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Number 31
April 10, 1992
•
epare Ye The Way.
On
Anti-Catholic Bias Alleged
Of Protestant Preschool
Part
Director
By JOANN KEANE Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE
—
Phones were ringand conversations buzzed following a
news report of alleged religious discrimina-
Church has asked Central Piedmont Community College to replace an early childhood instructor the school was supplying as
tion at a Charlotte non-denominational
a teacher
Church.
ity)
ing,
The Charlotte Observer first reported Piedmont Community College
that Central
was ending
its
teaching relationship with
Calvary Church, following a church daycare official's refusal to allow a Catholic
work with their staff. The controversy began as Calvary's
teacher to
school director, Pat Collins, stated her pref-
erence for a "Christian Protestant" to
fulfill
the third-party training of her teachers.
The discriminatory remark spurred angry reaction in the Catholic community. ve-year-old Elizabeth frican
Palm
Osbom
helps her grandmother, Elizabeth Haubenreiser, sort through the
crosses that will be distributed at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte
ne crosses are
handmade
in several villages in the
on Palm Sunday,
Photo by
he would
like to
lot
mend
the
rift.
But the
rift
of work.
take his child out of Calvary's day school
Sues
\bortionist r
By
Pro-Life Activists
Greensboro
or Picketing
Home
ill
and Linda Winfield's
life
at the local
Today, :tive
it
centered
on
evolves around taking an
ful, non-violent picketing on a public street can be prohibited," says attorney Art
for U.S.
a candidate
are outraged
by
the
ing, since they did not
hundreds of unborn
chil-
each week in the Greensboro
The preliminary injunction, which was is
the
first
my
look like the person
Kaplan
such legal action
may
he
is this is
not a discrimination
is
he
"The irony is
who has done wrong."
not be breaking man's
four
set the callers'
minds in motion. "I would guess half or more were talking about that subject either directly or indirectly," said Boggan. About half way through his morning show, Boggan was able to reach Rhoads for on-air comments. Rhoads was quick to say that neither he nor his congregation are anti-Catholic and that it was not a discrimination issue. In light of the Calvary situation,
some
parents are questioning their decision to
couple,
One who wish to remain anonymous, is
distressed over their choice of schools since
reading of Ring's situation. It ' s adifficult situation they face;
they ve '
been pleased with the care their child has received at the AA-rated day school. But, in their
minds, they cannot reconcile the injus-
tice.
"It's
a matter of principle," said the
"Our perception of
preschooler's father.
Calvary preschool was that as non-denominational, there
would be no discrimination That's the surprise, to
faith.
find discrimination in
how you
practice
Christianity."
FatherEdSheridan,pastorofSt. Gabriel in Charlotte, said
it
is
the responsibility of
parents to be aware of all the events involv-
says.
Collins could not be reached for
are guilty for
praying and carrying signs, then what guilty of?" asks Bill Winfield.
heart
propounded as he
of Christian
com-
ing their children's education,
early
bulletin,
ment.
that we're being hauled to court and made to
lea.
development
affiliation.
Rhoads says Calvary Church does not discriminate in its hiring practices and has several Catholics on staff. "What hurts me issue,"
we
early childhood
based on her religious
were escorted to and from picketing sites by "If he (Kaplan) says
perform her duties as an instructor
CPCC's
for
break any laws and
police.
couple say they will continue to be
[sued Feb. 20,
ability to
in
em from peaceful picketing on the street 'a physician who performs abortions, the
lien killed
is
was denied the
Parish in Charlotte, said she
charges, especially extortion and racketeer-
Despite an unusual injunction barring
atholic
it
Supreme Court review."
The Winfields
stand against abortion and fighting a
jitnesses for the
The injunction says that peaceful, law-
Donaldson. "In that respect,
country club.
gal battle for their efforts.
I
'
years ago,
imbing the ladders of the world and playg tennis
topics
Kathleen Ring, a member of St. Gabriel
Associate Editor
— Three
to
work together instead of fueling bigotry. The story prompted a flurry of listener reaction to a radio talk show host who brought up the stoiy as well as several irate letters to The Charlotte Observer.
CAROL HAZARD
GREENSBORO
Another said churches need
program.
(facil-
Do you want
send children to Calvary preschool.
One Catholic parent says he's going to
JOANN KEANE
non-denominational
comment?" Boggan 's question was one of
Rev. Ross Rhoads, pastor of Calvary, said needs a
Diocese of Masasi in Tanzania.
to
at the
because she was Catholic.
CPCC's
Ring, an instructor for
no matter which school they choose. In the Sunday he reminds parents of their duty as
childhood education program and an em-
primary educators of children to fully un-
ployee of the community college, had been
derstand the teaching methods and curricu-
assigned to Calvary, but had not yet begun
lums offered by schools.
formal instruction.
When
Collins discov-
ered Ring was a Catholic, she refused Ring s '
Iken in North Carolina and one of only a lindful
of similar, yet unresolved cases
In granting the injunction, Guilford
lounty Superior Court Judge Thomas Ross lid he felt "the privacy of one's
protected
own home
is
expertise,
breakingGod'slawsand"he will bejudged," says Bill Winfield. "What's
Irtionwide.
|i
laws in killing unborn babies; but he
tant?
able
Ring say s a chance meeting with Collins
more impor-
To keep him from feeling uncomfortin his home or keep him from killing
based on Catholicism.
at
a local high school basketball
game
babies."
"We pursued conversation, and (Collins) acted excited about the CPCC program for
By
leveling the racketeering charge,
her teachers.' During the conversation, Ring '
ng" f The
injunction bans the Winfields
and
her pro-life activists from marching within
Kaplan is putting the Winfields on the same preposterous level as convicted Mafia leader John
Gotti, Winfield says.
of Dr. Richard Kaplan,
The charge is absurd, says Walter Weber
and gynecologist who perims abortions at a Greensboro clinic. Kaplan has sued the Winfields for
of Free Speech Advocates, a national pro-
trrassment, private nuisance, public nui-
First Amendment rights and legitimate forms
nce, intentional infliction of emotional
of protest," he says.
X) feet of the street l
obstetrician
stress,
and extortion and rackpering. He has asked for unspecified monary compensation for damages, punitive images, triple damages and attorney fees well as a permanent injunction against the [o-lifers.
The case involves
First
Amendment
pies of free speech, and consequently, has potential for being heard in the U.S.
upreme Court, say attorneys for the 'infields.
"To apply damages and
mentioned her Catholicism.
"When
is
calls
were not
finally
made phone con-
Collins told her she wanted a "Chris-
life,"
says Alan
Duncan of Smith, Helms, Mulliss and Moore. Kaplan could not be reached for
comment. The law suit was filed after the Winfields and several other pro-lifers picketed for 45
Ring's emotions ran the gamut as came over the phone
minutes a day for three consecutive days
See Sue, Page
1
Ring said "Collins admitted a mistake that (Collins) should have gone
was made;
to a Christian college, not a public institution, to obtain training instructors." "It's
urging that
illegal
handguns be turned
in to
The
religious leaders said
should be turned
in
Mother's Day, May
Day
will
during the 10.
handguns
week before
They said Mother's
be a special day of prayer for the
a grave injustice to
me
and the
Catholic community. Calvary Church out
and out discriminated towards me," said Ring.
Local talk show host, Henry Boggan to his listeners, "Calvary
posed the question
society.
The
actions
came at the request of San
Antonio Mayor Nelson Wolff after a three-
Collins' statement
about impermissible intrusion
Kaplan's private home
San
family and for an end to violence in our
When Ring tian Protestant."
to litigate the case in the newspaper.
—
(CNS)
religious leaders of other denominations in
make arrangements
phone
Ring.
line.
into
my
At that point, I knew something was wrong, that I was not wanted," said
Kaplan's attorney says he does not "This case
called to
SAN ANTONIO
Antonio's Catholic bishops have joined
the city.
returned.
tact,
want
I
with Calvary,
injunctions againt the Winfields cuts into
invasion of privacy, interference
1th civil rights,
le
life legal project.
Anti-Gun Campaign
seated her next to the Calvary school director.
from this kind of targeted pick-
Texas Bishops Join
week campaign by the city to get people to turn in illegal weapons brought in only 20 guns.
Bishop Edmond Carmody, the former San Antonio auxiliary who was recently named bishop of Tyler, Texas, said something has to be done to make parents aware of what their children are doing. "Parents must take this deadly temptation away from their children," he said. See Guns,
ulholic
News
&
Herald
April 10, 19
Belmont Abbey College Trustees Elect Efird, LaPointe As New Leaders Of Board
— The Belmont Ab-
BELMONT
Gaston County Chamber of Commert graduate of the University of Noi Carolina at Chapel Hill, he is alsc former trustee of Gaston College. LaPointe, president of LaPoir;
tively.
professional organzations including
Grace
lotte
the college as a trustee.
Efird is the past president of the East Gastonia Rotary Club and the
in
Houston
Catholic
community
active in civic
a'
^
Uptown Development
Corp.,
{
N.C. Automobile Dealers Associati'i and the Charlotte Rotary Club. A patr of the arts, he received an honon degree from Belmont Abbey in 1981 ^
of service. Grace will continue to serve
Members of the Vietnamese
is
;
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Ch
of Charlotte as chairman after eight years
Center
'l
\
Corp. of Charlotte,
Efird, the president of Standard Dis-
tributing Inc., replaces Charles L.
*
A
bey College Board of Trustees selected a new chairman and vice chairman of the board. Tom Efird of Gastonia and Frank LaPointe of Charlotte were elected chairman and vice chairman respec-
recently traveled to the St. Paul Cursillo
Vietnamese language Cursillo
to train for leadership roles in the first
be held in the Diocese of Charlotte. Participating in the training were
(1-r)
to
Crosswinds
Ky Tron Do, Tuoi
Hieu Nguyen, Redemptorist Father Vang Cong Tran, Long Xuan Nguyen, Tinh Nguyen and Trieu Le.
Crosswinds
is
Leaders Trained For Diocese's First Vietnamese Cursillo
Social Services about their experiences.
ity,
men gather regularly in a home in northMecklenburg County to share their faith experiences. Through prayer and study, they seek ways of bringing more of their countrymen to Christ through the Cursillo movement. Earlier this year, they journeyed 2,000 miles nonstop for 20 or so hours to Houston for their first Cursillo weekend. Joining about 50 Vietnamese from throughout the Lone Star state, they closed off the outside world for three days, praying, eating, sleeping, studying and sharing a
new
faith experience.
They plan to bring the Cursillo faith experience to Vietnamese in the Diocese of Charlotte this June.
were Tinh Nguyen and Trieu Le, parishioners of St. Thomas Aquinas; Tuoi Nguyen of St. John Neumann, and Long Nguyen and Ky Do of Our Lady of the Assumption. All, except for Do, work at IBM. None had heard about the Cursillo before invitations were extended to them. "We could only sense that it had to be something good," said Long Nguyen. "We all wanted to dig deeper, to grow in
The
travelers
our spiritual lives." Trieu Le said he saw the Cursillo as a way of getting Vietnamese Catholics more involved in the Church. "They come every month to Mass, but they
Four or five Vietnamese women from the diocese will receive Cursillo training in Charlottesville, Va., for a
women's
renewal weekend, also scheduled in June. Like the men, the women will be assisted by an experienced Vietnamese Cursillo team from spiritual
California that will lead the
first
week-
Diocese of Charlotte. It is hoped that about 50 people will attend each weekend, said Father Tran. Vietnamese from neighboring Charleston and Raleigh dioceses are invited to join their Catholic brothers and sisters from the Diocese of Charlotte. The men's weekend is June 4-7. The women's weekend is June 1 1-14. For more information, call Tuoi Nguyen at (704) 568-3776, evening or weekends. Carl Ross is a member of St. James Parish in Concord. ends
in the
favorite has been
Nursing
I
like
do I do not only for me or because it,
but because
I
recognize the
loving of God," he said.
On
the trip to Houston, everyone
shared the driving and took turns catching cat naps.
Houston, the
On the way back from men were so enthusiastic,
HIGH POINT
— Geraldine
licensed practical nurse, cipient of a
program
the first re-
new employee
recognition
who
The program
is
designed
to recog-
who have demonstrated responsible job performance, dependability, excellent attendance and a good attitude, said Poor Servants Sister Lucy Hennessy, nursing nize non-salaried employees
home
administrator.
somewhere in Mississippi.
demonstrating kindness and love in her service to the home's residents. Gloster
James parish
in Concord and St. Joseph Mission in Kannapolis and pastor of the Vietnamese community for the diocese.
monthly Mass in Vietnamese in Charlotte, he travels once a month to High Point to say Mass for the Vietnamese in the Triad area. The trip was made so the Diocese of Charlotte can have "trained workers with In addition to saying a
spirit" to help present
Vietnamese
Cursillo weekends, said Father Tran.
•vsmmsmn
house for
camp
Thailand.
in
I
and
to this day,
glish
was
we used
It
became
practically non-existent, so
of pictures, body language and broad smiles. It was a lot of fun. After a few months, scheduling the lessons for the whole family became more difficult, due to varying job shifts. However, the head of the family continued his lessons, so I focused on him. Once he tried to tell me about his harrowing flight from Cambodia with
— too
Words
little
emotions
—
did not
English, too
sickness, a hospital stay, car accider
death in the family.
