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Easter 1992

Living Stations

Of The Cross.

dear Brothers ^nd Sisters in Christ: I

Throughout

this

ering, the death ter

Sunday,

Holy Week, we

will

commemorate with

great love the passion, the

And then, at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday, and on

of our Savior.

we will celebrate with great enthusiasm His resurrection from the dead and That great Easter feast comes at a time ofjoy and wonder for the human

victory over sin. t.

The

long, cold days of winter

pring are found.

have

finally

passed and

all

around

us, the bright colors

When we see the sun, bright and shining and warm, and the trees green

new leaves, when the earth seems to burst forth with red and yellow and violet flowers

the birds are alive with song, »e

of hope

much

But, per

...

it is,

new

indeed, difficult for us not to experience and feel a great

human family. we share in the joy of the Easter season, we must never lose sight of the

a sense of a

beginning, of really belonging to the

and more wonderful miracle of Christ's resurrection, for

this is the

reason for our

icing. Intimately related to the resurrection is the life, the suffering, the passion, the

cross of our Lord.

ining to the xi Friday.

And

purpose of the

His resurrection life

The cross and the

of Christ.

death

the completion that gives full unity and

We cannot permit Easter to be separated from

resurrection are our Christian response to the problems of

have plagued humanity from the beginning of time. But, the mystery of the cross That good does finally and decisively triumph over

that

the resurrection teaches us two facts: that this

Lbut,

triumph

earned

a terrible personal cost.

who sustains us in the face of our daily difficulties and )lems and persecutions that the world throws up against us. It is this Risen Christ who inds us that we, too, will rise from the dead and enjoy eternal life with His Father. And this Risen Christ who calls us to a closer and intimate relationship with himself and inds us that we must serve one another, laity, religious and ordained, who make up this It is

this

Risen Christ, however,

rch in the Diocese of Charlotte.

During l I

this holiest

week of the

year,

will

each one of us, not only on Easter Sunday

risen!" but that this will carry

my prayer that Christ's light will shine when we sing "Alleluia,

Alleluia,

He is

over from Sunday-to-Sunday and from year-to-year until

own resurrection. May the blessing of this Easter Season and the blessing of this Risen Christ be with you and always. God bless you.

lay of our

Most Reverend John

Donoghue Nina LaFerla portrays Mary and Casey Cruk

Bishop of Charlotte

Jesus in "The Living Stations of the Cross." a

dramatic 90-minute program by 6th, 7th and 8th grade students School.

ing Easter

Week. Our next

edition will be published

on Friday,

large cast for the

News

May L

Herald

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moving performance

Supper and climaxed with Christ's death and Resurrection.

No Paper Next Week Because of the holiday, there will be no issue of The Catholic

They were joined by a

Community

that started with the Last

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A story and pictures on the April are featured

on Page 16 of this

issue.

14 Chrism

Mass at St.

Patrick's Cathedral in

Char)o

Fhe Catholic

News

Herald

April 17,

New

Of Women's Pastoral! Influenced By Vatican Meeting Draft

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

Criti-

cism expressed at a Vatican meeting last May had an impact on the third draft of the U.S. bishops' proposed pastoral letter on women's concerns, say two bishops on the committee that wrote the document. Bishop Joseph L. Imesch of Joliet, 111., committee chairman, and Bishop

Photo by

LINDA PELLERIN

6 Churches Help Vietnamese Family Settle In Gaston County It

took two years

and a lot of patience on the part of the Tieu family before their dream of living in the United States became a reality. Thanks to the efforts of six Gaston County churches, including St. Michael Catholic Church, and Lutheran Family Services, the Tieu family is getting settled and learning how to live in America.

Christians.

— Redoing

The family's new life in Gaston County began in February, and they are eager to become a contributing part of the American society. To help them get started, each of the sponsoring churches is contributing $900 toward rent, food and other living expenses. Church

members

are donat-

ing household items such as furniture,

dishes and linens.

The churches will stay with the family for

about three months, said the Rev.

Rammy

Lybrand of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. "By then, they should be able to do things pretty much on their own," he

said.

The church community

on another family. Tieu Van Nhan, who had served in the South Vietnamese Army, was incarcerated from 1975 to 1983 in a "reeducation camp." Since then, he has worked as a carpenter and is looking will then take

they've seen so far in the United States?

document on women, Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, told reporters after the meet-

the

most impressed by cars. In Vietnam, almost everyone uses bicycles is

for transportation.

Getting native food

since sponsoring church

not a problem

members make

the family into Charlotte to

take spe-

purchases, says Loan.

cial

However, more volunteers are needed

new

to help the family adjust to their

life.

"The family is very anxious to learn English so they can find work," says Kathy Epperson, a St. Michael parishiowho has worked closely with the

ner

family.

Volunteers can help teach English by pointing out foods in the grocery store or supplies in a

since

Nhan needs

words

hardware

store,

to learn the English

for the tools of his trade, says

Mont. (CNS)

— Two

cusing on the spirituality of the Yellowstone National Park area. Pat Feldsien and Elizabeth Bengston began publishing The Yellowstone Gateway Post in January. The first three issues have been 32-page tabloid newsprint editions. There will be 10 issues a year.

on ordaining women to the priesthood was not influenced by any discussion at the Vatican consultation, Bishop Imesch

reaching out to a family from a foreign land, cultures are bridged and

By working

hand

hand with other churches, cov-

with

enants are formed.

St.

commentaries thus

Michael's resettlement representaMike Murray, (704) 853-8408.

letter

proposed pas

was released in Washington

Bishop Clark said the third di change of wording on the diaconate an "example of the influence oi Vatican consultation."

He said Vatican officials said st wo

ing the possibility of admitting

"was not going to immediate future. They it was not appropriate for an episc, conference to urge that in such a ment." Bishop Imesch, as an examp to the diaconate

pen

in the

the Vatican meeting's influence oi document, cited the first chapter panded discussion of human anthrclev ogy and the third chapter's new em sis on Mary as "mother of the Chun He said the U.S. bishops were Kl eve

at the

Vatican consultation that the

of Mary as mother of the Church

Bishop Imesch predicted the d ment would encounter "a lot of si shooters"

at the

far,

Feldsien

at the University

of Notre

Dame

ing and

expected to be voted on

Washington. Because the pastoral

many

something to

Imesch committee couldn't provide in-d you'll find it," said Bishop

from women U.S. bishops had consulted

whom

See

Women,

a former editor of Cre-

See Park, Page

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uplifting as a stay at a retreat center,"

mals.

said quotations

"Formany

Their pastor, Father John Kirsch of Our Lady of the Pines Parish in West

criticize in this docuri

live in

she said.

letter trealai

the area because they feel close to God's

and Bengston wrote on the biblical relationships between humans and anitice,

fpei

subjects, "if you're lookinj

Chronicle.

third draft will be discussed at that n

land Park (Idaho) Bugle; Bengston is a former publisher of the Yellowstone (Mont.) Times and once worked as a reporter for the Bozeman (Mont.)

creation there, Bengtson said.

bishops' June met

ation Spirituality magazine and the Is-

Yellowstone or

fc[

Clark said.

Spirituality

visit

Linda Pellerin is a member of St. Michael Parish in Gastonia.

People

Iby

emphasized enough in the second c Bishop Clark said the internati consultation "had its most signifi impact on the first chapter' where is "expansion of the topic of hu nature and what it means to be mari woman." This section, which frequently from Mulieris Dignita was "strongly influenced by the cut pope's thinking on the subject," Bi:

tive,

discussed recycling as a spiritual prac-

said.

third draft of the

bishops' general meeting in Novei|hc

of church.

project are numerous, says Epperson.

people, a vacation to Yellowstone

Feldsien

Rome included

and bishops from 13 countries besides the United States. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, had expressed concerns at the meeting about the document's level of authority and the way it presented information from hearings conducted nationwide with women. He had also urged expanded discussion of anthropology in light of Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter Mulieris Dignitatem on the dignity and vocation of women, and of the Marian dimension

separate telephone interviews

New Magazine

Catholics have founded a magazine fo-

reasons behind the Church prohibition

Yellowstone Park's HELENA,

The consultation five Vatican officials

benefits of helping with the

The

For more information, call St. Michael Church at (704) 867-6212, or

Inspires

ing.

Deletion from the third draft of the

Epperson.

to helping support the family.

Gastonia Central. Several Vietnamese children at the school help him with his English. His sisters Tieu Thi Phuong

men and women.

The family

forward to finding work. His wife, Pham Thi Phuong Loan, worked in Vietnam as a vendor and is also looking forward

section which speaks about the differences between

most unusual thing

What

fall.

friendships made, she says.

The youngest of four children, Tieu Phan Hoang Thien, 7, has started school

the second draft's "hu-

man anthropology"

At the Vatican consultation, U.S. bishops were advised to "walk cautiously" with their planned pastoral

school in the

The third draft instead paraph concerns expressed to them in mee with U.S. Catholic women.

The

an international consultation convened by the Vatican included: Amending the second draft's urging that a Vatican study on admitting women to the permanent diaconate "be undertaken and brought to completion soon" to a call for "continued dialogue and reflection" on various ministries such as the diaconate. Expanding on the role of Mary as mother of the church and someone whose "continuing fidelity" is an example for

By LINDA PELLERIN

—

expressed

all

GASTONIA

statement of only one person" than a consensus.

Bishop Imesch and Bishop spoke to Catholic News Service]

—

Thao, 20, Tieu This Phuong Thuy, 18, and Tieu Thi Phuong Thu, 1 6, are studying English along with their parents at Gaston College. The girls hope to begin

this or that statement, saying

Matthew H. Clark of Rochester, N.Y., a committee member, said changes made to the document after hearing concerns

—

The Tieu family (1-r): Tieu Thi Phuong Thuy, 18; Tieu Thi Phuong Thu, 16; Tieu Phan Hoang Tien, 7; Tieu Van Nhan, 47; Pham Thi Phuong Loan, 41; Tieu Thi Phuong Tao, 20.

during document development omitted from the third draft becj "too many people complained a]

at St. James Church in Hamlet They are (front 1-r) Joe Morin, James Bream, Grand Knight Ben I John Jackson, Tom Loh and Al Yackley;(rear l-r)Tim Kagele, Richard Haugen, Don M Deputy Grand Knight Jim Duncan, Spiritan Father Martin Conroy, Tony Phillips and

Officers of the installed

March

new Knights of Columbus Council 29.

Faries.

The Catholic News

1992

17,

ril

& Hen

Pro-Life Corner 'In Germany, they first came for the communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me ... and by that time there was no one left to speak up." Pastor Martin Niemoller. Respect the gift of life. Respect Life Office, (704) 331-1720.

Pope Picks Denver As 1993 World Youth Day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pope

VATICAN CITY (CNS) John Paul

said he

)

who discussed

vocations with teens

James Parish

Concord

Redemptorist Father Peter Sousa, Mercy Sister Larretta Williams, Father Cecil Tice,

be a "spiritual pilgrimage" for young people worldwide. The pope ended weeks of speculation about the site during a Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican April 12. "I have chosen the city of Denver in the famous Rocky Mountains and in the state of Colorado, which has never been

Mary Timothy Warren and Benedictine Brother Paul Shanley. Not present for Photo by CARL ROSS was Deacon Dan Carl.

picture

:oncord Teens Get Message:

veryone

Called To Minister

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

-i,

everyone

itever

bap-

called to minister in

way God has

gifted them.

This was the message relayed to

by a panel of priests, brothers nuns at a vocations program spond by Knights of Columbus Council (0 at St. James Parish in Concord. A person is never too young nor to lagers

Mercy Sister Mary Lay Ministry director

to minister, said

tothy Warren,

Diocese of Charlotte. What you could be called to do

the

/may not take special training," said er Mary Timothy. "Certainly, you give witness to

because

God is evident

have a

tinst

how you

lot

are differ-

your

life,

come up

of things that

those principles you have learned

now and

love and to stand up for."

