND SCHOOLS. ST. PATRICK REGARDED HIMSELF AS IGNORANT, AND AN UNWORTHY SINNERS AS HE CALLS HIMSELF IN HIS 'CONFESSION HE DIED AND

WAS BURIED AT DOWN

ULSTER.

THE FEAST OF ST. PATRICK MARCH 17, A POPULAR DAY WITH IRISHMEN EVERYWHERE.

IS -

Graf

The Catholic News Stahl, the narrative

interestingly con-

and Peck's characterization is entirely likable and sincere though, like trived

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

Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Mo-

many

vintage

Hollywood

pictures

about religion, lacking much spiritual depth. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Fox, $19.98)

—

"King of Kings" (1961)

tion Picture Association of America rat-

Stolid screen spectacular presents the life of Christ within the historical

ing.

Roman

context of Jewish resistance to

"Barabbas"(1962) Uneven costume

Moorad and Casey Ashmore,

sixth-graders at Rosary School in Oklahoma City, coaimed at helping the world's hungry children. Lindqa Straka (1) of Cox ble operates the video camera while William Walker of Cable News Network films the me for the network. (CNS photo by Sister M.M. McGraw, The Sooner Catholic) elle

;hor a class video

)klahoma Sixth-Graders Make ideo To Help Hungry Children OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) — The icern of sixth-grade students for the

hungry children has resulted

headlines in our newspapers.

And these

deaths can be prevented."

The video ends with Casey Cook

production of a video to boost anti-

saying the world will lose children and

iger efforts.

their songs, pictures, stories

"We couldn't resist doing this video kids as organized as these kids are,"

d Linda Straka, a producer for ble in

Oklahoma

Cox

The cable

City.

work volunteered to help. The students, from Rosary School, 0 will be seen in March on Cable ws Network, which came to film a ;ment for

its

"CNN News Room"

>gram, targeted for young viewers,

on making of the video. The students felt not much was be-

tions,

less

and

and inven-

"They're working to keep hungry, sick kids from dying," Keefe told The Sooner Catholic, Oklahoma City's archdiocesan newspaper. "It wouldn't take a lot to help these kids.

They need

food, clean water, and immunization."

"The U.N. World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1991 is presently in the House Committee on

They contacted their leg-

Foreign Affairs," she added. "But nothing much has happened." But as a result of the postcard campaign, she said, they'd heard federal

and radio dons with hand-drawn 24-inch by inch "postcards," and decided to ke a video to send to other sixth

lawmakers from Oklahoma U.S. Reps. Mike Synar, a Democrat, and Jim Inhofe, a Republican, and Democratic Sen. David Boren will co-sponsor it.

done to help hungry children around world, so they wanted to do someig

about

and

ators

it.

local television

des to get

d to

—

help.

Response to the postcards was not at. But they sent one remaining post-

CNN headquarters in Atlanta. In

week CNN's Janice McDonald inCNN would come and film ogram. In Oklahoma City, Cox Cable ithey would make the sixth-graders' s

The students created a

Parishioner

Named

Morehead Scholar

UA,

lence.

The

ding the world with the Russian-

guage words for "Protect Peace" at

Veil:

Live-action dramatization of the

a land of mythical creatures ruled by the

In this provocative two-part docu-

mentary on

women

in the church, the

wicked White Witch but protected by the lion Asian,

who sacrifices his life for

and commitment of contemporary

another and then comes back to life to free all of Narnia. The colorful BBC

women religious with some perspective

production makes occasional use of ani-

on the past while the second (66 minutes) centers on the strong influence of

mation and special effects but the real magic is in the wonder of the youngsters as their fantastic adventures unfold. Enjoyable fable of good overcoming evil which some may see as having a Christian dimension in the death and

first

section (64 minutes) examines the

life

women in pre-Christian Celtic religions and the importance of the Great Abbesses and other women religious during the Middle Ages. A production of considerable quality made by the National Film Board of Canada, the film's outspoken criticism of the male hierarchical structure of the church will be seen by some as needlessly controversial and by others as necessary conIts

value

in bring-

resurrection of Narnia's savior. (Public

Media, $29.95)

"Quo Vadis"(1951) Roman general (Robert Taylor) falls for Christian

maid (Deborah Kerr) but

matters get complicated

when the loony

ing a sense of history and of personal

emperor burns

Rome

and blames the

experience to the ongoing discussion of

Christians. In director

Mervyn LeRoy 's

women

bring to the ministries

version of the Henryk Sienkiewicz novel,

of the church. Appropriate for older

the epic production overpowers the pallid

love story and the conflict between

"The Greatest Story Ever Told"

paganism proves less between the mad Nero (Peter Ustinov) and his rationalist adviser (Leo Genu). It's a mixed bag of religious fervor and pagan frolics, with

(1965)

a lengthy suicide scene,

While not the greatest movie ever made, director George Stevens' vision of the Gospel story presents a consistent, traditional view of Christ as God Incarnate. Despite its epic Hollywood scale, the movie is well-acted, tastefully and realistically written and beautifully photographed. Max von Sydow's believable portrayal of Christ is the most

innuendo and stylized violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MGM/UA, $29.98)

Media and Communications

St.

Louis,

Mo. 63114, $59.95)

its

success.

The

—

Christianity and

interesting than that

some sexual

—

"The Song of Bernadette" (1943) Durable adaptation of the Franz

Werfel

novel

about

Bernadette

Soubirous (Jennifer Jones), the French schoolgirl who in 1858 saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary at a grotto near Lourdes but whose announcement of this is initially discredited

by her

stern

pastor (Charles Bickford), the town pros-

Iher, Glenna Keefe, "told us to look

Anne

light at the camera, to speak up,

the Rosary in Lexington,

|, it is true that 40,000 children did today and die every day without any

Nuns" (1985)

is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Associa-tion of America. (CBS/Fox, $29.98)

—

"The Lion, the Witch and the Ward-

children who stray by chance into Narnia,

"Behind the

tion

about makeup for television, laliere or hanging microphones, [trviewing and being interviewed. Student Casey Ashmore said their

The video opens with Casey as the J| fior, saying, "Today 147 jetliners >hed. All passengers were lost." Co-anchor Noelle Moorad says, [iough it didn't exactly happen that

and

U.S. Catholic Conference classifica-

During the taping, the students

Rto roll our eyes."

— adults

C.S. Lewis story about four English

essential element in

top.

(MGM/

$29.98)

Columbia, $19.95)

Drive,

They got permission to use the song Our Hands," written by David Shire David Pomeranz for the September >0 candlelight vigil at the U.N. World nmit for Children. They also got mission from New Frontier magab to use a poster that shows a child

and

A-II

Corp., 1944 Innerbelt Business Center

d their lines.

—

robe" (1989)

(Oblate

had

than

adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (RCA/

cost. script,

tially,

U.S. Catholic Conference

classification

adolescent and adult discussion groups.

m the Next Generation," and memo-

—

ture Association of America.

in the ironic conclusion. Stylized .vio-

the gifts

Duts for the parts for the video, "Voices

flned

questioning survivor until re-emerging

sciousness-raising.

ated that

eo for the public access

one-note performance as the surly, ever-

their future leadership "un-

care."

pied with the period's political unrest but treats the Gospel account reverenif with more dramatic license some might find acceptable. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations. Not rated by the Motion Pic-

rld's

epic follows the

tormented path of the criminal (Anthony Quinn) who, after being freed by Pilate in lieu of Christ, is sentenced to the sulphur mines in Sicily, brought to Rome to be a gladiator (with Jack Palance as grimacing tutor-adversary) and finally crucified as a Christian under Nero. Directed by Richard Fleischer, the movie begins promisingly with a sequence counterpointing Christ and Barabbas, but the religious level gets lost in Quinn s

Uncomfortably cast in the title role is Jeffrey Hunter, though more effective are Siobhan McKenna as his mother, Robert Ryan as John the Baptist, Hurd Hatfield as Pilate, Rip Torn as Judas and Harry Guardino as Barabbas. Directed by Nicholas Ray, the script is preoccurule.

Shaffer, a parishioner of Our is

Lady of

among

this

year's winners of the

Morehead Scholar-

The scholarship

will provide all ex-

ship.

penses for four years of study sity

at the

Univer-

of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Underrated adaptation of A.J. Cronin's novel about a Scottish priest (Gregory Peck) sent to China at the end of the 19th century where he rebuilds a ruined mission, endures misunderstand-

also will provide for some overseas study. The Thomasville High School senior is active at Our Lady of the Rosary where she

serves as a lector.

"The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944)

ing,

war and disease but perseveres

through humility and cheerful service to win many converts and friends until retirement in Scotland fishing for sup-

per rather than souls. Directed by John

ecutor (Vincent Price) and an envious teacher (Gladys Cooper). Directed by Henry King, the story of a young girl's faith withstanding the disbelief

elders

made

of her

dramatically convincing

by a fine cast, evocative photography and largely unsentimental treatment. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Fox, $19.98)

—

What are the deeper places where we need healing? By

Richard McCord, Catholic News Service

We also find brokenness in the intiJr.

mate spaces between

it. I'll

Spouses go

their separate ways, and their marriages often end in divorce. Other couples stay married and keep their

After a year of recurrent pain and quite enough medical consultations and tests, I received a diagnosis. My spinal condition is serious, but not life threatening. There is no medication or therapy for

us.

and housing. Our shelters and food programs can't keep pace with the numbers of homeless and hungry. Special-interest groups shout each other down, unable or unwilling to join hands for com-

mon goals.

hostilities alive.