We shared the pride of accompli ment the day he was sworn in as American Citizen. It was a joyous ebration. And now, after many years* yearning, he
come easily many deep
went
friei
as well as sad occasions, includ
is
country to survey
planning to it
visit
with a committee
fellow countrymen under the security
American
his
I I
of a beautiful
<
—
to properly express the
day, as usual,
start
—
lots
his family.
was the
have shared many happy times b: days, anniversaries, Thanksgivii Christmas, New Years (ours and theiif the buying of their first house, a new
En-
their friend. Their
i
ship between his family and mine,
me
their "Teacher," a title that follows
tant at Maryfield
to
and a member of the
staff for 13 years. Gloster
vice in the Spirit of
won
the Ser-
Love Award
for
is a parishioner at Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro and a member of the Sedgefield Garden Club. Maryfield Nursing Home was
founded
Diocese of Charlotte
has 25 years of experi-
Another award was presented
parochial vicar of St.
asked to tutor a Cambodian family that had recently arrived in Charlotte from a
citizenship.
am looking forward to many m
years of shared friendship.
to their
P.O.
Box 36776
Charlotte N C 28236
April
1992
(704)377-6871
The Chancery
Hart,
Elizabeth Gloster, a rehabilitation assis-
is
his house.
refugee
wa>| Could he instead come to the lessons? I was delight*
to the trouble of traveling all the
started as
I
Nursing
started at Maryfield
Home.
pausing even for sleep. They stopped only for gas and for Mass celebrated by Redemptorist Father Vang Cong Tran in a rest area off Father Tran
when
Hart, a
is
they spent the entire trip talking, not
the interstate
ago,
a volunteer for the Refugee Office, I was
Honors Employees
Point.
I
ence.
Many moons
surprise, that they
Would "Teacher" teach him agai^ Would I also teach him how to read a write English? He did not want me to
has been a most rewarding experi-
One
Home
and make the trip. "From now on, everything
It
for the regular lesson
to a better apartment, but further aw,
experience.
his wife "to
Tinh Nguyen was encouraged by answer the call of the Lord"
at the
I
my
tutoring English as a second language.
ence at Maryfield, was named Employee of the Month in March. She is a member of First United Baptist Church in High
stay passive," he said.
have worn
hats
my
i
the staff members are not identified.
Of the many
By
east
and foui had moved was so disappointed. Why had they told me? Months passed. Out of the blue one happy day, i] "student" friend called. They had mo\ to
In order to protect client confidential-
Refugee Office,
CARL ROSS CHARLOTTE — Five Vietnamese
home
a series of articles
members of Catholic
written by staff
1947 by five Poor Servants of the Mother of God congregation from England. Licensed by the state of North Carolina, Maryfield is a non-profit, 1 15bed skilled and intermediate care nursing home. It is located on 60 acres of
Dear Friends in Christ: Our prayers and the alms of our diocese are the surest, most faithful support for the poor victims of violence, hatred and war in the Holy Land. The Franciscan Friars there, and their parishioners, are most grateful for our generous support; this helps lift them up each day. A whole generation in their homeland; armed guards constant threat. Children, little future in the land of
the Holy Land knows nothing but war in at every street corner; violent death a especially those without parents, see their birth.
However, the Holy Places of Christ's life and death stand as a living sign of His concern for those who share His land and His humble life of hard work and pain. Since the 13th century, the Popes have given to the Franciscan Friars the special responsibility of preserving these Holy Places and the message they proclaim.
Our prayers and sacrifices, especially during the Good Friday collection for the Holy Places, will help alleviate much suffering and want in the land. This year's theme of the Agony in the Garden is a strong reminder of the sufferings Christ undertook in our behalf.
Our gifts will give life to some and hope to others, lighting candles of faith in darkened shrines and lives. We ask your generous response to the collection on Good Friday, helping to protect the Holy Places and the people of the Holy Land.
Wishing I am
you
and
yours
the
blessings
of
this
holy
Lenten
Season,
Sincerely yours^in Christ,
in
land within the High Point city limits.
1,
Rev. Msgr. John J. McSweeney, V.G.
Cnancellor
1
524 E Moreheao Street. Charlotte.
N.C.
28207
FAX (7041 358-1 208
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n
m
10,
The Catholic News
1992
Women's Groups Form New Coalition To Oppose Abortion 5
—
WASHINGTON (CNS) A new p^alition of 15 women's groups antunced it would become a pro-life i
The National Women's Coalition rLife, at an April 3 press conference,
r
1720.
right to
to press
all
for
"As Americans we have
make anyone
to
be a slave,"
"We'll certainly be lobbying," Esteves said, and "educating with the voice of women on this issue." Asked if the group would conduct a media campaign, Esteves said the coalition would "speak out before the American public and the legislature," but did not have the money to mount an extensive campaign. "We feel we do not have to buy votes or buy this issue," she said. Helen Alvare, director of informa-
of the Profes-
Women's Network,
life at
to slavery.
she said.
the life of every child," said Irene teves, national director
came together
slavery's end.
'We are all committed to societal ange which supports the critical role motherhood and reflects the dignity
a coalition
mber.
;
decision, anti-slavery groups of
no
organizations.
)nal
After the Supreme Court's Dred Scott stripes
women in its mem-
limed 1.5 million
"Human
life is a continuum, before and after birth, so that denegrating one stage of development does it a disservice at all other stages. By offering abortion as a simple solution to a broad range of pregnancy-related problems, our society has ignored the reality of unborn life and evaded or trivialized the real problems of women already born." (Respect Life Manual, 1 989). Join us in respecting all life. Diocesan Respect Life Office (704) 33 1
She likened abortion
dia.
"We are single. We are married. We women with and without children,
mothers and mothers of opted children. We are at-home parts, working women and heads of e are birth
useholds," Esteves said.
Church Groups Unite To Support Pennsylvania Abortion Law —
WASHINGTON (CNS) In an unusual joint action, major Catholic, Baptist and Evangelical organizations
pregnant
have urged the Supreme Court to uphold Pennsylvania abortion restrictions. The U.S. Catholic Conference was joined in a friend-of-the- court brief by
as operating in their best interests, while
the Christian Life
15.2-million-
Commission of
member Southern
We are women who have had abor-
tion for the U.S. bishops' pro-life office,
and even women who have been jed, or who were conceived in rape." The announcement of the coalition s rmation came two days before an April
was referring to a $5 million campaign last year by Planned Parenthood of America on the issue of
tion of Evangelicals,
federally funded abortion counseling.
people.
march to support abortion rights, lich, by some estimates, attracted
Alvare added that Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Rights Action League, sponsors of the April 5 march, planned to spend $5 million in the 1992 elections. The coalition said it took no position on Operation Rescue, which planned to blockade Washington-area abortion clinics the weekend of the march. Operation Rescue is not in the coalition because "they are not a national women's organization," Esteves said, adding that coalition members would
said Esteves
ns,
'
0,000 women.
Because past media portrayals have imed the abortion issue as "religious latics vs. very reasonable women," teves said, the decision
was made
in
luary to "form a coalition of women s '
Dups that could not be ignored."
The coalition takes in a broad politiI
spectrum. Frederica Mathewes-Green of Femi-
"When
heard I mid be sharing a platform with Beverly
its
for Life said,
Haye
(of
nerica), ng,
I
Women
Concerned
thought
I
we should
'You say tomato,
I
methods.
We
are not here to accept or
deny what they are doing," she
say to-mah-
said.
After the press conference, Jessica
Crossed of Feminists for Life's Wash-
To end abortion, though, is the "rea-
recommended.. .truly four
star
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PARENT-FILM REVIEW
***
'Tor rip-roaring family entertainment,
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can't get
The Bush administration and ond
Baptist
a sec-
coalition of religious groups also
filed briefs in
Planned Parenthood of
Southeastern Pennsylvania vs. Casey.
of the 1973
Pennsylvania last year adopted a law requiring a woman who wants an abortion to obtain medical information about the procedure and to wait 24 hours. The law also requires married women
legalized abortion has been to isolate
who
The churches argued that the result Roe vs. Wade decision that
April 22. In the
social or psychological 'detriments' to
pregnant abortion
The unusual
women women and the dignity of
sists
the workplace and the
"When a bare
majority of this court used 'autonomy' to describe a woman's decision to abort her child, the very principle of liberty under the
between
Women
home."
phous concept that threatens the privacy
Women
right to
USCC brief. "A
to values necessary to the preservation
Women
Affirming Life and Exploited by Abortion.
-
itself," said the
completely autonomous person becomes a law unto herself; privacy is 'reduced to its extreme' and the shared commitment
for Life; Fortress; Life
After Assault League; National Association of Pro-Life Nurses; Victims of
Choice;
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14th
Amendment was infected with an amor-
Other coalition members include: American Victims of Abortion; Capitol Hill
was fundamentally flawed.
tion
Women, which calls
in the transitions
was never
vs.
application of privacy principals to abor-
"a Marian organization which as-
women
that federal
Roe
before clear. They also said the court's
conference.
for
Wade, noting
jurisdiction over abortion
sider
and Family,
"which, consistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church, affirms the intrinsic sacredness of all human life," according to an announcement at the press
— Women
coalition of Catholic
and Protestant denominations that rarely find themselves on common theological ground urged the court to first recon-
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abortion, maternal and infant mortality,
— National Council of Catholic Women. — Women Affirming which for Faith
by the Roe de-
cision that "certain perceived medical,
Catholic organizations in the coali-
— Women
USCC brief, attorneys argued
that expectations raised
tion include:
supporting
seek abortions to notify their hus-
bands and minors to get permission from their parents or a judge. The court will hear oral arguments in the case
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in fact
regulation aimed at protecting health
Convention and the National Associawhich represents 45,000 churches in 75 denominations,
"They (Operation Rescue) have their
for
women from aid and support and "to expose them to victimization by an abortion industry that masquerades
in the past."
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Pope John Paul II said divorced and remarried need the church's spiritual advice and its "affectionate con-
so that they can live their life in baptism," he said. T pope has previously said divorced and remarried Cath lies should not be made to feel separated from t
cern."
church.
At the same time, the pope said, such pastoral care cannot go outside the norms established by Church law. The Church holds that those in irregular second marriages remain part of the Church but cannot partici-
marks in an address to a group of French bishops March 28. As in many Western countries, divorce
The pope encouraged the bishops to contin improving preparation courses for marriage. Marriag Z he said, presupposes a spirit of giving and sacrifice, well as the ability to welcome, and at times forgive, t marriage partner. He said France, like other Western societies, si fers from a predominant moral relativism, in whi individualism prevails. Many people today mistaker believe that "what is legal is in itself moral," he s: This has important repercussions in the field health care, the pope added. He said researchers shoi
among
continually evaluate their actions according to mo;
Catholics
who have
pate in the sacraments.
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especially the weakest
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pontiff made the re-
considered
must protect
— who may
those
excesses of science and technology," he said
The pope spoke
particularly of the handicappt
irregular
To refuse them
"I encourage pastors to welcome people living in such situations, and to remain attentive to their needs
definition of the quality of
from the religious point of view need the spiritual assistance and the full help of the Church's affectionate concern," the pope said.
all
face "eventi
he said, is to practice a "shamell eugenics. " Whatever the prognosis for the handicappt J he said, doctors can never justify "radical therapeu choices" made according to an arbitrary or subjecti life,
life. i
office.
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Dear brothers and
when He told his disciples: "Wr
professing the faith
ever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will t
Son of Man be ashamed when he comes
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Continuing our catechesis on the Church as a we now turn to the sacrament of
priestly people,
confirmation. In confirmation, "the faithful are bound
more completely to the Church and endowed by the Holy Spirit with a special strength. Hence they are more strictly obliged to defend and spread the faith by word and deed as true witnesses of Christ" (Lumen Gentium,
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The New Testament refers to the existence in the early Church of a sacramental act, distinct from baptism, which confers the gift of the Holy Spirit through the "imposition of hands" (cf. Acts 8:6-17). In the sacrament of confirmation, the gift of the Spirit received in baptism is brought to perfection, and the soul is marked with a special "character." This character helps the confirmed to exercise the universal priest-
hood by authentic Christian living. It also strengthens them to profess their faith in Christ with fervor and perseverance.
Jesus Himself spoke of the need for firmness in
in his glor
(Lk 9:26). A long-standing tradition in Catholic the ogy has emphasized that the sacrament of confirmati confers a special strength by which the confirmed
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enabled to become "soldiers of Christ." Young people in particular need to be well pi pared to understand the spiritual gifts which confirrr tion gives and the obligations it imposes. I encoura young Christians, sustained by the grace of this saci ment, to respond ever more fully to God's call holiness and to be faithful witnesses of Christ beft
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wish to greet those taking part
in the
80th coui
of the NATO Defense College. Dear friends:
May yc (
studies make you increasingly aware of the urgent ne, for solidarity
and generous cooperation between
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"Siloam" program of Dominican spirituality. Upon the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors, especia those from Ireland, the Philippines and the Unit States of America, I cordially invoke God's abundi blessings
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track in giving fresh emphasis to popular piety,
ness of the religious culture" in France.
privatization of religious convictions."
other things, that
means
instructing the
and the
liturgical
cycle, as well as in private prayer," he said.
