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1992

Holly Church, Nearing 150,

Withstands Test Of Time KEANE

By JOANN

Associate Editor

MOUNT HOLLY— in

Catholicism

North Carolina were a mighty oak,

its

towering strength would reach some 100 feet in stately

watch with a diameter of

approximately four

weather. Although

mission

tiny roots just beginning to It

took shape in the form

Joseph in Mount Holly, the oldest

St.

Catholic Church in the

Along the banks of the Catawba River Gaston County, the discovery of gold lured miners seeking fortune. Irish and immigrants led the way, bringing

with them the

its

150th birthday next year.

now maintained mostly as a historic Joseph and

St.

Paul in

and rarely used,

New Bern, both dedicated in

wo oldest standing Catholic churches in North Carolina.

site

JOANN

Photo by

will

1843, are

KEANE

bcese To Offer Weekly Televised lass Beginning On Easter Sunday

celebrations

were

liday, television

l^ablevision telecast

who

viewers

circuit riding pastor. Travelling

of Charlotte will witness the

of a Mass originating from

St.

ton assigned Father T.

Bishop John F. Donoghue will serve as as the pre-taped Masses are aired in

hernial order following the liturgical (jidar.

result

jilevision

of the addition of Vision

I'levision

Inter-

Network (VISN)

of Charlotte's lineup of chan-

Nov.

IcMTiinational

Mass across the airwaves

Satellite

VISN, a multinetwork was assigned to 1,

1991,

channel 39, providing a 24-

a day ecumenical channel of faith and

lies

using a variety of

Ina,

music, documentaries, sitcom,

formats

—

talk,

magazine and feature film. VISN offers local communities 14

thing, I

ars

of "standard windows" per

|re that local

[insert their !

religious affilliates

week

—

of VISN

own programming.

Broadcast of a weekly

greatly benefits those

homes, serving as yet another Ke of evangelism sweeping the diocese. |e ten-year goal

of the Diocese is evange-

ftion, or bringing the

Good News

pe," says Msgr. John tacellor

and vicar general

tion of

life,

does not

fulfill

the obliga-

worship for those able to attend

Mass.

Mount

Cronin to serve the

have two

different

effects

of yellow fever before the work was

completed. Father Cronin

buried under

to the

A badly deteriorated roof offered

McSweeney,

in curia for the

little

pro-

from the elements, and only two

shutters remained.

Nature reclaimed the

once-pristine cemetery,

and the stone wall

For some time, Msgr. McSweeney points out, "the church was used as a hay bam. Yet, at the same time, the original furnishings were unharmed. It was simply closed up and never used." In 1976, St Joseph's was restored by crumbled.

Bishop Michael Begley, with Charlotte and Belmont parishioners, many of whom had ancestors buried in the cemetery. exterior, altar and pews are just as they

Mass back in 1943.

The were

Francis B.

Galligan, formerly ofGastonia, spearheaded the modest structure was

the restoration of the church, which in 1979

Scranton, and one originating

Ignatius Reynolds, secondbishopofCharles-

was designated as a National Historical site by the State of North Carolina and the U.S.

Bonnot.

The Scranton Mass is broadcast twice on Sunday: once at 6 am. and again at 1 1 :30 a.m. The Charlotte Mass will preempt the latter. While the Mass initially will be available only in the Charlotte market, Gail Hunt Telecommunications, plans to offer

Built in

1 843,

In that same year, St Paul's in New Bern was dedicated. The two churches stand as the two oldest Catholic Churches

Department of the Interior. Although churches are not ordinarily

surviving in the

ton.

St.

considered eligible for listing in the national

state.

Joseph Church

primitive stone wall alongside a now-bustling state road.

The

Joseph's

affiliates in

Any network dimension

strongest

when a

blended with

local,

See Historic, Page 3

board building stands shuttered against the

na-

DIOCESAN SUPPORT APPEAL

says

Father Bonnot.

February See

TV Mass, Page 3

an exception as one

state.

simple, white-clap-

other areas of Western

of the two oldest Catholic churches in the

nestled behind a

North Carolina. tional

St.

Joseph never fell prey to serious vandalism.

consecrated anddedicated in 1844by Bishop

relations for

from the cathedral in San Antonio, Texas." The Texas Mass is bilingual, says Father

VISN

U era.

Although neglected over the years,

for the first

St Joseph's cem-

middle 1960s," said

VISN.

community

"One from

trees in

etery.

MassesonSunday,"saidFather Bob Bonnot director of

Mary

until the

stance altar of the pre- Vatican

tection

Holly.

and Joseph Church still standing as a reminder of time gone by. It was Father Cronin who began building the church, but he died from the after-

one of the holly

"We (VISN) do

church has a sence of awe

Violette, director of the diocesan Office of

Mass brings the

ifpture into

i«se.

While the Mass

benefit of those

incapacitated,

Bringing the lie

who

and also for the may be homebound."

enrich one's spiritual

little

and mystery in the presence of God," said Msgr. McSweeney. "The church is preserved in the format which Catholics at-

desired a

led to the raising of the parish, Saints

will

A bathroom trip

Msgr. McSweeney, referring to the Latin-

church andBishop JohnEnglandofCharles-

"The broadcast Mass

McSweeney.

lacking.

tended Mass

acres for the founding of the first church that

its

still

decade.

ture and eucharistic celebration," saysMsgr.

Mass with

A rustic cabinet contains rosa-

mines were closed by court injunction and the development of a parish was deferred for a

for a church, but in 1832, the gold

industry, the remaining Irish

life is

contains a slender

still

involves a call to nature.

"The

Finola

richness,

the liturgy of the

of Catholic

as the Irish

and the face of Jesus smiles down from the wall above. While electricity has been added over the years, some modem conveliterally

wide

by the circuit riding priest so many

niences are

several gold mines.

same ones used

The back room

who came to the area in

furnished a chapel, and planned hopefully

a mystical presence inside Si

ago.

of Chevalier Riva De Finola, a Frenchman

symbols and emphasis on the sacred Scrip-

integral aspect

are the

ries,

were the key to the formation of parish worship in the Gaston County area. It was the Lonergan family's donation of a few

"An

Though primitive in sructure, the

immigrants knelt in prayer nearly 1 50 years

years ago.

became

planks the floor, and the creaking

The smattering of Catholics in what would become Gaston County worshipped

1830, and

that is thf

inside has a sense of richness. Simple,

terrain.

home

McSweeney. "And

growth of the Church."

cot used

lies

lick Cathedral in Charlotte.

liilist

of-

History shows that a handful of famiEaster

in the

by horseback, one priest took on the hardship of the countless miles and rugged

By JOANN KEANE

— Beginning

of a

of how history has played a ro

true sense

pews

Catholics at

CHARLOTTE

"We sometimes fail

important to connect to our roots,"

There

Following the collapse of the mining

Associate Editor

"It is

said Msgr.

both North and South Carolina

owner of Holly,

in curia for the diocese.

wood

by a

chancellor and vicar general

to recognize the historic significance

cese of Charleston, which encompassed

in the chapel contained in the palatial

Mount

McSweeney,

Joseph's.

fered

Joseph Church in

seemingly obsolete," said Msgr. John

Back in the early 19th century, North Carolina was a mission served by the Dio-

Mass

care of the

of the aged mission.

thirst for faith fulfillment

Infrequent

minimum

over the years for the

church."

state.

Italian

the

"So many times a building becomes

was a

In the early 1800s, Catholicism

pierce the red clay.

httle,

church, maintaining the historic importance

feet.

As the roots of the oak continue to grow

its

used very

which has been providing funds

Charlotte,

ever deeper, so does our faith history.

sapling;

it is

maintained by the Diocese of

1 -

April 5, 1992

& Herald

The Catholic News

March

20,

Glenmary Seeks Lay People To

Work With

Ethnics, Rural Poor

—

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) Glenmary, the religious order founded to evangelize the American South and West, has launched a new group for lay men and women to work with ethnic groups and the rural poor. The new group, the Glenmary CoMissioner Association, will team Catholic

individuals or couples with a person

or couple from a local community.

The new missioners

own

social justice needs."

McPeek, the son of a Salvadoran mother and Appalachian father, spent several years in Guatemala as a Maryknoll lay missioner. He said the Glenmary co-missioners "will not come in with our own agenda as did many missionaries in the past, but come in and offer help they want." In addition, the

Smoke and

soot cover a wall around a crucifix at Seattle's St. James Cathedral after an

damage to the cathedral the night of March 7. (CNS photo by John

arsonist caused $ 1 million

Stamets, The Progress)

Arsonist's Fire

Damage To SEATTLE (CNS)

Father James stood March 9 in St.

the sacristy blackened in a fire that

caused about $ 1 million worth of damage to the 85-year- old structure. He sifted through a drawer full of stoles that he had received over the years.

Many

beyond

of them had been ruined

repair in the three-alarm blaze

March

set early

"These were

by an

all

$1 Million

Seattle Cathedral

—

Michael G. Ryan, rector of Cathedral in Seattle,

Causes

arsonist.

street. Father Ryan asked worshipers at the services to be forgiving toward the arsonist. Assessing the damage the next day, the priest said it could have been much worse. Fire doors to the main church and a chapel adjoining the sacristy prevented the flames from spreading. Quick response by police and fire units also helped contain the fire, Father Ryan

nasium across the

The

sacristy,

its

only things," he added with a sigh.

cut through,

cathedral had been scheduled

know what impact, if any,

would have on

the renovation

plans.

—

part of the Rite of Christian Initiation

of Adults — went on

as scheduled the evening of March 9 in the cathedral, only hours after crews had finished clean-

ing soot from the carpet.

Arson investigators arrested a 25-

man

as a suspect in the fire.

were many of the vestments hanging

in closets or in the sacristy, said

Candelabras and other religious vessels were scorched black. In a fortunate turn of events, the archbishop

s medieval-tapestried purple

cope had been removed from the sacristy a few days earlier in preparation for the Rites of Election being held around

Larson, archdiocesan director of worship.

scene

and was the day watching the

as firefighters battled the blaze

mop-up operations. The suspect had worked thedral last fall in

and seemed Father into

Ryan

at the ca-

exchange for meals

be mentally disturbed,

said.

King County

mission.

Under the bishop's sponsorship

group is working for canonical recc tion as a "private association ol

Christian faithful."

The

association

administere,

a board of directors and funded b}

Glenmary

Home Missioners

s |u

socie;

and brothers and the Glem Mission Sisters. Glenmary priests long have active in the Diocese of Charlotte presently staff parishes at Bryson t Andrews and Jefferson and missio, Cherokee, Robbinsville and Sparb Glenmary brothers and lay woi

priests

Home

?(j

itsti

fies]

also are serving in outreach prograr

the Jefferson and Sparta areas.

one of the new was to work "cross-

pairing, for example, a

This newspape printed on recy< newsprint ant

recyclable.

on investigation

of arson and burglary. Votive offering boxes had been bro-

ken into, said archdiocesan spokesman John McCoy. Because of the fire, Masses scheduled for March 8 at the cathedral were shifted to the O'Dea High School gym-

iocese

of Charlotte

P.O.

Box

3B77B

Charlotte. N.C.

2Sa3S

(704) 377-6B71

had

The Chancery

March

1992

mt Dear Friends in Christ:

"Ai

The U.S. Catholic bishops have designated Lent as the time for the American Bishops' Overseas Appeal, and it is appropriate that, as part of our Lenten observances, we consider the needs of those who endure poverty and hunger, the victims of natural disasters and war, and immigrants and refugees who seek a new life in our country.

^ Id

my car," said Father Jan

The organizations that benefit from the appeal have been Ongoing famine in the greatly challenged by the events of 1991. Sudan and other African nations, the Gulf War, ethnic strife in Eastern Europe, and natural disasters have stretched their resources to the limit. They look to the American Bishops' Overseas Appeal to enable them to continue their crucial work.

h kof

Vocations Program

—

CONCORD The Knights of Columbus Council 7450 of St. James Parish is hosting a panel discussion on vocations for the junior and senior religious education classes March 22 at

This collection will be taken in our diocese on the weekend and we ask your generous response so that efforts to assist people throughout the world who struggle merely to survive may continue. of March 28-29,

wishing you the blessings of this holy Lenten Season,

Warren

Speakers are Mercy Sister M. Timothy

6:15 p.m.

