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Number 29 • March

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27, 1992

Dedicated At

oly Trinity Mission In Taylorsville By

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

TAYLORSVILLE— A simple, white ch was dedicated

at

Holy

in rural Taylorsville

Trinity Mis-

Sunday, March

Eventually, the approximately 50-family

mission would like pews for their

building but, for now, folding chairs

new

do just

fine.

The humble church in the farmlands of th

Carolina

is

as "precious" as the great

edrals in Europe,

Bishop John

F.

oghue told about 1 50 people assembled the dedication st

be

in the future at all

Masses and

laments, he said.

visitors in their

new

place of

and to build upon their Catholic munity in Taylorsville. "You are the ihip

laimers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. »u

who brings

say and what

Services had been held in a converted

old farmhouse located in front of the building.

chapel.

The bishop appealed to parishioners to :ome

Trinity.

ceremony. "You have

present in your tabernacle," today as

aoII

"We have worked for this (the church) from day one," said Sarah Loudermelk, coordinator of religious education for Holy

Christ to others

It

by what

you do."

Bishop Donoghue thanked Father Joe ers,Holy Trinity administrator and head ligrant ministry, for his untiring

work

farm workers. "I don't know any priest

to

t

over looking for people

know

Built for

Christ,"

he

who

180 people.

A circu-

foot in diameter stained glass

window

e

It

seats

by parishioner Jack Brett graces the

behind the

Come

room served

new as a

Sundays, especially Easter

either to Statesville or Hickory.

The

first

Mass

celebrated Easter

in Taylorsville

Sunday

in

children were enrolled that

said.

$120,000, the 2,400-square-

church has white vinyl siding and a e interior.

renovated

and Christmas, the 11 -pew chapel overflowed with people, many of whom stood for Mass in the halls and on the porch.

The house, which doubles as a rectory, was bought in 1984 as an outreach mission of St. Aloysius in Hickory. "The old house was a dream come true," said Loudermelk.

Until then, Catholics from Taylorsville and neighboring farming and furniture manufacturing towns dispersed for Mass, going

works as hard as Father Joe Waters, iling all

A

Sunday school,

recalls

was

On April 5, parishioners across the diocese will be given one final opportunity to extend a financial Donoghue has designated

helping hand to DSA-supported ministries. Bishop John F.

Appeal Sunday.

Photo by

DSA Moves Closer To 1 992 Goal;

1984. Four first

year in

Loudermelk. To-

5 Designated Appeal Sunday

April

day, there are 58 children and 10 teachers.

The new church provides a more ible

By JOANN KEANE

vis-

presence of the Catholic community in

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

the Taylorsville area, serving not only as a

— Without Diocesan

Support Appeal funding, 23

altar.

See Dedicate, Page 13

jns Of Spring...

would cease

vital ministries

to exist in their present form.

increase," says

Without the people,

prove that a "caring heart shares," bringing closer to

its

goal of

we

can't

do

ers

23 funded ministries that

insure each parishioner in the dio-

already made their pledge through the direct

cese has an opportunity to contribute, Bishop

mailings sent to households in the diocese

John F. Donoghue has designated April 5 as Appeal Sunday. During the weekend Masses, parishioners will be given one final

the pledge cards and return

opportunity to extend a financial helping

hand of

to the ministries that touch thousands

lives.

are being asked to acknowledge their gift

that

day

them

at

on

Mass

also.

Parishes are assigned a fair share target for their

DSA goal, and are responsible for

raising those funds.

Bishop Donoghue

This

is

accomplished

pleased with the

with the assistance and direction of the

DSA results so far, although he says the in-

diocesan Development Office. Jim Kelley,

pew collection is critical to the livelihood of

diocesan director of development, points

the

is

DSA-supported rninistries.

"I certainly hope and pray that anyone

who

has not yet

made

a pledge will give

out that parishes receive a

100%

rebate of

funds raised over goal.

Kelley says the

serious consideration to this year's appeal,"

"One

is

DSA

has two goals.

to educate people about the minis-

who equates the DSA to

says Bishop Donoghue. "Whatever monies

tries,"

they contribute will benefit the Church in

stewardship: the harmonious blending of

Western North Carolina and ultimately ben-

time, talent

efit all

our people."

While

tight

crucial.

economic times

"The needs of

decrease

says Kelley

committed prevail,

everyone's ability to give becomes more the

and

treasure.

a natural inclusion in that

Church don't

1 -

someone

is

DSA is

lifestyle,"

says

Kelley.

See

when the economy struggles; they

February

"If

to stewardship, then the

DIOCESAN SUPPORT APPEAL

JOANN KEANE

12 lay present-

which includes giving a brief presentation about the Diocesan Support Appeal.

Pledge cards will be distributed at all Masses on April 5 and parishioners will be asked to make a pledge. Those who have

To

Photo by

1

who have been trained by the diocese to

manage the details of the in-pew campaign,

budgets.

say, spring has arrived.

it."

Parishes have selected

However, there's still a financial gap to be filled before diocesan officials can contheydon'thavetoscalebackalready-strained

may

and

many more people. resources that come from our

$1,590,000.

fidently assure the

what the thermometer

"We

to others

provide services to

Catholics across the diocese continues to

DSA

Bishop Donoghue.

have to reach out even more

That's unlikely though, as the generosity of

the annual

*ite

the day as

JOANN KEANE

April 5, 1992

DSA, Page

11

News

Catholic

&

March

Herald

Natural Family Planning

Week

Shows Dangers Of Poor

CAROL HAZARD

By

CHARLOTTE — "If you pig out on the

Associate Editor

Natural family planning

is

American

safe, re-

and can even help couples with

liable

problems, according to the

infertility

American Academy of Natural Family Planning.

To draw method

week of March 22-28

has set aside March

25, the Feast of the Annunciation, as a special day of recognition for natural

NFP instructor for the diocese.

Natural family planning

is

a method

for pinpointing days of the months

woman is fertile, and either abstaining from intercourse during these three to five days to avoid a pregnancy or engagpregnancy.

Couples are taught to recognize the fertile period of a woman's menstrual to achieve a

cycle by checking daily for changes in cervical

mucous before and during ovu-

Older methods of natural family planning such as monitoring basal body temperature and using the calender to chart fertility are not considered as relilation.

able.

The medically-based secretion method

99.6 percent effective, providing the same level of effectiveness as birth control pills, said Chouteau. But is

unlike birth control pills or diaphragms, it

not artificial and

is

it

is

the only

method of family planning

that doesn't

have

in

Health

Statistics,

terviews

with

and was based on in8,450 women of

ing."

tice

commu-

it.

The

something you have

to

do

anyone

in

your family

ents, siblings, aunts, uncles

—

better get

your

lipids

for

life,

he

if

lunch? Not

was 75 percent among Catholics and 77 percent among Protestants.

The main religious difference was that Protestants used sterilization more than Catholics, while Catholics were more likely to use the pill, diaphragms or

condoms than

One burger made from

the

ter-

possible

said.

for the day.

materials. Instruction is available in other

all

the

upon request. For more information, call Miriam Chouteau

four grams of saturated

Read those packages,

said Cat

he said, whole milk, unless the person is age 3. The best choice is skim. Ai It's out,

i

Total cholesterol counts are not very

See Heart, Pa|

predictors, unless they exceed the

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Enriching

NATIONAL NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING WEEK

MARCH 22-28

1992

"f

son

ids

Castelli said.

Forget butter.

1

ft

fat.)

"Prime" grades of beef hav grams of saturated fat per 8 -ounce ing, "choice" has 12 and "select"

areas of the diocese

at

i

(McDonald's McLear

books and

$40, and includes

Approximately 200 couples, Catholic and non-Catholic, are instructed each year in natural family planning through Catholic Social Services in the Diocese of Charlotte. They are referred by their priests or physicians, said Chouteau.

Chouteau and Kathryn Claiborne have taught the method for 21 years, traveling throughout the diocese. Cathy Tepper joined the Charlotte team about 10 years ago. Additional staff has been added with Maria Perkins in Salisbury, Anne Mines in Asheville and Gary and Mickie Wiggins in Winston-Salem.

Although not widely used, natural family planning is increasing in popu-

fc

reaching his or her maximum lipid c

is

together," she said.

1

you

sterilization.

cost for eight individual follow-ups

"pr

from a "select" grade of beef a person could pack in five burgers b

Free introductory presentations on

Wednesay of every month at Catholic Center in Charlotte. The

r

sarily.

grade beef would do a person in

minology for fat.

"We want people to find out their numbers so they can prevent a heart attack," and not only arrest the progress it

flee

the

day, said Castelli. But pick one

checked," he said.

That's right, lipids; the medical

fries for

gStl

par-

— has had

a heart attack under the age of 60,

mean foregoing

overall rate of contraceptive prac-

the third

is

seriously, said Castelli.

"If

this

The differences between Catholics and Protestants in birth control practices have narrowed significantly over the past two decades, the study showed.

natural family planning are conducted

strengthens the marriage, be-

more

Does

planning.

planned.

it

watching their lipid intake.

A prudent diet should not exce< grams of saturated fat a day, said Cas The "average" American, howeve gests 50 grams a day, he said. burger and

Or rather, it' Americans should take much

exar?

checked, Castelli said. But meanw they can do themselves a lot of got,

Kambic is a consult-

and wife to use the method." She and her husband, Tom, have three daughters, all "It

burger, he said.

Fat is where it's not at.

good

childbearing age.

ily

the

McLean

through proper diet and exercise, said Castelli. Medication may be necessary, but once it's begun, people must take it

development program for natural fam-

is

become more

use natural family planning. The 1988 National Survey of Family Growth was conducted by the National Center for

"People stress the abstinence and yet people who use natural family planning have 26 percent more intercourse than people on the pill," said Chouteau.

"It (the method) brings couples closer together and fosters more understand-

nication that has to occur for a husband

an obstacle course

of heart disease but reverse

woman,

natural family planning

is still

in eating well, but it's

percent of U.S. Catholic married women

ant for the U.S. bishops' 1981 national

Ginger Schhexnayder of Charlotte, who has been practicing natural family planning since her marriage 17 years ago, said, "The most important part of

to the pearly gates,'" Castelli said.

an area

ted to promoting

she said.

men and women.

working to promote it has increased, according to the American Academy of Natural Family Family.

One of the main drawbacks has been lack of funding and limited resources compared to the widespread promotion and marketing of contraceptives, the academy says. Physicians have for the most part ignored the natural method.

A 1988 study revealed that only 3 tors

communications between a man and

heightens aware-

is

cardiac risk. Re-

like the

has the added benefit of encouraging

it

ness of natural biological rythyms,

cause

initiated in

more people become aware of and the number of instruc-

doesn't skew or alter natural cyles, and

order to

achieve a pregnancy, said Chouteau.

Furthermore,

would signal the highest risk.

The only way people can know risk levels is to get their nun

the benefits'

Robert Kambic, a demographer at Johns Hopkins University in Balitmore, told Catholic News Service natural family planning could capture 15 percent of the market if more resources were allot-

be discontinued

to

was

The study, which 1948 in Framingham,

health conscious by introducing foods larity as

A low HDL count

high triglyceride count, for

McDonald's

CAROL HAZARD

!

others are bad.

way

Photo by

cholesterols, like the

the Framingham study.

Family Planning for the Diocese of Charlotte.

Some

(high density lioprotein), are gooc

physicians the latest information from

Miriam Chouteau, coordinator of Natural

when

a

it

spoke to The Catholic News Herald after sharing with hospital

"I used to say 'if you're heading toward the golden gates, you're on your

very inexpen-

and not harmful in any way," said Miriam Chouteau, a

ing in

said.

But chances

searchers have tracked the health and

sive, highly reliable

certified

Castelli.

habits of 5,209

by the Church.

of excess cholesterol comes from

unless you have exceptional genes, said

feel fine.

known today about

only method of birth control approved

however: "Two-t

What's more important than tl count are the ratios of the s different types of cholesterol, Castelli. These combinations are e lent predictors for determining ris

a re-

Mass., has revealed most of what

family planning in honor of the Blessed Mother. Natural Family Planning is the

,

practical advice,

tal

&

Family Planning Week.

red flag level of 225 said Castelli. S

Framingham Heart Study, during cent visit to Mercy Hospital.

Castelli

as the nation's first National Natural

"It is entirely natural,

tire,

cess saturated fat," he said.

You might

for avoiding or achieving preg-

it

and put on a spare

are you're heading for a heart attack,

nancies, the 10-year-old organization

In addition,

diet

Diet

then you're in big trouble," said Dr. William Castelli, director of the

attention to the natural

has designated the

H

Heart Specialist Says Study

Method

Calls Attention To Safe

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27, 1992

Support Project

Life In Election By

The

people on both sides of the fence, and

Being an election year, abortion

made

Year

MAGGIE NADOL

issue of legal protection for our

candidates have

&K

unborn brothers and sisters sitting on the fence.

is

one

that finds

many

is

in the forefront

known,

of the political arena. The

busy keeping campaigns running smoothly, and voters are inundated with promises of tax breaks and an improved economy. their positions

political strategists stay

the

It

is

imperative that we, as Catholic Christians, educate

The

ourselves regarding abortion.

fact that

1

tions take place each year in the United States, is

legal,

even during the

last

.5

million abor-

and that abortion

weeks of pregnancy, should

mobilize us to action.

hor James Carroll .boot k,

with writer

(1)

Max Childers

and Katherine Brosnan of the Friends

Vincent Taylor Library, Belmont Abbey College, during autographing of his latest

Memorial Bridge.

Photo by

JAMES

KEANE

P.

Most people are familiar with Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in 1973.

However, a companion case, Doe vs. Bolton, was decided on the same day.