Number 3
,
said
grimages and large religious assemblies that demtj strate the unity of local dioceses. He said French society risks placing "specificaj
faithful in "sacramental practice
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French lay Catholics need stronger links to the sacraments in order to leave a Christian mark on society. The pope, addressing a group of French bishops April 4, said church programs must contest the "weak-
Among Volume
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on the margins, which "provokij
He criticize!
tendency toward accepting an individual "autonomy] judgment" on the content of faith and the rule of "One is often confronted today with a real spiriti| 1
"Only Christians who live an impassioned communion in the Church can be convincing witnesses" in
desert, or with a religious individualism that is
secular society, he said.
ism," he said.
open
to the seduction of sects or practical mater
The pope said the French bishops were on the right
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& Herald, we are adding a new
a pro-life message which will appear on a weekly basis.
It
will be a brief
message on an aspect of the Church's respect life position. For moment, we will be calling it "Pro-Life Corner," but we are open to suggestions for a permanent name perhaps something with a little more punch. If you have any ideas, please share them with us. An artist is at work on a distinctive logo for this feature and we hope it will be ready for next week's edition. The reason for the new feature is simple. Bishop Donoghue desires the Diocese of Charlotte to become known as a pro-life diocese and to become a leader in the movement. The new feature will primarily focus on the evil of abortion, but it also will touch from time to time upon other segments of the Church's respect life teachings. There is in this issue a story relating to another aspect hose teachings. A new organization of Catholics opposed to capital punishment been formed to seek abolition of the death penalty in the United States. The story ludes an address to which interested readers can write for more information about holies Against Capital Punishment. I've never made any secret of my opposition he death penalty. I feel that taking a human life is murder, whether it's done by abortionist in a "clinic" or by the state at Central Prison in Raleigh. I know that, even among Catholics, the subject of capital punishment is troversial. However, I feel that spending a lifetime behind bars is more even when that death is delayed for several years lishment than a quick death appeals. By the way, recent studies show that the cost of fighting those ealsmakes capital punishment more expensive than keeping someone in prison life. I will admit that we do need legislation that will make a life sentence mean that with no hope of parole. ition or other
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Okay. So I was wrong about the NCAA basketball finals. Duke apparently is a team than I thought it was and Indiana was not quite as good. I congratulate ce Krzyzewski and his Blue Devils. At least, I was half right. The winner of the Duke-Indiana semi-final game did :er
it all.
No
Masses During Triduum?
Funeral
One Candle
The liturgy sets the tone for our Lenten reflections. In the preface of the Mass for Ash Wednesday, we find these words: "Each year You give us the joyful season when we prepare to celebrate the Paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed ... As we recall the great events that gave us new life in Christ, You bring the image of Your son to perfection in us." The purpose of Lent is joy. We want to become more fully like the risen Lord.
We
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hy
Remit'
By FATHER JOHN CATOIR
BOB GATELY
leginning with this issue of The Catholic News re
Light
Notebook
&
look forward to Easter the In
way we look forward
to
symbol of our glorious future. her small paperback entitled, Choosing Joy For
spring. Easter
is
the
Lent (Ligouri Publications, Liguori, Mo.), author Marilyn Norquist Gustin sets out to show that joy is the appropriate theme of Lent. Her table of contents makes the connection between joy and the familiar Lenten themes. Here are some of the chapter headings: Attachment Hampers Joy, Surrender Opens the Heart, Finding Delight Everywhere, The Wonder of Contemplation, Freedom for Joy, Joy for Lent, Joy Forever. She encourages us to practice discipline to be free of sadness and more open to joy. Lent is a time to emphasize conversion and change. We focus on the discipline needed to cooperate with the transformational work of the Holy Spirit. In the process, it is our task to embrace life cheerfully. By accepting the guidance of the Holy Spirit and by cooperating with His grace, we advance our own transformation in Christ. I came across another interesting Lenten book on joy entitled, The Reversible Dream. It was privately published by its author and illustrator, Elizabeth Augenblick (Box 141, Lahaska, Penn. 18931). The book is based on the reversal of the Stations of the Cross. The idea for this came from a Brazilian priest named Father Francisco Arraes who claimed he was inspired to write the sequel to the 14 Stations of the Cross. He wanted to go beyond the suffering and death of Christ, adding the themes of the Resurrection and the Ascension. His concept was to augment the 14 Stations of Sorrow with 14 Stations of Joy so as to be more in keeping with Easter and the liturgical year. He believed that these scenes of Christ's triumph would bring a joyful and comforting dimension to the devotion of Catholics. The striking art work of Elizabeth Augenblick depicts the Resurrection and the various appearances of Jesus: To name a few, He appeared to Mary Magdalene, the 12 Apostles, St. Thomas and the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Also among the joyful stations we find the Ascension, Pentecost, the conversion of St. Paul and Judgment Day. All 14 Stations convey the mood of celebration, and at each station, there
is
a brief prayer.
By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN Q. A close friend of mine died last Holy Week. Instead of the regular eral, the priest had a prayer service and Scripture reading on Holy jrsday. He said we could not have a funeral Mass on that day. Is that a rule he Church or was it just in that parish? What is the reason for such a rule?
is the one for the Resurrection: "In rising You changed the world. Life triumphs over death. You live in us. We live in You, forever. Hear our praise and
issachusetts)
self-addressed envelope toThe Christophers, 12 East 48 St.,
Here
alleluias."
As we approach Holy Week, remember to cultivate a spirit of gratitude and joy. (For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Gratitude ," send a stampled, Father John Catoir
A. The priest was correct.
No
funeral
Mass
is
is
(Holy Thursday evening through the Easter Vigil liturgy) >n the Sundays of Advent and Lent and the Easter season, or on any holy day of igation (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, N. 336. Order of Christian
N. 178). While there would be no funeral Mass on these days, the body may be brought (lurch for a funeral liturgy. In fact, the Church provides such a liturgy in its official
Rather Be Smoking
I'd
By
lerals,
ritual. is what occurred with your friend. The such instances is basically the Liturgy of the Word as it is celebrated at a funeral Mass, including Scripture readings, homily, prayers and blessings. Only the Liturgy of the Eucharist is excluded. The reason for this practice is simply the special liturgical character of each of these days. The unique focus on the mysteries of the death and resurrection of our Lord during the final days of Holy Week is considered so predominant in our Catholic life that it should not be
This probably
ritual in
On Holy ily
by any other eucharistic celebration. Thursday no other parish Eucharist
permitted, for example, outside the evening
ordi-
Mass of the Lord's Supper. Only
may another Mass be celebrated that day for people who no way able to take part in the evening Mass. As I have explained previously, we are just beginning to come to a fuller ization of the uniquely sacred character of these days celebrating the death and ^irrection of our Lord and uniting us as his disciples to those saving words. Somewhat similar reasons explain why funeral Masses are not permitted on the in
p days indicated. Q. When a Catholic adult dies suddenly or is found dead, how long after a person "dies" can a priest give conditional absolution and anointing of sick? (Ohio)
In
Associate Editor
wish
I
I would buy American if I could afford it! And I was going to chew out R.J. Reynolds for not coming out with an organically grown cigarette. Then, we wouldn't be killing ourselves with chemicals, just tobacco. Right? (I've since heard, organic cigarettes are sold in health food stores and they're
dismal U.S. car market. Hey,
big in Hollywood!) is, it kills me not to smoke. But it was smoke. Only difference is one's figurative and one's literal. rather be smoking. Maybe I can make my fortune with a bumper sticker that
Seriously, speaking about killing. Truth killing
me
to
says just that. I have any great will power. I mean I'm the type of person who box of popcorn before the movie even starts. Rather, I quit because I knew it was damaging my health, and I was tired of being a closet smoker and covering up the reek. I told my sister-in-law, Anne, who quit smoking a year or so ago that I wasn't giving up something; I was gaining something. "Yeah," she said, "weight." That wasn't what I had in mind, I told her. Anne is married to John, who taught me how to smoke when we were teenagers. "If you're going to smoke, little sister, you gotta do it right," he instructed me. "You gotta take it deep in your lungs, hold it and blow it out slowly. For heavens sake, I
quit not because
eats half the
don't cough." I it
A. These sacraments can be given conditionally as long as there is any doubt Wsoever about the individual's death. We don't need to become too technical about it, but the beginning of rigor mortis podily decomposition is generally considered a safe rule of thumb. J (A free brochure outlining Catholic prayers, beliefs and practice is available by iMng a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, \N. Main St., Bloomington, IL 61701. Questions for this column should be sent ather Dietzen at the same address.) Copyright © 1992, Catholic News Service.
CAROL HAZARD
could say I gave up cigarettes for Lent. But my decision to quit was not a gesture of noble self-denial. Rather, I quit Ash Wednesday because I was ready to. I had tried before and wasn't successful, and drove not only myself crazy but also my colleague, Joann Keane. Joann had to listen to me rail against George Bush for going to Japan about the I
I'd is
ase of special necessity
I
10017.)
permitted on Holy Thursday or
ing the Easter Triduum
interrupted
New York, N.Y.
director of The Christophers.
inhaled. Barely suppressing a cough,
again and again and again
Twenty some years quit. I
"Oh
no,"
I
I felt
light
headed. But
I
did
it.
And I did
...
was still doing it. My brother, the rascal, decided to means I gotta quit some day." Two years passed before
later, I
said, "that
"some day" doesn't work. The one thought that has carried me through (and I'm not out of the woods
realized
is this:
There will come a day when
I'll
realize at the
end of the day
yet)
that I hadn't
thought about cigarettes. now, this is going to be hard Now, that will be a miracle. I sincerely believe that it is possible to live without cigarettes. for you non-smokers to understand
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April 10, 19
How Does Canon Law Affect Us?
Stewardship Not Just
A Gimmick
This is another in a series on stewardship by Jim Kelley, director of the Dioces
The Papacy
Office of Development.
By MERCY SISTER JEANNE MARGARET McNALLY We started Book II of the Code of Cannon Law, "The People of God," by speaking of the membership in the Church and the rights of all Christians. We now move on to the hierarchial structures of the Church beginning with the pope. The
"pope" actually means the Bishop of
title,
Rome
as head of the Catholic Church. The canonical title for the pope is the "Roman or the Supreme Pontiff," and his
authority
is
The papal power or
called the papal primacy.
authority that
comes with
the pope's office always exists
is no power in the Church above power and not divided among others;
within the office; there this
power;
a full
is
not subject to any mediation;
is
it
it
distinct
from
civil jurisdiction.
it
is
unlimited; and
it
is
The pope can never be
power, the pope does, from Scriptures, doctrine, the sacraments, the constitution of the Church, etc. Who can be a pope? Any bishop or if at the time of his election he is not already a bishop he must be consecrated a bishop before his acceptance of the election has full effect. Can the pope resign? Yes, if he decides to resign, a pope need only act freely (no force) and make his decision known. No one needs to accept this resignation. It becomes effective when me makes the decision known. Did a pope ever resign? Yes, but it is rare. The fact is that the law provides the possibility of papal resignation. Further, a pope who resigns is eligible for reelection. What happens when the pope dies or is impeded by illness, age, or some other reason? When the pope dies the see is vacant; it is impeded when the pope is hindered from exercising his office. Special, detailed laws govern the election of a pope when the see is vacant. The law states that governance of the Church is in the hands of the cardinals during a vacancy of the Apostolic See (canon 335). The impeded see is not expressly addressed. The pope is not accountable to any human authority: "The First See is to be judged by no one" (canon 1404). On the other hand, only the pope has the right to judge heads of states, cardinals, legates of the Apostolic See, and in certain cases, forced to
In the exercise of
act.
however have
limitations
bishops.
Over the centuries, the powers of the pope have expanded. The canons of the Code of Canon Law state that the prerogatives of the pope are:
— Possesses teaching supreme pastor and teacher of — Supervises sacred Liturgy (canon defines what and sacramental — supreme judge whole Catholic world any case may be appealed him any time — supreme administrator and steward of Church's temporal goods — Has send Churches and sovereign nations — Receives obedience of 273) and — Convokes and ecumenical councils — Reviews decrees of councils and episcopal conferences before they can be promulgated 446, 455); — Appoints or confirms bishops — Receives on of each diocese from bishop every years — Can of bishops by reserving matters himself — Reserves himself dispensations from celibacy 291), from nonauthority,
infallible
all
is
the
the faithful (canon 749); the
838),
celebrations
Is the
for the
to
at
1273);
(c.
362);
(c.
all
the right to
valid
licit in
the
legates to particular
the
1442),
1417.1);
(c.
Is the
(c.
is
841);
(c.
all
to
clerics (c.
controls
religious
(c.
(c.
590.2);
338);
particular
the
(cc.
all
(c.
(c.
377.1);
the state
a report
the
five
399.1);
limit the authority
certain
to
(c.
381.1);
to
clerical
consummated marriages
1
for the
Is
KELLEY
stewardship of treasure only a gimmick for raising more
mon
Church? \1
No, not even close! First, stewardship is based on the spiriti * principles of the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Bible has dozens references to stewardship. Beginning in the Old Testament, the creation account the book of Genesis says; "God created man in His ima^ in the divine image He created him; male and female created them. God blessed them, saying; "Be fertile a! f multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion o> the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all living thir that move on the earth." God also said: "See, I give y every seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every that has seed bearing fruit on it to be your food." The b of Genesis goes on further to state; "The Lord God to man and settled him in the garden, to cultivate and care
Answer:
it."