Family members are estranged, sometimes for reasons no one can explain. Children run away from home

need to live with it, knowing it and hoping it will get no

As the list of our "broken places" gets

today in record numbers. Teen-age suicide rates stand at an all-time high. Unemployment, alcoholism, drugs and domestic violence tear families apart. Brokenness afflicts communities. The deadly combination of poverty, drugs and available weapons is responsible for nearly one homicide each day in

will not improve

worse.

Ever since this began I've been pondering and praying more often about healing and about our brokenness which needs it. Illness or injury is usually the

most immediate and troublesome form of brokenness for which we seek healing. No wonder the Gospels portray the crowds seeking out Jesus and bringing to him all who were ill or troubled (Mark

Jesus "enabled the paralyzed

man

1:32)!

Many

levels of

healing are necessary, Jesus

shows is

the city where I live. In this same city racism still runs like

an underground stream through politics, education -vm*

to walk, but also forgave

his sins....

us,

because brokenness

so widespread throughout

our lives."

longer,

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

A nurse

mine is convin a critical ingredient in healing. Two patients may receive ti same care, but the one who is nourish

that hope

Hope

Who

Si fgf

harboring some anger or envy or malice in his '"" || heart? Who isn't walking around with some burden on her shoul- * 4 ders: a painful memory, the ; missed opportunity to have reached ^ out lovingly, a resentment for having been wronged? isn't

;

iPi

broken place

30s) to gather May 21-2 1992, at the University of Da ton in Dayton, Ohio, for a "P grimage of Trust on Earth. In an atmosphere of pray* music, silence, Bible study ai reflection, it is hoped that yom

->.

especially important

The U.S. Catholic bishoj and the brothers of the Tai ecumenical community France think so. They are i viting young adults (ages 1

of life at all its

"..â&#x20AC;&#x17E;

lives.

illness recovei

the lives of young people. Yet sui veys of youth have been pointii| out their high level of pessimis: about our world and its futuri Can we help our youi people to discover reasons f hoping so they can be heale

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friend of

a different kind of healing. "People wlj die with hope of eternal life, who ha\ entrusted their lives to God, die moi peacefully," she says. "An atmosphej of peace pervades the whole house Hope leads to healing, and healing i creases hope.

;

more quickly. Working as a hospice nurse, she se*

He enabled the paralyzed man to walk, but also forgave his sins (Luke 5:17-26). Many levels of healing are necessary, Jesus shows us, because brokenness is so widespread g throughout our lives. A banner hanging in my church during Lent proclaims: "The Lord heals us at our broken places." ; / Next to it stands a large clay vase with a crack running down ||.;> J the center and from which a piece is missing. We are in' vitedtoask: What are the bro-

...,

exter

by hope beyond this

Jesus healed all kinds of physical infirmity: blindness, lameness, leprosy. But his miracles also signified a deeper and more extensive healing.

ken places in our lives? What needs to be restored so our 1 ives can be whole again? We begin with our inner

we begin to grasp the

which God calls upon us to be hes and to be healers. The meaning of it all certainly doe escape our children. When some th graders in my city were asked to and draw what they would most like give their community, one girl sponded: "I would give everyone a ne hat. Party hats, fancy hats, even day hats!" New hats used to be connected witf Easter. Donning one is a small gestui of hope a sign that we're ready to on living!

mwslm

I Sy F

people will experience Christii

community and find ways to bui trust and reconciliation. (For inform

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Frequently enough, the human spirit needs to heal. A person may feel lost or desperate or hopeless. Or a person may have developed a negative outlook on the people and patterns in his or her life. People who are broken in spirit may feel apathetic not caring much about anything not caught up in their own existence. Self-assessment would seem to be in order when comes to healing a broken spirit. A person needs to examine why he feels negative, why she finds life uninteresting. A companion may be necessary for the journey back from brokenness: a spiritual adviser, a counselor, a friend. A good companion believes in you, has hope in you, and thus helps to restore self-confidence. A companion who listens well can help you to clarify your own thoughts, which may be anxiety-ridden or confused. If self-assessment becomes equated with self-absorption however, healing may be difficult. Frequently enough, the road to healing a broken spirit leads not only inward, but outward. Renewing our capacity to care about ourselves is aided by actually caring for others, becoming involved with them in life.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

la,

tion about the event, telephone the S( retariat for Family, Laity, Women aft:,,; Youth at 202-541-3040 or the Tai Community in New York at 212-24

0029.)

Why call these days together in Dj ton a pilgrimage? Because historical people have gone on pilgrimage to i new their faith and hope. This event meant to be a journey with otherf ward Christ, who offers a hope that do not disappoint (Romans 5:5).

1 1

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

(McCord is associate director of U* Catholic bishops' secretariat for Fami Laity,

Women and

Youth.)

1992

!h 13,

The Catholic News

FURTHER NOURISHMENT

irst

admit the need for healing

jy Father David K. O'Rourke, Catholic

News

Service

ithe Mass we hear the phrase, "You away the sin of the world." iterestingly, it speaks of sin in the ular, not sins in the plural. Most

imagine, have never noted the Yet it is important. For "the )f the world" and our own sins are jly not the same. )le, I

irence.

a condition but to actions, our own bad actions. One of the church's great theologians, St. Thomas Aquinas, described the difference between our own sin and

experiences of joy. "People speak of sorrow but seldom of joy." Says the author, "One of most fascinating experiments in being open to a spirit of joy is the practice of non-injury ... the effort to do no harm to any being by act, word or thought." As a result, she says, we can anticipate personal healing, experiencing a certain sacredness in everything. (Liguori Publications, One Liguori Dr., Liguori, Mo. '63057-9999. 1990. Paperback, $3.95.) the

original sin.

He asked the

God

question whether

became human

in the person of Jesus principally to forgive our sins or to bring healing to the common human condition of being wounded.

And

the theologian responded that to repair what was most in need of repair. Since our condition of being broken is our greatest wound, so our greatest need is for the healing of that wound. One practical consequence of this understanding is the way we view God.

God came

he sin of the world refers not to onal actions but to the human con>n of being wounded or broken. We v this wound by another name. Tramally it has been called original sin. ur ownsins, bycontrast, refer not to

Marilyn Norquist Gustin's Choosing Joy for Lent tells how joy heals and transforms people's lives. However, she observes, "for some reason people do not talk easily about"

"To begin the process of j

being healed, a process I

never complete

in this |

we first must

admit if H

Bad actions involve a judge. Wounds, on the other hand, require a doctor, a

lies in his inability to cope.

But that inability can be seen as a concrete sign of the wound we know as

healer.

And in my young friend, who is not good at faking things, that wound is visible.

So what we are saying when we say that Christ comes to lift from us the "sin of the world" is that God should be seen above all as a healer.

original sin.

He knows

in his heart and is willing admit that what he really needs is healing. So he has joined an Alcoholics Anonymous chapter where they require that he admit he is wounded and needs to

Let me give an example of what this can mean. One young man I know is troubled by the fact that so many of the things he tries to do just don't pan out. He and his wife have had a stormy marriage. He has had trouble keeping a job. He thinks that he is not a dependable father or a good model for his kids. He has been on drugs on occasion. He knows that if he doesn't watch it he can drink to excess easily. As he put it to me, "There is so much wrong with

that

really get discouraged.

help.

His friends, who like him and know to be good hearted, appear willing

him

to forgive his failings. isn't

try,

the "sin of the world" as it is written in human flesh. Yet the difference between this young man and others who might actually be better at surviving is a matter of degree, not of substance. The difference between him and many others

But

for

him that

He needs people who,

(Father O'Rourke is pastor of St. Dominic's Parish inBenicia, Calif., and

a free-lance

writer.)

MARKETPLACE

you could be the healer of just one form of brokenness

human

lives,

him, will admit that he is not making it and will help to guide and channel him into patterns that will work. To begin the process of being healed, a process never complete in this life, wt first must admit that we need it. Practically speaking, that first step fcr most of us means seeing that the unchosen flaws in our nature are real.

and so often things just don't work out. What he was describing, as I see it, is

FAITH IN THE

enough.

what would

be?

—

alcoholism, drugs, premarital sex "Low self-esteem. A lot of our problems and people staying in abusive situations are caused by low self-esteem." Monica Scott, Jackson, Miss.

—

now I'm working with infants with disabilities. would like to heal the guilt many parents feel: 'Why me, God? What did we do to deserve this?' would

"Right that

help them get past that so they can enjoy and work with the child that they Dawn Mull, Fairfax Station, Va. have." like to

—

"The rejection of older people who are then forgotten or lost. people to be more understanding of the loneliness older people Wanko, Kenner, La.

"We have a broken family. Rae Frieday, Elmhurst,

Bringing

would enable Barbara

feel."

—

them back together would be my

goal."

—

III.

You must want to be restored t

Still,

they must want to be

re-

ed. (the first

king of Israel, Saul, was a Samuel, who had seen

l;ic figure.

lnising qualities of leadership in this ((farm lad, had chosen him to lead the Iple in their desperate struggle linst the fierce Philistines. aul took up his mandate with gusto. I the stress of his responsibilities fealed a chink in his armor, a fatal m. He suffered from a basic insecu|, and it eventually broke him. f he had followed Samuel's wise guid;

|e, he ft

jealous,

thing

On the woman of

other hand there was the Luke's Gospel who was reduced to prostitution and despised by all the "better people" (7:36-50). No one could have been more broken by life than she was. However, she evidently

acknowledged her brokenness and

He decided to take own hands. This occa-

turned to God for healing. And she was

Jhed a break with Samuel, and mat|i went from bad to worse. i rival, or at least a perceived rival, '} eared on the scene in the person of ir gifted and popular David. Saul liked

healed.