Roe vs. Wade allowed restrictions on abortion during the last thee months of pregnancy, unless the life or health of the mother were at stake. Doe vs. Bolton defined "health" as encompassing: "all factors physical, emotional, phychological, familial, and the woman's age relevant to the well-being of the patient." This ruling defined health so broadly, it allows abortion for any reason at any time during pregnancy. It is known as "the exception

—

— oted Novelist

James

Carroll

that

hares Story-Telling

By JAMES

P.

KEANE

BELMONT— Each March 17, with feast

of

St. Patrick,

eflect not

we

are inclined

only on the impact of

and's patron saint, but also racter

on the

of the Irish themselves.

One

identifiable trait is a facility for

lily

y-telling,

whether through the writ-

or spoken word.

This year, on the night before

St.

ick's Day, the Friends of the Library

ielmont

Abbey College brought one

hose gifted story-tellers of Irish de-

U to North Carolina. James Carroll, elist, and teacher of writing at jrson College, speaking to an atten-

audience in the college library,

wed a "sense

that the story-telling

Carroll suggested that one function of

would

is

likely

to write not only

happen

what

given situa-

in a

tion, but, further, "I actually

am

happened." That novel, then, becomes "a vivid and continuous dream," for "our dreams get to the truth we're not ready to deal with consciously." This, he clearly sees as the heart of the matter: "I think that's the function of fiction."

During the course of the evening, Carroll spoke insightfully of the place of the novelist in our society, of his life as a writer, and of the goals he sets for himself in undertaking the creation of his fiction.

Perhaps the most telling comment concerning the latter issue was his declaration that "One of my purposes is to look at the way flawed human beings are saints."

It is clear from these comments that James Carroll approaches his work with a thoughtful and serious intent, but no one who heard him would claim that he a somber

man who

takes his efforts

indeed unfortunate that the continued victimization of

conception.

How

strange that the violence of abortion has gained respectability in

a society founded on the inalienable rights of

"life, liberty,

and the pursuit of

happiness."

Many

in the

business of writing what should have

is

rule."

women and their unborn children is tossed back and forth as a political issue. Because abortion is legal, does not make it moral. God remains the author of life, a life that begins at

Gift

the novelist

swallowed the It is

churches will be participating

in Project Life, a national letter-writing

campaign to persuade a majority in Congress to support pro-life legislation.

Use your right to vote and your voice as a citizen to let your legislators know that the continued disregard for the pre-born must end.

Maggie Fitzpatrick Nadol is Respect Life Coordinator for the Diocese of Charlotte. create.

You give me the concrete expe-

rience tonight of giving myself the benefit

of the doubt that some of you might

who

so obviously respects his readers

and the impact of

As

his

work on them.

Carroll read from his novel, as

be readers or about-to-be readers of mine."

It is a rare individual who not only feels free, but is simply capable of re-

he spoke with his listeners, his readers, and his about-to-be-readers,in the peaceful setting of Belmont Abbey College on spring break, one heard in his voice

vealing more than a few superficial char-

the lilt of Irish ancestors and the experience of an American Catholic. What a thoroughly satisfactory and satisfying way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

of his personality in the space of two hours. But to Carroll's immense credit, the people who heard him speak in Belmont came away with the distinct belief that they had seen a great deal of what makes this novelist a writer of note and a man of conviction. It could not help but be refreshing to meet an artist acteristics

James P. Keane is member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Charlotte.

Next week, a review of James Carroll's latest

work, Memorial Bridge.

His opening remark set

too seriously.

the tone for the informal evening: "I

would do almost anything to get out of Boston on St. Patrick's Day." He has lived in Boston for "only"

which he

says,

"means

in

23 years, Boston that I

just got there." ;s

Carroll reads

Photo by

JAMES

ulse of human life is the

ulse

That

is

P.

KEANE

most sacred the sort of

which drives the novelist

to

through eight jIs, to delineate a view of the world of mankind that hinges on the role ji individual's conception of right wrong plays in the unfolding of the its of one's life. ist,

in Carroll's case

Carroll spoke eloquently of his plist's predisposition to honor the Ition of narrating the essential tales

lur society and religion.

Perhaps pating from his experience as a ist priest, an order which Carroll lives "prizes preaching," he proid that "what most moved me as I jme more deeply aware of my Cathopith was the place of the story in the of Christian believers ... all the Irrch

ver has been

itory of Jesus

is

the place

where

Then, soundlever more the novelist, he contin"The best thing we can do for each If, for our children, is tell our chil^ the stories of our family, our lire, our people."

As

was born

is

told."

part of this process of narration,

Chicago but which he ob1940's was still very in

raised in Alexandria, Va., serves, in the late

ey College.

about us."

Carroll

from his novel, Mortal

during his appearance at Belmont

nds,

a small Southern town. Coming of age in Alexandria, the novelist de-

much

clared "The first thing I learned from my

playmates was that I was a Yankee, so I grew up feeling out of place, a misfit.

Until I got to Boston, and the first thing they made very clear to me was I was not a Yankee." So, he grew up a man who was and was not a Yankee, which, he

avowed, "sums up

my

life

story essen-

was clear to all who heard him speak,though, that Carroll was very pleased to have landed in Belmont this

tially." It

be back can be a

night. "It's a special pleasure to

here

in the

South where

I

Yankee."

Perhaps some of the writer's most heartfelt comments came when he discussed the experience of writing and what an interlude like this one in a college library

from

means

his novel

to him, reading

Mortal Friends, and

To be or not to be

sharing his thoughts with such an atten-

and appreciative audience: "Writspend our lives in a room with the door closed, at a desk, imagining there are people out there. The hard work isn't imagining the characters in a story, the hard work is imagining there are people out there who could even invest themselves in the world you're trying to tive

ers

THAT is the question.

The Natural Choke is Life.

For more information, contact: Diocesan Respect Life Office 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207 (704) 331-1720

News

Catholic

&

March

Herald

27.

:

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Pope John Paul

II

praised ecumenical and interreligious cooperation in

media projects, but said Catholic communicators also must produce programs that "present the genuine face of Catholic life and doctrine."

The pope also said the communications media "can be powerful instruments of justice and peace," promoting respect for human rights and reminding

Editorial

a

Appeal Sunday

individuals of their responsibilities to

j^fP

•_

The 1992 Diocesan Support Appeal is heading into its final week still short of its goal of $ 1 ,590,000.It is most unlikely that this year's DSA will fail to meet that goal, but

it

going to take a major effort

is

God and to each

members of

in the

the Pontifical

Council for Social

The big push will come April 5 which Bishop Donoghue has designated as Appeal Sunday. At all Masses in the diocese, those who have not yet made a

nications on the last day of

DSA

have the opportunity to do so.

This is the third year that the in-pew approach has been tried. In the past two years, it has been that Sunday drive which has pushed the collection to its goal.

The 23 diocesan ministries and agencies which are supported by the DSA urgently need the money. Their budgets already are strained with ever-growing demands for their services. Failure to meet the DSA goal likely would mean budget cutbacks.

We realize that many of our people are having a hard time making ends meet. The country is still in recession and many are either unemployed or working only part-time.

Yet, as Bishop

Donoghue has pointed

just such times that the

requires

money

major source of There's

still

Church

is

called

to provide that help that

out,

on for

and the

it

in

is

help.

DSA

is

It

a

money.

time to mail in a pledge card during

week of the campaign. And the in-pew collecon Appeal Sunday provides still another opportu-

the final tion

their plenary assembly.

The pope

will

nity to help.

The average pledge to the DSA last year was $ 22.

With about 30,000 Catholic households in the diocese, a pledge of that size from every one of them would would more than double the DSA goal.

We know that all of you can't pledge that much even if you might like to do so but we urge you to pledge as much as you possibly can.

The DSA-funded ministries and agencies and the people they serve are depending on your generosity.

1

—

—

on

tion

social

The

new

pastoral instruc-

communications, released March

17, "is

designed to ensure a more effective presence of the

church

in the

communications media."

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) text of

Pope John Paul

II' s

Here is the Vatican remarks in English at his

weekly general audience March

God through Jesus Christ"

(1

God and enrich cultures.

"Many of the artists who shape

its

way

particular

Christ'

'

shares in the one priesthood of

(Lumen Gentium, 10). Through the ministry of whole Church is enabled to grow in

the ordained, the holiness.

power

people, to

whom

the Lord has chosen and govern the Christian offer the eucharistic sacrifice and forgive

In holy orders, those

receive

to shepherd

pi

glory of

the ideals

work in the communica "The Church must understand

values of the world today

j

media," he said. and encourage them, but she must also challenge to articulate lofty ideals and present inspiring then \

\

sins.

The sacrament of orders confers the grace ne

to carry out this ministry of service

which conforms the

and impa C

priest to

and enables him to act in the person of Christ, the (cf. Presbyterorum Ordinis, 2) The celebration of the Eucharist, in which al members of the body of Christ fulfill their proper the universal priesthood within the

priests, the

Christian

^ be

one people off

the pastoral ministry of the bishops

members of the Church

life

are strengthen

and witness. Thus the whole Chur

up in unity as a priestly people. wish to extend a cordial greeting to the Eng speaking visitors and pilgrims present at this audi< I encourage you to live this holy season of Lenl spirit of prayer and self- denial, being generous i spiritual and corporal works of mercy, so tha coming feast of Easter may bring you God's peaci reconciliation. Upon all of you I invoke an abund built

I

1

of divine blessings.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Pope John Paul

II

appealed for an end to ethnic conflict in the Caucasus

Nagorno-Karabakh and said he hoped

mission. »**

"I address a heartfelt appeal to local authorities

community so

and

that real dialogue

be carried out with tenacity and perseverance, and way will put an end

will

so that the process already under

pope said.

Armenian and Azerbaijani populadeserve to "live in freedom and develop without with respect for their own ethnic and cultural

to this conflict," the

The pope

Donoghue

tions fear,

Editor: Robert E. Gately

said, the Church has whose masterpieces reflec

For centuries, the pope the patron of artists

from the ministerial priesthood conferred by the sacrament of holy orders, the two are nevertheless intimately related, since "each in faithful differs in essence

envoy Cyrus Vance arrived there on a fact-finding

F.

way

said.

Through

,

Most Reverend John

he

Pt 2:5). Although this universal priesthood of the

to the international

Publisher:

appropriate

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parade says

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the right to

will continue

its fight.

when the time for the 1993 parade rolls around.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Catholic group

courts

which sponsors the parade, the parade

if

I

me

would hate if

it

still

maintains

it

will cancel

a court orders the Irish Lesbian and

Organization admitted as a to see

it

Gay

unit.

happen but it would not surprise have happened.

did. Stranger things

Beginning on Page 6 of this issue of The Catholic News commentary by Ed Wojcicki of the Catholic Times, the paper of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. His comments on the increased especially when you consider them m in the United States are frightening erald

a guest

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light

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4uch of the material in the commentary

—

—

is

me parishes. l many cases, the problem is not overt racism but lack of understanding on the

— myself included — have tendency background. That's changing — but

white Catholics. All of us

)f

a

to

view

own cultural it takes time, know the solution to the more overt racism against blacks and Orientals

against our

s

don't

becoming more frequent in this country. The only one I can really see is crackdown by police and the courts in such cases.

Ve thought we had come a long way in this country and maybe we have. But h

is

ft

'ently

we

haven't

come

of divine supply. Miracles do occur, but only as a result of

our faith, hope and love. Opening oneself to the Holy an authentic spirituality.

The world will say you're foolish for trusting an invisible, silent God, but wisdom is higher than knowledge. Miguel de Unamuno, the Spanish philosopher, referred to the distinction between wisdom and knowledge in a passage which gives

Mary:

praise to

"Oh Mary,

throne of wisdom, sedes sapientiae, (mark well

Join

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Catholic Step-Dad's Church?

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN My question is more of a dilemma actually. I am 12 years old, and my ier recently married a Catholic man. My mom is a widow and my step-dad ).

vidower.

very nice and I am happy mom married him. I would like to accept my dad and accept his religion too. We go to church every Sunday and

le is is

day.

I

rprise

Am

think it's neat.

I too old? Would the my step-dad. (Massachusetts)

Church accept me?

I

want

A. No, you are not too old, and we will be real happy you decide to join our Church. I suggest you first call a priest where you go to Mass and tell him what you are thinking. He will give you some ideas about the next steps you might take.

I'm sure your step-dad will be pleased when you tell him and help you in any way he can also. It will take a little time since you are old enough to receive and be helped by a good bit of study and prayer before you make a final step.

Good luck. I will be praying for you, and I know many others who read this column will too.

What is meant by the following statement in our An instructional ultreya is to be held, etc." know what those words mean at all, but they want us to pray. Someone Q.

lay bulletin? i't

"All cursillistas:

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After a while every group develops

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as law, medicine,

means a short course. numbers of Catholics and other Christians, including tens of thousands in nited States, have shared in a Cursillo weekend which deals with developing

lly

ireat

relationship with

1

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who

God and others in living our daily Christian life. A cursillista

has participated in a Cursillo weekend.

\n ultreya (Spanish for is

"forward")

is

a monthly gathering for cursillistas and

who might wish to join them to pray and help support one another in practical

fday

ways

as Christians.

programs around the country have helped many Catholics and other ;tians to develop their prayer life over the past 20 or 30 years. m sure they will be thankful for your prayers. fifree brochure answering questions Catholics ask about cremation and other al regulations and customs is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed ope to Father John Dietzen Holy Trinity Parish 704 N. Main St. Bloomington 1701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same pursillo

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...

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the mystery of her fertility remains."

The socio-economic

theories of Karl

Marx governed the thinking of millions of

people for decades, but after 70 years of tyrannical domination the whole system of so-called enlightenment collapsed like a house of cards. Chaos is the legacy of Marx.

Peace

is

the legacy of Jesus Christ.

Mary

did not have great knowledge, but she was wise. She lived in humility and

had a unique purpose in life. She knew that God gives each do that nobody else can do. The first step in the process of interacting with the Lord is to believe that He has a plan for your life. The second step is to reply as Mary did: "Be it done unto me according to Thy word."