This story clearly states our responsibility to care we have been given from God. The Gene
the gifts that
story relates specifically to those material possessions tJ
God gave to man at the beginning of time, and God's command applies to the ma* gifts that we possess today as modern day Christians. In the New Testament, Jesus specifically talks about stewardship in a number; His parables. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus teaches about mi importance of caring for our brothers and sisters, regardless of the cost. In parable, a man who has been robbed, beaten and left for dead in the road was pasf by both a priest and a Levite man, yet when a man from Samaria came by, immediately took steps to care for the man. Jesus used this story to demonstrate importance of caring for one another. We are called to respond to those in need ^ our own communities just as Jesus taught to His followers 2000 years ago. In the Scriptures, God makes it very clear how He wants His followers to out their Christian life; by becoming involved with others and sharing what tfl* have, not only material goods, which today constitute treasure, but time and sped talents as well. So, stewardship is based on God's Word, not on fundraising to m the needs of the Church. Second, stewardship is based on the individual's need to give, not on Church's need to receive. Stewardship is based on the premise that all that we hfl and all that we are comes from God, and as a way to thank God for all of His blessin we return a portion of the time, talent and treasure allotted to us. Society would hi us believe that all we have, we have earned by our own efforts. Individual initiat and determination do play a large role in human life, but we all work with materi given to us by birth and circumstance. Without those gifts, which come from G our lives could be radically different. Therefore, when it comes to counting blessings, we need to remember the source, and give back to God accordingly So, a person's decision to give of their time, talent and treasure is based on th own need to give. For example, in the area of treasure, a person would give the sa amount of money whether their parish was $200,000 in debt or had $200,000 sa) in the bank because he or she give in gratitude to God. Third, giving of time, talent and treasure is not limited to the Church. So people will give some of their time and talent as volunteers to community agenc in addition to volunteering in their parish. Some will give money to ot community organizations in addition to supporting their parish. As you can see, stewardship is certainly not a fundraising gimmick but a waj life based on spiritual principles.
.or
142), for irregularities for sacred orders (c. 1047),
certain marriage
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and impediments (c. 1078); Establishes feast days or days of penance for the whole Church (c. 1244); Approves religious communities (c. 589) and any changes in their constitutions (c. 587.2); confirms the dismissal of their members (c. 700), can exempt religious institutes from the authority of local bishops (c. 591). (List taken from Corriden, in Introduction to Canon Law.) Does this mean that the Supreme Pontiff operates alone? No. He is in a relationship of equality and communion with the College of Bishops. As canon 330 states: "Just as, by the Lord's decision, St. Peter and the other apostles constitute one college, so in a similar way the Roman Pontiff, successor of peter, and the bishops, successors of the Apostles, are joined together." And again, in canon 333.2 "The Roman Pontiff, in fulfilling the office of the supreme pastor of the Church is always united in communion with the other bishops and with the universal Church; however, he has the right, according to the needs of the Church, to determine the manner, either personal or collegial, of exercising this function. " The bishops, as a college of bishops, exercise supreme power in the Church in several ways. Cardinals assist the pope in various offices. Papal legates represent the pope in countries, e.g., the Apostolic Pro-nuncio in the U.S. with an embassy in Washington, D.C. All of these persons are representatives of the Roman Pontiff for the purpose of strengthening the bonds of unity and as his personal representative, the successor of Peter and the Vicar of Christ. Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, ubi ecclesia, ibi Christus (Where Peter is, there is the Church; and where the Church is, there is Christ.) This will be continued in the next of the series. Mercy Sister Jeanne Margaret McNally is a licentiate in canon law and a judge in the Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte. (c.
By JIM Question:
the
sainfe
"'•ncnmcnnyiLV 0F
UEO vigild, the visigothic KING OF SPAIN. HE WAS RAISED AN ARIAN BUT WAS CONVERTEP TO ORTHODOXY BY HIS CATHOLIC WIFE, INDEGUNPJ5 DAUGHTER OF KING SIGEBERT
OF AUSTRASIA.
WHEN LEOVIGILD DISINHERITS HIM HIM BECAUSE OF HIS CONVERSION, HERMENEGILD LEI A REVOLT AGAINST HIS FATHER. UNABLE TO SECURE AID FROM THE EASTERN EMPEROR OR THE ROMANS, HE WAS DEFEATED B' HIS FATHER AT SEVILLE BUT WA! RECONCILED WITH HIM FOR A
SHORT TIME. LATER, IN 585, LEOVIGILD
PEMANDEP THAT HERMENEGILD RETURN TO ARIANISM, AND
WHEN HE
REFUSED, LEOVIGILD
HAD HIM AXED TO DEATH. ST. HERMENEGILDS FEAST PAY
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of-the-century Western setting but suffers
from a lumpy plot with too much
violent action. Initial scenes of parents
being killed by a grizzly bear, life-threatening situations involving children as
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inference Office for Film and Broadsting.
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well as adults and frightening scenes of vigilante justice.
The
U.S. Catholic
Conference classification
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and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rat-
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PG
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Jasic Instinct" (Tri-Star)
Violent and sordid potboiler has a mbled homicide detective (Michael Duglas) willingly ensnared in an affair ith
a bisexual murder suspect (Sharon
one)
who throws
suspicion on his
dice psychiatrist girlfriend (Jeanne
ipplehorn).
As
directed by Paul
jrhoeven, this cat-and-mouse thriller
an empty exercise in audience shock
graphic scenes of rough and bloody carnage. Exploitative x of sex and violence, much nudity, isly killings and frequent rough lanage. The U.S. Catholic Conference morally offenissification is O e. The Motion Picture Association lue, stressing
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America rating
is
R — restricted.
Of Thunder Mountain"
he Giant astle Hill)
When a little girl (winningly played
"Shadows and Fog"
(Orion)
Drafted by vigilantes to hunt for a strangler
on the loose
in a
pean town, a mousey clerk (Woody Allen) wanders the streets one foggy night afraid of his own shadow until he befriends a jilted circus performer (Mia Farrow) whose spunk inspires him. Using atmospheric black-and-white photography reminiscent of German silent movies, writer-director Allen creates a spooky story of chance meetings that hits as often as it misses during its forays into wry humor and philosophical musings. Some stylized violence and sexual innuendo. The U.S. Catholic
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Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture of America
on a nearby mountain, the villagers him away but have a ange of heart when he saves them >m a gang of cutthroats. Written by il and directed by James Roberson, ;
termine to drive
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story of a child's ability to see the
odness in a her elders
man is
foolishly misjudged
ultimately heartwarm-
CONTROLS
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OBSERVATIONS
Jared Nottingham, an eighth grader
honors
in the junior division
went on
to
win
first
at St. Patrick's
School
in Charlotte,
first
place
place in his category in the Southwest Regional Fair and will compete
April 24 in the State Science and Engineering Fair at North Carolina in
won
of the Mecklenburg County Science and Engineering Fair.He
Greensboro. His project
is
a two-year study of bridge and
A&T State University
beam design and how
to
make
the best use of materials in structures by selecting designs that can carry the most load.
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rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
Noley Thornton) befriends a lonely, ersized woodsman (Richard Kiel) liv-
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1920s Euro-
Redgrave) but then falls in love with much to the dismay of her egalitarian younger sister (Helena Bonham Carter). Enhanced by the ensemble cast's splendid performances, the sensitive collaboration of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala does justice to Forster's ironic and witty story of class distinctions and their sometimes tragic outcomes. Discreet sexual innuendo and fleeting violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of parental America rating is PG guidance suggested.
munity experience the financial and
"American Dream"
(Prestige)
documentary chronicles the and divisive 1985-86 strike by Austin, Minn., meatpackers against wage and benefit concessions demanded by Hormel management. Writer-director Barbara Kopple vigorously explores Gritty
bitter
the
human
emotional strains of the long dispute. Occasional rough language and shots of
her,
meathouse slaughter. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II
— adults and
adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.
cost of corporate profits as
workers, families and the entire com-
"Howards End" (Sony
Pictures Clas-
sics)
His introduction forever changed
the
New
World.
Exquisitely done drama based on E.M. Forster's novel about an aristocratic widower (Anthony Hopkins) in turn-of-the-century England who cheats a young woman (Emma Thompson) out of property left her by his wife (Vanessa
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rholic
Young
April 10,
Herald
1
lai
adults:
The 1992 pilgrimage to Dayton
John Haught, a Georgetown Univer-
sity theologian
graduates, says in a book called What Is God? that young people, educated in the scientific method, use terms like freedom, truth, depth or trust to describe their deepest values. Haught thinks these qualities provide hints about the nature of God; young people can be helped to make the connections between these values and the God who is hidden. It is important to realize, I think, that often young people use non-religious language to describe profound religious realities. Their search for meaning must be honored. The ecumenical community of Taize honors this search. The brothers of Taize see it as their role to listen with care
By Dolores Leckey Catholic
News
Service
A young woman I have known a long time confided to me recently that she longed for some contact with the mystical strain in religion.
She was consider-
ing Zen.
As we talked it became clear that she wanted a point of stillness, a place of contemplation where God would seem or more present. She didn't think
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and compassion to young people groping for words to express their hopes and
who teaches under-
know that the direct experience of God was available in the Christian tradition.
This young woman is not unlike young people everywhere who like the young St. Augustine are restless for God. Sometimes they cannot even name the one they long for, but they can name that which stirs their hearts and prods their search.
fears.
pray
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Listening
is
the
first
step in recon-
ciliation.
ei
A half century ago a young man from Switzerland, who was to become Brother Roger, began the Taize community. He had no idea then that young people from all nations and races would regularly come in great numbers to the monastic community, looking for Christ even if they did not know the name. For years I had heard about Taize, located in France near the ruins of the ancient Benedictine monastery of Cluny. I was familiar with Taize music and chants. I knew that a small group of brothers (the groups are called fraternities) lives in New York Years ago I had read Struggle and Contemplation, by City.
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and different religious denomination gather in the Church of Reconciliation for prayer. They are surrounded b, young people, who kneel or sit befor ^ several icons that grace the churcl B illuminated by candlelight. (At othf times of day, the white robes give way blue jeans!) When I was there, Brother Roger st ^ with children of the village, one of whoi u was the cantor. Tfc a boy of 9 melodies of the famous Taize music ros in praise to God. Scripture was reai followed by silence so that the word God could enter the deepest recesses i the heart. The silence was deep and respectfu At evening prayer, Catholic priests rot\ from the community at the appoinl
my young friend who
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moment, recognizable by their stol Young people slowly rose, one at a tim| to seek the
sacrament of reconciliatii
Brothers, too, stood at the edges the community, available to those not the Catholic community who wished a bu share something of the heart den, perhaps, or a newly kindled desii
brothers have discovered
Brother Roger, a journal kept in the months of preparation for a council of youth. But not until the responsibilities of my
how to
work expanded to include youth and young
Two years before I had begun a col versation with the brothers based i New York about working together c
adult ministry did
some project for young adults. The brot}
longs for the mystical will be
among those traveling
to
Dayton. For the Taize
create a meeting
ground for the young, a place where
I
come to know firsthand ...
young
seekers connect with
companions who
the spirit of Taize.
Last summer I journeyed to the tiny village
...
listen
as
Burgundy hills where three times a day white-robed brothers from different nations in the
they give voice to their
deepest longings."
1
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for
God.
ers spoke to me of the Pilgrimage Trust on Earth, a version of the reguli summer weeks in Taize, weeklong occ sions of prayer and community. Indi Hungary, Poland, Paris, England: A had hosted these meetings. The U.S. bishops' Committee on tl Laity subsequently decided to invi the brothers of Taize to organize a sin lar meeting in the United States Thus it is that from May 21-25 th year, young adults from across Amerii (ages 1 7-30), and groups of young peop from Eastern Europe, Canada ar Mexico, will meet with Brother Rog and others from Taize at the Universi of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. They w
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pray, sing, listen to God's word at "T4 learn something about basic Christiff*
communities.
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photos left-right, intercultural meeting, prayer Courtesy of the Brothers of Taize.
in
the Church of Reconciliation, Taize, France.
To prepare for this pilgrimage Dayton, Taize brothers visited comm.' ""' nities and churches throughout tl| United States, consulting young peop aft f and finding a hunger among them something to hope in. In the Taize dition, the prayer and music in Daytx will be prepared with great care, r| membering how powerfully mua works to bring people together. I pray my young friend who longs f ^ the mystical will be among those tra eling to Dayton. For the Taize brothe, have discovered how to create a me« '» ing ground for the young, a place whe their questions are taken very se: 'all
FAITH IN THE
What do you feel
you really
MARKETPLACE "How an all-good, omnipotent God can allow so much suffering. know the free actions of other people. But what about things like an infant dying explanation?" Laura Robinson, Owensboro, Ky. I
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don't under-
"God's unconditional love. believe in it. understand it a little. But Ann Cass, McAllen, Texas would like to understand more." I
stand well
about what
it.
I
"His mercy.
God be
God
It's
I
hard to accept his mercy toward
merciful to the Adolph Hitlers of this world."
all
people.
It's
I
suffering can be the result of sleep with no apparent
don't think I've ever really experienced
'foil
ously, a place
hard to understand on a
human
— Marcie Zimmerman, Cattonsville, Md.
level
how
where young seekers co
nect with others who "speak their la guage," companions who listen as th give voice to their deepest longings
Is like?