The man was booked Jail

going to learn from each other.' Bishop James D. Niedergese Nashville, who has agreed to spo the Nashville-based association, the new group impressed him a' "innovative and hopeful approac

McCoy.

connection with the case, although they are not suspects. Taylor said the suspect, who was in

also seen later in

woi

robes in the basement were destroyed,

seeking to question several other people

at the

"We feel tha

adjoining chapel and a hallway

the diocese.

was spotted

want

was heavily scorched in the

Department spokeswoman Georgia Taylor said investigators were Seattle Fire

not identified,

—

just

community is the best teacher. The;

white couple and black couple or a missioner from an English-speaking

received extensive smoke damage. Choir as

Despite the blaze, a Rite of Election

year-old

culturally"

who

mission," said Couch.

blaze.

to undergo renovation soon. Father Ryan

the fire

Glenmary has targeted four principal groups with which to work: rural Southern Appalachian and American black, Hispanic and Native American

association's goals

but people

roof bearing a gap-

ing hole from where firefighters had to

said he didn't

given. Janie

are not asking (specific

said.

kind of special, for

various reasons," he said. But "they're

The

Couch, another member of the leadership team, said one group of community organizers told them that "we were the first group that ever asked if they could come in. Everyone else simply came in, built a church and started work." Other members of the coordinating team are Glenmary Father Michael Caroline and Glenmary Sister Lynn Wrocklage.

communities. Couch said

"We

for Ph.D. 's or college- educated pe<

community must

request help before any

willir

"express their faith by working fo cial justice within a cross-cultural,

will

"poor people of various cultures who are organizing themselves and working their

looking more for people

setting" than for specific skills.

work with "communities of struggle," said Marcos McPeek Villatoro, one of four members of the team that will lead the new ministry. He defined these community as

background with a Hispanic in the g community. She said they hoped to (I missioners from a variety of cultil lifestyles, races and religious traditil The association is open to Catl individuals and couples, and the gal

for lay ministry,

Deacon

Dan Carol for the permanent dioconate, Redemptorist Father Peter Sousa, Benedictine Brother Paul Shandley and Mercy Sister Marian Therese Arroyo. For more information, call Robert Williams, vocations chairman, 786-4107 or 782-1062.

(704) 1

524

Moreheed Street.

Charlotte. N.C.

29207

The Catholic News

1992

irch 20,

Stroude plays Monopoly with daughters, Amanda,

Week

rn-Off

Michael

at St.

Michael's

las Positive

—

fWeek. The purpose was in

first

Michael Gastonia organized TV Turn-

hool in

St.

TV.

turn off the

looking forward to

admit I'm not

with glee!

can I do, this house is so quiet! we're going on a TV diet!"

What

It's like

In addition to the essay contest, St.

TV plays in their lives. It also

nes, reading and participating sports.

some anxiety

at the pros-

es of no TV, the Stroude family made through the week with ease. Eightar-old Elizabeth said it wasn't as hard she thought it would be. "We played Monopoly a lot and I id books to Amanda (her 2-year-old ter)," she said. Elizabeth even got >und to reading the last two books sded to put her in the 100 Club, a club it recognizes children who have read 0 books this school year. Elizabeth /s she's willing to see how long she a give up TV, although admittedly it 11 be hard to stay away from "The npsons" on Thursday nights. The week had a positive impact on oples' lives, said Micheline Ihmidlin, who spearheaded the prolan. "The children became aware of w much time they spent in front of the ? and (hopefully) they will be careful to how much TV they watch from "

on.

Michael sponsored a poster contest. Prize posters will be displayed in Gaston County shopping malls. Father George Kloster, pastor of St. Michael Parish, joined the program, although he didn't have a choice since his

an opportunity to develop alterdves to watching TV, such as playing

LINDA PELLERIN

pow-

"ered

Despite

to help families

a better understanding of the

ul role

during

was stolen from the rectory. From what he's heard, however, most people had a positive experience, he said. "I perceived that people realized

you can survive and be

selective in

watching TV not just because it's there," said Father Kloster. "Relationships in a

family are more important and

TV can

be an obstacle if they don't know how to control

port future efforts to turn off the

TV.

"Lent was a good season to try the TV Turn-Off because it brought us closer to God and each other as families. When the family functions properly, it's a reflection of God's love to people." Seventy percent of the student body at St. Michael School participated in TV Turn-Off Week either alone or with family members. in the parish

Many

other families

community

also partici-

According to questionnaires, many parents limit the kinds of programs and

a whole week? Judging from the

cated they will start monitoring the qual-

wasn't as hard as

might think. In an essay contest sponsored by the lool, winner Jessica Long, a third

how much TV their children watch. Some were not aware of how much time was spent watching TV. Many indiity

|iny people

Side student, wrote, "I think liste

Btiike

or going to

up some kids

pi;ht

Michael.

proclaimed inside

St.

Joseph.

The church

on the

JOANN KEANE

Photo by

Historic (From Page

Today, the tiny mission is undergoing A paint crew is stripping off worn, chipped paint, pressure washing the

ing of the origins, growth and development of the Catholic Church in Western North

and carefully prepping the clapboards for a fresh coat of whitewash. The

larger communities, both civil

facelift.

exterior,

exterior will

away

soon glow.

for posterity.

Carolina and the role

A treasure tucked

Her fledgling group hopes community life in

influence of

Mercy Sister Jeanne Marie Kienast, pastoral associate of St. Matthew approached Bishop John F. Donoghue Last year,

and Msgr. McSweeney with the concept of forming a Catholic Historical Society. Both agreed to preserve and record the history of the faith communities of the

the lives of

of plans

maintaining good historical records, and

an understanding of history as developments that occur affect the Church not only

people

its

reli-

to trace the

the

Church

at all levels.

the 150th anniversary of St.

Joseph's founding.

The historical society is

in the preliminary stages

1993 celebration.

of preparing the

They hope

to hold a

weekend celebration during the fall of 1 993 Sister

'We feel an important sense of duty in

and

Perhaps high on the historical society's list

diocese. '

has played in the

gious."

Jeanne Marie

mem-

seeking

bers for the historical society, especially

those willing to help with the festivities. Interested

ter

Jeanne Marie

persons

St.

Joseph

may call Sis-

(704) 543-7677.

Church in the McSweeney.

future," said Msgr.

Thus was bom

preserving the past for future generations

of Catholics. The historical society's goal, said Sister Jeanne

TV Mass (From Page

a historical society,

Marie is to "identify and

preserve those structures, furnishings,

arti-

documents and records which contribute to an appreciation and understandfacts,

"The main point of contact of the Church is the gathering for the eucharist," said Father

Bonnot. "Therefore, if the local

it's

a wonderful thing

Church can do a video Mass for

those unable to gather at their parish." local

Mass, he says, "allows for the viewing

community, which

Crosswinds

Holy Angels

important to their

living of faith."

Crosswinds

there."

who

great

shows.

you're watching the

Some shows have violence

Those shows are the bad ones. »e shows that have morals and lessons tithem are the good shows on TV."

written by staff

a series of columns

members of Catholic

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

lithem.

the staff members are not identified. As coordinator of Prison Ministries,

have now had a chance to hear and see hand through the stories of other

first

moments that have, for me, become the norm in my encounters

Hegarty of the fifth grade Nt'ote, "People can save money and also a lot happier instead of being a couch

volunteers, faith

|tato."'

This Ash Wednesday, several of us went to a local prison. One, a nun, went

Justin

Fifth grader Katie t

altar" is

of local faces, to hear references to the local

|d for first place, wrote, "I think watch-

— We have an

do. There are things like taking

...

Third grader Stephanie Liu, Sk

and quantity of programming. Linda Pellerin is a parishioner at

of valuable time. There are better

i ngs to

|eer

St.

Altare

National Register of Historic Landmarks.

in the present, but significantly affect the

pated.

lildren's reactions,

"Habemus

it."

Father Kloster said he would sup-

Schmidlin would like to make TV im-Off Week an annual event, she id. "As the years go by, hopefully the jgram will become more ambitious." How hard was it to give up televison 1

LTU

TV Turn-Off Week Impact On Families

By LINDA PELLERIN During the GASTONIA ek of Lent, March 4-11,

M U

urged her parents to keep the

Photo by

:vision off at least through Lent.

;t.

and Elizabeth,

in Gastonia. Elizabeth has

B E

Edwardson, who

within local prisons.

women's

section and participated

d for third place with Justin, wrote a

to the

with them in a Lenten prayer service.

entitled

"No": "This

the

week

Sister had been seasoned on previous missions in prison experience, and so she was fairly comfortable this day.

the prayer service closed, sev-

eral of the

women

in the

room with her

stood and approached her. For a moment she felt some apprehension, never

having had this type of an experience before. Then, one by one the women touched her forehead and then blessed their foreheads with a little of the ashes from her. She had forgotten they were even on her face; she won 't be forgetting for a long time the sight of them on the faces of these women. '

Videographer Randy Bolen adjusts camera as he films

Mass

at St. Patrick

Cathe-

Tape Masses will be televised on a weekly basis beginning Easter Sunday.

dral.

Photo by

JOANN KEANE

Catholic

News

Herald

March

20,

The Pope Speaks —

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Dying patients need "human comfort" more than medicine for their physi-

The pope also reiterated the Church's position

cal diseases, said

Pope John Paul

II.

Today, the terminally ill often find themselves "in busy and crowded environments, under the control of medical personnel principally worried about the biophysical aspect of the

ness," he said

fthe

cine shows "little respect for

Televised Masses

— through

Office of Telecommunica-

its

be available to subscribers to

will

became possible when the

Charlotte cable service added Vision Interfaith Satel-

Network (VISN) to its channel lineup. The ecumenical network provides 14 hours per week in which local religious groups can insert their own programming.The diocese will use part of that time for a Mass on Sunday mornings. The Masses will

tion of their relatives

' '

at St.

and "the support of their friends,

Donoghue

will be the homilist for the Masses.

VISN currently

Masses on Sundays two from the Diocese of Scranton and one from the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The Charlotte Mass will replace one of the Scranton Masses at 1 1:30 a.m. While the local Mass will be available only in Charlotte for the present, the Office of Telecommuni-

—

carries three

it to other cable systems in Western North Carolina which carry VISN. The problem lies in areas where local cable systems do not carry VISN. Until recently, that did not present a serious problem. WGN, the Chicago "super station" which shows up on the majority of cable systems across the country carried a Sunday Mass televised by the Archdiocese of Chicago. But, no longer carries that Mass. We suggest that Catholics in areas where cable systems do not carry VISN begin campaigns to convince them to do so. A letter to the operations manager or program director of the system would be a good

cations plans to distribute

WGN

starting point.

The

letters

should point out that

gramming from most of the major faiths. Only about 20 hours a week are devoted to Catholic programs.

A The Cat

holic

^ News & Herald March 20, 1992 Volume 1, Number 28

Publisher:

Most Reverend John

said the Church's position

outline

Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Fail "When inevitable death is imminent in spite ol means used, it is permitted in conscience to taki decision to refuse forms of treatment that would secure a precarious and burdensome prolongatioi so long as the normal care due to the sick pei

life,

in similar cases is not interrupted," the

pope

quoting from the document.

—

VATICAN CITY

(CNS) Pope John Paul II make good on its promises of

encouraged Cuba to religious freedom and end

all

discrimination against

full

The pope said that in any country based on law,

Ira

guarantee of religious freedom serves to pro

tor

other basic civil rights.

believers.

The pope made the remarks March

3 while accept-

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 communist-run countries in the world, is home to an ing the credentials of Cuba's

said one concrete sign of Cuba's

toward religion was its acceptance into country of a certain number of priests and religiou recent years. The pope said he hoped "new priests be incorporated into the apostolic workforce' and be able to better meet the pastoral needs of the Cu attitude

The new ambassador,

in a short speech, than

The pope said he wanted to stress that the Cuban Church and the Vatican will "do everything they

Third World causes.

should to favor a climate of dialogue" with govern-

pope, he said,

ment

global economy.

said

Cuba

reflects the suf

Cuba wants

to see a

equifa

intention to eliminate, in regulations as well as in

administrative activity, everything that implies dis-

health care.

this will

be helped by the announced

crimination or reduced respect for citizens

who

are

"The acceptance of a more ence

in public life will

active Catholic pres-

encourage dialogue and will community," he said.

certainly benefit the civilian

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Pope John Paul

Cuba

this year. Tl

had been speculation that the pope might visit island when he travels to Latin America in Octobt mark the 500th anniversary of Christianity's arriv< the New World.

BtlOl

PC II

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The

Light

Notebook

Editor's

BOB GATELY

I'm writing this on the eve of St. Patrick's Day and it will be in the hands of the iter before the annual parade starts in New York City. By the time you receive r copies of The Catholic News & Herald, everything will be over. I hope it ends cefully

—

but I'm not holding

breath.

barred from partici-

pating as a unit in the parade have ,

vowed

Would you consider writing a 200-word essay about your personal

to stage

Masses at St. Patrick's Cathedoubt that they'll try it. My only hope is that they will be ignored or, at least, that the police will prevent any serious trouble. Members of the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization claimed that the Ancient Order of Hibernians discrimihave

little

nated against them illegally by refusing to let them march as a unit. Mayor David Dinkins agreed with them and

Human

;d the city

Rights Commission to order them admitted or to block the

ide.