Since Vatican

II,

many

jobs for-

performed by the clergy are now e by the laity, opening up even more ty

ortunities for many people, she said.

Deacon Dan

Carl, in sharing his

eriences as a deacon with the group,

>unted the history of the permanent onate:

"The story

were

that the apostles

good news and people were coming

:ading out to preach the ;sus Christ,

the Christian community so fast among those who had come into the trch, there was some dissension ding up. The apostles, finding it icult to

serve as preachers without

e assistance,

went

into the

commu-

and sought a group of people to help them take care of the needs of the community regarding food and clothing."

The vocation of the diaconate is coming from the community to serve the community, said Deacon Carl. Since the mid '60s, the permanent service,

will

does it differ from an occupation is something you do; a vocation is something you are," said Father Cecil Tice, pastor of Our Lady of Consolation in Charlotte and diocesan vocations director. "If you touch someone in pain, you are ministering to them. If you give a glass of water to someone who's thirsty, you are ministering to them." As a parish priest, Father Tice says he has the unique privilege of being part of the important events in people's lives birth to baptism, confirmation,

marriage and death. Father Peter Sousa, vocations director for the Redemptorist order, talked about the differences between diocesan and religious order priests. Unlike diocesan priests, religious priests are not limited to one diocese, he says. Also, unlike diocesan priests, they take a vow of poverty. They cannot own property or have checking accounts.

School,

K thru

Benedictine Brother Paul Shanley, English and coaches cross

who teaches

country at Belmont Abbey College, said

he spends a the

monks

lot

of time in prayer.

there focus on the

elementary school

He said

trip

vows of

Catholic High School, said

Already

let

money

time skier, usually

Carl Ross

get in the

a parishioner at Concord.

tries to relax in the

St.

See Denver, Page 13

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and religious, clergy

and early evening with a supper break. The

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mountains over the summer. Denver was chosen after a lengthy selection process, including visits from Vatican officials and feasibility studies conducted by a committee of U.S. bishops. In the end, the pope and the Vatican received summary evaluations of each city and made their choice. According to a statement from the U.S. Catholic Conference, Denver's strengths were that it "understands the

the right decision."

James Church

talk

year-old pontiff, an avid hiker and one-

not the wherewithal that

Don't

cese has a retreat house, perhaps a few days before the youth day rally. The 7 1 -

Carl. is

there

minivacation for the pope in the Rocky Mountains, where the Denver Archdio-

black sister. For her, however, the struggle was not between marriage and becoming a sister but whether to join the Sister of St. Joseph or the Sisters of Mercy. During a question and answer period, one student asked how much money a priest earns. "We have created a world for young people that says, 'My God is my money and the more I have, the more I want and the better off I am'," said

"Money

way to Denver and Rome. The

over.

rarity to see a

Deacon

to travel all the

he thought other U.S. bishops would be lobbying for a papal stop-

Charlotte it's still

official said

Mercy Sister Larretta Williams, who at

then head straight back to

life

teaches religious studies

be his third

planning said he did not expect the

pope

and stability in the community. He hopes to spend the rest of his life at Belmont Abbey, he said. conversion of

trip will

to the United States, but

expected to be quite different from his cross-country pastoral journeys in 1979 and 1987. The Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Laity wants to keep the focus on the youth day event and would rather avoid additional stops. But one Vatican official involved in

brings you happiness, or that brings you

PRINCIPAL-

8th, the largest Catholic

major visit

other, said Father Sousa.

are not junior priests."

CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL St. Patrick's

religious

community, where members pray and

way of making

NC,

eat together as well as challenge each

how occupation? "An

cross will be carried in pilgrimage

across the United States during the com-

The pope's Another difference

Deacons are frequently married and have jobs outside the Church, he said. a vocation and

The

ing year.

fulfillment.

rally,

priests live with their fellow priests in a

from

and grave new uncertainties, there is so much need for your emerging strength," the pope told young people. As the pope watched from the altar, a group of 12 U.S. youths was handed a large wooden cross from young people from Czestochowa, Poland, where the last youth day rally was held in 1991.

which U.S. church officials hope will attract up to 100,000 people. Vatican planners would not rule out additional stops on the visit, and sources

continued to grow as an important ministry of the Church, he said.

"In the midst of great historic changes, faced with epochal breakdowns

spend Aug. 12-15

with participants of the youth day

diaconate has been given a boost and

Exactly what

the Christian vision.

said.

The pope

nity

"We

mountainside vacation. Standing on the steps of a sundrenched St. Peter's Square, the pope said the theme of the youth day celebration would be the life-giving power of

included in my previous apostolic trips,"

By CARL ROSS CONCORD By virtue of

pope may take advantage of the Colorado site to squeeze in a brief

Au-

gust 1993 and said he wants the rally to

rcy Sister

are

at St.

Rally

said the

going to Denver

World Youth Day

to celebrate

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The Pope Speaks —

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II, commenting on tensions between Catholic and Orthodox Christians, said ecumenical dialogue requires

had joined with the dominant Orthodox Church charity initiatives. Catholic schools and study grams have also welcomed Orthodox students, he s; r,

patience, humility and mutual respect.

All this demonstrates the desire of the Cathi

Despite difficulties, "everything must be^ attempted" to help Christian churches regain pastoral and theological unity, the pope told a group of Greek Catholic bishops at the Vatican April 9.

The pope's comments

came

Editorial \

at St. Patrick's

Cathedral in Charlotte

Sunday

carried every

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—

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diocese which presently carries VISN. It is on Cablevision's Channel 39 which is available only in the city of Charlotte. (At least one cable system in the Diocese of Charleston also carries VISN and the Charlotte Mass can be seen in Rock Hill, S.C.) In the past, there has been no problem for the homebound who wished to see a televised Mass. in Chicago, a super station carried by most cable systems, televised a weekly Sunday

Mass but

longer available. Gail Violette of the Diocesan

Office of Telecommunications

—

systems

VISN

hard

in the

work

Media Center and

— which produces

trying to line

up other cable

diocese to carry VISN.

New York

the

The

folks at

also are pushing hard for

new

subscribers.

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who want

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with the Vatican because of

The

the ongoing disputes.

government refused. The pope said CatholicOrthodox relations in Greece are generally good, but acknowledged wider problems. "The way of ecumenical dialogue is difficult and sometimes painful," he said. "It requires

much

patience, humility, love for

others and respect for specific sensitivities and pastoral

approaches, as well as prayer," he said.

The pope noted

WGN

Mass

j»»

Mass

The Diocese of Charlotte reaches another landmark this week with the start of the first regularly televised Mass in its history. Starting Easter Sunday, a Mass with Bishop Donoghue as the homilist will be carried on VISN, the interfaith cable television network. The Mass pretaped

Orthodox churches of Europe. At one point, the Orm °d° x Church of Greece called on the Greek government to break off relations

0fk "j|

Televised

months of

after

troubled relations with the

that

Greece's Catholic minority

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Members of

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gious

faith.

"As culture and knowledge develop today, anxiety about the unknown and the mysterious seems more acute unless an adequate response

Publisher:

Vatican

official, meanwhile, said he was o Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew would soon pay a visit to the pope.

Patriarch Bartholomeos, considered the spin head of the Orthodox worldwide, is viewed as a j figure in getting Catholic-Orthodox dialogue bad track. He was elected last year and recently hosi pan-Orthodox meeting that discussed relations i the Catholic Church. The Vatican official, Cardinal Roger Etchega

met with

the patriarch at his residence in Istah

and was briefed on the Orthodox meeting. He said the patriarch had I praise for the pope and expected to come to Rome a "fraternal visit" as soon as he finished a serie: Turkey,

in early April

pastoral visits to his

own

churches.

Cardinal Etchegaray, president of the Pontif Council for Justice and Peace, made his comment

an interview with Vatican Radio April

"This

your most urgent and proper

task,'

found," he

and uncertainties. The pope asked the

come discouraged

women

if their

religious not fl

message seems ignoref"

times.

absolute conviction about the existence and the pater-

Christ's order to evangelize

God, about the message of Jesus Christ, about the mission and magisterium of the Church.

The heads of the religious orders belonged International Union of Superiors General.

said.

modern

the religious orders to "bring to

nity of

doctrine must be deepened in order to clarify doi

society your Christian and Catholic faith, and your

all

•V:

peoples.

to IS]

nlei

VATICAN CITY source of Christian

(CNS)

life

— The Eucharist

and the key

Pope John Paul II said. The pope, in remarks

the

church unity,

to several

thousand people

celebration "expresses and brings about the unity of

whole people of God." the faithful receive the

"sacramental energy" needed in family and ecclesial relations,

and the grace

specific role for the ordained priesthood. This foil

from Christ's charge Eucharist in his

grow constantly

mutual

love and reconciliation, he said. that the Eucharist, as insti-

tuted by Christ at the Last Supper, carries with

April 17, 1992

mistic that

Quoting St. Paul, he said religious may someti have the impression of living in a "crooked and verse" society, but should persist in carrying

He urged

The pope emphasized Volume

The bishops were at the Vatican for their consu "ad limina" visits, made once every five year

He said religious orders should make sure t formation programs include cultural preparation the same time, he said, knowledge of the faith

By receiving communion,

"Wj

tive

said.

society plagued by doubts about the absolute, Pope John Paul II said. The pope, addressing heads of women religious orders April 9, said many people today were looking for firm ethical values and the "inner peace" of reli-

the

r+\

of ecumenism anc Greece of ton

said.

tic

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row," he

religious

attending a general audience April 8, said the eucharis-

The Catholic

at the service

participate in the construction of the

orders can bring a sense of spiritual certainty to a

—

Church "to be

to the apostles to celebrate

memory, he

said.

But the Eucharist "requires the participation oi members of the Church," the pope said. The sacrament is the source of Christian life m

"an

cause it offers spiritual strength, recalling the sacri of Christ on the cross and His generous love, he s

At the same time, the Eucharist

the place

individual faithful can bring their prayers, good wc joys and sufferings, as offerings to be sanctified said.

Number 32

Most Reverend John

Donoghue

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

—

Here is the Vatican remarks in English at his

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text of

Associate Editors: Joann Keane, Carol Hazard

weekly general audience April

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when he reminds many are one bod)

this truth

of the Church's faith

Corinthians that

"we who

are

(1 Cor 10 Through the Eucharist, the members of the Churc built up in unity and are given the sacramental gra grow constantly in mutual love and reconciliatio I gladly welcome all the English-speaking' grims and visitors. In particular, I greet the into tional group of the Sisters of Notre Dame. DearStf may your visit to Rome strengthen you in the lo the Church and fidelity to the see of Peter. It delicate work of training the members of your coi gation may you always be moved by a deep and ab: trust in our Lord Jesus Christ. Upon the visitors from England, the United Si India, Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippi invoke God's abundant blessings. all

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The Catholic News

1992

The

Editor's

Light

Notebook

By BOB GATELY know how many of you see Parade, the magazine which appears as a jlement to many Sunday newspapers. I asume that The Charlotte Observer is not I

newspaper in the diocese which carries the magazine. If those of you who do see it have not read the cover story in the April 1 2 issue, not too many decades je you to do so. The story is about a Brazilian Indian removed from the Stone Age who is battling to save the Amazon rain forest. From his remote jungle village, he 1 has traveled over much of the world with his message only

—

News & Herald, I wish

to take this

of our readers and advertisers a happy and joyous Easter.

And

to emphasize the joyous part. As Father Catoir points out in the adjacent mn, Holy Week is a time to "reaffirm your spirit of joy." He says it better than I suggest that you read his column.

tnt

ranging

Catholic-Jewish Wedding

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN Q. A family member who is Catholic recently became engaged to a young ish man. They both seem happy and would like a church wedding with a st and rabbi officiating. Is this possible? What steps must we take to inge it? We will appreciate any information you can give us. (New York)

A Theoretically, two approaches are possible. First, the Catholic partner could est a dispensation so

everything

and

This text

she might be married before someone other than a Catholic

This could be a judge, minister or a Jewish rabbi.