"How does God have a Fort
lot of
bad
Wayne,
Ind.
reconcile his justice with also being all loving?... Sometimes it seems like good people things happen to them while bad people seem to get all the breaks." Don Briggeman,
An upcoming 16
—
some in its
—
edition asks: What makes a parish a welcoming place? If you would like to respond for possible publication, please write: Faith Alivel 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.
Dolores Leckey
is
director of the Si
retariat for Family, Laity, Women m Youth at the National Conference
Catholic Bishops. All
contents copyright
©1992 by
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FURTHER NOURISHMENT For additional information on the May 21 -25, 1 992, young adults' Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth, to be led by the brothers of Taize at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, write: Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 2001 7. Or call: 202-541 -3040. The Taize community explains that "the idea of a Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth grew out of the Taize community's desire to avoid a movement centered around itself and instead to encourage young people everywhere to contribute to a coming springtime of the church."
raize's route for the young:
meeting the unknown God By Brother John Catholic
News
of
Our ecumenical Taize community, based in France but working on the
Taize
Service
ung adults can be frustrated by a trhose ways remain mysterious and jometimes seems to respond only silence.
when they earching for meaning in life, for thing worthy of their long-term is is particularly true
lea of
will for
them
clearly,
young people have an-
litment.
»ny young people are fascinated by I
various other continents as well, meets, prays and searches with young adults who come from almost every country. Despite cultural differences, one senses a deep similarity among them. My experience is that along with a sense of frustration at not knowing God's
a faith commitment but find
I'd to come to the point of actually igthis into practice. There seem to iny alternatives, and young people ittle support in society.
other concern. They often feel boxed in by a God who is too predictable, who is, in short,
more dead than
alive.
When they discover
By means
of this pilgrimage, we atto root our lives more
tempt together
deeply in a relationship with the "pilgrim God" through prayer and reflection on Scripture, and to discover the consequences of this in daily life and in our relationships.
"Along with a sense of frustration at not
knowing
God's will for them clearly,
young people have another
We have discovered that by listening to one another, and by turning together to God, we find
new ways
for-
ward. This is what we will attempt to do at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, when we gather there with
that faith is neither concern. They often feel aimless wandering nor is too following a set of arbi- boxed in by a God trary laws and rou- predictable, is, in short, tines, but rather an more dead than alive." adventure in the company of a loving God, young adults from young people are captivated. throughout North America and the In Taize we try to share our own world this May. conviction that God is neither a remote The important thing is not having "supreme being," a depersonalized force, all our questions answered in advance, a pedantic schoolteacher nor a dictator. but discovering who God is someone God is a pilgrim calling human beings who deeply cares for us and in whom we to set out on a journey toward greater can place our trust and taking the life and who promises to remain beside risk of trusting. them on their pilgrimage. Then frustration at not yet having This conviction led Brother Roger, all the answers turns into a fascinating founder of the Taize community, to adventure, a kind of treasure hunt launch a "pilgrimage of trust on earth" where we continually find new clues with young adults from all over the and move forward one step at a time. world. This only works if we are convinced
who
who
that the master of the game is working with us, not against us. Through Christ's incarnation, we learn that God's divinity is not opposed to our humanity: Paradoxically, it makes us more hu-
man. But we discover this together. God's secret was revealed in the course of centuries to a people. As part of God's people we receive the confidence to live as pilgrims. Then we know we are not alone on the road. The unknown God takes on visible form in the faces of our sisters and brothers. (Brother John is a member of the international and ecumenical Taize
community.
He
is
based in
New
York
City.)
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photos from the Crosiers by
Gene
Ptaisted
Knowing God on God's own terms was sending Moses
By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service
was
who
terests.
Moses made a request of God: know God's name. The [est reflected an ancient idea among litic people: To know a god's name ace
risked to
[to le,
know the god
a god for one's
itself and, in
to be able to use the
[purposes. [gainst this background God's an-
Moses was
to
[
significant: "I
am
lam."
rom one [suring. It
point of view, this meant that the God
to free his people
from slavery not only existed, but existed powerfully. And God took an active interest in the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But from another point of view, God's answer was a warning. The name can also be translated as "I am who I am," mysterious and really unnamable, untamable. God can be known, yes. But God cannot be comprehended, domesticated, controlled. Neither can God be "used" to promote people's selfish in-
OD FOR THOUGHT -or
all
that
we know
of
—
is an awful lot we don't know. a God powerful enough to solve our problems allow us
God, there
Vhy, for example, does
face so many struggles? Ne know that God's guidance is invaluable. What we can't fully grasp is how Id's guidance interacts with our mandate to exercise freedom by making |cisions, or why it can be so difficult to know what God wants at a given moment. Ne can't pin God down. We can't gain control over God through a total grasp of ft divinity works. Perhaps this isn't surprising, since we can't fully know any
we
get upset.
Amost revealing passage in the Bible found in the book of Hosea. The prophet boldly, but effectively, pictures God wrestling with conflicting emotions. Israel has been maddeningly unis
^ything
we know about God is just a beginning. We know God is a God of love.
meaning of that love over a lifetime. tis the same when we speak of God's presence, faithfulness or mercy. Whatever know of God's presence is just the beginning of what that presence means. f God can't be completely known, a relationship with God a conversation ftnetheless can begin. Little by little, the knowledge of God that really matters are
left
to explore the
|ji
—
({folds in this
—
context. But the unfolding never ends.
David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!
and God decides to abandon to their fate. Then, in the next
faithful,
them
|rson. |ft we
God is ultimately a mystery, "the" mystery. The people gradually became so conscious of this sacred "otherness" that they hesitated even to pronounce the sacred name, Yahweh. When a synagogue reader came to this name in the readings, he was cautioned to substitute another name, Adonai, Lord. This was a healthy corrective for a common human tendency. Someone once said that, created in God's own image, we have been returning the favor ever since by creating God in our own image. It is as if to suggest that God somehow must behave the way we behave. But this kind of thinking is arrogant and dangerous. If God disappoints us, doesn't measure up to our standard,
breath, God relents. Around and around the struggle goes. Finally God decides not to punish them, and the reason given is profound, for all its apparent simplicity: "For I am God and not man" (Hosea 11:9). Based on the way many people respond to ingratitude and infidelity, one might have thought God would lash out
at the ingrates. But no: "I am God and not man." The God revealed by Jesus in Luke's Gospel is faithful, but also a God of surprises, reliable but at the same time
unpredictable.
True to his word, God sent a MesBut a carpenter? A condemned
siah.
"criminal"? An ancient Greek philosopher wrote that anyone who would find truth must expect the unexpected. Similarly, one who would find God must be always open to the unexpected, the mysterious. Mysteries annoy people, especially people who think they have solved all the mysteries of the universe. After all, we have conquered space! The fact is God ultimately is a mystery. It is by embracing "the" mystery of faith that we embrace God on God's
own terms. (Father Castelot scholar, author
and
is
a Scripture
lecturer.)
News
Catholic
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April 10,
Herald
People
In
pected of causing cancer.
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Life;
3,000 delegates from Catholic churches in
African-American communities
ily.
from the Diocese of Charlotte
American family. The convention
The observers
will at-
will participate in
discussions but will not vote.
Bishop John
"many of us from addressing the serious
F.
Donoghue
will at-
issues facing the people of our archdio-
tend as a guest as will Father Cecil Tice, pastor of Our Lady of Consolation in
cese." The archbishop said that despite the fact that many people "believe that
Charlotte;
Handmaids Sister Marie Drew, pastoral asociate at ur Lady of Consolation; and Deacons Curtiss Todd of Our Lady of Consolation and Paul Watson of St. Helen in Spencer Moun-
purchase is still fitting," he had it wasn't an appropriate time to
decided
buy the house.
Loyola Marymount Settles Suit Over Death Of Basketball Star Loyola LOS ANGELES (CNS) Marymount University agreed to pay $545,000 to the family of Hank Gathers,
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tain.
Building upon the accomplishment
Farmworker advocate Cesar Chavez says pesticides harm all who eat. (CNS photo by James Baca, Denver Catholic Register)
who died while playing for the school in 1990 basketball game. Gathers' mother, Lucille, had sued the Jesuit-run
of previous congresses, participants will focus on the following areas of concern
following a collapse in a 1988 basketball game. He reportedly had asked to
reduce the medication, claiming it affected his play. University attorney
Wayne Boehle
said the settlement
was
"an economic decision made by the university 's insurance companies. The $545,000 equaled the estimated cost and expense of defending the suit. '
'
Who Eat,'
Warns Farmworker Advocate
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DENVER
Farmworker (CNS) advocate Cesar Chavez warns that pesticides sprayed
"all
people
lic, is
who eat." Chavez,
a Catho-
the president of the United
Religious Leaders Meet With California Governor On Welfare Cuts
SACRAMENTO,
years to improving the quality of life for
United States. He was in Denver March 1 3 to speak at the U.S. Department of Labor's Third Annual Conference on Literacy. While there he announced the start of the consumer education phase of the farmworker union's California table grape boycott. The boycott's aim is to force grape growers to cease use of organophosphates a group of pesticides sus-
farmworkers
Calif.
(CNS)
—
A dozen Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox meeting for two hours with California Gov. Pete Wilson that they still disagreed with his proposed welfare cuts. "We don't pretend to be economists or sociologists that's not our line," said Catholic Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco
and Jewish leaders said
in the
—
Peter Claver.
Hungary Studies Abortion Restriction BUDAPEST, Hungary (CNS) Members of Hungary's ruling coalit
after
Thanksgiving. "My heart is so full of joy," said Cardinal Hickey, reflecting on episcopal assignments that have led him from Saginaw, Mich., to the North American College in Rome, to Cleveland and finally to Washington.
abortion,
many
legislators are
Hungary
tions are regulated in
undt
temporary 1988 government deci accompanied by Ministry of Health
25 meeting with Wilson. "Our first con-
legislation necessary.
Sim
raise the (people's) conscious-
ness of the moral dimensions of the me
problem," he added. "What does this cut do for people and what does it do to people?"
where it all began home with Mom and Dad. "She m aged to get through on a phone from ladies' room," said her moth Mercedes, March 3 1 the morning a; the glitter to call
Cardinal Hickey Recounts Greatest Joys On His 25th Anniversary
WASHINGTON nal
,
—
the
said his greatest joys as a bishop come in
ments
The at
a
Church serve the poor,
made the comMass March 25 marking the
Silver Spring, where they raised
cardinal, 71,
25th anniversary of his episcopal ordination. Ninety-three bishops, including
Oscar winner Mercedes Ruehl starred Catholic high school productions.
in
(CNS
photo from Reuters)
four cardinals, gathered in the Crypt
Church at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for a Mass of
Palm Sunday: Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-1 1 Luke 22:14-23:56. ;
Monday: Isaiah 42: 1 -7; John 12:1-11.
It was home that ni| who lives with
said Mrs. Ruehl, husband, in Bethesda, Md., not far fir
educate the young and protect the unborn.
Academy Awards.
daughter's second call
ordaining priests and deacons and seeing the Catholic
,
tr
daughter and her brother, Peter, no\ journalist in Australia. Before the c emony, the star told her mother, "' f"; but I w don't get it, I don't get it it,'" Mrs. Ruehl said. "I told her j
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face
Call
it
with dignity."
Home To Mom And Dad Follows
Mercedes Ruehl Oscar Win BETHESDA, Md. (CNS)
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.
saiCj
favor more restrictive legislation. A1
at a press conference following the March
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is to
KMC
structions.
ments after Mercedes Ruehl won an Oscar for her supporting role in "The Fisher King," she slipped away from
John
la
Although the three-party coalition not announced a unified position
They permit terminatin pregnancy under circumstances that elude "social and health consideratioi Last December, the Constitutional bunal confirmed that the decree wo lapse at the end of this year, making n
Farm
Workers union and has dedicated 44
Caucus, the National Black Sisti Conference, the National Associal of Black Catholic Administrators the Knights and Ladies Auxiliary
munity: The Internal Structure of Afri-
on grapes endanger the
health of not only farmworkers but of
sponsored by
is
African Bishops in the United Sta the National Black Catholic Cle
are pressing for tighter abortion
cern Pesticides Harm 'All People
Action statements will be de to guide dioceses and parishe addressing the needs of the Afric
oped
by the African- American Catholic com-
a
school later in 1990 for $32.5 million, claiming wrongful death. Gathers was taking medication for a heart condition
A\
can-American Male, and The Effect Racism on the African-American F,j
throughout the country are expected to attend the Seventh National Black Catholic Congress in New Orleans July 9-19. Ten delegates and five observers tend.
archbishop's choice of prospective home had proved "a distraction" that kept
this
;
Several From Diocese To Attend! Seventh Black Catholic Congrea NEW ORLEANS — An estimated can-American Family The
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Hartford Archbishop Decides Against Buying $430,000 House HARTFORD, Conn. (CNS) Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin of Hartford has decided against buying a $430,000 home after news of the proposed purchase drew criticism. In a statement issued March 27, Archbishop Cronin called it "regrettable" that a the surrounding controversy
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human dying from what it was in our past and made it "humanly harder,"
spectives."