An administrative law judge for the commission ruled that the AOH did, indeed, riminate against the

was different

ide organizers to

march

amittee to I

Boston where a Suffolk County Superior Court judge ordered allow the Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Price as a unit.

have not seen the text of the judge's ruling but

he different situation in Boston. Patrick's

lot for St.

ton during the

parade

Day

March

would imagine

was based

a legal holiday in Suffolk County

but for the anniversary of the British evacuation of

American Revolution. The parade technically

— a public event — although

it is

the Evacuation

held in South Boston, the most Irish

ion of the city.

There was the predictable trouble as spectators harassed the gay marchers when parade was held Sunday, March 15, but mounted police kept violence to a

imum. There were a few arrests but no injuries. I hope things are no worse in New k.

you send

me,

can't promise that

I'll

publish

it,

relationship

but

I'll

surely

it.

His strength.

federal

refused to overturn that ruling.

»e later It

ILGO but said the Hibernians had a right to do so under the

guarantees of freedom of religion, speech and assembly.

stitutional

I'm collecting testimonies for a new book. Since I'm daring to ask you to share something exceedingly personal, you have the right to ask me to do the same thing. Here is how I would answer that question: Jesus is truly my personal liberator and savior. I see Him as the Lamb of God who has taken all my sins upon Himself and atoned for them. The burden has been lifted Jnnr and I am set free. What I find disappointing or demeaning , in my past has been washed away. I experience healing and forgiveness every morning as I begin the day. Jesus gives me the courage to pick myself up and smile because of the knowledge of His love. I must confess, there are some mornings when I'm weary and I wish I could turn over and sleep until noon. But even then, and especially then, I submit my weakness and tiredness

consider

their willingness to disrupt I

One Candle

in daily life?

demonstrations aimed at disrupting the parade. Since some of these same groups already have demonstrated dral,

Hei

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR What do you believe about Jesus Christ, and how does this knowledge affect you

with the Lord?

Members of a homosexual group

As He ministers

me,

begin to feel renewed, and become ready to meet the

challenges of the new day. From time to time, when I begin to flag during my work day, getting bogged down in a million details, I stop everything to re-enter His infinite calm. When I am impatient, I call upon His unfailing patience. Like the sunflower turning toward the sun, I turn to Him for warmth, comfort and wisdom. I say nothing. I settle in, and then I smile. He ministers to me as often as I ask. Jesus is truly my untrembling center. More than that, He is my best friend. Does all this sound too pious? I hope not. I really don't know how else to put it. It's not that I advert to His presence 24 hours a day. There are hours in the day when I don't think of God at all, but my faith has given me a sixth sense. Somehow I am aware of His loving gaze even when my mind is on something else. Do you have any spiritual secrets you've never told anyone? Dare I tell you this? Once the Lord spoke to me in a way that took my breath away; it was not in a voice my ears could hear, but in the silence of my heart. Jesus said that He thanked the Father for giving me to Him. He thanked God the Father for me! It would embarrass me to tell you this, except at another time He said that He thanks the Father always,

one of us. amazes me that we are capable of awakening sentiments of gratitude in Our Lord and Savior. But why? Are we not part of the Mystical Body of Christ? Without this mystical dimension, the Church is just an empty shell. Jesus gives us life, and I rejoice in the knowledge of His love. In Him, I live and breath and have my being. (For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "God Delights in You," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St., New York, for each It

dw the Church Views

Stillborn

Babies

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN Q. Several years ago I gave birth to a stillborn baby. We had waited for this •sed event for more than eight years, so my Baptist husband and I were quite raught over our loss. Since the baby was deformed and we believed in nation, I never got to see the child. I was shocked when our local priest said he could not offer a Mass for the y since, as he said, there was never a soul. I even asked him again to be sure. Is this how we view babies? After 11 years I still feel cheated for our pain and for our child, who has a special place in the heart of our family. Since then we have been blessed with two more wonderful sons; one bears the name of his "older" brother. Thank you for any comments you might have to help us. (Tennessee)

A. I am truly sorry for you and for what you and your husband were told. Of course we believe that babies, even unborn babies, have a soul and possess a genuine human

N.Y. 10017.)

Father John Catoir

Your /ourselves

By MSGR. JOHN

Now

jm child could obviously not have experienced any

it may be theology and practice, a full Catholic jral, including Mass, may be offered for any child who dies before the parents able to have him or her baptized. This is explicit in our canon law. It would have applied to your child, as it applies to other babies who die, before

"W°y

The pathway of looking honestly

—

risky."

The Lenten journey is risky. It calls us to stop in our seemingly busy life to begin a process of self-examination and repentance. It calls for confession, fasting, abstinence, prayer, and giving to the poor. It calls us to travel with the Lord who immersed Himself in the pain and suffering of the

human

race.

Lent's 40 days provide that opportunity to look at life from the perspective of the cross. Rather than walking around those issues in our lives, that cause suffering or a sense of hopelessness, we can walk through them. If we decide to walk with the

mine recently acquired a stained glass window from a words "fiat voluntas tua." Could you help me tell her

God's power being manifested in us. we are not alone. Decide to share the journey with Christ. He leads and walks with us without hesitation. We also are accompanied by the Church, the community of believers. We need to. remember that on our journey of Lent, we are not alone. Together we receive God's word and share in the sacraments, being nourished and sustained in our Lenten journey. Many of us are worried about the current economic recession. We need to stop and realize that Christ will comfort and strengthen us as we wonder how to make it

friend of

lit those

sa y'

life

before their Catholic parents had an opportunity to arrange for their

Irch. It includes the

words mean?

(Illinois)

mean "thy will be done," and appear in the version of the Gospel of St. Matthew (6: 10). They express a theme which Jesus uently insisted upon for his followers and which several times is shown to be his ft attitude of love and obedience to the will of the Father. We find this spirit of Jesus explicitly stated on the night before the crucifixion ke 22:42) and numerous other places in the Gospels. 'In Christian writing and art the word "fiat," "let it be done," also refers to the pptance of God's will by the mother of Jesus at the Annunciation (Luke 1:38). (A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about baptism requiremts and sponsors is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to JPierJohn Dietzen, HolyTrinity Parish, 704 N. Main St.,Bloomington, III. 61 701 h'stionsfor this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.) Copyright © 1992 by Catholic News Service J

find themselves in similar circumstances,

|(ism.

life.

can be some what dangerous. One might and much too bother? It looks difficult

one's spiritual

to repeat that according to Catholic

fter birth,

McSWEENEY

^pi^MHSH personal spiritual

would have been perfectly permissible and appropriate.

who

we're nearly three weeks into Lent, I pose to you the same question I ask of myself: Has your relationship with the Lord changed? Between the ashes of Ash Wednesday and the alleluias of Easter, there is a journey that Christ invites us to take with him. Symbolically, the journey is for 40 days. It is a journey that calls us to take a hard look at our that

A Mass thanking God for his life and asking grace and strength

For other parents

)ful

director of The Christophers.

Lent: Risky Business

life.

scious sinfulness.

A. The Latin words

jd's Prayer in the

wounded Lent

healer,

will feel

risky business, but

through another year. Lent is risky. Take the risk to rediscover tne Lord in your life during this holy time. There is no easy road to freedom. Christ extends the invitation to each of us, to a freedom in spirit unknown. Accept the invitation today so that when we sing the Easter alleluias, we will sing truly as His people.

Msgr. John

McSweeney

a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte.

tig

"atholic

News

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? A

Christian

Catechumen Finds The In the middle of the journey of our lost the right path. Dante

—

FRANK CANCRO

The Bottom Line I

Like Dante's pilgrim,

taught this last semester, students

made presentations

to the class

based on research they had done. Much of it was enlightening. However, in a few cases, it seemed hard for the students to direct their research to a specific conclusion. Rather, they filled their 45 -minute presentation time with every imaginable fact on the topic they were presenting. in

I sat

my chair during some of these presentations and kept saying to myself,

"Yes. But what in politics, in

the bottom line?" The bottom line

economics and

March

20,

By JEFF MINICK

of Rights?

Bill

By FATHER In a course

Herald

important in such a classroom,

in lots of other parts of

our every day

myself in a dark wood, for I /

entered the middle of my

life

alone and in a dark

was 39 years old and had lost the right path. I could read about God, talk about H with friends and family, and think about Him. But I could not find Him in my he Consequently, I lived in a spiritual void, an interior dungeon of shadows and loci doors where the soul becomes prisoner of the self. Shortly before my 40th birthday, when my despair seemed impregnabl^ju strange and wonderful power began to change my life. This power didn t reveal it^ I

(

in a clap of thunder or speak to

the

lives.

life I found

me from a burning bush. Instead, it crept into my he

way March thaws and flowers after a harsh, bitter winter. Slowly, miraculous

Last time, in speaking about baptism, we identified the priestly, prophetic and ruling functions of all those who call themselves "Christian." It ought to make us

God restored my lost faith, speaking to me though a book, a casual remark made

good to learn that we are so important that so much of the mission and ministry of the Church relies on us. But once the euphoria clears, it should become clear to us that if we are going to live out our baptismal commitment and work shoulder to shoulder with our bishops and priests who offer leadership in these same functions of Christ with us, there are certain "bottom lines" that go along with the work of being a priest, a prophet and a ruler. Vatican Council II It was the Second Vatican Council that renewed our understanding of the Christian faithful's participation in the mission and ministry of Chirst and His Church. For a time in our history that wasn't a clear hallmark of lived faith. Only after this rediscovery in the 20th century did we begin to ask questions about what participation in the priestly, prophetic and kingly ministry of Christ really meant. In the Code of Canon Law issued in 1983, a new section was written that tries to spell this out. For the first time, we began to speak about "rights" and

Everything in the world around me seemed electrified, charged by the powei God. There were days when I wondered at the faith bounding up inside me. At ft

call. Maybe many of us thought we were supposed to do was support the church, be there on Sunday and make

In graduate school, I took a master's degree in medieval history and was ag exposed to the Catholic faith. But what finally sparked my conversion to Catholicism were the people of John Church in Waynesville. So many have touched my life in the past year tha hardly know where to begin counting my blessings. There are Trudi Rand and Ryan, two women with a deep faith, who invited my family to Mass. (They also tr

feel

"obligations" connected to living out the baptismal that all

sure our values were

communicated to children through an appropriate church Those things, my friends, are not the bottom line!

related educational system.

Canon 208 tells us, "By their rebirth in Christ all the faithful are equal in dignity and action. As a result, they all cooperate in building up the body of Christ according to their own proper condition and function." There is a basic equality among all the ordained and lay faithful.

faithful,

priests,

—

And this equality

—

what should motivate us

all

according to our own proper function to ordained and laity prophets and rulers in imitation of Christ in the midst of the world.

work together

Because we are "all in this together," the faithful are free to make their needs known to their ecclesiastical leadership especially when they are wanting for some spiritual need or have some religiously motivated desire (c. 212. 2). And, in "virtue of the knowledge, competence and expertise which they may have ..." the faithful have the right to make their opinions known to Church authorities and can express, with respect for that authority and sensitivity for the to other

members of the

The

common good,

their opinions

faithful as well (c. 212. 3).

have the right to Christian education (c. 217) and they are assured that if they are engaged in the study of the sacred sciences (theology, religion, Scripture, canon law and related fields), they enjoy a kind of academic freedom; "just freedom of inquiry and prudently expressing their views ... while observing compliance due to the magisterium of the Church, (c. 218)" All the faithful have the right to make their own vocational choice; to decide how best they will serve the Gospel of Christ and to not be forced in any way into a particular state of life (c. 219). Finally, canon 220 assures the Christian faithful of their right to a good reputation and the right to his or her own privacy as they unfold their baptismal journey in the midst of the Church. faithful

With the same

Canon Law

distrusted this

tells

stress that

community or Like

sought

I had been attending a church that gave me little spirit^! yearned for was a faith with strong family values, a faith t stressed education for children, that could articulate the teachings of Christ and hi

the

What

backbone So it was

to stand

by those teachings. beckoned me

that Catholicism

From my past, I knew a little about the Catholic Church. Although I had grojjiisi up

in a small

town with only two churches, Methodist and

close Catholic friends in Washington.

they lived their faith. Later in

to recruit

life, I

Baptist,

my parents

Whenever we visited, I noticed how

stronj

attended several Masses with a college

ren

trie

another.

or not,

are

all in this

together. This togetherness gives us certain

The Code of Canon Law also talks about some of these sets down what I've just said: "The faithful are observe communion with the Church, even in their external

responsibilities. First, the

obliged always to

code

actions (c.209. 1)."

The

faithful of Christ are obliged to lead

Church

(c.

210). All the faithful

holy lives and promote the growth of

— ordained and

lay Christians

—

are also

obliged to spread the Gospel by the lives they lead; proclaiming salvation or Christ

everyone they meet, not just the family or close friends. The work of evangeliis

serious business for

all

the baptized

(c.