The promises of the Lord are more wonderful than all the world's knowledge, giving us peace and joy, and the ability to bear rich and abundant good fruit.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another ... Therefore I will trust Him ....

She knew

that she

IfI am in sickness

to

my sickness may serve Him in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Cardinal John Henry Him He does nothing in vain, He knows what He is about.

Newman.

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Catholics, Lutherans

As Partners

By PASTOR RICHARD

C.

LITTLE

Throughout our history together, Advent Lutheran Church and St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church have enjoyed a close partnership here in the University City area of Charlotte. Our relationship originally centered around our ministries to the nearby campus of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. One morning a week, Father Joe Zuschmidt would host all the UNCC chaplains at the St. Thomas Aquinas rectory to share campus news and to strengthen the spiritual bond among the chaplains.

Out of that came a desire for our two parishes to be more visible and to make a witness to the UNCC campus. On Palm Sunday in 1987, we had a Service of Blessing of the Palms at the entrance to the UNCC campus. Using the service of "Procession of the Palms" from the Lutheran Book of Worship, we used the holy water and incense to bless the palms and then led our people across Highway 49 (not quite the Red Sea but close!) to our respective churches. Over the years, we have had the local Church of God and Baptist Church share in this with us. We are now planning this for the sixth consecutive year.

Two dialogues between Father Joe and me were held in

1 988. The first was held Thomas Aquinas on the liturgy. We walked through our liturgies and sought to show how similar they are. The second was held at Advent on the sacraments the two we share and then the other five in the Roman Catholic Church.

When the interior of our church was destroyed by a mentally ill man in 1988, St. Thomas Aquinas loaned us folding chairs and a processional cross to use as long as we needed them. Many of their members were on hand to help us clean up and make repairs.

at St.

—

This partnership has continued through the change of priests. Father Frank Blood and Fathers Ray Berg and Richard Contiliano have maintained this spirit of partnership between these two parishes. It was only fitting that it be formalized with the signing of the Co venant on Jan 18, 1 992, to celebrate the beginning of the Week .

of Prayer for Christian Unity.

A committee of members from each parish has responsibilty to see that this covenant is fulfilled and that opportunities be provided regularly for our two parishes to celebrate, serve and fellowship togther in an effort to proclaim the

God who is

?ss.)

Copyright

,

not call her is

of wisdom. Empires, theories, doctrines, entire worlds have passed away, while

Father John Catoir

if

we do

throne of knowledge scientiae). Mary, the mystery of humilty and love,

one of us a job

n

truly interacts with

your freedom.

God promises us His continuous interaction. He asks for our faith and trust in order to accomplish His purpose in our lives. The importance of human cooperation in God's plan cannot be overstated. This week, we celebrated the feast of the Annunciation. The Lord God sent an angel to Mary, courteously asking for her cooperation in the mystery of the Incarnation. Mary is a prototype for each one of us.

Like Mary, we wait patiently, living at times in darkness and confusion, as God's plan unfolds. As we wait and wonder, the wisest among us have a spirit of joyful trust, knowing with certainty that God will keep all His promises. This trust gives us strength and hope.

The more we trust, the greater will be our capacity to receive new supernatural gifts. The greater our spiritual hunger, the more God feeds us. This interaction is the law

truth.

enough.

far

God

He doesn't interfere or intervene, He interacts. To interfere is to block or obstruct; to intervene is to come between you and your decisions, in other words, to take away us.

Spirit is the goal of

especially as it relates to black based on a series of listening sessions in the Diocese of Springfield, feel certain similar sessions in our own diocese would produce similar results, ments by some black Catholics at the diocesan celebration of Martin Luther Jr. Day showed that many of them are not made to feel completely welcome Dlics

Christian spirituality rests on the simple premise that

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By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

BOB GATELY

By

Hera

One Candle

Light

Notebook

imagine that most of you have learned either from television or the Jy ar press that the March 17 St. Patrick's Day parade in New York came off on iule with a minimum of disruption.

Jnfortunately, however, the issue still is not settled. The homosexual group

now,

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One

Lord of all!

Rev. Richard C. Litle is pastor of Advent Lutheran Church in Charlotte. This another in an ongoing series of articles about implementation of the North is

Carolina Lutheran-Catholic Covenant.

News

6 The Catholic

&

Herald

March

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? Obligations

And

The Lay

Rights Of

Do Good For God, Not For

By BISHOP JOHN

Faithful

F.

27,

Yourself

DONOGHUE

7

read a review in the Sunday paper about a book on how doing good thing; others can physically make a person feel good. The authors studied 1 32 individ I

during and after they witnessed a film on Mother Teresa helping the poor of Calci ^

By FATHER

Immediately after the film, saliva samples were taken from the participants wl showed a marked increase in their levels of immunoglobin A, a vital componeil

FRANK CANCRO

The Same God

When I was still a pastor in North Carolina, I remember meeting a young child once who had come to visit from out of state. He was just old enough to know he had traveled a long distance and was in a very different place than the city environment with which he was familiar.

After church on Sunday, we said our "hello" at the front door. He looked at me and said, "I never thought that you guys would have the same God here that we do at home!" He seemed happy: It must have been a pleasant surprise.

All the adults gathered around this young child laughed, as did a group of priests with whom I later shared this story. After I finished laughing, though, I began to think about what this small child had said.

Sadly, the narrow vision that one would expect for his age and experience was not uncommon among those much older and wiser. In the life of the Church, we have all encountered people who are surprised to discover that there is more to this Church than the simple little shoebox in which we occasionally store our faith.

How many times have your heard (or even thought yourself) that the work of the Church was father's job? Or, have you acquiesced to do one or another task in the life of your parish community because there are few fathers these day to do them?

There was a strong Catholic clerical identity in the past, especially in this country, that made it easy to fall into just such a shoebox. Before the Seond Vatican Council anyone who wanted to do any type of ministry in the church did so by entering a religious community first or entering the diocesan seminary.

It took the council to re-orient us to part of our heritage: There is a sameness about

all

common work

of us that calls us together to do a

for a

common

end. All

the faithful have certain obligations and rights relative to the on-going life of the

church.

They do not just belong to "Father's" part of the Kingdom. They encompass

the

human immune system.

What the authors concluded

ca

X'

itn<

with this and other evidence

is

that helping

ot!

has significant health benefits for the helper. The auth active volunteers themselves, found that an astounding n ber of people interviewed

1

— 95 percent — reported immec

:

feelings of well being after volunteering. In addition,

reported an "increase in self worth."

The book goes

t

o?

recommend how

to find the right volunteer experience avoid burnout.

Certainly while a book on volunteering is useful, I bel there is a flaw to this type of approach to doing good wc;

even

\

y.

H

^^k^^^^JBtel

how

to

Throughout the past two decades in America, the emph the media has been on the self, the ego. We have \ bombarded with messages geared to making the self ric better looking, freer and ultimately, happier. The irony is that Americans d appear to be happier.

Could it be that the focus of our intentions, however good they may misdirected? There was a time in this country when people did good things for' another without the thought of how it would make them "feel good." Helping t

I from

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^

was expected. It was the natural thing to do. That's not to say it was all sell When you helped a neighbor build a barn, you could expect he would dc same for you one day. It was all part of being a community.

The Catholic Church, the community of Christ's people, has always call© ^ members to do good works. Our history is rich with examples of people hel] people. And what has worked for hundreds of years isn't about to change Church still calls us to minister to others. How and why we are called is not du modern tradition which emphasizes the benefits we will achieve, but rather tradition of Christ who tells us to take up our cross and follow Him. The bene He reminds us, will come in the form of the kingdom of heaven.

It is interesting that the authors of this book chose a documentary on Mo|> Sh Teresa to show their subjects. Indeed, Mother Teresa has become to people all in the world a shining example of someone who sacrifices. But rather than preaci the world about how good she feels, Mother Teresa chooses to call us to do mf"* to sacrifice more, to give more love, more time, more energy to helping other^f has been adamant in speaking of the need, the obligation to protect the vulnerable of God's gifts life, especially unborn life. As for feeling good, Mrj Teresa speaks little on the subject. She does, however, promote the love of Cl _ that she has experienced and for which she humbly gives thanks.

Mother Teresa is not afraid to challenge people. Like Christ, she is calling p& to ministry because God desires that we do His will. It is that simple. Unfortunai r that message has become clouded with the rhetoric of those who would hav other

either.

1

r

all

of us.

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Obligations of the Laity Just as all members of thefaithful are deputedfor the apostolate by God through baptism and confirmation, the laity too are bound by obligation ...to work so that the divine message of salvation be known and accepted by all people everywhere on earth. This obligation is all the more urgent in those circumstances in which people are unable to hear the Gospel and to learn about Christ except through laypersons.

The laity are bound by the special duty, according to their proper condition, to imbue and perfect the temporal order with the spirit of the Gospel. In ... pursuing secularfunctions in this way, they provide a unique kind of witness to Christ. (Canon 225).

The Code of Canon Law goes on to explain in more detail this sweeping challenge to the members of the Church who are not ordained.

Besides working in the world to bring the Gospel into every nook and cranny there, the Code reminds lay members of the Church that they should use the rights they have as citizens or a given country in such a way that they are imbued with the Gospel and the teaching of the Church.

Certainly, some of the efforts we have seen First Amendment right of free speech being used

shows

sanctity of life

that there are

some

own

in

our

to

make clear statements about the

individuals

who

diocese relative to the

understand clearly what

A lot of folks shun discussions about politics or religion. Even worse, they will never try to put the two together. The law of the Church is clear, though, that this is part of the role of the lay members of the Church. (Remember, clergy can't hold political office or be inappropriately politically involved. Why? Because it is the lay person's job to do that part of the work!)

To perform

these and other tasks well, the church also calls

on a variety of

its

lay

members

to

programs as well as in universities, for personal religious edification and for the pursuing of academic degrees (c. 229 1 ). And, if the laity have the obligation to learn the faith, they also have the obligation to teach it (c. 229 .3) even in ecclesiastical universities. What better way to spread around the Gospel into the lives and hearts of other folks?

People Ministries Besides the obligation to live as Gospel-grounded citizens, the lay faithful are free to devote some special service to the Church (c. 231 .1). Laity are called to ministry for either a period of time or even permanently.

Teaching Sunday school, doing committee work, even helping with a bazaar that furthers the work and mission of the Church can be a service to the Church and in the faith

—

believe that unless something has direct and immediate benefits to us,

Canon 227 means.

be educated

<'

an obligation that

Becoming

all

Racism Just Won't Go Away

levels: In parish

the laity share.

By ED WOJCICKI Catholic Times

minister of social programs for a parish or a diocese

—

this too, if

one

is

— working

called and competent,

is

full-time in parish

the obligation of the

lay faithful.

The space

debate.

It is,

— A new wave of racism

sadly enough, acceptable.

"Buy American," and sometimes At

first

Some

is

subtly creeping into the nati

disguised in the all-American phi

called Japan-bashing.

seems not to be a case of racism, but nationalism. As Ame the global economy, a backlash strives to protect American intei

glance

it

loses its pop in and attack the powerful influences

power.

It is

also call this a

like the

new wave

Japanese that cut into our econc

of isolationism.

Viewed in political or economic terms, the new Japan-bashing has nothing t it

could so easily

spill into that. It

already has. Preside]

Deng Xiaping as an know that. But Buchan size of many Orientals, ai

candidate Patrick Buchanan has referred to Chinese leader year-old chain-smoking dwarf. China

is

derogatory remark obviously poked fun

not Japan.

at the

small

I

was designed to evoke laughter from his American audience. That is racism.

The reason this new form of racism is allowed to emerge so unchallenged is

The Bigger Picture allotted for this article is

possibilities that the

SPRINGFIELD, 111.

with racism. But

a parish secretary, director of religious education, youth minister or

pastoral ministry

may nc

Guest Commentary

.

fulfills

it

worth doing. As the book reviewer wrote: "(The authors) hope that, in additio traditional altruistic impulses, the incentive of improved self-health will encoui more people to help others: 'It is a form of "selfishness" that serves us all wel I have a better answer. Follow Christ and obey His Father. Pray for guidanc what you do, have faith that God will direct you to where you need to go. Set ] heart and mind on sharing Christ with others. The rewards will be out of this w<

Code of Canon Law

much

too short to enumerate

all

the

offers as a challenge to the lay faithful, but

old traditional forms of all-American racism continue to flourish.

by now you ought to be getting the picture. This life of faith is more than plopping envelopes in a basket on Sunday and bringing canned goods once a month to feed

In the February issue of Esquire, Jake Lamar complains about the attitude white people, especially white liberals, toward blacks. Lamar, with tongue in ch consistently talks about "you white people" in the same way that whites often n

the hungry.

generalizations about blacks.

The law of the Church challenges us gospel parish.

in

to accept the responsibility to minister the

a variety of ways. If I haven't mentioned one here just check in at your local

You might be

surprised to find that the variety of things your parish does

could use the helping hands of a few more members.

And you might be gratified to discover that it isn't holy people

those

makes you holy. You might even be excited that same God that you do.

Father Frank Cancro, a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte and a member of the

others have an interest in serving the

St.

Sulpice,

is

niversity of America in

vice rector of the Theological College at

Washington.

in

The Catholic

He

laments that so

many

liberal whites use coi

describing professional blacks as articulate or dignified.

During the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, for example, "in chara< media commentators consistently used that fav<

izing the witnesses, your (white)

adjective of whites

who do

things, but rather doing those things

Society of

scending tones

who are

surprised to discover the existence of intelligent bla

Across the political spectrum, you spoke in amazed tones about the br buppies, as if you had stumbled upon some new species of American citizen: black mainstreamer. What a pleasant surprise it was to you!"

It remains a mere pretense in white mainstream America that racism towz articulate.