Luke does not detail the process. But he does tell how she expressed her relief and gratitude. When Jesus was dining as the guest of a very proper Pharisee, she

had the

In this

would

community there

like to heal."

some

child

abuse coming

— Marvin Love, Townsend, Mont.

to light.

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making repeated attempts on

David's life. David, for his part, respected the king and refused to retaliate. This filled the king with deep remorse and a sense of his own weakness, his brokenness. But the king failed to rise above it. In the end he died a totally broken man, a wretched suicide.

might have become truly great,

Saul got frantic.

liters into his

one

In his insecurity Saulbecame insanely

pily God can restore people to wholeIs.

teach school.

and admired this dashing young man, but gradually came to fear him.

By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service

That's

it,

St. N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

effrontery to enter the house and fall at his feet. It must have taken a great deal of courage and amazing humility to do so. She knew well what the diners thought of her.

Undaunted, she poured out her relief and gratitude in a flood of tears that fell on Jesus' outstretched feet. Hurriedly she tried to wipe the tears away with her disheveled hair. In response to the host's indignant outburst Jesus came to her defense, declared that she had been forgiven and pointed out that love like hers could not coexist with sin. She had been broken, yes, but not beyond repair. Her consciousness of her

condition had led her to him who alone could restore her to wholeness. Her humility and her trust in God's compassion opened the way to a recovery of integrity. Jesus followed up by giving her a sense of dignity and hope for the future.

(Father Castelot scholar, author

a Scripture

and lecturer.)

ratholic

News

March

Herald

People Society

Of The Holy Child

Only Physician In Rural West Virginia County

The News

Jesus

Re-elects Superior General

DREXEL HILL, Pa. (CNS) — Sis-

ter Mary

Nun

Sister Gallin has

980.

Ann Buckley was unanimously

sociation and represents

and

As-

204 colleges

universities.

Cardinal Asks That Salvadorans In U.S. Be Allowed To Stay Longer

—

WASHINGTON nal

(CNS) CardiJames A. Hickey of Washington

urged that Salvadoran nationals be permitted to stay in the United States through 1993. "I urge that temporary protected status be extended to them for another 18-month period," Cardinal

of the society's African province,

was elected to a first term. The society's offices are in Drexel Hill.

Salina Catholic Editor Honored By Local Episcopal Cathedral Msgr. SALINA, Kan. (CNS) Raymond Menard, editor of the Salina diocesan newspaper, will be made an honorary canon in Salina's Episcopal

Hickey said in a statement March 1. Current temporary protected status for Salvadoran nationals will end June 30. Cardinal Hickey issued his statement

March 24. Msgr. Menard, who edits the Northwestern Kansas Register and lives at Sacred

Hispanic neighborhood. Washington has the largest population of Salvadoran

—

following a Mass that he celebrated at a Washington church in a predominantly

Christ Cathedral

nationals in the United States after

Los

Angeles.

Ashby told Msgr. Menard in a letter that the honor was being given in appreciation "for your pastoral work here in Salina with people of all faiths, for your

Pope Names Veteran Diplomat As Croatian Nuncio Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) John Paul II named a 30-year veteran of

being one of the early people to recog-

Vatican diplomacy, Archbishop Giulio

nize significance in the ecumenical

Einaudi, as the

for being a

—

wholesome

first

apostolic nuncio to

newly independent Croatia. The Vatican

example of the flock of Christ."

— Be-

ming County. The clinic

West

Virginia's

Wyo-

the base of operations

for the county s only doctor, Sister Eileen '

Catterson.

A member of the Daughters

of Wisdom, she

New York

is originally from the borough of Queens.

The children

in the area

could not

survive without her. "If Dr. Catterson

had to move out of the area, I would have to go with her," said Angie Thomas of Mullens, who has two sons, one of whom was bom with several disabilities.

"Dr. Catterson has always been there calm our fears," she said. "I can call her up and tell her that my son is acting differently tonight and she will come over to our house and see if he is all

right."

Heart Cathedral in Salina, is a long-time ecumenist. Episcopal Bishop John F.

movement and

PINEVILLE, W.Va. (CNS)

hind Holy Cross Church in Pineville sits a double- wide trailer that houses a muchneeded children's clinic, the only health care facility in

superior general of the Society of the

Holy Child Jesus. In elections conducted Feb. 4 in Rome, Sister Margaret Loran of England was re-elected to a second term on the society's general council, and Sister Veronica Openibo, provincial

been director since

The association is a department of

the National Catholic Educational

re-elected to a second six-year term as

said in January

was recognizing

the

Sister Eileen has had to break some bad news about her son's condition, but Thomas said she has always been honest.

"More

importantly she has taken the

down the medical terminology so that we can understand." Sister Eileen established the Pineville clinic in 1982 in the sacristy of Holy Cross Church, seeing patients one or two times a week. But it wasn't long before word got out that Pineville had time to break

fered the previous

damage from a stroke he sufweek may have been

former Yugoslavian republics of Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, and in February said it would establish formal diplomatic relations with each new nation. The Vatican has continued to maintain diplomatic ties with Yugoslavia, though relations have been strained during the breakup of the country in recent

more serious than originally thought. "As a result of tests that they have

months. Archbishop Einaudi, a 64-yearold Italian, has held diplomatic posi-

caust and his role in trying to stop

performed, doctors have determined that

not initiated by

serious than previously reported," said

on five continents. He worked in Washington, D.C., at the Vatican's delegation to the United States, from 1965

Brian T. Olszewski, diocesan spokes-

to 1971.

Bishop Gaughan' Stroke Found More Serious

Than Previously Thought Bishop Ind. (CNS)

—

GARY,

Norbert F. Gaughan of Gary remained in stable condition March 2 in the hospital,

but

the bishop's condition

slightly

tions

in a March 2 statement. He said the show Bishop Gaughan "is experiencing more physical impairment to his

Georgetown Professor Featured In Book On Holocaust Rescuers When WASHINGTON (CNS) he was interviewed four years ago for a new book on the rescuers of Jews from

—

left side than earlier tests had revealed. Olszewski said the bishop was expected to recover, although "a long period of physical therapy will be necessary in order for full rehabilitation to occur."

the Holocaust, Jan Karski said, "I

not happy about

Association

Jr.,

have bad

conscience

me that I should speak. Now 78 '

telling

own pediatrician. To handle the overflow

very

trailer

and gave

added, "was not originated by me.

it,

was

me."

Mexicans Gather To Honor Bishop SISOGUICHI, Mexico (CNS) Senior churchmen from across Mexico

joined an estimated

,000 mainly indig-

enous mourners in the mountain town of Sisoguichi Feb. 27 for the funeral of Bishop Jose Llaguno Farias of the Vicariate of Tarahumara. Bishop Llaguno,

who

died of cancer, worked for several decades in the Tarahumara Vicariate. Bishop Llaguno's concern for 67,

com-

reluctantly. "I regret

it very much. I be at peace, alone, to retire and take care of Mrs. Karski," Karski said. His continued recounting of the Holo-

criticize the

want

the powerful drug cartels that he ac-

succeeds Ursuline Sister Alice Gallin,

who resignation becomes effective July

open

five days a

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more poor

ues to speak about the Holocaust, albeit

a day and

Senior Churchmen, Indigenous

nies

Catholic Colleges and Universities.

lot.

years," she added. "I think there

astated

executive director of the Association of

a spot in the church parking

handicapped children," Sister Eih said. "I feel like I am needed here. I f I'm providing a service that would be available if I weren't here, and th

Charleston financed the

versity, Karski, a Polish native, contin-

named

rently the clinic cares for 25-40 patie

physician's assistant that has training

an attorney and former

college administrator, has been

West Virginia's W ming County. (CNS photo by Christ Przelenski, The Catholic Spirit) the only physician in

the parish and the Diocese of Wheeling-

the plight of the local indigenous

—

Pineville Children's Clinic. Sister Eilee

a pediatrician in the county wit

and in his last semester of teaching East European history at Georgetown Uni-

(CNS)

fortable before his examination at

of patients,

Colleges Benito

Of Catholic

WASHINGTON M. Lopez

now

it;

dreams again. But,

Lawyer Named Head Of

its

Daughters of Wisdom Sister Eil< Catterson makes a young patient feel c<

—

man,

tests

13, li

11-32.

Saturday: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.

For further information contact: John & Linda Dancoff 704/263-2230 Love One Another As Christ Loved His Church

rch 13,

The Catholic News

1992

osaries For Russia Halfway To Goal

—

ALBANY,

Catholic Relief Services

More than N.Y. have been received for ribution throughout Russia and the v republics in a campaign initiated September by Holy Cross Father rick Peyton, founder of the Family jary Crusade. The goal is to issue one lion rosaries to Russian people in

donate rosaries in daily Mass and

•2.

rosary prayers.

),000 rosaries

The Rosaries

for Russia

more than

New

half a million rosaries.

or used rosaries can be sent

Rev.

to:

Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., Family Rosary

Crusade, Executive Park Drive, Albany, N.Y. 12203-3594.