211).

and help the Church grow, the faithful have an obligation to provide for the needs of the Church (c. 222. 1 ) and you thought you were paying to have someone else do it for you! Finally, there is an obligation to promote social justice; care for God's poor, work to eliminate prejudice from our neighborhoods and hatred from our planet, and seek God's justice and mercy in the midst of our world (c. 222 .2). The bottom line of baptism is that those wonderfully sacred waters enliven us to recognize certain rights we possess because we are so washed, and certain obligations we have that assist us in always being open to the cleansing work of those waters in and throughout our lives. 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. In order to evangelize

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for the softball team!)

There is Father Edward Gray, our Redemptorist priest; he may sing a little key, but he is one of the finest and most spiritual men I have ever met. On the f night of my instructions with him, in a gesture of welcome I won't forget, Fat Gray came out of the rectory and walked down the drive to meet me Then, there is Chris Amnions, our CCD director, a fine woman wtoj organization of the Sunday school classes convinced me that at St. John our child}

would receive a strong Christian education. Ann Simmons, Stevens, the Roberts family and so many other new friends;

way

make

us feel at

home

at St.

all

the Lentinis, Naii

ion'

have gone out of tl

John.

|ie.

Then, too, there are the sacraments, beliefs and sacramentals, which drew to the faith and which I have come to love. Purgatory makes perfectly good sei to me, for example, and I expect that the sacrament of reconciliation will do m world of good. Saying the rosary has helped strengthen the habit of prayer in me the hundreds of parts of the faith have only begun to reveal their meaning in my 1 The more I found out about the Catholic Church, the more I felt attracted tc The Church asks something of its people and its leaders. It addresses with wisd issues ranging from world poverty to modern warfare. It opposes abortion, eut

SeeMinick, Page

W[1!

*he saints

common

responsibilties to each other.

zation

jii

family and

satisfaction.

American Constitution, the Code of

find in the

us that the exercise of these rights must always take the

"moderates the exercise of (these) rights ... (c. 223. 2)" Obligations Society these days seems highly individualized. It is easy for us to want to individualize our relationship with God as well. However, as far back as our salvation history goes we are confronted time and again not with a God who reveals Himself to one person at a time but rather a God who is always present to one

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with each passing day. And so, having traveled from doubt to faith, appropriate way to worship this God who had never given up on me

good and the rights of other into account (c. 223. 1). In the same way that the judicial branch of government assures that for American citizens, ecclesiastical authority

the

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power this joy afraid that it was an illusion, a trick of so kind. Yet, my newfound faith and hope not only stayed with me, but gained strenj I

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"Shenandoah" (1965) Civil

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King Richard. Stylized violence, ft U.S. Catholic Conference classiUion is A-I general patronage. d

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more. People used to give up chocolate, but now that seems silly. It may improve your complexion but it's hard to imagine how it affects your relationship with God. Still, something was lost when we stopped giving up things for Lent. There's a lesson in that ritualized act of self-sacrifice, even if it's something as small as giving up chocolate. is

that giving

The lesson is more

up some things

important than getting your

own way.

The heroes of pop culture

—

people Michael Jackson, Melanie Griffith and Axl Rose are the extravagant winners who get what they want. We envy like

the hardships of real property.

Charlotte

Even

so,

being rich is no guarantee for happiness. Heartbreak and tragedy don't respect

your bank account. Being rich gets you the things money can buy. But happiness grows out of the quality of your relationships. If you have friends, if you get along with your

parents, if you

friend

who

God

have a girlfriend or boy-

cares about you, those are

the sources of your happiness.

Lots of kids would like a new CD But suppose you were offered this magical choice: "You can have a Diskman but your best friend will hate you forever." Few would accept the trade. That's because we sense that relationships are more important than things. player.

You can only

sustain a relationship

you give up what you want for yourself now and then. Maybe you're done with your homework and you're ready to watch TV when a friend calls and wants help with algebra. You give up your show and help the friend. Maybe you loan a friend money that you'd rather spend on yourif

self.

What has this got to do with Lent? You are in a relationship with God. That relationship is a lot like a human It needs time and attention to grow. And sometimes loving God means giving up what you want for yourself. Sensing God's presence is often

friendship.

You may want to do God's know what that is. You can't go up to God and just ask the way you might ask a friend.

difficult.

will but it's hard to

Here's what you say when you give up something for Lent, even if it's only chocolate. "God, what you want is more important than what I want." And by saying that, you make a little open space for him, a bit of quiet in the noise where you can listen to your friend.

Service

Charlotte Catholic Seniors CHARLOTTE — Three

Lent

Aids Our Relationship With

and Famous" focus on a movie star who lives in a modest apartment and sends the extra money to his poor relatives. We enjoy seeing people with big houses and extravagant cars because that s what we'd want if we made it big. It's a hollow dream. As a psychologist, I have counseled with the children of welfare families and the children of millionaires. Given the choice, most would rather be rich than poor. There are very few volunteers for

runs a ramshackle motel with her young son (Allan Hubbard). Director Bruce

rough language. The U.S. holic Conference classification is - morally offensive. The Motion

Up Something For

You'll wait a long time before you

lund) continues to lure teen-agers

rring

students.

whose drinking

broke up his

affect color. Their visit

of an ongoing project of CCHS Science Club members to share their scientific interest and

see an episode of "Lifestyles of the Rich

| suicidal nightmares until he is vanhed by his revenge-inspired daughLisa Kane). Director Rachel Talalay ids more time on dream imagery special effects than on actual murbut the movie is still designed to laughter at adolescents being torJd and viciously slaughtered. Deadly |;nce depicted as entertaining and ,

how chemicals

Down-on-his-luck country-western singer (Robert Duvall),

High School, show fifth was part

Acitelli, students at Charlotte Catholic

Gabriel's School in Charlotte

St.

that.

"Tender Mercies" (1983) eddy's Dead:

Tom

(1)

k youth (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and two tiers

and

Billy Jeffers

graders at

its

consequences on the family and its members. Wartime violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MCA/Universal, $19.95)

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yz'N the Hood" (1991) es take their toll

lovely rural setting

family fare. Not rated. (Republic, $89.98)

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March

20, 19f

How By Father Robert Catholic

News

Kinast

ordinary people meditate

Service

I was just finishing an all-day meeting with two members of the Catholic

Committee of Appalachia. We had been discussing their work with the people who live in small communities throughout the Appalachian region. Our goal was to find a way to help these people reflect on their lives continuously rather than coming together for discussion only

when there was a crisis. "You know," said Brenda in her rich Kentucky accent, "these folks' already meditate on the meaning of things. They just don't give it a fancy name. They looking at life." A lot of people meditate by looking at life. They don't necessarily go to retreat houses or churches; they don't necessarily follow a traditional meditation method or have a spiritual director; and they don't necessarily meditate alone or

prefer to call

in silence.

What they do is look at their life and relate what they see to what they believe about God, themselves and others.

- and why Meditation is one way of stopp ing the rush of events and concentrating on those that are the most significant. Meditation helps people feel they are in control of their lives instead of being pushed and pulled by outside forces. Thinking about things makes them more concrete and manageable, less threatening and overwhelming. There is a unique power in the ability to re-

—

Having met many ordinary people who meditate regularly, I have compiled a profile of what meditation means

present to oneself to reflect upon the people, events, demands, opportu-

them. Meditation is a natural response by thinking people to the events

one's

in their lives.

their thinking

Most people sense when something important happens, and they want to grasp its full meaning. But people also

harmonious. It enables people to act and not simply to react to situations out of habit or instinct. Thus meditation helps people determine what kind of response they want to give and how to give it. This union of thought and be-

that one event gives way to anand soon the constant flow of experience carries them rapidly along.

know

other,

nities

and decisions which make up life.

Meditation enables people to

make

and

their acting

God does not compete with the boisterous activities that fill the day although God is present within them. God is more like the whispering breeze Elij ah felt outside his cave than the strong wind or earthquake or fire. (1 Kings 19:9-12).

havior makes people feel that they are acting as whole persons.

Religious people use meditation to get in touch with this divine presence

hidden in the midst of everything else. To do so a few basic techniques are

Meditation makes people aware of more than meets the eye. By stopping the flow of events and concentrating on what is important, people open them-

helpful.

Most people find it helpful to medisame time each day: in the morning before things get busy, at night when all is quiet and at noon during a break from work. Having a designated 1

selves to the subtle spiritual influence of God's presence.

time allows a person to develop a habit of meditating and to save reflective energy for that time. 2. A meditation space is also helpful. Most people find a quiet comfortable area ideal, although some meditate while preparing food for a meal, tending plants or driv-

CNS photos: upper

right

left - by Mimi Forsyth; - from Cleo Freelance Photo.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT A few hours in the fresh air away from the telephone and the doorbell always bring me new energy and renewal. But for many of us this kind of break is as difficult to manage as it is important. A recent study showed that employed Americans today work more hours each week than they have for many years.

Our parish office is open from 1 0 in the morning until 9 at night, and it is a busy place. So have worked out two ways that find helpful when it comes to taking a little daily break. The first way is simple. have a reclining chair in my office, and every afternoon close my door for 20 or 30 minutes. The second way is even better. Each day go for a walk as simple as that. For a half hour walk at a brisk pace through some part of our little waterfront town. This gives me time to think, I

—

or to stop thinking

that

is in

order.

In a pressured life that is becoming even more pressured, taking care and more necessary. And that means taking some time for ourselves.

of ourselves

tate at the

Father David K. O'Rourke, Benecia, Calif.

ing in their cars. The criterion is a space that is undistracting to the person and conducive to feeling God's presence. Using the same space makes it easier to feel God's presence each time. 3.

The meditation itself is more valuable if a per-

usually

son concentrates on just one That may be a relationship with another person (spouse, child, friend, coworker); it may be a particular point.

activity (parenting, civic involvement, recreation, work); it may be an aspect of one's per-

sonality (generosity, listening to othei

happiness, fears, images of succesi Concentrating on one point enables person to become more familiar wi God's presence in that area of his or h life.

Meditation does not have to be mental. Many people find it helpful they meditate to write their thoughts a journal or speak them into a ta recorder. More artistic individui might sketch or use music to exprt what they are feeling. Feelings are an important part of m( itation. They indicate that the wh< person is involved in the experience. 4.

Meditation begins with one's exj

rience but

doesn't

end

there. Peoj

begin meditating on a particular ev« in their lives and then try to conn, their experience with a similar ev(| narrated in the Bible or embodied holy person. In this way meditati helps people feel part of the larger fal iij

trtd

tradition.

Finally, meditation leads to acti Whenpeopleponderthespiritualmei ing of what is happening in their livei how they are feeling, their next impu is to put their insights into practice. Thus meditation has the capacity only to give people a greater sense control in their busy lives, but also p sesses a capacity to change them — change the ways they act and inter with others.

(Father Kinast is a Florida-ba pastoral theologian.)

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contents oopyright

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20, 1992

The Catholic News

«&

FURTHER NOURISHMENT

Lost and found: Me, myself and By Father Lawrence E. Mick Catholic News Service

rom the Jewish Hasidim comes the f

of a

man who could never remem-

in the

of clothing.

Meditation, however, is not just about being in touch with ourselves. The 11th step in the 12-Steps

quiet.

ymous speaks

program for Alcoholics Anonof seeking "through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and for the power to carry it

perhaps the busiest people need meditation the most. The key to integrating meditation into a busy lifestyle

the night before, o one night as he undressed for bed lade a list noting where he put each

Still,

les

When he awoke he was

abandon preconceived notions

what

with the help of his notes, to find shirt, his pants, his socks and his ,

requires.

"Perhaps the busiest people need

'8.

when he was

he me disturbed and muttered to him"I know where my shirt is, I know re my shoes are, I know where all lothes are, but where am I myself?" e looked and looked and couldn't ut

himself.

ow it

fully dressed,

Christians believe that the God they worship also dwells within them. So when we are in touch with ourselves we find God at the center of our being. That is why meditation can merge into prayer, giving us peace and a sense of focus in life. Touching base with ourselves and with the God who dwells in us enables us to cope much more effectively and enjoyably with whatever stress and

base with ourselves and with God

who

dwells

us enables us to

cope much more effectively and enjoyably with whatever stress and

with us." strain life brings our

may all be able to find our clothes, we may know where our bodies are,

way."