See Racism, Pag

1 The Catholic News

1992

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

—

material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

NEW YORK (CNS) — The follow-

of an Invisible (Warner Bros.)

capsule reviews of movies rereviewed by the U.S. Catholic ference Office for Film and Broadare

Strained

ly

ing.

Kings" (Warner Bros.)

rector John Carpenter's

(Armand Assante and Antonio deras) who arrive in New York in I with dreams of becoming the lead-

hers

mantic comedy.

language.

bedroom

rough language. The U.S.

Conference classification

tiolic

—

is

some rough

U.S. Catholic Confer-

— —

—

"Under Suspicion" (Columbia)

A

ricted.

private eye

(Liam Neeson) sus-

O'Neill) and a client develops an affair

Iling

is

how

proceed with the

rest

of his

Mellencamp 's

story

along under the burden of

static

to

I

acters shuffling through midlife crit

vith little hint ,1

tress

of resolution or per-

growth. Discreet bedroom scene,

fences to several adulterous affairs,

:

The

the client

'

s

mis-

(Laura San Giacomo). Writer- diSimon Moore's amoral but en-

grossing thriller is done in by

its

cynical

treatment of lurid situations. Adulter-

ous and homosexual encounters with some violence and minimal rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.

U.S. Catholic Conferclassification is A-III adults.

—

—

—

(Castle Hill)

Murky psychological drama has an

Middle School Youth Group Formed At Our Lady Of Grace

By RICK ROBBINS

GREENSBORO — A new group is Our Lady of Grace Greensboro. It is a Middle School youth group (grades 6-8) that meets on Fridays at 8:30 p.m. in the school gym, although the meeting will soon shift to 7:30 p.m. in

We

participate in

and play

we made lages

many

For our

sports.

activities

first activity,

We

made the about something we like so collages.

colthat

ambitious hospital orderly (Paul McGann) successfully assuming the identity of a

deceased doctor

nurse-girlfriend

until his

(Amanda Donohue)

learns the truth and

must decide what

to

pher Morahan's

steadily falters until

its

bedroom

sion. Brief

New World.

ciation of

America rating

is

—

R

re-

stricted.

"This

Is

My Life" (20th Century Fox)

Two young

daughters (Samantha Mathis and Gaby Hoffmann) become resentful

when their single mom

'

s (Julie

Kavner) career as a stand-up comedienne starts taking her away from home.

Nora Ephron's lighthearted, mildly insightful treatment of a working mother s '

frustrations

many

masks

a

drama common

to

single parent families. Brief ado-

lescent

bedroom

scene, a parent's ca-

sual acceptance of her son's sexual activity

ences.

and several promiscuous referThe U.S. Catholic Conference

—

adults. The is A-III Motion Picture Association of parents America rating is PG-13 are strongly cautioned that some classification

—

material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

"Blame

It

on the Bellboy" (Holly-

wood) Screwball complications develop

when

a

Venice bellboy (Bronson

Pinchot) misdelivers messages intended

meek English worker (Dudley Moore), a philandering mayor (Richard Griffiths) and a hit man (Bryan Brown).

Writer-director Mark Herman concocts a fast-paced and lively comedy whose silly antics make for innocuous escapist for a

splendors ofthe

World

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Some

stylized violence

and ethnic stereotyping, a fleeting bedroom scene and many double entendres.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classi-

— The MoAmerica rating PG-13 — parents are strongly some material may be cautioned fication

is

learn about our talents.

The

David Lord's office for everyone to see.

For sports, we have played volleyball, basketball andhad an ice-breaker's cheer to get to know one another.

The turnout has been great! We who come out and join us. This is a great way to make new have about 50 kids

friends and meet kids from other schools.

I am a member of this group and have a lot of fun in the group. I like the opening and closing prayers. Father Lord is in charge of the youth group, and if you have any questions, call him at his office, (919) 274-6520.

Rick Robbins is a 7th grade student at Our Lady of Grace School in Greens-

boro.

flimsy conclu-

shots with nudity

— the

we could

collages are hanging in Marian Father

initially interesting tale

and minimal violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Asso-

His introduction forever changed

Our Lady of Grace

New

do. British producer-director Christo-

"Paper Mask"

at

Greensboro.

in

recurring nudity,

ing violence and an instance of rough

uage.

—

rector

Hemingway) with (Kay Lenz) and won-

Star/director 'Is

with another suspect

wife (Mariel

]d girlfriend

newly-formed middle school youth groups meets Friday evening

School

Church

pected of murdering his wife (Maggie

from Grace" (Columbia) Melancholy tale of a famous couniinger (John Mellencamp) comes e to rural Indiana where he cheats

A

just beginning at

The Motion Picture )ciation of America rating is R adults.

The

adults. ence classification is A-III The Motion Picture Association of parents America rating is PG-13 are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

with flashes of nudity and an

nice of

awkward robedroom

discreet

ized comic violence and

but radically different siblings,

nentary violence, brief

A

scene, occasional sexual innuendo, styl-

rnambo band.Arne Glimcher's pemovie exudes a Latin beat in captg the emotional conflicts of two

I

made

his girlfriend (Daryl

Hannah) in tow, is running from a power-

Mambo

s

who, with

business-

accidentally

crazed government agent (Sam Neill).

Funny moments vanish quickly in di-

A failed romance haunts two Cuban

e

comedy about

man (Chevy Chase) invisible

e

Man"

"Memoirs

A-III

adults.

tion Picture Association of is

that

inappropriate for children under 13.

Student Advances In

Geography Bee WINSTON SALEM

—

Jennifer

Moser, the school winner from St. Leo School in Winston Salem, moved one step closer to winning a national college scholarship after she took a written test and qualified to compete in the State Geography Bee on Mar. 27 in Durham.

The National Geographic Society with its co-sponsors will provide an allexpenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for state champions and their teacher escorts to participate in the National

Geographic national championship May 20-21. The first place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship; the second place winner, a $ 1 5 ,000 scholarship; and the third-place winner, a $10,000 scholarship.

Alex Trebek, host of "Jeopardy!" will moderate the national finals.

The National Geographic Society developed the National Geography Bee in response to a growing concern about the lack of geographic knowledge among young people in the United States. A 1 0-country Gallup survey conducted for the Society in 1988 and 1989 found that people in the U.S. ages 18-24 the youngest group surveyed knew less about geography than young people in any of the other countries in the survey.

The National Geographic Society,

—

—

with 10 million members, has as

its

mission the "increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." In addition to the National Geography Bee, the Society sponsors a

number of other geogra-

phy education initiatives, including the Summer Geography Institute for teachers, the National Geographic Society Education Foundation, and the Geographic Alliance Network, which currently encompasses almost every state and Puerto Rico.

itholic

News

& Herald

March

27,

1^

Sacramental insights on reconciling personal relationships

By Father Lawrence Catholic

News

E.

Mick

Service

"Whatever happened to three Our Fathers and three Hail Marys?" she asked her husband on the way home from the penance service.

It had been a long time since she had celebrated the sacrament of penance ("gone to confession," she would have put it), and this new pastor gave her a different kind of penance than she ever

had before.

She didn't tell her husband what her penance was, because she had confessed problem of anger in her life, mostly directed toward her spouse. To help her deal with this problem, the confessor suggested as a penance that she find

to a

something to do for her husband to reand her of the love that mind him bound them together.

The priest left it rather vague so that she had to decide what would be helpful

—

—

What a strange priest new pastor was!

to their marriage.

their

Since the reform of the sacrament of penance after Vatican Council II, priests have tried to be more attentive to how this sacrament brings reconciliation about. Interestingly enough, understanding the dynamics of reconciliation in this sacrament sheds light on what is required whenever we need to reconcile with another person in our lives, whenever we need to overcome an alienation from someone.

The reforms introduced into the way

we

celebrate the sacrament highlight the process of reconciliation that the

sacrament celebrates and

fosters.

A quick overview of the individual form of sacramental penance can remind us what every kind of reconciliation requires.

When the penitent comes to confess, the rite of penance says the priest "welcomes him warmly and greets him with kindness." This simple note speaks of the need both to be open to the other and to respect the dignity of each person seeking reconciliation.

• No true healing of any relationship can be achieved if those who are alienated from each other cannot grant one another basic respect and be open to hearing each other's position.

Next the priest invites the penitent to trust in God's mercy and reads a short passage of Scripture expressing God's call to repentance and God's promise to forgive.

any attempt at reconciliation, there is need for trust. It is often trust that has been damaged and must be • In

restored in the process of reconciliation.

But trust is a gift we decide to grant to others,

sometimes even when they

don't deserve it. It may be easier to trust God in the sacrament, for we know God is always faithful, but being willing to trust the other person is essential if reconciliation is to occur in any relationship.

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The next step in the sacrament is the confession of sins. This act, crucial to the reconciliation process, involves accepting responsibility for one's actions and admitting one's guilt in the situation. In

• Again, in most human alienations, both these attitudes are needed by both partners. Each must be willing to accept some responsibility for the rift; each must be willing to offer the gift of for-

the sacrament, this acknowledgement of

giveness.

always a one-way street, since God is never unfaithful to us.

• But in other situations where we seek reconciliation, there frequently is a need to mutually accept responsibility. Each party, however, should focus on his or her own failing rather than try to blame the other for the rift.

Usually there is guilt enough to go around! n

At the end, the rite of penance concludes with a brief expression of praise of God, a reminder that every reconciliation is a cause for celebration.

guilt is

• This

might remind us that

e\

reconciliation, in or out of the sa ment, is a gift of God.

—

We are led to praise, thank imitate a forgiving, reconciling C

—

Next, before the priest grants absolution for the sins confessed, he is expected to offer spiritual guidance and assign a penance. This part of the sacrament reflects the importance of a real

change during reconciliation, a change of behavior as well as a change of heart.

The guidance given and the penance assigned are designed to help restore a healthy relationship between the penitent and the church and God. • So, too, in any reconciliation: There is a need to address the causes of the rift and to find ways to restructure the relationship to overcome those underlying causes.

A

reconciliation that onlyj

glosses over underlying issues is not likely to endure. Part of this is what we call in the sacramental realm "a firm purpose of

amendment," that is, an honest

amend one's life so that such a rupture is not likely to be repeated.

Sorrow without a commitment to change its causes will not produce a real reconciliation.

After the needed changes are discussed in the sacrament of penance, the penitent is invited to express his or her sorrow to God. Then the priest says the decision to

prayer of absolution. These two complementary statements exemplify the two most basic dy-

namics in reconciliation. There must be an honest admission of guilt and expression of sorrow, and that must be met by a forgiving heart.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Your past is powerful. If allowed to do so, it will make you its slave.

In a human relationship, painful memories from the past often hold sway. A past misunderstanding or angry incident may I] the problem, alienating two people from each other. Or there may be the memory of a period of time when one person felt his her feelings were discounted by the other.

Painful memories divide couples, parents and children, friends. The time comes, however, to lay the past to rest. This may me that first the past must be dealt with if that hasn't already been done.

Whatever the case, however, it means people need to begin to be good to themselves by recognizing their own right to Ih the present and look forward to the future. Taking steps toward a personal reconciliation is a means of creating a better lit robs people of their hop refusing to forgive; rehashing old events again and again People need hope. Living in the past for their life together now.

When people achieve a reconciliation, their new acceptance of each other means they can begin to really live again. reconciliations are life giving. That makes them Godlike. j

—

—

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive]

irch 27,

1992

The Catholic News

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Why reconciling and By

—

Bud and Al are brothers who haven't spoken to each other in decades. Just out of college, they had a major disagreement over a troubled business partnership. When the business failed, the two brothers parted with bitter tastes in their mouths.

Vince and Karen both know something isn't right with their marriage, but neither one has the courage to say anything about it. They" ve "Some of life's been married 15 years, but the changes call us to last three or four have been stale and, quite frankly, boring. reconcile the

chronic pain lives.

in

our

When these

changes occur,

we

can be inspired by

Sandy and her

city. Mrs. Hazelfern just couldn't accept that her daughter would grow up and leave

other

home.

Even

mother."

CNS illustrations above,

Sandy and her mother have been at odds since the day Sandy married Tom and moved to an-

after 12 years,

Sandy

feels treated like a little girl

below by Janine Applegate

when she

visits.

Despite both

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Calif.

90036. 1992. Hardback, $20.95.)

Reconciliation:

More than

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J.

Castelot

Service

Egypt looking for food, their lives hung on the services of the brother they had treated abominably.

If ever a situation called for reconciliation, this

was

it.

changed her life from the inside out.

She came home with a stronger realization of her chronic pain and a resolve to do something about it. She knew her mission would be difficult.

Change opens a window for God's grace. As humans, we naturally resist change, but when it occurs we often can look at our lives with a different lens, empowering us to seek needed recon-

—

and Karen, Sandy and her mother are living with chronic pain. Their need for healing lies not with their bodies but

with their life-long relationships.

Chronic means long lasting, with relative low intensity. Sort of a dull ache that's hard to put your finger on.

By contrast, acute means high intensity for a short amount of time.

Our bodies most often endure acute pain to relieve a chronic condition. The

ciliation.

A

significant spiritual experience

changed Sandy. It was a powerful experience, but not uncommon.

chiropractor's body work might hurt, but it may also relieve the dull ache of

Others may experience such motivating change through the death of a loved one, a severe illness, a close call with a child, a new career or any benchmark experience.

Before losing her momentum, Sandy

arthritis.

Similarly, a person may have to endure the immediate pain of a flu shot, but she knows it will spare her a lot of agony through the winter.

Reconciliation is the same. We must endure acute pain to heal the chronic conflict. We must open the wound to treat it with the salve of forgiveness.

made arrangements to visit her mother.

Sure enough, their encounter was

After years of placating and avoidance, this is acutely painful.

Sandy's story is a bit different from the others because she chose to break out of her "little girl" mold and embrace the acute pain of reconciliation.

How did she find the courage and strength to confront her mother? like many others, a significant change in one part of her life prompted Sandy to seek healing in another.