This procedure, officially called a dispensation from the form (of marriage) can ranted by their diocesan bishop after the necessary marriage preparations have

completed as required

your diocese.

A second possibility is to have the marriage in a Catholic church before a priest, groom's rabbi could be part of the ceremony, read a Scripture passage, offer a sing or prayer, or present some reflections appropriate for the wedding. Both of these possibilities are open as far as the Catholic Church is concerned. They both depend, however, equally on the rabbi's beliefs and convictions about

what

wisdom and worthy of serious study

good.

St.

Paul,

Thessalonians 5:16-19.

especially during

Holy

Week.

In a commentary on the life of Christ, Saint Cyril of Jerusalem explained how joy was a factor even in His passion and death: Jesus was not forced to give up His life. His was a willing sacrifice ... He took joy in His achievement. He was glad and he rejoiced in the salvation of His loved ones. We seldom think of the inner joy of Jesus, but He must have been elated when He was finally able to say it is consummated. His mission was accomplished and His gift of love was complete. When Jesus said, "Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart," He wanted to remind us not only to submit to God's will but to claim the Father's strength and joy at every turn, as He did. Never suppress the Spirit ... There are forces within us which are capable of

driving the Spirit out, demonic forces which need to be controlled.

them

participation with clergy of other faiths.

Ask

the bride to learn

parish priest. She and the

all

necessary details from her

groom

will

need also to

talk at

length with his rabbi. I

can

tell

you one

thing.

They

will

need a huge fund of

prayer, patience, tolerance and understanding to

through

this gracefully for

come

themselves and their families.

Q. What is the Didache, which you mention sometimes in your column? Where can I obtain a copy? I am interested in the travels

and teaching of the

first

apostles. (Ohio)

ers series (Vol. 6, Paulist Press). But don't expect it to add much to your vledge of the travels and teachings of the individual first apostles. This isn't t the document is all about. The full name of the work is The Teaching ( didache ) of the Lord to the Gentiles bugh the Twelve Apostles. Written in Greek, it apparently originated in Syria in |'lrst half of the second century A.D., somewhere around the year 125. Despite the name, its 16 chapters contain much more than a list of apostolic

Included among other topics are sections on church structure, some amental liturgies (including a remarkably familiar description of what we now fhe liturgies of the word and the Eucharist at Mass), and even policies concerning

Jhings.

and social works of mercy. [The Didache was almost completely unknown until little more than 100 years in 1 883, when a metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Church published an 1 1 th-

litable

iury manuscript.

pince then the document has become the major source of information about the V Church in the generations immediately after the first apostles. i)fi4 free brochure explaining Catholic teaching and practice on annulments is viable by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this mn should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.) Copyright © 1992 by Catholic News Service.

surrender to

to risk losing the gifts of the

the Devil.

The Holy

way

to benefit from His wisdom you provide Him with a resting place." The world is filled with noise, but the language of God is silence. Abbot Thomas Keating, a Trappist monk, put it more emphatically, "Silence is the language of God, anything else is a poor translation." Enter into this silence from time to time to recover your joy. Make the sacrifices necessary to keep the Spirit alive within you. If you do, you'll drive out sadness and claim joy as your rightful heritage. Eternal joy is God's gift to us. He wants us to be happy now and forever. (For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Spirituality, Happiness and Health," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 is

Spirit gives life to

to listen in silence.

St.,

New

York,

NY.

Diadochus

our soul. The best

writes, "In silence

10017.)

Father John Catoir

director of The Christophers.

Lutheran-Catholic Covenant Update By FATHER

MICHAEL SHUGRUE

part of a series on the on-going Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue following the signing of the covenant by our bishops on Pentecost 1991. Its focus is the first anniversary celebration of the covenant, in which we celebrate God's This article

unifying

work during

this

past year.

celebrate the anniversary, our three bishops and their Lutheran-Catholic

Covenant Committee have planned three conferences. The conferences will be May 15 in Greensboro at the Franciscan Center, June 6 in Asheville at St. Eugene Catholic Church and June 20 in Greenville at St. Peter Catholic Church. Programs and registration brochures will be mailed to every Lutheran and Catholic parish in North Carolina for distribution to interested parishioners. Pastors are encouraged to

conferences, even

form a delegation and to participate in one of the anniversary parish is not engaged in Lutheran-Catholic covenental

if their

activities.

The conference

A The complete text of the Didache is available now in the Ancient Christian

Holy Spirit, peace, love and joy. We need all the help we can get to stay on track. This quote, taken from a treatise on spiritual perfection by an early bishop named Diadochus of Photice, might shed some light on the text of St. Paul: The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of goodness; do not grieve Him by your evil actions and thoughts, and so deprive yourself of the defense His light affords you in distinguishing between thoughts that are good, those sent by God which we treasure in our memory, and those that are evil which we reject because they are inspired by is

sharing of ceremonies.

Some leaders of Jewish congregations, as well as clergy of other denominations or churches, are more open than others to these kinds of

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truth.

behalf of the entire staff of The Catholic all

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

good time

to reaffirm your spirit of joy. Rejoice always, never cease praying, and give thanks in all circumstances, for such is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Never suppress the Spirit ... test is

already fragile environment.

Those of you who saw our Christmas issue may remember the picture of me ;h appeared with this column. In it, I was wearing a Santa Claus hat. I mentioned some of my colleagues were urging me to wear a pair of bunny ears for the Easter You may remember that I was adamant that I would not do it. Take a good look at the picture with this column. No bunny ears.

One Candle

Rejoice always ... Is it possible to rejoice always? Can one be so focused on God's love that joy prevails in all circumstances even in times of trouble? The answer is yes. Legions of saints and martyrs have remained joyful in the most adverse conditions. Jesus Christ experienced this joy and He promised it to those who followed Him in spirit and

it.

Mtunity to wish

Holy Week

Hetajd

about the dangers of destroying the rain forest. His major concern, naturally, is about the potential destruction of his own people and their way of life as the rain forest disappears. But, he is also quick to point out that all of us depend on that rain forest to protect our

For his efforts, that Indian has been threatened with death and imprisonment for stepping on the toes of the ranchers, miners and other developers who seem to be in ;e to see how much of the rain forest they can destroy in the least possible time. It's a frightening story and one which should give all of us a great deal to think

it.

don't

what parishes have accomplished in implementnew directions still need to be taken. The featured speaker in Greensboro will be Dr. James Crumley, Jr., a retired Lutheran bishop who headed the Lutheran Church in America. Dr. Michael CD, McDaniel, former Lutheran bishop of the N.C. Synod, will speak at the Asheville meeting. Father Phillip M. Leach, pastor of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in will celebrate

ing the covenant during

first

year and what

Hope Mills, will speak at the Greensville meeting. The three conferences will include presentations, small-group discussions, joint worship and lunch for $7.50 per person. They will provide a forum for dealing with the

meaning of the covenant and what consequences

will

have for Lutherans and

Catholics in North Carolina.

For more than 25 years, both churches have been involved in a continuing As we have looked at our difference, we have often discovered in them elements of complimentarity. We have seen ourselves as having a real but imperfect communion with each other. The unique unity of the one Church of God is the goal. We are already on the way. We have taken the first step in faith through baptism, which is also the call to that final unity. Now, we have the task of giving external expression to the real but imperfect communion. In the very process of our mutual discovery of certain ecclesial elements in each other, we are called to a renewed fidelity to actions that will make our relationship more intense and more profound. national dialogue.

See Covenant, Page 6

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News

Herald

April 17, IS

Uses Music, Dance To

How Does Canon Law Affect Us?

Sister

The Ecumenical Council

Create Living Version Of Passior

MERCY

SISTER JEANNE

The most solemn assembly in the Christian world is the Ecumenical Council. An ecumenical council discusses and decides upon serious issues in the Church. The council we are most familiar with was Vatican Council II, which was the 21st ecumencial council (according to the count of the

Latin Church). This

was

by can be

of the Church for the first time. The Code of Canon Law contains

five

single college, so in like fashion the

Roman

Pontiff,

Peter's successor, and the bishops, successors of the Apostles, are united with

one

another."

Canon 388 discusses the role of the pope who convokes the council, decides who its

agenda, presides over

Mercy

and gives

authority. In practice, the

pope works with commissions, bishops, the Roman Curia, Catholic universities, etc. Can the pope keep certain issues off the agenda? Yes. At Vatican II, Pope Paul VI reserved to himself the volatile issues of birth control and clerical celibacy, thus disallowing the discussion of these topics by the council. Only bishops can be members of an ecumenical council and they must be invited. Other persons can be invited by the pope or once the council is in session by the council (the pope and bishops). At Vatican II, superiors general of clerical religious institutes (men) were invited and given a vote. A large number of experts or consultors were invited together with lay Catholic and non-Catholic observers. The decrees of an ecumenical council do not bind unless they are approved and promulgated (officially published) by the pope (c. 341). Before these decrees become binding in the Church, they must go through three juridical steps: The council members vote on the decree, the pope approves the decree, and the pope promulgates the decree. There is so much that can be said about a council, especially Vatican Council II, that would be theological, personal, etc. Here we are concerned with the canonical aspect only keeping in mind that Vatican Council II provided the framework for the revised Code of Canon Law and indeed challenged all to a novus habitus mentis, a new way of thinking. Mercy Sister Jeanne Margaret McNally, a licentiate in canon law, is a judge in The Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte.

Sister Larretta

Williams envi-

sioned an holistic rendition of the holy

A teacher of dance and music, Sister Larretta translated the Palm Sunday read-

ing utilizing the

Through a

mediums of her vocadelicate interweaving

of music, Scripture and dance, Sister Larretta created a living presentation of her translation of the Passion.

Our

and Catholics discovering each other in this North Carolina Covenant is a reflecion of what is happening everywhere among Christians as they yield themselves in obedience to what God is doing through the ecumenical movement. It is our immediate task to reflect seriously on what all this means for the relationship between us in our parishes. This covenant is a serious statement of intention regarding our mutual efforts to explore ways that will lead us closer to Christian unity. Only God knows when and how this will happen, but we do know that Christian unity is the will of the Lord Jesus. In the Gospel, we hear these words of Jesus: "And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me." (John 17:22-23). These spring conferences are an important step on the journey to reconciliation between our churches. Pray that we Lutherans and Catholics in North Carolina will continue to hear the Lord calling us to draw closer to Him and to one another. Father Michael Shugrue, Duke University Catholic campus minister, is the ecumenical officer of the Diocese of Raleigh and a member of the North Carolina Lutheran-Catholic Covenant Committee. situation as Lutherans

moving

the June

Fourth

Greenville, N.C. 27858.

St.,

Cost for each program meeting. Lunch

St. Peter's

$7.50 per person

the essence of the Passion

was

of the dancers unanimously perforrr scenes of the Entrance into Jerusalel* line

for Cursillo

Catholic students.

the cross bear

by the dancers, deparf

May

The

Editor

end and

address the letter which ap-

peared in the issue of April 3? There is a Gospel in Matthew (21) which is perhaps the cornerstone of all Gospels. It begins: "A man had two

See Dance, Page

jy;

encounter with Christ through Cursill

the Editor:

shoulders, the remorseful followers

Thank God

Christ, played

Thank God

Galligan's performance of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings." "It was during this time that the scene of the

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MOTHER AND A BLKATERI ALGONQUIN MOHAWK CHIEFTAIN KATERI WAS BORN IN I656 TEKAKWITHA TEKAKWITHA AT THE INDIAN VILLAGE OF

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Although the prayer experience a involved music and scripture readin

departed with Christ's body atop

Asheville, N.C. 28814.