The place for meditation can be a church, the woods, a quiet room or a hermitage, but it can also be a car, a bathroom, a kitchen, a busy street corner or a crowded mall. The time can be an hour in the morning or several days

the hectic pace of contemporary ve easily lose a sense of ourselves lere we are and where we are going, leditation helps us find ourselves, [any people who hear the word ||litation" think immediately of an jern guru sitting in the lotus posiwith eyes closed and chanting "OM" and over. But the word covers a

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between appointments or 10 minutes while driving to pick up the children. The style might be quite formal. But it might also be simply getting in touch with my own feelings at the moment, or pausing to take in the beauty of a flower or a child. Each person needs to be creative enough to find the time and place and style that works best for him or her.

and practices. He person might adopt points from jem styles and spend an hour each meditating that way. Another might itate for 15 minutes each morning, g a passage from the Bible as a basis eflection. Another person might take

By Father John Catholic

Like most houses there, this one had a flat roof with a splendid view of the sea, just the place to sit quietly and and pray. think One day about noon Peter settled down there and closed his eyes against the glare of the sun bouncing off the water. He dozed, but he didn't really sleep. He was open to the Spirit's action, and the Spirit acted.

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extraordinary

experiences of

Peter had a vision. It changed his outlook radically. If he had doubts about non-Jews into accepting gentiles the early Christian community, and he probably did, those doubts were dis-

divine comfort

—

thunder and

pelled.

lightning, but In

God's insistence that no one could simply be written off as "unclean" led Peter to accept the invitation to visit the nearby house of Cornelius, a Roman military officer and a gentile. The upshot was the conversion of the centurion's whole household (Acts 10:1-49). When a person gets away from the pressures and outlook of "life as usual," all sorts of wonderful things can hap-

the quiet"

pen. CNS photo from Cleo

(Father Mick is a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and a freelance writer

and speaker.)

If people open up to the Spirit's promptings, one thing can lead to an-

Castelot

Service

bustle and the dust of Jerusalem. He decided to visit a friend who had a house on the Mediterranean shore.

they seek only

God comes not

News

St. Peter had to take a break from the

"People risk

missing God

strain life brings our way. What matters is that we touch base often enough not to get lost in the confusion around us.

The clear sounds of silence

of retreat, but it can also be five minutes

titude of styles

seeking recovery from addictions or simply seeking relief and positive change or healing in their lives. She prepares readers to begin their reflection by taking "two or three deep breaths. Let your mind relax. Listen with your heart.... You are about to begin a gentle journey." She introduces listeners to ideas they can meditate upon as part of fears, caring for themselves self-esteem, serenity, anger, trust, love and others. (Sound Ideas, an imprint of Simon and Schuster Inc., 1 230 Avenue of the Americas, NewYork, N.Y. 10020. 1992. Audio cassette, $12.00.)

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out."

meditation the most.... Touching

"And that," said the rabbi,

Lighting the Path, Meditations

a slow walk or sit on the rocks by the sea as a time for reflection. Most people I know, however, find it hard to take time out from the burdens of daily responsibilities to be alone and

morning where he put his

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other: • A new idea is born. • A fresh way of looking at life takes

shape. Elijah, frantically fleeing a frustrating struggle with the ruthless Queen Jezebel, ran away to save his life and to find the God he had been trying desperately to serve. Elijah sought the quiet of a lonely cave at Sinai where God first was manifested to the people. With the memory of that meeting

running through his mind, Elij ah hoped

some spectacular manifestation of the divine presence. And there were terrifying winds, earthquake, fire. But God was not found in them. Finally Elijah heard a tiny whispering sound ("a sound of silence" in Hebrew), and it was there that he experienced God's comforting presence. People risk missing God if they seek only extraordinary experiences of divine comfort. God comes not in thunder and lightning, but in the quiet. A quiet encounter with God gave Elijah the strength to go back and resume the struggle in God's way (1 Kings

for

19:9-18).

In Luke's Gospel Jesus is portrayed frequently at prayer, alone with his contacts that came to a cliFather max in the foreboding stillness of the

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do you do to take care of yourself

the midst of pressures and stress?

"When had four or five little ones, often would just step outside the back door and look around at nature and remember my Christine Botos, St. Clairsville, bvorite Scripture verse: 'Be still and know that am God.' That always had a real calming effect."

—

Dhfo "I

ask myself, "What's good

in this situation?'

firmly believe that out of

every bad situation, something good can come."

— Jim

"Mass

for

is like

a quiet harbor when things

allow nothing over which Minn. I

"Rest and read. (est

—a

little bit

have no

really get stressful."

control to bother

especially read Scripture of contemplative prayer."

and

me, and

spiritually uplifting

books.

— Pat Peterson, Oakland,

try to

who

hurts me."

(Father Castelot

— Hap Corbett, Staples,

scholar, author

take time through the rosary to allow the Lord to

Calif.

"We had eight children and three miscarriages and plenty of opportunity to have almost gone under with the pressure and stress. Jeanne Schmelzer, Bremen, Ohio emedied that over a period of years first by praying and submitting my whole life to God."

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An upcoming

and courage.

— Maureen Sheetz, Manassas, Va.

forgive quickly everyone

encounter

brought Jesus from terror to assurance

4ack, Madison, Wis. I

of Olives. This

described most graphically by Mark. Alone with God, Jesus falls to the ground in prayer, seeking God's will. His prayer is answered, and the change is astounding. From lying prostrate Jesus rises with calm assurance to follow the path God has indicated. Prayerful meditation has

like to

respond for

and

a Scripture

lecturer.)

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atholic

& Herald

March

People

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1986-88.

Cardinal

Law To Chair Presidential On Immigration

Commission

WASHINGTON (CNS) —

Presi-

dent Bush has appointed Cardinal Ber-

Law

nard F.

of Boston as chairman of

Commission on Legal Immigration. The commission was cre-

the presidential

ated to evaluate the Immigration Act of

1986.

Law

chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration. "It is an honor to be appointed,

' '

Cardinal Law said in a state-

am grateful

for the confidence

which President Bush has shown by this appointment."

New Lithuanian Archbishop Installed

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VILNIUS, Lithuania (CNS) The new archbishop of Vilnius, Audrys Juozas Backis, was installed March 4 as the third prelate to hold the post since the archdiocese was established in

925 Archbishop Backis has spent most of his career abroad.

served as an un-

der-secretary in the Vatican Secretariat

of State and as pro-nuncio to the Netherlands from

988 until he was named to He was one of the

cation and am optimistic of his ability to totally recover."

year-old cardinal

Spring. Suddenly

WASHINGTON (CNS)— The spe-

offer

was made

to set

up a face-to-face

Ex-Polish Officer Denied Bail In

Murder Case

Priest

—

WARSAW,

Poland (CNS) A Warsaw court overturned an appeal for bail by a former deputy interior minister suspected of playing a major role in the 1984 murder of popular pro-Solidarity priest Father Jerzy Popieluszko. Gen. Wladyslaw Ciaston, who also headed Poland's SB secret police at the time of Father Popieluszko 's murder, lost an appeal of a lower court's ruling which had also rejected bail. Ciaston and codefendant Gen. Zenon Platek have been under investigative arrest since October 1990. Until his retirement six years ago, Platek was director yof the Interior Ministry s Department Four, which was

Cardinal Krol Gets Permanent Pacemaker, Continues To Improve

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Cardi-

nal John

Krol, retired archbishop of

responsible for surveillance and harass-

Bears

Jail

paper, Cotter said

Joseph F. Majdan. The cardihas been at Thomas Jefferson

sician, Dr. nal,

who

University Hospital in Philadelphia since

Feb. 19, "continues to improve and

making steady

strides,"

Majdan

"I'm delighted by his response

said.

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Mass. (CNS) Operation Rescue leader William Cotter, a Catholic, is content to spent two and a half years in jail for taking seriously his church's teaching on abortion. In a prison interview with the Catholic Free Press, Worcester diocesan newseration

according to his phy-

Term He Chose

WORCESTER,

maker March

March

is still lin-

gering on. Never-

was

better for

Op-

Rescue that he be in jail because demonstrates suffering for right causes '

was an "occasion for grace. He said he felt convinced he'd done the right thing. "There was a little apprehension about the unknown, but I thought it was all for the best." and that

that also

had been asked centuries age

"Why suffering, dear Sister? I was thin

colors under the

ing that after 25 years of marriage,

afte

so much hardship and suffering, ris and danger, we could have the freedor to enjoy life

when we

arrived in

th.

United States. We thought we wou have money, a car and a life relativel free of hard work. Yet just one year her and we are again in this situation.

"What

the

meaning of

dea

life,

Sister ?

the cherry blos-

inmost heart I believe that there is Super Being who has helped me throu; your presence, your comfort. Now

warm sun. Perhaps the

not a Catholic but in

colors are the more magnificent because

know

that

deeply buried in the cold

alone.

My husband also will not face hi

the roots

lie

earth of winter.

Knowing pital to

must go to the hossee a countryman, a Vietnamese

who

waiting for death,

that

why

don't

worried and sad? Perhaps because the sick person is not me. If he were, what would be my thoughts right now? This sick person is lying in the midst of a bright sunlit and quiet room, feel

somehow one can

feel the spirit

The noise of a TV set watching cannot erase the pain,and sadness of the one who is lying there. It cannot do anything to lighten the melancholy sadness of the bystander. Who can truly point out to us the falsehood of such a life so that one can truly face the inevitable? This is a death that none of us can escape and I must face it by myself. It is easy to understand that the Carolinas Medical Center has tried to change the face of a hospital from a place where sorrow and suffering, joy and gladness, dead and dying meet into death invading

which no one

first

it.

class hotel, exquisite in

its

taste

and glamorous in its environment. It seems to say that this is the place where one can live forever and one can achieve an everlasting happiness.Here one can see beautiful flowers; there one can behold fountains of glittering water Perhaps people are trying to cover the death threats by these false securities. This falsity is trying to erase

not facing this

Sol

theless one can see

Philadelphia, received a permanent pace1 1

the

soms fully opened, showing their bright

yet

Catholic Operation Rescue Leader

pendence was recognized internationally last summer.

invades

Charlotte sky even though the temperamental cold weather of this

Guatemalan prosecutor probing a

conference, the attorney said.

U.S. nun's allegations that she was kid-

napped, tortured and raped by Guatemalan security forces said she should return to the Central American country so he can interview her. Special Prosecutor Fernando Linares said he has never been able to speak with the nun, Sister Dianna Ortiz, and said that her Ursuline order might be hiding "something." But Sister Ortiz's lawyer said repeated offers have been made to Linares to arrange for such an interview, and the prosecutor knows it. As recently as February, an

eyes bathed in tears asked me a questio

lit

Prosecutor Says Nun Must Be Interviewed; Lawyer Says He Offered cial

coming

feel the

Vatican representatives responsible for the convention establishing diplomatic

between the Vatican and

perhaps because

tion.

ment of church personnel.

Lithuania after the Baltic nation's inde-

really

Majdan said the 81was in stable condi-

the Vilnius position.

relations

By SISTER CECILIA TONG do not know what has made me so eager to jump into my car; I

previous evaluation of the act

took place in 1990. Cardinal

ment. "I

Am Up To My Challenges?

The News

Albina Aspell Named First Lay Publisher For Peoria Paper PEORIA, 111. (CNS) Albina Aspell has been named publisher of The Catholic Post, Peoria's diocesan newspaper, by Bishop John J. Myers. She becomes the first lay publisher in the newspaper's 58-year history. Aspell had been the paper's associate publisher and the diocese's communications director for the past two years. She was editor of the Post from 1982 to 1990. Joining The Catholic Post in 1973, Aspell was features editor for five years and assistant editor for three. She served as president of The Catholic Press Association from

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death alone. Dear God, what more can say? I do not understand your ways, bi please let me understand this life and t

meaning of suffering took out the cross, the sign of lo\ always carry with me. Painfully let her know that this is her answer. S has to talk to Him who was being cruc I

that I

10 CI

bo'Sc

fied on the cross and only He can answtt her questions and explain the signifi cance of the symbols

I have prayed for her, for her hui band and for so many sick people in

til

hospital so that the cross can liberal

them from

their sorrows and pain. Sue took the cross in its crude fom I thanked the Lord because He has gor into this abyss of suffering before it

denly

and now because of His own experienc, t

He has given all those who believe Him the power to surrender and to rea live the truly human life.

m is(

Lent is the season which brings back to this reality of the human cone tion. I am rather sad when I have chance to visit Catholic families. I hay seen the cross in their living roan replaced by other fanciful pictures.

)SS

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in the sun.

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Monday: 2 Kings 5:1-15; Luke 4:24-30. Tuesday: Daniel 3:25, 34-43; Matthew 23: 1-12.

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Wednesday: Isaiah 7: 1 0-1 4; Hebrews 1 0:4-1 0; Luke 1 :26-38.