Attending the annual women's re-

a self-directed adult who intends to her own life.

Mrs. Hazelfern's pain was centered in the grief over losing her "little girl."

But she also came to the realization that she still had a daughter and the love between them could be rescued.

Some of life's changes call us to reconcile the chronic pain in our lives.

When these changes occur, we can be inspired by Sandy and her mother.

treat sponsored

by her parish, Sandy

had a profound

spiritual experience.

just a meeting of the

John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right hands in partnership" (Galatians 2:9).

Making up after a disagreement is A simple handshake, but a gesture t easy. Usually it requires more than that spoke volumes. eeting of minds. Emotions, someReconciliation requires some such nes deep emotions, are involved, and gesture. We are not disembodied souls sy leave raw nerve ends. but flesh-and-blood people The people we meet in who communicate through "The parable of the a Bible often disagreed physical acts.

Prodigal Son reflects th each other. They were The parable of the Prodiman beings! One sensi- how people express gal Son reflects how people e area of friction was the express reconciliation. The reconciliation. The ssion of gentiles into son decided to throw himson decided to throw self at his father's feet, refirst Christian commutes. himself at his father's cite a well-rehearsed act of The relationship of Jews contrition and ask to be refeet, recite a welld gentiles had been bitadmitted to the household. r. So it was understandrehearsed act of The father, even more le that the first Chrisanxious for reconciliation contrition and ask to ns, all devout Jews, would than the young man, "ran to ve resisted the acceptance be readmitted to the his son, embraced him and people for whom they kissed him" (Luke 15:20). household." reed an ingrained hatred.

No formal handshake here, Paul brought the matter to a head by but a warm hug and a kiss! i wholesale conversion of gentiles, People have been hugging each other ul insisted that Christianity tranfor centuries, hanging on for dear life as mded race. if afraid to let go and be separated again.

The ensuing dispute had to be charged In the intensely moving story of Joth sharp emotions. Yet, when both seph and his brothers, we see a family les got together to settle the problem, torn apart. Joseph's own brothers sold ©conciliation came about. him as a slave!

In his account of the meeting, Paul But this slave became an influential Is us that "James and Kephas and figure in Egypt, with sole responsibility for the administration of the food supply. When his brothers back in Canaan were threatened by famine and came to

By Father John

h

same

Her reflection and prayer that weekend

their best efforts, they always end up arguing.

All these people Bud and Al, Vince

Kehrwald News Service

Leif

Catholic

placating are not the

wrought with conflict and pain. But for the first time Sandy demonstrated she is

live

(Kehrwald is director of Family Life for the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., and a free-lance writer.)

minds

Joseph sent them back for the rest of the family. Then, when he saw his little brother Benj amin, he was overcome with affection. "He flung himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benj amin wept in his arms. Joseph then kissed all his brothers, crying over each of them" (Genesis 45:14-15). And they

had sold him into slavery!

Handshakes, hugs, kisses, tears

—

universal gestures of reconciliation, as old as the Bible itself and, undoubtedly,

even older.

(Father Castelot

is

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

FAITH IN THE

MARKETPLACE

What would you "The key

needs

is

cite

as a key to reconciliation? event with a victim mentality. Each person

to avoid looking at the

to take responsibility for their

own

role in the conflict."

— Maureen McMann,

Medford, Mass.

"The only way we can reconcile our differences is to let our guard down. Fear Don Yellow our greatest hindrance. We are afraid to let people know us."

(HeHaKa Cik ala) Little Elk, Rapid City, S.D.

—

let

"Unconditional love. To forgive someone is to not look at the past.

Patti Gustavson, Fairfax, Va. start out with a clean slate."

—

them

You have

is

to

"Honest communication. You have to be willing to sit down with that person and say, 'Look, let's talk this over.' Both of you have to be able to speak calmly and listen equally calmly to what the other person's concerns are. It can't be a one-way street."

— Gordon Southan, Oldsmar,

You have to think more about how the other person may be you can look beyond your own hurt and try to heal theirs."

Noel

"Selflessness. hurting so

Fla.

—

Martinson, Kenner, La.

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Leave, Dominicans Tell Theologian

ROME

(CNS)

headquarters in

— The Dominican

Rome

said

Sister Patricia,

will dis-

it

from Chicago,

is

assis-

tant professor of systematic theology at

miss Father Matthew Fox from the or-

St.

der unless the controversial theologian

received her licentiate from the Jesuit

returns soon to community life in the Chicago province. Father Fox had previously refused to do so, saying he wanted to continue his work in "creation spirituality" in the San Francisco area. Dominican master general Father

School of Theology and her doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union, both in Berkeley, Calif. Elected councilor/vicaress was Sister Patricia Siemen, who hails from Michigan. She is chapter prioress for the Dominicans' midAtlantic region. She holds a law degree from Northeastern University in Boston and has worked with migrant farmworkers in Florida.

Damian Byme said in a statement March 18 that it was his "express wish that Father Fox should comply with the assignment given him by his provincial and I have given him a limited time to comply." The Chicago province of the Dominicans had asked Father Fox to return to community life there to accommodate an ongoing dialogue about his writings,

investigation

which have been under by the order and by the

Vatican's doctrinal congregation.

Mary Seminary

Cincinnati Man Mushing For Missionaries Completes 1,159-Mile

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Cin-

cinnati

Sulpician Father

—

Howard

P. Bleichner

of the Diocese of Pittsburgh has been

appointed rector of Theological College at in

The Catholic University of America Washington, effective July

He

1.

succeeds Sulpician Father Lawrence B.

who

of Yadkinville, N.C., a seminarian for the Diocese of Charlotte,

Father

Thomas

March 2

Adamec

Acklin, rector of

at Saint

Vincent Basilica

in Latrobe, Pa.

of the Diocese of Altoona- Johnstown and Benedictil

St.

Vincent Seminary.

Diocesan Seminarian LATROBE, Pa.

— Michael R. Long

Installed

As Reader

the Diocese of Charlottewas one of 16

stalled the candidates

man from the Cincinnati suburb of Mack, crossed the finish line in Nome, Alaska,

seminarians installed in the ministry of reader March 2 at St. Vincent Basilica in

sented by Benedictine Father Thomas, JO Acklin, rector of Saint Vincent Semi-

March 14, putting him in 50th place among the 76 mushers who

Latrobe.

nary.

began the

died

he had begun. Jim

Oehlschlaeger, a 45-year-old business-

at

1

1:30 p.m.

race. In a telephone interview

with Catholic News Service from Nome

March

Oehlschlaeger said partici-

17,

March

Bishop Paul Han Xirang

6.

of Qingdao, in northeastern Shandong province, died after a six-month bout with liver cancer at the age of 74, re-

which Bishop Adamec was the princi-' and homilist. Priests of the Saint Vincent community, pastors and friends of the candidates were

serve 3,000 Catholics. Bishop Han's

cal

body was cremated March 10 and,

faithful to prepare for

Of Brazil's

accordance with his

MOUNTAINSIDE, The Daly clan land April

1

N.J.

(CNS)

—

will be gathering in Ire-

8-26 for a pilgrimage headed

by Cardinal Cahal B. Daly, the primate of all Ireland. Anyone with the last name of Daly or its many variants

—

including Daley, Daily, Dailey, Dalaigh,

—

O'Daly and O'Daily is welcome.

They are rooted in the old Irish name Dalaigh, which means "the caller of assemblies." The family distinguished itself as

poets and historians, tradition-

ally as chief bards to the kings

of

Ire-

land.

Sister

Dulce

SALVADOR,

Brazil

(CNS)

—

More than 40,000 people attended the wake and funeral of Sister Dulce, a nun who was known throughout Brazil for her work with the poor of Bahia state.

Sister Dulce, 77, died March 13 in HosSanto Antonio, which she founded.

Cause of death was internal hemorrhaging, but she had been hospitalized for 1 months and suffered for 35 years from a chronic bronchial ailment. Pope John Paul II sent a message calling Sister Du Ice's work "an example for humanity." Soon after the announcement of her death, a campaign was begun for her pital

beatification.

Adrian Dominicans Elect

New Prioress ADRIAN,

UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. His ported

death leaves the diocese with three priests, two more than 80 years old, to

—

Sister

Elected Chinese Bishop, Once For Faith, Dies In China

Jailed

HONG KONG

— A Chi-

Walter was elected prioress of the 1,300-member Adrian Dominican congregation. Four other Dominicans were elected to leadership posts in the

election to his diocesan post

order. Their six-year terms begin July

state-approved Catholic organization,

Patricia

1

nese bishop,

who

(CNS)

spent 21 years in

prison for his faith but then accepted

by the

concelebrants.

The main function of the reader is to read the

assembly but he also assists the *( worthy recep lie

tion of the sacraments.

Long

is

the son of Bobby K. Longfili

of Yadkinville.

He

is

a 1986 graduate

Pope Names Oblate Official Bishop Of Timmins, Ontario VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II has named the former vicar general of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate as the new bishop of Timmins, Ontario. The new head of the diocese is

—

Father Gilles Cazabon,

Rome

since 1986,

as

ignation of Bishop Jacques Landriault

The 58-yearold bishop-designate was bom in Vemer,

He completed at the

his

secondary

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when Pope John Paul accepted

Mich, (CNS)

in

some of the ash was buried in the Qingdao cathedral and the rest in his hometown of Han will,

pre-<

pal celebrant

40,000 Attend Wake, Funeral

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The rite of installation took place during a celebration of the Eucharist at

1988.

Daly Clan To Gather In Ireland

I

Bishop Joseph Adamec of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pa., in-

after

14,

pating in the Iditarod was "very interest-

is

"J!

of Yadkinville, N.C., a seminarian for

March

completing his sixth year as rector. Father Bleichner, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Vocations and Priestly Formation, was rector of St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif., from 1978 to Terrien,

w

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Pittsburgh Priest Named Rector At Theological College

Michael Long

installed in the ministry of reader

greeted by Bishop Joseph

Course

ished the 1,159-mile course

WASHINGTON

She

in Cleveland.

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Federal Judge Dismisses Rabbi's

Glemp

Suit Against Cardinal NEW YORK

(CNS)

—A

federal

Frisch never called the cardinal by name,

judge has dismissed New York Rabbi Avi Weiss's lawsuit against Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw, ruling

used no words that would identify her as a court officer or the papers as legal

documents, and did not touch the cardinal with the papers. The papers touched only the priest who brushed them aside.

The judge said the audio tapes confirmed an expert's testimony that the only decipherable words spoken by a female voice to the cardinal at the moment in question were, "You want this

that the rabbi failed to give the cardinal proper legal notice of the suit.

Rabbi Weiss made international headlines in July 1989 as leader of a

demonstration against a controversial Polish Carmelite Convent at the former

Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. He has been trying for more than two years to sue Cardinal

for the..."

Glemp for slander because

of critical remarks about the demonstrators that the cardinal

made

in a

homily

Secular Franciscans Mark Anniversary

the following month.

In his ruling

shop John F. Donoghue

J

visits

Capuchin Poor Clares

oor Clares

May

at

Establish

Roistered Monastery

By JOANN

Wilmington, Del.

Diocese

In

KEANE F.

bringing the cloistered community to e diocese.

become

lares will ily

pan out, the Poor

established as the

cloistered monastery in the 46-

The plans hinge on

location.

the diocese,

is

hopeful "someone will be

generous enough to donate a large site of land with a home, for the establishment of the monastery."

"I realize this may sound idealistic, but perhaps someone may just wish to be the founding person for the establishment of a monastery," said Msgr.

While Bishop Donoghue's

Ide-

the mountainous region of Western

»rth Carolina is envisioned as

home

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the cloistered

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outdoor Mass was celebrated

ered dish dinner was held

at St.

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papers for you."

House on the conference center grounds.

Both testified that Frisch then tucked between the cardinal's arm and torso, but a priest brushed them

Guests from neighboring parishes joined

the papers

the jubilants.

down

may contact Bill

Prospective Secular Franciscans

to the sidewalk.

television

cameraman showed

Brockhoff, minister of

the fraternity, at (704) 464-5113, or

But Patterson ruled that raw video and audio tapes of the event shot by a

Capuchin Father John Aurilia

at

(704)

327-7441.

that

continuing ministry.

stationed in Mexico.

It

is

the

order's desire to fan out in this country

contem-

As a cloistered community, the Poor Clares' vocation calls them to become "abandoned totally to God in solitude and silence, in feverent prayer and generous penance."

"The primary purpose of the mon-

McSweeney,

"is

These

diocese.

women

literally dedi-

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offering of themselves for others to the Friday 9:30

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Nuns

continual prayer for the people of this

Books

anniversary

March

monasteries, sisters work as seamstresses, while candy making or art work may provide a modest income for their

astery," said Msgr.

Serving the Carolinas for over 10 years.

-

last Sept. 25.

first

and profession Sunday,

fraternity

its

whose

the Catholic Conference

Aline M. Frisch and her assistant, Renee E. Lewis, both testified that as

would come from Mexico. Currently, there is a large contingent of Poor Clare

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N.Y.,

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HICKORY — The Brother Francis

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ly,

Fraternity of Secular Franciscans,

I

John

anoghue has initiated discussions with e Capuchin Poor Clare Nuns in hopes

If the negotiations

18, U.S. District

in a loud, clear voice: "Cardinal

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE —Bishop

March

Judge Robert P. Patterson Jr. of New York threw out the testimony of the two licensed process servers hired by Rabbi Weiss to serve the papers on Cardinal Glemp when he was visiting Albany,

They provide through

many

their

own

sustenance

of the different talents

that the sisters possess," said

McSweeney. For example,

in

Msgr.

some

1)

The second, which encompasses Apis to increase the amount

peal Sunday,

pledged to fund the 23 ministries.

"In one location,

Appeal Sunday brought

year's

all the cooking for a Head Start program. The food is brought to the monastery and the sisters prepare the food, and then it is distributed."