As an

expression of gratitude, Fa-

ther Peyton

remembers

who

those

all

in his

we have

the rosaries

some hold

re-

Conroy

(From Page

coming to North Carolina, Father Conroy was on sabbatical for a

organization's headquarters in Al-

assigned to Tanzania as a young priest.

special

Prior to

year in Tanzania, East Africa. his greatest regret

For example, members of the evanization committee of St. John jiney Parish in Houston, Tex., plan ssemble rosaries as a Lenten project, s project will combine the efforts of 00 CCD students and 4,500 families 3

members.

are parish

been answered by thousands of pie from across the world. He has jived donations and commitments

n people

in the Philippines, Austra-

England, Ireland and Germany, as 1

from Canada and the United

The Rosaries for Russia campaign n open opportunity for any group or There

ij (

-f^"T

$—

a need for

still

Carolina

said

he wasn't

As the result of work accomplished by the Spiritans tians

in Africa in the last

McAl way Rd.

to the order,

said Father

Conroy.

Saturday 9:30

With the Diocese of Charlotte into third year in the decade of evangelication, Father Conroy can put into practice the main ideas of the Spiritan order, he said. He was brought its

Books

He was one

I am willing to do," he said. CRS is the international relief and

development agency of American Catholics. Founded in 1943, the agency now reaches people in 74 developing coun-

MSGR. JOHN

MCSWEENEY

tries.

(From Page

of workshops on adolescent catechesis and

youth ministry.

author of Under-

standing Catholic Christianity, Jesus of History, Christ of Faith, and Jesus

Lord!

He is also the general editor of the DiscovProgram and

the author of

one of

its

rum

for their third conference appearance.

Their performance provides a positive, fun,

and energetic twist to the evening.

The weekend culminates on Sunday with the presentation of the Michael

Award. These awards recognize, from

the

The weekend kicks off Friday evening with icebreakers and a concert by die Age of

diocesan

who

ex-

Faith Band.

popular demand, band

members, Jimi Ray and Rick Harwell

re-

level,

outstanding teens

emplify Christian service, Catholic leadership and

good moral

award, the Michael

standards.

The top

Begley award, is presented in honor ofretired B ishop Begley s J.

dedication to youth.

For more information about the 15th

LENT (From Page

annual youth conference,

call the

diocesan

Office of Youth Ministry, (704) 331-1727.

the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, parishioners will spend Lent developing "neigh-

borhood parishes" within the parish bound-

®This

5:00

newspaper

Father John Petuskey, pastor, said 35

printed on recycled

small faith communities have been devel-

newsprint and

oped within the parish, and 64 parishioners have volunteered to help establish the neighborhood parishes. Early goals of the neighborhood parishes will be to carry out home visitation and community organization, followed by

recyclable

Operation Rice Bowl the national Lenten campaign of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas relief and

You can help millions of families in their daily

parenting support, getting involved in neigh-

borhood schools, and helping to crime and poverty.

Thanks To

St.

alleviate

Jude

hunger

Operation Rice Bowl provides help for I people in more than 70 countries.

Doctor

(From Page

10)

aries.

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE

Thanks to St. Jude for prayers answered and favors granted.

Wyoming County has no hospital or 24hour emergency service, so Sister Eileen and her assistant both take calls at home. "Our patients have access to us all the time," she said.

The people

clinic

—

now employs seven

Sister Eileen, a physician's

assistant, a practical nurse, a lab techni-

manager, a receptionist It is operated by a non-profit corporation under the auspices of the diocese, and Sister Eileen draws a regular salary. But it is clear she does this for more than the pay. "There is no one who cian, an office

and a

billing clerk.

loves kids like Dr. Catterson," said

Thomas. "Not just the perfect beautiful

development agency

DLP

of the U.S. Catholic

Bishops.

who have physimental problems too."

babies, but the children cal or

Your Lenten prayers, and almsgiving will help fill a rice bowl and feed the world.

Operation Rice Bowl helps impoverished

fasting

families improve their health.

The Global Family in

Harmony with Creation

For more information about

OPERATION RICE BOWL contact your parish priest or

Operation Rice

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Open: St. Thomas Aquinas in Charlotte is looking for a part-time music director. Prerequisites include: knowledge of Catholic liturgy, must be both an instrumentalist and vocalist. Salaried position. Interested persons should call the parish office at (704) 549-1607 to arrange an interview with the priests of the parish. Further information available upon request. Position

call

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of seven children,

girls

& Gift Items

struggle against I [and starvation.

"Whatever I can do to alleviate poverty,

Welcome

Honored by the appointment, Msgr.

McSweeney expressed his desire to "better serve the global Church and its many

Father Conroy was born in Pitts-

Special Orders/Mail Orders

di-

CRS.

Hamlet.

and five boys. His hobbies include gardening, household painting, reading and walking.

1:30

rector of exernal affairs for

ering

Serving the Carol in as for over 10 years. -

newly-formed national

and planning," said Patrick Johns,

Youth

While in Africa, Father Conroy said he was inspired to see people walk for miles to attend Mass. The missionary work done by the Spiritans and stressed by them attracted Father

two

NC 28211

Friday 9:30

the diocese to a

welcomed Pope John Paul II dur-

ing his visit last year to Africa.

James

(704) 364-8778

McSweeney,

needs."

comforts in this country, he said. However, he saw first hand the work of his fellow Spiritans.

burgh.

Monday

life in

the bush after getting used to creature

*y Bookshoppe

Charlotte,

ment of Msgr. John

chancellor and vicar general in curia for

to the diocese last July as pastor of St.

Catholic

1109

that

wasn't easy adjusting to

Conroy

tes.

ividuals.

century, a half million Catholic Chris-

Father Peyton's appeal for rosaries

Catholic Relief

Services recently announced the appoint-

area of Catholic Church development

states in this country.

meaning to donors, while others have been handle by groups of people from across country," said Father Peyton from zed,

Chancellor To Committee CHARLOTTE —

CRS. The ninemember committee will collaborate with senior staff members of CRS. Msgr. McSweeney was chosen for his "noted expertise and wisdom in the

planning stages.

"Among

Names

national efforts of

in the

Her.

ad hoc committee focusing on the inter-

campaign

reached the halfway point, with shipments of rosaries enroute to isia and Albania and another deliv-

Director of Religious Education: Come to share team ministry with a developing staff and vibrant community in the Richmond Diocese. 600 families with eagerness and enthusiasm. Responsible for Sunday School of Religion, Sacramental Preparations, Adult Enrichment and Youth Ministry. We need an enabler with energy and committed faith. Masters inReligious Education or Theology preferred. Send rsume and references when requestng job description to: Rev. Walter G. Lewis, St. Anne's, 350 Euclid Ave., Bristol, VA 24201. Application deadline: May 1, 1992. Job begins: July 1, 1992.

March

13,

Hispanos Planean Reunion Nacional WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

Nuestra Iglesia Los

dirigentes catolicos hispanos, al decir

Iglesia anteriormente.

"No somos unicamente una Iglesia de personas pobres y personas que luchan, sino tambien gente de

que es hora de asumir la iniciativa antes que esperar por la dotacion de fondos procedente de los obispos estadounidenses, han planeado una

profesionales, dijo el, pueden seratraidos

reunion nacional para enfocarse sobre las preocupaciones de los hispanos en la

a dotar de fondos las gestiones de la Iglesia hispana.

Iglesia y en la sociedad.

"En muchos lugares, la Iglesia se ha movido energicamente para atender a

La reunion,

titulada

"Congreso

Hispano de 1992: Raices y Alas", ha de tener lugar en la Universidad "Loyola"

de Marymount, en Los Angeles, entre los di'as 13 y 16 de Agosto proximo. Sera auspiciada por el Consejo Nacional

influencia", dijo el sacerdote.

Los latinos

hispanos.

esperanza de que el plan de 1987 sea dotado de fondos. El dijo que, ademas de un empuje sobre la ensenanza para convencer a los "hispanos que tienen medios economicos para que re-inviertan en sus comunidades", ha habido un

catolicos hispanos, incluyendo jovenes,

catequistas, clerigos y profesionales laicos hispanos de todo el pais.

El Padre Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J.,

renovado" para dotar de fondos

"interes

las razones de la reunion es que la puesta en practica del Plan Nacional para el

a los proyectos hispanos, por parte de las fundaciones privadas.

Ministerio Hispano aprobado por los obispos estadounidenses en 1987 esta lejos de completarse debido a que el

se hara enfasis sobre "la participacion

—

personal, los fondos y la disposition

han estado ausentes en muchas diocesis. "Nuestra gente hispana no puede esperar el

mas

a que los obispos recauden

dinero", para llevar a la practica el

plan de 1987, dijo

Padre Rosendo

Urrabazo, de la orden claretiana, presidente del Centro Cultural

Mexicano-Americano basado en San Antonio y miembro fundador del consejo.

"El ministerio debe continuar y tenemos que organizarnos. El futuro de nuestro pueblo esta en nuestras manos", dijo el Padre Urrabazo.

'"En vez de que otra persona

quejarnos sobre' lo dejo de hacer", los catolicos hispanos quieren enfocarse sobre sus propias necesidades y "dar algo" a la Iglesia,

Padre Figueroa, que es el coordinador de Estudios Pastorales Hispanos en Loyola Marymount. "Tenemos un nuevo reconocimiento de que somos una parte cada vez mayor de la Iglesia Catolica Estadounidense y como resultado tenemos una dijo el

responsabilidad

mayor por ella",

dijo el

Padre Figueroa al Catholic News Service en una entrevista telefonica el 5 de

Marzo.