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experi-

Sister Larretta said part of her inspi-

Registrations for the Anniversary Conferences of the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant should be sent to the following addresses: For the May 15 Greensboro meeting; Franciscan Center, 233 N. Greene St., Greensboro, N.C. 27401 For the June 6 Asheville meeting; St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 10 North St.,

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set aside as

Our Lord.

and

the saints in heaven

Palm Sunday was

of recollection for the Sisters of Men

ence as her troupe of six dancers along with eight Charlotte Catholic High School students performed an interpretive dance expression of the Passion of

an emo-

ful inspiration transfigured into

tionally

Why (From Page

prayer."

The Last Supper, The Agony in Garden, The Trial, Crucifixion Burial, and The Resurrection. Perhaps the most moving tribute Christ's Passion was when the crucif Lord, portrayed by Sister Larretta, v carried away atop the shoulders of

OnApril 12,SisterLarretta'sprayer-

tians cannot simply rejoice

Covenant

Passion of Our Lord became part of i

and the interpretive dance culminal

Scripture.

tion.

canons or parts of canons that are concerned with an ecumencial council. Canon 337.1 states: "The college of bishops solemnly exercise authority over the universal Church in an ecumenical council." This comes from canon 330 which was taken from a direct citation of Vatican Council II document, Lumen Gentium 22: "As, in accord with the Lord's will, St. Peter and the rest of the Apostles constitute a

shall attend, sets

Passion of the Lord spoke to her soul,

the first council attended

bishops from every place in the world. Perhaps this seen as the 20th century giving evidence of the universality

By PAM NEWTON BELMONT — As the liturgy of the

MARGARET McNALLY

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NEW YORK (CNS) — The followare

home videocassette reviews from

U.S. Catholic Conference Office for and Broadcasting. Theatrical mov-

on video have a U.S. Catholic Conand Motion PicAssociation of America rating.

:nce classification

Tail: Fievel

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that tries to pull all his diverse story

elements together, but it's forced and out of keeping with the relaxed mood of the rest of the movie. A subplot about a

bigamous trucker and his two wives. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification

A-III

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adults.

Unexceptional sequel continues the nated adventures of feisty Fievel usekewitz and his family in the Wild st where he must save them from \y cats conniving to turn them into iseburgers. Directors Phil Nebbelink deliver an uneven

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Some

typical cartoon

The

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ronage. ion of

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eral audiences.

Play 3" (1991) Formula horror sequel has killer Chucky (voice of Brad Dourif) at a

lild's

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;oul into )

intent

— parental

guidance

an 8-year-old (Jeremy

Sil-

Whalin) can prevent it. Dior Jack Bender sets the foulmouthed on another killing rampage in a rived plot centering on murder and hem. Excessive violence, continual ace to a child and much rough lan>e. The U.S. Catholic Conference sification is O morally offenThe Motion Picture Association restricted. merica rating is R (Justin

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Band"

"Dead Again" (1991)

reincarnation theme fuels this

which a private

slick romantic thriller in

eye (Kenneth Branagh) and a fearful amnesiac (Emma Thompson) use a hypnotist (Derek Jacobi) to uncover their past lives

— which had

intersected vio-

Also directed by Branagh, it's an eerie, crackling good suspense movie, only partially marred by a strident music score and gory climax. Some brief, intense violence, intermittent rough language and mild sexual innuendo. The U.S. Catholic Conference classificalently.

ing

R — restricted.

Good-natured, warmhearted

little

"Finian's Rainbow" (1968) Screen version of a 1940s Broadway musical offers a variation on the girl-meets-boy plot, with a cantanker-

ous father (Fred Astaire), a lonely lepre(Tommy Steele) and some broad racial humor thrown in for good measure. Director Francis Ford Coppola

chaun

brings off an enjoyable entertainment,

not quite the lighthearted fantasy that

might have been, but something that is pleasant to watch and, especially, to listen to. The U.S. Catholic Confergeneral ence classification is A-I patronage. The Motion Picture Asso-

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edy

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This year, the fifth in a row for the Franciscan effort, 12 Franciscan broth-

ers volunteered

their spring break this year aren't

games or beer

blasts.

Instead, they are trading their

work

week

low or no pay on behalf of Haitian refugees, migrant farmworkers or other groups needing off for hard

help.

"They've done a very good job," said Sharon Brown, administrator of the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami, of the more than 40 law school students who have volunteered a week of their time to process asylum applications for Haitian

said.

"And the

quality of their

work has

much

as eight hours, if

Brown said students have come from Case Western Reserve and the University of Yale University, Pittsburgh, and are expected from Harvard, Columbia, Boston College, Boston University, Notre Dame and the University of Florida. Each student pays for his or her own transportation and housing in Miami. Further north in Florida, a group of students from Trinity College in Washlaw schools

in the

migrant farmworker

for the

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Kansas City, Mo., for a weeklong volunteer tenure with the Habitat for

Hu-

manity program, whose slogan is "A decent house in a decent community for God's people in need." More than 30 students offered to participate in the

program, but only 14 could be funded. "I think college students through-

out the country are becoming more aware

of the need to look outside themselves in order to

make

a difference," said

sophomore Amy Wolthusen of Glen Ellyn, 111., Quincy 's Volunteer Network

union, the public schools, in hothouses

others, through the yearlong Franciscan

or in the fields of Apopka, where most

Volunteer Ministry. Currently, 15 young volunteers are working with the needy

student coordinator.

Some

in Buffalo,

college students or recent

week to help

N.Y., Boston and Philadel-

phia.

"These students certainly make im-

Brian Kranick of Schenectady, N. Y.,

who

one of four young volunteers who works with teens, the homebound, the elderly, refugees and the needy at Sts. Rita and Patrick Parish in Buffalo. He has taken a year off from ther State University of New York at Albany to volunteer; he receives room, board and $75 a month in return. Asked what trait the volunteer work most helps him to develop, Kranick

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ence.

Hen.i.

Mat) dashes about rescuing people and doing other good deeds, though not always with the approval of his pensive girlfriend (Candy Clark). Director Jonathan Demme contrives an ending

tion Picture Association of

American

and

ice water

the

Franciscan Friars to the estimated 1 5,000 thirsty beachgoers in Daytona Beach.

You

see people with a

of problems. They need so much. So

you try to help, to make them feel at home. You feel humble, like it's a holy path you're trying to walk."

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Good news for a world in which all is not well By Father Lawrence Catholic

News

There is no question that the resurrection was good news for them. And the resurrectionformedthe core of the mes-

Mick

Service

may be hard for most children to un-

sage they preached. The resurrection is not just a historical fact that affected Jesus. It is also a promise for each person. It offers assurance that new life is possible after death, that death is not the end it seems to be, that life can triumph over all odds. The resurrection holds out hope that any death we experience can lead to a new and renewed life. For those who walk in the shadow of death, the resurrection means that light has dawned and hope is renewed. Each of us has our

derstand the significance of the Gospel as good news. For

they have not experienced enough of life to realize

how much

we need good news. Of course, some children experience great suffering and even abuse early in life. But many of us had childhoods largely ins ulatedfrom the harsher realities of life. It is only after we have experienced enough of the pain of life and recognized

own experiences

the frustrating limits of human existence that we can fully appreciate the the impact of the Gospel. message When we have experienced not only the death of those we love but also the

forms.

—

• It may be the physical death of a spouse or a parent or a child or a friend. • It may be the loss of an important relationship because of a failed romance, a job transfer across the country or some unfortunate conflict that led to a parting of ways.

may be the death of our promotion at work when we n we've reached our ceiling, or it mi the loss of a job we thought was secu t\ • It may be the death of our ideali as we recognize the limits of our abil to change the world around us • It may be the death of our trustifjw • It

for

naivete • It

when we

experience betray*

may be the death of our sense

tit

death in a variety of

—

death of dreams, and illusions, and

hope. It is to people faq the pain and anguish life that the good newi Jesus is addressed,

crucifixion. If

we can imagine

the depth of the

and despair they felt after their had been taken their hope leader from them, then we can understand better the sheer wonder and joy they felt when they realized Christ had risen.

CNS

—

photo by Carl

The good news of Gospel is not a promis "pie in the sky by and by is not a Pollyanna mess that all is well with the worli is rather a promise of new beyond all the pain and suffei that people experience. It is a message of hope when seems hopeless. It is an assurance the power of life, the power of God's 1 is stronger than death. It is a proi that if we embrace our own crosse union with Christ, we too will rift

J. Pfeifer

new life. That does not mean we will sir return to life as it was before, any d than Jesus did. The many resurrect that are part of our life's history transitions to an evenricher and dei existence.

What the resurrection means fo that even the power of death is mately an illusion, that nothing separate us, as St. Paul reminds "from the love of God that comes to i Christ Jesus, our Lord" (Romans 8 the Gospel The good news then, the news of the love of God. W( rejoice not only because God lovei but because that love is stronger death, because we are loved witl everlasting and all-powerful love. I love that enables us to survive anyd and rise to a new and richer life. This is the good news of Easter, ter is "the day the Lord had made; .lof? be glad and rejoice in it!" is

FAITH IN THE

MARKETPLACE

What makes the Gospel good news for your actual "Seeing

in action.

me. Watching them

see

almost

—

"It

—

speaks

what my heart

really looking for

—

love,

in life,

—

or for your world?

special-ed students. Their openness and acceptance of others Rosemary Faris, Havertown, Pa.

like living with Christ."

"The feeling that no matter how difficult or bad things get William Kauffman. Orlando, Fla.

alone."

life

the Gospel says that

God

makes

with me.

the Gospel real for

don't

peace, acceptance by God. The more you hear

it,

have

to face

the better

is."

—

Tessie Trosclair, Kenner, La.

"Nowadays people can feel swallowed up, lonely and Jean Schmelzer, Bremen, Ohio

important."

—

lost in this

conglomerate society. Jesus makes

personal and

"The Gospel is good news for me because it ... becomes a verb rather than a noun. It moves me to action. The Gospel is good only to those who have been touched by a personal relationship with Jesus. Otherwise, it is just an intellectual message." Mrs. Drea Capaci, Kenner, La.

news

—

"In (Jesus')

for in

life."

message

compassion

see the way

— Rich Heimsoth, Downers Grove, An upcoming would

like to

of being

more human.

tells

our home has been invaded and robb • It may be the death of all the il sions we cherish about wealth and fa and success making us happy when begin to ask, "Is that all there is? Each of these exp< pif ences of death can l< d\ to discouragement, i illusionment or even * spair. Tragic number) people have decided' take their own livesfa? the face of such a losi

hopes, then we can identify more closely with the followers of Jesus after the

grief

security when we have been attackec

me how to

treat

people and what I'm looking

(Father Mick is a priest of the / diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, a freewriter and speaker.)

III.

edition asks: What can people In local parishes do to foster better relations between Catholics and Jews? If you respond for possible publication, please write: Faith Alivel 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

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contents copyright

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FURTHER NOURISHMENT

An event

cosmic

Father Joseph Donders, author of Scripture Reflections Day by Day, offers ways connect real-life circumstances with their life in Christ. Writing on grace, one of his more than 360 topics, Father Donders says: "Pope John Paul II, in his encyclical on our mission, wrote that the world has a right to hear the good news (of Jesus Christ) from us. We will have to pray for the grace needed to advance that news." He also writes: "Not being aware of the Holy Spirit in our lives does not mean that the Spirit is not in us. It means that we are not living from within, from the divine power that dwells within us." (Twenty-Third Publications, 185 Willow St., Box 180, Mystic, Conn. 06355. 1992. Paperback, $9.95.) for Christians to

significance By Father John Catholic

News

The message of the Christ-event was

Castelot

good news: the news of God's powerful saving love. Jesus was the ultimate rev-

Service

New Testament

writers could have referred to the life,

death and resurrection of Jesus as a "re-

elation of that love.