"Frequently we have made human dying humanly harder," he said. "This presents us with moral and legal challenges of utmost urgency to which we have not, as yet, effectively responded. "We have made our dying involve more pain and suffering than would have been the case if our high-technology medical care had not achieved its unquestionable success in prolonging life and delaying the onset of the terminal phase of illness or injury," Father Bresnahan added. He said we must respond to this by making hospice-type relief of pain and suffering just as central to modern medicine as we have made the search for cure or delay of dying.
with more pain and suffering, according
Chicago
to a
ethicist.
James
Jesuit Father
Bresnahan,
F.
human
co-director of the ethics and
ues in medicine program
val-
Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, gave the keynote talk at a March 26-28 conference at Loras College in
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she says. Bill Winfield's conversion was prompted by a question posed by author Father John Powell, who compared abor-
Center
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tion to the
during a
Holocaust
in
a speech he
made
"Does anybody see what I see and is do anything about it?"
"But, in fact,
visit to Charlotte.
hear what
I
hear,
anybody going
to
activists Bill
rtion center, are ;re
he
and Linda Winfield of Greensboro, shown
being sued by a Greensboro abortionist for picketing on the
The 'anybody' '
an
here picketing at
street
says.
lives..
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The Winfields, who lest
every Thursday and Saturday in Greens-
on
boro and Winston-Salem.
us."
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in
home
in
a
The Winfields distribute pro-life fliers neighborhoods. They publish a monthly
newsletter to promote the cause.
middle class section in Greensboro,
are organizing a Mother's
campaign
trying to raise $ 1 2,000 in attorney s fees ombat the charges. They are depending n donations as well as proceeds from a 1 sale at St. Benedict Church May 2. At t 20 Catholic and Protestant churches '
denominational effort
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battle,
who are being persecuted.
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is
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Him.
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(the work)."
it
Ministry Office
"a voice in the wilder-
ness," they say.
The Youth
is
Church in Greensboro. The peer ministry weekend includes
pay for the pro-life movement. Bill Winfield, 45, is a salesman for a copier company and would like to work fulltime in the ministry, he says. They have been married 26 years and have four children, ages 1 1 22-year-old twins and 24.
discussions, prayer experience, meet-
ing new people and making new friends. Journey challenges young people to look at their lives,
with
,
deepen
God and
their relationships
live their faith
more
di-
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Anyone wanting to help the Winfields with attorney fees can send a contribution to Prolife Action League, P.O.
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liken their ministry to
Box 38574,
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unmistakable conversions, she
Linda Winfield
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all
lamentable consequences that will en-
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popular ministry. Yet, they cannot turn their
Carolina
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Action League and works fulltime without
say they would rather
Lord
we could say
supported by 18
Despite their dedication, the Winfields
Today,
Jesus.
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He
it
me life." The interis
churches.
o 30 people picket each of three centers
—
they
billboard
community awareness
you, mother, for giving
The Winfields helped organize the promovement in Greensboro. They started joining two ladies, ages 67 and 80, in
it-
And
about the issue. The billboards say, "Thank
participating in the yard sale.
/er in front of an abortion center.
to raise
Day
"As much as
that night was Winfield.
us friends,
lost
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"There was no way
we do not accept relief
of pain and personal response to suffer-
Father Powell asked. -life
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Otherwise, I'd give into the craving, because this paper tiger has one mighty roar. Ex-smokers say the craving to have a cigarette lasts two minutes, then it's gone. Only trouble is those two minutes come around during the first couple of days every minute or less. But they assure you the intervals will lengthen to hours, then days. I have yet to make it to the end of the day, but I can go for hours now without thinking
about cigarettes. To help me through the first week, I chomped on Nicorette gum. It took the edge off. But then I decided I was only prolonging the agony, so I quit the gum. Nicotene is powerful stuff. And here's how I know. My hands and feet felt for days as if they were being pricked with thousands of tiny pins. My skin felt like rubber chicken. I had trouble concentrating. I couldn't sleep well. I'd wake up about 4 a.m. and my lungs would hurt and I'd say to myself, "Maybe it's too late." I've heard nicotene is an anesthesia of sorts and smokers don't even realize how much their lungs hurt. Mine, fortunately, don't hurt any more.
A
I
can breathe deeper.
I
don't get winded as
fast.
looked different, but didn't know why. I knew, though. My complexion is rosier and clearer. My skin feels softer. For some people, Nicorettes work. For others; the nicotene patch, acupuncture (my brother swears by this method), hypnosis. When I asked Anne what worked for friend recently
commented
that
I
her, she said prayer.
Now, I'd had some pretty serious talks with God before I tried this last time. And actually looking forward to quitting. That's remarkable, smoking. No, I didn't quit for Lent. But once I realized the coincidence, my goal was to keep off cigarettes at least through Easter. I think I'm going to make it and, even better, I think it will stick this time around. Now, if I could just get all those extra
or not,
I
was
particularly since
I
like
believe
it
pounds unstuck.
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p ana/
ttcCj^ns
Que
sentido tiene
la
c
Semana Santa?
Por PADRE SILL RUEDA La Semana Santa es la actualization Pasion, Muerte y Resurreccion de Cristo en nuestra vida cristiana o mejor
de
la
porque nosotros somos la Iglesia. Este periodo de tiempo liturgico que la Iglesia vive con tanto fervor y devotion es el momento mas santo de nuestras tradiciones religiosas y es por lo tanto el tiempo propicio para pensar y reflexionar en nuestras actitudes dicho en
la Iglesia,
personales y sociales frente al mundo que nos envuelve y frente a las
debemos
responsabilidades que todos
.
La Entrada
triunfal
Por
en Jerusalen
de cumplir como hijos de Dios. La Pasion del Senor se actualiza cada vez que hay sufrimientos, injusticias y desigualdades sociales en los hombres. Cada vez que el odio ciega los caminos y la violencia hecha raices. Cada vez que el dolor se manifiesta como producto del egoismo de otros y cada vez que con nuestras actitudes negativas nos
apartamos de
De
El.
manera sucede lo misi con la Resurreccion de Cristo. hacemos presente en la medida en q cada uno de nosotros nos levantemos otra
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1
nuestras caidas,
muramos
hagamos un esfuerzo por
mundo
al
pecadc
construir
tan:
mejor. "
Por lo tanto Semana Santa signif vivencia, actualidad y vida nue< porque mediante la cruz de Cri; podemos llegar tambien a su glork Resurreccion. Jesus se ha senti solidario de la suerte de la humanida* es por ello que derrama su sangre p, nuestra redencion y nuestro rescate traves de la Semana Santa podemos con mayor claridad el amor que D nos tiene al enviar al mundo a su uni ^ hijo para que muriendo por nosotros r w rescatara del pecado. [
ined
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BERNHARD PLONKHORST
Fueron los disripulos e hicieron como les habia mandado Jesus y trajeron burrito y pusieron sobre el los mantos y encima de el monto Jesus. Muchos de entre la turba desplegaban sus mantos por el camino, mientras que otros cortaban ramas de arboles, los extendian por la calzada y gritaban diciendo: Hosanna al Hijo de David, bendito el que viene en el nombre del Senor. ( Mt. el
21, 6-9)
Santa IHosanna
Tierra
al
Hijo
Por
de David!
PADRE SILL RUEDA
Cuando
llegaron a Betfage, junto al Monte de los Olivos, ya proximos a entrar a Jerusalen, Jesus mando a algunos de sus discfpulos a traer un burrito para entrar en la ciudad.
Betfage estaba situada en la vertiente oriental del Monte de los Olivos, por donde
pasaba el antiguo camino de Jerico. (Hoy, unas pocas ruinas recuerdan el lugar.) Y al entrar Jesus en Jerusalen, todos salieron a su encuentro con ramas de olivos y palmas en sus manos, extendiendo los mantos en el suelo para que pasara El, y gritando IHosanna en las alturas! IBendito el que viene en el nombre del Senor! IHosanna al Hijo de David! Esta entrada triunfal de Jesus a Jerusalen que conmemoramos cada ano en la Semana Santa, debio ser conmovedora y alegre. Debio ser llena de entusiasmo y fervor religioso, como todo lo del Mesfas; pues muchos de los que seguian a Jesus ya habfan visto y oido de sus milagros. El Senor entraba a la ciudad de Sion como su Rey, montado en un burrito como quien tiene autoridad y como quien esta dispuesto a mostrar publicamente lo que es. Al conmemorar nosotros este episodio de la vida de Jesus nos remontamos a la Jerusalen celestial donde para poder entrar tenemos que seguir a Jesus en su pasion y su muerte. Hoy la Jerusalen actual nos da un concepto de universalidad y de paz, aunque la paz este tan maltratada. Esta ciudad que fue el epflogo de la existencia terrena de Cristo y testimoniada en todos los Evangelios, es tambien uno de los polos donde convergen las tres grandes religiones del mundo, lugar de la Pasion y Crucifixion de Cristo y camino del domingo de ramos. Cristo es realmente el Hijo de David, porque Jose su padre putativo viene de ese linaje, del linaje del Rey David, el que habi'a restaurado el Reino de Israel y habia hecho traer el Area de la Alianza al Templo. Con la entrada triunfal de Jesus a Jerusalen podemos decir que comienza su pasion, pero tambien su gloria. Nosotros debemos de seguirlo a El, en nuestra vida diaria y en nuestos dolores y sufrimientos y repetir con frecuencia IBendito el que viene en el nombre del Senor! porque sin su ayuda nada podemos hacer. Esta manifestation publica de Cristo tiene que quedar gravada en nuestros corazones y el entusiasmo que ella promueve no debe desfallecer en nosotros a pesar de que tambien tengamos en nuestras vidas, muchas vias dolorosas.
II
Cursillo
de Cristiandad Hispano
Con gran entusiasmo y llevo a cabo el
II
fervor, se
Capellan el Padre Sill Rueda. Los nue\
Cursillo de Cristiandad
Cursillistas fueron 14 siendo la mayo
hispano en nuestra diocesis de Charlotte en la casa de Ejercicios Espirituales de Maggie Valley. Contamos para ello con la colaboracion de varios de sus miembros activos, como el Dr.Senen Borges que es el coordinador nacional hispano de los C. de C. y vino de Miami, Rafael Morales que vino de Puerto Rico, Jorge Carbajal que vino de New York y los otros auxiliares de Charlotte. El Rector del Cursillo fue Rafael Silva y el
jovenes
muy
activos y dispuestos
de ellos de Charlotte, 1 Hickory, 1 de Ashevilley 1 de Jeffers N.C. No fue coincidencia comenzar Cursillo con la meditation sobre parabola del Hijo Prodigo y termina con el Evangelio en la Misa de clausi sobre el mismo pasaje. Esto nos ind que el Senor ama a los cursillistas y abraza con su misericordia. trabajar.
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ice
Noticias Locales Semana Santa en Yadkinville Rueda estara del 13 al 19 de abril en la comunidad hispana de Cristo Rey, para celebrar alii la Semana El Padre
Santa con
la
Sill
ayuda de
la
Hna Andrea,
directora de ese centro y el Padre Joe Mack. Hacemos una invitation a todos los hispanos residentes en esa zona, para que se concentren en el Centro de Cristo Rey todas las noches a partir de las 7.30 pm. para comenzar nuestras
celebraciones.
Companera de cuarto Renta de cuarto para compartir apartamento. Los interesados llamar a
Susana Betancourt al telefono 532-98 pm.
antes de las 2.30
Como prepararse para conseguir trabajo La Coalicion Latinoamericana y programa hispano de United Way, e organizando un cursillo para prepa hispanos a conseguir trabajo. Por
fee
lis
est
tanto invitan a todos los hispanos a
primera reunion que tendra lugar viernes 24 de Abril a las 7 pm. en Unii Way 301 S. Brevard St. Charlotte. P. mas information llamar a los telefon Coalicion Latinoamericana 333-544
United
Way
372-9859.
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1
The Catholic News
1992
10,
1
Days Of Obligation Cut To
Iroly
Court
For
Catholics In Hawaii HONOLULU (CNS) — Besides Bishop Ferrario ever,
days, Hawaiian Catholics
will cel-
ite only Christmas and Immaculate as holy days of obligation, iop Joseph A. Ferrario of Honolulu
ception
announced.
Catholic Herald.
With the dropping of the
legal obli-
on for four other feasts, he asked his
begin viewing those and the major feasts of the Church as days of celebration.
Die to :r
'
ly It
better to gather as the early
is
istians >
did before
existed, out of "a
Mass
obligation
deep conviction
no one could be a Christian without brating the Eucharist with the other
svers," he said. obligation, he said, but because
"wanted to remember and celebrate :ther the mighty deeds of God. In the letter Bishop Ferrario also ained some of the history and theolof holy days in the Church and •rted the steps that led up to the new '
ops in the United States, not to Pacific conference of bishops. In early 1990, Bishop Ferrario said, after consultations with his priests council he asked Vatican permission for his diocese to follow the Pacific conference's rules instead of the rules governing U.S. dioceses. In June 1990 the Vatican approved the request, provided that there was no
said the policy
was based on
can approval of a request he made years ago to let Hawaii follow the
he consulted extensively with priests, with fellow bishops, with the NCCB Committee on the Liturgy, and with a number of canon lawyers and liturgists before adopting the his
own
new
policy.