A diferencia de los tres "encuentros" reuniones nacionales de catolicos hispanos en 1972, 1977 y 1985 que

—

estuvieron "directamente bajo la supervision" de los obispos estadounidenses, la reunion de Los Angeles sera estrictamente una gestion voluntaria, segiin hizo notar el Padre

En en de

La reunion ha de enfocarse sobre cinco asuntos escogidos por las organizaciones afiliadas Evangelization, familia

consejo:

jovenes, participacion polftica y atencion medica. El Cardenal Roger M. Mahony, de Los Angeles, celebrara la liturgia prin-y

cipal durante el congreso, en el Este de

Los Angeles, el 15 de Agosto. Los miembros del consejo abarcan al Movimiento Nacional del Cursillo, la Renovation Carism.atica Hispana, la Red Catolica de los Trabajadores Agricolas Migratorios, las ocho oficinas regionales de asuntos hispanos establecidas por los obispos estadounidenses y varias congregaciones religiosas

que prestan servicios a

El nuevo consejo fue fundado en 1991 por un grupo de prominentes

dirigentes catolicos hispanos de los

Estados Unidos.

Un ano

un grupo asesor de 12 anos de existencia, fue desbandado por el Comite de los Obispos sobre Asuntos Hispanos y reemplazado por un grupo de cinco antes,

catolicos hispanos, con

asesores.

Antes de su disolucion, el grupo' habia escrito una carta al presidente de la conferencia episcopal estadounidense,

manifestando desilusion porque los obispos no habfan financiado el Plan Nacional de 1987 para el Ministerio Hispano.

con

entrevista de Julio de 1991

Catholic

News

Service, sin

em-

independencia

bargo, Pablo Sedillo, que era entonces director ejecutivo del Secretariado para

pero

y generar una mayor responsabilidad entre el laicado" que lo que hicieron los encuentros, dijo el Padre Figueroa. El agrego que el consejo esta tratando de comunicarse con la clase

media y

los profesionales hispanos,

quienes han sido descuidados por

Asuntos Hispanos, dependencia de los obispos estadounidenses, dijo que la conferencia episcopal no era una agencia para

dotacion de fondos, y que las diocesis y las parroquias tenfan la responsabilidad de asignar fondos para llevar el plan a la practica. la

cristianismo,

donde murier

martires los primeros evangel izadoii

Roma, pero no

como Pedro, Pablo y otros y tambien

obstante antes de

aquella ciudad desde comienzos de primeros siglos, fue la sede de todas

la llegada

ciudad.

de estos

Muchos

actividades y leyes cristianas. Despij mas tarde los nuevos Obispos y Papas se establecieron en Roma y

]

son los testimonios y pruebas que dan certeza a las predicaciones de Pedro y Pablo en Roma para fundar y fortalecer

allf la Iglesia.

Los historiadores antiguos como Clemente, Tacito e Ignacio obispo de Antioqufa habian de ellos en sus escritos,

creo asf

mundo.

Santa Sede y el Estaj independiente del Vaticano, desde don] se dirige toda la Iglesia catolica enf catolica

decimos que

Romana,

la Igleil

porq pertenecemos y estamos en comuni con ella. (fin de la serie "Nuestra Iglesia] es

haciendo resaltar la importancia de la presencia de los Apostoles en aquella ciudad, capital del Imperio tan paganizada

como

Fue entonces

Romano

estaba.

Roma donde

Los Riesgos de Escuchar a Dios

establecio contra toda adversidad la base

de la Iglesia fundada por Cristo. Primero porque era un lugar estrategico para la vida de los primeros cristianos. Centro comercial y cultural del Imperio Romano

y de muchas otras culturas. Capital del mundo conocido hasta entonces y base para desplazarse desde allf a otros lugares

como: Grecia,

Palestina, Siria, Egipto y

otros.

Es imposible describir la cantidad de religiones que se daban origen entre los siglos I y IV, sobretodo en el area grecolatina del Imperio. Todas ellas con sus altibajos y sincretismos. Todo lleva a pensar que existi'a una positiva busqueda religioso-filosofica en distintos y muchos sectores de la

poblacion.

Todo este tipo de creencias era fruto de

variedad de culturas que se daban cita en Roma procedentes de distintos la

pueblos y regiones del mundo conocido.

Cada una de ellas trafa un culto distinto que poco a poco se iba pegando en el pueblo que estaba siempre en busqueda de algo divino y nuevo, para llenar sus necesidades espirituales. El culto imperial ocupo el primer puesto en la religion oficial y lo conservo

durante siglos. Asi tambien se comprende las dificultades mayores que tuvieron los primeros cristianos en una ciudad donde se le rendfa culto a los Cesares como a Senores y dioses, titulos

que solo

Desde

los cristianos le

ahi

comenzaron

daban a Jesus.

las reacciones,

(Tornado de El Domingo

En un lejano dfa un pueblo entej escucho a Dios. El le hablo desde soledad de una encendida montana. el corazon de aquellos nomadas Palabra divina quedo retumbando cor un inmenso trueno. Era tan poderoij tan exigente, que Israel tembloroj suplico al Senor que le hablara mas bi j por un intermediario humano, por profeta. El Senor lo acepi delicadamentc.Mas nunca imagino rael que el profeta iba a ser el misr Dios, su Verbo, su Palabra Eterna pel vibrando en el lenguaje rudo de l| hombres: Jesucristo. Hace dos mil anos que se le empe a escuchar en la tierra. No export filosoffas nuevas o atrevidas teorias, siquiera sistemas religiosos. Solo verdad, la desnuda verdad divina humana, en el sencillo y transparerS) estilo de los campesinos y de If Pescadores. Pero era estremecedc escucharle. A traves de sus palabras sentfa a Dios. Nadie podia esquivarla:fi hasta los torvos espfritus del mal hufl despavoridos, mientras que los q{ aceptaban su mensaje se vefan liberads en su espfritu y en su cuerpo, porque predication venfa rubricada por autoridad de Dios. I

]

Hubo quienes quisieron

tergiven i

sus actuaciones, arrancar las aristas^

mas

persecuciones y rivalidades contra los

sus exigencias

afirmaba que sus ensenanzas

A pesar de toda esta situation, con tiempo declara

el correr del

Romano

cristianismo

como

mismo Imperio mas tarde al

religion oficial, por

pretension del poder. Segiin todo lo anterior, se podria decir que en el la sola

Imperio

Romano

polftica-jurfdica la

organizacion ponfa Roma, la

ilustracion venfa de Grecia y la religion

Ps.

Paulinos)

cristianos.

de Oriente. la

Iglesia en

Apostoles, habfa cristianos en la

los

del consejo auspiciador permite a los dirigentes hispanos "ser mas creadores

la jerarquia",

porque fue allf donde se asento y extern j

mas

hispanos.

En una

"Estamos trabajando en cooperation

reunion de Agosto pr.oximo

vida social, economica y polftica la nation como catolicos hispanos", dijo el Padre Figueroa.

Figueroa.

con

Teniendo estas bases historic^ nuestra Iglesia decimos que es Roma

atribuye a estos Apostoles, la fundacion

El Padre Urrabazo tiene a.un la

presidente del consejo, dice que una de

Es Romana

murieron en Roma en el ano 64, bajo las persecuciones de Neron. La tradition

muy bueno, pero no es lo suficiente. El ministerio hispano debe enfocarse (tambien) sobre los hispanos de segunda y tercera generaciones. Debe atraerse a los profesionales, a los bilingues y a los biculturales", dijoiil.

Por PADRE SILL RUEDA Muchos piensan que Pedro y Pablo

los inmigrantes. Esto es

Catolico para el Ministerio Hispano, que es una organizacion independiente de "sombrilla" de grupos catolicos

Se espera que asistan cerca de ,000

radicales, pero er^

eternas: "El cielo y la tierra pasani

pero mis palabras no pasaran" Y que " se le podia escuchar impunemente:

que escucha mi palabra y no cumple...ella misma lo condenara ent ultimo dfa"

The Catholic News

rch 13, 1992

Hei

Eugenie Andres Dies, Former St. Ann Principal

Sister

Was

Crosswinds

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

JERSEY CITY, Sister

Crosswinds is a series of columns by staff members of Catholic ?ial Services about their experiences,

remaining with them but without their finalizing the actual adoption. In this

itten

way, the possibility of

order to protect client confidentialthe staff members are not identified.

times

when a child is placed wonder if the fam-

However, with no

adoption, people

truly feels the child is a

family.

member

They often wonder

by more

there

have next

but

it."

One

This

at St.

Vincent's Hospital

March

how can anyone

ever propose a

instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice of

His body and blood.

He did this in order

to perpetuate the Sacrifice of the

had only a little time to live. my subsequent discussions with

throughout the centuries until

come

Cross

He should

her graduation from Bishop McGuinness. A native of Morristown, N.J., Sister Eugenie had been a Sister of St. Joseph for 30 years. Survivors are her parents, Robert and Margaret Andres; brothers, Michael Andres, Robert Andres; and sister, Mrs. Mary Simon. Memorials may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph retirement fund,

fer our sakes, flow with each mystical

Steps (From Page

N.Y.

them and for the child, I also :d to keep before them the potential of dical costs, etc., and suggested sev-

Coverage of the workshop included quotes from the presenters, such as the following. "Nothing is more important than the people of God." Or, "Liturgy is just a symbol of the life of the Church." These comments reduce the transcendence of the Mass and are in direct contradiction to Bishop Donoghue's statement: "Liturgy is the most important thing we do in the Church."

again, and so to entrust to His

beloved spouse, the Church ..." Thus, the graces which flowed down on humanity at the actual death of our Lord on the cross, the divine sacrifice

sad-

for

times the possibility of the child

are the "people of

symbols that our senses perceive in the Mass and sacraments are to lift us up to the foyer of heaven on earth.