This good news came to be written down in what are known as Gospels. Mark opened his as follows: "The begin-

ning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ." This could be paraphrased as "the beginning of the good news which is Jesus Christ." ing," but they did not. Jesus Christ himself is the good news, y called it "Gospel," which literally the embodiment of God's allins good news, embracing love. t is the fashion these St. Paul, the first Chriss to refer to the life, "In raising Jesus from tian writer, was the first to th and resurrection of the dead, the Father is as the Christ-event, use the term "Gospel." When what God did for hu- proclaimed his power he wrote, there was as yet no fliity in the person and and intention to raise Gospel in our sense of the k of Jesus was more word, a written account of the everyone from the Christ-event. i a historical event. This it was charged with cosWhat Paul proclaimed death of sin, from the meaning. all that Jesus was, all that enslavement to ihe Hebrew language Jesus said and did was, for 1 one symbol ("davar") him, simply the good anything that dgnify both word and news. But it was not alienates us from his

markable happen-

This patient By Brother Cyprian Catholic

as the

Hebrews saw

That

why, in

the verses that announce the theme of Paul's letter to the Romans, he wrote: The Gospel "is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes"

ever I leaned closer, she threw erated from blindness to her from the prison own beauty and had heard her hands up in front of her of her assumed the good news of her human face as if to ward off blows. glory. The woman now before me unworthlness." The fact that I was there to was new, with a full smile and witness to Christ and witness to her glowing eyes. Her clear brown face had many resurrections was good news for grown beautiful as she came to life. So both her and me. much had changed: the clothes, the Finally, she found a home that was gait, the poise, the way she leaned forbeautiful and loving. The woman of the ward to make a point. house had become a mother to three "You know," she said, "I'm going to persons and made them her children. miss you." She was good news too. If she only knew. I would miss her So there we were on our last day more than she missed me. For me she together. In the back of my mind a would remain a perennial example of familiar phrase, "and the poor shall how the good news of Christ is not have the Gospel preached to them" took always spoken through the mouth but on greater meaning. more often through presence: just being As the phrase resolved itself in the there and letting Christ do the work. corner of my mind, I could hear that it On that first day I had said to the is by the very presence of the poor that Lord, "Obviously, I can do nothing here. the good news is preached. Only now I Permit me to be your healing word. Let saw more clearly than ever that we both me be the good news to this person who were pilgrims, that we both were poor, does not realize her own greatness." that our presence was a proclamation of She began to trust me. In our weekly the good news to each ether. sessions she began to look at me eventually smile and laugh with me. (Brother Rowe is a research associate The clothes began to change. Ill never in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns forget the first day her stockings Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimatched. This made me happy for a more, Md) week.

(Romans 1:16). And Paul stressed that he was not ashamed of the Gospel. Why? Because he was not ashamed of Jesus Christ. The good news came to its climax in the death-resurrection of Jesus. His death was the supreme expression of God's love for humanity, and his resurrection was the divine seal of approval on all that the death signi-

In raising Jesus from the dead the Father proclaimed his power and intention to raise everyone from the death of sin, from enslavement to anything that alienates us from his saving love. This is the incomparable good news: God loves us and wants us to be supremely, eternally happy. All we have to do is "believe in the Gospel" (Mark 1:15), that is, accept trustingly the good news of God's saving love, and then live lives that express our gratitude and joy.

—

Good news indeed! (Father Castelot

The hair came to a low glow and then a shine. The skin gradually ripened: The green disappeared and the orange turned into a walnut brown. Still, all was not well. She wanted to be close to her family. She would call and ask to visit. When they said yes, the visits were never nice. They only bore up with her. Usually when she asked to come home the an-

swer was no. came to me for psychotherapy there This was hard to work on. But we was only defeat: Her skin was worked hard to understand between a green and orange; "She began to the weakness of family memher stockings, each a different bers who feared more disapaccept that she color, had fallen down around pointment. She began to acwas worthy of her ankles; her hair stood cept that she was worthy of love, even if the family was around her head like a charred love.... She had wheat field ravaged by tornareluctant to restore it. 'heard* the good does. She had "heard" the good news about herself. She was Her eyes were glazed over news about with fear, darting back and being liberated from the herself. She was forth across the floor. I could prison of her assumed unworthiness. She had been libhardly get her to speak. Whenbeing liberated

ining.

could not help but

remember the first. The first day she

was dynamic.

an event "spoke"; an nt had a message, a igs,

FMS

last day we would work together, and

just a proclamation; it was a power;

saving love."

Rowe,

here was an air of

—

A word was an event, an event was a word,

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victory about her that day. It was the

—

it.

News

was good news to me

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT What do you

call

good news?

When people hear about someone courageous enough to live by a higher standard — though its pay-off will amount to little in dollars and cents they may label the report good news: welcome news refreshing one's understanding of human potential.

—

!l Illustration

MDtnton

good news when society finds ways

— whatever.

to free people from

an addiction, from discrimination, from feelings

worthlessness

And

it is good news whenever individuals, families or groups finally recognize that: Past failures need not define their future life. • They possess an inner capacity to grow beyond old patterns of interaction that diminish them, though they may need support in discovering the new patterns that expand them. • Suffering can, with patience, commitment and effort, be surmounted over time. Is the good news of Easter anything like this? It won't wash our troubles away. It does give hope, however. The good news of Easter invites us to a higher road. And it dynamically works to free people from an awful form of slavery

•

—

that of believing there isn't

much

life

or that

life's

trouble

itself is

the end of the road.

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

Catholic

News

Herald

April 17, IS

Spring (From

Page 7)

Another year-round U.S. Ursuline Nun Testifies Before Guatemalan Judge

GUATEMALA CITY

the Russian

(CNS)

—

Sister

Pinto April 7. "Today was exhausting,

and Dianna must continue to

Shawn

Roberts,

one of Sister Dianna's lawyers. Roberts is an attorney for the Center for Human Rights Legal Action in Washington.

working

— nunciation —

KGB,

To Be

Mexican martyrs

the Soviet

Beatified

—A

in the

that

has been set for the beatification cer-

equivalent to two years

the lonely, children with

women

with

cri-

pregnancies.

"About 80 students volunteer

$15,000 Grant

these outreaches," said director Sheri Spates, "but the students themselves

organize a variety of other service ac-

Cannon Foundation,

tivities."

N.C.

One of

the nation's largest spring-

break projects, called Appalachian Work

— —

Fest '92, brought 218 students

all

could be accommodated from 18 colleges and universities to Kentucky's remote and impoverished Jackson County. Through the work- study program begun by the Christian Appalachian Project, the unpaid volunteers spent a 40-hour week painting, scraping, roofthat

ing and installing

Morrow new

six-bed group

homes

this

dlie

ties.

Two of the group homes being cc dren and adolescents

anti-clerical persecutions of 1917-37,

now

was a priest of the Mexican Diocese of Chihuahua, which is now an archdiocese. But he lived for a time as an expatriate in El Paso, was ordained there and said his first Mass there Feb. 1 1

and God through serving those in need," said Bethany Caswell of Aquinas

They touched my way."

heart in a special

nary way. Last October, Ms. Riley was

named

the first national

NCAA woman

of the year, an award given on the basis of athletics, academics, community service and leadership. She had previously been New York's NCAA Woman of the Year and recipient of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Award of

Valor.

by Holy Angels

will serve ch

who have

and currently living

The

—

of the cause of Father

Damien de

living at

some

tions

Holy A

home will serve adu home or in other instil away from

distance

Construction has begun and the fi

home

will be open by late spring. Holy Angels provides services programs in North Carolina for child: and adults with severe/profound mei retardation and physical disabilities. Holy Angels, a non-profit corpq tion, is sponsored by the Sisters of Mei of North Carolina. Other programs elude: Holy Angels Residential Cen Maria Morrow Center, Belhaven a Lakewood group homes, Great Adve. r tures and Little Angels Child Develc ment Center. it Charles A. Cannon, one of Noi Carolina's most noted industrialis W 1

Of the four charitable organizations a Cannon Found

ated by Cannon, the tion

tion.

the only general purpose founc

The Cannon Foundation provid

education, cultural, historic and re

cited a century-

th<

now believe his beatification is They

families.

Veuster, the famed 19th-century "leper virtually certain.

sati

grants to programs or projects in heal

priest,"

third

created the Cannon Foundation in

Promoters Expect Beatification For Father Damien HONOLULU (CNS) Promoters

sev<

mental retardation and are medica fragile

College in Grand Rapids, Mich. "I'll never forget the people of Appalachia.

Mentally Retard( equipment will allow iliac residents to improve their health throuj active learning and therapeutic acti

Use of

homes of Jackson County's

tians

Facilities for the

structed

currently

der construction as Intermediate

ing things about myself, fellow Chris-

Cathedral.

Center, future site of the d

doors, walls and foundations for 20

and handicapped, as well as low-income

of Conco

Inc.

program for the 1 8 residents of the thi

new windows, siding, elderly

loan

The grant will be used to purch^ needed adaptive equipment for the Ma :

gels.

—

MOSCOW (CNS) — In a develop-

—

BELMONT Holy Angels 1 been awarded a $ 1 5 ,000 grant from T

had an excellent time discover-

Also Excels At Hugging Kids FORT WORTH, Texas (CNS) For the children living temporarily at a Catholic-run crisis center in Fort Worth, the young woman they call Mary Beth provides much-needed hugs, an everpresent smile, and a helping hand to guide them through the day. It's just another example of Mary Beth Riley doing ordinary things in an extraordi-

Orthodox Leader Resigns Under Cloud of Collaboration With KGB

Holy Angels Awarde

NCAA'S Woman Of The Year

designed for persons involved in pastoral work. He said it includes 1 ,200 vocabulary words and has homilies for major feasts, baptisms, weddings, the hearing of confessions and funerals. is

said Jennifer

of Kansas about the experience. "T best time of my life."

families with children.

St. Patrick's

Mif Numb. Sore. Bruiset Ludlow of the Univers

able. Painful.

emonies. Father Pedro de Jesus Maldonado Lucero, killed in Mexico's

1918, in

others, the priest said, is that his pack-

ment which could herald a shake-up

— Of 25

Pope John Paul II recently approved for beatification, one was a priest ordained in El Paso. No date

of intensive language study. The difference between his language program and

age

sis

Priest-Martyr

Archdiocese of New York has developed a do-it-yourself language program in pastoral Spanish for clergy, religious and laity. The program's creator, Father Romuald P. Zantua, former chancellor of the Diocese of Daet in the Philippines, says that the package which includes two books and 1 2 hours of tapes emphasizing propriest

from office during a meeting of the

Was Ordained In El Paso EL PASO, Texas (CNS)

Priest Designs Do-It- Yourself

Program In Pastoral Spanish NEWBURGH, N.Y. (CNS)

various handicaps and

secret police and intelligence agency, confirmed that Filaret had acted as a secret agent under the code name Antonov. Two other leading Russian Orthodox hierarchs were similarly exposed: Metropolitans Yuvenaly of Krutitsky and Pitirim of Volokolamsk.

and torture to Judge Leticia Stella Secaira

give testimony," said

homebound,

Kiev, Ukraine, announced his departure

the archives of the

Dianna began the procedure of

just brutal,

derprivileged children, the sick, the

Soviet Union. Metropolitan Filaret of

seek formal acceptance of his resignafrom fellow bishops in Ukraine. This January, published material from

recounting her alleged kidnapping, rape

the

tion

Service.