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Khong hieu

cai gi da

lam cho buoc

Xuan dang ndi hifng

trd

ve tham

chaVi sao

lai

vung

cua

troi

toi

ham ho

Charlotte

ra xe,

mac dau

co the vi cai lanh

toi

cam

thay

cong bubt bat

ua thang Ba chda mudn dift hah. Nhdng dau vay tren nhiing canh cay ngddi ta da thay nhuhg

Binh dab r6 nd, khoe sac hong tuoi trong nang am. nhieu thang trong long dat toi chang? Biet rang

jji

mau chung

tddi

dep

da dude

minh can phai vao benh vien de tham

dong danh trong

Ned con benh

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March

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20,

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Tres Religiones, una ciudad natal: Por

AUSTIN DAVID de

patriarca latino de Jerusalen, nota que

Jerusalen la hace una ciudad santa para

solamente alrededor de 9 mil cristianos viven en la ciudad natal de la cristiandad.

historia de la antigua ciudad

Musulmanes. La

Judios, Cristianos y

tradition nos dice que Abrahan, el padre

del monoteismo, vino a Jerusalen y bajo la orden de Dios estaba determinado a sacrificar a su unico hijo, Isaac,

monte Moriah. Ahora cubierto por

Omar

(el

domo de

mezquita de

la roca) este

mismo

monte es considerado santo por los musulmanes, porque fue desde esta roca que

Mahoma

ascendio

al cielo

por una

noche.

Para los cristianos, Jesucristo subio de entre los muertos en otra parte de esta antigua ciudad. Su tumba esta ahora rodeada por la iglesia del Santo Sepulcro. Este evento, tan integral a la creencia cristiana, ha hecho a Jerusalen la "ciudad natal" de la cristiandad.

!Que pena!

expresion "Ciudad

hecho de que a menudo ella ha estado ocupada por un grupo u otro a traves de la fuerza de las Santa" contradice

armas.

Temprano en milenio antes de

primera parte del

la era cristiana, el

Rey

ciudad de manos de la gente Jebusea. Nosotros sabemos que durante la vida de Cristo, Roma goberno la ciudad y que en nuestro propio siglo

David capturo

Turcos Otomanos, los Britanicos, los Jordanos y ahora los Israelitas han gobernado a Jerusalen. Esta ciudad, la central en un creciente desde Ur de Caldea (Iraq moderno) hasta Jerusalen, hasta la Meca ha elevado la gloria de la creencia en un solo Dios, proclamandolo al mundo mientras al mismo tiempo era afligida por conquistas, tensiones polfticas y conflictos religiosos. Hoy, Israel se ha anexado la ciudad y la ha reclamado como capital eterna de Israel. En novimbre de 1988, el nuevo estado proclamado de Palestina declare a Jerusalen ser su capital. La Santa Sede en su ayuda de la division de Palestina en 1948, solicito que Jerusalen y sus alrededores fueran un "corpus separatum", un cuerpo aparte, bajo con-

Las tensiones polfticas corrientes en la region han causado que crsitianos entrenados en occidente miren al oeste para escapar de situaciones conflictivas y en algunos casos, agresion abierta. Es claro que la estabilidad polftica en la region junto con una paz edificada sobre justicia, podria contribuir hacia la rectification de esta tendencia. Mas alia de las complejidades de los problemas polfticos, uno debe tambien considerar el sentido de apego religioso a la ciudad santa por grupos multifaceticos de Judios, cristianos y musulmanes. Como balancea uno los intereses de las tres religiones monotefstas, cada una de las cuales es un mosaico de intereses y comunidades? Esto es ciertamente un reto para los negociadores, quienes en acuerdo con las proposiciones de Vaticano II para el dialogo ecumenico y entre personas de distintas religiones, debe ver que los intereses legftimos de todos son parte de los compromisos necesarios que traeran paz con justicia a esta antigua ciudad.

Noticias Locales

los

trol internacional, el

cual garantizaria

entrada libre a los lugares sagrados para todas las religiones.

Similarmente .en una reunion

Mision Cuaresmal en Kernersville La Parroquia catolica de Holy Cross en Kernersville, tendra una mision cuaresmal en espanol dirigida por el Padre Daniel Garcia de Alba. Los dfas martes, miercoles y jueves (marzo 24, 25, 26) a las 7.30 de la noche. El viernes 27 se llevara a cabo,

como

agosto de 1991, los siete patriarcas catolicos de las iglesias en Jerusalen, Jordania, Iraq, Libano, Siria y Egipto notaron lo siguiente acerca de Jerusalen

en una declaracion concluyendo su reunion de seis dfas: "Asi pues, ninguna declaracion polftica puede pasar por alto

parte de la

semana de mision un

Primer Ministro

Israeli

Yitzhak Shamir

Noticias Breves Se culpa a Pentecostales por impedir a grupos catolicos de Guatemala.

dinero a las naciones ricas a costa

Portland Oregon (CNS) - Dos trabajadores eclesiasticos guatemaltecos

aumentando.

han

acusado

que

las

iglesias

pentecostales de Guatemala impiden el trabajo de las pequenas

comunidades

catolicas que tratan de mejorar las circunstancias en sus vecindades.

Las comunidades cristianas de base han llegado a ser un modo no violento de reformar a los sistemas opresores, dijo Eva Hernandez, trabajadora religiosa de ciudad Guatemala. La senorita Hernandez y German Paz Alvarado, su colega en el trabajo eclesiastico, dieron comienzo a un viaje por la costa occidental de los Estados Unidos diciendo a un auditorio de la Universidad de Portland que las pequenas comunidades pueden ser un modelo para el ministerio en la America

Paz

dijo

que

las

iglesias

han impedido el trabajo de las pequenas comunidades. La pobreza de la America Latina facilita el que la gente abandone

pobres, su deuda exterior cont:

La razon es que los reembolsos d< deuda estan programados de tal mc que

Brasil esta

pagando siem

Brasil

envfa

servicios, dijo el cardenal. Esta cantk

podria haberse usado para construir

mil unidades de viviendas public disminuyendo en gran escala el proble

abrumador de

la vivienda,

agrego e

Cardenal pide que se permits Salvadorenos quedarse por it tiempo en los E.U. Washington (CNS) - El Carde James A.Hickey, de Washington, in a que se permita a los Salvadorei quedarse en los E.U. durante todo el z de 1993. "Insto a que se extienda situation temporal protegida para el durante otro espacio de

vecindad

aunque

iio f

intereses y cargos por servicios y

Evaristo Arns, de Sao Paulo Brasil, dijo

que

disminuyendo el principal, dijo el. 1990 el Brasil pago 15 mil 700 milloi por conceptos de intereses y cargos

Dice Cardenal que deuda Brasilena aumenta a pesar de pagos. Roma (CNS) - El Cardenal Paulo

la esperanza y los pentecostales explotan esa ausencia de esperanza, acuso el.

I Id

1 8 meses", d Cardenal Hickey en una declarac el 1 de marzo. La situation tempc protegida actual para los salvadorei finalizara el 30 de junio proximo. El Cardenal Hickey publico declaracion a continuation de una m que el ofrecio en el santuario del Sagn Corazon, que es la parroquia de i

constantemente enormes cantidades de

Washing!

predominantemente hispana. Washii ton tiene el

mayor contingente

salvadorenos en los Estados Unido: continuation de Los Angeles.

Section de Tierra Santa

A partif del proximo numero saldra una section sobre Tierra Santa dividida en varios artfculos y comentarios Bfblicos a la luz de la experiencia y de los dfas vividos en los santos lugares,

Cursillos de Cristiandad en Espanol el

.mmamsm

de Reuters)

pentecostales y lahostilidaddel gobierno

Ciertamente los patriarcas estan profundamente preocupados de que en los anos 1940 alrededor de 40 mil 1960, ese

CNS

y la Mision se cerrara con la celebration de la Misa en espanol a las 1 2 y 30 PM del domingo 29 de marzo. El Padre Garcia de Alba es un Sacerdote Jesuita, cuya parroquia esta ubicada a las afueras de Torreon, Coah, Mejico y quien ha predicado misiones por muchos anos en Mejico, Texas y Nuevo Mejico. Para mas information llamar al 919-996-3126 a la Sra. Vicky Utsman o al 919-869-0908 a la Sra. Berta Carpio.

algun lado".

los

O'Connor de New York y

una reunion en Jerusalen. (foto

Latina.

durante varios viajes. Estos comentarios

cristianos vivfan en la vieja ciudad de

El Cardenal John

hecho esencial respecto a la ciudad de Jerusalen, la cual pide el encontrar una formula unica para ella. Entonces cada uno que crea en Dios, sea cristiano, Judfo o Musulman, puede sentirse en una misma base con cualquier otra persona, sin distincion o domination por el

jan

Enigma de Jerusalen

viacrucis y meditation a las 7 y 45 PM. El sabado habra confesiones de 6 a 8

sostenida en Beirut, Libano,el 24 de

Jerusalen del este.

numero cayo a unos 20 mil, mientras que hoy el Patriarca Michel Sabbah el

(Traducido por Rafael Torres)

personales serviran para conocer mejor

sagradas escrituras y para localizar geograficamente los lugares donde las

ocurrieron los hechos.

A partir del jueves 26 de marzo,hasta 29 del mismo mes, un grupo de hombres hispanos haran su Cursillo de Cristiandad en Maggie Valley en la casa de ejercicios espirituales de la diocesis.

Pedimos a todos los catolicos de buena voluntad que los tengan en cuenta en sus oraciones, pidiendo a Dios por el exito

del cursillo y el enrriquecimiento espiritual de cada uno.

Junta de Sacerdotes insta a apoya pueblos indigenas en los quingentesimo aniversario. Chicago (CNS) - La junta ejecut de

Conferencia en espanol en el Museo Mint Para el domingo 29 de marzo a las 3 de la tarde, tendra lugar la conferencia en espanol dictada por el Padre Silverio Rueda, del Centra Catolico Hispano de Charlotte, en el Museo Mint, sobre las pinturas religiosas de la epoca Colonial en las escuelas Quitena y Cuzquena. Es una gran oportunidad para aprender mas sobre nuestras riquezas hispanas.

entrada es gratis.

se la pierda.

federation nacional de Conse

Sacerdotales ha instado a los catolia

celebrar los dones de los pueb indigenas, afro-americanos e hispar.

quingentesimo aniversf de Colon a las Ameri< La junta de directores de la federaci basada en Chicago, dijo en i al sefialar el

la llegada

1 2 de febrero ultimo de Colon, efectuo un encuer de culturas con una importancia enoi en la historia del cristianismo.

declaracion del el viaje

The Catholic News

\rch 20, 1992

[arishes Consider Networking

Community

flbr

By BRIDGET JOHNSON

—

GREENSBORO iple js in

care, literacy, voter registration and civic

Twenty-four

representing nine of the

1 1

the Greensboro Vicariate

par-

commu-

pooling their resources in

The meeting was initiDaughter of Charity Sister Anne

activities.

i by

eph Edelen, the coordinator for comnity life activities for the vicariate.

Following a prayer service, particiits shared information about outreach each parish and at listries instormed about activities that might undertaken by the whole vicariate. 'This meeting

was a fulfillment of a

am," said Sister Anne Joseph. "After iting parishes, meeting pastoral staffs laity involved in community life ivities, your enthusiastic response ay confirms my beliefs that all of us rking together can accomplish much i ministry so close to the heart of I."

George Gates of St. Paul the Apostle, Iiember of the planning team and a

1 fessional management consultant, led

1 discussion.

responsibility,

Topics included hous-

1 and homelessness, hunger, health

and the sharing of pro-

fessional gifts with those in need.

met at

Franciscan Center Feb. 22 to conjr

Life Activities

Several people stressed the value of learning about the

community

life

ac-

of the individual parishes. Ministries ranged from working at a local homeless shelter to providing food baskets for the needy and forming crews to tivities

work on Habitat for Humanity houses. It was decided to meet again in March to share more information and look closer tivities.

some

at possibilities for joint ac-

The

parishes have supported

joint outreach

programs

in the

such as sponsoring socials for Hispanic farm workers in Reidsville and past,

training tutors for the Greensboro Catholic

Literacy Project.

Parishes represented at the meeting

were St. Joseph in Asheboro, St. Joseph of the Hills in Eden, Our Lady of Grace, St. Mary, St. Paul the Apostle and St. Pius the Tenth, all in Greensboro, Christ the King and Immaculate Heart of Mary in High Point and Our Lady of the Highway in Thomasville. Bridget Johnson is a parishioner at St. Paul the Apostle in Greensboro.

The Greensboro Williams,

St.

Vicariate

Community

Life planning team at a recent meeting

Pius the Tenth; Daughter of Charity Sister

Social Services; and Bridget Johnson and

and divorce, and it bases

holic

Church takes

its

belief

opposition on reason steeped in faith. In short, the

from Scripture and

tradition,

and stands firmly by

se beliefs.