The Mass transforms our prayers something divine, omnipotent. The

holy sacrifice of the Mass offered daily on every altar in Christ's Church. Let us take advantage of this every chance

Jesus que es comprensivo, misericordioso y clemente, le dioel poder de perdonar los pecados a los apostoles y sus sucesores que son los obispos y los sacerdotes. El dijo: "Reciban el Espfritu Santo, a quienes ustedes perdonen, queden perdonados, y a quienes no libren de sus pecados, queden atados." (Juan 20:23-23) En el maravilloso Sacramento de la Penitencia o la Reconciliacion, el pecador puede estar seguro de estar reconciliado de nuevo con Dios y librado del castigo eterno. El pecador tambieh es reconciliado con el Pueblo de Dios que es la Iglesia. Los pecados graves separan at pecador del Cuerpo de Cristo que es la Iglesia. consejo,

estfmulo,

objetividad del confesor, se manifiesta Cristo y de la Iglesia por cada penitente

experiencia

cuidado y

como

formation.

"We move on too fast to each event as

comes

to us

and we don't take the

time to really ask

...

questions."

Sister Loretta suggested that each

day families, "from the smallest child to the parents," tell each other how they thought God was present to them that day.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Peace and justice within and

each other's needs,

signs and

our greatest consolation. The entire world is continually renewed by the graces that flow from the

PECADOS A UN SACERDOTE?

Divine Providence Sister Loretta Jean Schorr, diocesan coordinator of adult

Mass and sacraments. The

At the hour of our death, the Masses we have participated in will be

-POR QUE TENEMOS QUE CONFESAR NUESTROS

outside the family. At home,

present.

del

Flourtown, Pa., 19031.

God" when

Mass makes Christ sacramentally

medio

St.

we are transformed by grace through the

into

Por

Sister Eugenie entered the Sisters of Joseph of Chestnut Hill following

She was buried in St. Joseph's Villa cemetery in Flourtown, Pa. She was pastoral associate of Our Lady of Mercy Church in Jersey City. Sister Eugenie served as principal of St. Ann school in Charlotte from 1978-1983. She was a graduate of Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School in Winston Salem, where she moved as a child, and attended St. Leo's School. She was a graduate of Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania and reIsland,

renewal in each sacrifice of the Mass on our altars.

Concilium, 47: "At the Last Supper on the night He was betrayed, our Savior

a life-threatening disease and, es-

16.

Hill.

Staten

fully

more dynamic and meaningful reality of the Mass than the following quote from Vatican II, Sacrosanctum

itially,

grown

their hearts?

issue),

good nutrients she was receiving, i especially an abundance of love, t about a month before the adoption s to be finalized, the parents were lfronted with the news that the child

she not

Letters (From Page

the

Had

They

The child

family, while expressing

what they would have done

City, formerly of Charlotte died

ceived her master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel

in-

:med to be growing and thriving from

for their child.

upper-middle class, but definitely wealthy. The infant had been in their ;ne several months, bringing joy and

all

family plot.

jpiness to the family.

embrace

of the care of this

child right up to her burial in their

with this childless couple.

of the costs and

particular family

had placed a very beautiful

of their child. For them,

alternative but to

all

ierscored this for me.

was no

doubt of the potential truth of the rain "you did not grow under my lit,

illness and, within a brief pe-

riod, the death

Id will

tholic Social Services,

hesitation, the

adoption proceeded, only to be followed

the

be treated differently. Through my work in adoption

all

plored.

Many

assume

having the costs could be extheir not

N.J. St. Joseph Eugenie Andres, 49, of Jersey

have by participating and thanking our Lord for humbling Himself to become man, die for us, and even make Himself present to us on the altar at the hands of His priest. Lita Jones

see

respect other people's property,

needs and we fill them. That carries over into our treatment of other people,"

Comeaux

said.

The family meal can be

the source of outreach for families, she added. Something her family has done for many years is have a meager meal on Lenten Fridays, and give the money saved to

end of Lent. can remember hearing one of my sons when he was four years old say, 'But I'm still hungry!'" she said. "Not only were we reaching out to other people, but we got an understanding of the poor at the "I

what hunger was."

Matthews

Wisneski

(From Page

With AIDS

fast

becoming

and very possibly the most

the plague of the century,

devastating one in the history of mankind, might not

wisdom suggest

individuo.

Una persona que ha cometido un pecado grave ha

d ana do severamente su relation con Dios y se ha vuelto merecedor del castigo eterno. La persona ya no esta~eh estado de gracia y no debe recibir la Santa Comunidn sin antes recibir el Sacramento de

Reconciliacion.

Una buena confesion requiere que el penitente examine su conciencia, se arrepienta, confiese todos sus pecados graves y tenga un firme proposito de enmienda.

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rich

sound of a pipe organ

competitively priced.

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our

shepherds begin again to preach the full Gospel, even to once more instilling in their flock a healthy "fear of the Lord?" After all, it is His word itself that tells us: "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." (Proverbs 1 :7) Estelle Wisneski is a member of St. Gabriel Parish in Charlotte.

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CHARLOTTE — A diocesan choir

March 2 1 beginning 9 a.m. Registration is $10. For more ages, Saturday,

Cathedral in Charlotte. Rehearsals will

634-2973.

this special celebration are invited.

The Mass of

the

Chrism

a dioc-

information, call the parish at (704)

MAGGIE VALLEY —The American Association of Retired Persons

income tax assistance at the Haywood County Public Library Tuesdays and Thursays. The program is staffed by trained volunteer counselors. For information, call Jim Moon at (704)

renewal of priestly commitments. For more information, call Father Ken Whittington at (704) 334-2283.

926-1096.

—

ton

May

—

St.

Hills Secular Franciscan fraternity will

New

fellowship before the fraternity coffee

sailed to the

World. If anyone other than members of the Knights of Columbus are interested, call Bill Use, (704) 735- 4896.

and sandwich lunch. Business

will in-

clude election of officers and study of the

SFO

rule.

For information or directions,

Vocations Discussion

CONCORD

—

The Knights of Columbus Council 7450 of St. James Catholic Church

hosting a panel dis-

cussion on Vocations for the junior and senior religious education classes

March

6:15 p.m.

Speakers are Mercy Sister M. Timothy

Warren

Deacon

for lay ministry,

Dan Carol

for the permanent dioconate, Redemptorist Father Peter Sousa,

Benedictine Brother Paul Shanley and

Mercy

Sister

Marian Therese Arroyo.

All are invited. For tion, call

chairman,

more informa-

Robert Williams, vocations at (704) 786-4107 or 782-

Afternoon Of Renewal CONCORD St. James in Concord and St. Joseph in Kannapolis are sponsoring An Afternoon of Renewal Saturday, March 14 from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the St. James parish hall. The afternoon will begin with a holy hour. Msrg. John J. McSweeney, chancellor and vicar general in curia of the Diocese of Charlotte, will speak on a "Community of Renewal," followed by a question and answer session. Mass will be celebrated at 6 p.m. A catered

—

dinner will be served

1062.

call

H. Turek, (704) 684- 1 533, or Pat Cowan, (704) 884-4246.

at 7

person, must be

—

MAGGIE VALLEY Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center is sponsoring "Shua, Wait for Me," a twopart retreat March 20-22 and March 2225. The director is Msgr. Chester Michael.

The

first

on the

part will center

Jesus of history and the Christ of revela-

made by

"Our Catholic

Identity."

deep, intimate relationship with Jesus.

make presentations on "What Makes Us Uniquely Catholic" and "How To Live

a nickname for Jesus.

Cost is $70 for the first part, $85 for the second part, or $150 for both. For

a Sacramental Life."

more information, call

YAM

the retreat center

(704) 926-3833.

Cost Charlotte tion, call

50 Plus

Or Minus Lenten Gathering

All

CHARLOTTE — All parishioners,

ages 50 plus or minus, are invited to a

Lenten gathering at St. Vincent de Paul March 26 at 1 1 a.m. Jesuit Father John Bernbrock will lead the group in reflection, which will be followed by Mass and a "bag lunch." The event is sponored by the Charlotte Vicariate Council on Aging. For more information, call Rachel Greene at (704) 331-1720. Older, Wiser and Livelier?

CHARLOTTE — St. Gabriel's OWLS (Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors) are meeting

Wenesday, March

parish fellowship hall from

1 1

p.m. Bring a bag lunch; dessert and

beverage provided. The meeting is open to everyone 50 and older. For information, call Larry Guethlein at (704) 523-3449.)

young

MOCKSVILLE

—

adults are

welcome.

Francis of

Church is organizing the 5th Annual Shamrock Run and Walk, a 5-

Assisi

and 10-kilometer course for people of

—

foflfc

If interested in becoming a foi parent for children ages 10-18, call J tr.

ing will be provided.

vi-

Pro-life Training Session

ASHEVILLE

—

Birthright

Asheville, a pro-life emergency

nancy service,

offering a volun

the sick to better understand the disease.

Resources for both patients and

628-1932.

and people

who

visit

sponsoring a day of prayer and reflection for women March 21 from 10 a.m. -3 p.m. Dore Hansel will of Prayer

lead the group on the theme,

"The Heal-

Touch of the Lord." To register or for more information, contact the Jesuit House of Prayer, P.O. Box 7, Hot Springs, NC 28743, or call,

caregivers will be available.