University

secret police of the recently dissolved

church's Holy Synod, and said he will

ber of the delegation assisting Sister

News

Franciscan

the

Steubenville in Ohio, which gives students the opportunity to work with un-

amid charges he collaborated with

For almost 12 hours, Ursuline Sister Dianna Ortiz testified before a Guatemalan judge about what she describes as a brutal abduction by uniformed men. "It was extremely difficult for Dianna, but she was able to complete the story," Ursuline Sister Fran Wilhelm, a memDianna, told Catholic

Orthodox Church leader-

ship, a senior metropolitan has resigned

"Incredible. Tiring. Cold.

effort is the

Works of Mercy Volunteer Program

se:

gious areas, and community service. i

tace

old case of a physical healing attributed

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Monday: Acts2:14,22-32;Matthew 28:8-15. Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41 ; John John

20: 1 1 -1 8.

to Father Damien that the medical commission of the Vatican Congregation

Causes of Saints in December said could not be explained by a medical cure. Sacred Heart Father Joseph Bukoski III, Hawaii provincial of his order to which Father Damien belonged said a beatification ceremony for the

— —

would likely take place next year Rome. Father Bukoski and Sacred He: Sister

Helene Woods are the Haw;

representatives to an international coi

mission to plan the beatification

emony

was formed after the report

the sainthood causes congregation.

Wednesday: Acts31:l-10;Luke24:13-35. Thursday: Acts 3:1 1-26; Luke 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12; John 21:1-14.

Saturday: Acts4:13-21;Mark 16:9-15

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giac la luiig va vui suong biet bao!

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Toi nhin xudng thung lung xanh tiioiciiem hoa biet bao!

xa kia tan chan

vao nguoi

loi

toi.

con bang ao mat "click,click "

Toi nhd

trdi lai

mat

trdi lo'rang

huy hoang,nerh tung toe nhung

cau: "Ngai se 3ua con vao hdi thd'cua

tia

vang chdi

hung 3ong, choang cho

trdi trarig le."

nha chup hinh 3ang chup

lia lia

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tren 3inh 3oi.

"bat ede" lam toi bang hoang. Toi xa'c tin ngay luc

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truoc khi leo nui toi

kham

pha'ra la

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hai chiec giay bi rach. Vi the tnidc

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Eagle's

lai

thoi,adhg tim gi khac nu'a!"

nhin thay mat trang?" Cac do 3e hdi lai. "Nguoi 3oi nhin mat trang gdi mat ngtibi minh yeu."

dotted with colorful flowers.

Beyond

HANDMAIDS SISTER CECILIA TONG

ar Friends,

Have you ever understood the true meaning of the words of the Scripture? Did uddenly touch you? Well, it happnens to me sometimes. Usually I felt nothing in His chosen moment touched me at the core of my being and til God phatically

said to

it must have come from You alone." One of these moments of Grace occurred to me when I went

Him, "Dear Lord,

Maggie Valley for three days of prayer with another sister. was last summer and I cannot forget the vivid scenes and what moved me to say those words. I still remember very well we planned to climb up to Ghost Town for sightseeing and praying alone on the way. We had wanted to be away from our day-to-day activities and the noises of city life. We just wanted peace on our own terms. I went to look for walking shoes so that I could walk comfortto It

ably.

had it all planned and decided to carry it out to the letter.

—

The theme chosen was taken from Exodus 19:4-6 "He will raise you up, on eagle's wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun and hold you in the palm of His id."

However before going to the mountain, I discoved that the bottom of one of my was open. I needed a needle to sew it. I went into the director's office to borrow eedle and thread. As soon as I saw the sister in charge, she asked me if I would e to go up to Ghost Town with some seminarians from abroad and said that she aid give me two free tickets. I was overwhelmed yet feeling a bit guilty because >es

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'(^mtmiqwemonos La Verdad Por El que

RENE LEON

ama la verdad sin caridad, es falso e intolerante. La caridad sin la verda

carece de consistencia. Algunos identifican la verdad con su propio criterio y el aquellos que piensan igual. pero cuando alguien piensa lo contrario, ellos no

colocan en

el papel del otro. Sin preocuparse por entender el punto de vista de l demas. Es preciso tambien aprender a comprender que la realidad ofrece aspect* diferentes y que no importa el saber de un hombre, el solo alcanza a percibir, sii solo una pequena parte de esa realidad. El que ame la verdad esta obligado a tener presente los lfmites del conocimien y a reconocer tambien la parte de la verdad de otros, sin por esto negar lo que se acep por verdadero. Por eso el hombre tiene derecho y obligation de seguir su concienc y por lo tanto, el derecho a que su independencia sea reconocida y respetada p

todos.

Nuestros Hijos Por CARMEN CALVAR misa estaba yo muy concentrada escuchando la homilfa Padre Silverio. De repente of a mi costado derecho a un bebe que ya cansadc n frustrado de estar en una misma position ( o sabe Dios que razon) rompio a lloi & amargamente. Los padres del mismo trataron por todos los medios de silenciar a linda criaturita pero esta queria de todas maneras cambiar su medio ambiente Pasaron por mi mente en un segundo mil y un pensameintos ( esta mojado, tie sueno, tiene hambre, esta aburrido, que Undo esta, alivien a esa criaturita de miseria...) y al final simplemente sonref al saber que yo tambien he pasado por dos veces y que quizas alguien en la misa se hizo los mismos comentarios mfoj Pero ademas de todo eso y pensando en los tiempos precarios en que vivimo donde la presencia de Dios en nuestras vidas se hace cada dfa mas necesaria) aplai a esa joven familia que desde el principio de la vida de su hijo le ensenan que h mas en la vida que lo que ven y que " el hombre no vive solo del pan". Puede que a algunos les moleste la voz de un pequefun en medio de una homil pero hay que pensar que ese pequefun es la nueva adicion a la familia de Dios en tierra y que las bendiciones que descienden sobre nosotros en la celebration de u Ayer, duarnte

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liturgfa, descienden por igual sino doble sobre esa criaturita. Seria muy facil retirai de la Iglesia porque un bebe llora o empieza a caminar y se rie o habla. recordemos que Jesus nunca le did la espalda a los ninos puesto que estos conoc perfectamente el camino al Padre. Llenemonos de paciencia si se dificulta un poquito ofr a nuestro Sacerdote en u homilfa por un bebe llorando. Alegremonos que entre nosotos ( la familia de Crisl esta un hermanito nuevo que sus sollozos pronto se convertiran en las mism oraciones que nosotros rezamos con fervor.

Cuando llegaron al lugar llamado Calvario, le crucificaron allf y a los dos malhechores, uno a la derecha y otro a la izquierda. Jesus decia: "Padre perdonales porque no saben lo que hacen", dividieron sus vestidos y echaron suerte sobre ellos. ( Lc. 23, 33-34)

Tierra Santa

Una mirada de amor desde Por

PADRE

SILL

Calvario

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La ultima mirada de Jesus desde el Calvario, fue una mirada de amor y de compasion, no solo para quienes lo maltrataron, o para los pocos discfpulos y mujeres que lo segufan, sino para todo el genero humano, que como El mismo lo habfa dicho, andaban dispersos como ovejas sin pastor. Jesus muere de nuevo en la cruz, por nuestros pecados. Ese acto de amor, nunca los hombres, lo entenderemos y mas aun cuando andamos tan preocupados en la vida por cosas valadfes. La muerte inhumana y dolorosa de Cristo en el madero de la cruz, un viemes santo, fue la culminacion de la mision a El encomendada por su Padre y por lo tanto fue como la bandera de la salvacion, plantada en el monte del Golgota. Desde allf su mirada era serena y triste, llena de perdon y amor hacia los hombres, por quienes moria desde la cruz. La oscuridad del dfa era cada vez mas larga, se apagaba la vida que habfa encendido la luz del mundo. Era una hora de vencimiento y a la vez de conquista. Era una hora solemne que se debatfa entre dos mundos, el humano y el divino, pues quien moria alii era Dios mismo hecho hombre. Su sangre se derramaba en el calvario, como un sarpullido de claveles o como la sangre de los primeros corderos llevados al altar para el holocausto. Esa mirada de amor de Jesus a cada uno de nosotros en el momento de su muerte sigue hoy tan viva como antes. Nos mira desde la cruz y nos interroga. Nos mira y nos perdona. Nos mira y nos da fuerzas para seguir adelante. Nos dice que vale la pena entregar la vida por lo demas y que en el servicio a los otros esta la verdadera

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la Sta.

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mirandonos fijamente desde Jesus el

S. Patricio.

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el calvario.

amor eterno, fue asesinado por odio. Sin embargo, aun en

hora de

muerte, El contesto a la malicia de sus enemigos con la oration a su Pad "Perdonales porque no saben lo que hacen". Su amor hacia nosotros es mas gran que su muerte, por eso el arbol de maldicion se trasformd en el arbol de la vida q

mundo.

felicidad.

sigue hasta hoy iluminando

hoy muriendo en una cruz cuando se comenten en el mundo injusticias, cuando no se respetan los derechos humanos, cuando se coharta la libertad en las naciones, cuando se interrumpe la vida y no dejan nacer a los ninos, cuando hay maltratos en los hogares, cuando la venganza y el odio reinan por el mundo y las consecuencias son fatales. Es allf cuando Jesus sigue muriendo y

Redentor en Jerusalen, al final de la via dolorosa, don se conmemora el Calvario, leemos allf, en una placa en la pared, algo que sinteti el viernes santo: "A Jesus solo podemos darle gracias por su redencion cuan elegimos seguir su camino de amor, el amor que no elude el sufrimiento, pero sacrifica y aun ora por sus enemigos ".

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Hoy en

la Iglesia del

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>ril 17,

The Catholic News

Pascua 1992 lis

queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo:

I A traves de esta Semana Santa, vamos a conmemorar con

Crosswinds

gran amor, la pasion, muerte de nuestro Senor. Y despues en la Vigilia Pascual del >ado santo y del domingo de Pascua, vamos a celebrar con gran entusiasmo Su isurreccion de la muerte y su victoria sobre el pecado. I Esta gran fiesta de Pascua llega a tiempo con alegria y poder a entusiasmar el

sufrimiento y

Crosswinds

a series of articles

i)iritu

humano.

written by staff

I Los

largos dfas frios del invierno han pasado y por fin han llegado los colores como anunciando algo. Cuando vemos el sol brillando,

Social Services about their experiences.

illantes de la primavera

con nuevas hojas, cuando la tierra de las flores y los pajaros estan vivos cantando, Imuy difi'cil para nosotros no experimentar una gran sensacion de esperanza, una isacion de un nuevo comienzo que realmente pertenece a la familia humana. Pero mucho mas de lo que compartimos y nos alegramos con el tiempo de scua, lo encontramos profundamente con el magm'fico milagro de la resurreccion Cristo y esta es la razon de nuestro regocijo. Intimamente ligada con la resurreccion esta la vida, sufrimiento, pasion y muerte Iplandeciendo y calentando y

los arboles verdes

I)ta los rojos, amarillos y violetas

cruz del Senor.

Y su resurreccion es el complemento que le da sentido y unidad

proposito de la vida de Cristo.

podemos

permitir que la Pascua este separada del Viernes Santo.

surreccion son nuestras respuestas cristianas

plagado iz

humanidad desde

comienzo de

problema del

los tiempos.

resurreccion nos ensena a nosotros dos cosas:

;isivamente triunfa sobre el mal, pero el

Que

La Cruz y

espiritu del

Pero

mal que

es este Cristo resucitado, por lo tanto, quien nos sostiene en la realidad de

;stras dificultades diarias,

In order to protect client confidentiality,

the staff members are not identified.

is about a young teenage has eight brothers and sisters. Her parents are alcoholic and she is the

This story

who

girl,

cook, cleaner, baby

and

sitter

truly the

"mother" of all these children. With these inappropriate

and parenting

ties

home

all

responsibili-

tasks, she has a hard

time attending to her school work. She has never really had a childhood or been a carefree teenager. In

de nuestros problemas y persecuciones que

mundo

anta contra nosotros?