The final reason why I have spent this year studying the faith and why I hope n to formally join in worship with my Catholic brothers and sisters cannot be lained with reason. All that I can say is that from the moment I first came into St. John, listened to Mass and the lovely intercessory prayers of the people, and looked at the sweet ; of the Virgin and the tortured yet noble body of the crucified Christ, I felt as if id come out of a dark wood and found the right path. ink k ofWaynesville is in the RCIA program at St. John the Evangelist in Jeff

Paul the Apostle.

St.

Auxiliary Formed At Clemmons CLEMMONS — The first women s Nowak and sentinel is Kristy Farrell. '

group of the Knights of Columbus in North Carolina was officially recognized and chartered at Holy Family in

Clemmons

Saturday,

March

The Columbiettes, a service organi6)

Miriam

(1-r)

Edelen, Catholic

K Of C

zation for practicing Catholic

linick (From Page

George Gates,

Anne Joseph

The

auxiliary

women from

made up of 38

parishes in the Winston-

Salem

area. It is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Bishop Greco

Council.

women

For more information, at (919) 766-1848.

Rooney

social and economic well being of the Church and community. Some 30 members of the Supreme Council of Columbiettes from New York and Georgia officiated at the ceremony.

Stewardship (From Page

Officers of the North Carolina auxiliary

were elected and installed. Debra Rooney, parishioner Family, was elected president;

Holy

Megan

Hauser was elected vice president; Kathy Smidebush, secretary and Betty Valente,

for me and I wanted to spend time with God's people. It wasn't many years after that I was asked to become a eucharistic minister. It's an honor greater than any degree I ever received to be

—

able to serve the people of

banquet ministry

God

at the

table.

Then

treasurer. Financial secretary is Carol

ynesville.

Debra

call

18 and older, promotes the spiritual,

beacame

really involved in

— working

as a cathechist,

helping with youth events, working

the bazaar.

smiling face was seen

frequently at a table at the back of the

church.

Then

noticed that

etary thank you's to

my mon-

God were

pretty

skimpy and adjusted them to 1 0 percent of my gross income (I gave my treasure to the Church but also gave to the United Way, Salvation Army and other special charities.) By taking God's share out first, other needs were held to the amount Sometimes when things get I had left. tight, I get a mileage check or someone gives

17.

;

QUE ES

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— Bishop John

CHARLOTTE

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the Catholic Conference Center. For

Mays

Women's

(704) 632-4856. For reservations, contact Tom or Emilie Sandin at at

(919) 274-4424.

Theresa Guild, which sponsors a sewing circle on the fourth Monday of every month, is assembling rosaries that will be sent to St.

Russian provinces.

Month

History

BELMONT — As part of a celebra-

Mike or Denise

information, contact

Women's

tion of

History Month,

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

—

tion to single

CHARLOTTE Crisis Assistance planning a volunteer training session March 24 from 10 a.m. -11:30 a.m. or

Rm.

5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Client numbers are increasing and help is needed. For information, call Ann Davant at (704) 371-

also in

222.

Another

talk

on "Gender StereoMarch 3 1 at 4 p.m.,

types" will be given

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

—

The live-in program with the sis designed to help the sisters with t ministry by providing day care, he care, education and social ministrfcli children, the elderly and the home! Opportunities exist throughout Southeast (the Carolinas, the Distrii Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, V Virginia, Georgia and Florida). For more information, contact ter Catherine Norton, Daughters of Cjjfa ity, 5717 Emerson St., Bladensh Md. 20710, or call (301) 864-2957 ioB

planning "Spiritual Growth," a one-day retreat Saturday, April 11 from 9:30

The

a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

retreat will

presented in three segments designed so each can be attended individually or in

who

succession to help those

come

cannot

for the entire day.

For more information, contact Sandy McHugh at (919) 351-2991.

BELMONT

CHARLOTTE — Tax filing assis-

—

The House of AIDS patients, is in

Mercy, a home for need of paper products, toiletries, linens, cash for Christmas and birthday gifts, a 13-inch color TV with remote

control, small tape recorders, notebooks,

markers and poster boards for signs and banners, and two-liter bottles of soda pop. For information, contact Mercy Sister Mary Wright at (704) 825-47 1 1

tance is offered free to senior citizens by

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

rche

Foster Care

—

ASHEVILLE County

Buncombe

Department of Social Services

looking for foster families. The number of foster children in the department s

CLEMMONS — Paulist Father Don

Pologruto will conduct a parish renewal at Holy Family in the parish center

March

30, 3

April

2 from 7:30 p.m.

Unemployment

lost their jobs.

(919) 282-0464, or Allmendinger, (919) 288-4294.

and inactive Catholics. The theme for the renewal

Four-Part

ciliation. Parishioners will

Bob

Harmony April ASHEVILLE

ship

month

—

member-

for the Asheville Barber

Shoppers, an

called.

Diocesan Choir

Youth Exchange

being formed to sing at the Mass of the Chrism Tuesday, April 14 at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte. Rehearsals will

men's singing group.

For information, contact Ed Piper (704) 667-5702.

devoted to furthering international peace through greater cultural awareness and understanding, looking for families willing to share

their homes

and cultures with teenagers,

ages 15-18, from foreign countries. For

more information,

Home Nursing ASHEVILLE

call

800-848-2121.

—The American Red

Cross is offering a 20-hour home nursing training course at Red Cross Heaquarters, 100 Edge wood Rd. March 23, 25 and

March

call (704)

258-3888.

30, April

To enroll,

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

The Mass of the Chrism is a diocesan wide event for the blessing of oils used for sacramental celebrations and a renewal of priestly commitments. For more information, call Father Ken Whittington at (704) 334-2283.

The Three Ships of Columbus Columbus of

Parish Renewal

GREENSBORO

St.

— The Knights of

Dorothy Parish are

planning a weekend bus

—

St.

Pius the

Tenth is planning its annual parish renewal March 29-3 1 Franciscan Father Charlie Finnegan will speak on "Conversion and Transformation into People .

children and only 87 foster homes.

ton

May

ships

trip to

program.

The program brings Catholic Protestant boys and girls ages 9- 1

1 fM Northern Ireland for six weeks to a environment and creates opportunl

for friendships crossing sectarian

parent must be in the

JC |

during the six week period from Jun through July 3 1 For more informal call Barbara Carter (919) 299-5681 Barbara Sullivan (919) 282-0543. .

If interested in

becoming a

foster

The Catholic News & Herald comes parish news for the diocesan r briefs.

Good

photographs, prefer,

black and white, also are welcome.

Jarvis at (704) 255-5819. Special train-

mit news releases and photos at lea days before the desired date of pub

Serving the Poor

BLADENSBURG, Md.

—

nice

The

Daughters of Charity extend an invita-

Upcoming Dloceean Evente Church Clean-Up Holy Spirit, Denver, All Day Pat Lisi (704) 396-7735 Mar.21

Mar.

Mini Retreat

Communion, Holy Cross Kernersville, 7:30 p.m. Jean Marie Beckman First

(919)

FOUR GREAT NAMES to

tat ilen

iteen

iii

KNOW

966-5\09

Mar. 25 MAC5 Board Mtg. Catholic Center, 7:00 p.m. Dr. Michael Skube (704) 331-171&

MITSUBISN MITSUBISHI

6951

Independent*

531-3131

Charles-

1-3 to see replicas of the three

Columbus

Summer

parent for children ages 10-18, call Jean

this special celebration are invited.

LINCOLNTON

needed for the Piedmont

Children's

CHARLOTTE — A diocesan choir

profit organization

all

are

Progrs

— Host fam

tion.

causes of sin and alienation in their lives. Secondly, they will explore the Gospel mission of offering mercy and forgiveness to which all Catholics are

Youth Exchange Service, a non-

custody has nearly doubled in the last three years. The agency has 320 foster

ing will be provided.

recon-

explore the

To indicate interest, con-

Loren Morse

tact

Pius the

St.

Tenth Parish is forming a support and networking group for people who have

9 p.m. Father Pologruto is noted for his work in the area of reconciling alienated -

—

GREENSBORO

Summer

GREENSBORO

One

Parish Mission

tioi

Irish Children's

House Of Mercy

summe

to the public.

3014.

Growth Retreat Good Shepherd Church is

KING

19-40 to

their

service to the poor.

Tax Help For Seniors Spiritual

women ages

one or two weeks of

—

WTNSTON-S ALEM

—

Crisis Assistance

invited to attend.

Rosaries for Russia

Marriage Encounter The next Marriage HICKORY Encounter weekend is March 27-29 at

Tuesdays and Thursays. The program is staffed by trained volunteer counselors. For information, call Jim Moon at (704) 926-1096.

20,

sailed to the

New

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

26-29

Men's Cursillo Waters, Maggie Valley Thurs. 7:00 p.m. - Sun. 5:00 p.m. Rafael Silva (704) 566-31&S Mar.

Living

7001 E.Endependenc

5354444

of the Kingdom."

The morning

session will start at 10

by Mass

Or Minus Lenten Gathering

noon. The evening session will begin at 7:30 p.m.

50 Plus

and include a paraliturgical celebration. The sacrament of reconciliation will be made available at Tuesday night's service, followed by St. Joseph's Table. For more information, contact the parish office at (919) 272-4681.

ages 50 plus or minus, are invited to a Lenten gathering at St. Vincent de Paul

a.m., followed

Crisis

Pregnancy

HICKORY Crisis

Life"

— The

1992 Hickory

Pregnancy Center's "Walk for Sunday, April 5. The center is

dedicated to providing a

full

range of

CHARLOTTE — All parishioners,

at 11 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.

March 26

Income Tax Help

MAGGIE VALLEY —The Ameri-

free services, as well as alternatives to

can Association of Retired Persons

more information, Dick McDonald, (704) 328-3605.

offering free

abortion. For

call

Mar. 27 Fri. Family Food Feast St. Paul Parish Center

Greensboro, 6:15 p.m. Pat Arnett (919) 262-1437

HYunoni 41 00 E. Independence

535-4455

27-29 15th Annual Diocesan Youth Conference Mar.

Camp Thunderbird,

Clover,

Darlene Pendley (704)

THE

765-1664

DEALERSHIPS Mar. Z& Women in Transition Retreat, Maryfield Chapel High Point, Morning Session Libby lennon (919)

WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH

454-1060

income tax assistance at the Haywood County Public Library

F.J. LaPointe,

Member of

President

St. Gabriel's

The Catholic News

arch 20, 1992

He-

World and National Briefs Conference Opposed To IRS Monitors WASHINGTON (CNS)— The U.S.

{shops'

aking Churches

Conference

itholic

opposed

ish administration proposal to

urches

tell

to a

make

Revenue Ser-

the Internal

how much money parishioners give,

Dierdre Halloran,

USCC associate

"We oppose it. We any reporting requirement,"

neral counsel.

>pose

News

dloran told Catholic

Service

arch 10. "It's burdensome," she said, t's offensive. It interjects the IRS beeen the church and the donor, making ; church an enforcer for the IRS."

intervention.

"We want to reinforce edu-

WASHINGTON (CNS) —The "fajr-involved family"

"a fragile cul-

achievement" that must continue children and society are to thrive, jologian William E. May said March al

"It is universally

recognized that

herhood and, in particular, the father/olved family, al

much more

achievement than

a cul-

mothering,"

said in a talk inaugurating a new chair

moral theology. May, a j

member

Vatican's International Theological

>mmission and professor of moral the)gy at the John Paul II Institute for adies on Marriage and Family, was livering the inaugural lecture of the ichael J. McGivney chair of moral iology, which he holds. >venant rvices

House To Provide

Its

Young

NEW ORLEANS

Social

Clients

(CNS)

— Cov-

ant House plans by the end of suihmer

open a new community service center few blocks from its New Orleans

on social problems of Mary Rose :Geady, a Daughter of Charity and ssident of Covenant House, said homeis teens have only a 3 percent chance making it to adulthood without major

titer

to focus

;n-age runaways. Sister

did not end the pregnancy. "The under-

standing of the Irish people was that the

"These kids want the same things in life as other teenagers. They want to work, but they don't want to work at

help too, according to the head of one

right to life of the

such organization. Ellsworth Culver, president of Mercy Corps International,

render abortion illegal," the bishops

said.

McDonald

Weeping

forever.

visited

Statues, Stigmata

what is now called the Common-

wealth of Independent States twice in 1 99 1 before and after the breakup of the Soviet Union. "If we don't succeed in

—

economy and

helping stabilize the

mocracy

in the

de-

said after a three-day meeting at

Maynooth, near Dublin.

BRASILIA,

establishment of those

(CNS)

Brazil

—

measles epidemic has killed 55 Indians

turmoil in the next decade could be very

from two Amazon Indian tribes, said the

threatening to world peace," he said in

marks

like the stigmata, Christ's cruci-

55 Indians In Two Months Die Of Measles In Brazil's Amazon

(Central Asian) countries, the resulting

statues and an associate pastor who bears

March 4 interview

Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Mission-

The council, known by its Portuguese acronym as CIMI, said the

Washington.

ary Council.