The Capuchin Poor Clare Nuns profess the Rule of St. Clare according to spirit and ideals of the reform approved

by Pope Paul III in 1535. It is characteristic of them to develop the comtemplative mission in rigorous withdrawal from the world and solitude, as well as to cultivate poverty and austerity of life in simple fraternal communion.

The nuns strive to adore and contemplate God assiduously, adhering faithfully to the spirit of St. Francis and St. Clare and following the poor and crucified Christ "by way of simplicity,

they do

Last

in pledges

compiled nearly one quarter of the

that

campaign.

entire

"Last year, 61 parishes

and missions went over their goal, and 39 of those went over on Appeal Sunday," says KeUey.

DSA

This years

goal of $1,590,000

represents a 5.5 percent increase over last year.

The DSA budget is divided into four

areas: Social Service Ministries,

which

42

percent, Multicultural Ministries,

percent,

and Special

work

is

that

appeal to

I

Ministries,

many

"I realize the

already have, and

it's

obligations people

only because I feel the

all

our people to give what

make the

DSA successful, so

thousands can be helped," says Bishop

Donoghue.

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(Ipmtmiciwemonoj a todo desamparo social. En forma de emigrante y sin muchas esperanzas. En forma de vagabundo y vicioso. Que no

creamos que es nuevamente un fantasma o un "aparecido". Sino que lo veamos a El, al Cristo real y vivo que camina

formas nos extiende la mano pari salvarnos y no dejamos ahogar por e mar de pasiones que nos rodean.

Demosle tambien nuestras mano para que suba a la barca de nuestid vidas y aplaque la tempestad que todT

hacia nosotros todos los dfas y de muchas

llevamos por dentro.

29 de Marzo, Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma PADRE EDMUNDO ANDRES

Por

j

3

(Tornado de "Nuestra Parroquia")

La palabra de

este

domingo nos

Galilea o

Lago de Tiberiades

Fotopor

P.

SILLRUEDA

el

camino de

la liberacion

i

traves del

reconociendo su necesidad, deciden cambiar y buscar de nuevo la graciosa

espera en la "Tierra Prometida", dond(

misericordia del Padre.

celebran alegremente la Pascua de

El pueblo de Israel, sintiendo la

Mar de

emprendio

revela el gran bien que espera a los que,

mar y

del desierto. Dios

los

son despojados del oprobio de Egipto j

KOf sai

liberacion.

opresion y humillacion de Egipto,

Al Anochecer, Descendieron sus Discipulos al mar, y Entrando en una barca, iban Cruzando el mar hacia Cafarnaum. Estaba ya oscuro y Jesus no habia venido a ellos. Y se levantaba el mar con un gran viento que soplaba.

Cuando habian remado como veinticinco o treinta estadios, vieron a Jesus que el mar y se acercaba a la barca; y tuvieron miedo.

Mas El les dijo: "Yo soy no temais". Ellos entonces con gusto le recibieron

andaba sobre en

la

barca, la cual llego en seguida a la tierra adonde iban. (Jn. 6: 16-21)

Tierra

Santa Jesus sobre

PADRE

Por

SILL

mismo mar de

Galilea que tantas

veces leemos en los Evangelios y hoy se nos presenta como un oasis de agua en

lo

pero la grande fue

mas cuando

Jesus

camino sobre

las

aguas al iravisitar

estaban

pescando.

sobre

el

la

Aquella noche la luna se habia temprano, un grupo

habia tapado, formando

lago una capa

mas densa de

penumbra. Solo a lo lejos se vefa la silueta de la barca de Pedro que se movfa en el agua. Con el algunos de sus companeros permaneci'an ocupados en la faena de la pesca.

Depronto a un leve moviemiento todos fijaron la mirada con una expresion de sorpresa sobre un punto bianco que se movi'a hacia la barca, creyendo ver un fantasma. Los ojos de los discipulos todabfa no estaban preparados para ver cosas maravillosas.

Jesus conociendo la devilidad de sus amigos les dice: "no temais, soy

yo"y segufa caminando sobre las aguas del mar con paso firme. El mar se iba abriendo a su alrededor y las olas se como piedras, mientras

hacfan fuertes

los refrescaba a todos.

Que maravilloso era ver caminar a Jesus

a sus discipulos

muchas

historias,

de nubes

!

que

escrito

salir

una suave brisa

en aquel lago, seguro de si mismo, hacia la pobre barca de Pedro, llena unicamente de redes vacfas! !Solb los pies de Jesus eran capaces de hacer semejantes milagros!

Las aguas que antes habian estado turbulentas por el encuentro de los frios vientos que venfan del sur y el tibio aire de las colinas de Magdala y el Valle de las Palomas, se habian hecho mansas con las pisadas del Maestro, a pesar de que los Pescadores que le vei'an segufan creyendo que era un sueno o una ilusi6n

medio de las fertiles regiones de Galilea.

Sobre este mar tranquilo y sereno, alimentado por el Rio Jordan que baja de las laderas del monte Hebron, se han

demorado por

aguas

RUEDA

El lago de Tiberiades para algunos, es el

las

que tenfan

En

al frente.

medio

de

la

bruma

la

embarcacion estaba al vaiven de las olas y allf todabfa permaneci'an algunos dormidos. A su alrededor el mar segufa sosteniendo los pies de Jesus que cada vez estaban mas cerca de ellos.

Antes del alba fue este acontecimiento y el Senor andando por el mar llego hasta la barca y calmando los temores de sus discipulos subio a ella. Ninguno de los que lo vieron se explicaban

como

lo

habia hecho. !E1

milagro estaba patente!

Es justamente lo que necesitamos hoy en dfa, que Jesus siga caminando sobre las aguas de este mar turbulento

Que apacigue nuestros temores que son muchos. Que nos llene de su espiritu de poder y sabiduria para hacer cosas buenas y nuevas todos los dfas. Que no sintamos temor cuando se acerca a nosotros en forma de pobre desposefdo de todo, de enfermo contagioso, de refugiado y abandonado en que vivimos.

El P. Alan, el P. Philip, el P.

John

F.

Donoghue

Sill,

Alicia,

Carmen,

Ines,

antes de salir para Tierra Santa.

Abelina y Argelia con el Sr. Obispc FOto por JOANN KEANE

Regreso Peregrination de Tierra Santa Con gran entusiasmo y alegrfa regreso de Tierra Santa la peregrination que un grupo de hispanos de

la diocesis

de Charlotte habian orgarrizado con

Padre

Rueda

el

Placencia, Ines Espin (de Charlotte]

Maria Ruiz, Lucila Cifuentes, Fann) Abrus (de Boston) Charo Calderon c Isolina Balboa (de Chicago) Magdalena

Padres

Moncayo, Ligia Vallejo

Capuchinos, Alan Dec y Philip Volpe.

Fueron dfas de regocijo y meditation los que pasaron por Jerusalen, Nazaret, Belen, Jerico, Rio Jordan, Mar de Galilea y otros, todos ellos con el espiritu del Senor que se hacia presente en cada lugar. En todas las misas que se celebraron en los lugares santos durante esos dfas, se tuvo muy en cuenta las necesidades de todos los hispanos, hombres y mujeres, jovenes, ninos, ancianos y enfermos que forman la comunidad de Charlotte y se depositaron en el Santo Sepulcro las peticiones que muchos de ellos habfan enviado.

Esta alegrfa y emotion que sintieron

Fuentes (de Quito Ecuador)

Sill

todos los del grupo,

y

los

al pisar la

misma

que recorrio Jesus, la quieren transmitir a todos los que leen estas paginas del periodico diocesano, deseando que alguna vez ellos tambien puedan viajar a Tierra Santa y sentir como ellos la misma emosion.

Los que formaron el grupo fueron: P. Allen Dec, P. Philip Volpe (de Hendersonville) P. Sill Rueda, Carmen Misiara, Alicia Rodriguez, Argelia Acosta, Olga Montagnino, Abelina

y Faustc

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Retiro Cuaresmal

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ydi;

preparation para la Semana

Padre Silverio Rueda

dirigira

un Retiro Espiritual para los hispanos de Charlotte, los dfas 6, 7 y 8 de abril, en ei Centro Catclico Hispano, 1504 de la Waverly Ave. Comenzando a las 7 PM con una conferencia, seguida de oration

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1992

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el

bien para Dios, no para

mismo

DONOGHUE

el

OBISPO JOHN

el

periodico dominical a cerca de un libro sobre

Por Lei un comentario en

si

F.

como

haciendo cosas buenas para otros, se puede fisicamente sentir mejor. El autor estudio 1 32 individuos duarante y despues de ser testigos de una pelicula sobre la Madre Teresa, ayudando a los pobres de Calcuta.

Inmeditamente despues de la pelicula, se tomaron pruebas de saliba de los participantes, mostrando un aumento en el nivel inmunoglobi'nico A, que es un componente vital del sistema inmunologico humano.

Lo que el autor concluye con esta y otras evidencias es que ayudando a otros tiene beneficios saludable para quien presta la ayuda. El autor, el mismo un voluntario activo, encontro que un gran numero de personas consultadas (el 95 por ciento) mostraron inmediatamente sentirse mucho mejor despues de """ V*" ^A^^^ prestar alguna ayuda. El libro sigue recomendando como

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necesario y yo creo que es un defecto acercarce a hacer un buen trabajo sin conocimiento de

A

|e new church for Holy Trinity Mission

iDonoghue dedicated

the structure

in Taylorsville is

March

Photo by

ledicate (From Page

1)

Loudermelk.

FATHER FRANK O'ROURKE

another.

"The only way this church will bear

fruit is if

we say T am my brother's keeper. "'

lice of worship but also as a gathering lice, said

simple and pretty. Bishop John

22.

,

Christ exemplies what a Christian com-

munity should do and

After the dedication ceremony, lunch

said Father Waters.

how

should

live,

The people of a

faith

it

I is served in a basement under the parish,

community can take

I lere a few weeks ago the first and report-

faith

of Moses, he

and dance was

their

cue from the story of a farmer

lly successful teen social

Id.

"We

â&#x20AC;˘

we He gives us hope;

give us life, now and in the future ... Our

>d is

not someone far off but present to

always in

this,

His dwelling place, and

us as a community."

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some

in

church clothes, others

ns and work clothes

Father Waters alternated between English and Spanish, so everyone could under-

stand his message. Father Waters says Span-

ish

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

to support

in

one

Mass every Sunday evening

in

Even so, he will translate durmorning Mass if he sees but one His-

Taylorsville.

ing

Father Waters encouraged parishiors

closer to the Lord.

are here today because

liieve in Jesus Christ.

1

And they can take who

shares his faith with others, bringing people

During the homily, Father Waters Id,

heart in the unfailing

said.

panic in the congregation.

Father Frank O'Rourke, rector of Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte,

was

St.

the

master of ceremonies for the dedication.

el.

Unidos el enfasis en los medios de comunicacion ha sido la propia persona, el ego. Hemos sido bombardeados por mensajes destinados a hacernos ricos, una mejor presencia, una mejor presentation personal, un cuerpo y cara mejores. La ironia es que en general el pueblo Americano no parece ser feliz.

Puede ser que nuestra intension por mas buena que sea no esta bien orientada Hubo un tiempo en el campo cuando la gente hacia cosas buenas por los otros sin pensar como se iban ellos a sentir despues. Ayudarse el uno al otro era natural y comun. Cuando se ayuda a un vecino a construir algo, se puede esperar tambien que el algiin dia le ayudara en sus necesidades. Esto hace parte de ser comunidad.

La Iglesia Catolica, la comunidad de los hijos de Dios, siempre ha invitado a sus miembros a trabajar bien y a compartir. Nuestra historia esta rica en ejemplos de personas ayudando a otros y lo que se ha tratado de hacer por ahos es cambiar lo malo de la gente. La Iglesia sigue llamando al ministerio del servicio, pero en la tradition del Evangelio quien fue el que nos dijo que tomaramos la cruz y lo siguieramos?

Cristo Jesus, El mismo nos dijo y nos recordo que la recompensa estan'a en el reino de los cielos.

Es interesante que el autor de este libro, escogiera un documental de la Madre Teresa para mostrar este topico. De hecho la Madre Teresa ha llegado a ser para la gente de todo el mundo, un vivo ejemplo de alguien que sabe sacrificarse. Pero mas que predicar al mundo como se siente ella al hacer el bien, nos invita a todos ha hacer mas sacrificios, a dar mas amor, gastar mas tiempo y energia por los otros. Ella ha sido la que ha hablado por los que tienen necesidades, por los mas pobre y enfermos y en especial por los que no dejan nacer, como regalos preciados de Dios. Para sentirse bien la Madre Teresa no habla mucho de lo que hace, pero si promueve el amor de Cristo que ella ha experimentado y por el cual humildemente da gracias a traves de dos decadas en los Estados

Dios.

La Madre Teresa no

tiene

miedo de cambiar a

la

gente,

como

Cristo ella llama

a la gente a servir porque esa es la voluntad de Dios. Desafortunadamente ese

mensaje se ha convertido en frio y retorico para aquellos que nos hacen creer que si lo que hacernos no tiene beneficio propio no sirve.

Como el comentario del libro decia: "Espero que como complemento a un impulso altruista, el incentivo de mejorar la personalidad y el fisico entusiasman a mas personas a hacer el bien". "Es una forma de egoismo que nos sirve muy bien".

Yo tengo una mejor respuesta. Sigamos a Cristo y obedezcamos al Padre.

Oremos para pedir iluminacion en lo que hacernos y tengamos fe que Dios nos dirigira a donde tenemos que ir. Coloquemos nuestro corazon y nuestra mente en compartir a Cristo con los demas,que la recompensa estara fuera de este mundo. ,

Heart 18.