He
stressed that removal of the ob-
ligation of Catholics to attend
certain days that used to be days of
those feasts in the Diocese of Honolulu,
which encompasses
all
The Catholic Bishops' Conference le Pacific, known as CEPAC, works a Vatican-approved select
norm
that
own
holy
its
of obligation provided
;
stmas and ts
at least
it
retains
is
allow faith
it
to continue to
form us
and define us as a people,
' '
in the
he
said.
new diocesan
policy, he
of the holy days cited church law:
in general
Under
the
said,
one of the major
— Sundays — holy day" — and Christmas and Immaculate
how-
Conception will continue to be holy
of Mary.
Since Hawaii
also said the state's
It
authority to regulate the abortion indus-
a U.S. state,
on the basis of medical safety has been "arbitrarily exempted";and that medical science has reached a point where a fetus should be considered a patient, with legal rights accorded to try
In the
least
make
it
at
clear that the Constitution
does not guarantee a fundamental right to abortion.
"The protection of human or out of the
womb
most compelling
—
life
—
in
certainly the
is
can advance," Starr's brief said. By upholding Pennsylvania's law, the court should conclude that "the state's interest in prenatal
life is
All
"the
first
for
religious group brief
included the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, the Christian
Action Council, the American Center
Nazarene. Their brief asked the court to uphold constitutional rights of "children conceived but not yet born." It argues
in the
Honolulu Dio
—
Observances of Ascension, Epiphany and Corpus Christi (the Body and Blood of the Lord) will be transferred to Sunday. The feasts of Assumption; Mary, Mother of God; St. Joseph; Sts. Peter and Paul; and All Saints "will be celebrated on their traditional days, but with no obligation." Four of the 10 days of obligation mentioned in addition to Sundays in general church law have not been days
—
years.
These are Epiphany and Corpus which are observed on neighboring Sundays, and St. Joseph and Sts. Peter and Paul, which are observed on Christi,
their appointed
tice
show
days but without an ob-
Bishop Ferrario noted
that after
he
received the Vatican permission, the
to the Constitution
of the U.S. bishops again discussed the status of U.S. holy days of obligation at a general meeting in
After extensive debate
November
La Pascua de Resurrection celebra el significado de nuestras como catolicos, nuestra union con Dios. Y celebra lo que hace nuestra vida catolica posible-la gratia de Dios. Y lo que tenemos que buscar-la felicidad eterna.
La Pascua de Resurrection es la fiesta mas importante del ano asf como la muerte y resurrection de Jesus son el punto Imas alto de la historia humana. En la Pascua de Resurrection le uamos gracias y alabamos a Dios con mas regocijo que nunca debido liturgico,
de Jesucristo. Jesus nos ha hecho hijos de la luz, nueva y eterna vida. El ha abierto las puertas del para recibir a Su pueblo. Su muerte es el rescate de nuestra
the
—
Assumption, All Saints whenever and Mary, Mother of God those days fall on a Saturday or a Mon-
la
vida.
—
The required Vatican approval of was still pending at the end of March 1992.
day.
that request
all
human
'
College To Host Visits
BELMONT
—
Belmont Abbey
College will host a visitation day for high school juniors and seniors Friday, April 24 beginning at 9 a.m.
"Fabulous Friday" will give tors an opportunity to learn
visi-
more about
North Carolina's only Catholic college. Visitors will attend classes, tour the
campus, including the Abbey Church and St. Leo Hall.
GlinS (From Page
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"Even
only 100 guns are turned
if
"The
in, that is
100 fewer temptations for people to use.
"A gun as
it
is
— —
called
the Saturday Night Special, is
a deadly temptation to a
young person who in a fit of anger takes the gun and shoots someone, " Bishop Carmody added.
"They would not do
deadly act
if
they were in control of themselves and
if
this
they didn 't have a handgun readily available
On
to them.
the day of prayer,
all
the
churches in the archdiocese will preach in support of having handguns turned in to the police."
Auxiliary Bishop Bernard F. Popp of San Antonio met with clergy of other denominations March 24 to plan the anti-gun campaign. Another meeting was scheduled for April 21.
Bishop Popp said the religious leaders agreed to contact local media, especially the television news, to ask
He
violence. first
story
of some
them not
to glorify
said that every evening, the
on the TV news is about violence involving murder.
sort, especially
F. Flores of San March with Mayor
Archbishop Patrick Antonio met
earlier in
Wolff and the Rev. E.E. Brown, pastor of Grant Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church.
"We
are not going to solve our prob-
lems by weapons," the archbishop said. "It is not the job of the mayor alone. It is the job of all of us."
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lelevados a una
muerte; Su resurrection es nuestra resurrection a
Novem-
American bishops agreed that Mass obligation should be dropped
m\ sacrificio cielo
last
ber, the
for three days
ividas
"apply to
of conception." Writing the brief on behalf of Free Speech Advocates, an anti- abortion legal defense project, Walter M. Weber said: "The fundamental, threshold issue in abortion cases is whether society can arbitrarily deny even minimal protection to an entire class of human beings: children living in their mothers wombs."
1991.
La Pascua de Resurrection celebra el acceso de nosotros a la felicidad eterna con Dios en el cielo mediante la muerte y resurrection redentora de Su Hijo Jesucristo.
amendments
moment
rest
Pascua de Resurrection celebramos el centro de nuestra vida como catolicos. Celebramos el triunfo de Jesus sobre el pecado y la muerte mediante Su resurrection. Cada domingo celebramos la Resurrection a traves de todo el ano. Cada liturgia, cada jsacramento, cada oration, celebra lo que la Pascua de Resurrection jliace con toda solemnidad.
the 5th and 15th
beings, including unborn children from
ligation.
la
law and jus-
that history, science, logic,
cese.
many
En
United
from Orthodox Christian, Episcopalian, Baptist, and Lutheran churches, the United Church of Christ and the Church of the
the right to abortion derived in Roe."
of obligation in the United States for
20. .CUAL ES LA IMPORTANCIA ESPECIAL DE LA PASCUA DE RESURRECCION EN Ml VIDA?
Justice, Catholics
interest that a state
a wholly legitimate and
The second
Law and
for Life and their counterparts
the
other patients.
days of obligation
the festal tradition of the church and
the U.S. mainland.
may
liberties, specifically the
of the Hawaiian
Islands.
we should embrace freely and graciously
diocese
fundamental right to life.
Mass on
which are closer neighbors of
i
brief argued that a constitu-
entirely adequate basis for restricting
ids,
;r
The
tional right to abortion subjugates other
asked the court to overrule Roe, or
"I strongly believe that, as church,
is
results
September 1990, Archbishop Pilarczyk approved the request following a meeting of the NCCB Administrative Committee. Bishop Ferrario said that although all the necessary permissions were then nati. In
of dioceses in the South Pacific than
The
NCCB president, Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinobjection by the
tice
/aii
impaired.
is
the jurisprudence and in the
Bush administration's brief, Solicitor General Kenneth W. Starr also
obligation does not end observance of
esan policy.
He
belongs to the
rifts in
fabric of society."
National Conference of Catholic Bish-
in place,
They did not assemble because of a 1
of a free state are
Ho.
3)
'
liHe reported the change in a 4,500d pastoral letter, published March n his diocesan newspaper, the Ha\
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Diocesan News Briefs Throw Champs
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HOPE MILLS
— Two Winston-
Cross office
at
(919) 996-5109 or Bar-
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at
(919) 993-2019.
For information,
Salem youths were named state champions of the 1992 Knights of Columbus International Free Throw Championship hosted March 28 by Good Shepherd Council 8857 of Hope Mills. David Smith was the 12-year-old boys' champion and Eugenia Asconope was the 14-year-old girls' champion. Each contestant was allowed 25 free throw attempts in the contest. Ties were settled by successful rounds of five free throws per contestant until a winner
and state levels. International championships are determined by state competition scores.
CHARLOTTE — St. Gabriel's OWLS (Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors) are meeting 1 1
Wednesday, April 15 from
a.m.-l p.m. in the church fellowship
Bring a bag lunch. Beverages will be provided. The meeting is open to anyone 50 and older. For more information, call Larry Guethlein at (705) 523-3449. hall.
Art Splendors
CHARLOTTE
GREENSBORO — Our Lady
of
Grace students Andy Kranz, 7th grade, and Gina Bio, 8th grade, are winners of a vocations essay contest,
"What Is God
Me To Do?" sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Piedmont Coun-
Calling
cil
939.
seum of Art day
— The Mint Mu-
sponsoring a free family Sunday, April 12 from 1
is
festival
p.m.- 5 p.m. in celebration of the final days of the Splendors of the New World exhibition. The exhibit marks the quincentennial of the founding of the Americas Tours of the exhibit will be available in English and Spanish. For more
information, call the
museum
at
(704)
A
Savings Bonds.
total
of 28 essays
were submitted. Pro-life
Day
Day
To
Life
is
sponsoring Pro-Life
conference for pro-life supthe Ramada Hotel in Greens-
'92, a
porters, at
boro Saturday, p.m.
May
2 from 9 a.m.- 4
The deadline for registration is April 27. Cost is $15 and includes workshops and lunch. To register, send name, address, phone number and payment to the Respect Life Office, 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte 28207. Checks should be
made payable
to
N.C. Right
Divine Feast
KERNERSVILLE Church
to Life.
— Holy Cross
in Kernersville is celebrating
the "Feast of Divine
April 26.
A
—
video about the origins of
shown at 1 :30 p.m. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed at 3 p.m. be reflection time to be with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. An urn will be placed near the altar for written statements of sin. Confession will be 4:30 p.m. -5:30 p.m., followed by the benediction and burning of the statements of sin. For more information, call Holy will
St.
HOT SPRINGS —The Jesuit House of Prayer
is
sponsoring a Holy
"Do This
Retreat,
Memory
in
Week
of Me,"
April 16-19. For more information, write
House of Prayer, P.O. Box
the Jesuit
Hot Springs, N.C. 28743, or
7,
call (704)
Dance BELMONT— The Sisters of Mercy presenting "The Passion of Our
Interpretive are
Lord," an interpretive dance expression
.
Bru
19 at noon.
For more information,
CCC
Cote,
call
A
sales director, (704)
•
'
sponsoring an Alcoholics retreat based on the 11th
planning "Spiritual Growth," a oneretreat Saturday, April 11 from
is
step of the 12-step
know God's
AA
program; "to
you and asking carry out God's
will for
too for the strength to plan."
The May date
1
-3 retreat
j.
1
'
a.m.-6:30 p.m. The retreat will be sented in three segments designed t
attended individually or in success
For more information, contact Sz at (919) 351-2991.
can accommo-
men and women. For more
15
information or to register, write the Jesuit
—
(
Ian,
McHugh
House of
Prayer, P.O.
Box
7,
Hot
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at least
10 days before the
Ministry
is
^ a:
sired date of publication.
—
k
m
presenting "Middle School
Fling: Finding a Piece of the Puzzle," a
day of games, food, sports, prayer and workshops at St. Michael Church Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Cost is $13 for youths and $7 for adults. For more information, contact the Office of Youth Ministry at (704) 3311723, or your parish youth minister.
Members
Williams at the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse Sunday, April 12 at 7:30
A.A.
p.m.
retreat for Alcoholic
MAGGIE VALLEY — A spiritual
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is
Anonymous mem-
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—
and religious. The retreat be Holy Thursday, April 16, with an,8, Liturgy and ends Easter Sunday, A laity
HOT SPRINGS —The Jesuit House
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ARDEN
—
is
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7366.
Vincent de Paul Society needs linens, pots and pans, towels, lamps, pictures and small applicances. To donate items, call the St. Vincent de Paul Church office, (704) 554-7088, Monday through Friday 9
Ann
[ill
Springs, N.C. 28743, or call (704) 622-
CHARLOTTE — The
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have Polish language confess: Saturday, April 1 8 at 2 p.m. and a Pc Mass Easter Sunday, April 19 at 2 j For more information, call Krysf Szkolnicka, (704) 529-5206, or Sztyber, (704) 541-3655.
7441.
group for contact Daughters of Charity Sister Anne Joseph Edelen at Catholic Social Service, (919) 274-5577. Pax Christi is a national Catholic peace movement committed to prayer, study and action on behalf of justice and reconciliation. St.
CHARLOTTE will
sponsoring the annual retreat during Holy wee
Prayer and Reflection
seek God through regular prayer, asking
becoming part of a local Pax Christi U.S.A. should
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ference Center
Anonymous Anyone
The
interested in
Mercy" Sunday,
the feast will.be
There
Earth
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Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity is hosting an inquiry session for people interested in the Secular Franciscan Order at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in the council room Sunday, April 1 2 at 2 p.m. For more information, call Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Bellow or Jennye Taylor Johnson, SFO, formation director, at St. John Neumann, (704) 536-6520.
of Prayer
Peace
at
Order Inquiry Session
337-2000.
The winners were awarded $50 U.S.
(704) 689-9867 from 5 p.m Mary D. at (704) 89 1-: from 8 p.m.- 10 p.m.
K.
p.m., or
Older, Wiser and Livelier
at the local, district
Essay Contest
Cathie Stout
call
(704) 684-6098.
emerged.
The annual competition is conducted
8 p.m.
Barnabas Youth Group is hosting an evening for Catholic Youth Groups to explore religious vocations Sunday, May 3 from 6 p.m.St.