James C. Bruse Seton Parish in

Cardinal Denies Latest Request To

deaths were verified by missionaries

Lake Ridge, Va., said the phenomena began in late December when a statue he gave his mother began to weep. Since then a number of other statues he has

Revoke School's Catholic Status WASHINGTON (CNS) Cardi-

and doctors that visited villages of the Deni and Kulina tribes in the southern

St.

Ann

unborn was protected by the constitution in such a way as to

Reported In Virginia Parish WASHINGTON (CNS) News crews and curiosity- seekers began converging on a parish in a Virginia suburb of Washington after reports of weeping

'Father-Involved Family'

Muslim communities"

unless Christian relief agencies offer

fixion wounds. Father

leologian Stresses Importance

"radicalize the

cation as the ladder to success," she

Elizabeth

touched have reportedly wept.

—

nal

James A. Hickey of Washington has

than "good political speeches" will be

run university to recognize an abortion-

needed

group on campus, GU Choice, by according it the same privileges as any other campus group. The school gave the group access to funding provided by student fees and to other

N.J.

(CNS)

to solve the nation's health care

said Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark. "I'm afraid that

crisis,

in the political debates of the next six

months we

words might be

are going to hear the

'health care reform,' but they

words crafted for good political speeches needed solutions," he said. Archbishop McCarrick, whose comments appeared in the Feb. 26 issue of The Catholic Advocate, Newark's archdiocesan newspaper, urged Cathorather than

our civic leaders work vigorously and effectively to find "adequate and affordable health care."

rights student

university benefits.

Ann Sheridan, presi-

dent of the Georgetown Ignatian Soci-

which

Need To Stabilize Union WASHINGTON (CNS) The seAsian republics of

Union may be used to

for the

Mexicans and 51

beatification of 25

Spaniards killed during anti-clerical periods in both countries this century. A March 7 Vatican statement said the pope

pro-nuncio in Washington.

qualify for beatification, the step before

Bishops Say Lawmakers Must Find Solution To Abortion Crisis

yet for the beatification ceremonies of

file

iards martyrs because they in hatred

of the

Ireland

1 1

— The

(CNS)

set

no date

both groups.

reacting to an Irish Su-

Rescue Outreach Closes Polish Abortion Clinic For A Day GDYNIA, Poland (CNS) In their largest action in Europe to date, members of a U.S-based pro-life organiza-

ruling that a 14-year-old

tion, including a retired U.S. bishop,

acknowledged

that a crisis of abortion has

arisen in Ireland and urged citizens to

support legislators in finding a solution.

The bishops, preme Court

faith.

The Vatican has

sainthood. Irish

March

the former Soviet

— Pope

petition to the Vatican through the papal

Irish Catholic bishops

plies in the Central

Pope Declares Anti-clerical Victims Martyrs VATICAN CITY (CNS) John Paul II cleared the way

were "killed Being declared a martyr waves the need for a miracle to

group will soon

ber, said the

Relief Official Sees

—

said.

declared the Mexicans and the Span-

Economy

vere shortage of food and medical sup-

CIMI

filed the appeal with the

DUBLIN, in Ex-Soviet

region,

cardinal and an earlier request in Octo-

ety,

lics to "insist that

about 1,800

Deni and nine Kulina in January and February represent more than 10 percent of the Indian population in the

revoke

— More

NEWARK,

state,

Georgetown

group

have Georgetown's Catholic status revoked were spurred by a decision made one year ago by officials at the Jesuit-

'Speeches' In Health Care Crisis

Amazonas

miles north of Brasilia. The deaths of 46

University's Catholic status. Efforts to

Archbishop Urges More Than

part of

rejected the latest appeal from a lay

—

rape victim could have an abortion in

stopped abortions

widespread dismay at the decision. Judges said they

a peaceful

Britain, said they shared

feared the girl would

kill

herself

she

sit-in.

at a Polish clinic

with

Directors at the private

Doctors Cooperative in the northern Baltic port of Gdynia agreed without argument to close their abortion rooms for the rest of the day March 6 after 50 protestors barred the clinic doors.

Most

of the demonstrators were American

and British. There were a dozen Poles in A code of ethics adopted by the Polish college of doctors

the protest as well.

Dec. 14 limits abortions to cases of

last

rape or conditions in which the mother's

and health

life

17.

WHAT

THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY?

The Gospel according to John tells us Jesus performed His first miracle to help a young couple on their wedding day. Jesus continues to help couples, families and society today by strengthening and enriching

marriage through the beautiful Sacrament of Matrimony. In helping them prepare for the sacrament, the Church is lovingly attempting to assure the {couple of a successful marriage.

land

Jesus gave marriage a new and deeper meaning as He did the bread wine in the Eucharist. The loving faithful Christian union of woman

land man is now, through the sacrament, a living sign of Jesus' unfailing love for His people. St. Paul bids, "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church" (Ephesians 5:25)

threatened.

Pope Says French Youths Need Spiritual Boost VATICAN CITY (CNS) John

Today you can help

tual values

a hungry child eat,

and a refugee make

new

Collection:

told a

more than

ever, but feel

increasingly cut off from religion.

a war-torn nation build peace,

— Pope

group of French bishops that young people need spiriPaul

life.

March 28-29

pope said March 6

The

of the fault lay in a secularizing trend in French society. Modern youths often lack a spiritual foundation, he said, and are illprepared for social and psychological hurdles. Many view the future with apprehension, he said. that part

Due

to the deeper meaning of Christian marriage, divorce and is impossible. Civil separation and divorce are permitted for serious reason, such as custody of children, protection from harm,

•remarriage

'property settlement

and support.

The Church encourages Catholics who marriages

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themselves

in failed

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from failed marriages. She desires to restore them to membership within the Body of Christ, the Church.

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The Catholic News

Herald

The Day's Work For

All In

It's

Telecommunications Office JOANN KEANE

Associate Editor

—

CHARLOTTE In just over a decade, television viewing habits have

been altered drastically by video cassette recorders and

are receiving national acclaim.

recent sta-

reported that 80

tistic

percent of all this

know how

homes in

country have a

We may

VCR.

not

program them or remove the flashing 12:00, but even the youngest viewer can pop in a tape. The change poses many questions, from accessability to choices. But that's okay with Gail Hunt to

Violette, director of telecommunications

for the Diocese of Charlotte.

makes

her job more interesting.

And entire

Violette has her way, the

community

will

become media

literate.

"Being media literate translates into becoming an educated observer of the media," says Violette. A portion of the Office of Telecommunications includes a library of viable choices. The Media Resource Center is one aspect of the office. The Center has

more than

Diocese of Charlotte productions

,000 videos, filmstrips and

Ligouri Publications.

When the development office began planning the 1992 Diocesan Support Appeal for 1992, their campaign plans turned to video. "In addition to tapping the resources of our diocesan newspaper, we felt a quality video would

help educate people about the important

work of the

Subjects range from dealing with

kindergarten level to ques-

DSA ministries,"

says Jim

Kelley, diocesan director of develop-

The video was shown

cies."

raising

Violette sees the filming as yet an-

available for instructional use.

The

length of available videos generally ex-

ceeded 1 5 minutes, which is too long for classroom use. So we began production of our own," says Violette, who desired

net-

in the Charlotte

market

Violette plans to distribute the

other

area.

Mass

too guilty to

ing jobs frequently, realizing he die

know

"It's a challenge,"

says Violette,

who

finds herself consumed these days with endless hours in preproduction and

"But,

wouldn't have

any

away from until last June when

the Church. That

is,

textile

The Office of Telecommunications funded by the Diocesan Support Ap-

peal.

980, he was plant manager f that was going un<

company

own

expanded by buying 50 percent owr ship in a dye house in Mount Holly Stung by overseas competitors, garment industry dried up a few ye ago. However, the dying and finisli business has stayed steady, s

Divine Savior in York,

S.C., near his plant.

Every week, Esquivel attends a Cursillo meeting at the Spanish Catho-

Center in Charlotte. Later this month, be part of the presenting team for the second Hispanic Cursillo. The weekend is March 26-29 in Maggie Valley.

To subsidize the weak ment business, the company has dii Esquivel.

he'll

Moreover, Esquivel helps his

took cover by starting their

Matthews and, during the to

and seeking the advice

pany. With $2,400, they launched I coin Textiles in Clover. In 1986, tl

He attends Mass regularly now, ushweek, goes

all

Esquivel and a colleague, Harold Ashi

he made a Cursillo weekend, the first spiritual renewal weekend for Hispanics in the Diocese of Charlotte.

lic

other way."

experts, he says.

his chest.

ers at St.

ern North Carolina.

in 1973. By age 22, he was in mana ment with two children to support. He worked his way to the top staying in the same line of work, cha

go to church. He was twice divorced, and since he was Catholic, he felt as if he was wearing "a big A" (for adultery) on

VISN afflilates throughout West-

editing.

felt

company a

graduating from Myers Park High Sch

So, Esquivel, 37, stayed

Her recent challenge is the production of a weekly Mass that will air via

VISN

technician for a textile

two daughters by himself.

Besides, Esquivel

oriented audience," she says.

the tapes distributed nationally that bear

the videos

— Rudy Esquivel

us to teach, while reaching a visually-

ing area.

was not pleased with

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

other tool for evangelization. "It allows

and

tions.

CAROL HAZARD

The successful Charlotte businessman was too busy running a textile company and

work, the additional opportunity has opened for locally produced programming to be aired in the Charlotte view-

the seal of the Diocese of Charlotte.

didn't have time for religion.

Tapes may run the gamut, but all have a bottom line Christian message. Included on the shelves are family fare produc-

expanded, with Violette wearing yet another hat as diocese-produced videos have become more commonplace. Instructional videos for lectors, pastoral councils, and vocations are among

Charlotte Businessman's Life

ing the homily during Masses across the

diocese on Feb.

CAROL HAZARD

Weekend Changes

Cursillo

in follow-

With the addition of the VISN

few years, the office has

Photo by

Telecommunications produced an eight-minute video, showcasing four of the 23 DSA supported agencies, encapsulating the "Caring Heart" theme. The video poured visual emotion into the annual campaign. "The response to the video has been overwhelming," says Kelley. "People have responded positively to seeing a representation of agencies, and how people' s lives are affected by those agen-

tions about disfunctional lifestyles.

In the past

Rudy Esquivel relaxes at home with his daughter, Rosie, 15. Daughter Gracie, 17, Miami with her mother but plans to move back to Charlotte this summer to be with her fall

ment.

audio cassettes available to parishes and families.

lies at the

The

Catholic Lector, has been recommended

by Church Magazine, and praised by

cable television.

more concise product.

sified into knitted fabrics.

While Esquivel positions his a pany to survive tough times, he's

less

fortunate Spanish-speaking brothers and sisters in Christ,

To The

bringing food,

and clothing for people

Victor...

"Since is

Rudy made

ting his personal life in order, too.

money

newfound faith has given his life r meaning and direction, he says. "My work is not all consuming

in need.

his Cursillo,

more," he says. "My family and sonal life has become very valuabl me." In talking about his Cursillo we end last year, Esquivel says, "Chri

patient," says Elio Gonzalez,

who

has

known Esquivel

since they

attended junior high school together.

"He's always been a kind and giving person, but the

weekend reinforced

it.

He's fuller, more oriented, more settled,

message to take care of all his brotl and sister; that's what really got m« Esquivel agreed to go to the we end at the suggestion of a friend. "I w because I wanted to confess," he say

more peaceful." At Christmas, Esquivel cooked and organized a turkey dinner for 60 people at Our Lady of the Assumption, and brought wrapped toys for the children. He also delivered a huge basket of

about the kids, guilty it was church relati I figured I could corner a priest, con: and get a big weight lifted from felt guilty

dating.

children ' s clothing to the Spanish Catholic

Center.

Esquivel won't reveal how much money he donates. But he'd rather buy a small car than a fancy one if it means being able to help others,

The weekend did more than ease however. "It hit me over the he; he says. The love expressed at the end oi guilt,

he says.

Don James,

supervisor of industrial relations for General Tire, presents a trophy and a $500

check to Charlotte Catholic High School tennis coach Mary school's athletic

A/2A state championship in girls'

program.

tennis.

Ann Dey

The money

will be

in recognition

of the

used for the school's

weekend overwhelmed him.

Hard work and persistance led to his success in business. Esquivel, who married at age 19, worked as a knitting

"I c

baby," he recalls. Esquivel plans to marry again

like a

stress.

knew

chest."

time, talent and

The son of Cuban immigrants, Esquivel came to the United States with his mother, father and brother when he was 1 1 His father was an avid reader and businessman; his mother a seam-

month, only there's a difference time around. And that is "a third p ence," he says. "You need God marriage to bring it through the ro|| I

times."