(From Page

2)

habits and doubled their intake of satu-

:QUE ES EL SACRAMENTO DEL ORDEN SAGRADO? watch out for cheeses and

Some Jesus es el sumo sacerdote eterno para Dios, el mediador entre Dios y la raza humana.

el

nuevo Pueblo de

Jesus le dio a Sus apostoles la mision de continuar Su sacerdociq unico. Mediante el maravilloso Sacramento del Orden Sagrado, El continua pasando a los obispos este poder para participar en Su sacerdocio y, por el Orden Sagrado, faculta a los sacerdotes y diaconos para servir en una forma unica.

Jesus elije al clero para servir a Su pueblo como signo de Su presencia y ministerio. Ellos ejercen su ministerio en la persona de Cristo. Los sacerdotes ordenados tienen facultad para presidir en la Eucaristfa, para perdonar los pecados en nombre de Jesus, para ungir a los enfermos, para dar ciertas bendiciones. Ellos estan autorizados por el obispo, el sacerdote pleno, para predicar la Palabra y ejercer funciones de liderazgo pastoral en la Iglesia. Ellos viven una vida especial para poder ser mejores instrumentos de Jesus. El celibato ayuda al sacerdote a mostrar su adhesion a las cosas de Dios, a estar completamente disponible para el ministerio, a demostrar la totalidad de la llamada de Jesus. Esto tambien ayuda al pueblo a entender la intimidad del amor de Jesus.

En una forma

como

ifder

Jesus esta' presente entre nosotros Sus sacerdotes.

particular,

servidor en

Debido a su gran responsabilidad, los sacerdotes tienen que pasar ocho anos de formation espiritual, pastoral e intelectual despues de la escuela secundaria y se espera que continuen su education durante todo su ministerio.

ice cream.

are super high in fat content.

Go

for the "light," reduced fat versions.

People could shave off nearly all the excess grams of fat and not miss it, and yet be a lot healthier, said Castelli.

"Whether we could be like the 4 billion people living in Asia, Africa and Latin America who never get arteriosclerosis, that is a big item of debate," he said. But this much is known: "Ever since the Japanese changed their eating

rated fats to about 30 last several

grams a day

(in the

decades), the incidence of

heart attacks and strokes has quadrupled,

he

said.

But diet alone won't make for a It needs to be combined

healthy heart.

with exercise.

By

eating healthy foods

and exercising, people can begin to rid their systems of all those nasty fatty deposits, said Castelli.

How

about cigarette smoking? than zero a day and you're

"Any more

in trouble," said Castelli.

programs to suit various needs. serve church groups of all denominations offer parish renewal programs serve seekers of quiet time and space provide one on one guidance or direction, spiritual friendship and prayer companionship.

Offers a variety of

We We We We

Whatever your needs, contact: The Coordinator, Center for Spirituality P. O. Box 11586. Rock Hill. SC 29731 803/327-2097

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The Catholic News

March

Herald

Diocesan News Briefs Winners CHARLOTTE Andrew Romero,

Spelling Bee

—

won

a seventh grader at St. Ann,

the

regional spelling bee for grades 4-8

March 12

at St.

Patrick School.

Brian Toomey,

a St. Gabriel eighth

Combs, a seventh grader at St. Patrick, was third, and Michelle Shomo, an eighth grader at Our Lady of Assumption, was grader,

was

the runner up. Erin

Tenth is planning its annual parish renewal March 29-31. Franciscan Father Charlie Finnegan will speak on "Conversion and Transformation into People of the Kingdom."

bers

is

April 26-28 at Living Waters

Maggie Valley. All A.A. members, men and women, are invited to attend. Cost is $70 and includes room and board.

For more information, Call Danny K. at (704) 689-9867 from 5 p.m.- 7 Reflection Center in

p.m., or

Mary D.

(704) 891-2531

at

from 8 p.m.- 10 p.m.

The morning

Tuesay night's

available at

vice, followed

Cathedral in Charlotte. Rehearsals w be Sunday afternoons March 29, Apri and April 12 from 3 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

Choir members from all parish and others interested in participating ^

session will start at 10

a.m., followed by Mass at noon. The evening session will begin at 7:30 p.m. and include a paraliturgical celebration.

The sacrament of reconciliation will be

made

by

St.

this special celebration are invited.

Men's Retreat

CHARLOTTE

— Erika

Porter of

Our Lady of Assumption School won the State of North Carolina Coloring

Book Contest

for 1992 sponsored the

Knights of Columbus.

Free-Throw Contest in a free-throw contest for

Catholic High School have advanced to

in

1

Hope

The

finals are

and Seth Wilfong,

St.

11.

League of Greensboro is sponsoring a billboard campaign for Mother's Day. For a $5 donation, a name will appear on six billboards in the Greensboro area.

— The Immaculate

Mary community (church and school) is sponsoring Outreach Fun Heart of

Raiser, a spaghetti dinner, auction, raffle,

1992 Hickory

For more information, call Fatr at (704) 334-2283.

Ken Whittington

iter; |

The Three Ships

— The Women's

SPRUCE PINES

Lucien Church is hosting a spaghetti dinner in the church hall March 29 at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children ages 6- 2. There is no charge for children under 6.

For more information, call Vera Lanza, (704) 765-7707.

Guild of

St.

1

bake sale and childrens bingo and movie March 28. Proceeds will benefit the Outreach Program of High Point.

For more information, call Julie Milanese, (9 1 9) 886-496 1 or (9 1 9) 869-

School Applications

WINSTON-SALEM McGuinness High School

— is

Bishop

accepting

4172.

Holy

For information, call the admissions office at (919) 725-4247.

— The Catholic Con-

is

sponsoring the third

annual retreat during Holy week for laity and religious. The retreat begins Holy Thursday, April 16, with an 8 p.m. liturgy

range of

free services, as well as alternatives to

abortion. For

more information,

call

CCC

—

BELMONT The House of Mercy, a home for AIDS patients, is in 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) 825-471 1.

—

Past retreatants for

Unemployment

GREENSBORO

—

St.

Bob

To indicate interest, con-

Loren Morse

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

Diocesan Choir

CHARLOTTE — A diocesan choir

DENVER — The

Jpcoming

Ladies Guild of

show

2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and include

at the

church Thursday, April

cofee and dessert.

For more information, Lisi, (704) 483-6448.

call

Marie

Growth Retreat KING Good Shepherd Church is

center July 10-12.

Spiritual

The Blue Ladies

planning "Spiritual Growth," a one-day

Home are seeking

—

retreat Saturday, April

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

The

11

retreat will

presented in three segments designed so

each can be attended individually or in succession to help those who cannot

come Stations of the Cross

HICKORY — The Brother Francis

Fraternity of Secular Franciscans

is

Parish Mission

CLEMMONS — Paulist Father Don

Sunday during Lent at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call Capuchin Father

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

John Aurilia, (704) 327-7441.

March

30, 3

1

,

April

1

,

Denunciation

circulating a petition to denouce the Klu Klux Klan, which was granted a permit for an April 4 public assembly. is

KKK

The

9 p.m.

Father Pologruto is noted for his work in the area of reconciling alienated

and inactive Catholics.

The theme for the renewal ciliation. Parishioners will

is

James Earl

Ray, convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Gospel mission of offering mercy and forgiveness to which all Catholics are

protest the incarceration of

called.

A.A.

retreat tor

Alcoholic

Anonymous mem-

needed for the Piedmont

are

Children's

tj,

Iri

Summer program.

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

a

1 fr<

Northern Ireland for six weeks to a si environment and creates opportunit

ill

pot

for friendships crossing sectarian lin

One

parent must be in the

hoi'

during the six week period from June

through July 3 1 For more informant .

The Catholic News & Herald comes parish news for the diocesan ne briefs,

Good

photographs, preferal

black and white, also are welcoti Please submit news releases and pho at least 10 days before the desired of publication. "

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MITSUBISHI

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April

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April

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Engaged Encounter

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CATHOLIC

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For information

Parish Renewal

GREENSBORO

Center, Hickory

Jane Anklin (704) 377-6371

aPOINjE DEALERSHIPS WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH!

St.

Pius the

F.J. LaPointe, President

call:

(704) 556-9271

:

THE

Baden, N.C.

Members

MAGGIE VALLEY — A spiritual

Prograii

— Host famil|

Dessert Party

recon-

explore the

causes of sin and alienation in their lives. Secondly, they will explore the

applied for the permit to

Charlotte Catholic High

2 from 7:30 p.m.

-

BREVARD — Sacred Heart Church

I

Weekend, Catholic Conference

the Catholic Conference Center each

KKK

29

April

Fr.

for the entire day.

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

con-

ducting outdoor Stations of the Cross at

Mar.

Sophomore C\aes Family Mass St. Vincent de Paul, 5:00 p.m.

Fr. Dennis Kuhn, (704) 523-5671

be

For information, 643-7462.

Betty Salter, (919)

Summer

from 9:30

volunteers to serve at the nursing home. call

N('

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

Holy Spirit Church is sponsoring a fashion

of Maryfield Nursing

sailed to the

Pius the

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

Show

ocesan Retreats are invited to a planning session Sunday, March 29 from 1 p.m.4 p.m. at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory. Participants will plan the next retreat, which is scheduled at the

— The Blue Ladies

Columbus

Barbara Carter (919) 299-5680 Barbara Sullivan (919) 282-0543

call Alice

sales director, (704) 327-

Widowed, Separated and Divorced Di-

HIGH POINT

ships

call

7\oceear\ Events Fashion

HICKORY

^

1-3 to see replicas of the thi

GREENSBORO

7441.

Widowed, Separated and Divorced

May

and ends Easter Sunday, April

For more information, Cote,

,

||.

Columbus of St. Dorothy Church i planning a weekend bus trip to Chark

Irish Children's

House Of Mercy

19 at noon.

applications for the 1992-1993 school year.

Retreat

ference Center

|

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

lost their jobs.

Week

Columbus

dedicated to providing a

tact

HICKORY

of

LINCOLNTON — The Knights'

ton

full

j

1

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

'

Spaghetti Feast

^

^

Dick McDonald, (704) 328-3605.

GREENSBORO — Pro-life Action

Fun Fundraiser HIGH POINT

— The

'

1

ser-

Joseph's Table.

Pregnancy

HICKORY

^

1

1

For more information, contact the parish office at (919) 272-4681.

Crisis

of

March 28

Mills, near Fayetteville.

The students are Ashley Porterfield, LMargotWintz, 12,SamanthaSimms,

13,

men

Campaign

Pro-life Billboard

ages 10-14 sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council #770 at Charlotte the state finals.

All the

Lucien and St. Bernadette parishes are invited to an overnight retreat for spiritual renewal at St. Bernadette Church April 10-11. For more information, call the parish at (704) 765-2224.

CHARLOTTE— Five students who competed

—

LINVILLE

^

The Mass of the Chrism is a die esan wide event for the blessing of o used for sacramental celebrations anr renewal of priestly commitments.

fourth.

Coloring Contest

27, 19

Member of

St. Gabriel's

I

arch 27, 1992

World and National Briefs early ixiled

Haitian Leader Says He Wants

Return Of Democracy WASHINGTON (CNS) Haiti's

eaceful I

—

|dled president, Father Jean-Bertrand

said his people will continue to

Iristide,

fork for a peaceful return of

|cy

said in an address at

I;

democ-

"God asks us to love our enemies,

.

Jniversity

March

17.

'

Georgetown

He invoked

achings of Jesus, Dr. Martin Luther

and Mohandas Gandhi and [•rinkled his speech with biblical refer-

The

priest-president also noted

Haitians answered the coup that

|at

isted

him with non-violent

resistance

hich cost 2,000 lives in a bloody relonse

from the coup leaders.

College Rejects Student

Condoms On Campus A ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CNS)

equest For

—

; Moyne College official has rejected student request to make condoms avail-

on campus. Michael Yost, vice

>le

esident for student

life, in

rejecting

Le Moyne student senate proposal,

e

illed

for the formation of a task force to

omote responsible sexual attitudes and ;haviors in the college community, lthough critics said Jesuit-run

Le

•oyne should never have allowed the

mdom

debate in the

first

Wilfrid Napier of Kokstad, conference

on charges ranging from kickbacks and

president.

fraud to outright theft of large quantities

to the negotiations,

of X-ray materials.

among

Police from forcing peasant farmers off their ranch in the municipality of

Service, Archbishop Hurley described

Denounce

Priest's Deportation

WASHINGTON (CNS)— The U.S. Jesuit

Conference has joined Central

American

Jesuits in protesting El

Salvador's expulsion of a California Father Steven Kelly, 43, was deported from El Salvador March

Jesuit. Jesuit

two days

members of

Jiquilisco. try for

after

two years.

the

Nun's 'Gut Reaction' Uncovers Multimillion Dollar Hospital ' '

that led a

to assure that the

planned religion and culture center there will be an ecumenical project benefiting all

believers.

Speaker Urges Applying 'Living Democracy' To Rural Issues NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)

—

Rural activists should build a "living

democracy"

America by learning and applying the arts of democracy in rural

troversy were

tive officer of Cathedral Healthcare Sys-

and rules," Lappe said. "Living democracy is all about changing the structure of power as more and more of us become involved." She made her comments during a March 9-10 conference sponsored by the National Catholic Rural

St.

—

Newark St. James in Newark and St.

Orange. That first discovery led to an FBI probe code-named Operation Catscam and to the indictment in in

THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS?

Life Conference.

Jesus is the one eternal high priest for God's mediator between God and the human race.

new

Jesus chooses the clergy to serve His people as a sign of His presence and ministry. They minister in the person of Christ. Ordained priests have the power to preside at the Eucharist, to forgive sins in the name of Jesus, to anoint the sick, to give certain blessings. They are authorized by the bishop, the chief priest, to preach the Word and to fill certain offices of pastoral leadership in the Church. They live a special life so they can be better instruments of Jesus. Celibacy helps the priest to show his attachment to the things of God, to be fully available for ministry, and to witness to the totality of Jesus' call. It also helps the people to understand the intimate love Jesus has for His people.

among

us as the servant leader

Because of their heavy responsibility, priests are required to undergo eight years of spiritual, pastoral and intellectual formation beyond high school, and they are expected to pursue continuing education throughout their ministry.

teed. Six bishops, an apostolic adminis-

and a bishop-designate were

March

re1

and interrogated for eight hours about their Lenten pastoral letter.