The seminar

will begin with regis-

tration at 8:30 a.m.

and conclude

fol-

lowing a 1:45 p.m. round-table panel

Parish Hosts Volunteers

SYLVA— St. Mary Parish re hosted a rainbow trout dinner for a

discussion.

of traveling volunteers.

$20 and includes lunch and a booklet, "Understanding and Caring

chian Band-Aid project, the grou{

Cost

for the Person with Alzheimer's Disease.

For more information, contact the Office of Continuing Education, (704) 825-6671.

Working on

the Southern A]

visiting college students spent

spring break doing

home

work

needy

for the

in the

St.

Mary was one of

CHARLOTTE — Tax

tance

several

churches to host an evening meal

Tax Help For Seniors

repairs

volunteers

»dy.

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Upcoming

40 Hour Devotion

and

Reconciliation; Holy Cross Church

7:30

Peggy Kopp (919)

p.m.

966-5109

Mar. 17 C55 Diocesan Board Mtg. Conference Center, Hickory, 6 p.m. Sister Frances Sheridan, MSf3T (704) 331-1720

FOUR GREAT NAMES to

KNOW

Home/School board Mtg. Bishop McGuinness High School Winston Salem, 7:30 p.m. Herb Burns (919) 724-3140 Mar. 17

MITSUBISH MITSUBISHI

6951 E. Independence

Mar. 19-22 Encounter with Christ #31, Catholic Conference Center

4:00

6:00

p.m.

Father Andrew Novotney, SJ (704) 664-3992

7001 E.Endependence

5354444

Mar. 20 Friday Family Food Feast St. Paul Parish Center, 6:15 p.m.

Pat Arnett (919) 252-1437

HYURDRI

(704) 622-7366.

History

41 00 E.Independence

Month

BELMONT — As part of a celebra-

tion of

Women's

History Month,

Belmont Abbey College is sponsoring a presentation on "Women as a Topic in Film Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'" March 24 at 6:30 p.m. in Stowe Hall,

—

Rm.

222. talk

to the public.

559-9574

Mar. 21 Diocesan board of Ed. Mtg. Conference Center, Hickory 10:15 a.m. Dr. Michael Skube (704) 331-1715

on "Gender Stereo-

Stowe Hall, Rm. 222. The presentations are free and open

also in

5354455

Mar. 20-25 In-Parish Ketreat led by Jesuits of Hot Springs St. John Church, Tryon

Father John Pagel (704)

isib

foi

offered free to senior citizens by

Kernersville,

pel

filing assis-

Shepherd's Center. To schedule an appointment, call (704) 334-4637. Appointments are made Wednesday and Friday mornings at Myers Park Baptist Church.

Mar. 14-17

ern North Carolina area

ing

Women's

children and only 87 foster homes.

training session March 21 from 9 a 4 p.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Chui For information, call Birthri (704) 252- 1 306, or Karen Brown, (1

will help clergy,

in the

The agency has 320

531-3131

types" will be given March 3 1 at 4 p.m., St.

St.,

Pam Newton, (704) 377-687

Another

Shamrock Run

Morehead

NC 28207. For more informa-

Day Of Prayer For Women HOT SPRINGS —The Jesuit House

8 in the

a.m. to

$15. Send registration to

Office, 1524 E.

custody has nearly doubled

Jarvis at (704) 255-5819. Special

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

BELMONT—

The Office of Young Adult Ministry is hosting its annual spring conference at Belmont Abbey College March 21 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tom Calabro and Joanna Case will

"Shua"

Rocky Riccio (919)

852-7381.

Young Adult Spring Conference

looking for foster families. The

three years.

Dloceean Events

parish office at (704) 786-9131.

The theme

Buncor

Department of Social Serv

$30 per couple and includes dinner, beer, wine and set-ups. For more Cost

calling the

second part on developing a

tion; the

p.m.

Reservations for the dinner, $7 per

Living Waters Retreat

—

ASHEVILLE County

ber of foster children in the departme

pastoral visitors

Francis of the

-3 to see replicas of the three

Columbus

ships

BREVARD

meet Sunday, March 15 at Sacred Heart Church. Members and visitors may wish to attend the 1 0:30 a.m. Mass and parish

Columbus of St. Dorothy Church are planning a weekend bus trip to Charles-

March 21 from 6:30

The conference Secular Franciscan Meeting

The Three Ships of Columbus LINCOLNTON The Knights of

Day

Foster Care

p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Music will be provided by Bill Scarborough.

information, call

Income Tax Help

offering free

esan wide event for the blessing of oils used for sacramental celebrations and a

will hold a St. Patrick's

dinner and dance all

is being formed to sing at the Mass of the Chrism Tuesday, April 14 at St. Patrick

be Sunday afternoons March 29, April 5 and April 12 from 3 p.m. -4:30 p.m. Choir members from all parishes and others interested in participating in

Paddy's Dance

GREENSBORO — The Knights of

13,

Mar. 21 Young Adult Ministry Spring Conference, Belmont Abbey 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Pam Newton (704) 377-6571

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X Says Choice

Bill

'Horrendous,'

Human Rights WASHINGTON (CNS)— The pro-

ivializes'

Freedom of Choice Act

from legislating abortion "horrendous" proposal

states

to pro-

rictions is a

trivializes" to a

accord-

U.S. Catholic Conference offi-

And

human rights,

being considered this

ion only as an election-year strat-

Helen Alvare, director of planand information for the USCC retariat for Pro-Life Activities. She ified March 4 at a hearing called by House Judiciary Subcommittee on il and Constitutional Rights. ,

said

struggling to

co-chairman of the Chicago-based Business Executives for Economic Justice, said that the majority of people leading businesses today are Catholics. Fullmer, president of Chicago's Selz, Seabolt & Associates Inc.,

For Second Sex Abuse Against Catholic Diocese

e Set

SACRAMENTO,

Calif.

(CNS)

Catholic Charities Brace For Fallout United Way Revelations

From

WASHINGTON some Catholic

—

— Lead-

and luxury enjoyed by outgoing United Way of America national president William Aramony. Others, meanwhile, suggested that the controversy would soon be forgotten and that any dip in charitable giving would be more easily traced to the recestions of lavishness

—

message: "T.G.I.F. Isn't it time you thanked God for the rest of the week?" That and other challenges soon may be pitched from the TV screen through a campaign called "There's Power in Prayer." Unveiled in early March, it will rely on media outlets running the ads as a public service

Development of

—

free.of charge.

campaign was

the

funded by $ 1 00,000 from the U.S. Catholic Conference's Catholic Communica-

Campaign, which collects money from parishes each spring for church media efforts. tion

No Second For

Auxiliary Bishop

Joliet Diocese

JOLIET,

111.

(CNS)

— The Diocese

of Joliet will not get a second auxiliary

her client, even though the jurors in

which included a Florida condominium, flights on the Concorde, and possible nepotism in hiring is "rais-

was not

bishop to replace an auxiliary who died of cancer shortly after his retirement last year. Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, Vatican pro-nuncio, in a letter to Bishop Joseph L. Imesch, said it was the view of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops that "you can already address adequately the needs of the faithful with one auxiliary bishop." Bishop Imesch made the request in October. Auxiliary Bishop

ing legitimate questions in the non-

Raymond J. Vonesh had retired the pre-

cleared of liability in a $12.5 millawsuit over sexual abuse of three

nen by a priest, a July 1 trial date was for a similar suit by another woman inst the priest and the diocese. Mary mbe, attorney for the new plaintiff, March 3 that the previous suit would case decided the diocese

sion.

—

The disclosure of Aramony 's perks

—

Kmsible for the priest's misconduct.

profit sector

Stroube said Father Michael mody, an Irish-born Sacramento di-

said

san priest, initiated sexual relations i

(CNS)

charitable organi-

zations fear they could be hurt by revela-

days after the Sacramento Diocese

)

made the comments the

day of a three-day conference in Washington during a panel discussion titled: "Catholic Social Teaching: Shaping Work, Family and Community." first

ers of

make difficult decisions in

times of economic duress. Paul Fullmer,

her client in the mid- 1 970s, and the

tionship continued until her client ke

off in the late 1980s.

and how

FADICA

managed,"

uggling

With

The 37 Catholic foundations in FADICA, an acronym for Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, would not be directly affected by a drop in United Way donations,

Execs Seen

Difficult Decision

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

Social

on directors of U.S. dioceses were id March 2 to view corporate execus not as the enemy, but as persons

Bishops'

Media Campaign

Asks Americans To Pray More

WASHINGTON (CNS)— One spot in a

May and died of cancer in August.

president Frank Butler.

Butler said. holic Business

vious

new media campaign from

the U.S. bishops urging people to pray sends the

Patriarch Says He Would Support Others In Suspension Of Dialogue ROME (CNS) Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomeos I warned that if a majority of Orthodox churches want

—

to break off dialogue with the Catholic Church, he would have to follow suit. The ecumenical patriarch, who will host a pan-Orthodox meeting in Turkey March 15, made the comments in an interview with the Italian magazine Trenta Giorni (30 Days). The magazine released the text March 3, ahead of publication. Patriarch Bartholomeos, considered the spiritual head of Orthodox worldwide, is a longtime ecumenical activist and a friend of Pope John Paul II. His election last year was applauded by the Vatican.