A.A. members,
men and women,
invited to attend. Cost
is
room and board. For more information,
$70 and
are in-
cludes
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World and National Briefs Say Virginia Priest Makes Cry At Third Church I ni1 OXON HILL, Md. (CNS) ls of Mary at a third church near Ishington reportedly shed tears when
able in the insurance industry in general.
a
They're somewhat modest, I would sus-
said he seriously doubts the divine ori-
larea priest visited there. Witnesses
pect."
gin of messages that Steve
1991 by Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dechant, chief executive officer of the
V tnesses
Iitues
in
—
1
window Columba Catholic Church in Oxon
10-year-old society, "are not remark-
li statues and a stained-glass It.
Bishops Urge Less Rigid Church
appeared to drip water from the ners of Mary's eyes as Father James ise toured the church after a family
Attitude
1
CHICAGO (CNS) — Three Catho-
lic
bishops speaking
at
a forum on "les-
bian and gay people and Catholicism"
Parishioners at St. Elizabeth
eral.
Toward Homosexuals
Seton Church in Lake Ridge, Va., :re Father Bruse is associate pastor, at another nearby parish, previously
hoped pastoral leaders
i
said they
i
adopt less rigid attitudes toward homosexual men and women. Bishops Kenneth E. Untener of Saginaw, Mich., and
saw images of Mary crying
they
:r
he touched the statues. The inci-
t
in
Maryland occurred after a fuMass for the father-in-law of Fa-
al
Bruse's
sister.
^makers Introduce Resolution Honor Religious Freedom WASHINGTON (CNS) For the time in less than a year,
mem-
1
Freedom
igious
written by
for Virginia."
Thomas
Bill
Of Columbus Say They're ferent Than United Way
—
The ghts of Columbus is no United Way, the world's largest Catholic frater-
society in response to complaints
top official was overpaid. United
y as a non-profit charitable organiza-
doesn't "have income from running
i
ofit-making business. .sell
1
the
—
WASHINGTON
(CNS) A U.S. has denied that the nation discriminates against Haitian boat people
New World
tholicism to
its
Priest Says
Church Can Influence Order (CNS) The Catholic
colonies.
refugee advocate has called U.S. re-
years.
secretary at the U.S. State Department,
Future Of Casa Romero Uncertain; Numbers Of Haven-Seekers Down
Haitians
sponse to the Haitian
In a March 30 lecture at Rome's North American College, a U.S. seminary, the author of "The Catholic Moment" said there are no human guarantees that the Church will have such influence, but without the commitment of all Catholics it has no chance at all. The first ingredient of the Catholic moment, he said, is the Church being the "premier voice, embodiment and exemplar of God's justifying grace in Jesus Christ."
crisis inadequate.
Brunson McKinley, deputy
(CNS)
—
its
The is
re-
existing efforts to assist
rate.
is
assistant
discriminatory were inaccu-
He made
the
comments
at
—
order, said Father Richard John Neuhaus.
official
a na-
meeting on migration in Washington. "One of every 10 Haitians lives in the United States," McKinley said. "They are our fifth largest immigration group. They're good citizens. They're good immigrants," he said. tional
Vatican Doctrinal Head Probing Czechoslovak Clergy Dilemma
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Protest, Reconciliation
Mark
ROME
(CNS)
— The 500th
— The
Vatican's chief doctrinal official trav-
Anniversary Of Spain Expelling Jews
eled to Czechoslovakia at the end of
March to help
anni-
local bishops solve prob-
versary of the Jewish expulsion from
lems created by the clandestine ordina-
Spain was commemorated by a small Rome and a symbolic reconciliation in Madrid. Several days before the anniversary, a Spanish archbishop apologized to 100 rabbis from the Ameri-
tions of clergy during
communist
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Bishop Questions Validity Of Claimed Marian Messages DULUTH, Minn. (CNS) Bishop Roger L. Schwietz of Duluth told priests and other representatives of the Catho-
New
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They held up banners and passed out leaflets criticizing forced conversions and repression
We do," said
Shaw, spokesman for the
ghts in Washington. Headquarters in
Mary wants
ops admitted that speaking to the gathwas difficult, even though their own attitudes had changed in recent
Oscar Romero, the diocese's 10-yearold shelter for Central Americans. Brownsville Bishop Enrique San Pedro, interviewed in Washington March 27, said no decision had been made on whether or not to close the shelter, which offers haven to Central Americans passing through the diocese. Bishop San Pedro said, however, that the numbers of Central Americans arriving at Casa Romero had decreased significantly in recent months.
ights
its
has said
by refusing them safe haven, while a
migrants and refugees, including Casa
)lution.
»
He
pamphlets.
the expulsion
outside St. Peter's Square.
1
community. All three bish-
evaluating
spearheaded by Rep. Tom backing the
(CNS)
young Jews protested
Church can positively influence world cultures and the way cultural values are translated into the political and social
Diocese of Brownsville, Texas,
of
ey, R-Va., a Catholic, is
WASHINGTON
Green Bay, Wis., said he has been receiving from Mary. According to Marino, Mary told him in a series of oral messages to build a 1,000-seat chapel complex in Kettle River, Minn., a farming area west of Duluth, where she said she would appear soon. He has published and distributed 00,000 copies of the alleged messages from Mary in five
U.S. Treatment of Haitian Boat People Sparks Defense, Criticism
WASHINGTON
Virginia's congressional del-
tion,
'
Marino of
said charges that U.S. policy toward
The
Jefferson, has
on the U.S. Constitution's
hts.
'
Gumbleton of Detroit addressed a March 28 symposium in Chicago organized by New Ways Ministry. The Maryland-
n regarded as having a large influe
Mary to construct a shrine. In March 27 statement, Bishop Schwietz
the Virgin
Social, Political
ering
6 as Religious Freedom Day. Jan. 16, 1786, the Virginia General embly passed "An Act Establishing Jan.
;
Madrid synagogue March 31,
Spanish King Juan Carlos told Israeli President Chaim Herzog, "May hatred and intolerance never again provoke expulsion or exile. It was the first state visit to Spain by an Israeli head of state. Several hours earlier in Rome, about 30
chapel built there by 1995.
the Catholic
of Congress are seeking to desig-
>
cas. In a
William A. Hughes of Covington, Ky., and Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J.
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—
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marks the Festival of Id al-Fitr, end of Ramadan, the Muslim montl fasting. Ramadan began March 6, ter
issues facing the hierarchy
is
the exist-
ence of married clandestine priests and bishops. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, went to the Central European country following a March 1 letter from the Czechoslovakian bishops establishing an April 12 deadline for the clandestinely ordained to register with church officials so that their situation can be normalized, reported Vatican Radio.
Id al-Fitr
April 5.
is
Mexican Diocese Formed As Counter To Protestant Influence TLAPA, Mexico (CNS) An f mated 5,000 worshippers came ou ^
—
the tropical heat for the inauguratio:
Mexico's 78th diocese. The new 1, cese of Tlapa was established to C( teract the influence of ProtestantisrJ
the impoverished and mountain!
For Flood Of Cambodian Returnees PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (CNS)
Jesuits Preparing
relief organizations are racing to pre-
Mexican end had petitioned the Vatican create the new see. "The sects are
pare for hundreds of thousands of Cam-
flies," the apostolic delegate to
bodian refugees scheduled to return to their country from camps in Thailand. Meeting the goal established by last October's Paris peace accords to repatriate 375,000 refugees from the Thai camps by the end of the year is going to be difficult for the organizations, says Australian Mercy Sister Denise Coghlan, head of the Jesuit Refugee Service team in Cambodia. "Geographically as well as economically Cambodia now is not in a position to receive so many people in so short a time," she told UCA News, an Asian church new agency based in Thailand. "Therefore integral development programs are urgently needed."
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione,
—
The
Villains of Bishop
of trophies they
won
McGuinness High School
in
Winston-Salem display the collection
during the 1991-92 basketball season.
Bishop McGuinness Varsity Boys End Record Basketball Season WINSTON-SALEM— The Bishop McGuinness
lades as well.
Leading the charge was
Jesuit
Refugee Services and other
who owns
boys basketball season ended with appearances in two
senior center Herbie Burns,
prestigious post-season tournaments, the
trophies and awards.
Mid-Atlantic Invitational and the Alhambra Catholic Invitational. Bishop McGuinness lost in the championship
achievements are school records for most
varsity
several school records and a host of
Among
Burns'
Pope Makes Appeal For Latin American Street Kids Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS)
—
career points by a three-year player
John Paul II appealed for "the commitment of everyone" to help the millions
game of the Mid-Atlantic to powerful Gonzaga and finished sixth in the
(1697), and most points in a regulation
of children living in the streets of Latin
game
Alhambra, which included perennial powerhouses DeMatha and St. John's from Washington, D.C., Roman Catholic and Cardinal Dougherty from Philadelphia and Cathedral from Ontario, Canada.
five in highest season
America. The pope, speaking at a Sunday blessing March 29, said the abandoned children should be a focus of church concern during the 500th anniversary of the European discovery and evangelization of the Americas this year. "How can we forget the great number of children abandoned in the streets of the large Latin American cities?" the pope
The
Villains finished with a record
of 30-10, and during the season competed
an amazing seven tournaments.
in
Bishop McGuinness won three of those tournaments, the Greensboro
Day
Invi-
Krispy Kreme Thanksgiving Shootout, and the PACIS Conference
tational,
Tournament as well as the PACIS Regular Season Championship. The Villains finished second twice
Tournament and tational
— and
the
—
in the State
Mid- Atlantic
Invi-
finished fifth and sixth in
and the
the Benedictine Invitational
Alhambra Invitational, respectively. They posted a victory against every in-state
opponent they played,
lost
only
one conference game during the season, and had strong showings in all three outof-state events.
They won
all
three
games against teams from the Baltimore Catholic League, consistently one of the top conferences on the East Coast.
Not only did the Villains break team records for victories and most tourna-
points in a single season (857), most
(46), as well as being in the top-
PACIS
Player of the Year, All-State,
and All-Northwest. His selection to the All-Northwest team is a first for a Bishop McGuinness player since 1982. Burns also won six individual awards at the Alhambra: Most Outstanding Player, Most Points, Most Rebounds, Boy Who Wouldn't Quit, All-Tournament, and Sportsmanship. Senior Chad Kupreanik set the school record for most three-pointers in a game (8) and a season (92). He was named to the All-Conference and AllState teams and received an honorable mention at the All-Northwest. He is second on the school's career threepoint list with 112 behind teammate
He
called for "the
such a
distressing problem."
Cardinal Says Dialogue Must Address Social, Political Problems
VATICAN CITY
(CNS)
— Dia-
logue between Catholics and Muslims
must address current political and social problems, said Cardinal Francis Arinze, the Vatican official in charge of interreligious dialogue. "We must seek effective
and concrete solutions that can
bring justice, love, truth, freedom and
—
broke the 1,000-point barrier for his
peace," the cardinal wrote in a letter to Muslims throughout the world. The let-
career and holds the school record for career three-pointers
( 1
tant churches in the area,
leaders
f
a local sports stadium. "They may boj us, but they will
never bring the Caj
Church down."
lie
Pope Expresses Hope For Lasting Peace In El Salvador
VATICAN CITY John Paul
II
(CNS)
on justice. "P< and justice cannot be disassociated, said. The new society must hav more equitable distribution of wealth," he added. "Sacrifices sh be shared by all and not weigh hea only on the least protected." The spoke March 27 at a ceremony in w] he accepted the credentials of Rob lasting peace based
Siman
Jacir, 61, as the
ambassador
New
new
Salvad*
to the Vatican.
Catholic Grou|
Formed To Oppose Capital Punishmenl WASHINGTON — A new natk advocacy group, Catholics Against C tal Punishment, has been formed to w specifically for the abolition of the d< penalty in the United States. According to its organizers, CACP's main goal will be to rr widely disseminate the teachings of Roman Catholic Church, in partic the statements issued by the Cath bishops of the United States which c: acterizes capital punishment as ii propriate and unacceptable in tod; world.
Information on the new grou from CACP, P.O. Box 3)
available
Arlington, Va. 22203.
won
All-Conference and at the
Mid
won
the Hustle
Atlantic Invitational.
Please pray for the following deceased month of April
priests during the
Msgr. Charles Gable, 1977 Msgr. Thomas P. Griffin, 1931 Reverend James A. Manley, 1940 Reverend Joseph F. Gallager, 1946 Msgr. Cornelius Murphy, 1954 Reverend Herman Bosschermuller, 1966 Reverend James H. Tevlin, 1966 Reverend Howard V. Lane, 1967 Revernd Walter F. Higgins, 1981 Revernd James F. Keenan, 1988 Reverend Michael W. Murphy, 1990
rich
F
Salvador's peace accord establish)
the cornerstones of true
The
—
has expressed hope th
22). Sharpe also
the award for most assists at the Alhambra and won the Free Throw Percentage Award at the Mid- Atlantic Invitational. Bryan Ray was second team
Me>
quoted as saying shortly after the ol nation of Bishop Alejo Zavala Castij
commitment of
in finding a solution to
development
Award
u-jg'ssausm
said.
everyone
Zach Sharpe. Sharpe, a senior guard,
brought
in, but they also slew of individual acco-
re-
bound average, highest point average season and career, and third on the alltime scoring list. He was named to every all-tournament team this year,
ments participated in a
and career
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