Vatican Official Says Eastern Catholics Block Orthodox Relations

MILAN,

Italy

(CNS)

— The

exist-

Edward

I.

Cassidy,

president of the Pontifical Council for

Promoting Christian Unity.

U.N. Action

On Guatemala Does Not

Reflect Realities, Says Official

—

GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) The U.N. Human Rights Commission resolution on Guatemala was a piece of diplomatic stagecraft that does not re-

system, said

Guatemala City Archdiocese's human rights legal office. The resolution was adopted without a vote on March 5. The archdiocesan office said 74 human rights violations were committed in January and 89 in February in Guatemala.

who

voted to continue negotiations toward a new constitution "have lifted the shadow

hung over Codesa,"

flect the reality in

Catholic

human

Guatemala, said a

rights official.

with similar

supported

it

human

rights conditions

"in order to avoid

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people, the

Jesus commissioned His apostles to continue His unique priesthood.

By the marvelous Sacrament of Holy Orders. He continues today to pass on to bishops this power to participate in His priesthood and, by Sacred Orders, to empower priests and deacons to serve His people in a unique way.

present

The spokesman also said was guaran-

the safety of the bishops

South African Bishop Says De Klerk Must Push Fast For Reform CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) South African President F.W. de Klerk "must push ahead fast with reform" after a whites-only referendum showed most favored continued change

that

is

the bishops."

Australian Cardinal

Catholic Bishops' Conference. The 68.7

way Jesus

news agency,

not just a set of formal institutions

percent of South African whites

In a particular His priests.

issuing a pastoral letter critical of the government. A spokesman said the bishops had a "prearranged meeting" with a government official. The official Malawi

life,

in the country's apartheid

in

resting the nation's Catholic bishops for

some of those democratic "Democracy must become a way of

Planet," said active listening, dialogue,

the president of the Southern African

IS

ar-

arts.

ministry conference. Frances Moore Lappe, author of "Diet for a Small

—

WHAT

—

Malawi's government has denied

ence of Eastern-rite Catholics and different views about missionary activities are the main stumbling blocks to improved relations with the Orthodox, said the Vatican's top ecumenist. Also needed is greater cooperation between local Catholic and Orthodox leaders, said

one Saturday each month follow-

18.

-

Malawi Denies Arresting Bishops BLANTYRE, Malawi (CNS)

trator

negotiation, reflection and creative con-

Michael's,

inic

Magadan, Russia, and

X-ray materials at St. Michael's Hospital in Newark. Sister Margaret is president and chief executem, which operates three hospitals for

— the

right to vote in national elections.

despite the provocative action taken by

keep Orthodox informed of his work in

Straney of the 1988 discovery of a duplicate billing for

— more

than 70 percent of the population

in detail his efforts to

to rural issues, said a speaker at a rural

Mary's

South Africa's current consti-

tution does not allow blacks

officials

more than $ 10 million and earned her the nickname "Sister Sleuth." "Something just seemed strange," said Mercy Sister Margaret

vigils at abortion clinics. Bishop homas V. Daily, who became bishop Brooklyn in 1990, instituted a prac-

of leading the rosary at an abortion

New Jersey nun

uncover a nationwide billing scam

the Archdiocese of

:e

Scam

WASHINGTON (CNS) — It was a

iocese of Brooklyn in sponsoring roiry

zations.

ported to have been arrested

costing hospitals

would follow the example of

A statement issued by

the government, the African

MANA, quoted the spokesman as saying that President-forlife Kamuzu Banda had "appealed to Malawians to maintain peace and calm

deported."

to

;se

coun-

Maria Tojeira, Jesuit provincial in Central America, denounced the "arbitrary and contradictory process by which Father Kelly was

speech and inquiry, and that e exchange of ideas will not jeopar-

—

in the

the office of Father Jose

e Jesuit tradition has always encour-

Announces Plan For osary Vigils At Abortion Clinics YONKERS, N.Y. (CNS) CardiU John J. O'Connor of New York inounced March 14 that his archdio-

tried to prevent

He had worked

"gut reaction

ardinal

he

the Salvadoran National

id in a letter to the student senate that

ze the institution's integrity.

Archbishop Hurley Says He Works With Orthodox, Not Against Them WASHINGTON (CNS) In response to reported criticisms by a leading Russian Orthodox official, Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of Anchorage, Alaska, said he has made every effort to cooperate with the Orthodox in the Russian Far East. He also said that he sees a hopeful future for Catholic-Orthodox relations in light of positive statements

by Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomeos I of Constantinople which were published in Italy March 11. In telephone interviews with Catholic News

U.S. Jesuits, Central Americans

"Codesa" is the name given begun in December,

National Congress and 19 other organi-

—

rosary.

place, Yost

;ed free

992 of at least 1 8 officials at New

O'Connor, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said he would participate in such an event June 13. A Mass at St. Agnes Church near Grand Central Station will be followed by a march to a clinic for the

13,

Moyne

je

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the

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—

(CNS)

Bob

years.

Valvano, 35, and his attorney, Mike Cozzillio of Harrisburg, Pa., met with Catholic University general counsel Craig Parker March 18 for just that chance.

University spokeswoman Anne Smith said Parker agreed to review material Valvano and Cozzillio presented. Catholic University's internal

grievance deadlines are to be put on

hold during Parker's review.

March 13; under university procedures, he would have had until March 20 to file a grievance.

He said that he was told at the time of his firing his last day would be April 30. His Valvano was

fired

contract originally ran through August.

He

said the university fired

him

handed out tampons

to players during a

losing streak and, according to one

team "a bunch of

player, called the girls";

using what the school called "vul-

gar and abusive language" with players

and

We've heard it before."

The team finished 21-6 this

games; and allowing players to buy beer once on a road trip two seasons

an educational process,"

at athletics as

Father Robert Friday, vice president for student

told a

life,

sion station

March

Washington televi"Winning is not

17.

everything here."

The Washington Post reported that was the result of a five-week investigation conducted by Father Friday and Tom Calomeris, the acting aththe firing

letic director who is also swim coach.

Team members told the newspaper they

were not interviewed.

Catholic University, an vision

III

school,

won

NCAA Di-

the Capital Ath-

Conference title this season.

Valvano was named coach of the year.

His brother, Jim, coached North letic

Although the players who bought were of legal age, the beer was also consumed by underage players.

Valvano did not drink.

Smith said she could not comment on what she called a "personnel matter."

Valvano told The Washington Post he realized the beer and tampon incidents were mistakes and that he was the beer

Carolina State to the 1983 Division I

He was

title.

a parishioner at St. Gabriel Parish in

become the first player to sign an athletic grant-in-aid with

Charlotte, has

Campbell University's new women's soccer program.

An all-state sweeperback from South Mecklenburgh High School, Gruno was named last season region, conference and county Player of the Year. She has been a captain on the North Carolina State Select Team for each of the past two seasons.

Gruno is active in numerous clubs, including Students Against Violence in Education, Students Against Drunk Driving, Young Republicans and the Future Teachers of America.

Gruno, the daughter of Don and Helen Gruno of Charlotte, chose Campbell over West Point, Berry, N.C. State and High Point. She plans to major in mass communications.

ASHLEY GRUNO

also reported that athletic depart-

It

ment staff members, including coaches from other sports, met March 17 with Father Friday and Calomeris to voice their concerns about the process and to ask for an explanation of why Valvano was fired.

at

ago.

season,

most victories since basketball debuted on campus in 191 1. But "we look the

for

an incident last season in which Valvano

someone for

bad language, then every coach from high school to the pros would be gone by now," junior guard Mike Connelly told The Washington Post. "We're not kids. We're in college. We're adults.

— Ashley Gruno,

BUIES CREEK

trying to curb his use of foul language.

"If they're going to fire

Gabriel Parishioner To Join

New Campbell Soccer Program

Hoop Coach For Reinstatement Valvano, who was fired as men's basketball coach at The Catholic University of America, Washington, said he wants back the job he held for three

27, 1992

1989

fired following a

university investigation of the Wolfpack

basketball program and

is

basketball analyst for the

now a college

ESPN

sports

cable network.

Bishop McGuinness Hoop Star Conference Player Of Year WINSTON-SALEM

—

Herbie Burns was named the PACIS Player of the Year in basketball for the second year in a row and two other Bishop players also were honored for

Kupreanik averaged 12 points and thn rebounds a game, shot 41 percent fro the 3-point line and made 78 percent his free throws. Kupreanik is the school '| all-time free throw percentage leadi

their outstanding play this year.

holds the school record for the most

Burns averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds a game for the Villains and led them to consecutive conference regular season and tournament championships.

Burns is the third leading scorer(l,553)

pointers in a

in school history, first

Senior

among three-year

players, holds the record for most points in a regulation

game

(46),

and

is

the top

five all-time in seven categories for career,

Crosswinds

season and

game

highs.

Senior Chad Kupreanik was

named

more

game

(8),

and needs

eigl

3-pointers (currently has 75)

break the single season record for pointers.

Senior Bryan Ray was named to second team all-conference. Ray ave; aged 13 points and six rebounds. Ray, forward, also had 22 3-pointers an consistently out-battled and out-hustled* larger opponents both on the defensi and offensive end of the court. tl

a first team all-conference selection.

Crosswinds is a series of articles by staff

members of Catholic Social Ser-

vices about their experiences: In order to protect client confidentiality, the staff

members are not

identified.

We have been sharing some beautiful,

at

but often sad

moments of our days

Catholic Social Services.

asked about

Beverly were watching TV, there would be a reference to "Beverly Hills;" if she scanned an old movie guide, there was much reference to "Beverly Hills" and even in the daily paper, the name would appear. this "thing" called

Hills. If she

Adapted Papal Play Entered In Japanese Radio Writing Contest

attempted to give my understanding of the versatility of this word speak-

sion of a play written by

I

Today, we want to let you know that we have our laughs, too. A 1 99 refugee has been doing some part-time work at our office and, as is typical of the newly arrived refugee, is anxious to get the best possible grasp of spoekn English.

This refugee had studied English in school in the Soviet Union and one day wondered if anyone ever said, as she had been taught, "How do you do?" Everyone she observed just said "hello" or 1

"hi."

ing of the "rich

Hollywood

style"

and

"the Beverly Hill cowboys," and felt

had communicated the concept

I

fairly

was among the entries in an international radio drama contest sponsored by II

Japanese radio writers.

"The Choice" is a Vatican Radio "Our God's Brother," a play by Karol Wojtyla, the pope's given name. It was translated into English for Vatican Radio by Boleslaw Taborski.

The next day,

my friend brought up

the phrase again, even

more puzzled.

It

had given a talk at a local school the previous week, and when she that she

home yesterday, there was a thank you note from the school, signed by none other than Beverly Hills! got

Vatican Radio's English-language program hired professional actors, recorded the play and aired it in segments on

Sundays

in

December.

22 countries.

is

6)

a thing of the past. During the

recent series of listening sessions

them and plan liturgies at which Gospel music and other aspects of African-American culture will be in-

among

black Catholics in our diocese (Spring-

corporated.

number of black people told stories about racial inci-

tion.

dents which have caused them great pain in Catholic institutions like our parishes and schools.

were decades

Some

old, but

of the sto-

some were

very, very recent.

Racism

is

a sin, the U.S. bishops

have declared. Yet it persists in the Body of Christ. There is now some movement in our diocese among black p tholics to organize, discuss issues of

more is needed, especially a more welcoming attitude in ways that are not condescending from the white majority. As Lamar suggested, white people must stop being surprised to find out

— —

that

many of

and main-

their black brothers

sisters in Christ are already in the

for the contest, sponsored

ing for the priesthood.

The final

from

did not win an award.

version 1\

tween 1948 and 1949. It is based on the life of Adam Chmielowski, who be-' came Brother Albert, founded the Congregation of the Albertine Fathers and

was canonized by Pope John Paul Nov. 12, 1989.

The play was adapted by Jm Bevilacqua and was produced by Se:anPatrick Lovett, director of Vatican

A

Radio's English program.

forgotten song at a lonely post office on

Radio synopsis of the play says: "Born 1845, in southern Poland in Chmielowski joined the partisans in an

the plains of Mongolia.

uprising against the Russians

Since racism

is

a sin,

it's fair

to say

that the sin of racism continues to plague

our entire society and infiltrate our major institutions such as workplaces and churches.

What makes it possible for the

new wave of racism against Orientals to arise so rapidly

a

way of

life

is

that

racism

is

already

here.

How sad that we now have to battle

stream of our communities. Not in the underclass. Not seeking to emerge from

new forms

the ghetto.

to deal adequately with the old forms.

of racism

when we have

yet

24.

te

of the play was probably written be-

picts a prisoner's efforts to recall a long-

These are steps in the right direcBut they are only steps. Much

field in Illinois), a

ries

entries

Top award went to Mongolian Radio's "Shadow of Night," which deinterest to

blacks

It

Awards

by the Japan Broadcasting Scenario Writers' Association, will be presented April 22. According to Vatican Rad the first draft of the play was writi during World War II, when Wojtyla working as a laborer while secretly stud

II

The play was one of 3 1

Another day, more puzzled, she

Racism (From Page

Pope John Paul

adaptation of

well.

seems

TOKYO (CNS) — An adapted ver-

was only

17.

Vatican

when

he

He later became a success-

but in time grew dissatisfied and was deeply disturbed by

ful painter,

with

art

plight of the poor.

"The dilemma which the real life faced is the raw material of this play. The artist is presented with a choice

Adam

—

to continue painting or to give

it

up

and serve the poor. The drama of this choice is that there is no middle way

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