Gorbachev Says Pope Played Major Role In Collapse

TURIN, Paul

Italy

Of Communism (CNS)

played a major political role

the collapse of

communism

Catholics, Russian

Pledge

To Improve

Orthodox Relations

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— A two-

day Catholic-Russian Orthodox meeting produced a pledge to improve relations and an acknowledgement that serious local problems threatening ecumenical dialogue remain unsolved. Those problems include disputes between Eastern-rite Catholics and Orthodox in the Ukraine and tensions between Latin-rite Catholic and Orthodox leaders in Russia, said a joint

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play "a great political role" in the current "very delicate transition" taking

place in Europe.

The ex-leader of world

amendment.

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March

right article published

merous newspapers around the world. In Italy it appeared in La Stampa of Turin. The events in Eastern Europe "might not have been possible without the presence of this pope, without the

great role

—

including political

— which

he knew how to play on the world scene," said Gorbachev.

Pope Encourages Cuba To Honor Promise Of Religious Freedom Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) John Paul II encouraged Cuba to make

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its

promises of religious free-

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all

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The pope made

the remarks

March 2 while accepting the credentials of Cuba's new ambassador to the Holy See, Hermes Herrera Hernandez. The pope and the ambassador emphasized the benefits of cooperation between church and state on the Caribbean island-nation. Cuba, one of the last comin the

world,

lics.

Archbishop Calls Peruvian Judges Soft On Terrorists LIMA, Peru (CNS) The former

—

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ference accused Peruvian judges of being soft

terrorists,

pects corruption

and said he sus-

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by the police." He said a weak undermine Peruvian democracy by encouraging the

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Bishop McGuinness Hoopsters

Bow

State Championship HILL — The Bishop beating Cardinal Gibbons of Ral

CHAPEL McGuinness

varsity boy's basketball

team lost its shooting touch in the second half and bowed to Charlotte Christian, 47-45, in the championship game of the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association state tournament.

The Villians, who had beaten Christian at Charlotte earlier in the year, got

65-59, in the finals of the

ence tournament.

the Knights

came back

in the

second

half.

Christian cut the margin to six points, 43-37, in the third quarter.

With

Shaking off the effects of chill, nausea which had plagued him semi-finals, Burns put on a she

went on a 10-2 run in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Fuller led all scorers with 27 points. Herbie Burns led the Villians with 12 while Bryan Ray and Zack Sharpe had

Gina Alayne, a clown with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, demonstrates her clowning skills before the circus opening in Charlotte. Photo by JOANN KEANE

round, 72-61, behind a 32-point perfor-

mance by Chad Kupreanik. Burns and Ray each added 12 points. After a slow first quarter, Burns scored 30 points to lead Bishop to a 90-

KEANE

72 victory over Charlotte Country Day in the semi-finals. Ray and Kupreanik

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — away

"I'm running

know how you'd

adjust to

road, not necessarily

to join the circus."

Who hasn't fantasized the notion of

former you

a vagabond lifestyle, riding the rails

but

how

on the

life

are. It's not just

performing,

Even

with the circus train? Criss-crossing the

people," explains Alayne.

country, poking along with the perform-

you're not guaranteed a contract; that

and magnificent beasts. Being lulled by the gentle sway of the cars, and the

a negotiable process with the circus

ers,

murmur

lullabye of the It's

Kupreanik scored

a great dream, since the closest

most of us come defying feats Still,

performing death-

a trip on the expressway.

there's a mystical attraction to

the big top.

Maybe

it's

the gripping

anxiety as you watch the performers fly

through the

with the greatest of ease,

air

then,

start

her circus career as

a clown. Alayne joined as a dancer. For

two years, she danced and performed. "I saw the clowns having so much fun, so much freedom and interaction with the audience."

Alayne took a year off

Clown

College.

to attend

In retrospect,

Alayne of

tightrope walker teases with a feigned

everything." Today, the four-year vet-

eran of clownology can walk

little

stilts,

ride

above the three rings

a unicycle, juggle, and probably walk

Maybe it's the clowns. Everyone loves a clown. Playfully jostling, perfoming slapstick routines. Prancing out into the crowds, delighting children of all ages with their display of juvenile

and chew gum at the same time. While some clowns have a specialty, Alayne likes to do a little of everything. Except, perhaps, the slaps and falls. "I'm not a slaps and falls kind of clown. I like to give the slaps, that's my clown character," says Alayne with her preco-

tiny wire high

below.

antics. Brightly tousled

wigs adorn

their

over their limber bodies, with outrageous makeup masking the true identity of the heads, rag-tag clothing that

clown within. Gina Alayne

fall

concealed behind

the face of a clown.

Under

theatrical

make-up, the effervescent personality of the 25-year old

New York

native

Her makeup simply

shines through.

ac-

centuates the ever-present smile that effortlessly fills a

room.

Just minutes before she

sched-

uled to join her colleagues center stage,

Alayne pauses

to talk

about the

life

of a

clown. "First off,

no one

really runs

away

and joins the circus," jokes Alayne. "You have to go to Clown College, that's a must. All clowns from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey go to their

Clown College

Venice, Fla."

Alayne says the two-month training is intensive, with days beginning at 9 a.m. and lasting 12 hours, six days a week. Rigorous training hones the skills of. clown-wanna-bes. Clown College, says Alayne, gets about 6,000 applications each year, and they accept about 40 aspiring clowns. The application is intense; they want to

Win Conference

Bishop McGuinness avenged its only conference loss in two years by

Ray add

Sharpe scor points to lead Bishop over DurhanW In the semi-finals,

emy, 65-48. Despite chipped

his illness,

in 15 points.

As regular season conference c drew

pions, the Villians

bye

a first-r

in the tourney.

McGuinness Gets WINSTON-SALEM— The Bj McGuinness basketball team has invited for the second straight ye

the in

Alhambra Invitational March

Cumberland, Md., the

nation's,

prestigious Catholic high school ketball tournament.

The team had already been to the

Hagerstown

land

March

Invitational in N

13-15 to represent

and tournament champions. Bishop McGuinness is the school from North Carolina to a the

Keeping Faith

Alhambra

On The Road

JOANN KEANE

Invitational.

cious smile. girl, is

Alayne 's character. "I try to be as close to myself as I can. I am a perky clown character. I love to cause mischief, and that's what my character does." Gina enters center-stage with a pink wig, tied in schoolgirl pigtails, and brightly colored mis-matched clothing. Over-sized "Mary-Jane" shoes filled with horse hair complete her ensemble. "When you are out there, you can be as mischievous and as obnoxious as you want, and the crowd loves it," says Gina. Back stage in costume, it's hard to tell where Gina-the-clown leaves off Gina Alayne picks up. Seriously, Alayne admits its a tough lifestyle. "You're traveling 1 months out of the year and you really don't get to go home that often." However, she

CHARLOTTE — So what's a travdo come Sunday? Living on a train and finding themselves in unfamiliar towns can wreak havoc with the search for a parish Mass. Members of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus count themselves lucky. For the past eight years, Lasalette Father Jack Toner has been pastor for the circus, travelling along-

try."

"You get paid for seeing the counLife on the train has

past four to wns

its

ups and

downs. The mile-long train gives performers room to call home. "We each have our own private compartment." All the amenities are present, only on a smaller scale. "On a train run, you have no expectations, you just relax the whole time. You don't have any

we ve had a priest c '

weekend

in for the

"Fortunately

for a

Mass."

In Charlotte, Msgr. Joseph

Matthew, pinch-hi Father Toner. In past years, Msgr. I I

pastor of

St.

come

has

know

the circus

meeting together as the circus can town. Msgr. Kerin often extende hospitality to Father Toner, and fh<

cus priest would stay in the rector Msgr. Kerin was happy to hold

side the performers.

for the performers.

Stricken with a lingering illness, the

78-year old pastor has been bedridden, unable to travel and minister to his "It's

tough, because you form a

bond with your priest," said Gina Alayne, a clown with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus. "You have to enjoy the sermon, and the personality of the priest is a big part for me." Alayne says Father Toner was always present for the performances. Backstage, or in the stands. His presence meant a lot to the performers. Not just to the Catholics, but to everyone.

His presence served as a comfort to the performers. "It was nice always having a priest on the show, " says Alayne. His ability to incorporate their lives into his

homilies

made Mass

special.

have a

fondness for the circus. I've folk* the circus since 1966

I felt

...

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privi

Mass."

to say

"My

only regret was that

leave right after Mass and confessi would have preferred to get to kne just watch them prepare for next sh said Mgr. Kerin.

Some

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5 performers gathered

Charlotte Coliseum's hospitality

Weary

for Saturday vigil Mass.

two performances and one to go, Al said,

"Saturdays are great for

cause

you

it's

...

a pick-me-up.

makes you

Mas

rejuveij

think real posit

Equally as difficult as findi parish, or having a priest

offer

Mass

come

maintaining faith

homily to the perforr Msgr. Kerin acknowledged their

road.

ism

In his

'III!

culty in travelling without a priest.

says,

been hard not having

Jack," said Alayne.

people.

Gina, the 14-year-old school

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phones," says Alayne. "In the beginning

was tough.

probably took me three years before I got over the homesickness," says Alayne. Forsaking the drawbacks, it's a rewarding life. When the lights go down, and the crowd cheers with approving laughter, that's the payback. "The satisfaction

Alayne.

hearing the laughter," says

have to be your own Church." Alayne agrees with Msgr. Ke< message. "Monsignor was right, have to make the effort. You have stricter

with yourself."

In a

str

town, performers have to locate a ch and find a bus route that will take to the church.

if "Because you don't* ii

the location of anything,

more complicated than Alayne.

it's

sound