Es este Cristo resucitado quien nos recuerda, que nosotros tambien resucitaremos la muerte y gozaremos de una vida eterna con Su Padre. Y es este Cristo resucitado ien nos llama a una relacion mas cerca e fntima con El y nos recuerda que nos Demos ayudar los unos a los otros; laicos, religiosos y ordenados, todos los que uponemos esta Iglesia de la Diocesis de Charlotte. Durante estos dfas santos del aho, mi oracion sera, que la luz de Cristo brille en ia uno de nosotros, no solamente en el domingo de Pascua cuando cantamos lelluia Alelluia Cristo ha resucitado! sino tambien cada uno de los dfas y mingos del ano hasta nuestra propia resurreccion. Que la bendicion de estos dias de Pascua y la bendicion de Cristo Resucitado, con ustedes ahora y para siempre. Dios los bendiga a todos.

Dance

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irk (From Page

llowstone, Mont., writes a

column

the spirituality of nature. Parishioner

uy McBroom

staff reporter.

She

ce filled a similar post at the Island

rk Bugle.

Other features included a column Little Deer, a Catholic and a

Bea

â&#x20AC;˘

Donoghue

she grows up, she wants to one of the helping professions

to assist children like herself who live in

dysfunctional families. She

a true

me and never fails to make I, too, know that God is watch-

inspiration to

my day!

ing over her and will never send her to carry.

During a choral performance of Bob Lamb of God," the risen Christ returns and His followers, both the cross bearers and the danc-

Sister Larretta's prayer. All of us (danc-

Dufford's "Behold the

ers, trail

behind, dressed in white,

mov-

"Beating Addictions" page, where individuals write about their struggles to

overcome addictive behaviors. Subscriptions at $20 a year can be obtained by writing to the Yellowstone Gateway Post, HC 66, Box 67A, Island Park, ID 83429.

La Iglesia estimula la oracion y las devociones privadas. Entre oraciones que cada catolico debe saber estan el Padre Nuestro, el Ave Marfa, el Gloria, el Credo, el acto de contricidn, los actos de fe, esperanza y caridad, las oraciones de antes y despues de las comidas, las de la manana y las de la noche. las

enriquecimiento

medio de devociones tales como visitas al Santisimo Sacramento, oraciones al Corazo'n de Jesus (incluyendo la devocio'n de los Primeros Viernes de mes), el Via Crucis, el Rosario y otras

espiritual por

los santos.

Los catolicos son tambien estimulados y asistidos por la Iglesia para desarrollar formas de meditacio'n y oracion mental. Jesus nos did ejemplo de oracion. "El se retiraba a lugares desiertos para orar." (Lucas 5:16; cf Mateo 26:42-44; Marcos 14:35; Lucas 22:32, etc.) La vida de oracion se alimenta de lecturas espirituales, retiros, dias de reflexion, misiones parroquiales, participaci6n en grupos que cultivan la oracion.

De una manera muy especial, los hombres y mujeres de las comunidades religiosas dan testimonio y contribuyen a la vida espiritual del Pueblo de Dios observando los votos de popreza, castidad y obediencia, siendo ejemplos, compartiendo sus vidas de oracion y participando en actividades apostolicas de gran valor como los misioneros, maestros y trabajadores sociales y esos que trabajan con los enfermos.

make this

a reality.

practicing every

Monday

night for weeks and

great to see that

it's

many people came and were a part of

ers

and cross bearers) came together

dedication to her vision of Christ's Pas-

sion."

ing gracefully, healed in Christ's pres-

ence among them. It was this scene that the joy and truth of Christ's resurrection

Denver

was communicated most powerfully. Mercy candidate Lisa Atkins, one of the seven dancers, commented on her

tremendous potential" a papal

first liturgical

dance experience by praisdance as a format for the

wonderful way to wholly unite myself with God in spiritual dance." Saint Joseph Sister Kathy Boyle remarked that the experience for her was, "prayerful ... and hopefully in "this is a

sharing that prayer

ADEMAS DE LOS SACRAMENTOS, DE QUE OTRA MANERA NOSOTROS REZAMOS?

devociones a Marfa y

When work

worked very hard

rience for others."

survivor.

We've been

woman from the Crow Indian

La Iglesia promueve entre sus miembros

is taking care of her (even though her parents are not). Somehow, she feels very loved and that she will make it through these years as a true

hung, simultaneously comforting one another in their brokenness.

reservation in eastern Montana, and a

medicine

knows God

with the cross on which their Savior was

ing liturgical

fails to smile or laugh during the session, because she

something too broad for her shoulders

meeting with her for support and

prayer experience. She commented that

Reverendisimo John Obispo de Charlotte

counseling, she never

misterio de la

bien finalmente y triunfo es ganado a un costo personal el

rible.

Que

members of Catholic

was

CCHS

was a prayer expe-

student

Theo Abbott,

who participated as a cross bearer, who commended Sister Larretta for her efand dedication to the spirit of Christ's Passion expressed through dance. Abbott said "Sister Larretta has forts

22.

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fers for evangelization;

its

facilities; its attractive location to

in St.

John's Gospel:

they might have

life,

came

and have

abundantly.'

Jesus le dio' a los apostoles y sus sucesores~el Papa y los obispos-la mision de ensenar con su autoridad a los pueblos de todas las epocas. El les confio' a ellos y a sus sucesores la sagrada tarea de interpretar autenticamente la Palabra de Dios. ya sea en Esta autoridad para ensenar, forma escrita o como tradicidn. conocida como magisterio, es ejercida en nombre de Jesucristo bajo la guia del Espfritu Santo. pueblo de Dios de cada epoca refleja, por medio del verdades contenidas en las Sagradas Escrituras, crece allf un entendimiento mas completo de las ensenanzas de Jesus. Esto capacita a los ifderes de la Iglesia, el magisterio, con la ayuda del Espfrito Santo, a aplicar con autoridad las ensenanzas de Jesus al mundo en que vive. Esta es la forma en que el Senor continua su revelacion en cada epoca. Ahora bien, este magisterio no esta por encima de la palabra de Dios, sino a su servicio, ensenando solo lo que ha sido transmitido, en cuanto que, por divino mandato y con asistencia del Espfritu Santo, piadosamente lo oye, santamente lo guarda y fielmente lo expone, y de este deposito de la fe saca todo lo que propone para ser creido como divinamente revelado. el

Espfritu, las

Es pues evidente que

U.S.

Hispanic communities and Central America; because as a mountain state it "conveys the image of youth and vitality," and because the pope has never visited the Rocky Mountain region. The Aug. 11-15 rally will be designed for young people ages 1 3-29, and will be preceded by a three-day youth forum involving some 250 young adults from 70 countries. The official theme of the encounter is taken from Jesus words

:COMO NOS ASEGURA JESUS QUE LAS ENSENANZAS DE LA IGLESIA SON SUS ENSENANZAS?

Segu'n

visit of-

convenient

sagrada

tradicidn,

las

Sagradas

Escrituras y el magisterio de la Iglesia, por designio sapientfsimo de Dios, se traban y asocian en si de forma que uno no subsiste sin los otros, y todos juntos, cada uno a su modo, bajo la accidn del Espfritu

Santo, contribuyen eficazmente a la salud de las almas. (Constitution Dogmatics Sobre la Divina Revelation, 10, Concilio Vaticano II)

so that it

Catholic

News

Herald

April 17,

Diocesan News Briefs Exploring Feelings

And Emotions

—

CHARLOTTE

St.

Inactive? Alienated?

Neumann is offering a five-week series, "Exploring Feelings and Emotions In Christian Living," Monday evenings starting April 27 and concluding May

25 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The series is designed to provide

on Sister Mary Michael O'Shaughnessy 's book by the same title. Mercy Sister Donna Marie Vaillancourt, co-director of Mercy Institute, will serve as program leader. For more information, call Cindy Cook at (704) 535reflection

Angry?

GREENSBORO — Catholics who

John

have parted company with the Church over new changes, old rules, a marriage situation, hurt feelings or any other reason are invited to an open meeting Monday, April 27 at 9:30 a.m. or 7:30 p.m. at the Franciscan Center, 233 N. Greene St., Greensboro. Each session will last about an hour. Active Catholics, please

them know. For more information, Edwards, (919) 282-4147. let

Walt

call

Annual Rosary Day

4197.

CHARLOTTE — The 32nd

Religious Vocations

— An Evening Together

ARDEN

for Catholic Youth Groups to explore

planned for Sunday, May 3 from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church. For more information, call Cathie Stout, (704) 684-6098. religious vocations

Charity Golf Tournament

CRAMERTON

— The

Gastonia

Jaycees are sponsoring the 2nd Annual

Golf Tournament May 4 to benefit Holy Angels, a home run by the Sisters of Mercy for the mentally and physically handicapped in Belmont. The tournament will be at the Cramer Mountain Country Club in Cramerton. Hole-in-one prizes are a 1 992 Chevrolet Lumina Eurosport from McKenney Chevrolet and two roundtrip continental

U.S.A. tickets courtesy

of USAir.

The public is invited. Cost is $75 a person. For more information, call Ryan Meredith at (704) 861-0425 or Schieber at (704) 853-6270.

Tom

SemiAnnual International Family Rosary Day will be at St. Vincent de Paul Church Sunday, May 3 at 3 p.m. The speaker is Benedictine Abbott Oscar Burnett of Belmont Abbey.

Of Trust

DAYTON, OHIO — Thousands of

young adults are expected to attend "Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth" in Dayton May 21-25. At the invitation of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Protestant Monastic

ecumenical gatherings Asia,

Commu-

Europe and

Father John Hoover, director of

Cave Retreat House

Elijah's lands,

High-

coordinating diocesan efforts

form a group pilgrimage to Dayton. Cost is $90 and includes housing and meals. Registration deadline is April 30. To register, write Father John Hoover, P.O. Box 543, Highlands, N.C. 28741 or call (704) 526-2418.

—

Michael

St.

pre-

Kloster, St. Michael's pastor, in the

19 Easter Sunday Check \oca\ parish schedules

parish center Saturday,

May

2 begin-

ning at 7 p.m. Participants include Bobby Cremins, head basketball coach of Georgia Tech, area ministers, parish bers,

mem-

Parish Casserole Dinner

St. Margaret Mary, Following 11:00

Mrs.

Willie

Swannanoa

am Mass

Haskins (704)

Special Olympics

BLACK MOUNTAIN— The steering committee for

6S6-5S07

ments, such as popcorn, ice cream or fruit.

Special Olympics teers for the

May

Swannanoa Valley looking for volun-

8 special Olympics

3 Engaged

Encounter

Jane

Anklin (704)

377-6671

watches, pennants and other game items.

Anonymous

For more information, call the Swannanoa Valley Special Olympics at

step of the 12-step

(704)669-3152.

sponsoring an Alcohol retreat based on the 1

know God's

will for

HICKORY — "Prepare Ye the Way

of the Lord"

the

matic conference

theme

for a charis-

Catholic Con-

at the

ference Center April 24-26. Presenter is last several

who has spent the

years in Northern Ireland

working with youth and

Ministry Training

Our Lady of Grace, Greensboro 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Sr. Timothy Warren, RSM (704) 334-1605

priests in Ohio.

For more information, call Carol Flynt at (704) 331-1709 or (704) 3776871.

Bishop McGuinness High School

7:00

p.m.

10:00 pm

The May date

1-3 retreat can

accomn

men and women. For

information or to register, write the suit House of Prayer, P.O. Box 7, Springs, N.C. 28743, or call (704)

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Principal

•

Director of Religious Formation

6: 1

7366.

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Interdiocesan Dialogue MURPHY St. William Chu; is sponsoring "Once Upon a Time, presentation to demonstrate effectli;i

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The monthly

meeting of Catholics United For The Faith is April 24 at The Catholic Center, 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte. The meeting will begin with the rosary at 7:30 p.m. Afterward, the credo of the people of God as issued by Pope Paul VI will be studied. All are invited to attend. For more information, call (704) 364-9568. Prolife

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School development fund. April

Churches or organi-

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zations are needed to provide refresh-

and television and radio personali-

ties.

April 25 KOC/Family Trip to Tweetsie Railroad, Holy Spirit Denver 9:00 am Tony Fea (704) 732-2597

medals to

leading the pilgrimage.

GASTONIA

April

Volunteers are needed the day of the games to help with events and to award

known for its huge

nity of Taize, France,

senting a celebrity roast of Father George

Dloceean Evente

campus of Black Mountain Center,

a state facility for the handicapped.

Father Edward Wade,

Pilgrimage

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The Catholic News

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World and National Briefs Buns Want Canonical Status

New

H>r

National

formed

Group

I WASHINGTON (CNS)— A group « U.S. nuns is seeking formal recogni>n by the Vatican as a national associaseparate from the Leadership

Con-

rence of Women Religious. Currently, Ijily

the

LCWR has canonical status as

5 official

representative of non-clois-

ed orders of U.S. nuns. According to Dminican Sister Donna Markham, president, communities reprented by the LCWR hold a memberip of 94,000 of the estimated 100,000 jmen religious in the United States,

women

vti

association are not affiliated with

religious

who want

their

I!WR and represent groups which have ganized alternatives to %

to protest the presence

abortion-rights student group on

LCWR

start-

20 years ago.

of an

cam-

pus, said in an

announcement that the was submitted "with elaborate supporting statements." Attorney Manuel Miranda said the petition was

not solving the nation's hunger prob-

petition

lem. The hearing centered around a House concurrent resolution recommending 14 steps communities can take

also sent to four Vatican congregations

toward eliminating hunger.

that could

be "tangentially involved" in

the case.

Catholic, Protestant Rivalry

Iowa Bishop Denies Charges Of Sexual Abuse Made In Lawsuit DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS)

—

Bishop Gerald F. O'Keefe of Davenport has denied charges by two women who claim in lawsuits that he sexually abused them 30 years ago. Bishop O'Keefe, 74,

announced April 3 that he has been sued by two women who allege he abused them when he was auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul. "The most important thing for you

Synod Wants More Emphasis n Schools, Special Groups AUSTIN, Texas (CNS)— The Diose of Austin's second Synod urged

know is that I absolutely did not abuse these women," Bishop O'Keefe said

help for Catholic schools and their

the next day in a statement that he asked

istin

jre

and the creation of specialized groups within the diose. About 400 delegates reviewed 28 ;ommendations covering a wide range church policies during the March 25-

idents

priests of the

nistries for

at all

synod. One recommendation rewed from the final documents asked it

the age of 7 be the age of confirma-

n in the diocese. Currently, most parthe diocese confer the sacra-

ies in

;nt in

the recipients' teen years.

•oup Says Pope Given Petition move School's Catholic Label

WASHINGTON

—

(CNS) Leadof a group trying to remove orgetown University's Catholic stasaid they have sent a formal petition Pope John Paul II to have argetown's Catholic identity revoked. ;

Georgetown Ignatian Society,

21.

Davenport Diocese to read

weekend Masses April

4-5.

Two

Erupts In Southern Mexico MEXICO CITY (CNS) Longstanding tensions between communities of Catholics and Protestants in southern Mexico came to a head in a violent, pitched battle which left more than 50 wounded, three of them seriously, and

—

forced thousands of others to flee their

homes. The riot flared when a group of 8,000 men from the indigenous village of San Juan Chamula in Chiapas attacked a Protestant shantytown in nearby San Cristobal de las Casas, according to reports from the diocese of that city. The Protestants are mostly former residents of San Juan Chamula, expelled for challenging political and religious hierarchies there. The Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas condemned the attack.

separate lawsuits have been filed against

Bishop O'Keefe

Ramsey County

Court in Minnesota. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Cathedral of St. Paul have been

Yugoslavian Air Force Jets Bomb Targets Near Medjugorje ROME (CNS) Yugoslavian air force jets bombed targets near the Marian

named

sanctuary of Medjugorje, sending

District

as defendants.

—

pil-

Guidelines May Help Communities Fight Hunger, Witnesses Say

grims dashing for cover in the church basement, Italian press reports said. The attacks came during increased ethnic violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a re-

can

public that had escaped

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Ameri-

to be released in mid- April shows Americans blame the federal government for

should be assisted

cities

in grass-

much

roots efforts to eliminate hunger prob-

earlier fighting during the

lems that are more widespread than at any recent time, according to witnesses

force planes

at a

congressional hearing. In testimony

before the House Select Committee on

Larry Brown, professor of and health policy at Tufts University in Massachusetts, said a poll due

Hunger,

nutrition

HOW ELSE DO WE PRAY SACRAMENTS?

ADDITION TO THE

The Church encourages private prayer and devotions. Among the prayers every Catholic should know are the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, the Glory Be, the Apostles Creed, an Act of Contrition, Acts of Faith, Hope and Lope, Meal Prayers, Morning and Evening Prayers. The Church encourages her members to be spiritually enriched by such devotions as visits to the Blessed Sacrament, prayers to the Sacred Heart (including the First Friday devotions), the fourteen Stations of the Cross, the Rosary and other devotions to Mary and the saints. Catholics are also encouraged and assisted by the Church to develop forms of meditation and mental prayer. Jesus gave us the example of prayer. "He often retired to deserted places and prayed" (Luke 5:16; cf. Matthew 26:42-44; Mark 14:35; Luke 22:32; etc.)

of the

breakup of

Yugoslav federation. On April 7, air bombed armaments factories in Citluk and Siroki Brijeg, reportedly killing several people. Both towns are located next to the village of the

Medjugorje, the controversial

site

alleged Marian apparitions since 1981.

22.

In the United States, the New Jerseybased Merciful Mother Association, which coordinates pilgrimages to Medjugorje, reported that the cathedral in nearby Mostar had been hit by artillery on April 5.

Post-Synodal Document Is Letter Of Hope, Says Vatican Official VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul IPs post-synodal document on the formation of priests is a letter of hope and a gift to the world's priests,

—

said participants in a Vatican press con-

ference.

Pastores

The apostolic exhortation Dabo Vobis (I Will Give You

Shepherds) does not pretend there are no problems facing the church and its priests, "but it faces them with hope," said Cardinal Francis Arinze, president

the

Pontifical

Council

was one of the members of the 1990 world Synod of Bishops on priestly formation who attended an April 7 press conference to release the document.

U.N. Envoy To Libya Meets Privately With Vatican Official VATICAN CITY (CNS) A U.N. special envoy met privately with a high-

—

ranking Vatican official to discuss the

world organization's vote to impose sanctions on Libya in a dispute involving airline terrorism. The April 6 meeting between the envoy, Vladimir Petrovski, and Msgr. Claudio Celli, deputy secretary for Vatican relations with

states,

came

week

after Vatican

and Libyan officials met to discuss problems caused by Libya's failure to turn over six suspects in the bombings of two civilian airplanes. The April 6 meeting was held "within the framework of the normal relations between the Holy See and the United Nations," said Msgr. Piero Pennacchini, Vatican spokesman.

HOW DOES JESUS ASSURE US THAT THE CHURCH'S TEACHINGS ARE HIS TEACHINGS?

Jesus gave the apostles and their successors-the Pope and the bishops-the mission to teach with His authority the people of all ages. He entrusted to them and their successors the sacred task of authentically interpreting the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form tradition. This teaching authority, known as the magisterium, is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

As the people of God of each age reflect in the Spirit upon the truths contained in the Sacred Scriptures, there grows a more complete understanding of Jesus' teachings. This enables the leaders of the Church, the magisterium, by the help of the Holy Spirit, to apply authoritatively Jesus' teachings to the world in which we live. It is the Lord's way of continuing His revelation in each age. The magisterium is not superior to the Word of God, but is its servant. It teaches only what

The prayer life is enhanced by spiritual reading, by retreats, days of recollection, parish missions, participation in pious groups that cultivate prayer.

has been handed on to it. At the divine command and with the help of the Holy Spirit, it listens to this devotedly, guards it with dedication and

In a very special way do the men and women of religious communities witness and contribute to the spiritual life of the people of God as they observe vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, witness and share their prayer lives and engage in highly valued apostolic activities, such as those of missioners, teachers and health care and

By God's will. Sacred Scripture, sacred tradition and the magisterium of the Church are so connected that one cannot stand without the other. Under the Holy spirit, each in its own way contributes to the salvation of souls. (Vatican Council II, Dogmatic Constitution on

social

workers.

expounds

faithfully.

Divine Revelation, 10)

for

Interreligious Dialogue. Cardinal Arinze

The Catholic News

Herald

Renew Commitments To Church And

Priests

CAROL HAZARD

happy assignment for a more diffi-

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

cult one,"

Fragrance

filled the

in their

Donoghue consecrated the chrism oil at a Mass during Holy Week, most sacred time

in the

The chief shepherd of

said.

And it is found to

Church

pline.

special evening the

commitment

teachings and conformity to disci-

packed St. Patrick Cathedral as Bishop John F.

Christ

Priests are

men

of "dedicated

Church.

and apostolic chastity," said Bishop

the Diocese of

Donoghue. "This chastity is a total

Charlotte was surrounded by about 75 priests

pattern of thinking

for the yearly consecration of the chrism of

speaking.

and the blessing of oils for catechumens and

The oils are a "sign of the divine energy working in our hearts," said Bishop Donoghue during the homily. "Through the

body but also of mind and heart and speech... Through our chaste and priestly celibacy, we imitate Jesus Christ in whom we have been transformed and in whose name we

sacraments of the Church, these

act."

oils shall

seek to unite ourselves ever more

cration to our Lord."

From the huge vats, the oils were separated after the service into vials that will

closely with Jesus Christ," said

Bishop Donoghue.

be used

The "loving ministry"

by the priests for special occasions throughout the liturgical year. Each parish and mission received three

vials,

priests are called is

one from each

the oils, he said.

anointing of the

oils.

us," said

who

Donoghue

said,

priest

enjoy special friendship with the mystery of

oil,

chrisi

(above).

Urns containing consecrated

oils, (bel

ill.

mediately.

Bishop means to

or Christ

oils

will be used im-

Bishop Donoghue.

"To be a

are

The new

which

II,

Bishop Donoghue blesses the

spirit."

healing to those

Christ's priesthood

Quoting Pope John Paul

a symbol of the

used to bring comfort and

"We are gathered together this evening in

among

The

of the sick

oil

prayerful reflection to pray for priests and to

work of

"Oil

church and altar dedications, and other

occasions.

priesthood," said Bishop Donoghue.

represent the

which

used for baptisms, confirmations, ordina-

tions,

the birthday of our ministerial

join in the blessing of the holy oils,

symbolized

The fragrant sacred chrism,

The priests came to the April 14 Chrism Mass not only for the consecration, but also to renew their commitments to the Church and to Christ, the Great High Priest. "On this day, we also commemorate in a

way

not only of

By making a public pledge, "we

bring about healing, dedication and conse-

special

the

the sick.

of the

and acting and

Chastity

Adam

Hubbard,

Zach Hubbard,

consecrated.

Woods join

Furhan

(left),

Oils

from the previ-

and

ous year will be

(center), carries oil to

the procession.

burned.

Christ." Priests are called to share Christ

and his

style

life,"

said the bishop.

"First

and

redemption with the world, said Bishop

foremost, the Lord calls us to join our daily

Donoghue. The calling, he assured his fellow priests, "does not rest upon our elo-

quence or

ministry."

intellectual capacity."

lives in

union with His suffering and death.

asks us to bear the hardships of our

"We rededicate ourselves not simply to a

In addition, Jesus calls priests to lead

demanding schedule nor merely to a long Rather, we recommit ourlist of duties. selves to our oneness with the one priest,

obedience to His Church," said Bishop

Jesus Christ."

lives

"marked by a

spirit

of wholehearted

Donoghue. The obedience words and actions.

As priests, they are called to a "sacrificial

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